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I asked only bec one of the Roshei Yeshiva there said not to post on sites.

Well, they have more than one, don’t they? So do you know what the other ones say?

“Do you really think that Medicare has 1/5th the amount of administrative overhead that the health insurers have?”

Yes. It is around 2%. The best private insurer is about 10%

Now I’m convinced. Sign me up.

Charlie:

You forgot to respond to me. I feel left out.

But it’s ok, I’m patient. (although, not one of your patients.)

Just don’t have kids. Works like a charm.

money

The main disadvantage of the Canadian system, as applied to the US, would be massive unemployment among the paper-pushers at private insurance companies.

That is not a problem, since it would be more than offset by legions of unionized paper pushers employed by the feds who would all have unfunded defined benefit pension plans.

Charlie: Seriously, we can debate the health care bill, the fairness, the cost, etc. But you do not honestly think that the government is better at managing its employees efficiently than the private sector.

And while perhaps the government has an advantage in costs through the economies of scale, you cannot honestly think that the government has any advantage in efficiency in providing services.

zahava’s dad: You are complaining about the cost. Sorry dude, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Do you think doctors will work for free if the government runs it? Or do you just think then they’ll tax Bill Gates and he’ll pay for you?

Not doing cliche is so cliche

There is a “small” change to medicare, half a trilion dollars riped out over the next ten years to fund Obamacare.

I know. And amazingly, AARPs supported it. I couldn’t believe it; it only hurt seniors, and they supported it.

Just goes to show how these big organizations are all ideology, and don’t care a whit about their constituency.

Corn on the cob is not kosher. It is made from pigs feet.

hey, you wanna be serious, or you wanna have fun

cool

I’ve got three things to say: Substance, substance, and substance.

Frum jews are the masters of hyperbole. We manage to say wonderful sounding things which are so broad they mean nothing. (Like the previous sentence, for example.)

Say something substantial. Don’t say “a pleasure to have in my class”; say “asks good questions which show he is listening and interested.” Don’t say, “has wonderful middos”; say, “includes the less popular classmates in games and jokes.”

Hello:

I agree.

Ok, first lets establish the halachos, then we can make the assumptions.

If the knife is “treif”, then if you cut fruits with it, then if it was dirty, then would need to be washed or scraped, depending on the type of fruit. (YD 96:5 (discussing a meat knife)).

This is either because of the junk which we assume is present on the knife, or because of the stuff which is absorbed in the knife.

Now, if it is because of the stuff absorbed, we do not need to worry about that here, since we can assume the knife if eino ben yomo, since that is the general assumption we make. (It is actually not an assumption, it is really a din of sfek sfeika, but that is what we call it.)

If it is because of the junk which is on it, then we would need to worry.

Now, there is an assumption that knives are dirty, but it seems to be a rebuttable assumption. (taz 96:3; shach 96:6; shach taz nekudas hakesef 89:4).

Based on the above, the Rema 96:4 says that we can buy cut fruits from goyim which are not charif, and ???? ?????? ???.

This Rema seems to be directly on point, but you might argue that it is talking about a larger operation, where they are doing very large amounts, and probably have specific knives, and we can also rely on the kula that the taam is batul in the first ones.

This is all possible. So lets discuss our assumptions about our metzius.

Clean- I am betting the knife is cleaned well. Nobody needs a lawsuit about e-coli from cutting meat or fish. Particularly if it is not a mom and pop shop.

Large amounts- I think you can assume if it is a large store, they are doing large amounts at a time.

Specified knife- Highly likely, especially in a big store.

Eino ben yomo- This is an assumption in din, we must assume the knife is eino ben yomo (relevant to the bliyus.)

So, I am pretty comfortable buying from a large store. I ain’t a posek, and I ain’t paskening. You ask your own rabbi. But I think I would do it.

Seriously??? THIS is a problem????? Who is even interested in looking?

Oomis, sorry but your comment leaves me speechless.

Ok, I looked them up.

The gemara does appear to be setting a standard for goyim, the standard being ??? ??? ?????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ????? ??? ??? ???? ??? ???.

The rambam brings it, as you noted.

Still, I wonder.

Firstly, it is kind of hard to expect goyish courts to know what to do based on two lines in the gemara, quoted in the rambam, with minimal explanation in the nosei keilim. What sort of evidence must the eid have seen? Are there drishos v’chakiros? etc.

Secondly, the gemara says that when there is a lot of crime, beis din kills people even though they are not chayav misah. (Sanhedrin 47b, Tur CM 2:1). I tend to think there is more violent crime now than there was back then.

Thirdly, the gemara usually speaks about killing people, but the standards of evidence are the same if you want to fine him or beat him. So are the goyish courts not allowed to fine someone without an eid?

I would think repeating words is not proper. Also, I hate singing during davening.

Outside of maybe Baltimore and South Florida Cholov Yisroel is not available, MAYBE you will be lucky to get milk, certainly not Ice Cream or cheese

Sorry zahavasdad, that is not quite the case. You can get cholov yisroel ice cream and cheese in probably upwards of 25 regions in the US.

Charlie:

I think we’ve discussed this before. Where precisely are there any guidelines for what evidence is acceptable in Noahide courts?