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Avi K: The gedolim you quoted supported the state at its begining because it COULD HAVE BEEN a good thing for bnei yisrael. Hashem did show his love for bnei yisrael by giving us an unprecedented opportunity for spiritual and material revival after the terrible gezeira. After ’67 R’ Chaim Shmulevitz RY of Mir said something similar. But the opportunity was missed and misused, to put it mildly. The truth is that we still have the opportunity to turn things around and prepare the way for mashiach. But as long as the state persists in actions that are the opposite of bringing us closer to Hashem, it cannot be supported. (btw i don’t know that the gedolim you quoted supported the state but i’ll take your word for it)
modern orthodoxy is a different religion based on the jewish law books. it is not the derech hashem that we have from the avos hakedoshim and it is not the derech hatorah that we have from moshe rabbeinu. they can call themselves ‘jewish’, ‘orthodox’, ‘zionists’, or whatever else they want, but it is a different religion. I will say something else: A yid is made up of a guf a sechel and a neshama. The sechel is on a higher level than the guf and the neshama is on a higher level than the sechel. The derech hashem and derech hatorah quoted above is the fact that the neshama and its unique qualities should be in control of the sechel and the guf. modern orthodoxy ignores or denies the special nishmas yisrael and does not go beyond the sechel. In doing so they cut themselves off from the derech hashem and derech hatorah. What I have written here is very important and goes to the core of the issue. It is not simply an issue of how to deal with the changing times. It goes to the heart of what we’re all about as a special people. haskala comes from the word sechel and their idea was very similar-namely the supremacy of the sechel and rejection and denial of the neshama. modern orthodoxy is an outgrowth of that philosophy, only they follow laws found in the jewish law books, and that’s why they are far more dangerous, because they thereby fool the unlearned, the unaware, and ultimately themselves. It is a different religion without true pnimiyus or connection to hashem. Please think well about what I have written here before you respond, as they touch upon dvarim haomdim berumo shel olam. (btw there are groups among ‘mainstream’ jews who also have not completely rid themselves of the influence of the haskala. As much as the neshama is made paramount and the sechel and guf secondary, to that extent true yahadus is revealed. I will not elaborate any further v’dai lichakema b’remiza.)
God runs everything. This includes christianity, islam, zionism, buddism, gas chambers, etc. God certainly has a good purpose for everything, but our job is to follow the torah.
They have a connection to the ‘jewish’ state. They have no connection to yiddishkeit.
Does y.U. also have shiurim during every commercial? We don’t want to miss even one minute of torah. Suggestion: put a giant(pun intended) screen in the y.U. bait midrash so during the breaks you can go right back to the sefer in front of you. Ad masai atem poschim al shtei hase’iphim? btw is the topic of the lecture(shiur)’Halachic reasons why it is assur to ignore the superbowl’? This is a chumra that the y.U. audience would like.
Probably because it’s the only sport where a championship is decided by one game only as oppose to a series. But it’s definitely not a big deal or even a little deal. It’s nothing at all. Like the rest of american ‘culture’. Nothing at all.
HaKatan: beautiful. I especially liked the (religious) zionist line.
I know of a good beis din in brooklyn that does not charge anything. I know one of the dayanim personally and he is an adam chashuv(in my opinion). If this is a practical inquiry ask the mods to send me your email.
Since you seem to want to hear criticism I’ll say this: It doesn’t seem proper to use the name of an amora as a username in the cr(especially with that subtitle):) Anyway, great dvar tora. Sorry, I couldn’t find any criticism there.
Y.U., Chovevei torah…
sam4321: thanks.
then change the material. there is a way to cut the challah without cutting the material.
The giants are in the superbowl? What’s a superbowl? It must be a big bowl if giants could fit into it.
If Hashem brings yissurim he is showing that he cares about you and is interested in your improvement.(Of course this does not have to be only through yissurim) Those who are too far gone are left alone. Until one day when they have worse yissurim than the human mind can begin to imagine.
speaking of challa boards, actually it is preferable not to have a board at all. the best zecher l’man is a thin material beneath the lechem mishne and a thin material above, similar to the dew that was above and below the man. very timely thread. nice.
R’ Chaim Kanievsky put out a sefer with a list of things that are kashe l’shikcha.(btw he himself said that he forgot to mention all of them). someone here mentioned wearing socks while sleeping and eating from a pot that food was cooked in. i never heard that and i would appreciate knowing a source, thanks. The gemara mentions quite a few but i wonder if that only applies to bavel or eretz yisrael. meaning, this sort of thing may depend on many factors and could change based on time and place. this would help explain why all this is not mentioned by rambam or shulchan aruch especially since doing something to forget one’s learning is an issur doraisa with severe consequences(avos 3-8)
perhaps the tendency to chumros reflects an overall tendency to always get things ‘just right’. people are anxious about everything and perfectionistic in general(just an observation-i could be wrong and i’m not judging anyone-not now anyway) so those who are into halacha focus this approach on halacha. Rabbosai, chill out! Dracheha darchei noam!
rabbiofberlin: actually the modern invention is to relegate the torah to ‘halachic’ matters only. The torah (i.e. God’s will) has what to say about all matters, mundane and spiritual.(Actually there realy is nothing mundane in a jew’s life but that’s another subject). The one who has aquired daas torah knows what Hashem wants in all matters. The modern jews separate Hashem and his Torah from certain areas of the physical world thereby demonstrating that they don’t really believe in achdus hashem and ein od milvado. This is not the proper forum for blasting modern orthodoxy, which is a modern invention, but believe me I’ve got plenty of ammunition.
Women should not wear sheitels that look like human hair. It is a serious issue of das moshe and das yehudis. That might not be controversial enough so here’s another: All girls should cover their hair, single or married, as is mashma from Rambam and Shulchan Aruch. The yishmaelim still do it and we don’t want them to have any merit over us chas v’shalom.(sushe:that’s what i meant by(most)).
A comment that is mevaze talmidei chachamim should not be allowed. A comment that is mevaze apikorsim should be applauded.
medium: i am considered ‘litvish’ and was in lakewood many years. usernames can be misleading. i respect and greatly appreciate the fact that you are trying to be mezavaig zivugim but please don’t knock the guys exclusively. actually please don’t knock any of the singles. no offense but maybe we don’t have a shidduch crisis but a shadchan crisis. btw i might be a girl so careful how you respond.
how do you get a subtitle? anyone out there?
Only the minyan where either the mohel or avi haben or sandak (and possibly the baby himself) is present in the same room, does not say tachanun. All other minyanim do. Since none of the above were present in the room with your minyan, tachanun is said.
sam2: You omitted my first opinion so I assume you agree with it. As for #2 – chazal never decided anything in this regard and the Chida(and others) clearly encourage wearing tefillin by mincha. tefillin is related to tefilla. #3 – the Rambam indicates that ituf is one of the requirements of tefilla. If we are mechanech children in tefilla they should do ituf as well. #4 – if we would start looking earlier we would find that the ‘right’ one is not that hard to find. #5 – shtika k’hoda’a(like#1). If you have a response please post it. #6 – by your own admission your mesora is false. That is very relevant. BTW is it also your mesora to be modern-orthodox? #7 – I agree that there is a minhag among most yidden to wear a head covering. My point is that mei’ikar hadin it is not necessary. The nafka mina is that there are many situations where the minhag may not apply. #8 – The source for kiruv is vahasheivoso lo or v’ahavta l’reacha kamocha or lo sa’amod al dam rei’echa. All these mitzvos only apply to achicha or rei’echa. A non-religious jew is not in that category unless he is a child or a tinok shenishba. #9 – If it cuts to skin level, as most do, it is ta’ar and assur d’oraisa.
sushe: (most)sefardim follow a tshuvas rashba who says that the chosson makes a shvua when he gets married not to marry an additional wife. I believe this is normative practice today among sefardim.
How many jews have gone astray because of zionism? How many jews have gone astray because of the satmar shitta? The facts speak for themselves. As for the jews having control of eretz yisrael(someone quoted a ramban without a source) I beg to differ. It is a democratic government with some jewish representation. This cannot be called ‘jewish’ control even if they have the audacity to call it a ‘jewish state’. We are not fooled by the eirev rav, or by those who support them.
RABBAIM: what are you smoking? MEDIUM:uman sonei bnei umnuso. I think the lakewood shadchanim might disagree with you. As for being picky, there are many reasons why they would not want to marry that have nothing to do with just ‘being picky’. And girls have the same issues as boys. get with the program.
On Tu B’shvat the sap has come up in the tree and the fruits start to develop. Therefore when one makes a bracha on the fruits one can have a positive influence on the development of the fruits that will grow the coming season. This is also why it is an opportune time to daven for a good esrog. Keeping this in mind when you make a bracha and eat the fruits should make things more meaningful.
Eat two healthy meals a day, with a small snack and drink in the middle. So lunch is unnecessary.
lesschumras: maybe had they emigrated to usa or Eretz Yisrael, the gezeira would have followed them there.
Tora Yid: Way to go! Finally somebody saying what needs to be said.
Sam2 – +1. Though the music issue and dancing on shabbos issue can be argued(Rema by music,Tosfos by shabbos), I agree with you(surprise!). As a matter of fact I think a koton who is eight or nine should be included in a zimun as per the opinion of most poskim.(Yes, I am aware of a dissenting opinion). Now here’s mine: 1)lubavitch brings something good to yiddishkeit, modern orthodoxy does not. 2)Tallis and Tefillin should be worn by mincha, Tallis by maariv. 3)all boys should wear talleisim and cover their head with it. 4)ben shmone esrei l’chupa. 5)One should not live in eretz yisrael today. 6)the yemenite havara is accurate. 7)it is not necessary mai’ikar hadin to wear a yarmulka. 8)there is no mitzva to do kiruv unless the non-religious person is a child or a tinok shenishba. 9)shaving the beard is in most cases an issur d’oraisa many times over. 10)the kashrus industry is (for the most part) treif. being so involved in gashmius is not kosher(like having 35 flavors of potato chips,45 flavors of ice cream etc.) 11)yeshivos should learn tanach and shma’atsa aliba d’hilchisa. I have other opinions which I’ll save for another time.
Some say kanaim pogim bo applies to a jewish woman with a non-jewish man as well. However given the woman’s age, that’s probably not an issue. Kibud av v’aim does not apply to a non-religious parent. Explain to her that she’s hurting herself spiritually. She might actually listen to you if you can explain that concept well.
Ben shmone esrei lachupa (Avos 5-21). Can we please stop making cheshbonos?
I once heard that speeding might be assur since it violates dina d’malchusa (besides the sakana aspect of course).
zahavasdad: yes He told me, and He told you too. Vehiskadishtem, Veheyisem Kedoshim, Kedoshim Tihyu, Viheyisem Li Kedoshim, repeated many times. Hashem Oheiv Tzadikim(tehillim 146). If others hate the beautiful ways of the torah it is their problem, and Hashem hates them for it. Do you want proofs for this too?
It is entirely possible that a goy is allowed to make that kind of choice when treating a fellow goy. I have no reason to think otherwise. The torah teaches that the value of the life of an 18 year old yid is not necessarily greater than that of a 60 year old yid. But the value of the life of a goy may very well be judged by an entirely different standard. The sheva mitzvos benei noach (or sevara) do not indicate otherwise. As for being an ohr lagoyim I agree with yitay. The source for ohr lagoyim in Yeshaya 60 (and other places) also seems to be speaking of something which will happen on its own.
Mods please send yitayningwut’s email to my email that is on file with you, as per his instructions above. Thank you very much.
Following this cheshbon 5772 is mincha gedola. v’haya l’es erev yihye ohr(zecharya 14). Erev is gematria 272 and exactly 272 years after the morning(5500) will be erev. So get ready for something big in the near future. The gra speaks about this in tikkunei zohar and safra d’tzniusa. I hope to post sources soon. mashiach ben yosef may be a movement not a person. Possibly this is why the Rambam makes no mention of him although the Gemara in succah 52 clearly does, since it is an aggada not meant to be understood literally. (I have already posted elsewhere that there are serios questions about the validity of all that is written in sefer kol hator. Rav M. Shternbuch makes this point in a tshuva).
Sam2: I did not mean that it is assur for a man to sit next to a woman on a bus. It is muttar as you pointed out. The issurim I was reffering to are the issurim that this practice could lead to when it is done all the time by such a large number of people. It does not take a wild imagination to understand this especially in the frum community where people feel somewhat heimish with each other especially in Eretz Yisrael. This is the reason why they have separate seating in the first place. To do away with this noble practice which reflects the unique kedusha of the chosen nation because other nations(or non-religious jews) disapprove would constitute a chillul hashem. I trust that I have sufficiently clarified my position. Hashem loves this noble practice and it should certainly be continued.
Thanks sam, but why do we only honor him in divrei hayamim? And why the letter yud? (agav, rashi in divrei hayamim is probably not rashi)
coffee addict: See the rest of my post. If he believes in shituf he is not a ger toshav. The (simple) reason for lo sechanaim is so we shouldn’t come to do what they do. So if it’s avoda zara for us it would be assur to praise them. BTW shituf is avoda zara for anyone according to most poskim. zahavasdad: I don’t know what raul wallenberg beleived in but if he was a religious christian it would be assur to praise him. You could thank him but you cannot praise him. Going to gehennom will not be necessary, as one can always do teshuva.
uneeq: You make a good point. However the Rambam brings the halacha of ma’asei eretz mitzrayim in hilchos issurei biah which indicates that it is in the category of ‘znus’ and included in acharei eineichem.(although there is no kares or misah like the others) Also looking at something that could lead to sin may be in the category of acharei eineichem even if it is not a znus issue. Only chazal used the common example. Once we’re on the subject it is important to note that acharei eineichem applies to looking at something that could lead to an actual aveira. Actual aveira includes any action that is in the category of znus(or other aveira). Once again I will not elaborate v’hameivin yavin. Thoughts alone fall under a different issur namely v’nishmarta mikol davar ra and looking at something that would only lead to thoughts is an issur d’rabbanan as stated clearly in avoda zara 20. Of course the thoughts themselves are an issur d’oraisa. I know this may surprise some but it seems to be correct. See the sugya there. (Keep in mind of course that ha’over al divrei chachamim chayav misah).
writersoul: No I don’t, out of respect for my father who does not wear one. However I believe it is proper to do so. See my post levush yehudi for further info. You are correct as sam points out. Another question: Why in nevi’im rishonim(and tehillim)is David’s name spelled without a yud, and in Nevi’im achronim and throughout Divrei Hayamim it is spelled with a yud? I have an answer but you might have a better one. Anyway, should make for interesting research 🙂
Yitay: I’m looking to learn issur v’heter. Lakewood would be fine. Do you know of a specific chabura? It is important that the rosh chabura be a qualified posek. BTW are you a talmid of Rav Abadi? I had a shaychus with him years ago. Can’t say I’m a talmid but I appreciate his halachic expertise. If you don’t want to give info here we could probably work something out with the mods and I’ll contact you directly. Thanks.
Sam2: We cannot be matir issurim because the world disapproves of the ways of the torah. That would be a chillul Hashem.
Yitay: I’m looking for a good halacha chabura. You seem to realy know your stuff. Please let me know of a good chabura I could join. Thanks. And if anyone else out there has any suggestions I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
But it is avoda zara for us. Therefore it is assur for us to praise them. Besides, avoda zara in this context refers to any other religion that denies the foundations of the torah. (This includes christians and muslims). Only a ger toshav is not included in the three prohibitions learned from lo sechaneim: chen(praising them and the like) chinam(giving them presents) chanaya(allowing them to live in Eretz Yisrael). A ger toshav believes in all the principles of the torah-see Rambam Melachim end of eighth perek.