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Why is everyone all of a sudden so interested in what I have to say?!?
Wolfish, my answer to you is that I can not picture such an occurrence, so I can NOT answer you. It’s an impossibility, my mind cannot conjecture such an event. ??????? ??’ ????? ???? is a real part of my / our upbringing, ????? ????? ??? is for real by us. When one finds a ?? ????? ????? ??, it’s hard, quite hard to come up with such a scenario.
When we ask a sha’alo from our Rebbe we follow through, in Torah, in Avodah and in the mundane. Because we understand that WE DON’T UNDERSTAND, and that Tzadik has Daas Torah, ????? ?????, and a much more elevated vision. And HaShem has not let His Torah Greats down. ?????? ???? ??? ?????? goes for Torah and Avodah, and for mundane, earthly aspects too. And it goes with anyone who learns Torah lishma, each according to his level. HaShem sends His Heavenly assistance, his wisdom through these great leaders. ???? ?????? ?????? is for real, live and kicking. Today too!!
Take, for instance Reb Moshe ztz”l, the paragon ???? ??? ???. He was once forced to tell a woman how he paskened over two thousand ????? cases, and was assisted with ????? ?????, not to be ???? with a one.
I’m not sure if ????? ?? ?? ???? ??? ????? ?? applies to divrei chol too (I’m not into Halacha, Gemarah, Sefarim). But you’d be pretty darn stupid to go against a Tzadik’s advice.
No. A ??? ???? ?? ?????? is not such a grand thing. A quote from Rabbi Miller ztzal (one of his books, forgot which): so the ***** (edited by me, for some various reasons) query “should we listen to the Rabbis like blind sheep?” Indeed we are blind sheep, without our Torah leaders. They are our ???? ????, they are the ones that have a true, clear vision.
To Mods: Slight complaint, why’d you let the word “misleading” in someone’s post. That’s misleading!!
Sam: It’s certainly not I that gets to determine. And definitely one that comes to say there is no daas tarah, has none!!
And before you get to decide what is avoda zara etc. kindly defer to those a bit greater than you!! (whoops, forgot, you don’t hold of it)
And FYI, we do pasken like R. AKIVA ?? ?’ ?’ ???? ?????.. as I wrote before HaShem is telling us to follow. And that in the Gemarah too. He is not telling us to do avodah zara. Or border line. Or whatever else you call it.
And the reason you claim “I find it weird that a fundamental of faith is found nowhere in Shas” (again, you only accept print, no calling on mesorah), is because EVERYONE was loyal to the Chachamim. No one questioned them as some do today. (Why is the Gemarah relating the incident of ??? ????? Only to prove this point).
If you don’t want or care to follow a mesorah, Chachamim, too bad for you. Following some “chachamim” that say not to follow Chachamim? Oh really?!?
We’ll stick with our cherished ???? ????, our leaders, Torah greats, who will guide us through the Galus with their light!!
newbee: I’m not going to argue with you about this. It’s not my reasoning, decision, nothing to do with me. And I don’t have to defend it, Rav Elchonon doesn’t need little me to stick up for him.
Calling a Kadosh Elyon wrong is over the line. There is nothing, nothing I could say more than “watch your mouth”. And that is my macha’a.
<<End of discussion>>
Sam: I’m sorry. Some were raised and brought up with some view (obviously lacking Daas Torah) that there is no daas Torah. According to their views everything has to match ACCORDING TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING to something written bfeirush in Torah or Chazal. Every thing has to make sense to them before accepting. So of course this concept is difficult for some to comprehend.
We, however, were brought up with the dictum of Emnunas Tzadikim. The concept of ????? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ?? ????. The idea of ??? ?? ??. The adage of ???? ??? ????? ????. Sorry. I got that from a bfeirushe Mishna. By us Rabbonim, Gedolei Torah are held in the highest esteem, their word is the word of G-D. And is Daas Torah. For that is what HaShem told us to do!!! HaShem wouldn’t have told us to listen to them if He didn’t want us to. Our Gedolim are not Nevi’im. They were not meant to be. They are much greater. AND WE ARE BIDDEN LO LISTEN TO THEM!!
Why don’t you relate about me, Little Froggie, who gives up from his precious time just to help others here grow spiritually…
Kindly cool it, newbee. A bit of respect for the Godolei Olam, Kedoshim uTehorim of the past.
Their psak was divrei Elokim Chaim. Contrary to your (and many other’s) belief, their ruling was not a haphazard saying, byword or assumption. They knew the gravity of their words, gave precise, directed rulings. And they knew what they were talking about. I would think it’s utter chutzpa to address these Gedolim in such a manner.
FYI, you claim that your ancestor came here was frum and etc. and here you are. Woopie Doo. How many thousands of other were not. Do you know the figure of the masses of Jews that came in that era, and prior to it, only to be TOTALLY LOST? Them, their children etc? OK? And those that were murdered, did so keeping the Torah, so they did not have a misas neshamah r”l. Open a sefer, kindly, (that’s a Jewish book) and read about ???? ??????? ???? ?? ??????.
Yes, those that were nebach killed, with Shma on their lips, were a lot luckier than those that came here to abandon their Jewishness.
newbee, Obviously the Gedolim of that time, who ruled differently, dared disagree with you. And they don’t need my one and a half sense, but I can easily surmise they held that coming to America is akin to total shmad, which unfortunately was the rule of the day for most, and one must give up one’s life for that.
I don’t recall anything about the Holy Chafetz Chaim foretelling, I do know that R’ Elchonon did, and he was quite open about it. He wrote about it in Kuntraisim (forgot which). Other Torah giants and Tzadikkim were also quite open about it, they urged their flock to do Tshuva, mend their ways. Some, like in the time of the Churban, were hushed, “why are you making such a tumult?”, etc. and their reply was, “what should I do? We’re saying what we see”.
As I’ve said before, I can help. I know how. Just ask the countless people I’ve counselled, guided, coached. I’m trained, certified. I’ll even do it for free… I see you could really benefit from my services…
Generally yes, unless the meforshim say otherwise. And I refering to the real meforshim, not the modern day Drs, theologians etc. who easily wash away any Torah with “it’s not to be taken literally”, “not to be taken seriously”, “doesn’t apply today”, “modern society has advanced..”
MA, seems like your always complaining about the level, status, matzav of Kedusha of Achainu Bais Yisroel. Always the first to condemn, find fault (true or otherwise), criticize.. at any opportunity (and even without one!)
I can help you. I help people like you… see the light (stars). It’s my profession… (sure)
mw13:
Thank you for you beautiful, thoughtful post!
oops, forgot to mention.. deep down I’m from the human species. And if you REALLY must know, it’s of the male variety. (You haven’t stated your’s, nor brought the necessary documents/ proofs, for all I know, I might be ‘speaking’ to a woman or female, whichever comes first. Gasp!)
It’s OK. You could talk to me from today till next doomsday… it won’t affect you (or me, or anyone). You’ll still have your shalom bais (if you had beforehand!) And that’s a campaign promise (Kunda line)
so says Froggie the little
y’mean me?!?
Sorry so late.. Hope I didn’t keep you anxious..
It’s the teeny bit of advise at the top
HaShem actually condoned it. ?????? ???? ????. HaShem told Avimelech to give back Sarah, and that Avraham Avinu would daven for him and he would live.
Wow! That’s a contradiction to his screen name.
Seems EVERYONE listened to my advise..
Oish… such good times we had here…
Just to help out the matzav…
Someone told me it’s quite scary. They needed planes to put out a fire some troublemakers had started… it grew too big, too fast..
..to make peace between the Zionists, the MOs, the NKs, the OOTs, full time learners, mosers…
Do Mods actually lower themselves to take part of our mundane, temporal, menial convos?!?
I come here to develop my sechel hayashar, and to forecast my mood for the day..
Interesting fact to note: All OOT measure their distance from the “inland”; twenty minutes from Brookly, one hour away, etc.
(me too, I’m just east of ‘YiddishKite’)
All?
“..To anyone Frum, Yom Ha’atzma’ut is about thanking HKBH..”
Highly doubt that!! This chaga is in commemoration of the day years ago, erev shabbos, five minutes to shkia, they proclaimed ???? ??? ??????.. Nothing especial to thank for… (thank you for letting us sin)
(maybe the were mekayem ?????? ???? ???? ?????? ????)
I wrote I wasn’t going to START, someone else is trying really hard!!
Avi K; David Hamelech’s army constituted talmedei chachamoim of repute.. While engaging the enemy they had Torah in their minds and mouth.. (how does an amputee make chalitza.. can one save himself with another’s money.. tamun b’eish..) Highly doubt that is the story today…
I humbly disagree. Any amount of intention of Kovod Shabbos is in itself a meritorious act. The fact that one enjoys himself too, is HaShem’s great kindness, he lets us eat the cake too. And enjoy ourselves!! But Kavod Shabbos it is!!
Nothing is “beyond the level” of doing HaShem’s mitzvohs. (would he say he’s not on the level of putting on tefillin?)
And I think that saying, yes – verbally saying out “Lekavod Shabbos” is important. You may not have to SHOUT, but saying it creates the spiritual essence it was intended to. Mere thinking, while to a degree potent, is not as powerful as going verbal. (never heard of that story, maybe because he only thought it)
..Shudder..
that’s an extra 10 seconds
I’ve also heard of that Rabbi who mocked and said “l’chvoid my boich”. Wrong. Wrong. And again, WRONG!!!
In halacha it says when doing, preparing something for Shabbos, one should say “Lekavod Shabbos Kodesh” (don’t know where, sources, anyone?) That uplifts the actions, and indeed turns the mundane into something of holiness.
We are bidden by the Torah to eat, rest, enjoy ourselves, on the holy day. ????? ???? ????. And that is Kavod Shabbos. We are enjoying ourselves (or as a baser person would say “our boich”), because that is how HaShem enjoined us to. That in itself is Kavod HaSHem and His Shabbos. Of course there are more sublime levels, as there are to anything related to holiness, but that in itself is something of great importance. To have in mind we are enjoying ourselves because we are doing Ratzon HaBorei. Our souls too have a much greater oppertunity to be in sync with HaShem and His Torah, levels of Kedusha, when the body is in a state of serene, rest, peacefulness.
Read what Rabbi Miller ztatzal (Yahtzeit this week) has to say about this subject!
Oish..
Here we have our collective Mashiach (oopps, I meant Mashgiach) always close at hand to gauge, measure, examine, analyze our connection status, at all times, to HaShem. Thanks for the test. Now I know where I failed…
Jewish Source: I believe you’re most definitely correct. Living like a Jew ought to be like is a much harder, longer Nisayon. Billam was not able to – he was only able to request dying like a just person – ???? ???? ??? ?????. We Jew have a higher calling – to live like a Jew. To effect a Kiddush HaShem even at rest, leisure. ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ???. That’s something more sublime!!
If a ‘Veltz Meshugener’ could get into law school, what does that say…
You’re all wrong.. it’s whenever I pop in my .5 cents of sense, that it gets <DELETED> or [closed].
Take this one, for exam<<ZAP>>
That’s a long quote. Sure you’re not adding a bit??
May you too be answered. Better ‘oily’ then late!!!
Ask a Shaalah from a competent Rav. Don’t rely on the two word answers you so often find here.
Oh is it controlling my thoughts… esp. comments on a certain site..
Hear you!!
I like your previous piece too. Well written!
Syag.. hungry?!? Let ’em come here and help (ME!!) themselves to my pile of potatoes, eggs, carrots, onions… ?? ?????…PLEASE!! Miscalculated on the Matzah this year and ended up with ??”?…
I’m not saying they shouldn’t buy, but the way it’s put down, it sounds, pardon, “grub”. I’ve not seen it (nor do I wish to, I’d like to think the best of Am Hakadosh), but the way some describe famished souls craving on line for some.. cherished chametz.. don’t know… maybe you’re right..
nO oNe rEaLlY mInDs iF yOu pOsT a lItTlE. iT’s wHeN…
Oomis, same here, we’re all sad it want to quickly. I mean, after all the preparations and cleaning… y’know, we’d like a chance to savor it a bit more…
As far as the lines of the utterly famished craving masses.. it doesn’t sit well with me.. I’m not to judge anyone, but.. so many of us.. with such a CRAVING.. to wait on line.. out the doors?!? That’s what our fathers did years ago, when they were craving life itself!! Isn’t that a bit too much?!?!? It’s certainly no mitzvah to eat matzah after Pesach.. but a bit of longing.. contemplating.. lingering echoes of this most beautiful Yom Tov. To dash out for a mouthful of chamezt? Isn’t it a bit like the ones who are going to run out of their Sukkah and kick it down?
No, it means to include me.
Same here!!! I got to feel what a stuffed chicken feels like!
Hi SiDi, was going to ask you how it went. Glad it worked out.
What I did is I bought a storage closet years ago and put my stuff inside. It all fit in, somehow. We move it in to our kitchen for the week of Pesach, and use it instead of our regular drawers for the duration of Pesach. I put wheels on the bottom of it to make it move mobile, and it’s a breeze. After packing everything into it Motzai Pesach, it gets wheeled into an unused corner of a bedroom, where it’s forgotten until the next year.
Rav Pam put it best. Do as you want, take care not to shtech anyone else. And that goes both ways. If my chumros or kulos do not affect anyone else, there’s no problem. If the sole problem is that I’m more Machmir and I’m not “in-your-face” there should be no problem.
Am I allowed to answer you?!