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ItchySrulik: Those of us who are interested in Hashem and His Torah rather than your what can I get away with today theatrics, don’t take seriously those who laugh at our observance. We smile broadly with the knowledge of our Torah-true conduct.
WIY, Can we get an email to see how you’re doing?
Give tochocho.
Unfortunately, very much so.
Goodbye WIY. We’re going to miss you! Please come back and visit once in a while. :’-(
What does “more wrong” mean? Kraivah l’arayos is always one of the worst of the worst.
Also, why don’t you apply for U.S. citizenship rather than maintaining a green card status. It gives you far more rights, and since you are in the U.S. for over 20 years you should qualify.
What is the immigration problem that needs to be resolved?
Yes, of course. (Applicable to a Jews interactions with an opposite gender non-Jew.)
Here are some excerpts from HaRav Neiman, that may be useful to readers of this thread:
It is forbidden to make small talk about matters unrelated to business. Men and women working together should not discuss politics, current events, recent tragedies or gossip, even if they do not do so regularly. Discussing these matters on a daily basis, is a violation of halachos that border on giluy arayos, which requires one to sacrifice his life rather than transgress. (p. 9)
When conversing with female employees or co-workers, one must be careful not to us the word “we,” so that the man and woman are not referred to as one unit. For example, one should not say, “We must talk with the editor,” or “We must purchase that software program.” Rather, he should say, “The editor must be consulted,” or “Please purchase that program.” (pp. 10-11)
It is a custom amongst yirei shomayim not to call a woman other than one’s wife or immediate family member by her first name, thus keeping a respectful distance between the two parties. Referring to a woman by her first name brings inappropriate familiarity into the relationship. Similarly, a woman should refrain from addressing a man other than her husband or immediate family member by his first name. (p. 20)
A Helpful Suggestion:
It is appropriate for male and female employees [to] refrain from all conversation when they meet anywhere outside of the office. This includes not discussing even job-related matters when meeting in the hallway or elevator at work.
“It cannot be stressed enough that the term prutzim also refers to people who are otherwise shomrei Torah u’mitzvos, but are not careful in matters relating to kraivah l’arayos. They may be regularly exposed to immodesty through the media, or may often be in the presence of immoral individuals through their everyday social interactions….(p.39) meaning that they are exposed to immodesty through television, movies, in publications and the like. An individual involved in such activities is labeled a parutz. This is not limited to visual images; someone who is exposed to any form of indecent activity, such as chat rooms on the Internet, is considered a parutz. Such forms of recreation are a breach of morality.” (p. 34)
Brain surgeon.
eclipse, What country did you live in before the U.S.?
Frummie or frumak is a badge of honor worn by those who unabashedly try to follow Kol HaTorah Kulah to the best of their abilities, when it irks the less observant and they yell these names at the more observant. Those of us bestowed by this term, proudly put it on our resume.
Yes, there are COMPANIES that do calls. (That does not mean it is always from a company.) And at least the company I was familiar with some 12 years ago, the more they brought it, the more they were paid. They made calls for multiple organizations.
“And of course it in not tznius. It is dating, the whole thing is not tznius.”
popa: Are you kidding?? There is no way she can dress “not tznius” on a date.
Bezalel: A Rebbi has the same status as a father, according to halacha.
Bezalel: Chosech Shivto Soneh Bno.
According to Wikipedia, 48 U.S. States allow private schools to spank children, and 20 (mostly in the south) also allow public/state schools to spank children.
There is no conflict between the Shulchan Aruch saying to spank and secular law.
Bezalel mentioned that in New York parents and private-school teachers are legally allowed to hit children.
The Shulchan Oruch says not to hit like an enemy nor to hit cruelly; the rebbi or parent should hit the child with a small strap (Yorah Deah 245:10/Orach Chayim 551:18).
Perhaps eclipse can take this opportunity to change her screen name and start fresh, like she indicated she wanted to do a week ago or so.
Spitzer was never any good. His Wall Street forays were to make a name for himself, at anyone’s expense. His biggest case on Wall Street was thrown out of court.
Very worthy candidates:
Jeb Bush
Bobby Jindal
John Bolton
David Petraeus
Rick Perry
hypocaffeinemia, I would be dan l’kaf zchus, that he momentarily lost rational thought and didn’t realize that is was an aveira.
smartcookie – Because Shabbos is Shabbos Kodesh.
umm –
Thank you. Very well said.
smartcookie – Shabbos is definitly VERY different than just any other day of the week. (Although you should say Good Morning every day, saying Good Shabbos is especially important.)
sz: Hebrew is not Loshon HaKodesh.
It’s better off a mystery. Less chance for mischief.
Bottom line –
There are two types of Jews here:
1. Jews who are dan l’kaf zchus, and in the absence of overwhelming proof of guilt, provide the required presumption of innocence and benefit of the doubt to their fellow.
2. Jews who are afraid of their Jewish skin and of how the sweet holy goyim — who are great lovers of Jews as we see throughout history — and are ready to condemn their fellow to score some brownie points with their goyish friends to prove their “neighborliness”.
Your welcome.
Reuven Blau has disgraced himself with his vicious, repeated, lies against Jews to prove his gentilehood to his employer.
flowers: It wouldn’t matter. They can answer every question posed by every inquisitor, and the inquisitors will come up with a whole new, unending set, of “unanswered questions” that they will never allow the Jew to be absolved of their imaginary “chillul Hashem”.
Who appointed any of us Grand Inquisitor? When was dan l’kaf zchus discarded? Let everyone keep their questions in their pocket. None of us are the prosecutor general. As Rabbi Hoffman amply and starkly documented, not only is there reason to give them the benefit of doubt they decisively deserve, there is the abundance of evidence on their side. Even absent all that, who appointed all the Kapos ready to condemn them?
anon: Yuck. That would be the worst of the worst.
It wouldn’t make a the slightest difference if the laundromat was Jewish, as to the fact that the couple purchased the wig in question from Georgie’s — the ORIGINAL Georgie’s NOT the ex-husband’s wig store that is also called Georgie’s that the clown Milian mistakenly called on her follow-up after the original Georgie’s was closed at the time of her call.
What subject under the sun doesn’t have a Torah or halacha aspect to it?
Well if its a bigger mitzva to make a Kiddush Hashem in front of Jews then I assume its a bigger aviera to make a Chilul Hashem in front on Jews?
Sister Bear: That is correct.
Limbaugh-Romney.
Slightly more realistically, Romney-Christie.
Smile E.: As long as the age verification check is done to insure that posters do not OVERSTATE their true age, I’m good with it either way.
I second eclipse 100%.
WIY – it would be a bigger Kiddush Hashem to do this with Jews than non-Jews.
Make kiddushei Hashem’s amongst Yidden – those are the real Kiddusheo Hashem – and don’t worry about goyim.