midwesterner

I had a grandson’s bris in Yerushalayim on Monday morning. BH I did not even have the nisayon of watching any of it, as it started at 1:30 AM.

This has been discussed at length ad nauseum here. Not going to respond to the hashkafah here, there’s plenty of other talk on this matter, if you care enough to find it. Couple of quick facts though that are not debatable.

This was originally published in a sicha titled Basi Legani, (1951) when he became rebbe. It was not some bochurishe hava amina. He was defining the relationship between a rebbe and his chassidim mostly in terms of his father in law, but at the point where he was assuming that very mantle of leadership. I’ve heard that in versions published since the ’80s, this line has been edited out.

To knaidlach: If you want to prove that any questionable thesis or philosophy is consistent with normative Torah thought, one must prove it from outside that philosophy’s writings. Proving the Chabad hashkafah is normative Torah by telling someone to look in Chassidus Chabad puts you in an endless loop.

Saturdays and Sundays are potential playoff dates. The stadium wouldn’t have been available M”S anyway.

Wow! The level of familiarity with what goes on in a gemara.

The Giants and the Jets aren’t playing. But they didn’t know that back then when they had to sign the deal. The stadium is contractually obligated to not rent out the facility on any day that might be a playoff game for either of the home teams.
In general, when the siyum had to be moved because the actual day doesn’t work, the Aguda has always moved it up rather than back. Their stated philosophy was (in the past; I didn’t hear anything about it this specific cycle) that such an inspiring event would cause many more people to want to join. They therefore give them a few extra days for people to arrange chavrusos and/or find shiurim. If they would make it afterwards, and then it takes someone a couple of days to work out a plan, they’d already be holding a few days into Brachos, and people would be discouraging by starting off already in arrears.
[In 1982, the date of the actual siyum fell out during the Aguda convention, Thanksgiving weekend, They made their big bash in the Felt Forum a week and a half before on Sunday. The public explanation was as explained above. They may have also not wanted the event to go head to head with their convention, but they did not say that publicly. My rebbi, Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin zt”l, was honored to say Brachos daf 2 on the day that it actually fell out during the convention. He took that as a siman and a motivation, and he committed to learning daf yomi and stuck with it until his very last day, almost 5 cycles later.]

That was the once in a lifetime event known as the 12th siyum hashas. This will be the once in a lifetime event of the 13th siyum hashas.

The 68.5% ad was created and publicized at least two months ago. Did you think they haven’t sold anything since? Of course they have! They just haven’t updated the ad.

A comment to TFT and the others about the quick change from bad to good.

I have been blessed by Hashem with six wonderful daughters. In the 11 year span from when my eldest went to seminary to when my youngest went, we watched the cellphone policies go from:
1. Assur, no one had
2. frowned on- just a few had
3. neutral, get one if your parents are nervous
4. good idea, you should probably get
5. Everyone should get one
6. The seminary will actually supply them so they can send group messages about a host of issues.

DY: Also some fair chunks of Breslov

There is also a very wide range in the OOT world. Cities like LA, Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto, Detroit, Baltimore etc. have all the amenities that you have in NY, smaller volume, without a lot of the negativity described above. Other smaller communities, like perhaps South Bend, Omaha, Memphis, have some nisyonos when it comes to shopping, chalav Yisroel, etc. Then there are places in the middle, eg. Minneapolis, St. Louis, Denver, that have some things and are lacking others. There is no monolithic OOT.

Probably more than 80% of the program is in English. Try to be sovel one or two chassidishe rebbe or similar types speaking in Yiddish, so that all the Yiddish speaking public (and they are a fairly large portion) can enjoy as well.

How can the above be reconciled with Yochanan Kohen Gadol?

Methinks that some on this site have reached the madreiga of lomed al menas lekanter.

Women don’t need a kapara for sleeping in. They do it every day when their husbands are out at the 5:30 shiur or the 6:00 shacharis. Ever been in a Jewish bakery before 7:00 AM? Only male customers!

(HT: PBA)

Participant: Excellent question. I suggest you ask Martha Stewart her opinion on the matter.

“when english is optionary things become rampid.”
One of the best posts in a long time!!

Working for Artscroll prohibits one from using a siddur published by another company?

Another source is Kol atzmosai tomarna . . .

There are national brands of flour available all over that are Yoshon year round. No need to stock up like that.

Good old Joe went on a rant in which he describes the greater quantity of yiddishkeit on the East Coast. Not sure he proved anything about the quality. Where I live there are also places with 3 shuls on a block. Not so many such places, but they are there. We fill our shuls, we fill our yeshivos. Brooklyn has more, because they have more people. But that is quantity, not quality.

We have Hatzala, Chaveirim, Bikur Cholim, a Chessed Fund Warehouse that is unmatched anywhere in the world including Lakewood. And we don’t antagonize the police when they try to give a parking ticket, so they like us, and respond when we need, so there’s no need for Shomrim. And a Chevra Kadisha that does much of what misaskim does.

We don’t have hundreds of gemachs, but we probably have dozens.

I’m not finding children of local people moving to Brooklyn any more that are moving from there to here. Lakewood is different, because they go there to learn.

Happy to be in the Gan Eden Club. Not so excited about the pre-boarding though.

First night chiyuv to eat even in the rain but not sleep is due to the gezeira shava of Chamisha Asar to Pesach where it says Ba’erev Tochlu Matzos. Nothing to do with mitztaer and its relationship to the concept of teishvu k’ein taduru.

B’crach echad is not a raya to anything. If so, you wouldn’t be allowed to but BIrkas Hatorah or anything like that before Beraishis.

laskern: That is irrelevant. They are not saying sequence doesn’t matter. They acknowledge that it does. But if you’d really know what’s going on in the Tanya, your heart would tell you that it is equal to a chumash.

I think that anyone who is bothered by profits made by pharmaceutical companies is extremely shortsighted. I am thrilled when they make money, and lots of it. You know why? Because that means that they will keep trying to come up with more and more new drugs to improve and extend our lives. Profit incentive has proven to be the best motivator to produce anything.
All those people that complain about the drug companies making money need to look in the mirror. Are they, or anyone of their loved ones, taking drugs for anything? They should know that is only available in today’s world without those companies. (Obviously it all comes from Shomayim, but Hashgacha has arranged that these companies are the primary shluchim in our world for this benefit.)
Does anyone know how much they spend on research and development of new drugs? And in how many drugs are tens of millions if not hundreds of millions invested in R&D, yet never make it to market? As long as they can make money, they will continue to invest.

Herd Immunity may or may not be proven. But with these diseases making a comeback, and ground zero being Rockland County, Ocean County, and Brooklyn; I would suggest that ‘herd non-immunity’ is being proven before our very eyes!!