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Dear Health,
It’s because nobody cares about the persons of our social fabric. We lost our religious sentiments. But where does liberalism come in?
PS As we know that back than almost all liberals were Republican.
Dear NOYB,
I hear your points. It is still unclear to me why the gun would him. If the idea is to get out alive, then not going at all would be a better choice. Or go unarmed or lightly armed and keep a low profile.
My understanding was that he was running away. This is a point with gun engagement which is different than your typical crawl. You have to commit to use the gun or call it off. Everything else is very risky. In other words, shoot the attacker fatally or not, or get rid of the gun or hold it by the muzzle. One can try to calmly back away with a drawn gun. But do not make a break for it.
I understand that he knew how to shoot. I doubt he enough to detail.
But I would not call those questions basic.
As in yes I have answers.
Yes
Dear Two,
No thanks! To be fair, it’s a total of six people.
Dear Ujm,
Some people have values that go deeper and beyond their current agenda. If that was not the case, there would be no agendas.
Dear Torah,
I posted somewhere that he did not know what he was doing. If you have a rifle, you use it or put it away. I’m not sure what he actually did, but he clearly lacked training or courage. Probably both.
One more line. The people that I know I’m real life who are very vocal about defending him, are proud new gun owners who have little training and even less courage…..
The statistics we read, are not an experience. Understanding the data, requires some additional knowledge. I really do not get your point.
Dear Health,
The high divorce rate is because divorce is legal. Why is everything always about liberals to you? Liberals are not even relevant in the present day.
We should help to a large extent. The problem is that they make a gigantic movement out of it. And it is difficult to believe that it is all going to help release them from jail. The boys in Japan, Rubashkin, Pollard, and others, did not get much relief from the initial campaigns. The solution lies in a direct and more modest approach. The ones that avoid serious jail time, are the ones that the public does not hear much about.
Dear Lake,
Right to gather is pretty basic. Should they? Not during a pandemic. 😛
I think we all realize that our own experiences carry very little weight on something that is circling the globe for the fifth time.
Dear Kluger,
Vaccines build immunity. Immunity will hamper the spread. It will take a lot of vaccines to completely stop the spread.
Dear Syag,
That was exactly what I was looking for! Especially this line. Is denial easier than shame? By the way, at about his age having been in a similar situation, I can a bit relate to the fear factor. But I realized that trouble would likely come find me, and I preempted it. This guy realized it too late.
I looked at the story a bit when it happened, now it is mostly forgotten. What bothered me is that I knew there would be a major prosecution, with an absurd emphasis on due process. But the murder story in itself is not exceptional outside of it’s context and implications for the national discussion. This same story plays out in boring fashion, daily in inner cities. And nobody cares. And it really bothers me, that both tribes gets mad at the other for politicizing the murder. But for murder itself, there is a high tolerance.
Now you ask if there is a limit to selling one’s intelligence for a seat at group think. It is not a necessary task. Group think is a took to cover for a lack of an intelligent argument. Intelligence can defeat the masses. Even though group think seeks to deny this possibility, it is still true.
Dear Kluger,
Well, our two posts put together give a real picture of the complex ethical question. But neither of us are discussing that question. I’ll let you speak for yourself, but I’m on topic with the OP. Did he have any business being there with the rifle? And if he was not prepared for the challenge, then I think the answer is no.
Now, you did start a far more interesting topic. Am I delusional? Well, I have wandered on to this topic many times in my young life, and a definitive answer eludes me. All these topics that seem to hold our fascination, appear to be illusions to me. So am I deluding myself on my own fascination, or the objective reality? It is a far greater possibility that I am hypocritical with my own values. But then if I am open to that self realization, that I should not be considering myself delusional. Though one side of the values must be more truthful than the other. So it would again be assumed that I must be delusional. Though the depth of the deception completely eludes me. Thanks for listening.
Dear Syag,
Are you agreeing that it was a dumb decision, just that we can empathize with his thought process? I can take that truce.
I’m assuming that you have more to say. Just it is better if I do not say it for you.
He was not comfortable that he could defend the weapon and that the weapon could defend him. He was all over the place. If he knew what he was doing, he would have marked his territory and stood his ground.
Agreed that I’m assuming some heresy on the actual story. I admit that I did not bother checking it out myself.
You were talking about a different post. Sorry.
Dear Dovid,
Assault weapon is not an objective term. But your probably right on this one. Are you agreeing that one has no business bringing along a weapon that they are not comfortable using?
Dear Haleivei,
I was just explaining why Semitic grammar is harder to pick up, than the grammar of European languages. To do so from merely studying the gemara, takes a genius.
Last I checked it was Hashem. I’ll go ask my rabbi if anything changed since.
How is popa bar abba not first?!?
Dear Common,
There was a write in for an empty seat on the BOE last year. He lost reelection this year.
Dear Klugeryid,
Influenza. Immunity can be as low as fifty percent with the annual shot. With the past decade there have been instances of a booster shot being recommended.
But hopefully by next year, the covid vaccine will be a regular annual shot.
Now I have a question. Why is this even a topic. This was discussed at length as the most likely scenario, before pesach of 2020. And things have rolled along pretty much as predicted. Why all the resistance to science happening according to what was predicted?
And my thinking is that since he was not comfortable with being attacked, and he was not trained to not try to escape, he had no business brining it along. But I’m going off of heresy, as I never met anyone who has direct knowledge of the matter.
The point should be revised to, “did he have any business brining along an assault rifle”.
Dear Abba,
If he would have hired a real security outfit, it would not be a problem.
I have this beef with organizations that hire some tough guy – like the janitor who lifts full buckets of water – for purim or so major event. And then they blame the victim’s when he gets all tough and does something stupid.
It is very hard to look at this world for long, and not conclude that it is an illusion.
The prohibition of hitting another person. Kids no less then adults. Your children no less than someone else’s children. Your students no less than someone else’s students.
He had the right to be on the street. If was dumb for doing so. And naive or clueless to bring an assault rifle.
Dear Always,
Oyy viey!!
I am not saying anything about the murder case. But if I had a business, (at one point I was running a storefront.) I would only hire security that is competently trained to handle more trouble than I am expecting. If Rittenhouse had been hired by a private business, that entity would be at fault for all kinds of liabilities.
Part of the difference in price, is that CS has a much larger market. This larger demand also allows for better date management. As the larger market is more stable.
And now that this thread is completely ruined, maybe you can write another piece? You have full permission to satirize my naive thinking that there could be one thread where we enjoy the content, and let the tribalism slide.
Last I knew, it was a six volume set. Two on chelek gimmel. None on chelek daled.
I thought it was a fun read, regardless of tribal politics.
It should be mentioned, that before Rav Moshe CS was openly referred to as CY. It meant kosher dairy. And it still partially has that meaning.
Additionally, I wonder if powdered milk is exempt from the whole idea of CS. Did it even exist in the times of the Mishna?
For the same reason stores stock powdered milk. It is a requirement of WIC. It has a really long shelf life. And you may be seeing the same stock from when the store originally opened. The store must have it, in case of a WIC inspection. It’s easier to pick up a case in some non Jewish supermarket, than to find a Jewish distributor.
On the East Coast, CY milk is in half gallons because of WIC. The reason it is priced more is because people can pay more because it is a WIC item. See the different cheeses.
Dear Reb Eliezer,
To me Kedushas Levi is a stand alone sefer. Without knowing better, one who learns it well can be completely ignorant of it’s standing in the larger movement. Studying just Kedushas Levi will give plenty to strive for. But I do not think it will give a chassidshe feel to the uninitiated reader. Do you agree?
Although, there is an English edition that greatly expands the themes into structured chasidic thought. I’m aware there is an ongoing attempt to resurrect Reb Levi Yitzchok’s teaching’s in a more causative light. But that mostly reflects on real life aspects, as opposed to Chassidishe Seforim. Either way, I’m not to familiar with the contents of what they publish.
Dear Avira,
But to be fair, the same would go for a Chabadzker wanting to learn Nefesh Hachaim. On their own, they would understand it along the format of Tanya. Tzaddik, pure avodah, and reaching worlds beyond the layman’s grasp. If they would study it with a yeshiva guy, it would be more about the greatness of Hashem’s Torah, hasmadah, and the intersection of this world with the next.
Why are we ruining an excellent piece of writing? Is nobody allowed to enjoy the moment?
Although the second edition of Piskei Tshuvos is much improved, it is still only reliable for those that are familiar with the original sources.
Anyways the Dirshu Mishna Berurah seems poised to replace it. Not to say that it itself is without similar flaws.
What Akuperma pointed out is very relevant.
I would like to add that the Talmudim and the Targum were spoken and intended for recital. The nuances of speech is very different than rules of grammar. And a third point. The classical Semites had less grammar than the classical Greeks. As they wrote in verse, they had much more flexibility than had they ascribed to logically dictated structures.
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Dear The Little,
I agree with you on that homework is mostly about letting the parents see what is going on in school. It is not all that different than pre-schoolers brining home their projects.
…..teacher have the right….
When it comes to the purely academic part of teaching, the teachers are the singular cause for their own rights. If what and when and how they teach is subject to some common agreement, they would not be teaching. Training, sounds like the correct term. Or maybe imparting knowledge.
It depends what the reader is familiar with.
1. For those that have been in a more sheltered yeshiva life, try Nesivos Shalom. It has the yeshivish flow, and knowing chassidishe terms is not a prerequisite.
2. If the reader is in yeshiva but has been more exposed to general thought, Rav Tzadok is a must. As he himself started rom the peak of the Torah world.
3. Rav Nachman is very popular now with yeshiva boys struggling to keep up. It used to be Noam Elimelech.
4. Yeshiva guys that know Nefesh Hachaim very well, would find Tanya very enjoyable. But learn it yourself. And definitely not with a Chabadzker. But if the goal is to leave the yeshiva world behind, than by all means find yourself the most committed Chabadzker out there! Just be prepared for plenty of fireworks…
5. Someone who already has developed a strong meditational side, could go straight to the Bais Yaakov of Radzin.
6. Sefardim should use Bnei Yissasschar. An old Hungarian yid, told me that the author intentionally wrote with a less European and more Mediterranean style.
7. Chassiddim that want to take a new look at Chassiddus, must see Vealeh Divrei Dovid Haacharonim.
8. If the idea is to study real Chassiddus in a detached fashion, read Aryeh Kaplan’s books.
9. Also, the Chofetz Chaim wrote many works that are parallel to chassidus.
10. And if you want the knowledgeable experience without the effort or commitment, there is always Shlomo’s Stories😉