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Why would she even meet him. Find out the height first.

PAA, no Rishon uses it? Maybe someone in a failed Kuntres project used it.

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forget it. Too hard.

Good project for PAA. Find the compliments of PBA, especially not about being funny.

Yes, that was a really good one. Perhaps I should apologize for not writing lol. But I actually did L out L. I hope DY didn’t think it went unnoticed.

Don’t take Ari’s comment out of context…

You asked the wrong one.

You can google HTML escape code.

Are you sure you figured it out?

I know. Whenever I hear that, I’m like, HOLY COW!

Similarly, the Gemara explains that a Roman officer admitted that the reason they don’t wipe out all the Jews is becuase not all of them are in Roman controlled lands, and to kill only those under their rule would give them a bad name, a murderous regime.

The question is, if all the Jews were in Roman controlled lands and they would kill them all out, RL, they would have the same bad name. Why is it presented like two sides of the coin. My answer is that if they’d do what they want to the Jews nobody would bat an eyelash. It is only the remainingg Jews that would complain, causing their hosting governments to voice condemnations.

This is worse becuase you don’t have the Hetter of Acheirim Osin Lo.

Sure it is helpful. In fact, it is exactly what Shadchanim do.

While the “why” in that book might be based on AZ, it probably came after it was shown to help. This is how it works in science as well. Experimentation usually precedes the theory.

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that the Issur of ‘Avoda’ Zara is exactly that, Avoda — worship. Actions based upon the ideology of a belief system on Avoda Zara is not worship. This is why, the Rambam explains Kishuf to be based on AZ, it is a separate Issur and has many Kulos, including Lihislamed, to undo previous Kishuf, and isn’t Yehoreg V’al Yaavor.

You are right. It is not the same thing and therefore does not have the came Halacha. However, what we do see from there is that the situation is not black and white.

Erva is about Hirhur. This is why Tefach Ba’Isha Erva and Kol Ba’Isha Erva. This is why in some instances we say Libo Gass Bah and there is no Erva. The difference is that some things cause an attraction to the person, to like the person, while other things evoke thoughts of a very specific nature.

Anything of the second type its Assur by anyone. But what causes a general likeability to the person is a good idea for a single girl and an Erva by an Eishes Ish.

Sam, but according to Sefer Chassidim (198) we’d have to be Mechanne Shem.

Anyhow, to answer the question, the earth, mountains, heaven, sun and company is not, and cannot become, AZ.

Let’s see if this fixes it:

Maybe they do it to lure people into taking out their expensive phones to make them look weird in such a place.

Straw hat argument.

If it would trully be a toll road there would be no entrance or exit without a toll booth. This is the way it is by bridges. These roads in which you can leve an exit earlier and avoid tolls, aren’t real toll roads. They just have the right to charge you for using the full length.

A single girl is supposed to be attractive. The hair aids to this cause. By an Eishes Ish, this is a problem and is Erva. Hair, although it adds beauty, does not evoke lowly feelings of pure Taava and Pritzus. Think of the difference between dressing up and its opposite.

Could you use the filter on Shabbos?

Why should C.I. make you different? Young kids might tend to exaggerate any slight difference, but mature people don’t differentiate based on what procedure you had done. I know people with it and it hadn’t crossed my mind to view them as outcasts.

Does your less frum mean angry at Hashem? People do react like that when things don’t seem to be working out as desired. You have a full life ahead of you. Don’t despair. Many people lose friends. As Lev Arye Boy once said, you win some you lose some. As you try to win new friends use the interlude to enjoy your own company.

There are things to know when it comes to making or keeping friends. I don’t know all of it, but being comfortable with yourself makes others comfortable with you as well. As much as you want a friend don’t obcess over the fact that it is a friend. Don’t argue and be jealous of interactions with other people. Try not to hang onto your friend, as in needing them very very much and showing up before the first opportunity. Try to be giving. But most important is your confidence and countinence.

These aren’t easy. Some people have this instinctively and others have to learn it.

Sam, where have we been using Eishes Chayil as a ‘love song’.

Anyhow, Eishes Chayil, Pshat or not, is far from Shir Hashirim. It is about appreciation and praise, not about attraction. The words of Shir Hashirim can be used with a Yetzer Hara, but not Eishes Chayil. Eishes Chayil can be used for its Melitza Pshat, which at worst would be like using words of a Pasuk in conversation, which is constantly done. If I’m not mistaken, love songs are hardly about one’s legitimate, loyal wife.

So in other words, as I said and as Itche said, he drew historical conclusions and decided to act on them. Next he became a Machria between the Amoraim. As chazal tell us, Gedola Machlokes Shemagi’a Ad Kisei Hakavod. Once you break free there is nothing holding you back from going anywhere.

All this is silly and Ramos Ruach. The presence of the latter cannot be denied.