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Does a hat alone fully cover all hair?
Another point with pondering, is that until the 20th century Jewish women didn’t use wigs to cover their hair. They used snoods. And a number of Gedolei Poskim hold wigs aren’t tznius.
“Even an expensive hat is a lot cheaper than a lower-end sheitel.”
Paula Young wigs are probably less expensive.
So what accounts for all these fundraisers for Israeli soldiers, begging for vests, helmets, food, blankets, batteries and more?
Surprisingly, the New York Times has switched over the last few days to calling Hamas terrorists. I don’t think they’ve called them (or any of the other Palestinian terror groups) terrorists for the last 35 years.
huju: I could not be not right. Mr. Netanyahu has been elected more times by the Israeli electorate as Prime Minister than any other person in Israeli history. And Mr. Netanyahu has demonstrated strongly and repeatedly that he does not and will not resign under fire. His enemies have been trying to shove him out of scene as long as he’s been in it. They keep failing miserably.
Every news article in every publication are opinion pieces.
Dear huju,
Elections are not for another three years. You’ll get your day in the voting booth in 2026.
Until then the Israeli voters have spoken and democracy prevails.
I never quite understood why anyone needed to fundraise, buy and collect helmets for Israeli soldiers along with food, blankets, batteries etc. I never heard anyone collecting necessities for American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Does the Israeli Army fail to supply their soldiers with whatever necessities they need? Is Israel a poor ragtag third-world country that needs to beg for the basic supplies for their undernourished and underequiped armed forces?
You do not need a Rabbi to effect a valid and binding Jewish marriage. You can halachicly get married without a Rabbi. And without ever getting a civil marriage license.
In fact, it is even possible to be halachicly married based on “just a joke” scenario of pretending to get married — but doing it halachicly correctly.
As far as secular marriage laws interacting with Halacha, suppose the following scenario. A Teimani or Sefardic couple get married Kdas Moshe V’Yisroel. But they never get any civil marriage license in NY (or NJ). Later the husband marries another wife Kdas Moshe V’Yisroel and again never files for a civil marriage license.
Is either or both marriages legally recognized as valid under secular law?
They’re all over the place. Many many dozens in different neighborhoods, in the same neighborhoods near each other, different days and times and/or the same days and times.
Take a stroll around and you’ll be sure to find some.
Shimon: Should they max out their credit cards and lines of credit before declaring bankruptcy?
DaMoshe: Regarding tuition, the majority of frum Americans live in Brooklyn, Lakewood and Monsey (including their extended metro areas (ie Staten Island/five boros, Toms River/Jackson, Spring Valley/Airmont, and all the nearby towns.) And tuition is certainly much less expensive in these areas than outside of these cities and towns.
DaMoshe: Mentch tracht, Gut lacht.
It’s all due to Global Warming. The New York Times has paskened anything unanticipated, unexpected, out of the ordinary or simply unpredicted is blamed on their Great Satan known as Climate Change.
Now you know that Climate Change is a good thing.
L’Chaim for more Global Warming!
pekak, amputation is a very valid medical solution to ailments. Yet, when your arm is ailing, you don’t start considering, thinking about or contemplating amputation. And even if and when amputation does become a necessary consideration, you try to consider every which possible way to avoid amputation.
Regarding your second comment, you are sadly mistaken. But it is a common error. In fact, in most cases children are better off living in a difficult parental home environment than in living in a broken home.
Hocker: How ’bout we retire them both to the and old age home?
So-called kosher is a more apt description.
Dear OP,
All of the things and situations you mentioned, are evidence as to why divorce is to be avoided and refrained from to the greatest extent possible.
Did the old geezer stumble again while trying to remember his name?
Recess is at 11:00.
It depends on how you define frum. Is it enough for a daytrader to be wearing a yarmulka when betting on the market to be considered frum? Or are the requirements greater than that?
mdd: “Your sources to the contrary do not appear to be strong. And the Besht argued with the Arizal?!?!”
Menachem can throw back the same question upon you: You are arguing with the Abarbanel, with Seder Hadoros, with the Shomer Emunim, with the Migdal Oz, et al. (?!?!)
DaMoshe: What you’re describing are man bites dog situations; sure it exists – but they are rare exceptions to find such “extremely large quantities of alcohol being consumed.”
Stop pretending that every problem that ails the MO and secular communities “most also be the same in Lakewood”.
It isn’t.
I second Shimon’s comment to SACT.
Never heard of this. Some new fad?
Does Chabad of Lakewood do kiruv?
Were you born yet??
If you look at old medical journals from before the 1980s (starting when it became politically incorrect to note differences between ethnicities or races insofar as various maladies are concerned), you’ll find multiple scientific studies and references stating that Jews are known to have a very tiny rate of alcoholism.
It is time to rename Yeshiva World to Lubavitch World.
1: Basically referring to (you can use a different term if you’d like) 95+% of the Chasidish world that isn’t Chabad. Let’s be honest; the non-Chabad Chasidim are basically a different category than Lubavitchers. When people refer to “Chasidish” people, they are generally referring to the Chasidim who you are more likely to find in Williamsburg, Boro Park, New Square and Meah Shearim than in Crown Heights.
GHadorah: Also, the purpose a Chabad House and Shliach serves, would essentially be unnecessary in a heavily frum area.
GHadorah: Mainstream Chasidim are all over Lakewood and still rapidly growing. And they are non-Litvish mosdos.
We certainly do not have the “same” problems are the outside world. The problems we have are different, the ones that have similarities are less prevalent and overall less severe. The exceptions are exceptions. And many of the problems of the outside world are almost non-existent in our communities.
CS, what occasion brings you to Lakewood?
CS, are you and/or your husband gezh?
Prices in Boro Park (speaking generally, not about anything specific) seem to be significantly less than in Lakewood.
Bidenflation.
His agenda is Torah. That’s an agenda certainly worth pushing and trusting.
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“I’ve heard and seen enough of those type of shiurim in life to know that a secular Israeli could just as easily give a lecture”
smerel: So you should speak to the Rabbonim shlita giving these horrible shiurim and give them a piece of your mind, setting the record straight that they are dead wrong.
Leave them your number to consult with you before they make such future errors.
The Rosh Yeshiva ztvk’l almost singlehandedly kept the American Torah world out of any machlokes between Gedolim in Eretz Yisroel.
So it’s nothing more than the name brand…
Can an average person tell the difference if someone else is wearing a Trywhitt versus another quality shirt?
This is definitely a job for our very own in-house expert WolfishMusings. The Wolf is a major anav and will likely claim he’s not such an expert and/or he doesn’t do photography at events. But despite his great humility, and as a direct result of his absolute righteousness (something he’ll surely humbly deny), he most certainly will always be helpful to you and you can ask him to direct you in the right direction where to find a photographer shidduch for your simcha.
Mazal Tov!
What makes Trywhitt shirts a higher quality than others?
Which brands are of equal quality as Trywhitt?