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Ironically, the Catholic college was probably more accommodating to her religious needs than a liberal secular college would have been.
Confession might be inherently part of Catholicism and not other religions, but I think that the law does not recognize religions differently, once an exemption is made for one religion, it will be made for all. A good example is alternate side of the street parking in NYC. For OOTners, there are laws that state that one cannot park a car at certain times on certain days of the week on a specific side of the street to allow for street cleaning. Say, can’t park on left side on Mon, Wed, Fri from 9-12, and on right side on Tues, Thurs, Sat. So what do you do on a 2 day yom tov falling on Mon, Tues? You will have to leave the car on Sun on either the right or left side and get ticketed one of those days. eventually, the city recognized the difficulty that Orthodox Jews faced and canceled alt side of the street parking -for everyone- on Jewish holidays. And so that it would not appear that they were favoring one religion over the other, it is canceled on many holidays of other religions even though they have no prohibition of driving a car on those days. I imagine that the same principle would apply to the clergy confidentiality issue.
You forgot the tick-tock-tick-tock sound effects part after the slumbering and numbering…
I didn’t know anyone else knew that song!But lilmod, in LB’s story, the woman is house-sitting in a neighbor’s house, alone with the grandfather clock. I think that halacha would only apply to the husband coming to his own home, no?
I’ve been sick with some virus that I caught from the kids and spending way too much time in bed with nothing to read but the CR. Either the virus is attacking my rational brain or my immune system is weakened and your sense of humor is contagious.
Refuah Shelaima!
Step aside, Burka ladies. LB has created a new standard in tznius- hide your head/upper body under a large (non-transparent) umbrella. It’s not as hot, and is very convenient when it rains.
ZD- The point was not to limit it to just to Catholics, which is why I said minister (in its generic sense) of any religion. Anyway, do Catholics confess to things they have not yet done?
The question was not about reporting a body, or making an arrest or using it as evidence of guilt, but rather to prevent a crime before it was committed, and whether the “confessor” is legally culpable if he does not report it.
Joseph, what you are saying is that client-professional confidentiality only applies after the fact and not before?By the way, Yichud does not matter if one is single or married. Actually, the consequences could be worse if the woman is married.
As long as there is a La-Z-Boy or Fry Daddy (an electric deep fryer, for those who may have never seen one), Mike&Ike candies, etc, no problem.St John’s University in NY is catholic. It had a top-notched speech therapy MS program that attracted many frum girls. Maybe it was not problematic as a graduate program. Undergraduate programs there however required the students to take theology classes. I was told that a student would not be forced to take Catholic theology, they also taught other religions. Imagine learning the tenets of Judaism from a Catholic! I imagine it would not be so simple to attend as an undergrad. (note the information I am basing this on is from personal knowledge of those who went there around 20 years ago. Things may have changed since).
ever hear of Choni Hamaagal? He certainly felt so, and spoke from experience.
I meant that they should include everyone I know in the Bracha.I think you meant Mammele’s post.
Emunah U’Bitachon, by the Chazon Ish. Good for learning alone or with chavrusa, not light reading.
You’re welcome.
Theoretical question- does the professional confidentiality issue apply only after a crime is committed? What if someone told his doctor or minister of whatever religion that he is planning to commit murder. From a legal point of view, can he break the trust? is he obligated to? If he doesn’t, is he an accessory to the crime?
or maybe food processors
On the other hand, anyone ever hear of Eva Braun?
Thanks for the bracha. But it is only a bracha if all my friends and loved ones are also long-lived. Imagine how sad for the 100+ers who outlive siblings, and maybe even children.
What?? There’s more than once of us with the same name?? But I’m just a silly old bear, what would I know?
There was an artist I knew and I recognized her relatives in some of her works. She had one of an old man blessing 2 young boys (reminiscent of Yaakov and Menashe//Efraim) and they looked like her sons and their Zeidy.
A question for AviK . Say history turned out differently, or we had a time machine and you went back in time. Would you be living in E”Y if there was no midinat yisroel, say under the Mandate or Ottoman rule (assuming you had permission to enter)? Or would you say, it is too difficult/dangerous/economically unviable/ etc? The mitzva would still apply though, so you would have to get a heter, right?
Perhaps a better analogy would be wearing techeilis. If you follow the psak of the Radziner or others who claimed they figured out what the chilazon is, then you are mechuyav to wear techeiles. If you follow rov Poskim who think that we still don’t know what the chilazon is, then you wear white strings, without having to ask for a specific heter.
Why does everyone seem to have a problem with the exceptions who live past 120, but not with the vast majority who don’t reach 120? Isn’t that equally problematic according to the 120 yr “myth”.
IMHO 120 is used to represent a complete life, since Moshe Rabbenu came as close to being perfect as a mortal can, and died not from illness or weakness but because his tafkid was complete, hence the bracha of living as long as Moshe R’.the chocolate cake comment explains your use of “that’s” in your 1:34 PM post, as opposed to “Who is”
You want a chocolate cake with blue and white icing, but only a small piece.seems to be a relapse. Now has exclamation marks on each side, front one is upside down.
I think the mods have too much free time on their hands. people better get back to writing posts that need editing/deleting, or long posts that keep them busy for awhile.
That’s wonderful CTL. Will the tents be rain-proof? and more importantly, are we invited?
Punctuation virus cured. Side effect is fancy font.
DId anyone notice that Yekke2 quoted me way back on May 8, 2016? I can’t believe I am in the same league as Yogi Bera and Albus Dumbledore!
so it was bound to revert to RebShidduch’s dating life..
1. you follow the advice that CR posters already gave you
2. you stop talking to, hanging out with, giving rides to, spending time with, confiding in, doing kiruv on, studying with, etc. any boy, no matter what age, religious affiliation, how much he promises you he will learn in the future, or degree of interest he shows in you, unless it is a shidduch date with the purpose of seeing whether he is a potential marriage partner, pre-approved by a parent.
3. see point 1.disclaimer: this advice is specifically geared to RebShidduch based on her previous posts and not meant to be generalized to other situations.
AviK, I am glad you keep on bringing sources- like I said there are Rabbanim on both sides of the issue, and I know that you are following your Rav’s psak. That does not contradict that there are rabbanim who hold otherwise and that people are allowed to follow these rabbanim too.
It’s funny, you remind me of a seminary teacher who was a fervent Zionist and used to lecture us on the very same points you mention. It didn’t work though. Out of that whole class, only a small handful actually live in E”Y now and it had little do with his attempts at brainwashing.No I do not wear tzitis, but I do live in E”Y. So does Lilmod. We don’t deny that living in EY is special in a way that Chul cannot be.
The more halachically knowledgeable posters out there can explain why tzitzis is unique among mitzvos that men go out of their way to make sure they do the mitzva, even though technically it only applies in a specific situation.
There must be chabad houses in every state- does that count as communities?
weren’t the original rules one community per state?oh no, now RebYidd has asterisks surrounding her name. Must be a spreading punctuation virus. And it’s pretty contagious- Meno’s caught it too.
porcupine is a kipod. For some reason, they are considered cute, cuddly creatures here in Israel, and they are quite popular in gan culture. Boars, on the other hand, have not invaded children’s literature yet.
Wolf, other than hugs, can we help you?
I wish someone would go back to all that great old music, and reproduce it, perhaps with more up-to-date arrangements, on media that we can actually play today! BUt I guess that is for another thread…
What did Daniel the bus driver think of the song “Let us grow”There’s a really cute story I recently read my kids about a little porcupine looking for a hug, but everyone for obvious reasons turns him down. Until he meets a crocodile who was crying because no one wanted to kiss him. So Porcy got his hug and Croc got his kiss. Wolf, you wouldn’t turn away a cute porcupine would you?
From various comments here, it seems clear that there are various definitions of the term galus
1. literal, exiled from the Homeland, living anywhere but E”Y. This is not dependent on whether there is a beis hamikdash or not- for example, 10 hashevatim went into galus way before the churban bayis I.
2. Used as a general term to describe the overall tragedy that followed the destruction of the beis hamikdash, being persecuted by goyim, spiritual failures, hester panim, etc. This is not dependent on geographical location.
3. As Geordie used it, to refer to subjugation by a specific nation, which meant loss of political independence and loss of freedom to practice Torah. Again, this is independent of the Beis Hamikdash. According to chazal, we are in galus roma (with a contribution from Yishmael) now until Mashiach comes.
So while Jews living in E”Y are not in galus in the literal sense of definition 1, they are by definitions 2 and 3.thanks DY for the vindication….
I was getting a real sense of deja vu.Avik, your statement about the heter only holds if you follow the opinion that yishuv eretz yisroel is an obligatory mitzva. You obviously do, but not everyone agrees with you, see Kj above.
In NYC, there are places where honking is illegal. So maybe you were only law-abiding.
There have been so many threads about Zionism, yom hashoa, yom haatzmaut, that you can almost predict word for word what each poster will write.
say you believe that zionists are evil and have committed the worst sins possible. or you believe that people who don’t recognize the miracle that is Israel and don’t immediately move there are forestalling the geula. everyone thinks that everyone else is the reason that moshiach has not yet come. Maybe we should stop the kitrug against other types of Jews, don’t we have enough against us already? Chazal tell us what will bring the geula- fixing the sin that led to the churban, sinas chinum. Is propogating sinas chinam davka during sefiras haomer a better way to commemorate?“How is it even reasonable to expect people to know what they want?”
Not an easy task at all. That’s why it’s a good idea for singles to have married advisors- whether parent, teacher/rebbe, dating coach, etc who can help them figure these things outs.
After they consult the CR of course 😉Assuming the point of the library is to loan books, and not to sell them – presumably he is not selling his books at this event, and he is signing books for people who are bringing ones they bought elsewhere?
If you borrow his book from the library, will he sign it?“We see that the fact the Tamar covered her face is considered praiseworthy by Chazal.”
Theoretical question, on this statement and similar ones-
Does the fact that chazal make a note of someone’s behavior as praiseworthy imply that this is something that is a lesson for everyone, or is it the opposite- the comment is made since this behavior is out of the ordinary (e.g. if this was the accepted behavior to cover one’s face than there would be no need to comment on it) and therefore not a recommended practice for the masses, even if it was appropriate for this person at his/her level.
Mw13, I do not know if your question was asked specifically to me, or thrown out to everyone. I actually do not want to explain why this is a distortion of yiddishkeit- I really don’t want to go anywhere where I might end up disparaging others. If you want to be exact, I was not expressing my own opinion on the practice, just trying to help Yekke2 analyze what he was feeling, which obviously does not apply to you since you do not have the same sentiments when encountering them that Yekke2 was describing.
I hope that if anyone else decides to explain it, that the discussion will stick to the halachic aspects and that it won’t turn into a let’s-bash-a-whole-bunch-of-other-Jews-fest, that would take this thread over the slippery slope. I trust our wonderful mods are keeping a close eye here that this does not happen.Ok, AViK, now you have explained that your problem was with my statement “should not be advocated as something everyone has to to do as a general rule, and implied that those who don’t/can’t are wrong.”
Note that in your OP you did not write “Do not move to Norfolk! Move to Eretz Yisrael and make a difference, unless you have a valid exemption”. The OP certainly did sound like a general statement for everyone to follow. Now you have clarified what you really meant, but I still disagree with the premise that it is a general rule except for the minority with valid reasons. Living in EY is wonderful and can certainly enhance one’s ruchnius, but there are many decisions that go into someone figuring out where it is best for him/her to fill his tafkid, and this applies for all people.AviK, my reading comprehension is just fine, thank you. You made a blanket statement in the OP exhorting everyone to move to EY. I explained how it is not so simple, and that those who are not doing so have real reasons. Your rebuttal was that people don’t have it so easy in the US either, implying that financial difficulties should not be a factor in deciding whether or not to make aliya. Did I understand that correctly? Now you made your original statement even stronger.
You must realize that although the rabbanim that you follow may equate living in EY today with not eating on Yom Kippur, there are plenty of rabbanim/gedolim in other communities who do not hold by that, who do not hold that mitzvas yishuv eretz yisroel is k’neged kulam. Why can’t your respect that other people hold differently and are following valid halachic opinions? If a family living in Norfolk, Va is living a Torah life and striving to be true ovdei Hashem, and fulfilling their tafkidim there, then kol hakavod to them.
In case you have not realized this, I live and am raising my family in EY, am living a life-ling dream, wish others could do it too, but would never force my dreams on others for whom it would not work.
I”YH we will experience big things very soon, and we will have EY as it truly should be, with a beis hamikdash, following halacha and an ingathering for all Jews everywhere, and it will be due the many Jews all over the world who are trying their best to live a Torah-true life.
Geordie, Guess we both just dated ourselves…
Yekke2, Mishpacha did have an article on the Burka ladies a couple of years back. Boy did it engender lots of letters to the editor.
Ok, so if it is not an inferiority complex thing, than maybe it is because you are particularly disturbed when you feel that someone distorts yiddishkeit but claims it is l’shem shamayim and a good thing? when someone who does something wrong out of tayva or ignorance, it is not as jarring. While the feeling of disdain or sinaa or whatever it is is not right, it does seem that your neshama is particularly sensitive to distortions in ideology, so it is coming from a good place, I think.
Joseph, as someone who lives in an all frum neighborhood, I know and appreciate those advantages. we can argue the benefits/minuses of living OOT vs in town some other time. that was not the issue here. the point was raised that building up small OOT communities meant that one was entrenching oneself more in the galus and forgetting yerushalayim. i just argued that this particular issue was more likely in all frum established communities.
Avi K of course there are people who struggle and don’t find themselves in the US too. and that there are people who had successful aliyas. Point is that it is a personal decision that each person has to make, based on his own circumstances, and should not be advocated as something everyone has to to do as a general rule, and implied that those who don’t/can’t are wrong.