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Just FTR, Bishul Yisrael and Pas Yisrael are not in the same boat.
One is a requirement (which of course has parameters) and one is a chumra that was until recently not accepted by the vast majority of Jews.
If a fire place is public property then you couldn’t put a sukkah there without permission anyway.
Just to add a sociological reason why mixed seating is not as prevalent anymore is the chassidishization of American Jewry. After the war, many of the rabbanim had Chassidic or Hungarian influences and that stuck.
max well,
There are other poskim out there.
One quick question, do you follow EVERYTHING R’ Moshe writes?
From the Internets:
a) In R. Yosef’s article/teshuva on this subject published in Shonoh
Beshonoh (tashmag, a Heichal Shelomoh pub) he cites a string of fellow
bas mitzvoh posikim approvers, including the Ben Eash Chai (Re’ay 17),
R. Mosfia (above), Yascil Avdi (Orach Chayim, 28), and the Siriday Aish
(siman 93), and Nitivei Am (siman 225).
b) He cites R. Moshe Feinstein’s negative opinion to specifically
disagree with it. In particular, he cannot understand why R. Moshe would
distinguish between the celebratory requirements of the boy and girl
based on the different levels of “hecair” or public recognition that is
associated with the entering into obligation (e.g. the boy’s public
participation in minyan, etc.) He asks how could R. Moshe make such a
differentiation without any established basis, when the clear
celebratory requirement is chal with the entering into the obligation,
equal for boy and girl, and not dependent on later form of
performance. He also cites the harmful effects of appearing to
“discriminate” and the Siriday Aish’s similar perspective.
missme,
Are you chassidishe?
MR, he was found not guilty in this trial. He’s in jail because he was found guilty for another trial.
I donated blood a few times and almost fainted once. I almost fainted in middle of plasma/platelets. One thing to consider is to eat very well a few days before, and not just pasta, you need meat or other sources of iron. Also, if you are prone to not feeling well, ask them right away to raise your legs.
corn and peanuts are interesting cases.
Peanuts should not be kitniyos and people remember eating them in the olden days and even having KLP peanut butter in the US into the 80’s.
Corn is our maize, maize is the staple crop. In Europe, maize was wheat, and maize was a no-no.
Due to the word confusion, corn is kitniyos, but like many things, it really shouldn’t.
I believe quinoa is in the berry family.
Also, just to nitpick, grains are kosher for Pesach. You just can’t make them chametz.
Not only that but in most cases a chinese auction is not tax deductible. Consult the IRS for more information.
By a silver plated one at Amazing Savings for $40 and save the money for a vacation.
mosherose, you can take it up with R’ Moshe.
Do you see a point in signing an engagement contract 2 minutes before marriage?
A bas mitzvah is the same as a bar mitzvah, except one is for a boy and one is for a girl.
A bar mitzvah is NOT a seudas mitzvah and in Europe a piece of cake and a cup of shnapps was all a kid could count on.
Hashem just had the girl and the guy meet again.
But rules are rules, so these two can’t date.
Serves you right for taking off her muzzle.
oomis1105, it’s not that they are scared to write it, the publishers are scared to publish. big difference, but same results.
A few things.
Firstly, most chaverims don’t have single men.
Secondly, fixing a stuck steering wheel takes approximately 6 seconds.
Changing a flat takes a lot longer.
Contrary to MM and others, there is nothing weird with making small talk when you’re with someone for 20 minutes or more. (You do it on a date.)
Hashem threw a nice guy into their lives and they throw it back because no shadchan involved.
That is really the whole story.
R’ Moshe Feinstein thought so.
MM, there is a difference between a “halachic” engagement and a “modern day” engagement.
MM,
1) An engagement with tenaim is not the same as an engagement with just an engagement party.
2) A person who marries just because they couldn’t break the engagement, is most likely not allowed to be beyechidus with his new wife.
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Go to Nefesh B’Nefesh and ask.
So where exactly did Mr. Obama mention jail for offenders?
No, you stated that it is synonymous with the Judaism from Har sinai, that is incorrect.
MM, anybody who knows even a drop of Jewish history would know that the Jews at Har Sinai all the way until fairly recently, were in no way Charedi.
If you’re getting a gun for home safety reasons, then a handgun is not the way to go. A shotgun is much better. A handgun is more for sport or for target practice, you have to be a pretty good aim in order to be effective with a handgun.
Just Smile,
You are incorrect. IIRC, the gemarah talks about a punishment for someone walking without his sword, or something like that.
Bitachon does not mean we can all take a happy pill and hope that nothing bad happens.
Koma,
Actually, there were poskim that wanted to add potatoes to the list of kitniyos.
MM,
two people living together don’t get the same benefits as a husband and wife, certainly not federal benefits.
No “real” misader kiddushin will do a wedding unless the civil marriage is taken care of.
Also, divorce is a big taboo, so they don’t divorce. You can’t compare the two.
The non-Jewish world doesn’t have a big taboo for divorce, so that is why it’s much higher. You are all kidding yourself if you think we’re any better just because the divorce rate is lower. The divorce rate is lower because divorce is taboo and it “ruins” shidduchim.
Jothar,
I’m not sure if you’re correct regarding schar to a faker. I have read that if you give, you do not get s’char.
Very true indeed.
There is an organization, I think Shalom Task Force?? that runs seminars for engaged couples to learn how to communicate.
Or you took funds that were earmarked for tzedakah and gave it to a charlatan.
And carpenters can of course wear carpenter jeans.
Except you don’t get schar for the mitzvah if it’s not tzedakah.
I was going to write it’s an instant classic, oh well.
Actually, the halacha is that someone who comes to your door and says they need food, you must give them food, no investigations. If someone comes collecting for money, then you can investigate. You do not have to give everyone who comes to your door.
I once gave some guy collecting some change I had in my pocket because that is all I had, a few seconds after I closed the door, the guy dumped it back in my mailbox, so my suspicions that he was a fraud were true. (and yes, MANY of these people are frauds.)
I bet it’s a CLASSIC.
And that is why they come collecting for money, which is NOT hachnasas kallah.
bein_hasdorim, and if you’re not a painter or plumber, jeans are assur? So no frum Jews can wear jeans since frum Jews can’t be painters or plumbers, es past nisht.
squeak, the Germans never hid their intentions. They encouraged Jews to emigrate.
In addition, if nobody expected the Holocaust, why was “physical death better than spiritual death” even bandied about? Also, why were people escaping if they had the chance? Why were people seeking visas?
You don’t want to judge? That’s fine, but it works both ways.
And in hindsight, we clearly see that those who said to stay were mistaken.
neatfreak,
In the olden days people would have done anything, including horrible menial labor, if that saved them from receiving public assistance. Why not tell your husband to work until you receive your CPA and a better job?
I am no longer going to do anything.
I now know who I’m dealing with. Your posts will be ignored.
Continue to ignore facts if that is what keeps your faith alive.
MM,
1. EVERYONE knew there was going to be a war. People were doing anything they could to escape. Furthermore, the letter was most likely written in 1940, which was after the war.
2. This letter was a letter. It doesn’t have anything to do with the FACT that visas were offered to him and his yeshivah.
You can revise history all you want if it makes you happy, it just doesn’t change the facts.
1- I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but it’s certainly irrelevant.
2- The letter is a separate issue. The letter just told his talmidim not to go to the US.
It has nothing to do with the fact that R’ Elchonon turned down visas for him and his talmidim.
ROB, if you do a Google search, you can see the original letter in his handwriting.
Lech Lecha and a marriage, it doesn’t get easier than that. Think for a few minutes, I’m sure something about starting out new will come to you.
jphone, Brooklyn is not the same as “Flatbush and its environs.”
sammygol, that is incorrect.
To Quote his Daas Torah letter:
Baruch Hashem, Erev Shabbos Kodesh Naso
I received your [literally “his”; the letter is written in the respectful third person] letters but I have no ability to do anything with this, thus I did not respond.
The yeshivos in America which are able to bring over students are the yeshivas of Dr. Revel (named Yeshiva University) in New York and Beis Midrash L’Torah in Chicago and they both are places of danger in terms of spirituality because they conduct themselves in a spirit of freedom, and what benefit is there to flee from a physical danger to a spiritual danger,
No backticks please