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BTGuy: I’ve heard all of those things about Columbus too. I asked several experts in the field and they said they are all false.

Gaddafi has an aunt who claims to share a maternal grandmother who also claims she’s Jewish.

I guess Castro could be from a Maranno family. That’s not how I heard he was Jewish but that could be. I don’t know the relevant positions of the Poskim about what to do about 20th-century Maranno families though.

I never heard that about the Hilarya so I never looked into it.

I heard about this today actually. First of all, everything would be a B’liah B’Tzonen, so unless you had Yad Soledes Bo food in your mouth (ever; which would require burning your mouth), this would never be a problem. Also, they had false teeth in the past. The Poskim should have said something earlier if this was a problem.

There is a difference between saying that a Havara is not what Hebrew sounded like in the time of the Gemara and before and saying that that Havara is wrong.

You’re assuming there’s no issue of Boneh either.

AHM: There would never be a Dagesh in the Taf in Batsheva. Honestly, I would guess that people name their kids Batsheva instead of Bassheva because it’s easier to say. It’s hard to get out a “sh” sound right after an “s”. It’s much easier after a “t”.

Longarekel: While you are right that a habitual molester probably has the Din of a Rodeph, you cannot kill a Rodeph unless it is during a time when he is physically chasing after the person. Not just in general, even if you know he’s very inclined to kill (or molest) again.

The Tzitz Eliezer has a T’shuva where he outlines when and why it might be okay if that’s what is considered Derech Eretz (the precise T’shuvah is about letting a woman onto a bus before you).

Hershi: The Shulchan Aruch is pretty clear. Lo Y’lamed Adam Es Bito Torah. If he had wanted to say that girls couldn’t learn on her own as well he would have (Drisha).

Kollel_wife: The words in them make them Kodosh. A prominent Rosh Yeshivah once implied to me (though he wouldn’t say it outright) that since I write Divrei Torah on my cell phone I shouldn’t take my cell phone into a bathroom, even though there’s no actual Issur.

Hershi: What he meant was that the Tiflus issue is only if you (forcibly) teach a woman Torah, not if she wants to learn on her own. And you are grossly ignoring the word “K’ilu” to the point that you’re distorting the Shulchan Aruch’s words.

ZeesKite: That’s not the point of saying that anyone who says that Rebbe died would have been stabbed. Also, Chavivin Tzadikim B’misasan Yoser Mib’chayeihen. I don’t think your P’shat in the story with Rebbe and his maidservant is correct.

Toi: The Halachah is that you can’t hold anything in your hands that you’re worried about dropping, because it will take away from your Kavanah. However, it’s Muttar for a D’var Mitzvah, therefore one may hold their Lulav and Esrog while Davening. If you’re using your electronic device as a Siddur, that should count as a D’var Mitzvah.

Logician: Yes, I’ve seen the Maharsha on Sotah 49b (I think). Knowing what I know doesn’t mean that I have to assume that everyone (or anyone) knows less.

Sushe: Now you’re twisting the Rama too. Teaching them applicable Halachos does not only mean Torah Shebiksav. It means Halachah Lema’aseh, which always includes Torah Sheba’al Peh.

The Gemara says that one Malchus cannot touch another even by a hairsbreadth. Rav Elyashiv won’t live longer than he’s supposed to anyway. We should therefore Daven that he lives every second possible.

Sushe: That’s not what the SH”A says. You’re twisting his words.

Nitpicker: Looking for it. If any liquid counts there is no reason why lemonade-type drinks are worse than apple or orange juice. And juices count.

No. But if you add some type of sugar thing like Kool-aid or Crystal Light it should be fine.

If this is real, then this at the very least is the proper way to do such a thing. No feminist flaunting, no rubbing it in people’s faces. Just women whose husbands work and therefore take the opportunity to learn Torah because they have the time. Who can honestly say there’s something wrong with that?

Logician: Sorry it took so long to get back to this. I never saw your post. But I think what I said before still stands. Unless you want to call him Chashud Al Hadavar, you can assume that the food he gives you is completely Kosher, which should mean to your standards.

I find it so sad that people will throw out or give food cooked by anyone else to non-Jewish neighbors. Is that really what we’ve come to? Everyone has to think that their Kashrus is that much better than everyone else’s?

Do any of us really think that we’re smarter than Chazal to extrapolate from their G’zeira farther than what they made? I don’t.

We don’t create our own Issurim. Avoid what you feel is necessary for you to avoid, but Ein Anu Gozrin G’zeiros.

I’d guess they must be removed. Why would they be any different than anything else that you can’t/shouldn’t have in your mouth while you make a Bracha?

PBA: Nevermind. I didn’t realize it was Hamotzi bread. Still, I think if it’s recognizable as your corn bread that it’s okay. As DY points out, why is color and texture not enough of a different appearance as shape would be?