Mi Yodea has a question titled “Are there any scriptural sources that Hashem loves each Jew individually?”

The accepted answer there is as follows:

G-d’s counting of the Jewish people expresses his love for the individual Jew (since counting emphasizes the importance of the individual unit. Were the individual unit not important, there would be no need to count). Rashi (Shemot 1:1) says:

And these are the names of the sons of Israel: Although [God] counted them in their lifetime by their names (Gen. 46:8-27), He counted them again after their death, to let us know how precious they are [to Him], because they were likened to the stars, which He takes out [From beyond the horizon] and brings in by number and by name, as it is said: who takes out their host by number; all of them He calls by name (Isa. 40:26). [From Tanchuma Buber, Shemot 2; Exod. Rabbah 1:3]

Rashi (Bamidbar 1:1) says that because G-d loves the Jewish people he counts them all the time.

Yosi7,

Joseph quoted Reb Moshe teshuvos forbidding shaking a woman’s hand. I’m curious to see when you will be apologizing to him for accusing him of falsehood?

I think one has to distinguish between technology in general, and technology which most Chareidi gedolim have said is inherently bad. Most Gedolim say that a smartphone/ipad should absolutely not be used, unless it is absolutely necessary for business, and even then only with a filter.

Now, we all know this isn’t the metzius on the ground.

Comes along a “chareidi” company, Artscroll, and in a way gives all those people who are transgressing a way to legitimize what the gedolim say they shouldn’t have.

“See? I’m doing something GOOD with my iphone! It’s helping me learn!”

I’m not judging Artscroll. Hopefully they asked gedolim whether they should make a gemara app. If not, chances are their lot will be the same as all those who transgress the psak of the gedolim, whatever that will end up being after 120.

Bump, as I’m looking into these issues now.

Although I can understand “Boruch Attah” meaning “you are the source of all blessing”, I find “Borchu es H’ ” to be difficult.

Can anyone tell me how we are to understand “Borchu”?

Thanks

Assaf,

“it is because of difficulty beliving in religion from a logical standpoint”

From all the possibilities, that is the one I least expected. I would say your standpoint is actually illogical taking into account the many brilliant religious scientists who believe in Hashem and torah. I personally knew one (Google Leon Ehrenpreis) who was a prize-winning Nationally renown mathematician who proved a mathematical theorem, called after him.

Have you discussed your “logical” problems with people who are qualified to discuss them? If not, I would suspect that while you profess your motive to be logic (and you may even believe this yourself), it is but a cover for other, less logical motives for wanting to be irreligious.

for_real,

Actually, this thread is about as intellectually dishonest as they come. See my posts in the thread.

“Read the list the R’Y of BMG is on it, If you dont consider him a gadol , I cant help you”

Huh?

So

1. Obviously ZD holds that anyone who becomes Rosh Yeshiva of a big Yeshiva is automatically a Gadol. Pretty fanatical viewpoint.

2. You obviously don’t understand what Gedolim are at all, and you obviously don’t understand the Chareidi Hashkafa at all.

Once again, you’ve shown that your OP was a straw man and totally irrelevant.

Ah, what a beautiful example of a straw man. The title of this thread is “How far must one listen to Gedolim”, while I’ve never even heard of most of the Rabbonim on that letter.

So

1. ZD seems to think that every Rabbi is a Gadol. Pretty fanatical viewpoint.

2. Being that being a Rabbi in no way means that the Rabbi is a Gadol, the whole question is irrelevant. No one ever said you have to do everything said by any Rabbi.

The Chidah writes (in his sefer Arvei Nachal) that there is a known remez in the Torah to getting married at 18. The Passuk says “Vehu Naarah Bivsuleah Yikach”. Vehu is gimatria 18. But he then continues and says something very relevant to this conversation.

He says there;s another hint to 18 in the passuk. The last letters of the words “naarah bivsulaeah yikach” also are gimatria 18. Says the Chidah: “Why did the torah hint to age 18 at the END of the words? And he answers that there will be a time, at the end of generations before Moshiach, when people will say that “Ben 18 L’Chupa” was only in “the olden days”, that it doesn’t apply today. Therefore The Torah hinted to 18 at the END of the words, to tell us that 18 applies even today!

The Steipler as well as the Chazon Ish also held that 18 applies even nowadays.

The police officer who interviewed him after it happened said he was sad/upset when he heard MT had died. From all we’ve heard about GZ during this trial (i.e. that he seems to be a really really nice person) I’m sure he’ll carry that burden around with him for the rest of his life.

the Goq,

I just want to stress what MorahRach wrote, because it’s just infuriating how incorrect information gets spread by people with Special Interests and then gets accepted by everyone. GZ was NEVER TOLD not to follow TM. He was told “you don’t have to do that”. There’s a huge difference.

And what I fail to understand in this whole trial is something very simple; everyone agrees it’s impossible to know exactly what happened, even without all the evidence and testimony in GZ’s favor. Therefore it is IMPOSSIBLE to prove GZ’s guilt BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.

If he’s found guilty, it will be a miscarriage of justice. But I’m hopeful the jury members are rational, honest people.

And thread gets locked in…3…2…1…

crisisoftheweek,

” I would not be suprised if your son follows in his brothers footsteps “

Really great way to encourage and give chizuk to a woman going through gehennom. Absolutely disgusting. Can you and ZD please take your Chareidi bashing to a different thread?

A few weeks before he was niftar, I emailed with R. Moshe Yess, asking him for the lyrics to “Jewish child”, a fantastic (and today very relevant) song from megama. I also asked him where I could get the tape with the song. He sent me the lyrics, but told me he had no idea where I could get the song.

If anyone would happen to have an mp3 of that song, I would greatly appreciate it!