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How strange it is to be attacked for suggesting that someone learn Torah.
As to my second point, that none of these diets or supplements have ever been proven to be effective (increase life span) , I am willing to be proven wrong. Bring me the proof.
Learn Torah. It’s the best thing for the immune system.
The vitamin/diet thing is pointless. No studies have ever shown an increase in life span using any of these wacko eating styles.
Some chassidishe rebbes held the opposite, that eretz yisroel is to be found in the golus as well. I maintain that eretz yisroel is to be found only in The Land itself, and that by definition, if one is in eretz yisroel one is not in golus. Also by definition, if one is not in eretz yisroel, one is in the golus.
I am aware that golus has figurative meanings,social, spiritual and others, but those interpretations apply to homiletics and do not change the reality.
Nefesh B’nefesh caters to everyone. MOs are the ones who want to make Aliyah for real. NBN helps those who want to become citizens of the State of Israel, hence your confusion.
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I don’t see the point of arguing over this. Please simply find a few people who were in each place and came back to tell us about it. Ask them, they will tell you.
A friend once told me that gehenom is a place where they sing Bai Ana Rachitz over and over again without ever stopping.
The first telescopes appeared in 1608 (wikipedia), and were quickly improved. Our current telescopes are named after Kepler and Galileo, both early 1600s scientists and discoverers.
Everyone is entitled to their own point of view, but sending this letter to Hadassah organizations will justifiably result in it being passed around the office accompanied by laughter and ridicule.
No one knows what it is.
Everyone has it.
Just be a mentsch.
“Certainly we should all strive to be kind to all goyim both because of yashrus …. understand how someone who goes around knowing that he is a ben Melech …can have trouble in this area.
Wrong. We are creatures of habit. If you are a nice person, it is easy to be kind to everyone. If you walk around like an arrogant ben melech, it’s difficult. It’s one or the other.
“Just wondering why you’re accusing only yeshivish people.”
Because yeshivish people ought to behave better. They certainly have been taught the importance of good midos.
I would not consider allowing a child to get a license until he or she could spell it correctly.
Rav Dessler mentions the conflict between science and Torah. There can be no such conflict, as two truths cannot be in conflict.
For the sake of the girl he is about to propose to, DO NOT propose. It would be a serious transgression for several reasons to go with this “second choice”. Imagine the poor girl entering into a marriage with a husband who is thinking about “the one” that got away.
Even if it were glazed with glass, there is no need to tovel china.
I can state flatly that Rav Aharon zt”l was not particularly selective regarding learning aptitude.
Modern yeshivish is a step up from yeshivish.
Feif Un is correct, and the argument that “times are different today” is wholly unconvincing.
A kollel couple can go on vacation any time they feel like it, whether they pay for it or someone else does. That’s their choice and everyone can choose how they spend their time and money. But to use the term “moser nefesh” for a kollel couple with this lifestyle is pure sheker.
I agree with Charlie Hall. Nevertheless, it is heartwarming that YWN is willing to acknowledge the inherent value of a Nobel Prize.
Ramateshkolian is correct, but should have used different phraseology.
People who claim to be ovdei hashem but habitually emphasize materialism in their lives are hypocrites.
Israel, thank you.
Judgemental or judgmental, both are valid.
There is no such thing as a perfect translation that can convey the meaning, nuance and spirit of the original. I hope no one would suggest that we learn chumash from an English translation and ditch the original. Therefore, those who do not have a good understanding of rabbinic Hebrew cannot fully appreciate halachic nuances that are inevitably “lost in translation”. Instead of relying on these translations and feeling that this is enough, do your utmost to learn the original;there is no adequate substitute.
EloQuint5 put it best. It is a classic case of gaivah. If I were the Rav, I would seriously think of raising a theoretical question during the speech and putting it out to the oilam, specifically asking the “nose in the sefer” to offer his opinion. The nose needn’t be embarrassed, it’s a kovod to have the Rav ask your opinion. That should put a stop to this inexcusable behavior.
1. Spoiled milk is not the same as yogurt or leben. Spoiled milk is regarded in medicine as a form of food poisoning. Don’t drink it.
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This is a good question and there is a good scientific answer. I downloaded this for your information.
Brain Changes in Young Adulthood
At the same time that young adults are experiencing new levels of sophistication in thinking and emotional regulation, their brains are undergoing changes in precisely the areas associated with these functions. While it is not possible to determine cause-and-effect, brain and behavior are changing in parallel.
Prefrontal cortex: The most widely studied changes in young adulthood are in the prefrontal cortex, the area behind the forehead associated with planning, problem-solving, and related tasks. At least two things affect the efficiency in its functioning:
myelination: the nerve fibers are more extensively covered with myelin, a substance that insulates them so that signals can be transmitted more efficiently, and
synaptic pruning: the “briar patch” of connections resulting from nerve growth are pruned back, allowing the remaining ones to transmit signals more efficiently.
Connections among regions: At the same time, the prefrontal cortex communicates more fully and effectively with other parts of the brain, including those that are particularly associated with emotion and impulses, so that all areas of the brain can be better involved in planning and problem-solving.
“Executive suite”: The cluster of functions that center in the prefrontal cortex is sometimes called the “executive suite,” including calibration of risk and reward, problem-solving, prioritizing, thinking ahead, self-evaluation, long-term planning, and regulation of emotion. (See Merlin Donald, Daniel Keating, and others in References.) It is not that these tasks cannot be done before young adulthood, but rather that it takes less effort, and hence is more likely to happen.
20s and beyond
According to recent findings, the human brain does not reach full maturity until at least the mid-20s. (See J. Giedd in References.) The specific changes that follow young adulthood are not yet well studied, but it is known that they involve increased myelination and continued adding and pruning of neurons. As a number of researchers have put it, “the rental car companies have it right.” The brain isn’t fully mature at 16, when we are allowed to drive, or at 18, when we are allowed to vote, or at 21, when we are allowed to drink, but closer to 25, when we are allowed to rent a car.
I think this supports the advice to wait.
I live in Israel and it is indeed naive to think that a chareidi shul would say the mesheberach for Tzahal. The mesheberach is not really the issue, though. Most religious Israelis who send their sons off to war or dangerous operations (these operations go on every day, by the way) are amused by the never-ending American disagreement for or against it. The reason for the amusement is this: The American frum who don’t see why they need to say it are clueless about Am Yisrael living in God’s country but outside the proverbial dalet amos of Brooklyn and Monsey. And the American frum who are adamant about saying it are giving literal lip service instead of actually doing it. A generalization? Of course, but face up to it, it’s generally true.
Moq, fool proof, not full proof.
If women used to drink four cups of wine when pregnant, they were unaware that it is not a good idea. Remember that moern medicine is only about 100 years old.
Wine was “stronger” in the old days, but did not have more alcohol, there is a limit to how much percentage alcohol a wine can have. Till today, the “strength” of old time wine and the need to dilute is a subject of debate.
BP, and if I again misunderstood you, I apologize. Maybe I am reading your posts incorrectly. If you agree with my post, then I now understand you, and I agree with yours.
Frankly, I am in shock that a twelfth grader in a Bais Yaakov has not learned basic concepts in religious family life. After all, these are psukim in the Torah, one need not dig in a bookstore for them. Waiting for kallah classes to inform these girls about these paramount issues is way too late.
sorry, discouraged of course. Typo, it happens.
Smart cookie ,Sacrilege, and Wolf
In no place did I express my personal point of view, so comments like shtark, a bit off, and the like are misplaced. I simply am trying to teach the less informed what the yeshivishe point of view actually is. When official (gedolim sanctioned)yeshivishe hashkafah is discussed, terms like romance and ” in love” are not in the vocabulary. If you like the idea of romance , be aware that it is incompatible with yeshivishe hashkafah. As far as romance within marriage is concerned, it is tolerated when absolutely necessary, but it is not a virtuous practice and should be discoraged.
What I see here is a business deal where each side didn’t know what “product” they were buying.
This crisis would be averted if the young couple would go out on many more dates and get to know each other better before they wrap up the deal.
Common sense says you did the right thing. In any case, Charlie Hall is correct,having a makom kavuah is flexible; the adjacent seat is just as good.
Hello99 has made some very valid points. The minhag in Spain was indeed not to wear tefillin on chol hamoed long before the Zohar was even discovered.
The Zohar was composed by a Tanna. Your text has been duly corrected.
I remember when Dor Yesharim was established. The basis for the universal approval from the gedolim was that the genetic compatiblity would be determined before the couple met, and not “right before it gets serious”. Whoever waits a few dates is violating the original intention of the program.
I just reread my post and realized that it may not be taken seriously. But serious it is, and in Israel, you will not find a chareidi girl who has a driver’s license before marriage. Indeed, even after marriage it is frowned upon, but there are heterim to be found bedieved. Incidentally, the boys are strongly discouraged(prohibited in the stricter yeshivas)from learning to drive while still in yeshiva. But girls? Don’t even think about it.
It’s not a sakanah, so it’s not a problem.
Begin Shmoneh Esrai
I really didn’t intend for my name to become a topic for discussion. I regard the Zalman part as Hebrew (certainly Jewish)for practical purposes and not secular.I have not found anyone who heard this name and regarded it as secular. No matter, it’s my name and we can leave it at that.
On the lighter side regarding hebrew names, one can easily find on the net the famous audio piece of a Jew asking the operator for the phone number of Chaim Mordechai Brecher. To die of laughter…
1. Don’t change your pronunciation at all.
2. Daven nusach ashkenaz. If you are a shliach tzibbur, do whatever the gabbai tells you to do.
3. Stop wearing tefillin on chol hamoed.
4. Don’t you dare keep two days yomtov, there is only one.
5. If you make a bris, say shehecheyanu.
6. If you lein, make two brachos before reading megillos Rus, Shir hashirim and Kohelles.
This is a never ending discussion with paradoxical views. For the most part, the doctors are in favor of doing the bris bazman (an eye infection medically is unrelated to a bris) and the poskim tend to want to delay it (a sick baby is a sick baby).
Thanks for the laugh. I have an English name, stopped using it many years ago.
In the previous generation, it was felt necessary. Nowadays, I do not think it is, on the contrary. A Jewish name shows that we are not embarrassed to be identified as Jews. If The President of the United States has a name like Barack Hussein (articulated like “chet/het” in Hebrew), what could possibly be problematic with Chanoch or Nechama?
A few related comments:
The Tzitz Eliezer zt”l was one of a large group of Eretz Yisroel Jews who were part of the old yishuv in Yerushalayim and were admirers or more of Rav Kook. They knew him personally and he was an integral part of their religious and personal lives. Some of the other notables in this group were Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlap,Reb Aryeh Levin,Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach,and Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. Quite an impressive group. So it’s almost axiomatic that Rav Waldenberg had nice things to say about Rav Kook, how could he not?
Professor Samet and Professor Assaf are two of many experts in their field of Jewish History, and their observations are based on verifiable facts. Unverifiable anecdotes, exagerrations, and legends are treated as such, and the reader can draw his/her own conclusions. Reading their works can only enhance one’s appreciation of what Jewish life was actually like in the last three hundred years.
The discussion on seyata dishmaya, ruach hakodesh, and other like terms is interesting but pointless. None of these terms can be specifically defined in terms of their depth or applicability. Inevitably, one will say that there are varying degrees of ruach hakodesh without specifying under what circumstances any of these degrees apply, essentially evading the issue and making the discussion worthless.
A fair way (not the only one) to split the cost: All fixed expenses that essentially do not change according to the guest list such as photographer, band and flowers are split 50-50. As for the guests, each side pays for its own invitees. Want to invite more people? No problem, pay for them. Need to cut costs? Invite fewer.
This is one of the most famous and bitterly fought halachic controversies in the last three hundred years. For a comprehensive analysis of this issue, see Moshe Samet, “Hachadash Assur Min Hatotah”, pages 93-156.
For a full treatment of the controversy surrounding the Or Hachaim Hakadosh’s ruach hakodesh, see David Assaf, Ne’echaz Basvach, pages 235-254.
MHY: Your exceptions prove the rule. Sorry you are unfamiliar with minhagei eretz yisrael. They are esentially minhagei Hagra, brought here by the famous “prushim” clan, and these minhagim have been accepted throughout Israel, with some exceptions.In Yerushalayim , they are accepted almost uniformly. The Tukotchinsky Luach for minhagim of the davening is a reflection of this and it is accepted by almost all. True, here and there, as your friend noted, there is a minyan that puts on tefillin. To each his own. But there are thousands of minyanim that don’t, and many of them do not hesitate to unceremoniously throw anyone out that dares put them on, even in the corner or in another room. I have seen this myself.
Rav Schach’s custom, and certainly the Erlauer Rebbe indicate that the general custom is not to put on tefillin. None of the yeshivas, including Rav Schach’s yeshiva, adopted his minhag.None of the chassidim here do either except the relatively small numbered Erlauer. That in itself proves the aberration here;everyone knows that the overwhelming minhag amongst chassidim is not to wear tefillin chol hamoed.