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2sense: Every one of those sources you mention is a source. They don’t say things on their own and cite it to “Torah Sheba’al Peh”. They all have actual sources for everything they say.
Health: I don’t know who the Debrecener Rov is, but there is no way you can Mattir Amirah L’Akum just for Tzorech Gadol. For a Choleh She’ein Bo Sakanah the Ramban says it’s Muttar and the Achronim mostly (sort of) stick with that. But for any Tzorech Gadol? That’s a tremendous Chiddush and would seem to be Mattiring an Issur D’Rabannan to me.
Health: I don’t think I want to know the answer, but how do you use your money to fight the “Tzionim”?
Health: You don’t know that you will. But what you do know is that you’re unhappy now. Why wouldn’t you try a change? Isn’t a chance at being happy better than what you know now doesn’t make you happy?
Health: Because the Tannaim actually had a formal vote and decided to Pasken that way.
2sense: Because Halachah says that as long as you start on Shabbos you are Yotzei.
Health: That’s just not true. In theory we might always Pasken like the Rov, but in reality counting a simple majority of Poskim is not how we determine Halachah.
Health: I think you’re not quite reading the Rambam properly. You are seeing that the Rambam says that Ovdei A”Z are included in Kofrim because they are Kofrim (you are giving the word “Kofrim” a title and a Halachic status, which I don’t think exists). I read the Rambam as saying that Ovdei A”Z are included in those who deny HKBH. There are many types of Kofrim, and sometimes we have to relate to some of them differently.
Health: Sorry if I was just unclear. Rav Chaim Ozer used to make Havdalah on electric lights. I think that means he feels it’s a Vaday Aish.
CA: That’s not P’shat. The point is that Tachanun is such an effective Tefillah that she knew that because R’ Gamliel had caused him pain that if he said Tachanun properly that R’ Gamliel would die as a result.
Health: “Stop making out that Kofrim are better than people who are Oiver AZ!!!”
Why? You need to prove to me that they are worse. Once again, you are lumping far too many people under the umbrella of “Kofrim”. There are many different levels of Kofrim and there are probably different ways to relate to them in this case.
Health: Rav Chaim Ozer did. I think that means Vaday.
My mother’s texts all have numbers in them somehow. She doesn’t even have a sliding phone with a keyboard. She uses T9 and still manages to get numbers in at least half of the words.
CA: That’s because she knew that if he would successfully say Tachanun that her brother, the Nasi, would die (see the Aruch Hashulchan on that, it’s interesting and makes sense).
It’s a Mitzvah Shelo Lishmah. Does that make you a bad person?
I think he means West Virginia. That belongs in the Deep South by culture anyway.
Mordern: I find that hard to believe. Tefillin is a Mitzvah D’Oraisa that saves one from the most Chamur of Onshin. A black hat is… well, it can be a lot of things, but one thing it definitely isn’t is Tefillin.
Health: The Achiezer is accepted as a Vada’us. Many even make a “Borei Morei Ha’eish” over an incandescent bulb on Motza’ei Shabbos. Rav Schachter said there is even a Machlokes by using light bulbs foe Channukah candles-not because it might not be a fire, but a separate issue that you might need some form of Shemen (they say a battery would count for this).
Health: And what was the point of mentioning that? Are you condemning such an action?
Health: It is very hard to say that a Kopher B’dikduk Echad Midivrei Sofrim has the same status as an Oved Avodah Zarah. He may have no Chelek in Olam Habah, but he’s not an Oved Avodah Zarah.
I can’t believe no one has said this already. Am I gonna have to be the bad guy here? Scissors, I say this out of nothing but concern, but why would you want to spend a weekend alone with your husband? It’s just not safe. Based on your other thread, you should be staying as far away from him as possible until he gets psychiatric help. A vacation is not the answer for emotional/psychological problems that seem to run that deep. I’m sorry that I have to say this, but I only say it out of concern.
Can you prove that there is a source in Torah Sheba’al Peh for having clothes reach past your ankles and that you should have a beard? Thanks.
Refuah Sh’leimah. Asking for a second (or third) opinion actually has a basis in the Gemara. Maybe you weren’t Zoche to be healed from this doctor, but you could be from another, even one not as good. Or maybe C”V HKBH just wants you to get the hip replacement for whatever reason. Either way, Refuah Sh’leimah.
Health: I was proven wrong? From what? Your Agaddic Diyukim that didn’t mean anything? I have a question for you: If it’s a Mitzvah to make fun of Kofrim the same as A”Z, why didn’t the Gemara or the Rambam say so? You’re grasping at straws with your Diyuk in the Rambam (you may have proven that an atheist has the same Din as an Oved Avodah Zarah L’davar Zeh, but that’s it) and you’re using an anachronistic concept of the word “Kopher” and branching it over many things that it shouldn’t be branched over.
Health: Just because a minority held like Rav Kook’s Shittos on Eretz Yisrael and Zionism doesn’t meant that you can reject everything he said out of hand.
HaLeiVi: What Gemara? The nonexistant one that got edited out of the middle of Sanhedrin (maybe Gittin?) that to be factual as the way we have it would mean that Yushka lived over 150 years? There is no Gemara remaining in the standard editions that tells the story. The copies that we have from Kisvei Yad and such are fraught with problems and were probably hit by the censors at some point.
Health: You didn’t quote that Yalkut Shimoni last time. It’s nice that you expect me to know it by heart, but unfortunately I don’t. Sorry. And your Rambam is interesting. There is definitely some connection between the two. That still doesn’t prove your point that the Gemara says it’s only Muttar to make fun of Avodah Zarah and you add Korfim to that list.
Scissors: It’s from Rav Nachman of Breslov. Not quite Chumash, but close. 🙂
Hello: More radical? I must be thinking of something else then. This sounds like an interesting Shittah. I’ll have to look it up then. And just curious, but what do you mean more reliable? You mean simply because he’s earlier and already more accepted or do you have something against R’ Yehudah Hertzel?
I think that the Chassidishe Gatesheader is a poster everyone here should learn from. He has strong opinions and defends his own, yet delivers them without insulting anyone and without denigrating other Jews. While I disagree with many of the things he has said, I feel like he epitomizes Ahavas Yisrael here and that if everyone treated major issues the way he does, the Geulah would have been here long ago.
Littleapple: What do you mean? I follow Halachah to the best of my ability because that’s what Hashem wants me to do. What did I say incorrectly?
PBA: I’ll repeat myself once: That’s idealistic but in reality just not true. Halachah has different degrees for a reason.
PBA: It’s a Tosafos in Yevamos, Pashtus a Machlokes between 2 Gemras, there is a Machlokes Rishonim, and much discussion in the Achronim whether or not homosexuality is an Issur Ervah or a separate Issur.
And no, I disagree with you. There are different levels of violations of Halachah for a reason. It is much, much worse for a woman to be stuck in a marriage. That is something no one who cares even a tiny bit about Halachah will violate. A man can still care deeply about Halachah and say, “I can’t live life alone, I’ll violate a Cherem so I can keep all 613 Mitzvos.” Also, if she’s really refusing a Get then he can usually get a valid Heter Me’ah Rabannim. She has no such recourse.
PBA: You’re assuming that any Frum person would treat every Issur, whether it be Minhag or a Chiyuv Missah, equally. I think that’s idealistic and just plain not true. Violating a Cherem won’t make someone a Rasha and won’t impede on his Ne’emanus. He would still be Kasher L’edus. A woman and her new husband would Be Chiyuvei Misah for each of them each time they’re together. The difference is clear.
A Heimishe mom: That’s not quite accurate (your Yoshon point; and the comparison to Chalav Yisrael doesn’t really work). For Yoshon, it doesn’t matter where you are but where the stuff was grown, unless there is a D’Rabannan that I am unaware of on imported produce. Certainly there’s no D’Oraisa involved, unless you assume that Chodosh in CHU”L is D’Oraisa, in which case the fact that it was brought into E”Y doesn’t matter.
WIY: Trust me, that’s not an issue. I’m perfectly okay with my life as an Oved Hashem as it is. I can live with everything else.
PBA: There is a tremendous difference between a man remarrying and violating a Cherem of Rabbeinu Gershom (not even an Issur D’Rabannan) and a woman remarrying and being Chayav Misah. You have to realize that. A Frum person could easily choose violating a Cherem over a lifetime of loneliness. We probably wouldn’t even consider him any less Frum for that. But there is no way any woman with even a tiny bit of Yiras Shamayim would violate an Issur Misah, regardless of what the consequences of staying alone are.
Besides, he has the option of trying to give her the Get B’al Korchah. She has no other way to force him.
Health: You are trying to create a Halachic concept by taking line from Aggadic Midrashim and giving a Halachic P’shat in them? Come on. You know that’s not how Halachah works. And who says the difference was Emunah? Maybe the difference was that HKBH promised this to their forefathers? That makes much more sense, since the Passuk itself tells us that B”Y didn’t believe Moshe.
Anonym: No one knows the real story. There are many arguing Midrashim and none of them survived without at least being touched by a censor. Jews don’t know what really happened more than anyone else. We might have a better educated guess, but we don’t know either.
Scissors: I’m not depressed. I don’t show any of the signs. I’m just not happy. Who says (other than R’ Nachman) that we have to be happy?
Brotherofurs: Trust me (and please don’t push me on it), you really, really don’t want me to respond to that.
Oomis: I understand this, though I want to edit what you said. It’s clear in the Nefesh Hachayim that Hashem never says no. Sometimes he just said “not now”. Every Teffilah is answered in some way and at some time. I’m okay with my life as is. I really am. I resigned myself to being unhappy a long time ago and feel that I am a good and productive person regardless. Yes, there are many times where Ahavas Hashem is an issue. That’s my Nisayon. Everyone has their’s. I’m okay with mine.
Yitay: I’m very negative about life. I’m just okay with that. 🙂
Yitay: I’m perfectly content with my life as is. I do my best to follow Halachah and I learn, and I have enjoyable hobbies for when I can’t learn anymore. What more could I ask for?
Great_Idea: There is a tremendous difference between R’ Schachter and whatever nutcase said to spit on girls. Everyone knows that Rav Schachter is entitled to his opinion and that his opinion is always Halachically valid, if not always accepted. Just because some “Rabbi”s want to distort or violate Halachah and Mesorah does not mean that all Rabbis should be ignored. Rav Schachter is widely recognized as a tremendous Gadol and Posek and as such anyone who listens to his P’sak definitely has what to rely upon.
Yitay, WIY: I’ve been okay with this for a while. I reached the conclusion at the age of 10 that HKBH doesn’t want me to be happy B’Olam Hazeh for whatever reason, and nothing in the last 13 years has happened to change that. I actually asked a Shailah when I was 14 if I should stop Davening for Cholim because it might be causing their deaths. I still Daven, but only because it’s a Chiyuv.
Great_Idea: I never said against Halachah. Rav Schachter is infinitely better than both you and I combined at determining Halachah. If he said it was okay (I don’t know if he did), then it is. Just because you or I have trouble with something does not mean that Rav Schachter did not understand it more perfectly than both of us; and if he said it was okay, it’s okay.
Great_Idea: Are you saying that Rav Schachter’s not?
Hello: The most radically different opinion on such a topic, which is probably Pashut P’shat but also probably the less Muskam opinion among the Poskim, is found in the SHU”T B’nei Banim (I think Chelek 1; I also think he’s very similar to the Ezer Mikodesh, if I recall correct what the E”M says).
Great_Idea: Like I said before, I don’t need to defend Rav Schachter. If you want to say that he is leading people in “committing some of the worst sins possible”, well, then I guess I don’t have anything else I can say.
(I know the case to which you are referring and I have not yet had the guts to ask anyone who was involved at the time how that was Muttar; I do know that they are more Medakdek now, that’s for sure.)