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GO TRUMP!
end the corruption in government
stop and reverse illegal immigration
destroy islamic murderers
no more illusionary liberalism
strenghthen the military and economy
cut off drug flow from open southern border
don’t allow potential murderers into country
MAKE AMERICA (and the world) GREAT AGAIN!
GO TRUMP!
end the corruption
WOW is right. Thank you Hashem for the snow!
many names came from the spoken language, so they no longer apply.
agav that should apply to many Yiddish-european names as well.
if the boy stayed home and was happy about it that tells me he has a wonderful family. definitely a plus for shidduchim.
goldilocks: tanach can be studied on nitul as long as you’re not christian.
why is milchigs a zilzul? on shavuos many people have a milchig yomtov meal. is that a zilzul? nowhere is fleishigs a requirement for a seudas mitzvah.
wearing a head covering is not a halachic requirement.
a one in 300000000 chance is foolish and wasteful. personally i gave 2 dollars to tzedaka to somewhat offset the rampant irresponsible behavior.
if someone is in yu, at the very least he is saying that he doesn’t feel uncomfortable in that environment. that is very telling, whether you consider that positive or negative.
Pashut pshat in the rambam can apply in any generation. And if rav shteinman actually said that, I respectfully disagree. The reasoning behind the rambam’s ruling applies at all times and comparitively speaking there are talmidei chachamim and amei haaretz today as well. One need not be on the level of rsz to qualify.
what is ‘jewish’ music? music is part of reality. ever seen a jewish tree?
lan’d there are talmidei chachamim in this generation. only they don’t advertise. those who know, know.
TODAY. if you will listen to His voice. (tehillim lechu neranina…)
They don’t grow again the next season from the same plant, so halachically it is not an eitz.
Haleivi: You missed the point of the OP’s question. d’pligi rabanan is refering to shas veston and therefore can only be r’dosa according to second explanation in the gemara. It is a good question and tosafos does not address it. It seems that at this point the gemara is not getting into the two leshonos, and dpligi rabanan means whoever is the author of the braisa, which would depend on the two leshonos.
They believe the end justifies the means. I believe the means defines the quality of the end. And I don’t like it.
Find out if Rav Dov Kook from Teveria sees women. If not, go to his wife Reb. Leah Kook (she’s a granddaughter of Rav Elyashiv zt’l.)
the real nittel is jan.6. we learn then too.
It applies to wheat, barley, spelt, rye and oats. It applies to chassidim and non-chassidim alike. That’s right. Yoshon is not a chumra. Chodosh is assur min hatorah.
rebdoniel: “I don’t see much of a difference”. So put on your glasses. btw were you describing yourself?
and your point is?
I checked further. maseches sofrim 1:7 says they translated for talmai 2 times. The first time it could not be translsated fully correctly. The second time (brought in the gemara megilla 9) they even made 13 major changes. However when it was originally translated in the days of Moshe and Yehoshua it was translated correctly and fully. (interesting that the 13 changes might correspond to the 13 breaches the yevanim made in the bais hamikdash. v’ayain.)
Good kasha. See Aishel Avraham to megillas taanis – 8 teves. To be honest, I don’t fully understand his answer.
Chava
Sam2: Emunas chachamim is mentioned in avos perek 6 as one of the 48 things required in order to aquire torah.
The fact that a human being can reach the level of ruach hakodesh is part of torah sheba’al pe. The written sources are many. (See braisa of Rabi Pinchas Ben Yair which forms the basis of the sefer Mesillas Yeshorim, for example.) One who denies this reality is a kofer in an area of torah sheba’al pe and is therefore an apikorus. See Rambam Hilchos Rotzeach 4:10 uncensored version for what should be done to kofrim and apikorsim.
Interesting. But who said to have a chanukia? You can light with individual cups which would avoid the issur.
I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Of course tuma hutra but that’s only if there is no tahor oil. So they looked for tahor oil and they found one jug. Hashem did a neis and the tahor oil lasted eight days to show chavivus for bnei yisrael that they wouldn’t have to use tamei oil. (BTW it’s not so pashut that the issue was tuma and tahara. It could be that there simply was no other oil valid for the menora since menora oil had to be specially processed. It took eight days to process proper oil.)
It was olive oil. But after filling the neiros, they found that the jug still contained the oil that they had poured into the neiros. Of course that’s not scientifically possible. That was the neis. The olive oil was poured out of the jug and at the same time it remained in the jug. I will not attemp to explain it. It is a neis.
Because the neis happened with the menora.
I found this site to be quite open-minded and tolerant within reason. Thank you mods for doing a great job! (No,I am not a mod. I’m too discriminating.)
“The midrashim predate the gemara”. Where did you get that from?
The chanuka gelt vort is cute, but I’m not sure that’s how it was 2200 years ago. The simplest reason is to make them happy since children don’t participate in any other way on chanuka (especially in homes where only the baal habayis lights, like by the sefardim).
The fact that this type of clothing is being discussed, already indicates that it is not tzenius.
It is better to have the hair uncovered and kept in a modest fashion than to wear a glamorous and thus immodest wig. Ideally a woman’s head should be covered with a modest head-covering that does not look like hair. In a society where for whatever reason that will not be done, there is halachik basis for permitting the head to be uncovered with the hair kept in a modest fashion. There is no halachik basis for wearing a fancy wig. As many of my friends here know, I do not hold of the modern-orthodox religion at all. But those who consider themselves ‘frum’ and wear a fancy wig are transgressing ‘das moshe’ and ‘das yehudis’ and they can be divorced without a kesuba if their husband is makpid.
As for the giyoress issue, since as stated, there is halachik basis for having the head uncovered, it is a good gairus if she is not intending to violate halacha. BTW the reason why balei tshuva and geirim may have a problem with head-covering is because they see a contradiction in the fact that she can wear a fancy wig but cannot leave hair uncovered. That’s exactly right. It is a contradiction. Either cover the hair in a modest fashion with something that does not resemble hair (this is ideal), or leave the hair uncovered in a modest fashion. The objective is tzenius, not the wig.
That is a gemara in megilla 14a. There are other explanations there as well. Interesting that the Rambam says that the reading of the megilla is the hallel, like another explanation in the gemara. Even more interesting is that based on that, the Meiri says that if one does not have a megilla he should recite hallel. We do not pasken like that.
rebdoniel: avak lashon hara? please be careful. Anyway the entire talmud bavli is full of ‘not-proper’ dikduk of lashon hakodesh. There are deep reasons why yidden have not used proper dikduk in ordinary speech in the generations after nevua. Even when it comes to tefilla the matter is debatable. Things are not so simple.
Stay out of Manhattan.
1)Yaakov will rise in the end (symbolized by grabbing Esav’s heel). This is of paramount importance. Also the name Yaakov (given by Hashem or Yitzchak) indicates that he will ‘trick’ Esav and take the bechora and the brachos, as Esav himself said later in the parsha. Agav, in future generations too, the goyim (esav) think they’re on top and controlling the yidden but in truth the yidden are taking the hashpaos from them. This is a deep subject.
2)Avimelech realized he may have violated the treaty by throwing Yitzchak out of Gerar. He therefore came to (renew or) reinforce the original treaty by saying how good he was. Palestinian faker. Also it is possible that the original treaty (that in fact included Avimelech’s children) was only with Avraham. Avimelech (the second, according to targum) came to add Yitzchak.
farrocks is right. in both posts.
I’ll drink to that. Decaf on the rocks. Lchaim!
Is this a rabbinical seminary or a theological seminary? Or perhaps a theoretical seminary. I once attended a seminar on seminaries. They convinced me to join an online seminary where we learned about the dangers of the internet, online dating, and hashkafa. Anyway, the newest seminary on the market (pun intended) is called Bais Hanashim. For 20,000 dollars you can be placed on the top of an exclusive shidduch list. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Think positive! You’ll be married at no time! (I mean in no time.) Popa, keep it rolling. Wishing everyone a great month and a happy Chanuka!