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It’s under the Cherem of Rabbeinu Gershom, as well as an Issur D’Oraisa, probably several.

Do married couples never see each other in the Chassidish world (honest question)? Still, I think there’s a difference between making some type of Eitza Tovah and actually making a Takanah against something.

That is absolutely ridiculous. Someone should be happy with their spouse and know that they have different Yisronos and different Chesronos than everyone else. Let’s Assur ever being nice to each other because we can come up with some ridiculous problem that could come out of that. Let’s Assur all human interaction. No Arayos, no Lashon Hara, no problems.

I have never heard of such a thing, though I guess I should have. It felt ridiculous at first, but if you avoid teenagers ever seeing someone of the opposite gender (especially when they’re too young to date) I see no reason why a Shabbos meal would be different. Still, I can’t see how this wouldn’t destroy communities if no families would ever eat with each other once they have kids of the opposite gender.

Rav Schachter also agrees that it has to be definitive (real definitive) proof. As long as you can make a Ta’ana on it then it’s not historical enough. I don’t see what Paskening against Hashem has to do with historical proofs though.

Moi Aussi: Can you provide a source for these “most Poskim”? We do the right side first for everything (except for tying shoes and removing clothes), so why should this be different? Maybe they say it’s similar to removing clothes, but there’s no way the reason is that “we should always move to the right”.

Oomis: I don’t think we hold like that. In fact, two words in the Tochacha would seem to hold against that.

By the way, Rav Moshe Paskens that since everyone means “God” when they say “Hashem” that if you say “Hashem” in the context of a Bracha it’s like you said Shem Shamayim. This is against a very large number of the earlier Poskim though (he acknowledges that; he’s disagreeing with an Eitzah to say “Hashem” instead of AD– in a case of Safek Brachos).

I find it very hard to believe that someone said to say it in Hebrew without understanding rather than English and understand it. We Pasken that a little bit with Kavanah is better than a lot without.

Thanks. I wish I remembered if it was Rav Schachter’s or my own though. I’m pretty sure it’s his but I’m not positive. I’ve been trying to remember which Shiur he said the idea in so I can listen to it again and figure it out.

You should ask a Rabbi, but I would assume that it’s not proper to say a Brachah half in one language and half in another.

Mik5: You’re not wrong. Many people (it is most, flushing is the same as throwing out, not as burning) are Noheg something which would apparently indicate that they don’t hold that will happen.

Do not check your Tefillin. That is a bad idea unless you have some reason to think they might be Passul. You are allowed to rely on the Chazakah that your Tefillin are Kosher for you entire life. If you actually check and find out they are Passul then you are in trouble. Once again, your Tefillin are Halachically Kosher even if some time over the last 50 years the Klaf inside deteriorated. If you check and find out that they have, you will be Megaleh Lemafrea that your Tefillin have not been Kosher for who-knows-how-long.

Real-brikser: Calling Lakewood Hashem’s land is absurd. It denies any inherent Kedusha in any places in the world and implies that “Hashem’s land” is where Jews do Mitzvos.

BTGuy: There are Mishnayos that discuss the Kedusha of different places. Lakewood isn’t one of them. (I’m not saying it’s not a great place to live or anything, just denying this absurd concept that it has any inherent holiness.)

Clever: It is both. There are times to Daven like a servant before a king and times like a child before a father. Neither one is ever wrong. Just like there are things you would only ask of a king so too there are things you would only ask of a father. You wouldn’t ask the king for a lollipop, but you would always ask a father for one.

Real-brisker: Are you comparing Lakewood to Eretz Yisroel? I advise you to look up the Meshech Chochmah about what the Jews said about Germany.

The Poskim don’t really discuss the concept of destroying things that you cut off your body. They only mention throwing away your nails because the Gemara says it can cause a woman to lose her baby. This is a Kaballah issue which most people are not concerned about. As was mentioned, do you burn the hair you cut off?

I meant HKBK, by the way. That’s probably a bad typo.

KBHK understands everything.

Why would it be Assur? You can Daven for anything you want and Hashem always listens. Of course, you’re probably competing against many other people Davening (for both teams) and affecting the game probably comes to Bechirah Chofshis issues (for the players), so it’s probably unlikely that the outcome of the game will be affected by your Teffilos. But the Tefillos never go to waste and HKBH keeps them somewhere for a time when they are needed.

As an aside, I once heard someone joke that the reason the Yankees are historically so good is because they always have the most Jewish and Frum fans so they have a stronger Koack Hat’fillah than any other team.

MDD: That is true in theory. In reality, if you would force that on every Ba’al T’shuvah then we would have no one ever be Chozer Bis’shuvah. That’s why we let the Kiruv professionals help each person determine what they are willing to accept and when.

Al Pi Kaballah some say to burn everything that was once a part of your body- scabs, nails, hair, etc.

I never cut them on Motzai Shabbos because I feel like it’s rude towards Shabbos but there is no Halachic source for that.

The Gemara says that a pregnant woman who walks over clippings can lose her baby. We assume that this is for mystical reasons, but I was once given an excellent practical Pshat. Someone pointed out to me that it was entirely possible that a pregnant woman who stepped on a nail felt like she had just been bitten by a scorpion and lost her baby due to the trauma/fear.

It’s Thursday because then it begins growing back on Shabbos. They begin growing back in earnest, Al Pi Kaballah, on the third day. And don’t use the word “Assur”. Many might be Noheg not to do it, but there are many Poskim who don’t hold of the whole Halacha. In fact, it’s brought down that because you shouldn’t cut them both on the same day (and that Halacha trumps the 3rd day before Shabbos one) that you should cut your toenails on Thursday and your fingernails on Friday Lekavod Shabbos.

M22: Gathering them up is very important. But you don’t have to catch them in a tissue. Often the most effective way is to cut them right above the toilet and just flush them afterwards.

Lashon Hakodesh is Hebrew, I’m not sure what he meant. Yes, you can daven in English. You can even say Shema in English (in theory), but it has to be a precise translation which is very hard for us to make.