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Chabad dot org has a nice article on this with many מראי מקומות
Google: Chabad org is there life on other planets
For another interesting article on this topic, Google:
The Rebbe and the scientist: Looking for life on MarsSquare,
Sorry, wasn’t intentional
Square,
“Any Jew can claim to be Melech HaMoshiach”
There are certain qualifications listed in the Rambam that someone must have in order to be considered Moshiach even before starting the actual Geulah. There are other signs he must show to prove that he is definitely Moshiach and the Geulah has begun. Having a son is not listed among either list.
I would like to point out that most commentaries argue with the Rambam’s opinion here, and in very sharp ways.
This all follows his opinion that תכלית השכר is a spiritual world and Moshiach will not live forever.
Most disagree with that approach.
See the Raavad.
The Ramban (יגזור הרב ז”ל מיתה על המשיח ועל דורו)
Avodas Hakodesh: הרמב”ם ז”ל שפט משפט מוות על בני תחיית המתים ועל המשיח ודורו
And many others.Additionally, when Moshiach comes, all מומים and sicknesses will be healed (as ruled by the Rambam as well, הלכות תשובה פ”ט), so I doubt anyone will still be childless. (See also Shabbos 30b)
Irregardless, throughout the signs that the Rambam gives to identify someone as Melech haMoshiach (הלכות מלכים פי”א ה”ד), he makes no mention of having children.
Regarding the fruit of the עץ הדעת, if I’m not mistaken, the opinions are:
Wheat
Grapes
Figs
Nuts
EsrogimP.S. Esrog can also be called תפוח
Not getting into the lashon harah aspect, Torah definitely believes in pouring out your feelings to someone else:
דאגה בלב איש ישיחנה.However, Torah always stresses the terrible effects of כעס, so the “venting” should obviously be done in a calm and collected way, with the intent to fix the problem.
Of course Hashem wants the Yidden to survive! Hashem loves the Yidden like the apple of His eye. The entire world and everything in it was created for the Yidden. Yidden are even more important to Hashem than the Torah itself (תנא דבי אליהו, ועוד)
As we say in the Haggadah, in every generation they rise against us to annihilate us, but Hashem delivers us from their hands.
Very soon, Moshiach will come, and we’ll live forever with eternal peace. רמב”ם הלכות מלכים פי”ב, ועוד
Lilmod,
How optimistic, Eretz Yisroel is the best place to live because it’s the best place to get killed! (ר”ל)
OP,
A fundamental tenent of our belief system is אחכה לו בכל יום שיבוא. No matter how bleak things look, let’s remember that we’re on the threshold to a much better world.
As the Rambam describes (הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ומלך המשיח פי”ב ה”ה):
At that time [of Melech haMoshiach], there will be no famine nor war, no jealousy nor competition, and all delicacies will be found like dust… And the world will be filled with the knowledge of Hashem as the water covers the seabed.Indeed, this is becoming quite common. Bochurim need a healthy outlet since they are in yeshivah and not using social media, going out to entertainment, etc. (boruch Hashem).
These are obviously only meant to be used during breaks bein hasdorim, so the more studious bochurim can stay and learn, while the more restless bochurim can play.
This is especially useful in the winter when it’s hard to play outside, since most yeshiva lack an indoor gym (game room is a cheaper alternative).
Akuperma,
Your suggestion is against Torah.
Who gave you the right to throw away millions of Hashem’s children, when the Gemara tells us אע”פ שחטא ישראל הוא, and בין כך ובין כך בני הם (which is even referring to a Yid who is משומד לעבודה זרה ר”ל – Rashba Shu”t 1:194)?How much more so when we are talking about a person who knows nothing about his own religion (due to lack of education), all he knows is that his nation is the most persecuted in the entire world, yet he show great mesiras nefesh by identifying himself as Jewish, despite not knowing what it means practically.
In a way, the essential connection that we all have to Hashem is even more visible on such a person than a frum Yid who received a Jewish education.
Akuperma,
Anyone born of a Jewish mother or who did halachic conversion has an intrinsic connection to Hashem, infinitely more than any other creature on Earth.
This person is defined as Yid. The term has nothing to do with one’s behavior.
Shimon,
As I said, there are several definitions of the term tzaddik, depending on the context.
The definition that you gave is the one that is brought in Tanya and proven from many mamorei razal.
However, the Alter Rebbe (Baal Hatanya) himself acknowledges that the term is sometimes used with other meanings (like in the Rambam quoted by smerel, or והצדיקו את הצדיק, etc.).Re Morahs (I reply with a grain of sensitivity just in case you are suffering trauma from your kindergarten morah):
Don’t be so quick to condemn. Remember the תשובת הרשב”א (brought in שו”ת השיב משה סימן יג):
אין לדחות קבלה שיש ביד הנשים הזקנות מבני עמנו מפני שישים ריבוא מופתים המראים סתרוAvira,
I know about the limmud of עושה מעשה עמך, I was saying that we don’t find this limmud regarding ועמך כולם צדיקים. On the contrary, it is coming to include this who are not generally עושה מעשה עמך.
Re Judgemental
Unfortunately, our behavior often doesn’t reflect on our views. I think that it’s terrible and ossur to speak lashon harah, yet I often slip up.
Although someone could believe in being non-judgemental and only see another for his pintele Yid, practically when someone bothers him personally he can react terribly.
Making our day to day life in sync with our belief system is the life struggle of every Yid.“They have to be “ameich”, oseh maysoh amcha, perfoming what your nation performs. Reshoim aren’t part of that”
What is your source?
The Mishna & Gemara (סנהדרין צ, א) learns from the possuk “ועמך כולם צדיקים” that all Yidden have a share in Olam Habba.
The מפרשים explain this to be referring to ALL Yidden, including רשעים who are חייב ד’ מיתות ב”ד.
(See Rashi, Maharsha, etc.)This is also the halachic ruling of the Rambam (Teshuva, 3:5): Also רשעים have a share in Olam Habba, as it says, ועמך כולם צדיקים
וכן כל הרשעים שעונותיהן מרבים דנין אותן כפי חטאיהם ויש להן חלק לעולם הבא, שכל ישראל יש להם חלק לעולם הבא אף על פי שחטאו, שנאמר ועמך כלם צדיקים לעולם יירשו ארץ.There are many different levels of when the term tzaddik is used, depending on the context.
Chassidus explains that in this context צדיקים is referring to anyone who performs mitzvos, including רשעים, as the Gemara says (ערובין יט, א. חגיגה כז, א):
“The fire of Gehinom has no power over the sinners of Israel, since they are filled with mitzvos like a pomegranate.”Why should we seek to push away other Yidden if we can bring them close? ידע איניש בנפשיה that we are all not perfect in serving Hashem, let us judge others in the way that we want Hashem to judge us.
May we be zoche to the geulah shleima when it will be revealed that every Yid is a tzaddik.
RebE,
Never heard that one (the first part at least),
thanks!In reply to the different opinions regarding informing the parents, the statement which I began with still stands:
“It’s hard to make such a blanket statement. It depends on the bochur, his needs, his environment, etc.”
Sometimes, (very often) it’s okay to “snitch”. The question we must always ask before informing on someone is: “Am I doing this in order to help/save/protect that person/others, or just because I enjoy being a snitch and getting the guy in trouble?”
Often, if a someone confided his trust in you, it was because he assumed that you wouldn’t tell others. If you break that trust, even if you’re only doing it for his benifit, it will backfire and from now on he will keep all of his struggles to himself, which is the worst.
However, I do believe that this can often quite comparable to drug usage or the like. [%30-%40 percent of internet usage is for terrible addictions that do great emotional (and obviously spiritual) damage.]
But it doesn’t make a difference how bad it is. Even for something like drugs, I would think twice before reporting. Will this help him or make it worse? It all depends on the situation.
It’s hard to make such a blanket statement. It depends on the bochur, his needs, his environment, etc.
Sometimes, being so stringent can backfire. If all his friends are in constant contact with each other, but he is cut out from it by force, it can lead him to acquiring devices behind his parents back.
I personally know a young bochur in an out-of-town yeshiva who is the only one in his class whose parents don’t let him have a cellphone. This is asking for disaster.
All the bochurim in his class have flip phones that are fully kosher, and they must give it in to the dorm counselor for most of the week (they get it back for Erev Shabbos).
But this bochur bought a smartphone behind his parents back, and it’s completely unfiltered (r”l), and he uses it throughout the week without reporting it to the dorm counselor. Hanhola thinks that he’s always absent because he likes sleeping in, and his parents still think that he’s the safest bochur in his class from the internet.
Always,
You are completely right, there are many important reasons stop learning Torah.
I was specifically referring to the incorrect statement that there is nothing wrong with bittul zman (doing nothing important with your time) as long as you are koveya itim to learn Torah once in the morning and once in the evening.
The possuk says about Yaakov, “ויבן לו בית ולמקנהו עשה סוכות”
Chassidus explains that לו – for himself (i.e. his neshama), Yaakov built בית – permanent structures.
למקנהו – for his physical needs, he made סוכות, temporary dwellings, since everything in this world is only temporary.(ראה לקוטי שיחות ח”א ע’ 68)
Benephraim,
According to many (most?) poskim, there is an obligation to learn Torah at every moment. This is learned from the possuk in Yehoshua “לא ימוש”.
Wasting even one moment of learning Torah is the serious aveira of bittul torah.
If someone must stop learning in order to make a living, he is permitted to do so, but he must have a set time to learn in morning and night. This is just the minimum shiur, but every free moment from work must be devoted to Torah learning.
If someone needs various entertainment/news outlets as a break in between learning so that he can go back to learning with more vigor, it seems to be מותר (assuming that they are compeletly up to kosher standards).
This idea is in no way bal tosif.
בסנהדרין צט, א מפרש הפסוק “ודבר ה’ בזה . . הכרת תכרת” על כל שאפשר לעסוק בתורה ואינו עוסק. וראה לקוטי אמרים תניא פ”א.
See Tanya ch. 25 that the reason why we say סלח לנו three times a day is because of being עובר the aveira of ביטול תורה.
The only time that I got a glimpse of tintin was when someone somehow got access to the Yeshiva’s Otzar Hachochma (which was usually all locked up) and managed to upload all the Tintins.
You can imagine our surprise when we browsed through the list of seforim and we found countless volumes of “טינטין”!
B”H there is so much Jewish material nowadays, why treif up our children’s minds with goyishe shtusim? Even if there is nothing there that is clearly against halacha, it definitely lacks the Yiddishe taam.
As Abukspan mentioned, the connection between Yom Kippur and Purim is already mentioned in Tikkunei Zohar. The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains the connection at length according to chassidus (originally explained by the Baal Hatanya in Torah Ohr).
The idea in short is that when we do an aveira we break the regular connection to Hashem which is dependent on our fulfilment of mitzvos. Teshuva means that we reach a higher level of connection which is not affected whatsoever by our aveiros. When we tune in to this connections, we are cleansed from our aveiros.
Like Yom Kippur, Purim is also associated with this connection, which is the reason that Hashem’s name isn’t mentioned in the Megilla, since it is connected to Atzmus – higher than any name or description. This is also the idea of עד דלא ידע on Purim – we reach a level which is completely higher than any intellect, even higher than the regular intellect of Torah kvayochol (בין ארור המן לברוך מרדכי).
See at length here: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=19850&st=&pgnum=42
@Moish26,
(@ujm, this applies to you as well, but in general you don’t seem as sincere as Moish, so I doubt this will make a difference)You may be right. Us readers and commenters may be doing an aveira, or at least something that does not fit with the ruach of yiddishkeit.
But would you walk around on a beach to warn everyone that it’s אסור to be there because of seeing pritzus? As I’ve mentioned before, it seems a bit hypocritical.
Again, I’m not saying you must be perfect before critisizing others, but it’s a bit ironic to try to stop others while doing the VERY SAME aveira (similar to the beach משל).
Here’s an example: It is okay to give a derasha about not speaking during davening even if you yourself know that sometimes you are נכשל.
But if it’s in middle of davening and you are having an animated discussion with someone about how terrible it is that there are others who talk during davening, then you are a hypocrite and no one will listen to you.If indeed you feel that the website is treif, I suggest you leave YWN and never come back, and instead go to all your family and friends and explain them the problem with YWN, and urge them to spread this to everyone they know.
Or maybe it’s not your business and you should better spend your time learning Torah. Ask your personal rav.May Hashem guide you to making the proper choice.
If you do not actually feel that using YWN is wrong, and you are just trying to have fun starting conversations etc., keep it up, you’re doing great!
OP, what makes you think that Lapid is such an extreme change?
There have always been some aspects of halacha in the Israeli government, and there still are. Sometimes it was more, sometimes it was less.
Some halacha does not equal Judaism. Refrom believes in some halacha but it’s not Judaism at all. Kefira in one letter of תורה שבכתב or תורה שבעל פה is kefira in the entire Torah.
Of course, this is not speaking about people, rather institutions. If a rabbi says lashon harah once, he is still a rabbi. If he announces that the halachos of lashon harah don’t apply anymore – he is a kofer in the entire Torah and no longer represents Judaism.
The “State of Israel” never supported the entire Torah, so it was never a “Jewish State”.
Of course, as Jews, we try to influence them to have as much halacha as possible, since this affects millions of Jews.@Moshi26, I respect that you’re standing up for proper Yidishe values.
However, whether it’s right or wrong, that doesn’t take away from the irony of discussing the issur of using YWN ON YWN!
You are having a disucussion with many anonymous users, many of whom are possibly women – about the issur of talking to women on a forum!
I can think of many Torah phrases that redicule this behavior: טובל ושרץ בידו, כל הפוסל במומו פוסל, קשוט עצמך ואחר כך קשוט אחרים, etc. etc. Of course this does not mean that we must be perfect before helping others in their Yiddishkeit, but you can’t do an aveira to help others refrain from that very aveira.
Imagine if one fine Shabbos morning, someone would (ch”v) start a thread about how terrible it is that people are posting on forums on Shabbos. That would be rediculous!
“20 years ago ben gvir wouldn’t even get percent . . . And ninety percent of them below the age of 25”
Are you too young to remember Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D? (over 30 years ago)
Chassidus explains that the greatest joy is from light that comes after darkness.
This idea can be found in connection with all 5 things.
Generally, 15 Menachem-Av symbolizes the inner light and hope that is concealed in golus.
This is especially symbolized by the full moon of the month of Av. Of course, the moon is always full, but on 15th, the light shines brightly. That is why ישראל דומין ללבנה – sometimes our light is concealed. The greatest concealement is on Tisha B’av, and therefore, the full moon of the month of Av is the greatest joy and nechama.
It reminds us that despite being in the darkest golus, we will soon shine again with the coming of Moshiach.This is also stressed by the idea of כלו מתי המדבר: in truth, the Yidden stopped dying on Tisha B’av, but they only knew for certain on 15 Av. So too, Moshiach was already born on Tisha B’av, but the revelation and light of geula is specifically connected to 15 Av.
Gut Yom Tov!
May we be zoche to celebrate this 15 Av with the light of Moshiach in the most revealed way!@ujm, thanks for taking the words out of my mouth
@GadolHadofi, I guess that שנאה blinds you to the extent that you will find “Elokus doubts and suspicions” in everything in Chabad, as is apparent from your ridiculous and off-topic comment.P.S. If you truly have a burning question, start your own thread.
If it’s just לקנטר, continue to troll all of my comments.P.P.S. What is the meaning of the name “GadolHadofi”? Is it meant to be comparable to “Gedolei HaTorah”? Are you saying that there is דופי in the words of Torah chas v’shalom? It sounds like you have doubts in the 8th Ani Maamin…
[SATIRE]The possuk says (Devorim 30:3) – ושב ה’ אלקיך את שבותך
Rashi comments that it does not say והשיב (i.e. that He will return the Yidden), rather ושב – He Himself will return with the Yidden.
The Shechina dwells with Bnei Yisroel in their suffering in golus, and when we are redeemed – He will return with us.ושב ה’ אלהיך את שבותך. היה לו לכתב “והשיב” את שבותך, רבותינו למדו מכאן כביכול שהשכינה שרויה עם ישראל בצרת גלותם, וכשנגאלין הכתיב גאולה לעצמו שהוא ישוב עמהם.
Amen!
אחכה לו בכל יום שיבאujm, I was just wondering what got you suddenly curious about random waze facts.
huju, nice point. Where does Trump fly in?
ujm, contrary to popular belief, one is permitted (and obligated) to learn Torah on Tisha B’av, just it must be from the subjects which are permitted. No need to be completely bored out of your mind.
Unless you just got a new smartphone?
Sorry, I don’t understand. What king of “inspirational speakers” are you referring to? If these are comedians, this is terribly wrong. But somehow, I doubt this is the case.
“reflecting” and “strengthening our yiras shamayim” is what most inspirational speakers do. Please enlighten me as to what the balebatishe speakers inspire about other than chizzuk.
For example, over here: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/tisha-bav-2022
I see nothing but true Torah inspiration.“can a shabbos goy do the replenishing for an individual on shabbos?”
It is permitted to ask a goy to turn on the heat since it is necessary for health and gzeiras amira l’nochri did not include heat.
The entire idea of Shabbos goy comes from this. Every Jewish house or building had a goy who would come in every Shabbos to take care of the fire.
“jews who lived in isolated cold climate with no nearby neighbors”
The only Jews I could think of were those in Siberia. No, they did not keep warm. That’s how they died.
I await the day when it will become acceptable to write the following hakdosha:
הוקדש על ידי הגאון הצדיק הבעל חסד עוסק בצ”צ
ר’ ראובן פלוני שליט”א
לעילוי נשמת הרוצה בעילום שמו ע”ה😊
(after all, we all know who really wants his name up. The niftar couldn’t care less!)
I respect the woman who I met today who was raised as a devout Christian but a few weeks ago learned that her mother’s mother was Jewish and completely concealed her Jewish identity after surviving the Holocaust.
She is ready to drop everything and learn what it means live like a Jew for herself and her son. This is the power of a Yiddishe neshoma!I respect the young bochurim whom I deal with daily who constantly put tremendous effort into holding onto & improving their limmud hatorah and Yiddishe behavior despite the immense struggles and challenges which they go through as a teenager in our day and age.
I respect Yidden who are so diverse and strong minded, yet are able to come together beautifully to show their respect to others despite our (sometimes major) disagreements.
This is great relief from other parts of the CR. It shows us that after all, we are still brothers.
Thank you ujm for bringing up this thread.
Hashem, see the achdus of Your children, ברכנו אבינו כולנו כאחד with all of the berachos, first and foremost – the brocha of the גאולה האמיתית והשלימה so we will be able to dance into Tisha B’Av as one and celebrate it as the greatest Yom Tov!
[Additionally, today I feel a special respect for our dear soldiers in Eretz Yisroel who are right now putting their lives at risk to be Hashem’s shluchim for the protection of millions of our brothers and sisters. Kol hakavod, may Hashem be with you]