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This is the Shita of Rabbeinu Yeruchem. Rashi held that the Gartel is for Libo Ro’eh although he wore one anyhow. When Rashi once recited Krias Shema without a gartel he explained to his Talmid that our clothing doesn’t really need it. This is in the Shiltei Hagiborim on the Mordechai in Shabbos third Perek (IIRC).
However, we do find that the Medrash, which Rashi brings, on Hasachas Elokim Anochi uses the term His’azer for Tefilla. It seems like it is more than just an expression of some Hachana. The Bach discusses this and mentions that everyone wears one.
It probably went out the window when at one stage modern clothing came in. It is certainly not something Chasidim started. It is something they didn’t drop.
Sam, well actually according to the Bach there is more to the Siman than what you say. If so, doing the opposite will have the opposite effect. It would be akin to annointing a king by a dried out river and saying he should kill his enemies. The Metzius is the Siman.
You can pick up an Artscroll and begin on your own. There was never an Issur for an individual to pick up a Sefer and learn. There is no Issur Histaklus on Torah.
One of the 48 things necessary for Kinyan Hatorah is Emunas Chachamim. Don’t start by judging if it makes sense; start by trying to learn and understand why it makes sense. The logic in Gemara is fluid at times, and the assumptions change on a dime.
Also, when something is gleaned from a Pasuk it might not seem obvious to you how that is seen from the Pasuk. That’s the way it is for most of us and we just move on and take it for granted that for the Tanaim and Amoraim there was a method to it. Even the Ammoraim would hardly deduce Halachos from a Pasuk on their own. They usually do backward engineering to figure out where the Tanna got it from. And according to many, the Tannaim themselves actually knew the Halacha before gleaning it from the Pasuk. They learned the Halacha along with its Makor, from their Rebbe.
By the way, did you ever read Rav Hirsh’s Horeb? He gives an understanding into the reasoning of Mitzvos while from the Gemara you’ll see how the Halacha got to where it is. I’m not clear which one you want more.
And that’s why we should blow Shofar on Chanuka — to remind us of Matan Torah.
WIY, they were bored and weren’t as lucky as you to see things the way you do.
Wolf, an eclipse doesn’t accur at every Molad. There is also a 5 degree deviance to take into account.
As mentioned above, the Chasam Sofer felt uncomfortable with saying and personally avoided it. However, even he didn’t feel he had the authority tell others not to say it. That is something Talmidim of his contemporary are more keen of doing.
He finds Kiddush Levanah to be problematic for similar reasons
Cool stuff.
Truthsharer, it’s been dealt with. The one who wrote it obviously felt it is not Apikursus. Either it is meant to be read as a command as the Maharal suggests, or it is a Tefilla to Hashem as the Maharal also suggests — albeit that would require a tweak of the Girsa, or it is poetic and depends on the ending of Lach Mischaneinan, or some of the other Peshatim that were mentioned and suggested over the many times it was discussed.
Mayan, we are commanded ???? ??? ????????, so that doesn’t help.
The Wolf would have a foot note instead of parentheses.
Good point. Edited. 🙂
I hope the Shofar clears your heavenly account of all trolls.
Do you really think you are first person who discovered America? This issue has been mulled over by many Gedolei Yisroel. Some held it violates the principle you refer to and some explained how it doesn’t. Nobody, though, went along with it as a prayer to angels. The Chasam Sofer famously felt uncomfortable with it but not enough to abolish it, although he personally avoided saying it. The Maharal offers two explanations of how it is meant to be said. It has been discussed since then by many, many Gedolim. Then came the researcher. He realy figured it all out.
Even Rav Shrira Gaon, who says that we may actually pray to an angel, is borrowing the term and doesn’t really mean prayer as we use the term.
Sorry. Look for another example of how we don’t hold like the 13 Ikkarim — so that we can stretch that to Torah Min Shamayim or who knows what else.
Perhaps after that there will be room for THIS FELLOW to be considered Frum. Who knows.
Hey LevAryeh, so that transformation in the Chumra song was real!?
Did you once act in a Kiruv video where everyone turned around when the newcomer entered the Beis Medrash?
Next time hold the suit bag folded with the other stuff underneath it.
LevAryeh, your what-not-to-say was so fantastic. My wife was laughing and cringing at the same time, and could hardly bear to watch it.
???? is not at the end of 6,000. The time of ???? is not a known time. It is a predetermined time. ?????? is that he can come anytime (during the last 2,000 years).
What is written in a Gemara is not Nistaros. Let’s also not forget the actual meaning of that Pasuk, which is that we can not be responsible for what people think, only for what they do and say. Using that Pasuk to discourage some people from learning certain areas of the Torah when they are not ready for it, is cute and even a worthwhile cause. It is not the actual meaning of the Pasuk, however, that it can be applied to normative Mesorah on standard topics.
The Gemara in Shabbos 31 says,
??? ??? ???? ???????? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ???”? ???? ?????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ??? ???”? ?? ???? ?’ ??? ????? ??? ?? ?? ??
It’s a Mitzva, and it seems to come before advanced learning.
kkls,
There is a set deadline for Moshiach whether we deserve it or ?”? not. If we are Zoche then he will come before the latest deadline. If we are Zoche then Moshiach ben Yosef will live. If we are Zoche then Moshiach will come riding high. This deadline has to be before the year 6,000 since that is the end of the world. The concept of the world starting over is mentioned in the Rishonim but is not related to Moshiach. Moshiach will come, no matter what.
May it be the will of Hashem that we all merit to greet Moshiach very soon.
The Rambam put Moshiach right there in the 13 Ikrim. It is a very important part of us. The Gemara says that after 120 they ask if you were Metzape Leyeshua.
The Gemara that divides up the 6000 years into units of exact 2000 shows us that it was actually meant very literally. The interesting thing about that Gemara is that we see that if not for that Gemara we would definitely say it is not literal since the Torah was not given in the year 2000. However, the Gemara points to the Bris Bein Habesarim and calls that the beginning of the era of Torah.
The same goes for many things. Chazal say that even Malachim don’t get the Cheshbonos of Hashem. The Torah says that we were in Mitzrayim for 430 years, while we were only there for 210 years, and the heavy work was for 86 years. When Avraham Avinu was foretold about these 400 years he might have thought that the actual work was going to be for 400 full years. But Hashem has another way of calculating, that can only be realized afterwards. The same goes for the 70 years of Galus Bavel. While we take for granted that the 70 years goes from the Churban to the Binyan, this was far from simple at the time.
At the time this Braysa was put into the Gemara we were well into the last 2000 years.
Which one did you read, the Bostoner’s story or Rigler?
Jewish, you are right. But that has nothing to do with my point.
I didn’t read it, but surely a person’s family gives you their context.
I’m sure we are all familiar with what Chazal say about Rov Banim. If you made an obvious change from the way of your family then that is noted as well.
Balei Teshuva and Geirim do have a shortcoming, that they didn’t grow up observing a Jewish home and its Chinuch. It’s hard to be Mechanech out of a book. They should therefore keep in touch with someone in Chinuch and Kiruv.
There seems to be a fine line between what is allowed and what is not. Reb Chaim Vital made a Sefer of Goralos.
Either way, these fanciful, this-is-the-ancient-book doesn’t really fly and I wonder if it was even meant to be taken seriously or if it was a cute way of introducing your Sefer, like the Kuzri, KaLaCh Pischei Chachma, and Sefer Hayashar, among others.
“The Guru and the Hasid” by Sara Yoheved Rigler. Haunting. But not the same story as Krohn, Freifeld, Popa et al.
–Halevia
Thanks. It’s nice to have thought go somewhere, although I try to keep in mind that a thought out response does not go unread, with or without feedback.
Come to think of it, there is a similar story in “And the angels laughed”, from the late Bostoner Rebbe zt”l.
I think Aish had a clip, or maybe it was an article with pictures, of two guys trying to be Mekarev “Avremel”, a guru somewhere, product of the holocaust.
Syag, that sounds pretty condescending. I don’t think people will say nasty things about a fellow member’s business, and I don’t think there is what to point to, to back up this accusation.
Nasty comments stem from the fact that there is no face behind the comment. You never (I hope) mock a person to his face while he tells you what he just thought of. On the other hand, if you read an opinion on a wall you will often wave a hand at it and twist your mouth. It takes time for new members to get used to the fact that there is a real person getting the feed-back.
Now, when you make a real connection to who you are that would actually stop natural, nasty comments.
A wheel is like our life. It seems to turn around in its place, but it gets you further. Every day is basically similar to the one before it, but it is supposed to get you further. In stead of a shake up in the routine of real day-to-day life, you had it in this example.
Was this tire from the new ones?
Careful with Goralos. It might be Assur, just like tea leaves.
“ For starters, everyone is Hashem’s child.”
Not necessarily, as was well explained >>HERE<<.
Not at all. All normal, thinking, or at least informed, people knew that it wasn’t about that and it would never led to that. They have a different mentality and the western mind just can’t wrap around that. The US sent a message to its allies not to trust us.
During the presidential debate on foreign policy, Romney agreed fully to Obama’s view. At that point I didn’t care who won the election.
You can say you are in between different options. The chance you take with a fake name is if the person asks you where it is. Then you’ll have to find out where they live first so that you can place it far away from them.
It didn’t sound like it was about Zecher, but it is a great Shevach. The Maharsha says that the Bezayon in the Mashal is that it is not mentioned in the Torah.
This name is already taken,
The letter that you quote sounds to me like: ‘We urge everyone in the strongest terms to please come out and vote for Eric.’ Knowing the language that gets thrown around that’s how it translates. As I said, I’m not happy that letters get to be put out like this.
It is a gemoro and mentioned in shulchan aruch.
Right. And how did it get there?
Could a rabbi tell you to make peace with the Romans? Do you have to listen?
Sam, I don’t think it is this letter that is on the table right now. We all know that these types of letters are not authored by the Rabbonim themselves. It is written by whoever, and is not meant to be studied. It is put in front of Rabbonim to sign and they sign when they agree with the point of it. Yes, it is a problem and I wish this system would be uprooted.
Personally, I don’t care about this letter. None of these Rabbonim are my Morei Derech so it does not pertain to me. If they were, I’d try to find out what exactly they hold. However, the discussion here is about the Chiyuv to follow Rabbonim. Your own, the big ones, whatever.
We see in the Gemara many examples of Takanos and Gezeiros that come from reasons of Sakana. They are Halacha, no different from the Shvusim of Shabbos.
Besides, every Halachic decision essentially comes down to judging a situation. Is it Boneh or is it not. We wouldn’t disregard Reb Shlomo Zalman Aurbach’s decisions of Hilchos Shabbos, which are his way of sizing up objects and their functions, so how can we disregard decisions of Shmad, Limud Hatorah, Chilul Hashem, Avoda Zara, Bizui Hatorah, and other Halachos?
ROB, so you obviously don’t wash Mayim Acharonim, and never would have, until you personally agreed with the decision of Chazal.
I’m like so nostalgic about Moshe Rabbeinu’s last show.
After seeing how well academia understands people alive today, I don’t put too much credibility in their understanding of things from the ancient past. They apply today’s simplistic, outsider, perspective of anything religious to anyone, anywhere, from any period.
If they couldn’t be bothered to find out why we look at the moon and pray once a month, before writing foolish articles, are we to believe them when they describe what exactly ancient Egyptians believed?
Sam, I think 99% is overdoing it.
Oomis, knowing if you must follow their decision is also an Halachic Shayla that you ask your Rav. Chances are, a Gadol will tell you iit is your choice but he thinks one way is wiser. However, if he tells you that you must, then he Paskened that you have to follow.
I see that my reference to the Mishna in Shabbos (Sandel Hamesumar) fell under the radar.
Benign, it is also clear from the Gemara in Shabbos, that says it is fitting for a Talmid Chacham that his wife gets dressed up for him.
On the ball, the Pasuk in Iyov, quoted above, is not about an Erva.
Could a Gadol dictate what kind of shoes to wear on specific days?
The Rashba brings proof that Rebbi Akiva himself went against this principle, since he composed Tefillos meant to be said at specific times.
Sam, I listened and I have two Ha’aros. He didn’t mention Achizas Einayim being a type of Kishuf — which is actually Mashma in the Rambam who is Soser himself otherwise. Also, he mentioned Siman together with Lo Se’onenu, but they are separate entities. The Gemara says that although there is no Nichush there is Siman.
However, the point is well illustrated from Rav that tested his Mazal by the ferry. The Gemara does not equate this with saying, ‘a deer ran by so I must return home’. The difference is that one makes sense and is part of an understanding that a day has its Mazal, while the other is baseless.
The Gemara says that we are not supposed to turn to astrologers but that if we heard something from them we should be wary. Being wary on their word is not a violation of Tamim Tihye, since it is true and you are not turning away from Hashem when He actually did make the world this way, with this system. Although, even if true, we are not supposed to turn to the astrologers and it would be a violation of Tamim Tihya.
What about Google or Skype or Instant Messaging? How about LinkedIn?
In Kiryas Yoel? If it gets used to furnish a Bais Medrash, probably.
You can Google space trips debunked as well. Graphology is not a para-science phenomenon. It is no different than analyzing the way someone walks or the door they choose to enter with. A person’s personality plays a role in every aspect of his life. Graphology takes analytical thinking to draw a complete picture and some will be better than others.
Similarly, a person who interjects can be rude, condescending, Asperger’s, excited, energetic, in a rush, anxious, or deaf. You have to observe other behaviors of the person to gain a complete picture. Even them, it is possible to come to an incomplete, or even wrong, conclusion.
Rav Shteinman was all for the military option of some Bochurim. (The Israeli media and loud politicians chose to ignore this and the fact that the numbers of Chareidim joining was growing, and utilized Haya Tzareha Larosh to rise in power.) Why don’t these soldiers having family trouble contact such Gedolim, instead of like-minded people that have complete opposite views of the parents in question?
It is very a narrow minded way of dealing with things. If you know that someone sees things very different than you, then you should know that you can’t ‘reach out’ to them.