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I think he means being sad.
Vayechulu is not real Eidus. You’re okay.
Yichud should not be Yeihareg V’al Ya’avor. The Shulchan Aruch Paskens that Negiyah with a Niddah is, but in Lema’aseh life and death Shailos many Poskim combine the fact that a Niddah isn’t Yeihareg V’al Ya’avor and the fact that according to the Ramban Negiyah isn’t Yeihareg V’al Ya’avor. Of course, every Lema’aseh life and death Shailah is different and requires the opinion of a very qualified Posek.
Jail in America is not Pikuach Nefesh. A Jew would have to risk jail to avoid violating any Lo Sa’aseh D’Oraisa. Being Mevatel and Asei is a complicated issue and I am not qualified to offer anywhere near an opinion on it.
What’s wrong with a tool? A Gemara itself is a tool. We should all learn Ba’al Peh if “tools” should be avoided.
Nichush is an Issur D’Oraisa. I’m just putting that out there.
According to the Shulchan Aruch, Negiyah Derech Chibah (those last two words must be stressed, especially in a Pikuach Nefesh case) with an Ervah (Niddah included) is Yeihareg V’al Ya’avor.
Pushtayid: I have met some Sefardim who say Amen after all Birchos Hanehenin except Hamotzi and some who say only after Hagefen.
So yungerman, you probably shouldn’t use Artscroll. I don’t see why the Gemara would be easier to understand if you read it in English. Just because you now know what the words mean doesn’t mean it’s any easier to understand. Jumping straight to the Artscroll footnotes every time probably counts as cheating though.
Gefen: I have no idea. I would assume that a Tinok Shenishba isn’t called a Rasha but I have no real source to say that in this case.
Rav Schachter extrapolates from a Gemara that it’s Assur to bury anyone next to someone even a little more or less righteous than his. He says that’s why each Shul/community has their own cemeteries. We assume that all members of each community for the most part do the same Mitzvos and the same Aveiros, so we bury them together.
If the Halacha doesn’t allow it (I said if, I don’t claim to know any Halachos about this) then that would be a good reason why.
Did Dan Quayle just join our CR?
Try and make him stop. You could be saving his life and quite possibly the lives of your entire family.
I heard someone from YU once say that YU is working on putting something in place where any YU Rabbi placed in a community will be paid somewhere around the median salary of his congregants. The Rabbi should not be richer than his congregants, but it’s not fair for the congregants to expect them to make ends meet with (sometimes much) less than what they live on themselves.
If your Rav says it’s necessary then it’s necessary.
The Gemara says that someone who asks a Shaila about Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos is a Shofech Damim and the Rav who is asked is Meguneh. I don’t see why this would be so different. There is a life at stake. Why would you waste time asking Shailos or worrying about possible fallout?
I am clearly addicted to the internet. I spend around 6 hours a day on YUTorah listening to Rav Schachter and most of the rest of it surfing Bar Ilan and using e-daf.
The Gemara in Sanhedrin says “Ain Kovrin Tzaddik Eitzel Rasha”. I have no idea what is done Lema’aseh.
Smoking. You can find Kol Hatorah Kula on the internet.
AYC: I knew the name. It’s on the site. I just don’t know anything about him or who he is.
Sefardi Minhagim by answering Amen after their own Brachos are complex and seem to contradict themselves at times. For an Ashkenazi, the answer is a very strong no.
Jewish source: I also feel that the proper Tzuras Hadaf is important for several reasons, but pretending that the Tzurah we have was given by the Ba’alei Gemara is just false.
I never understand why people think it hinders learning how to read Gemara. If you only read the English words, maybe. But it also is tremendous because it breaks up the words phrase by phrase, so anyone who properly uses the Artscroll can get used to how the Shakla Vetarya goes.
These are not normal but not too uncommon. I would advise therapy for a bit.
Aderaba. I spent my whole time in Yeshivah learning from an Artscroll and was proud of it.
Rav Schachter was Maspid him quoting a Gemara in Yoma. The Gemara says that Hillel is Mechayev all the Aniyim in Talmud Torah because Hillel was so poor and yet still learned. Rav Schachter says that R’ Nosson Tzvi is Mechayev all of us because he managed to learn so much even with terrible physical afflictions.
If the mods will let it through, I will post a link to R’ Schachter’s Hesped (YUTorah). Rav Schachter is the first 10 minutes or so. I’m not sure who the last 8 minutes is.
I love using the Artscroll Gemaras. It has brought Talmud Torah to tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of people.
Factoring and the distributive property are the same thing. Factoring works because it uses the distributive property.
Maybe the person wants his kids to have blue eyes and since this person he’s dating doesn’t genetically have blue eyes then his kids won’t. It’s a stretch, but I could see cases where G’neivas Da’as is involved.
Stop worrying about long-term or overall things. Instead of thinking “did I do anything this week” or “did I accomplish anything this week”, change it to “did I do something today”. If that still stresses you out start thinking hour by hour. Eventually you’ll realize that even though you’re busy, it’s because you’re doing necessary things each hour. With that realization, the stress goes away. Sometimes we need to look long-term to realize we are accomplishing things, but there are situations in life where looking more and more short-term shows us how valuable our life really is.
Never seen it inside. I’ve only heard that Ba’al Peh. I’ll look for it though.
I’m sure they were. But he mentions somewhere that his mother taught him everything when he was young.
Doesn’t the SMA also say that his mother was his Rav Muvhak?
Feif: Let me get this straight. The country that won’t allow intermarriage is responsible for higher intermarriage rates?
I think his point was that as politicians their true feelings don’t matter. What matters is what they do when the mic is on-i.e. when they are representing their country. As long as Obama treats Israel well while representing American we are okay, regardless of his personal feelings.
I take offense at the phrase “CY observant”.
SimTower and SimFarm were both endless entertainment when I needed it growing up.
Zahavasdad: Bad example. If a Christian writes a Torah you have to burn it.
HaLeiVi: The point of those Gemaros was that Uktzin is the hardest Masechta. And I don’t think the Gemara in Ta’anis says that he wasn’t well-versed in it. Only that in the time of the Amora’im the Yeshivos in general had a better understanding of it.
That’s an Eitzah Tovah that Chazal gave us which takes on the level of a quasi-Halacha. I don’t think that applies at all in an anonymous internet chat room. You can disagree with that part if you want. But I don’t think you can agree with that part and then say that it should be avoided anyway.
See Shabbos 33a around 7/10 of the way down and fear for K’lal Yisrael. And then realize that you are doing a great job in keeping the world going and use that as Chizuk for all facets of your life.
2scents: If it’s Halachically acceptable then who is anyone to say it’s wrong? Say you’re uncomfortable with it, fine. But to say it’s Halachically fine but still wrong to do? There’s something very wrong with that mindset. It has to be about Halacha and then personal preference. Calling something Halachically fine but still not OK is just wrong.
Being Dan L’chaf Zechus is a Chiyuv in how you think, not act. If another Jew asks you to buy a treif burger from McDonald’s, then you are Over on Lifnei Iver if you buy it for him, even if you personally want to be Dan L’chaf Zechus and think he’s buying it for his dog.
Soliek: Explain please. What did I say that’s not true?
Rav Schachter says that you need Ruach Hakodesh to compose a Tefilla that is meant for the Tzibbur to say.
Shabbos is the longest Masechta in Shas (in terms of # of words). And there are plenty of Sugyos in there just as complicated as in Nashim or Nezikin.
Even if you assume that talking is included in the Issur Kurvah L’arayos, there is no Kurvah in the CR. In fact, the CR is probably inherently not Derech Chibah. It might make you uncomfortable, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with it.
The one on Youtube referred to in the OP has no Kol Isha and I believe is not copyrighted. Maybe just record it from there? It’s titled “The little bird is calling.wmv”
College might be treif, so it’s a good thing that those who attend don’t eat the buildings.
Old man: I have heard that needing to stay in bed for most of the remainder of the day counts as “bedridden”. And there are many countries that still give out medicines which require grinding. In some places it’s virtually nonexistant (like the US), but there are places where it’s a legitimate fear. Many Poskim do use that Svara to be Meikil though.
Rav Schachter quotes a reason for it because Kodem Matan Torah it would have been the only Masechtos the Avos and Yeshivas Shem V’eiver learned, because Dinei Mamonos (Nezikin) and Gilui Arayos (Nezikin) would have been the only real Lema’aseh Halachos.