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Danish

I had a sibling who was doing those things you mentioned. It really pained my parents. I know my mother cried many times due to to her pain and anguish over that child. No, I think all frum parents who themselves care about yiddishkiet are very deeply pained by their children not going in the Torah way. I would assume that if you do these things and don’t come from a “modern” family then this causes your parents lots of pain and can really affect Shalom Bayis. That’s not the main reason you should stop but it should be a motivator to get back on track. Ifa child truly took to heart how much hakaras hatov they owe their parents for EVERYTHING that the parents gave and continue to give them from the second they were born then we would have a lot less kids straying from the path. (Not taking into account kids who were abused and molested or what not, just regular kids giving in to their curiosity and yetzer hora to taste the forbidden fruit.)

Lander Talmid

The Gemara in Nedarim (58a) tells us that in order for the Shechina to rest on someone, he must have four attributes; he must be wise, rich, strong, and modest. The Kli Yakar says that grouping of the encampment of Bnei Yisroel into four Degalim was to highlight these four attributes of Klal Yisroel. so that the Shechina would rest on us.

All four Degalim surrounded the Mishkan because these attributes were used only to serve Hashem and bring the Shechina down to Klal Yisroel..

From Revach.net

slurpy

Better than in some shul I guarantee it. Most Yeshivas have a big ruach hatorah shavuous night.

Sam2

“That’s superficial and silly advice, especially as MBD, Avraham Fried, and Shwekey also borrow from Goyish music all the time.”

False statement. I challenge you to provide when was the last time that either Fried or MBD took a song from the non Jews they maybe did it a few times in their careers. Additionally even though they took some oldies, groups like Akapella and Maccabeats take from current music which you cant compare to the music from the 70s or earlier in wholesomeness.

Sorry for killing the thread.

popa_bar_abba

“If we all just cut off our fingers, would the tzionim let us learn torah then?”

We need our thumbs.

1) Shavuos: How Could the Bnei Yisroel Oversleep The Day of Matan Torah?

Our Minhag is to stay up all Shavuos night in order to make sure we don’t oversleep on the morning of Kabalas HaTorah. Chazal tell us that the morning of Matan Torah the Bnei Yisroel were sleeping and Moshe Rabbeinu had to wake them up and bring them to Kabalas HaTorah. How could this be? Weren’t they up preparing all night for this unprecedented historic event?

Reb Chaim Yaakov Safran, the Komarna Rebbe, in the Hakdama to the Chumash Heichal HaBracha, answers as follows. The Rambam says that there are many levels of Nevuah(prophesy). Typically, it is an out of body experience where the Navi’s neshama reaches such a high level that it leaves his body, which remains in a trance, while the neshama receives the nevuah. The Rambam calls this “sheina”, sleep. In order to prepare to hear Hashem’s words at Har Sinai the Bnei Yisroel brought themselves to this state of “sheina”. On the other hand, Moshe Rabbeinu who had purified his soul and body to a state of perfection, was the only Navi in history that was able to receive nevuah in a perfectly conscious state. This is called “Aspaklariya HaMeira”.

This explains the midrash. Bnei Yisroel went to “sleep” or “sheina” to enable themselves to hear Hashem’s words. Until, that is, Moshe Rabbeinu woke them up. He brought them up to his level of Aspaklariya HaMeira in order for the Torah to be given to humans and not angels. At Har Sinai we heard, for the only time in history, Hashem speak while we were fully conscious.

2) Rav Aharon Kotler: Why Always “Zecher Yetzias Mitzrayim” and Not “Zecher Har Sinai”?

from Revach.net

OneOfMany

What flavor?

rationalfrummie

We all have weaknesses and everyone should have a filter because theres nobody who doesnt have a strong yetzer hora to look where they shouldnt. The yetzer hora doesnt say “oh he has a strong support system blah blah blah new age psychology blah blah he is impervious to me I wont get him.” The yetzer hora in these areas is very strong, even more so than in other areas as the Rambam says in hilchos Teshuva, a person thinks whats the big deal all I did was look its not like I “DID” anything? So a person is all the more susceptible to aveiros of the eyes.

I dont believe there is anyone who doesnt have a filter that hasnt purposely looked at things they shouldnt have at least once if not many times and certainly and it goes without saying inadvertently.

Syag Lchochma

So that means you need to use oil. I usually just use pam for omelettes. What does fried matzah add to the omelette?

israel1

You can email them and ask them for help.

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Lkovid the yahtzeit of last years event.

modex

“In other words, an oisher can buy a seat in Olam Haboah (by giving tzedakah) whereas an oni cannot. “

You have a chiyyuv to give maaser. If you give maaser you did a mitzvah Im not sure what all this talk about buying seats in olam haba is all about. If you do a mitzvah (properly) you get schar if you do an aveirah you get an oinesh. You cant bribe Hashem by giving Tzedaka. If Hashem did not make you an ashir its because its not your tafkid to have that nesayon and your neshama doesn’t need that specific Tikkun. However every Yid has Taryag mitzvos that he is obligated to do.

Yehuda

They are looking for a spin doctor?

Modex

I’m not sure what the answer is but what I can tell you is that I once asked a shaila regarding something similar but different. If I have $100 is it better to give it all to one poor person because then you are helping him significantly or split it up and give $5 here and $10 there…even though they are less significant donations? I was advised to split it up because with if you give $100 to one poor person you get one mitzvah and if you give $1 to $100 poor people you get 100 mitzvos. Its possible that the $100 to one person will be big but not as big as racking up lots of mitzvos of Tzedakah. So if you are not wealthy and want to make the most of your Tzeddaka money spread it around as much as you can.

Sam

When they successfully produce a healthy normal child get back to me. I don’t believe they will succeed.

Dafyomi

If you want a Davening that will move you try Emunas Yisroel its in BoroPark but worth the walk. If you never Davened there Shavuous morning is a great time to daven there. Address is 4310 16th avenue. It is a chassidish shul that has a mix some bend downs daven there. Very nice crowd many Torah Vodaas alumni there.

Saysme

The speed isn’t what’s important. The main thing is to know what you are saying.

Oneofmany

Only milchig chocolate please.

42

Lol.

SaysMe

I can say “the whole Tehillim” in less than a second. I dont really know its been a long time since I said the whole Tehillim in one go and Im no speed reader. I hope I can say it in under 3 hours.

Toi

Do you know any rational girls?

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Midwood Yid

Mazel Tov!