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Since we are unsure if she swirled, poured, etc., it would be best than to not use it.
I agree with you, volvie. I would have preferred Lazio for the simple reason that he is more electable.
A candidate that has torah hashkafos, is yodea sefer, an ehrliche yid, intellectual, knowledgable on the issues, and principled- Reb Doniel.
Paladino expressed a position in line with our positions on toeva, etc. in the Beis Medresh of the Karlsburger Rov. He is a fine man with the support of prominent rabbeim and who deserves the support of any yirei shomayim.
So the wine had been open but you put a cork on it and the cleaning lady moved the bottle around with a cork on it.
If the nochri held a closed bottle whether it was either full or partially full, the bottle is permitted. The reason is that this is not the manner of pouring a libation. If the nochri held an open bottle and lifted it but did not swirl the contents around, the wine is still permitted. If the nochri merely touched the open bottle this is certainly permitted.
However, the issur extends even to leaving an unsealed bottle of wine with a nochri.
If your cleaning lady merely touched the bottle or lifted it, it seems as if this would be permitted. If she swirled the contents around, etc., it would be assur. (This is the shita of R’ Yair Hoffman).
The Rosh to Shabbos 17b says that while the wine owned by a Ger Toshav (a Nochri who accepts the seven Mitzvos of Benei Noach in front of Beis Din) cannot be consumed by a Jew, wine owned by a Jew that was merely touched by a Ger Toshav is permitted. This implies that the reasoning why wine touched by a Nochri is forbidden is only because of the concern of Avodah Zarah, and not because of intermingling (for the reason of intermingling should also prohibit drinking wine touched by a Ger Toshav). This is the shitas HaRashah to Avodah Zarah 29b.
It seems that if there is hefsed merubeh, there might be room for leniency, according to the Ramah. Chances are your clesning lady is not a ger toshav, and therefore wine touched by her would not be allowed.
There is a machlokes in the Gemara about the nature of Aramaic and its being close to loshon hakodesh; in Pesachim 87b, it is said that HKBH exiled us to Bavel only because their language (Aramaic( is similar to the language of the Torah. The Yerushalmi in Sanhedrin, however, says “One who incites to avodah zarah speaks in the loshon hakodesh, while one who seduces to idolatry speaks in the popular language,” the popular language of that time being Aramaic. Even among foreign languages, it seems that Aramaic wasn;t thought of as highly- chazal seem to have considered Greek and Persian superior to it, in Sotah 49b, Rav says, “Why use the Syrian language in Eretz Yisroel (Aramaic)? Either use loshon hakodesh or Greek.” Rav Yosef then said, why use Aramaic in Bavel- use loshon hakodesh or Persian there. Ibn Ezra actually considers Aramaic to be the first language ever spoken, the primordial language.
[to see] if it is appropriate for him to move to Israel, since the impact of the Yeitzer HaRa (evil inclination) in the Holy Land, whose holiness is exceedingly great, is great and very seductive. Therefore, if one has a great desire to move to Israel because his religious life outside of Israel is inadequate, it is advisable to first visit Israel and ascertain where he will live, where his sons and daughters will study, and how he will earn a livelihood, and only then he should make Aliyah, and he will be successful in his service of Hashem in His holy palace.” (Teshuvos Vehanhagos 1:900).
These mekoros make it evident that there is a machlokes as to whether there is a mitzvah to make aliyah bezmaneinu.
Showing kindness to reshoim is like aveiras Korach and is among the worst things a person can do and is a slap in the face to justice.
Thank you fabie. R’Miller zt’l was a gaon in hashkafa and torah, and his recommended spiritual hanhagos really make a person feel close to HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Many yidden and even goyim have benefitted greatly from his teachings. We need a gadol b”yisroel like him once again.
To be successful at the study of law, you need to have a background understanding of the foundations of Western civilization and government, philosophy, etc. (beyond the Aseres HaDibros). While I believe Gemara study is well-suited to this, as is the study of halacha, there needs to also be an understanding of the actual content involved that serves as a precursor to the study to law.
The influence of Aramaic is seen as early as the time of Ezra and Nechemiah- there are several features of these sifrei tanach which show an Aramic influence (eg. the hellter Hei is used instead of Aleph to mark a word-final long a vowel, etc.). Of course, later came the Targumim, which were essentially Aramaic translations of the Torah, and of course, then in the time after the Churban Beis HaMikdash Sheini, in the era of Amoraim, Middle Babylonain Aramaic was used as the loshon hagemara and the language used by the geonim, in addition to Arabic, as noted above. This use of Aramaic arose in response to people no longer knowing loshon hakodesh, which is why I find it rather funny when people criticize translations. The Targumim were a translation of the sidrah being read; the Aramaic was the language used Jewish worship, scholarship, and everyday life for centuries in both the land of Israel and in the diaspora, especially in Babylon. Ironically, the Gemara itself is written in a language other than Hebrew, which people don’t seem to grasp when they go on rants against Artscroll, Steinsaltz, etc.
People are most comfortable learning and understanding things in language they are familiar with. People didn’t speak Hebrew regularly until Eliezer Ben Yehuda, and even this was Ivrit, not L”K. Torah was learned in Yiddish, German, and whatever languages Jews spoke. I wish that there were tape recorders back then- we would have heard shiurim in batei midrash in a polyglot of different languages and dialects. Even today, most Litvishe roshei yeshiva give shiur in either Yiddish or in English, with yeshivishe shprach thrown in, and in Eretz Yisroel, Loshon Hakodesh is used, as well, although this is not the way things always were, for obvious reasons.
I believe that we live in a time in which one of the only hopes for Jewish survival is education, from childhood to adulthood. Since a lot of people come back to torah as adults, the problem is that for these people, learning an entirely new linguistic system is almost impossible (we know from research that the criticial period for language acquisition ends in early adolescence). This leaves us with a predicament, and it would be cruel of us to say that those who struggle with language ought to sink or swim in the realm of torah. I believe that quality translations not only of pleasurable seforim to learn ought to be made available (i.e. Midrash, Drush, etc.), but also of rishonim and acharonim and poskim. Sure, you will not produce gedolim this way, but at least we will help people make a kinyan b’torah and understand the issues that come up through the seforim, how the rishonim understood issues in shas, etc. What should be produced, I’d say, are otzar/kovetz/likut-type publications tailored to the daf hayomi, in which the main ideas of Rashi/Tosafos/Rosh/Rashba/Ritva/Ran, Meiri, Talmidei Rabbeinu Yonah, Rif, Rambam, Raavad, Pnei Yehoshua, Rebbi Akiva Eiger, Reb Boruch Ber, Reb Chaim, Griz, Tzlach, Marcheses, Kehillos Yaakov, etc. should be made available in a format understandable to people with some familiarity with learning, in English (which is essentially what a rebbe does in a shiur anyway). Artscroll says they are not interested at this point, because they feel such an idea wouldn’t be lucrative. I think that the proper individuals, benefactors, etc. should get invovled and see what can be done. For starters, to make thigns easier, they can just translate what meofrshim there are in the Kovetz Mefarshim (which I know is considered a required sefer in a lot of Chabad yeshivos).
WIY,
Paul started Christianity. Not Jesus.
You are right. It depends on where you are living. If one wanted to live in NY or NJ, and had let’s say 6 kids, than they would need a job where they were making at least $100-$150 K to have a comfortable standard of living. And, of course, these are jobs requiring education. Law, medicine, dentistry, optometry, etc.
If a husband is kovea itim and has a job where he is making let’s say $60 K and up per year, than a woman should not have to worry about working. In that case, she would be able to work at her leisure to have some extra money for herself. A man should not have his wife bear the burden of being the sole breadwinner.
I do not believe it does either limud hatorah or other study any justice to reduce both to these standards. Learning Torah is not somethign that can be reduced to an academic degree. At the same time, you should not be receiving credit for secular areas you do not have breadth and eepth in.
I use the Bar Ilan database, as well as my own volumes of tshuvos. I saw this reference in R’ Lebovits’ sefer.
Good for you, Mr. Hirsch
Some palces allow you to do the didactics online and you go in for 90 hours plus of training.
Most poskim say that when Friday is Rosh Chiodesh, you CAN trim nails on Thursday,while the shita you heard is likely attributable to the Chai HaLevi, who holds that in this situation, one can cut hair and nails on the Wednesday.
before Friday as they will begin to grow again on or
before Shabbos. The Taz says that one should not cut his nails particularly on Thursday since that will cause them to begin growing on Shabbos which resembles an issur. This being the case, I guess you could cut nails today, but would it be l’kovod shabbos becuase the nails would grow back amply by the time Shabbos comes?
Someone recommending that abortion is chayav misa al yedei shamayim according to some mekoros.
It just happens thta you decided to quote evry posek maikil on this issue and ignored shitos that are more machmir (Reb Moshe, R’ Menashe Klein, R’ Isser Yehuda Unterman, Behag, and the list goes on and on). We can go on and on all day like this. You hold your way and I hold mine.
I have spoken with him in learning quite a few times. He is a talmid chacham and someone to be respected on that basis.
Others who have learned with him know that he knows shas cold.
Tosfos to Sanhedrin 59a (DH ???? ????? ??????? ???
says that even though a yisroel is patur for killing a fetus, he is nevertheless not permitted to do so.
The Koach Shor says that by Bnei Noach, there is no heter to abort, even to save the life of a mother. Rambam, he says, does not allow for this, and he notes that the Minchas Chinuch adds that a Ben Noach may not violate any of the sheva mitzvos to save a life.
There are several other examples of instances where it seems Noachide law is stricter than Sinaitic law- yefes toar, stricter standards for theft (albeit due to different social standards, notes Rashi), etc.
The point is that we do not hold like the Gemara for halacha le maaseh. The poskim more or less do hold that there is a stricter standard involved for Noachides than Jews on this matter, and this has obvious poltiical ramifications for Jews voting in a majority non-Jewish society. It is not as intuitive as a claim as one would think.
Pointing out the faults of a politician who is Jewish is not loshon hara. It is making the obvious known.
The Torah does not allow abortion under any circumstances for goyim. (see Maseches Sanhedrin 57b). It is allowed for yidden, although when it comes to policy decisions in a mostly goyishe country, if we want to think of the torah approach, we have to think what the halacha is for goyim. That is why the pro-life position is consistent with halacha. Situations in which the “life of the mother” is threatened to the point of abortion being necessary is a rare occurance these days, as medicine has advanced greatly, into areas such as maternal-fetal medicine, obstetric medicine, etc. A goy who aborts is considered chayav misa even. This is according to R’ Unterman, R’ Miller, Reb Moshe, and many other sources. Paladino is not perfect, and has skeletons in his closet, but it is not my place to judge whether or not he is a good Catholic. The question is who has better policies for those of us who pay taxes, are committed to strong values, etc. It is a no-brainer- Paladino .
I don;t know about you, but I like keeping the money I make. If taxes were cut, remember, we could all give a lot more tzedakah to acheinu bnei yisroel in need.
And you should have some kavod hatorah. It is RABBI Yehuda Levin. The man is a mentsch and is on the nesius of the Igud HaRabbonim of America. His actions are a kiddush hashem. He is also a talmid chacham. (I have spoken to him on several occasions, and it is obvious when you speak to him that he knows shas well).
Thank you for putting that here.
My point is that there is, to a degree, the presence of halachic specialists, who know the metziut on a particular area inside and out so well that they are the ones we should hold by. For example, while Rav Beslky doesn;t have a college degree, he has an incredible knowledge of bovine anatomy and physiology that is needed for one to know hilchos treifos and Maseches Chullin well.
I look for someone who is aidel, who seeks closeness with HaShem, who wants to have a large family and bring up children who are yirei shamayim and bnei torah, who is appreciative of the fact that I will have a career so we can live comfortably without her working (IY”H, I will be earning a degree as a CRNA and a degree in Counseling Psychology, so we will not have to worry about making ends meet), but that I will also learn several hours a day, give shiurim, publish, etc., someone who will like to be treated like a malka, with adoration and respect, someone who will want to run the household and make decisions together, with respect for each others’ opinions, someone who will support her in her personal endeavors, and of course, someone who shares similar hashkafos and political beliefs, more or less. Of course, someone who wants to be charitable, do kiruv, gemilas chasidim, have people over for Shabbos, and who will like my special chulent and who will let me cook in the kitchen and help as much as possible with the kids and domestic tasks. Of course, I want someone who is even-tempered, mild-mannered, who appreciates the important things in life (HaShem, maaseh bereshis, children, knowledge, etc.), and who is sincere, honest, and of course, frum, yet open to and respective of the fact that her husband will have a solid career that literally involves saving lives, while also helping and counseling others, and publishing articles, books, shiurim, etc. I daven every day for my bashert, and I know HaShem will provide.
No, it is not bitul torah for men to post here. It is a mitzvah to help yidden with providing advice, recommendations, organizing tehillim readings, giving chizuk, etc. We also do engage in learning here. We discuss sheilos that come up, issues of importance to living the frum lifestyle, answer sheilos on the daf yomi, etc. We also seek advice on yeshivos, where to chap a shiur, where tog et seforim, etc. So, this is not bitul torah. I am sure most of us guys on here learn every day, perhaps some more than others, but a lot of us also work or get an education to have a parnassa. Everything within balance.
I am voting for Paladino. I also voted for him in the primary.
Why? Because I believe in limited government, cleaning up corruption, and voting someone who is grounded in a Torah perspective on abortion and homosexuality. I hold by the shitas of HaGadol R’ Avigdor Miller, who was very clear that we cannot support politicians who oppose our pro-life values, and ipso facto, he paskened that the right party for us to vote for is the GOP. Cuomo is not only pro-abortion and pro-toeva, he also ran the most corrupt HUD under Clinton, lawsuits alleging racism and sexual harassment were filed against him (http://www.adversity.net/fed_stats/HUD/huddocs/3gaffney_cuomo.htm), and and he is all around no good, just like his father. Paladino’s remarks about the dictatorial, pro-toeva, Sheldon Silver were perfectly warranted. He never said that he hated the Jews or that all Jews were like Yemach Shemo. He said that Silver was, and this was for rhetorical fluorish. We Jews frequently insult each other as well. Insulting a very corrupt man who happens to have Jewish parents is not anti-semitism. Silver is out for himself, as evident in all of his self-serving wheeling and dealing that cost the state and city big time. We need a change in Albany, after a governor and then the inept Paterson. I wish Paladino, O’Donnell, Sharron Angle, John Gomez, Fran Becker, and all other Republicans running hatzlacha rabba.
Isn’t it a little too late for baseball? It’s too cold out.
When it comes to psak halacha, my deeling is that due to the complexity of metziut, especially today, in terms of the amount of knowledge needed on areas like economics/banking policies, technology, medicine, food chemistry, animal husbandry, vegetation, chilazon species, etc. it is important to ask very specific sheilos of rabbonim who have takent he time to learn the relevant and necessary metziut. I am learning Issur ve Heter for semicha right now, learn from many halacha seforim, and know iyun in Nashim and Nezikin, Tanach, mefarshim, mussar, chassidus, etc., but this does not make me an expert in the mechanics of Remington shavers, the implications of FDIC policies on Ribbis, gastric juices in cows (treifos), or bug infestation patterns in North American spinach fields. Therefore, once I get semicha, I would defer to the authority and knowledge of a posek who is an expert in the requisite areas should someone ask me a sheila. In the case of the shavers, I can parrot what gedolim and men much greater than I have said on the issue, but would urge anyone who has a shaver that might not be “on the list” to visit a posek who knows enough about the shavers to issue a psak. Individual circumstances also matter- someone with the proper skill may allow a shaver for hefsed merubeh, etc.
It depends on what your goals are, what career you want to go into, what school you want to attend, etc. In most cases, I would recommend a Bachelors of Arts and would try to use yeshiva credits towards fulfilling some core requirements. However, a lot of good schools are not giving credit for yeshiva nowadays. It all depends on your particular matzav.
According to R’ Shlomo Aviner, if a person is yodea sefer and can learn poskim on a particular issue, than they don’t have to ask a rov. A rov should be asked in all cases that are complicated, especially. It depends on how well a person knows the mekoros and the metziut. If it is a compelx issue, ask, if it is something like I used a milchig ladle to serve chicken soup, than the answer can be found in any array of seforim that are widely available.
I’m sorry to hear that. When I did shave, I would use the Norelco Lift and Cut and I would send it to have the proper blade adjusted. It worked well for me. Everything it seems is made like dreck nowadays. I think they used to make these shavers in Europe, but now they make them in China. Please note that I am not an expert on these things, but am just relaying information from the Kosher Shavers people who hold like R’Dovid Feinstein and R’ Blumenkrantz, zt’l. There may be other poskim who have different opinions on this.
I came across this website selling a kosher shaver with the hechsher of R’ Chaim Katz and others : http://koshershave.com/.How good it works, I don’t know, but maybe someone on the CR knows.
Do what I am doing, even though I am taking off a lot more than 20 pounds. To lose just 20 pounds, you should try to walk about 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week, and limit yourself to 1200 calories a day, which is what OA recommends for women trying to lose weight. There is no big chiddush other than counting calories here. Try to eat lots of fruits and vegetables, yogurt, fish, and try to limit your carbohydrates and fats. Lots of salads, as big as you want, with a light dressing or a little olive oil and lemon or vinegar makes a good meal, and you can go either fleishig (with some chicken or steak) or milchig with this (add a chopped hard boiled egg and some cheese, if you’d like). Soups are also a good idea before meals, as they fill up the stomach with little calories (a parve vegetable soup is good for this). Hot beverages are good, and the key is to eat as nutritious as possible. Try not to splurge too much on Shabbos; you can make this your “cheat” day, but be sure to go for a walk after your seudos. If you follow these guidlines, you’ll be fine.
Why do you feel you should lose weight in order to meet your zivug? You should find someone who loves you the way you are. You shouldn’t have to change who you are for anyone else.
Charliehall,
Who is this rosh yeshiva?
I apologize. The Norelco Rotary Lift and Cut is permissible only after an adjustment has been made. R’ Dovid Feinstein permits NO shavers right out of the box currently. The Remington brands listed are permissible to use out of the box because these are older models which do not involve the same issues as the newer models. The reason why the Remington shavers nowadays are no good is that they don’t function like scissors, but more like a razor.
Titanium MicroFlex Ultra and Smart System Rotary models: R9170, R9270, R9370, R9500, R9100, R9200, R9250, R9300, and R9350 (SP-18 and SP-21 Replacement Heads)
Titanium MicroFlex Rotary models: R-200S, R450, R450S, R650, R650S, R-950 and R-960 (SP-29 / SP-19 Replacement Heads)
Discontinued models: RR-35, RR-41, RR-42, RR-50, RR-55, DT-35, DT-41, DT-42, DT-45, DT-50 (SP-10 / SP-11 Replacement Heads)
European models (series): R1, R3, R5, and R7
According to R’ Dovid Feinstein, the only shavers ok to use without any adjustemtns are the Norelco Rotary Lift and Cut, after the adjustments have been made.
It seems as if your shaver is no good to use at all, according to these poskim. You may want to contact a posek who is skilled in these areas on the specifics of your shaver, but it seems that R’ Dovid Feinstein does not approve any of the new Remington shavers.
I was brought up in a home with parents who were off the derech, and had left Orthodoxy in their teens, but became frum, learned Hebrew, how to make a leining, and started doing all of this when I was 16. I am 20 now, go to college, hold a job to pay for medical expenses, and learn several hours each day, give shiurim, write articles and pilpulim (you see some of them here), try to be mechazek others and do acts of chesed, and try to be medakdek b’mitzvos. As a result of my transition to a Torah lifestyle, my parents and I have nothing to do with each other, despite my being young (20), and I live without material support (I sacrificed my yerusha, my home, everything to be able to live a Torah lifestyle), sometimes I sleep on the trains, spend nights in Shomrei Shabbos learning Gemara, more or less doing the best that I can to get by. This is being mesiras nefesh for Torah and I would choose poverty/homelessness to keep mitzvos and learn torah any day of the week over, c”v, abandoning the lifestyle of emes HaShem revealed to me. On top of all of this, I am visually impaired, dyslexic, and am undergoing treatment for yeneh machla. The biggest challenge I face is the lack of monetary support a parent provides at this age, but it is a no-brainer for me to choose Torah u’mitzvos over living in an environemnt where I am not welcome due to my religious practices and beliefs. It is also depressing to not have a family to eat by for Shabbos and Yom Tov; my shabboses normally consist of making kiddush in Shomrei Shabbos, eating what hot item I can find there, and learning. It is very hard not having the simcha and ruchnius of a loving mishpacha who is with you and supports you in your faith. For whatever reason, HaShem decided I should be born to the people I was born to, but now that I am of the age to do as I please, I have taken upon myself shmiras hamitzvos. For this I would trade nothing. I’d even give my life for it, and to an extent I have (being homeless is no fun and can get to you very soon). The most important thing I remember and that gives me chizuk is this: For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but HaShem gathers me in (Tehillim 27:10). Remembering this helps me get through the tzaros of my everyday life.
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