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Torah
Yes I heard this in more than one shiur from Rabbi Tatz and others. He also says that theres no word for nature. Teva is a word made up by the Rabbanan in the Talmudic times. Anyways, the way he explains it if I recall correctly is that Judaism is purpose driven there no such thing as purposeless things. Fun in and of itself is empty a waste of time and a way to distract ourselves from reality. That’s not to say one shouldn’t have a good time but when one has a good time it should be for Hashem so that he or she will be refreshed and relaxed and able to serve Hashem better. America is obsessed with fun and we think we need to waste hours a day on fun. Its American brainwashing. Ask your grandparents if they are alive how they spent their time as kids (pre ww2) you will see that it was never normal for kids and teens and certainly not adults to waste as much time as we do. I include myself in this rebuke. We have too many distractions today and it costs us in many ways.
Yes. I think there’s gotta be less intrusive ways of bringing revenue to the website. Lets go shnorr for ywn lol.
Did anyone check the sefer hachinuch?
Torah
The sefer Hachinuch talks about it. Please look it up over there you will gain a nice insight.
Hrolfr
Go to a local sofer who is reliable and someone you can trust.
Torah613Torah
“I just figured it was there to help the men not look.)” It depends, the short ones are there to help the men look.
Rabbiofberlin
Your tone doesn’t deserve a reply to be honest. You can see that it is all in the Teshuva he says 18 tefachim which are 3 amos. The Tzitz eliezer holds 3 and a half amos are required. And halachafortoday is a massive talmud chacham and you should have respect for him as well as of course your bar plugta Rav Moshe ztzal who you so vehemently argue with.
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/weekly_torah.php?id=449
The Height of a Mechitza
Horav Moshe Feinstein zt”l writes that a mechitza should go up to shoulder height, in accordance with his opinion that the mechitza is to prevent men and women from mingling.(14) Ideally, Horav Moshe says the mechitza should be at least 66 inches high (17-18 tefachim).(15) However, if the mechitza is only 60 inches high, one should not rebuke those relying on it.(16) A yira shomayim should try to make a mechitza high enough that it goes over the heads of the women.(17) If one raises the level of the women’s section making the height of the mechitza less than 60 inches, it is unacceptable.(18) A shul that does not want to make a mechitza should have the women and men sit on separate sides of the shul. (19)
Mechitza Made Of Glass etc.
One should not use glass as part of a mechitza if by doing so one would be able to see the women during davening. Such a mechitza does not adhere to what a mechitza is meant to be.(20) According to Horav Moshe Feinstein zt”l using glass would be permitted.(21) A mechitza that has a sizable gap towards the top is not valid. If a mechitza has tiny holes in it the mechitza is still valid.(22)
Footnotes
(14)Igros Moshe ibid. (15) Igros Moshe ibid, 1:40, 1:42, O.C. 4:31, Srdei Eish 1:8:page 19-20. The Tzitz Eliezer 20:7 says the height should be around 3 and 1/2 amos. (16) Igros Moshe ibid, O.C. 3:23, O.C. 4:30, 4:31, 32 (17) Igros Moshe ibid. 1:40, O.C. 3:23, Yisroel Kedoshim page 72. (18) Igros Moshe O.C. 3:23, 3:24, O.C. 4:29. (19) Igros Moshe O.C. 1:44. If one finds himself in an Orthodox Shul without a proper mechitza he may daven there if there are no women present at the time of davening (Horav Yisroel Belsky Shlita). (20) Shevet Ha’Levi 1:29. (21) Refer to Igros Moshe O.C. 1:43, 3:23. Only if the women are dressed properly. (22) Igros Moshe O.C. 4:32, Teshuvos V’hanhugos 1:162, Piskei Teshuvos 151:4, see Oz Nedberu 13:67.
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1) It is prohibited to daven in a Shul that does not have a [Kosher] Mechitza (separation) between the men and the women.
Even if the women are dressed modestly, it is still prohibited to daven without a Mechitza. The Poskim say that it is better to daven without a Minyan than to daven in a Shul that lacks a Mechitza. (Many even prohibit davening in a side room of such a shul)
Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe Orach Chaim Vol. 1 Siman 39) and others maintain that a Mechitza in a Shul is a biblical obligation, regardless of how modest (or G-d forbid immodest) the women are dressed, as not having the separation may lead to a lightheadedness between the sexes, and may lead to touching and/or excessive talking.
Rav Moshe adds that these Halachos are not only pertinent during davening, but also at any gathering in the Shul (funeral, Simchas Torah, Simchas Bais HaShoeva, Sheva Brachos etc.)where men and women are present, a Mechitza must separate them.
from halachafortoday
Yserb
I think you are talking about the smaller shtieblach and the more “cool” chassdish shuls. I think an actual chassidiusses shul like Bobov or Satmar is much more serious although I cant say for a fact because I dont Daven there but I have seen what goes on at certain Chassidish shuls so I know what you mean.
Torah
Put that on your shidduch resume :-p
Torah
My gut tells me anyone who uses the cofferoom is disturbed on some level.
Interjection
Read this. I don’t think he is stating his “opinion” but rather normative halacha. Find me authoritative sources that disagree.
The Tefach Measurement:
Are there any allowances to keep any of the aforementioned parts uncovered?
Many people who have heard the term, Tefach b’isha ervah, have mistakenly concluded from it that it is permissible to leave less than a tefach (a measurement of 4″ x 4″-10cm x 10cm) of a forbidden area uncovered. This is a serious mistake since the halacha (law) requires complete covering of forbidden areas. The tefach measurement was given only in connection with the husband and very close family saying a bracha (blessing) when his wife is not fully covered, but there is no heter (allowance by law) whatsoever to leave a small amount uncovered in the presence of a stranger, and there is no difference between a tefach and less than a tefach.
Modesty- An Adornment for Life, Rabbi Pesach Eliyahu Falk (pages: 268, 293)
DUNO
They wouldn’t let me in. How dare they!
Were you unhappy before you started reading the coffeeroom?
I’m currently annoyed by the flyers littering my front doorstep when we specifically got a sign so that we shouldn’t receive unsolicited mail!
147
You eat Shalosh seudos early as well? What time did you eat it last week?
Vogue
Others eat Matza on the night of the 15th of Iyar as well because just like by Pesach we bring the Korban Pesach on the 14th but only ate it at night on the 15th, so too on Pesach Sheini. The Zichron Yehuda says that the Maharam Ash (a talmid of he Chasam Sofer) would eat Matza, Maror, and a boiled egg on the night of the 15th of Iyar.
From revach.net
Heimish.
Vogue
Read the disclaimer again. If you are using the internet anyways they want you to use it for Torah so they make the shiurim available online.
Goq
Very impressive work. Haha.
147
How do you Hashkamah people have the seudah at 8:30 most people first wake up then! It seems so strange to eat that early. How can you eat cholent and meat at 9:00 in the morning?
I am aware of it.
Torah
How do you go about checking how classrooms are run?
Mdd
We live in America a culture of political correctness which is the reason why the media doesn’t report certain things and why we have such issues with radical Islam and other issues. It obviously has affected us as well in how we relate to people who blatantly disregard halacha.
This name
I agree. In fact I once told a long Davener to daven in the front. These guys should realize that in a way they are a hazard to other people. How many times have I missed kedusha because of long Daveners?
Brony
My pleasure.
Not sure why you find it so amusing to edit the Young Conservatives of Texas page on wikipedia.
Mochelli
Don’t take this the wrong way but any frum school has standards and they make sure the kids and their families meet those standards. Yes you can go with an extremely modern school that lets everything but what kind of Torah education and yiddishkiet will your child end up with?
I don’t know what your family does that the school found disagreeable however it is worthwhile to make sacrifices and even act frummer than you are if necessary so that your child won’t suffer the consequences.
When I was a kid my parents threw out their TV. Trust me they sacrificed big time because they liked watching tv and it was a serious change but they realized that the types of yeshivos they were sending myself and my siblings to were anti tv and they wanted us to grow up without a tv so they got rid of it even though they had both grown up with a tv and weren’t personally on the level of not watching tv anymore. So my advice to you is that if you or your husband will have to make certain sacrifices even if you aren’t feeling like you are holding by it still do it for the sake of your children so they don’t lose out.
Brony
There are sources for pointing with the Pinky although it seems that its more a Sefardy minhag than an Ashkenazi one. Ohr dot edu has a write up about it just google a bit. As for raising yourself by zimun at baruch elokeinu there are sources in a few sefarim brought down in the source section of these halachos in guidelines on Brachos by Rabbis Barclay and Jaeger. When the zimun is less than a minyan and no elokeinu I have no source for why people lift themselves and and it is possible that it has no source but maybe there is a sefer that says its good to do but I have no source.
Brony I’m with mdd. Stop attacking what we do. Get yourself a seder in halacha and start pounding halacha. You’ll learn new things every day.
Abba bar Aristotle
Get the facts straight before posting a story you were motzi laaz on the heilige slabodka yeshivah!
When Reb Yaakov Kaminetzky ZT”L came to America, he was a meshulach for the Kovna kollel. He stopped in to visit a certain businessman, and told him that the businessman gave a certain amount of dollars last year. The businessman challenged the number, and showed Reb Yaakov ZT”L a receipt with a lower number. Reb Yaakov ZT”L quit on the spot. The guy wanted to give Reb Yaakov ZT”L a check anyway. Reb Yaakov ZT”L told him he no longer works for the kollel, and is unable to take money for them.
This is the true version of the story as Jothar put it down on other threads.
Sam2
The Torah prohibits only the meat of unkosher animals, but not the bones, horns or hoofs.
The Sages, however, forbade any bones, horns or hoofs which contain moisture. According to this, food made from unkosher bones is forbidden, unless the bones were completely dry.
From Ohr dot edu
Torah
Sorry didn’t mean to be so harsh.
Wow. I never knew they still put in pigs milk. I have a feeling this belongs in a different current thread.
Sam2
10-4
Popa
At least you have good taste.
Sam
I’m just saying that not everyone who takes the liberty to shave on sefira or chol hamoied really have to. Very few people actually “have to” and many are just taking advantage of a heter which isn’t necessarily for them.
P. S. Which jobs today would fire you for not shaving? Have you not noticed how dress codes have seriously been relaxed in the workplace?