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While I can see why many people would be against the founding of the state of Israel, kesuvos daf kuf yud aleph states that if the non Jews break their oath, than you can break one of your oaths. While I still may not agree with how the state was founded, fact is, there are mekoros out there which would certainly say that what the zionists did was mutar so we shouldn’t waste our time arguing about it. What we should be figuring out is how we will protect the Jews in eretz yisroel, because I think defending our brothers and sisters is more important than whether someone identifies as Zionist or not. For this reason, I have great hakaros hatov to the idf, for they are enabling Jews to learn Torah in the holy land. Sure, lechatchila, everyone in the army should be frum. But the fact that they are doing the greatest mitzva of all, saving lives, shouldn’t be taken away from them.
When we scream at them, we only make them hate us more. By us being grateful and respectful, should we hope that we can one day be mekairev them. A friend of mine said that he best way to do is kiruv is by teaching people Torah. Not by fighting with them, and not by screaming at them, but by teaching them. So let us all follow this lead, and may we bring all of klal yisroel back to torah and mitzva observance.
What I don’t understand is that it is the mans obligation to support the woman. I have nothing wrong with people wanting to learn. I think it is a great thing! But people need to make money, and for the man to rely on the woman for parnasah is wrong. If he is learning to become a rebbe, then he will be making money a couple of years later so that’s fine. However, too many guys will learn in kollel until they are 30, and then they will start to think about work. They will often have 4 or 5 kids at that point, and will be living off of other peoples money, also assur according to the rambam. So my question is, why does the yeshiva encourage the type of behavior that you should live off of someone elses money, or your wives money? The rambam was a doctor and learned. the chofetz chaim owned a grocery store. Why can’t todays bochurim work and learn?
This is very confusing. There is way too much overlap. I would say there are the chassidim and misnagsim which are Chareidi. Many modern orthodox people which are more Frum and to the right, are almost on the same level as people who are modern yeshivish and Chareidi. It is an overlap, especially considering many modern orthodox people will wear hats, especially at YU. Then there is rabbi avi Weiss and “Open Orthodox” which call themselves orthodox, but in reality, are extremely dangerous and are trying to damage the Torah and turn it into something it is not. They want women to be rabbis, and the whole nine yards. They are WORSE than conservative and reform because everyone knows conservative and reform isn’t Frum, but some people may get confused and associate themselves with these type of people because they are “religious”. One time I got stuck going to a Friday night minyan at this type of place, and it was very bad. The mechitza was flowerpots and it was just gross.
Rational frummie- many people have fallen and sinned no matter what there Backround is. The reason why the rabanan put out fences around halachos in the Torah is to prevent us from even doing sins in the first place. Having a filter is a fence. You may not think you will do anything, but it is there to protect you just in case you slip up since everyone slips up. I believe the Internet is great and you can learn a lot. At the same time, all good things have a negative, and you have to do the most that you can do to make you sure you are using the Internet to the best of your ability,
I think it is beautiful that we are able to Daven at the kotel again. Even though the zionists may have caused the loss of access to the kosel, the access before 1948 was horrible and it was pretty filthy and you couldn’t go when you wanted to the kosel. Sometimes you need temporary loss for long term gain. May we merit the coming of moshiach and may we all return to yerushalyaim bimhaira viyameinu.
rational frummie- if a woman wants to go and learn Torah, than they should go ahead and learn. Like others have already stated, it is a machlokes on what they are allowed to learn, specifically Gemara and schools like bais Yaakov won’t teach Gemara to girls, but more modern places will since the rambam says that a father can’t teach his daughter Gemara and someone who isn’t the father teaching Gemara is okay. But many disagree with him like the shulchan oruch who says women can only learn short summaries and not full in-depth Gemara.
But is is great if women want to learn other things, and they shouldn’t be discouraged from doing so
Landertalimd- that is absolutely beautiful. May we be zoche to the coming of moshiach. We need more people to think like you. Instead of labeling Jews, lets just serve Hashem to the best of our abilities and we will bring moshiach
Once upon a time reb Aharon Kotler had memorized all 3 bobas of Gemara when he was just 9
I think that if people are so worried about boys and girls hanging out on Saturday nights at the pizza shops, then the rebbeim should give the bochurim something to do and the girls something to do instead of trying to ban everything, giving Jewish teenagers no reasons to remain religous. You don’t want that to happen. Also, if they are in public if they are talking, people can see what they are doing instead of closing down the pizza shops and then they start to hang out with a crowd that is ACTUALLY suspicious
But if they are yeshiva bochurim, then they should what line to cross. If not, then I question these roshei yeshiva and rebbeim
I truthfully think that if they are just talking, there is nothing wrong with it. A normal teenage has an attraction for the opposite gender. If you tell them that girls or boys are evil, then they will just rebel and do things which are much worse than talking and hanging out. You can talk to girls, and still be religious. In fact, for some people I know, them talking to the opposite gender makes them do even more religious stuff. If they are being shomer, and not talking about shtus, even though that often it is a waist of time, then it is better than them going off the derech. Hanging out with the opposite gender is not against the Torah at all
I agree with rational frummie that it is disrespectful to leave the shul. However, I feel that it is actually important to have a kiddush club because for people who wouldn’t normally come to shul, it gives them a reason to come and Daven and it is important for every yid to Daven in a minyan. Yes, it is disrespectful to the rav, but at least people are coming to shul and davening.
Rational frummie- the gedolim are great in Torah and in learning so much, they learn about Halacha and Halacha in certain situations. They know what they are doing when they are making a declaration. It is a chutzpah for you to challenge someone who is wayyyyyy greater than you and knows way more Torah. Maybe you don’t like them because what they say may sometimes be harsh and hurt, but the truth hurts.
If I wanted to, I can probably go the whole year. It is just way too expensive to buy pesach food the whole year. Every year after pesach, i feel guilty when I eat chometz, just as if I were to eat non kosher I would feel guilty.
I bit my nails my whole life and stopped about 10 months ago and haven’t bit them since. It was easy for me once I got braces and it got hard to bite my nails and I just bought a nail clipper, and then I quit. Wear a mouth guard or something in your mouth.