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Shopping613: Are you saying its a fruitcake?

lesschumras: That isn’t surprising. The reason some Chareidim are officially registered in Yeshiva is precisely in order to avoid Army service. There is no doubt about that from any side of the debate. The issue is that many Chareidim have a philosophical and theological religious objection to serving in the Army.

So before they were legally required to serve in the Army they didn’t need to register in Yeshiva. They just went to work. Since for the past number of decades they do have that legal obligation, they avoid by registering in a Yeshiva. Now, though, they cannot work legally. Nevertheless, their religious objection to serving is stronger than their need to work.

Now they can cloak their objection to serving in the Army by technically/officially being registered in Yeshiva. If they change the law disallowing that, the Chareidim will still have the same religious/theological objection to serving in the Israeli Army. So they will need to resist it in ways other than registering in a Yeshiva. They will simply have to defy the new law requiring their being drafted. After all, their religious beliefs will take precedence. And it is the same religious beliefs they’ve had since the founding of the State (and before.)

If it means thousands of Chareidim going to jail rather than the Army, they are ready for that sacrifice. You don’t seriously expect Brisker Talmidim or Satmar Chasidim to actually being IDF soldiers, do you? Everyone knows that will never happen. Even if there is a new law saying they must serve.

rational: You’re incorrect. Parts of the Contract were implemented. Other parts Clinton vetoed even though it was passed. After Newt’s guys won the House in 1994, the Republicans kept control of it for 12 years until 2007. (They lost it in the ’06 elections and regained it in the ’10 elections and the Republicans are holding it ever since.)

Actually Newt’s team did a wonderful job, was very effective, and forced Mr. Clinton to back down from his lib agenda. And Obama has a Dem Senate. So he and his party share the blame.

It is no healthier an admiration than getting an autograph from your sanitation guy. There’s no reason to admire an actor; and certainly no reason to admire him more than the sanitation guy. At least him you should be very thankful for picking up your waste twice a week. So get his autograph first the next time his truck rolls around. Then frame it and hang it in your living or bed room.

Even if there is a rare actor who isn’t immoral, should such an actor exist, you still should not idolize or hold him in high esteem. Certainly no more than the nice fellow from the Department of Sanitation who picks up your waste every day. Him you ought to hold in higher esteem and be thankful for.

Because after the Asifa most of those with Internet cancelled it.

There are many hashkafic reasons not to become an Israeli citizen. But there are also practical reasons for, even a girl, to avoid citizenship. One such reason is that if a girl becomes a citizen, although she may not be drafted, her (future) sons will automatically be citizens. And, then, the Israelis may be attempt to draft her boys.

I guess we should thank the pre-war Lithuanian government for all the Torah that flourished in Lita. After all, if Torah flourished there the Lithuanians must have been party to its success.

The haters have to stop hating. Those being hated don’t have to drop their hashkofos in order to stop being hated. Especially sinec they’ve been haters forever; it isn’t as if something came up that caused them to become haters.

And what’s wrong with specifically tailoring a districting law for KY? Is it because it can’t be done for a township consisting of Jews – but it can be done for a township consisting of non-Jews. Districting is done all the time tailored to African-American interests and/or the interests of other general townships. Jews are less?

There are times when achdus is not only wrong but actually forbidden. Such as Orthodox achdus with Conservative or Reform. And there are other examples including women wearing taleisim in public.

Some of the above examples are simply false. There is achdus among Sephardim and Ashkenazim. And Litvish and Chasidim.

It’s Halacha. As said, its in Shulchan Aruch and Rambam. See my first comment above.

I guess we should just ban askanus.

We’ll let Hatzalah, Bikur Cholim, Misaskim and all like organizations and people who help the klal and rabbonim know to close down.

kooljew,

See Shulchan Aruch 73:1 and Rambam Hilchos Ishus 13:11. Both pasken that a woman shouldn’t go outside much (in general) and both give the reason as Kol Kevudah. It stems from the Gemara in Kesubos.