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  • December 14, 2010 5:08 am at 5:08 am in reply to: Demographics of Orthodox Jewry #959462
    Sam l Am
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    It’s true. Yekke should also be considered Chareidi. Regarding overlap, for demographic purposes I would categorize everyone in the one closest grouping they felt or described themselves as.

    December 13, 2010 1:25 pm at 1:25 pm in reply to: Over moderation #760863
    Sam l Am
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    I agree with haRuffRuff. There definitly an arbitrariness and capriciousness in how threads are closed and especially how good users were suddenly dismissed.

    December 10, 2010 5:07 pm at 5:07 pm in reply to: Machoah for Kovod HaTorah #718197
    Sam l Am
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    and I also discovered a whole new world with Rav Moshe.

    December 10, 2010 5:07 pm at 5:07 pm in reply to: Machoah for Kovod HaTorah #718196
    Sam l Am
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    and I’ve spoken to him too.

    December 10, 2010 5:05 pm at 5:05 pm in reply to: Machoah for Kovod HaTorah #718195
    Sam l Am
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    I respect Rav Moshe Feinstein.

    December 10, 2010 4:57 pm at 4:57 pm in reply to: Shaitle Fraud Chillul Hashem Video: Sha'ar haTumah haChamishim #718070
    Sam l Am
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    cherrybim, how is he wrong? He is quite persuasive.

    December 10, 2010 4:54 pm at 4:54 pm in reply to: Machoah for Kovod HaTorah #718193
    Sam l Am
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    popa_bar_abba said: “Where does it say that if you have an employee who is gay you need to fire him?”

    Would you hire someone who moonlighted as a porn video star? Al achas kama v’kama, you shouldn’t hire someone who “moonlights” in toeiva – which Rav Moshe says “their entire desire for it is only because it is something prohibited and the yetzer harah seduces them to rebel against the will of G?d.”

    Pashuteh Yid said: “It uses the word toevah about non-kosher food, as well.”

    Non-Kosher food doesn’t get you killed with stoning and kares like toeiva.

    Let’s rehash the Torah sources I cited (none of my own coining). In the aforementioned TORAH sources, toeiva people are called…

    Nedarim 51a:

    an unnatural perversion

    Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l:

    greatest abomination

    incomparable abomination

    an abomination that the whole world despises

    disgusting

    not members of civilization at all

    obscene

    shameful and disgraceful

    most debased sin

    disgusting and ridiculed

    December 10, 2010 9:02 am at 9:02 am in reply to: Machoah for Kovod HaTorah #718184
    Sam l Am
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    popa_bar_abba: Is this from the Torah?

    ??”? (????? ??:??): ??? ??? ???? – ???? ????. ??? ??? ???? ??? ??????, ???? ????? ????? ????.

    The meforshim on Nedarim 51a explain toeiva is an unnatural perversion of the human drive.

    Igros Moshe (Y.D. 3:115): Toeiva is one of the greatest abominations that even the nations of the world know that it is an incomparable abomination. Therefore there is no need for any rationale to explain why it is an abomination that the whole world despises. The world already holds that the transgressors of this sin are disgusting and are not members of civilization at all. So when a reason is sought for this prohibition, this removes the obscenity from it. It removes the embarrassment, shame and disgrace and completely downplays the seriousness of this issue.

    December 10, 2010 5:26 am at 5:26 am in reply to: Machoah for Kovod HaTorah #718181
    Sam l Am
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    Any recognition of the existence of their abnormal and immoral behavior is disgusting.

    December 10, 2010 5:25 am at 5:25 am in reply to: Multiple screen names. #717307
    Sam l Am
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    if everyone knew screen name “ploni” has issue “x” they will treat screen name “ploni” differently even on unrelated subjects – they will think of him/her differently and respond to him/her differently.

    December 10, 2010 4:15 am at 4:15 am in reply to: Multiple screen names. #717305
    Sam l Am
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    i do it because I need privacy so ppl shouldnt know what issues i face and realize who my real screen name is. i hope ppl will respect me and not out me and let every1 know and realize i am the poster who has such issues i wanted to anonymously address.

    November 21, 2010 10:54 pm at 10:54 pm in reply to: Jews And Starbucks #799573
    Sam l Am
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    Maris Ayin applies in a non-kosher restaurant. Starbucks isn’t a restaurant, so it doesn’t apply.

    November 19, 2010 9:41 pm at 9:41 pm in reply to: Heirlooms and Tzedaka #711180
    Sam l Am
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    arie275, I think it is quite hypocritical for you to attack others on other threads for citing halacha (you don’t like to hear) on issues discussed in the coffee room, while at the same time you are soliciting other posters (over here) to state the halacha on an issue you do want to hear. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. There is nothing wrong with anyone ever citing halachas on any issues discussed in the coffee room. Period.

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