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ZD, they had a problem in their community with men dating Goyishe girls whom they later would try to convert for the purposes of marriage. Obviously, there was a very strong concern about the validity of such conversions. Hence, the takonah.

A lot of your shittos, Joseph, really come from wrong preconceived hashkofos and not having “room in the heart”. Not every zach the Chassidim hold of is automatically correct.

And, btw, Neville, I still think you are Joseph. Neikarim ha’dvorim.

Joseph, how about a Sefardi girl who grew up in America, in an Ashkenazi Beis Ya’akov who is ready to follow Ashkenazi minhagim if the husbans is an Ashkenazi who gets rejected out off hand because she’s Sefardi?

Generally speaking, if both spouses have middos tovos it can work out even if they come from different backgrounds. If they don’t have the middos, then even if they are from totally the same background, there will be problems.

Also, Joe, a most important principle: if there is room in the heart, there is room in the house.

Joe and Neville, would you allow your daughter to marry Rabi Akiva?

Joseph, I was not advocating affirmative action. I was saying these people should be given fair consideration. I would marry Satmar (if she does not require a lot of chumros) or MO (if Halochically observant). Lubavitch and DL are questions of ideology. I never said there should be no hakpodos at all, Just some are invalid and harmful. And, Joe, remember Dinah bas Ya’akov!

A ben niddah? If he is a real ben niddah, it is a valid ta’anah.

Ashkenazi marrying only Ashkenazi? Not good. Look at the end of Ta’anis, the sugya of TU be’Av. Also, “Pele Yoetz”.

And, lastly, for sure, I would not want to marry a girl with your attitude!

Joseph, it used to be that in many countries people would not want to hire Jews. Do you think there was something wrong with that? Did it amount to a certain level of persecution?

Tantali, it is openly stated in the Rambam that he will be. But the purification job will be done by Elliyahu ha’Navi.

Roger, the nuclear mushroom over Hiroshima was also spectacular.

The Queen, so why does the Gemorah tell a father to teach his son a trade?

Syag, please… Which Americans, including our boys, are running to sweat harvesting tomatoes, washing bathrooms etc.?!?

Raising wages? NO! That would drive up the prices on things and, generally speaking, would affect the economy badly. We need the Mexicans.

Taakhmamash, Apushatayid, so to desecrate a second day of Yom Tov (which is de’rabbonon) he should listen to her?!? The anwer is — NO. I am not going to explain the sugya here all the way, but it would start from the limud “you and your father are obligated to honor Me” from where we learn that if your father asks you to do an aveirah — you don’t listen to him. Also you have to know what exactly happened there — she did not want him to drink at all or just not go with machmiring shittos.

There are mekoros for this — starting with the Zohar…

SJ, he even threatened Paul Ryan that he was going to pay a big price if he does not go along with his policies. He clearly has dictatorial tendencies. His statements are quite clear. If you don’t see it, there is nothing I can say (or, at least, have time to say) to you.

Squeak ,you don’t see the difference in temperament and aggressiveness between Trump and Obama? You’ve got to be kidding.

Lakewoodloser, no trolling, please.

Squeak, declaring war on Mexico –an absurd fabrication by the media to manipulate the weak minded? Really? Trump repeatedly promised to build a wall on the Mexican border and have Mexico pay for it. Now, for Mexico to do so would be a tremendous national humiliation. They will not do it unless defeated in a war or forced into it by very crippling international sanctions.So which one is Trump doing?

Since when being interesting, famous or exciting are good qualities for a presidential candidate?

He says he can do better. And you take him at his word?!?

What about his obvious and huge flaws? (See above posts.)

To vote for Trump is to risk another Mussolini or Hitler.

Squeak, if Trump declares war on Mexico to make it pay for the wall, are you volunteering for the Army?

Health! What’s up? Who is talking about a nuclear war unless Trump starts one?

And so what, Charliehall? Like I wrote we have to what we possibly can. Saying let them do whatever…, it is non of our business is wrong.

Squeak, do you have anything of substance to answer to my questions?

Nfgo3, you are very wrong. Rambam writes that we have an obligation to force the nations to follow the 7 mitzvos of Bnei Noach. Nowadays we can’t do it militarily, but we need to try to do what we can by other means. I am talking about the toeiva marriage. Plus, it can bad repercussions for the Jewish community to allow the immorality to flourish.

Dovrosenbaum, Trump will keep us out of war?!? Except declaring one on Mexico to force them to pay for the wall. Or on China. Or on anybody else who’ll get on his nerves!

Newbee, stop dreying the kup. Your Rosh Yeshivah does not know history. He is simply wrong. Also, learn some “Netzach Yisroel” by Maharal or some other seforim. They’ll teach you what it means to have a Jewish neshamah.

No, Joseph, she just judged others le’kaf zechus and according to their chezkas kashrus.

Newbee, Poland was a very different matzav when compared with Germany. The Haskolah and going off the derech came there much later, but were in full swing after WWI. The Polish Jewry was much less assimilated than the German one though.