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Here I found a link to feldheim publishers for the sefer i mentioned above:
@Chaim87,
You make me laugh!
The Chafetz Chaim walked out? huh?
The Chafetz Chaim, when being shown a piece written by “rav” kook about playing football to build muscles and boys and girls dancing together having the ma’alah of tikun chatzot – afra lepumei, he wouldn’t touch the paper, instead shoving it with his elbow to the floor and shouting – “kook, shmook drook!” Apikoires!And then you say “Satmar Rebs and briska Rav were very holy and anti DL. But they weren’t the mainstream of klal Yisroel”.
So quite clearly you outline yourself as DL or MO, because, whether you are a satmar chassid or not, a brisker or not, to say they were not the “mainstream” means only one thing, that what you call mainstream and what most people call mainstream is obviously not the same thing.
The biggest lie is that they wer “da’as yachid” (funny thing to be able to call more than one Gadol in the singular term Da’as Yachid).Let’s get this straight, if you have an agenda here, than yes, anyone who veers from the path of zionist idol worship (or at least in some way seemed to have a positive view partly even), is not mainstream.
But if you follow and want the truth lets go through this:The Satmar Rav was NOT a da’as yachid for many reasons but two basic reasons:
1) Many Rabbanim, Posikim and Rebbe’s agreed and followed that way, which only after the war was branded the “satmar shita”. before it was the common core belief of most frum, ehrlich, shomrei shabbat in the world.
It was after the Satmar Rav was machriah a big shailah in the form of his sefer Vayoel Moshe, that many Gedolim either agreed that that was what should be followed, or agreed in principle but in certain specific circumstances argued.
Those Gedolim and Poskim who did agree might have not got that much coverage and backing by hamodia or even the opposite (just like the Satmar Rav who during his lifetinme was cursed and mevazeh by so called “frum” news outlets, but became a kadosh once he was niftar), but the fact remains they were Gedolim alright, e.g.
1) The Veitziner Rav – beforhand the Bergen Belsen Rav, who was the main posek after the war in the area of agunot, and his psakim are used in that area until today,
2) The Pupa Rav, who was both a major Posek and one of the first Marbitzei Torah after the war, opening a Yeshiva after the war in the USA,
3) Rav Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld (- before the war), who sent a sheila to the Satmar rav about what the Da’as Torah on “rav” kook is (at the time Rav Zonnenfeld was probably in his eighties whilst the Satmar Rav was maybe in his early thirties but Rav Zonnendfeld felt that he needed to ask him), and the Teshuva is printed in Shu”t Divrei Yoel 131 or 132,
4) Rav Zelig bengis,
5) Rav Pinchas Yungreis,
6) Rav Avraham Kalmanovitch (Mir USA),
7) Vadislaver rav,
8) Tosher Rebbe,
9) Skulener Rebbes,
10) The Bobover Rebbe’s (although in many areas they mostly didn’t publicly speak, besides for Rav Naftuli of Bobov who was much more vocal),
11) Rav Mottele Vizhnitzer (USA),
12) The Brisker Rav,
13) The Chazon Ish,
and the list goes on an on.
(these examples were not gedolim who followed every word of Vayoel Moshe only, but also who generally agreed with the outlook, even if certain specifics were paskened otherwise).However they are all not mainstream because of their outright anti-zionism, aha i get it, by you zionism is the mainstream? fine then B”H I am not from the mainstream..
@Haimy,
your absolute pathetic at best.
Seriously, if your child/wife (or husband if your a woman) etc come home and say that they did some segula that is renowned from a certain tzadik (this has nothing to do with the machla of segulot and not doing the basics), and saw a great yeshua, would you seriously bash it and tell them that it isn’t worth it, they should go do this and that instead? I hope not, be happy that they believe in emunat chachamim!There is a sefer called ma’amar hageulah that was written by the Ramchal, and translated by a rav from London called Rav M. Nissim (published by feldheimers), and in the introduction, he explains that although feldheim has a way they explain the words chochma bina and da’at to mean, it is not 100% accurate to the exact meaning of the words, and he explains the meaning there (in the introduction from what i remember), with the sources, hope that helps.
It is not at all a new trend.
It is mostly by Belzer Chassidim, but not limited only to them.
the source is not 100% clear, as it is an ancient minhag dating back so far that it isn’t really clear from when.
It is supposed to symbolise a zecher to techelet, as techelet wasn’t/isn’t around (machaloket poskim), and serves as a reminder of techelet.That was how they used to make tzitzis all over was with a slight blueish ting, not a strong blue, but a very dark mild blue-almost black.
However, when the so called “religious” zionists started putting blue on their taletim to symbolise their flag, it was widely accepted all over not to go anymore with blue stripes, even as mild as they were, however Belz decided to stay with blue, citing their mesorah.Cry baby cry.
It just ‘aint gonna change accept the fact…As you said so, I will not reply regarding the idf, but in relation to you writing/aiming for a sefer torah for yourself, no, it is not at all selfish, in fact the mitzvah of writing a sefer torah to donate it for somewhere else, whilst may be a nice thing, is not the core mitzva of attaining a sefer torah. The mitzvah is more for you to have personal benefit ie reading from it.
It is more of a hiddur if you will be using it yourself, or have benefit from it.
Hope that helps.In all seriousness, there are some really nice Skulener Nigunim for lo tevoshi for the Chassidish and Ashkenazi tzibur, and some really nice nigunim based on makamim in the sefaradi/arabic world (many sefaradim do not necessarily sing quicker songs or even split up lecha dodi, they sing it with one nigun from start to finish).
Maybe the one that goes, na na na nay nay, na na, na nay nay, ay ay ay ay….
@Coffee addict,
Hopefully it would be the same reversed, as we are Jews, driven by the Torah Hakdosha, not just empty politics…@Gedol Hador,
You’ll notice that I wasn’t referring to the Rambam itself i was referring to the attitude in which the OP was disregarding all the Gedolim that hold otherwise to the OP.
For them to do that is open kefira, as intrinsic to the Emuna is believing in our Chachamim (btw this is from the Rambam himself so the OP shouldn’t pick and choose Rambams).Besides, you’ll see as well from my previous message that I myself work and am not in “full time” learning.
That doesn’t change anything though….الحمد لله ان شاء الله
alhamd lilah an sha’ allah@catch-yourself,
Actually, they do pasken like the Rambam, however they interpret the Rambam differently than what the Smak describes as “Da’as Ba’al Habatim Hepech Da’as Torah”.
They are Gedolim, and specifically BECAUSE they learn all day, and know and have a right to give their de’ah, they interpret the Rambam differently than a ba’al habayit would.
Your point stands, what I want to understand how YWN allows such a thing on their site, it is the diametric opposite to the very core foundations of the Yeshiva World.@nishtdayngesheft,
64bit probably wrote that “in” famous by mistake.
I doubt it was on purpose.I am not sure where you are located in the world but here in Europe there is a few brilliant ones, two that come to mind is the “anisette” by a company called “Destilería Limiñana”, and the other called Floranis by a company called “Anisette Gras”.
I can show two links here but I am not sure if it falls in line with YWN guidelines (if it does not YWN please just delete the links but not the rest of my message thanks).
https://www.kosherwine.co.uk/cristal-anis-arack-p4933
and:
A minyan factory is a shul that does not NECESSARILY serve a perticular Kehilla, or even if it officialy does, due to it’s facilities (i.e. mikva etc), size or location, it serves all members of that city/town etc.
More than anything though, usually, is the sheer amount of minyanim happening in that one shul, many times not having a strict timing as in start times for minyanim, rather one starting as soon as the last finishes.So you know better than all the Gedolim?
Obviously if you think so (which is outright kefira), than you’ll find “no basis in the Torah or out of it.”, as the Torah that was given on Mount Sinai is obviously not the same one that you follow….
Sorry but not sorry to be so strong but facts are facts.
I am not someone that sits and learns “all day”, nor am I in a kollel framework, but to say what you write here is way past any boundary. Kefira full stop.Whilst I understand what you say and you have a very strong point, you have to remember that once upon a time, years ago before the war, MOST of our ancestors where not in Koillel or Yeshiva.
No I am not advocating stopping yeshivos ch”v and definitely not part of the crowd that use this as a springboard to be anti yeshiva and anti chareidi etc, –
BUT, and BUT, that does not retract from to very strong points that are facts now-a-days as a direct result of the “system” as you may call it:1) Many falling out the Yeshiva system today are doing so because they are not made for it, just as many years ago most were not. Humanity does not change. Hashem sends each person down to this world with their own unique tachlis.
How many falling away haya lo tihiyeh, are falling away because they went through a system that they were not made to go through, get burnt out and then leave ch”v, when they could have followed a different path and remained?2) Superficiality. Because it has become a system, learning in yeshiva itself is not given the chashivut that it deserves, because “everyone” does it. doesn’t matter weak, strong, clever, not clever, sharp not sharp, lamdan not lamdan, like a sausage factory, where each sausage started off as a cow, which no two cows are the same but eventually ended up the same looking red sausage, each bachur unique and special how Hashem created them, goes into a system and are expected all to come out more or less the same.
The system is broken.
No one medicine can be the refua for every machla.
Yeshivot AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY are just not made for everyone.Given this, whilst you have a point – a very strong one, the above should be taken into consideration.
Given the above, from past experience/history, such leaflets, publications, sent around with no real address or hascama usually comes from people indeed looking to undermine yidishkeit and the yeshiva system
definitely not.
You are totally right i thought of this many times myself….
YWN should really take it down…Dear Y. W. Editor,
I think what @Haimy meant was not to let through comments that criticize the atzeres.
There has been various disgusting bizayon kavod hatorah comments made by individuals on the YWN platform, and they should not have been let through.
This is, being that YWN stands for Yeshiva World News, and therefore, comments against the Yeshiva World and it’s Gedolim should not be tolerated, as after all, we do not believe in the leftist “freedom of speech”, yes there is a way to speak and comment, and on a platform that is specific to the frum yeshiva world the guidelines should be in line with it.If, and IF the competition would be adequately trained and qualified for the job, the only thing that it could bring is good, as it’s rival would strive to show they’re better at the job, to which the competition would reply in kind etc, up-ending the bar of quality in the service they provide.
Competition per se is a very good thing, just it needs to be done proper.
I’d imagine that they can’t get the licence and certification from their respective authorities unless they meet a certain base standard….?I may be mistaken but I seem to remember that the Chasam Sofer writes that a woman who remarries automatically is cutting her connection to her first husband (someone correct me if i’m wrong).
Based on that I’d assume that she remains with her second husband, but on the other hand, there are those that write that the zivug as they call it “bashert” (arba’im yom etc), is the first one, and the “zivug kasha kekriyat yam suf” goes on a zivug sheni, which is why it is so hard, because there is no kodem yetziyat havlad considered, rather it is reliant on the zechutim of the person, so in that case it would seem that the first one is the one that the woman would go back to.
As others wrote above, it is a very heavily debated topic in the Poskim, and the answer for now is probably- even though not so exciting, but – teiku.I never said that use them myself, though it was an assumption on your part.
Notwithstanding my relation to Chabad or my opinions on it, for the most part, those that are compulsively obsessed with anti Chabad style talk, usually in my experience, pretty happy to use Chabad (probably with some sad excuse of something like at least they will get some zechut if i go there)…
There are surely many piuos and sincere intentions amongst the gvirim when doing the above, but there are also….. What the Zohar mentions, that there are 5 types of amalek, and one of them are people who donate money to have their name put up on plaques saying they donated whatever it is…. just saying…
Just everyone chill out.
I am sure you’d all be ready to use Chabad’s services when needed, like if you’re stuck between two transfer flights in middle of honolulu, and anything else, so as Chazal say, don’t throw a stone into the well you drank from (no I am not a chabadnik – very far from it, but I am a Jew.)
It is quite clear what the op meant.
A certain style, where when getting a haircut done, the area around the peyot are cut/shaved to make it look like they don’t exist/are not there as much as possible, without being able to call it downright assur mideorayta (which yes peyot is mideorayta, the shiur of it is a machaloket haposkim, but peyot in its core is mideorayta), and this is very concerning, something which definitely does not come from Rabbanim.
Going with any kind of hat/streimel etc as GadolHatorah stated is but a minhag based on the clothes that were and are worn within that setting/kehilla.
Peyot and the brit kodesh are the two physical simanim of a jew.