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under what circumstances is it muttar to go to the mikvah on shabbos or yom tov (for a male, optional tevillah)?
Kohen Gadol on Yom Kippur. (Optional since he always has the option of stepping down and allowing another Kohen Gadol to be appointed.)
The Wolf
No. The two are not congruous.
Machnisei Rachamim asks the angels to bring our tefillos before HKBH. The implication is that, without their help, our tefillos will either not be heard or otherwise have greater difficulty getting HKBH’s attention. This contradicts the idea that we do not believe that any intermediaries are necessary between us and HKBH. I can daven to Him and He will hear me – angels or other beings not required.
Asking someone to daven for you is different than the above. I’m not asking the person to convey my tefillos to HKBH; I’m asking him to add his voice to mine in prayer to HKBH. In this scenario, the other person is not an intermediary. His prayers don’t make sure that mine are heard — they are simply added to mine. As such, it’s not the same scenario at all.
The Wolf
Hashemisreading:- You already missed kedoshim by 1 week. This week is Parshas Emor.
Um… that’s only for you in E”Y. Here in Chutz La’aretz, we’re reading Kedoshim.
(The reason is because the eighth day of Pesach in C”LA came out on Shabbos, so in Eretz Yisroel you read Acharei Mos where we read a regular Parsha.
Can someone please tell me a Dvar Torah for Parshas Kedoshim
You can literally put your thread title into Google and come up with lots of results.
The Wolf
What if I’m doing something that is l’kavod Shabbos, but not this Shabbos? Is it really a kavod for Shabbos, or is it a bizayon for Shabbos since I’m not using it this Shabbos?
Example:
I bought a new platter to use in my home for Shabbos. However, this coming Shabbos, I’m invited away for all meals and won’t have the opportunity to use it. Is it disrespectful to the coming Shabbos that I’m skipping it in favor of the next one, or is it all fine and well?
The Wolf
Nusach Ashkenaz is to say l’mashumadim
I don’t claim to be an expert on the textual variations in davening, but I have to say that, as a lifelong davener of Nusach Ashkenaz, I’ve *never* heard of this nusach.
(Note: I’m not disputing the existence of the nusach, just giving my oberservation.)
The Wolf
Wolf, the goyim will be serving the yidden in the times of Moshiach, so it won’t be necessary for a yid to do anything other than Limud Torah.
None of that, even if true, negates a word I’ve said.
The Wolf
Even in Moshiach’s time, human nature isn’t going to change. There will be those who will think (just as they do today) that some Jews are uberyidden while the rest of us are the lowly, disposable unteryidden, meant merely to serve.
The Wolf
Obama signs executive order declaring himself President for a third term.
The president can’t sign an executive order in violation of the Constitution.
God U’Magog is then official
And even if, somehow, Obama stayed for a third term (which he won’t), how is that automatically trigger Gog UMagog. What is it about a third Obama term that would be different than the first two?
The Wolf
Sadly, we had a thread on this about a year ago:
Should the wishes of racist parents that I not date their child be respected?
The Wolf
Would you consider dating (or allow your child to date or marry) a Jew who was of a Hispanic, African American or Asian background? If not, why not?
Were I not already married I would consider it.
The Wolf
Here’s another one for you:
Right before Az Yashir we have the passuk (Shmos 14:31):
???????? ?????????? ???-?????? ??????????, ?????? ?????? ?????? ????????????, ??????????? ?????, ???-??????; ?????????????, ????????, ??????????, ????????
Note the two yuds in the word ???????????. That makes the sh’va under the reish into a sh’va na. Thus the word should be pronounced Vayir’u (as opposed to Vayiru).
It changes the meaning of the word. The word, as written means “and they feared” (or, perhaps “were awed”). If you pronounce it as Vayiru (with a sh’va nach) it become “and they saw” as in the following passuk later in the same parsha (Shmos 16:15):
?????????? ?????-??????????, ??????????? ????? ???-?????? ??? ????–???? ??? ???????, ???-????; ????????? ??????, ???????, ???? ????????, ?????? ????? ?????? ????? ?????????.
Note that here, the word “Vayiru” has only a single yud. That makes the Sh’va under the resh into a sh’va nach. Here the word means “and they saw.”
The Wolf
Uh…there aren’t weddings during sefirah
Sure there are. You could be observing one half of sefirah and the bride and groom the other half with the wedding occurring during the non-overlapping portion.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no issur on singing.
As for playing music, I would imagine it would be permitted, but I could be wrong on that. As always, AYLOR.
The Wolf
I don’t think cholam is a word at all, for that matter.
It’s the vowel that makes the long o (or oy, if you will) sound.
The Wolf
Suppose further that instead of a supernatural phenomenon, this was an irrigation method for creating a barrier that had the purpose of defending from marauding armies for the 6 days when the men were in the fields, but inviting an attack on Shabbos when the men were assembled at home. Then what ? What good would that do you?
The problem with this hypothesis is that the Sambatyon is held up as proof of the concept of Shabbos. Thus, by definition, the fact that it prevented crossing for six days of the week must be a natural or supernatural occurrence. For it to be a man-made occurrence (as the way you describe it) would defeat the entire point.
The Wolf
Not true. One may NOT interrupt S”E to answer Kedusha, unless he or she is holding in the last paragraph (Elokai Netzor).
That’s true. However, s/he should stop reciting S”E and listen to the kedusha until its completion before returning to his/her recitation.
The Wolf
I think he means one is constantly oiver on three lavin.
Had you asked me what the consequences were, I would have said exactly what you did. But his stating that it’s every millisecond seems to imply that it’s 1000 lavin every second (times three).
The Wolf
three sins from the Torah every millisecond that the chametz exists.
I’d *love* to know what your source is for this? I don’t believe that a millisecond is a valid Torah measurement of time vis-a-vis halacha.
Perhaps you meant microsecond? Or picosecond? Or perhaps Planck Time? (which would mean violating 3 * 10^43 lavin every second)?
How did you settle on 3000 lavin per second?
The Wolf
Do you also promise to put your iPad in Shaimos when it becomes unusable? If its full of Torah then it needs to be buried with Shaimos
No, I won’t, and no it doesn’t need to be.
But so what?
When your CD with a song with pesukim on it becomes unusable, do you put it in Shaimos? How about your MP3 player with shiurim on it? Or how about your tape cassettes? Or the DVD with a video of a shiur?
(Hint: the halacha is pretty clear. The answer for all of the above is “no.”)
Yet, in none of those cases have I ever heard anyone give an “oy vey” about that. In none of those cases did I ever hear anyone say “oh, how horrible, they’re learning Torah without paper and ink.”
So, again, I pose the question to you. Why do you feel that dead trees and ink are a bona fide requirement for Torah learning to have any holiness or value?
The Wolf
how will we know when we are supposed to pack up and go to yerushalayim?
im serious… somebody help me please?
If the final redemption is going to be as significant and miraculous as claimed, then there I’m sure HKBH will make it perfectly crystal clear.
The Wolf
Insisting that one’s adoption of a Kula or crazy left wing theory is now the lead everyone else is to beholden is the type of arrogance that the OO is foisting On ??? ?????. This is a terrible communal issue. And needs to be rooted out.
While I agree with you in principle, I have to say that I’ve seen this happen in the other direction (where someone insists that everyone has to follow their chumra) far more often.
The Wolf
Sigh….
This thread is making me wish I had planned a date for Chol HaMoed (especially since Eeees is off from work).
The Wolf
Well, does your device have kedushas sefer?
I don’t know. But who says that the physical kedusha of the sefer has anything to do with the quality of the learning?
The Wolf
Wolf
Learning Hashem holy Torah is never the same when read on a computer screen.
Why?
I regards to your question use your ipad with shas on it as a source to look up meforshim but for your main learning it should be from a Sefer at a table (not relaxing on your couch )
Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of riding on the subway to and from work, when I don’t want to carry an entire library with me.
The Wolf
I don’t have this problem, as my in-laws eat gebrokts (as I do) as do both my brothers in law.
However, if one of my kids married a “non-gebroktser,” I don’t see why we wouldn’t designate a few pots/pans at the start of Pesach as for their food. Small price to pay to have family with us.
The Wolf
The tumah that technology is putting on k lal Yisroel of our generation is so bad Rachmana ltzlan that sometimes I wonder how much lower can we sink? What will be with the next generation? It scares me
How about answering the question I asked you above, four months ago?
To wit:
(Example: I’m learning gemara and they quote a passuk, but I’d like to see it in context and with Rashi. I can do that very easily on my iPad. I can’t do that with paper because I don’t carry an entire library around with me. Is it bad that I can do that? Does my ability to delve deeper into sources or rapidly find related material make my learning any less valuable? If so, please explain why.)
The Wolf
Wolf, my comment was not in any way directed at nishtdayngesheft.
My apologies then. His was the last reference to “bein adam l’chaveiro.”
The Wolf
(Incidentally, people sometimes ask me why I quote the person I’m responding to. This is *exactly* the reason why. 🙂 )
It always strikes me as somewhat contradictory when people use “bein adam li’chavero” to bash somebody else’s minhag…
To be fair, much as I often disagree with nisht and his style, he wasn’t bashing anyone else’s minhag in his last post. On the contrary, he was saying that we should respect other people’s minhagim.
The Wolf
Tzshteit azoi in der seforim hakedoshim.
Can you be more specific than that?
The Wolf
What will the b’chorim do that they had previously lost?
Why do you think that they have to do anything?
The Wolf
In addition, one of the proofs brought to Techias HaMeisim in Maseches Sanhedrin hinges on the fact that Aharon will personally collect and eat Terumah in the future (something he never did in his lifetime). If the Kehunah will be given to the first born (which Aharon was not) then the Gemara’s proof falls apart.
The Wolf
Oh, come one, people can live without bread for eight (plus) days but not coffee or chocolate?
Hence the “not serious answer” tag.
(And yes, I understand that I “seriously answered” a joke in another thread, so you felt the need to do so here.)
The Wolf
Why isn’t coffee or chocolate kitniyos?
<NOT SERIOUS ANSWER>
G’zeirah She-ain HaTzibbur Yachul La’amod Bah. 🙂
</NOT SERIOUS ANSWER>
The Wolf
Should frum children be permitted to have a library card or go to the public library unsupervised as to what reading material they choose?
Of course, it depends on the age of the child. Young children should be guided by their parents as to what to read. As they get older, they should be allowed to become more independent (in stages).
I’m not going to say that “At X years they should be allowed this much freedom and at Y years that much” because it’s dependent on the child. Every child is different.
Of course, you could completely eliminate the word “frum” from the question and I would recognize it as just as valid a question and give you the same answer.
The Wolf
Wolfish: Thing I mentioned is a Medrash, not to be trifled. Of course you’re correct in reality. But that inyan is from Medrash, divrei Elokim chaim.
Who trifled with it? I simply pointed out that while it’s a nice point, it is, in fact, not the *true* reason for the bringing of a chatas after childbirth (since it is brought even if there was no possibility of a neder).
The Wolf
Is lack of shtenders giving people health problems?
What is your basis for contending that there is any correlation (let alone causation) between shtenders and health?
The Wolf
We spoke to a rav in our community about this and he simply said that our failure to send him to school proves that we are not serious about Yiddishkeit. He is *SO* wrong. Help…
If you went to your rav saying “Please help me get my son into a yeshiva” and he responded with “You’re obviously not serious about Yiddishkeit because your son isn’t in a yeshiva…” then you need a new rav.
Is there any possibility that he misunderstood you or you misunderstood his response?
The Wolf
He was making a joke.
I understood that. I still felt the need to make the point.
The Wolf
I’m referring to one of the reasons a woman bring such a korban after birth of a child.
Yes, but the truth is that the reasoning for that is not absolute. One brings a korban chatas after childbirth, even if no such sh’vua was made or even if no such sh’vua could have been made (for example, if the mother was in a coma).
The bottom line is that a chatas is brought after childbirth for reasons that, ultimately, are known only to HKBH. We may try to come up with post-hoc reasonings (such as the one you bring), but you cannot rely on them to make halachic rulings in other areas (such as with chametz in your car).
The Wolf
Is nobody allowed to disagree with you?
On halacha? Of course. On facts or science or history? Sure. On almost any other topic other than me? Go right ahead.
But unless you know me personally, you have no right to make statements regarding my personality that are simply not true. The fact that they are for the good (as opposed to for the bad) is of little relevance – they are both groundless lies without any basis in fact (and, since you don’t know me in real life, there is no way you can say that they *are* based on fact).
The Wolf
You misunderstood.
Fair enough. I apologize for mistaking your intentions, although I still believe it is wrong to attribute characteristics to a person that are the exact opposite of those that they hold of for themselves. Even if you don’t mean it to be mocking, it does come off that way.
The Wolf
Didn’t you SWEAR you’d NEVER bring chametz into your car anymore???
A. No, I didn’t.
B. Even if I did, a chatas is only brought for a shogeg. It cannot be brought for willfully violating an oath.
The Wolf
Well there is no question you are a holier, kinder and more thoughtful being than I could ever be. But that is old news.
I never said or implied any such thing. In fact, I think it’s downright offensive to mock me with those terms when you probably know my self-opinion is the opposite of that.
The Wolf
No, I would be more inclined in such a situation to say “see you next Shabbos/week”
OK, fair enough. To each their own.
I would rather give him my best wishes for a good week rather than a simple “see you next week.”
The Wolf
If you saw your friend at Shabbos Mincha and knew that you would not see him again until next week, would you not tell him a “Have a good week?”
The Wolf