ubiquitin

Screwdriver

“A vaccine mandate for all companies with more than 100 employees was b”h ruled unconstitutional. ”

It was not.

In fact arguably it was ruled constituional.

The court ruled that OSHA as written did not allow for it. IF the federal government were to revise OSHA (or create a new law) requiring vacccines, then it may be allowed
Or to quote directly “Although Congress has indisputably given OSHA the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health more broadly. Requiring the vaccination of 84 million Americans, selected simply because they work for employers with more than 100 employees, certainly falls in the latter category”

If congress DID give OSHA that power then the mandate MAY be able to proceed and may not be unconstituional( like the healthcare worker mandate)

CS
“PS other than in the zip code 08701 an am haretz is not insult.”

I’m not 08701, and, in my book, “am haaretz” is the worst insult mentioned in this thread

far worse than “a lamdan with warped hashkafa” not even close

“When you compare it to Tefillas Kol Peh where every paragraph is in a different font either different letter size, or bold to differentiate the paragraphs.”

Interesting.
I like the Artscroll siddur for the exact reason that it doesn’t randomly change fonts. It makes me nervous that one Halleluka is bigger than the next. or Berachos during shemoneh esrei randomly change size.

To each their own

Agree with th OP

” For example many of their reports implicitly push, equity based worldviews.”

A website that calls itself “yeshiva” world news should be far more explicit in their call to equity

RW

” And no YWN is not social media its a forum and those have been around many years and are not as problematic as social media.”

By any defintion, YWN (At least the coffee room) is social media

Websters:
” forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content ”

Oxford:
“websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.”

YWN Coffee room falls squarely into those definitions. you say it is “older” than other forms, I suppose thats true, not sure why that changes things .

you says it is ” not as problematic as social media.” I agree, but this sprt of answers your question.

Why use something simply because it is “not as problematic”? Obviously you find some good here. In spite of it being a bit of a time waster, often full of silly ideas, inane arguments often by people who don’t understand the topics they are talking about (I once had a long drawn out discussion with someone on whether a study was valid, with someone who didn’t understand the basic idea behind studies)
I spite of those negatives WE find something of value here, whatever that may be

Same for other forms of social media, sure there are downsides, but people find that the good outweighs the bad. yo umention “just an excuse to use the platform since everyone else is using it.” YES! that is a big chunk of it. PEople dont want to feel left out. They find value in that

RE

“ubi, your question is an old question”

I didnt ask a question.

In fact, since I was worried some might mistakenly think I was asking a question, I explicitly wrote ” Note I’m not actually asking,…” To make it clear that I was NOT asking a question

akuperma
“However Biden is the first president, ever, to announce that gender and race are the ONLY factors he’ll consider.”

Is that what he said?
I agree that would be bad. I didn’t realize he said that .

The quotes I saw were all along the lines of “The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. And that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court,”

RS
“In the ideal world the most qualified individual should be the nominee.”

How would that work? What is the measure by which we could judge who is “most qualified” for the Supreme court.
And are you saying that whoever has the highest measure, of whatever it means to be “most qualified” should be the nominee regardless of when he/she plans to retire regardless of ideology?

LP
Go for it, if that is important to you lobby the current administration or start supporting likely contenders for 2024. If enough of you support that you might get it

Avira

“Israel had an advantage in its advanced technology, weaponry, training and other factors”

Interesting. Never expected to hear you subscribe to “Kochi Veotzem yodi”

kidding, of course I did. Still funny to see

CS

“my toilet flushing properly is about as irrelevant”

don’t be so quick to dismiss things as irrelevant. Sometimes you may be surprised.

toilets should not have trouble flushing. You either need a plumber or need to change your diet .

I wouldn’t just put it off.

#themoreyouknow

“And yes, there is a mistake in my first sentence which illustrates a mistake I see secular teachers make”

Maybe those spelling mistakes are there to illustrate mistakes too?

Excellent example of Ubiquitin’s law of the internet btw (Sometimes called Skitt’s law)

RW

Trump didn’t change at all

You ask “Are you still behind trump 100 percent ” People who were behind him 100% arevery confusing to me. Trump has shown his true colors many many times

The question was ON BALANCE does/did the good outweigh the bad. To me not by a long shot, others felt that while he had many chisronos, on balance the good outweighed the bad. Sure as time passes they can reevaluate either based on new information (or perceived changes) or clearing up of old hidden information and now feel that on balance the good no longer outweighs the bad. Thats fair

but very few people here (if any) were ever behind Trump 100%. Though admittedly it did sound that way at times , but when push came to shove, most people conceded it wasnt 100% (why it was so hard for them to say that is a separate issue)

You say “just shows that once someone hurts his ego he will flip a 180. He’s not to be trusted.” this isn’t news Trump is not a young man he has been around and in the public view for decades. This was not a secret. It is a bit odd, that you ever thought that somehow you were special, and even if you (I dont mean you personally, I mean people/groups you care about) hurt his ego he would still be a mensch

“He basically flipped everything he said before”

That is literally his entire modus operandi. He was a Democrat as recently as 2009 , and has publicly identified as such , and with many “liberal” positions. It is confusing that you are surprised by this now

” And the fact that he attracts such big crowds is frightening and reminiscent of other powerful and maniacal individuals.”

again, very confusing. He did this in 2016 too.

EVERYTHING you have said was true in 2016.

Lastly, “I would say the fact that he is suddenly encouraging vaccines and boosters after claiming to be against mandates proves it all further. ”
This part doesnt prove anything. Encouraging vaccines has nothing to do with mandates. I encourage everybody to try french fries on Pizza, absolutely delicious game changer. Try it! even if you don;t like it at least you’ll know. that said I dont think there should be a mandate requiring you to try it. no contradiction there at all

2scents

Love your comment very well put.

I don’t fully agree (I think forcing people to “mere sake that these individuals will be less likely to have severe symptoms if and when they are infected with Covid,” is fine. All the more so when it isn’t JUST about symptoms it is also about a strain on the health care system, that I see happening again)

Autonomy also faces a hurdle because patients don’t exist in a vacuum.

Case that happened yesterday. Transport arrived to bring an Admitted patient to dialysis. He refused he was in the middle of lunch, they came back later he “wasnt in the mood, maybe tomorrow” Of course we cannot force him.
In the afternoon, he became short of breath, labs were drawn and his potassium was quite high. now he agrees to dialysis . OIf course now the nurses are home, so the on call nurse has to come in and dialyze him. IF there is any urgent case that now needs to wait because he couldnt be bothered in the afternoon.

I don’t have a solution since Autonomy is critical, and people are allowed to change their minds. But it isnt straightforward .

I don’t have a good solution, and I’m not trying to convince you.
I mostly wanted to thank you for your excellent comment

besalel

There is never a single rule
tobacco and alcohol are legal Marijuana isn’t (federally) The reason for this distinction is largely societal and historical reason, it isn’t based yet it exists. There is never an overarching rule that applies to all cases. No man made legal system could ever accomplish that.

Each case is judged individually, sure you can show precedent one way or the other to bolster your position, but that doesn’t change anything. You bring up flu vaccines, ok sold I support mandatory flu vaccines to go to school. But just because they don;t exist doesn’t change a thing when it comes to Covid .

Yes it is largely because Covid is new and therefore more frightening. However Sick patients are picking up again. THat IS frighting and trying o prevent it is appropriate Kidneys are shutting down again just like in April 2020 (I haven’t seen this in vaccinated Patients but that is just my observation I don’t have real data)

“On the other hand, klal yisroel has adopted this story – when we start dismissing such traditions out of hand, we are on a slippery slope”

The reverse is true

when every made up nonsense gets elevated to Torah misinai, the line of whats real and whats not becomes blurred THAT is a slippery slope problem

smerel

“On another note while I doubt the Golem existed I also don’t believe that the origins of the legend are some obscure 19th century author . It could not have become such a widespread legend on the basis of some author who 99.99999% of people ever heard of in any context other than the claim that he was the one to make up the story”

I don’t follow so Sherlock Holmes, and Peter Pan have some truth because they are so well known? they cant just be from a 19th (early 20th for the latter) century author?

Avira

Only true statement:
“you don’t just walk in like a regular 9-5 job,”

True its either 8 – 11 or 12 -4
or something like that
NEVER 9-5

“all rebbeim have to take summer jobs”

So do all of us, we just call it “jobs”
The salary (and camp discounts) should count when considering their yearly salary

” casting chinuch as an east street profession”

I didn’t mean it is easy.
It has pluses and minuses like every profession. Yes the take home pay is a bit less, but the hours are much much less.
That doesn’t make it easy.
Adam La’umal Yulad. Many of use have hard jobs

“What I said isn’t “against the gemara””
your observation is see Berachos 35b “”many did like Rabbi Yishmael and were successful, and many did like Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and were unsuccessful”. ”

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to convince you on kolel stuff. You went through some rough stuff I get it, and this is nt a topic that intrests me. Nu nu times change and that Gemara no longer holds true. b’seder

The ignored perks that teachers get though that I find interesting

“Ignoring it does not make it go away.”

I thought this was a reply to the OP.

Interestingly it was from the same person

Participant.

The Rambam at the end of Perek 7 of Kiddush Hachodesh writes that the reason for Lo Adu Rosh, is because the the calculated molad is an average and often the real molad falls later. The make up for this discrepency We keep one day and push off one day.

The Raavad argues and says the reason for Lo Adu Rosh is the morecoomnly given reason to avoid Y”K o sunday/Friday and hoshana Rabbah on shabbos. This is not mentioned by the Rambam.

R’ Chaim Kanievesky in his Shekel Hakodesh explains that the Rambam doesnt disagree that those are why Ad”u were the days chosen to push off. He is just explaining why it is pushed off at all. If the calculated molad was the real molad there would never be any dechuyos, since it is an average and is not accurate which requires occasional adjustments, we push off for these other reasons. Though still not arbitrary.

I don’t understand why maintaining a 29 day month is important? and what would be the driving factor to determine whether to keep 29 days or not? if every year was always 354 days alternating 29/30 It would quickly fall away from the molad ( the average molad is not 29.5 days it is 793 chalakim longer) and even from the seasons as the 19 year cycle wouldn’t fit either

“But what about regarding the branches. Was that for illustration purpose or to show that the branches were straight and not curved as his son stated?”

Presumably his son would know better than us

“The 1st available allowed day for R”H has to be R”H? ”

Generally yes. Rosh Hashana is on the day of the molad Tishrei. I’m not a 100% sure wha t you are suggesting “why can’t the molad be on Sunday and not have r”h till tues?” Are you suggesting it just be arbitrary? why would Rosh Hashana be Tuesday if the molad was Sunday?

The Troah tells us “Hachodesh Hazeh Lachm” as the Gemara learns “Kezeh re’eh vekadesh” when the new moon is seen Beis din is mikadesh Rosh Chodesh. Today of course we (ie chazal) do it al pi cheshbon, but it still isnt arbitrary. The cheshbon is based on the molad * (either becasue a moment after that is the new mooon, although it is invisible for few hours, or because at some point on Earth the moon could be visible on Rosh Hashana which is sort of how the Baal Hamoar explains.

Regardless, the date of Rosh hashana is determined by the molad, al pi cheshbon. It is not arbitrary.

However as mentioned, and as outlined in Rambam Kiddush hachdesh perek 7. There are 4 dechiyos/postponements when Rosh Hashana is pushed off.

Most famously Lo adu Rosh
Second one is molad Zaken if molad is at noon or later R”H is pushed off (this can combine with the Lo adu Rosh for a 2 day push if Molad occurs after noon on Tuesday, R”H would be pushed to Wed, then Lo adu Rosh so pushed to Thursday.

There are 2 other dechiyos that are more technical, and less common.

But none of these dechiyis are arbitrary. IF the molad is Sunday why would R”H be Tuesday?

“I messed up on my correction, too. Pesach can land on a Sunday, in which case Chanukkah on Tues should be possible in a leap year.”

Yes theoretically possible in a leap year, except to Rosh Hashanas on Tuesday in a row are impossible

* A good question is why this only applies to Rosh Hashana and not every month. which are somewhat arbitrary compared to the molad. I assume this is because the calendar would be way too complicated trying to adjust every month to coincide with the molad. As long As Rosh Hashana is accounted for , that enough.
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answer to question 2 had some mistakes this is correct:

2) “Why can’t Chanukah start on Tuesday?”

for Chanuka to start on Tuesday You would need Rosh Hashana on Tuesday and the year “shalem” meaning that cheshvan and Kislev both have 30 days* In such a year 1 Kislev would be Shabbos 22 Kislev would be 3 week late on Shabbos, 23 sunday, 24 Monday 25 Tuesday.

However such a year is impossible a shalem year has 355 days if regular and 385 days for leap year
For a regular year Rosh Hashana would occur 355 days later ie 50 weeks and 5 days, which means Rosh Hashana would be Sunday – an impossibility
For a leap year Rosh Hashana would occur 385 days later ie after exactly 55 weeks. That would mean Rosh Hashana on Tuesday, while this is THEORETICLY possible, in reality it isnt becasue 2 Tuesdays back to back are impossible see Question 1

*It doesn’t matter how many days Kiselv has for this , but the choices are 29 for both Cheshvan and Kislev 29 for Cheshvan and 30 for Kislev or 30 for both. there is no possibility of 30 for Cheshvan and 29 for Kislev

R’ Reisman once related that htis question came up when he hosted a couple both geirim, he or they asked if there marriage was bashert.

He asked them what they would rather, and both insisted they would rather it be bashert.
He asked (in the shiur, I’m not sure how much of this was in conversation with them) Who cares? certainly, its a bit interesting but practically why does it matter, to the point that they bot h were adamant that it was bashert.

He mused aloud, that he thinks what drives this is that when things get tough/ hard, we can use it to feel better saying say “oh well, he/she is my bashert ”

This isn’t bad per se.
Just an interesting observation (at least I thought so)

AAQ

I don’t understand what your comment added.

I was responding to Kuvult ” had a choice like converting and choosing not to.” I didn’t mean that no one during the Holocaust had any choice on anything.

ujm

“What makes you think that returning money to a Baal Avoda Zora (i.e. a Christian) is a Kiddish Hashem, if returning it is halachically forbidden (even if you actually need to return it)?”

Because its explicit in the Rambam that I cite you whenever this discussion comes up. Rambam Gezeila 11:3

Kuvult

“People hate to hear it but its true…”

People hate to hear it because it isn’t true, it was made up oa few years ago by insecure people, in an effort to be provacative, so sure people hate it.

No one during the holocaust had a choice (almost no one) we have all heard our Roshei Yeshiva, Rebbehs, and leaders refer to the “6 million kedoshim” (see Rav Schwab and the Bobover Rebbe’s Kinnos, listen to the compendium of Rabbonim that aired at the last siyum hashas (available on youtube “siyum hashas holocasut tribute” including R’ Gifter, the Bluzhover Rebbe, R’ Schwab, and Yibadel L’chaim R’ Matisyahu Salmon all reffering to them as “kedoshim”)

“, Ner Israel never had college classes on campus. Never.”

“Never” is a bit strong, I took classes on campus (it was when the college had Winter break, as we had our own scheudl with semester going Sukos to Pesac, in order to finish on time.

Though, to be fair , while the hanala looked the other way, it was stressed that keeping it from the Rosh haYeshiva was a must.

A larger point that is being ignored is that Ner Yisroel has (had? ) an office with a guy whose job was to serve as a guidance counselor guiding with credits, classes etc etc. I dont think this exists in BMG.

UJM’s point “The general frum world (non-rabbis) generally referred to him during his lifetime as “Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik”.” Is of course silly (As he knows)
Words, names chaneg all the time. in his life time, many talmidim referred to him as JB, it was a term of endearment. Today when said it is not. We all refer to Beloved Roshei Yeshiva as R’ Dovis, R’ Moshe R’ Aron, obviously we wouldnt refer to them in person that way. Just becasue a name is acceptable in one context (or era) does not mean that same name is ok in another.