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Mashiach is very much a king.
It’s an Issur D’Oraisa of Lo Senach’shu.
Torah Judaism over 300 years ago didn’t have these differences. Some people worked, some learned, some studied sciences, and they all followed Halacha. Basically the same as we have nowadays, except nowadays everyone who is in one of those three groups think the other two groups are not following authentic Judaism. The idea that “Modern” Orthodoxy is in any way different than what frum Jews were like 300 years ago is completely false.
Why choose? Just find a Rabbi and follow Halacha. Distinctions like MO or Chareidi shouldn’t define our Judaism.
Everyone who has ever used e-daf.com, a Bar Ilan CD, or written any words of Torah on a computer screen.
Chas V’shalom. Making a Leishev on a cup of water is a Bracha Levatala.
Obviously I don’t hold like R’ Elyashiv in this case.
Rav Elyashiv is of the opinion that typing is considered real writing for all Halachic intents and purposes. Many assume that there is more reason to be Meikil by writing. Ask your own Rabbi.
Your statement here implies that you are fulfilling the specific Mitzvah of living in a Sukkah even by drinking water in a Sukkah, which would imply that you can (should) make a Bracha on it, which is 100% false. It is a good thing to drink even water in the Sukkah and there may even be a Kiyum of a Mitzvah (maybe), but just calling it a Mitzvah and leaving it at that can have serious repercussions. Also, calling it a “Mitzvah” implies that you are Over on the Asei of Yeshivah B’Sukkah if you don’t drink water in a Sukkah, which is patently false.
I was always told absolutely not. Unless the teacher really doesn’t understand or refuses to allow you to wait a week to do the assignment/homework then it should be considered a Davar Ha’aveid and should be okay. But that should be avoided if at all possible. Notes are usually possible to get from someone else.
I am not saying at all that you are not obligated to learn Shanyim Mikra. I am just pointing out that we need to be very careful with our terms and that “Mitzvah” is an inappropriate term in this case.
Allowed to not eat it? There is no obligation to eat the Eruv Tavshilin.
I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t.
If he specifically relies it never works (unless he is specifically relying because he couldn’t). If he forgets or gets too busy twice (maybe in a row, maybe ever) then it doesn’t work the second time. I feel like if it’s Mamash and Ones Gamur and happens twice then he should be able to rely on the Rabbi. I have no source for that last statement but it makes sense.
To the edit for MDG’s post: You cannot start learning Bereishis now. You cannot be Yotzei Shnayim Mikra for Bereishis until after we lein Vezos Habracha on Friday (Thursday for those who live in Eretz Yisrael).
Dr. Seuss: See the other thread. Once again, you are misusing the word “Mitzvah”, this time in a much more important fashion.
Dr. Seuss: The Gemara says that relying on the Rav only works once (there is a discussion if it’s once in a lifetime or just once in a row). It also only works if you forgot by accident.
I very much want to say that they could have been Maspid her because she has the Din of Chacham Befanav but they didn’t.
We need to be very careful when defining are terms. Calling things that aren’t really a Mitzvah a “Mitzvah” can lead to serious problems. People should get into the habit of using precise terms. Once again, what it the “Mitzvah” of following the Shulchan Aruch?
And the Gemara (Brachos 8b I think) says that someone who does Shnayim Mikra gets long life. From there the Shulchan Aruch realizes it’s a good thing and brings down to do it. So we have to understand exactly what type of obligation that entails. Just shrugging everything off as a “Mitzvah” does not do justice to any Halachos, whether they are D’Orasia, D’Rabannan, Minhag, Hanhaga, or an Eitza Tova.
2scents: A Mitzvah? What Mitzvah would that be? (Assuming you would spend the time learning something else.)
Yitay: It’s not dependent on the kind of music. The only thing that should matter is why the person is listening to the music and what function the music serves. Listening to any music solely because it’s enjoyable is Assur almost L’kol Hadei;os, especially since we are very Ragil in it and the Rama’s Heter shouldn’t apply.
You might try and start doing as Gedolim do and quoting Pesukim properly.
Looked good to me, though I question why you don’t have to get out of bed to eat at least a Kezayis in the Sukkah if you haven’t already. And “3” should clarify that you need a K’beitzah for the Leisheiv. You are Yotzei the Mitzvah with a K’zayis.
Metro: We hold of that Gemara but we don’t hold like the Ashuris opinion even to the other extreme. I have to look it up again, but I believe we hold that Mishum Yishuv Eretz Yisrael even a Melacha D’Oraisa is Muttar. There are certainly stories of R’ Shlomo Zalman Auerbach telling people they can work the land on Shabbos in cases where the land was for all intents and purposes Hefker and whoever did stuff with it first could claim it. So he let Jews plow it and stuff even on Shabbos so they could get to it before the Arabs.
I am a guy and the one girl I ever dated turned me down because of looks. Go figure.
What do you mean how and when? If you can do it, great. If you can’t you shouldn’t starve yourself over it.
You can have less than a K’beitza of bread/Mezonos and as much of anything Shehakol or Aadamah as you want outside the Sukkah. It’s best to eat absolutely everything in the Sukkah though (even water) if possible. Using a neighbors Sukkah in theory shouldn’t make a difference but probably does in regards to the Chumra of having everything in the Sukkah.
You can eat anything inside if it’s raining/too uncomfortable to be in the Sukkah for a variety of reasons.
Metrodriver: No one holds like that (only Ashuris and Yevanis count as K’sav), even though the Rama brings it down.
Yitay: I obviously think that the Shulchan Aruch is right. But my D’chiya of the Heterim doesn’t obligate everybody else (even in my mind) from using them. Someone who was a Bar Hachi to be Mattir was Mattir. I can’t get rid of that, regardless of who I am. (Though I think it is an issue that some people listen to music in a manner that wouldn’t be covered by any Heterim.)
See Igros Moshe (I believe) CH”M 2:12 (maybe 2:11?) in the bottom of the first paragraph where he mentions that a woman going outside not Tznius is an Issur Asei, and if I recall correctly he doesn’t mention Lifnei Iveir.
MDD: Even if there’s no Lifnei Iveir that doesn’t mean it’s Muttar.
Or he could hold like R’ Soloveitchik that the Rambam is a Da’as Yachid in this issue.
Yitay: There are Heterim, so I don’t think anyone who relies on them can be called a Meizid. It’s still something people should know though.
Apparently. 🙂 Or I’m just talking from a different point of view. The question there was how could it ever be possible to do such a thing (and why the people who get to make the decisions are the ones who get to make the decisions). Here I was just talking specifically about why I’m not too worried in this particular case. But I appreciate the advice. I didn’t realize I’d be cross-referenced so Meduyak-ly (don’t have a good English word for that).
That is a second reason. Thank you Chacham.
Dr. Seuss: People can walk into a store and smell or buy perfume. Unless you’re in the middle of nowhere she cannot be the only source.
Making more available is not Lifnei Iveir. Being the only source is.
Clearly in the other thread I said that I believed that HKBH appointed the people with the proper wherewithal and information to make the right decisions. Here I am just pointing out on a practical level who else is supporting this decision and why that support would lead me to believe that this will work out best. The other thread was the K’lal and these are the P’ratim.
Is this woman walking outside going to be the only source of perfume available to him? (And yes, I am assuming that the only Issur is if he has Kavanah to smell. If he just smells it then I am assuming there is no Issur. If you disagree with that assumption then Lifnei Iveir can apply. However, I see no reason at all to assume that.)
Apparently not. Otherwise you would know what Lifnei Iveir actually means then.
Supposedly the heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet are backing this so presumably they think there is no or minimal risk to the general Israeli public.
Shlishi: Learn the Dinim of Lifnei Iveir.
mw13: No, he doesn’t. This was beaten to death in a thread about a month ago.
HKBH always has K’lal Yisroel’s best interests in mind, regardless of how we see it.
Amused: Chas Veshalom. The Gemara says that even a minor official is never appointed without HKBH’s approval. You really think that the Knesset members and the Israeli PM weren’t?
M80: I have a similar issue. What does IDK stand for?
Goq: Baruch Hashem we don’t have to make those decisions. HKBH put the people with the capability to make the right decision for everyone in charge.
If you are in a situation where Hashem wants you to be Mechalel Shabbos then you are not putting Hashem first at all. Ask your Rov this (theoretical) case and then you can say “Hashem first” for listening to whatever he says.
Well then I would hope that you would use your Seichel when a clearly anti-Semitic person with a gun wants you to do anything.