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most young people who go off the derech were never on the derech to begin with. they just dropped the externalities and stopped pretending.
many girls are receipients of Obama entitlements that allow them to go to seminary. they are to a certain extent bnos obama. makes you understand why there are some who don’t take from the government.
Mr. Short: Do you know what the seven noachide laws are?
Actually Romney was worse. That’s why all he did was run negative ads about Obama, because he himself had nothing to offer.
Give it to Iran. They would get rid of zionism but allow jews to practice their religion, as they do now in Iran. Democracy is a bigger enemy of religious judaism than Islam is.
Eliezer wasn’t the chosson.
Frum secular teachers?
The term Chareidi comes from Yeshaya 66-5. See there.
147: The takana of 4 cups of wine falls under lo sasur. In addition the chasam sofer holds it has a din of pirsumei nisa which has a doraisa source (in his opinion). In fact pirsumei nisa sometimes overrides mitzvos doraisa. I will also point out that a person must sell the shirt off his back for arba kosos, but does not have to do so for matza. Drabbanans are extremely important. Ki tovim dodecha miyayin (shir hashirim). Chavivin divrei sofrim yoser miyaina shel tora. And especially here when the yayin is midivrei sofrim.
He means that kiddush on shabbos is deoraisa while on yom tov it is drabbonon. Seder night this year is on shabbos.
we follow the rov(majority) not the miuta dmiuta. we have no reason to assume otherwise.
If you can explain why I should light a candle on a yahrtzeit I’ll do so. Yes, this is a general question. btw I once asked the gabbai in a chassidish shul this question after seeng hundreds (literally) of lit candles on the table. He called me a kalte litvak but he could not answer my question.
I second BT’s Bracha. Especially the last line.
yitayningwut: can I surf the net on Yom Tov? Seriously, I don’t understand the machmirim. Molid is only assur (drabanan) because it is similar to a melacha. But on Yom Tov an outright melacha of havara is permitted by a davar hashave lchol nefesh, so kol shekain molid of havarah. Unless you say every molid is assur because of boneh since it’s like you’re building something new. Please ask the Rav exactly why molid is assur on shabbos.
yes he was. like almost all other non-jews.
Avi K: I think you missed my point. My point was that birthday celebrations could not have started in America since the Ben Ish Chai celebrated birthdays and he was never in America.
I have thought about those pesukim. There are plenty of alternative methods that have nothing to do with that.
Just an interesting note: I have seen Gedolei Yisrael remove the tallis from their head during krias hatorah. There are reasons al pi kabbala which I will not go into here.
Health: I am not in regular medicine or part of the greater scientific community, so I can’t be bemumo posel. My point was that those who are, will often point out the superiority of conventional medicine, and not take kindly to those who promote alternative methods. You have helped prove that point.
Health: Thank you. Since you are trained in regular medicine, you have proven my point.
Just sneeze,o.k.? Next…
dd: it is my experience that ‘regular’ medical doctors are always the ones bashing alternative medicine. They think that they know everything there is to know about medicine. It is simply arrogance and ignorance typically found among the scientific community who think they know it all. Alternative medicine has its merits and I think it is becoming more and more widespread. There is a concerted effort among ‘regular’ medical practitioners to stifle the growth of natural medicine, for obvious reasons. A good natural practitioner might be just what many people need.
When all Gedolim ban internet completly wake me up. Until then don’t waste my time with rallies and speeches that are here today and gone tomorrow and have no lasting effect at all.
In most cases you should kill the person first and then report the dead body to the police. Don’t get caught of course. In most cases the person has a din of a rodef since arayos is equated with retzicha. I am dead serious. This is not theoretical. If you are able to, kill the person and do us all a favor. Thank you.
The Ben Ish Chai was never in America.
personally i like b.p. better. it has more of a jewish feel. it matters.
Logician: Very good point. I always wondered why chassidim are so into celebrating yahrtzeits. The fact that they were tzaddikim doesn’t help since Moshe and Aharon (and Yehoshua and others) were certainly tzadikim and the Shulchan Aruch recommends fasting on their yahrtzeits(Orach Chaim 580).
writersoul: It is appropriate to celebrate a bas-mitzva because she then becomes a metzuva v’osa. However since it is proper for her to be a tzenua, it should not be a grand affair, but rather a small celebration at home. That would be good for a bar-mitzva as well, but for a girl an extravagant bas-mitzva celebration is a contradiction in terms.
Gefen: The reason for celebrating the brisday is because a boy is not considered complete until the orlah is removed. Since a girl does not have an orlah, she is born complete and therefore her birthday is equivalent to his brisday (according to this opinion. personally I think they should both celebrate the birthday).
Paroh was no fool. The Torah does not discuss fools. He celebrated the birthday because it deserves celebration. HOWEVER he celebrated it the wrong way. Since he considered himself a god, he celebrated himself as the source of his existence. The correct way to celebrate it is to recognize that Hashem is the Source of his existence and on that day an extention and reflection of that Source was brought to this world. This is a cause for celebration since every year on that day that energy is once again renewed (to a lesser degree). This is why his mazal is considered to be stronger on that day and is a good time to give brachos to others in addition to being mispallel for oneself and others.
It is certainly pagum in the original cup and cannot be used another time as a kos shel bracha. It is not pagum with regard to the original bracha, only with regard to a subsequent bracha.
al tarbe sicha im ha’isha (avos 1-5). interesting that the same mishna discusses inviting guests to one’s home. see the end of the mishna for why it’s not good.
Something’s fishy here.
yitayningwut: great answer. sonei matanos means sonei being a ‘mekabel’, but sometimes one who accepts a gift is actually a ‘nosein’, and sometimes one who declines a gift is doing so because he does not want to be ‘nosein’ in return.
The closest thing we have to neviim nowadays are their written word. They are talking to each one of us. There is no question that if one learns nach seriously and in depth, his closeness to Hashem will be greatly enhanced. Instead of mussar seder, go and hear the words of the neviim. They will definitely change your life. But perhaps that’s what some people are afraid of…
Big Bear: That’s the spirit! Pass me a beer!
Which seminary is this?
There are lots of things science hasn’t yet figured out. This is one of them.
Geneivas Daas? Who has Daas on Purim? Anyway, as long as he appreciates your gift, that’s what matters on Purim. Nobody who is properly besimcha really cares if it’s recycled or not.
more: how old are you? or are you drunk?
This is an issur d’oraisa and an insecurity issue. Get professional help.