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Jothar, so why did R’ Elchonon Wasserman turn down visas for him and his ENTIRE yeshiva?
Correct.
jpohone,
When the anti-Eruv people put out a rebuttal brochure (and it was more of a “you bums” than a point by point rebuttal), there was a factually incorrect statement in there by R’ Feinstein. I do not know if he was fed it or was just mistaken.
Dr. P. has it right. You can explain if you want to, or we can wait and see if people can figure out why, once they know the answer.
Incorrect to both MM and ICOT.
Incorrect.
Wow, no takers?
None of these are as funny as the two elephants in the tub.
I have to go soon, so can I post the answer now, and then have it approved once a few people attempt an answer?
MM,
Again, that’s untrue. Are you aware that the World Agudah voted in favor of the Peel Commission? Europe was not 100% anti-Zionist, they weren’t 100% pro-zionist either, but to state that they were ALL anti-Zionist is just false.
A woman has two children, one of which is a girl. What is the probability that the other child is also a girl?
If you live in NYC, the nyc.gov website has a screener that shows you all the programs you are eligible for.
Give 50 to one and 51 to the other. 50 cubes for a cup of coffee is odd.
MM, if you’re going to quote me, at least quote my exact words.
I’ll paste them here so you don’t have to go looking for them:
Joseph, quoting perfidy and R' Miller's book is not the same as quoting actual fact based books. QED.PTSD?
No. I don’t need to. R’ Miller’s books are not history books and it wasn’t written as a history book, so why would I ever need to apologize?
MM, it seems that you are the only one taking on Rabbi Hutner.
MM, was R’ Miller writing a history book? No, so why is it not OK to say that I’ll take my history on the Holocaust from those who went through it?
MM, when did I call R’ Miller a liar?
And the fact is that R’ Hutner used to quote R’ Kook often, and received haskamos from him. Now, R’ Kook became a boogieman in the Yeshiva world so there’s this movement to distance R’ Hutner from R’ Kook. Ask the Fruchthandlers how much they would pay for the original sefarim that still have R’ Kook’s haskamah in it.
MM,
You think he didn’t know those points before? He disagreed, but he acquiesced to R’ Hutner’s opinion.
Sammygol,
Correct, but that doesn’t negate the fact that CB and YTV were going to create a college.
Feif Un,
Related to the Y-Z partnership, I saw a pshat (forgot where) that it wasn’t what we thing it was. It was rather a partnership that Z would go out further to trade, make more money but be away from home, but at least allowing Y to work only locally and not make as much but be allowed to be home more often and learn more.
A different twist which I found interesting.
MM, you are incorrect. Chaim Berlin and Torah Vodaas together were going to create an actual degree earning college. They even filed papers with the NYS Regents. It was only after R’ Kotler voiced his opposition did the plan go away.
MM and FU, R’ Hutner was a talmid muvhak of R’ Kook and shared his hashkafos on many things. It was only when it became politically incorrect to be associated with R’ Kook that R’ Hutner started to distance himself. That is why in reprints of his sefarim you will see a missing space for the haskamah of R’ Kook.
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Joseph, quoting perfidy and R’ Miller’s book is not the same as quoting actual fact based books. QED.
Joseph,
Did you recall there was a famous picture of the CC sitting at a train station published in some biography? On the internet someone posted the original picture which included his wife standing around.
I hate to break the news to you but Lita was not what you imagine it to be.
Joseph,
There is a famous story with the Chafetz Chaim. A chassidishe rebbe (forgot who, very famous) was going to be in town for Shabbos and asked to stay by the CC, but he said that he’d appreciate if the men and women ate separately. The CC wrote back that he is more than welcome to come, but in his house the family eats together on Shabbos.
Joseph, what about all the other phrases in Tanach and the Talmud that state that a man needs to work? Does that fall by the wayside?
neatfreak, there are no longer mixed seating litvisher weddings because of the Chassidishe influence.
rescue37, there’s a difference between someone working with the President and someone visiting the President.
Joseph, not according to the MB you keep citing.
“BTW even today if you were to visit the Oval Office or the Queen of England you would wear a jacket (one would certainly hope.) ” And you should, according to protocol, remove your hat.
Joseph,
If it’s a clear cut halacha why did the MB need to include the scenario? He could have just written, “You need to wear a hat to daven.”
Instead, he wrote “in our days we meet royalty with a hat, so too, we wear a hat to daven.”
That means that in our days where we specifically DON’T wear a hat, you don’t need to (or even, shouldn’t, if you want) wear a hat to daven.
Furthermore,
I do agree that for kiruv sometimes we put somethings aside to maintain the more important matters.means that it’s not halacha because you don’t just change halacha for kiruv purposes.Joseph,
If a baby were born on Shabbos in the 8th month of pregnancy, will you abide by the Shulchan Aruch’s ruling? Or will you realize that the situation has changed and act accordingly.
Logically, if someone says do X because of Y, that means when Y is not the case, you don’t have to do X.
1) “He also said that Yiddish is spoken by “all jews”” Isn’t that factually incorrect?
2) How do you think Yiddish started as a “Jewish” language?
FOS is a right, but the right only extends so far. You can’t yell FIRE in a theater.
When the shadchan asks you your full name so she can write the wedding invitations.
Joseph,
I disagree. The benefit of a mother being there for the children, and not at work is far, far greater than you can imagine. Being raised by a sitter is not proper chinuch. This is just one more thing that
mightbe hurting children and leading them astray.Joseph, you ask why anyone would start smoking.
The answer is that they see their rebbeim and rosh yeshivahs smoking.
cantoresq,
Oxford shirts are generally not accepted, they are too thick for a ben Torah.
jphone, yes, Yeshivah Torah Vodaas (of all places!) has stated that all HS bachurim must wear white shirts.
cherrybim, that is what most poskim will secretly tell you. (IOW, the eruv is kosher, but don’t use it except in an emergency. R’ Dovid Cohen is one person who has stated publicly that the eruv is OK.)
Feif Un, do you believe that makes sense? That the halacha should be determined by some trivial history of the USPS? You can also write Queens, NY and it will get delivered fine.
Avos 3:17.
The gemara in berachos 35b.
It’s all nice and dandy to say we should all sit and learn, but we live in the real world. We can’t.
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Rambam Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:10-11
Or for not having a separate dishwasher for milchigs and fleishigs, etc.
Which makes one wonder why R’ Moshe allowed the eruv in Queens.
Squeak,
I certainly hope so. To think otherwise makes me sad.
I’m not yeshivish, but I could play one on TV, and there are times when after I read a post I have to wonder if the posters realize what is going on. And yes, I would call it flirting because in many cases it is NOT done with members of the same gender.
Because there is nowhere near 3 million people in Brooklyn.
Don’t use bleach. Use Woolite.