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after shul and lunch, we go for a family walk…dropping in on friends along the way…
Later in the afternoon the Rabbi has a shuir he calls “Torah on the Green”…basically getting together outside in his backyard…there is something very peacful about learning outside on a nice summer day
I was out walking my dog a couple of nights ago and a huge van passed me with a the words “Jews for J” all over it…they have infested my neighbourhood as well…
Walking to shul a couple of shabbos ago, I saw them going door to door…
My wife is currently on maternity leave, you get a full year in Montreal…Becasue she is a government employed social worker, the first 6 month she was paid %97 of her salary, droping to %75 the last 6 months of her leave…She’ll go back to work 4 days a week in the winter…
I think when we do something Liluy Nishmas, we are in fact also working to improve our Neshamas…
If you only wait for terrible things to happen to work on yourselves…then that is the issue..
“What films are Jewish?”
The Frisco Kid
for some the lines between chumrahs and halachah have becommed blurred…
some people look down at the MO as the “red headed step child”…it’s sad but true. The infighting seems at an all time high.
Can someone explain what Yeshivish but With-it means 🙂
Shlishi….why do you make stuff up? You seem to have a wild imagination…
Some people have forgotten the difference between Halacha and chumrahs…confusing one with the other…
I think what it boils down to is Zionism and valuing a secular education…watering down of
Mitzvos is not MO…it may be “traditional” but not MO…also it is very common for “traditional” Jews to be active members of an Orthodox Shul…thus outsiders may be confused and think that everyone who goes to a young israel is MO, which they are not.
Unfortunately many with no knowledge of MO, make sweeping false generalizations. To group “reform” “conservative” with MO, is like comparing a circle with a square. They are both shapes, other than that they have 0 in common…
Wikipedia has some good info as well as Yeshiva University website
Frumguy…. Thanks for that sweeping generalization… You gave no clue
There are enough people out there that hate Jews, the last thing kal yisroel needs is prejudice from within… I like Dafina as much I like Cholent 😉
I’ve heard the term orthoprax used to describe what you are feeling….
I’d also like to add that the majority of MO people and their shuls are very pro Israel…emphasis on both a Torah and secular education..
In Montreal the Sephardim and ashkanaz population are very close, at least in MO circles…we send our kids to the same schools, eat at each others restaurants, and often daven at the same shuls. It is very common for ashkanaz and Sephardim to marry each other… I guess Shlishi doesnt agree…
or call the police…
Some shuls have a “jr congregation” so the kids can daven in their own supervised minyans…there are also play groups for the real young ones…again fully supervised…maybe more shuls need to implement this…as for the staring, they should be taught not too…
“like they have in Israel the KosherPhone and rabbanim here should insist that everyone”
I don’t like labels, especially the ones you used. Watching TV does not make you “normal” and not watching does not make you super frum…
One of the reasons I like coming here is for the lively debates…
I’m taking my kids to see WInnie the Pooh..I have no problem with it….every couple of months or so I’ll take my wife for dinner and she’ll treat me to a movie 😉
The fact that Yids are committing these crimes is terrifying…in all my life I can’t recall 2 horrific murders by Jews, whose victims were tzadics..within weeks of each other
This is getting scary…
ovadiayosefrocks- u keep saying that and no1 is responding bec “you’re not making any point. we have already discussed that by them having a facebook page doesn’t prove anything.”
I’ll respond, I think it means that the family has no problem with Facebook being used as a tool…I’ll remind you again that as the admin’s of the fund, they must be aware on how the Fund is being promoted. So, I’d say it does proves something.
can we agree to disagree?
Yid4life…sorry I did not read it properly, I agree with you that is 100 percent wrong in my book
mike- “one of the more modern rabbis from my seminary was (excitingly) telling the class how he found his friend (a woman) from elementary school on facebook and how they caught up with eachother and how nice that was… i was sitting in that class in SHOCKK and never looked at him the same. A Rabbi!?!? Rekindiling an old friendship with a girl from elementary school!?! BH he is happily married”
Sounds like Facebook was used for the good, I’m happy they are now happily married…and the best part is Facebook is free so they didn’t have to pay a shidduch fee or pay other matchmaking sites like like frumster
lovesbeingjewish….with all due respect, please use a spell and grammar check when posting. I find it hard to follow your argument with all the errors.
Secondly, When both Yeshiva World News and the Leiby Kletsky Memorial Fund remove their Facebook Pages and stop promoting their “interests” on Facebook I will consider deleting my Facebook Page…
“you go up to shamayim and have to watch a video of your life, trust me, every single person will wish beyond belief that they didn’t spend so many hours on facebook “
I hope I will also see how many people I personally got to donate to the Memorial Fund, because I was able to spread the word to friends, via Facebook, using the “LIKE ON FACEBOOK” link they have prominently displayed on the Leiby Kletzky Memorial Fund’s website…the same fund under the supervision of the Family and their Rabbi (obviously they are all aware that Facebook is an important tool and have approved it)…
Look, I never said you should go on it, I don’t care if you do. Just realize that all your arguments against it can be used for anything…Skype, phones, internet etc…And no I don’t feel this is an extreme to make a point…
I don’t understand why you don’t understand that people don’t all follow the same as you…I can quote many prominent Rav’s that say the internet is assur..So, why are you on it? I guess you don’t hold the same as they do and you know what, that is fine too…Should I call you “a lost cause” as you have called me, because you continue to use the web?
“Do you people have any idea how many marraiges were RUINED because of face book accounts?”
No clue, do you?
“please read Garden of Emuna and Garden of Riches. written By R’ Shalom Arush.”
Good suugestion…
I watch movies…not as much as I did when I was younger, but I’m not opposed to them…Of course I pay attention to the ratings.
How do you get rid of the post wedding jitters 😉
And 470 people “Liked” the page!!
Take a look to the upper left of the page, I see a Facebook Logo promoting Yeshiva World News’s Facebook Page 🙂
ask for references AND emplyment history ( since I assume you want rent on time :))
I think everyone should do a little something to help elevate Leiby’s and all others who have passed Neshamas…I also think it’s not our place to tell others what that “little something” is…
I also feel that it is not right to call someone who doesn’t agree with you a “lost cause”…I’ve been very clear that I use Facebook for both personal and professional reasons and I personally see no problem with it…
I also respect those who do not feel it is right for them and choose not to have one…Within the Orthodox world, there are many Derechs…I don’t know for certain which is the right one or even if there is a “right” one…I guess we’ll have to wait for the Moshiach to find out…
Until then, I will try very hard to improve myself. Right now it is my choice to increase my learning and Tzedakah, to help me accomplish that….
And just so I am clear, this is not my Yetzer talking, it is me and what I feel…
There is no way guys and girls can be platonic…maybe a girl can pull it off, but men can’t…
I don’t think it is wrong to be angry with HAshem, just as a child can be angry with his parents, when they have to be strict and say NO to us…at least when you are angry, you still recognize “HE” exists…being angry and still believing is HUGE!
I don’t think letting HAshem know you are angry is wrong..of course he already knows that, but speaking to him in your own words can do wonders….Breslovers try to do it every day….
I smell Joseph 😉
happiest…Rabbi Lazer Brody, who runs a fanastic site called http://www.lazerbrody.typepad.com ,talks about devoting time each day to talking with Hashem…using your own words…try pouring out your heart, Maybe this is a start?
“thanks again mr. editor. aren’t you supposed to edit, not prove that bad websites are good”
He didn’t prove anything, He just provided us with some facts.
lovesbeingjewish….” I can give you loads of tzedkah and kiruv and chesed orginations that are on facebook”
Great, let me know which ones, I’d love to look them up. maybe even send in a couple of donations 🙂
Pizza, Sushi….Now I’m hungry!
lovesbeingjewish…..”you are a lost cause”
That’s not very nice. So if someone doesn’t see things the same way you do, they are hopeless?
“I’m sure the Kletzkys don’t even have internet but others were the ones that posted it on facebook”
I’m not talking about posts, I’m talking about the actual page and the Facebook icon on the Fund’s site…since they administer it, I assume they know it is on the site and have approved it…
lovesbeingjewish…..”mikehall12382- it is sad to see how deeply rooted facebook and technology is for you,”
Thats a bold statement for someone who has no idea who I am. I appreciate if you would not judge me…
I not only use Facebook page to keep in touch with friends, I manage my company’s Facebook page. It helps me keep in touch with thousands of customers and potential customers for next to nothing. The business my company has gotten from using facebook has been substantial. The money is used to pay my salary so I can pay my mortgage, tuition, food, shul membership and give tzedakah…
You do realize you are using the internet right?
lovesbeingjewish and yid4life..
Are you both aware that Yeshiva world News has a Facebook Page?
I would also like to call your attention to the The Leiby Kletzky Memorial Fund the website is http://www.give2gether.com/projects/help-support-leiby-kletzky/
If you scroll down to near the bottom of the page you will clearly see the Facebook Logo, with the words “take action on FACEBOOK”…
Since the fund is being administered by Rabbi Nachman and Esther Kletzky, I assume that they have no problem with Facebook being used as a tool to getting the word about the Fund….
In addition the Leiby Kletzky Fund has it’s own Facebook page…again I will remind you the fund is administered by the parents and their Rabbi…I assume once again they are fully aware of this and have approved it as a means to spread the word,
Thanks again for your concern, but I suggest you work on your middos and I’ll worry about mine.
While I agree there are many things that I need to improve on, logging onto facebook to send a message to my cousin is not an issue for me.
I disagree with you, I feel that giving tzedakah is helping me change both on a physical and spiritual level…
Thank you for providing this reference
I feel bad for him, and I hope he does not get turned off to Yidishkyte…