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Again, once someone is meeting their tzedaka obligations (and certainly once they hit the 20% mark), they are free to spend the rest of their money as they see fit, without any guilt trips.
If a guy gives $200,000 of his million dollar salary to tzedaka, I certainly don’t begrudge him a $40,000 watch, an expensive car, or anything else he can afford.
The Wolf
I thought you would respond that way. So I ask, do you think he would stay there if his brother or father were the teacher?
Of course not. Let me be more clear… he would have acted the same way for anyone he does not know. Again, he is not doing so because he heard something about me.
Wolf, sorry, but you are indeed an am ha’oretz. It is a befeirushe Halochah in Hilchos L.H. that you may not believe it but may exercise caution.
The irony of someone publicly calling someone else an am ha’aretz while discussing Hilchos Lashon Hara is simply amazing.
You could have said “you’re wrong, it’s a b’frairush halacha.” You could have said “Perhaps you should look at siman xxx…” You could have made your point any number of ways without actually issuing a personal insult and attack.
But no, you have to actually call someone an Am HaAretz. Perhaps you should learn the Halachos of Lashon Hara yourself as well.
The Wolf
Wolf,
Does the father of the boy you teach leining to *believe* that you are dangerous, or is he merely excercising caution?
He is exercising caution.
The difference is this: he would do the same with *any* person teaching his son. It’s not me, personally, that he’s worried about. He’s not reacting to any potential Loshon Hara he may have heard about me.
Or am I to assume that mdd would not allow *anyone* to administer therapy to his daughter?
The Wolf
And Wolfish, I’m sick of this question. Whatever one answers he/she is doomed. There is a concept in L”H of not believing yet being smart enough to “err on the side of caution”.
And yet, if you’re “erring on the side of caution” then you DO believe it — at least to some extent.
The Wolf
Artchill, being convicted in a secular court of law on a testimony of the alleged victim is zero in Halochah. There is an issue of believing loshon horah also.
Does this mean that you would have no problems with the defendant giving therapy to your daughter (since you don’t believe the “LH”)?
The Wolf
Remember that the halacha is that we only execute a murderer who received a warning beforehand that he acknowledged.
Lacking that vital condition Beis Din does not execute him.
Well, they can if they want to… they just in a much more gruesome manner than they would otherwise do it.
The Wolf
Cantgetit,
I’m not arguing with someone who is intimating that every get issued in the state of New York is passul. You’ve done this in the past and, no doubt, will continue to do so in the future. However, I am not getting involved in this debate. And so I reiterate my advice:
If you feel this is a concern for a shidduch that you or someone you know is involved in, contact the Beis Din which issued the get and your local Orthodox rabbi and follow their advice.
Period. Full stop.
The Wolf
Contact the Beis Din which issued the get and your local Orthodox Rabbi and follow their advice.
The Wolf (who is NOT going to get involved in a pointless argument about “Get laws” with this particular poster.)
The Wolf
A few horror stories do not reflect on an entire profession. PhDMom, +1!
And, as we all know, the profession hasn’t changed a bit since the day R. Miller passed away.
The Wolf
I don’t even understand what it is you’re asking for…
The Wolf
My 3rd Chumro is that I shall spend a few days in the Southern Hemisphere this coming weekend, so that I can really feel the full impact of the tragedies of Assoro b’Teves by fasting at the summer solstice.
There’s nothing stopping you from staying here (or wherever you are) and just fasting a few extra hours.
Of course, the *real* chumra would be to travel to the South Pole and then fast until sunset — in late March.
The Wolf
Ba’alei Simcha should be more careful about it or have them play classical music over the speakers in the bathroom to avoid this problem.
There are no speakers in the bathroom. The music in the main hall is just loud. Even installing speakers is not a solution… you’d have to play the non-Jewish music fairly loudly to drown out the Jewish music.
The Wolf
Who are they advertising to
Obviously, people who can afford watches in that price range.
if people do wear $40,000 watches its very sick indeed
That’s merely your opinion. I personally hate ostentatious displays, but that doesn’t mean that one who doesn’t hate them is “very sick indeed.”
yet these advertisers obviously are getting business of people making simchas in hotels and people buying insanely expensive Jewelry that costs more than most cars
What is your problem? Is it that the advertisers are earning a living? Or that people go on these vacations and buy these cars?
Furthermore, once a person meets his tzedaka obligation, he’s entitled to spend his money as he wishes.
In addition, keep this in mind: if you don’t allow someone to spend his money on luxury items, all you’re doing is putting the luxury item maker out of business. You are, in effect, *removing* parnassah from the community, not adding to it.
The Wolf
I find this to be a problem when I go to a simcha.
Often, the music in the main hall is loud enough to be heard in the bathroom (especially in the smaller simcha halls) and, often, that music consists of pesukim or Ma’amarei Chazal.
The Wolf
Incidently considering 50% of couples that go for “marital counseling” by Mental Health proffesionals wind up divorced I would think that means a good portion of the proffesionals are incompetent.
Not necessarily so. Assuming the statistic is correct, it still doesn’t prove your point because you’re ignoring all the other variables.
The population of couples who go for marital therapy are not randomly selected. Couples in healthy relationships tend to not go to therapy. The ones who do go (generally speaking) are the ones that have problems in the marriage. So, the group that goes to therapists are a self-selected group with a bias toward marriages that already have issues.
Imagine, if you will, a doctor that deals with only high-risk patients that have a high (over 50%) mortality rate. If only 50% of his patients live, then the doctor is doing a *good* job — not a bad one. You can’t compare his patients’ mortality to the general population and say “oh, he must be killin’ ’em!”
The Wolf
Will try to, sorry.
Thank you. That’s *much* better.
The Wolf
My sister got her Master’s as an occupational therapist at LIU.
The Wolf
Stories need to have conflict. A story where everything goes well for everyone and nobody suffers any adversity is a very boring story.
The Wolf
A new chumrah opens up new zchusim for the person who made the kabbolah
Only eat foods that start with the letter “Q.”
The Wolf
I believe we discussed this once before on these boards.
Wouldn’t that make mute people immortal? 🙂
The Wolf
I am happy to report that this Shabbos at mincha I saw many people without ties. They have accepted this new chumrah because of the discussion on this thread! It was a nachas to watch them be mochiach others who were wearing ties by pointing out the error of their ways. B”H!!
And I’m happy to point out that I wore a tie by Mincha this Shabbos, and the previous one and the one before that and as far back as I can recall. And, furthermore, I don’t have any intention of stopping based on anything you may say in this thread.
The Wolf
(and I’ll be chozer on the kfira aspect)
Thank you. That’s all I was after.
The Wolf
Wolfish I didnt say kfira I saind “may border on kfira” The reason I said that was because a persons zivug is decided 40 days before birth
So what? The fact of the matter is that there *are* people who don’t get married. Would you say that people who don’t get married are “borderline kofrim” because they “ignored” the gemara which states that their zivig was decreed before birth?
The Wolf
The Wolf: But wasn’t the mitzva in every home? And isn’t the BHMK our home?
No. We don’t live in the BhM (as a residence).
The Wolf
If so, how could they light 8 lights on the 7-branched Menorah?
Why should it matter? The menorah in the BhM had nothing to do with Channukah. It was lit every day.
If Channukah is to be commemorated in the times of the third BhM, we will probably lit menorah in our homes, just as we do now.
The Wolf
Ben Levi,
Please… add an extra line between paragraphs. It will make what you write so much easier to read.
The Wolf
I just saw where R. Yaakov Bender, the Rosh Yeshiva of Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway wrote in the Yated (in the Chinuch Roundtable) that corporeal punishment is never acceptable.
The Wolf
What are you talking about IN the 1900s we did 9/9/99. In the 2000s we did 1/1/11.In 2100 it’s going to be 12/12/12
That was my point. There will be nine more times in this millenium when the (2-digit-year) date will be 12/12/12.
The Wolf
It’s funny that you’re calling me a fool
Well, to be honest, I only called you a fool if you were in the intelligence community and posted about it, as it could be potentially damaging to your career. If you’re not (which is probably the case), then you don’t fit the condition of my statement (i.e. “If you’re in the intelligence community…”)
That being said, I don’t know that his defense team saw all the evidence — I’d imagine that there’s quite a bit of classified material there. And if they did see it, they are probably bound by legal law not to discuss it in public (possibly making them fools if they did).
The Wolf
Baruch Dayan HaEmes.
The Wolf
I was referring to Hanssen in regards to the supermax, not Pollard
Please reread my post
You are correct. I mis-read your post.
My apologies.
The Wolf
ignore those who ignore/s
Wouldn’t you then have to ignore yourself?
The Wolf
He now spends 23 hours a day locked up in a supermax prison.
Actually, that’s not true. He’s incarcerated at Butner. Butner has two sections* — a low security prison and a medium security prison. Mr. Pollard is in the medium security prison. He is not in a Supermax prision (as, for example, Robert Hanssen, who is incarcerated at ADX Florence — the “maxest” Supermax prison in the Federal system).
The Wolf
* Yes, there’s also a hospital section at Butner — I’m not counting that.
There wasn’t a lot of evidence against him.
How could you possibly know this?
If you’re not in the intelligence community, you could not possibly know the evidence that may or may not exist against Mr. Pollard.
And if you are in the intelligence community (with knowledge of the case), you’re a fool for posting about it here on a public message board.
The Wolf
It is a Bizoyon to even contemplate utilizing an appellation of “minor”.
I think the term “minor” is in reference to the length of their books, not their personal stature.
How about instead of “minor prophets” we use “minor prophetic books?”
The Wolf
I actually have thought about this (though ti is a secular date).There will never again in this millenium be such a date.
12/12/2112
12/12/2212
12/12/2312
12/12/2412
12/12/2512
12/12/2612
12/12/2712
12/12/2812
12/12/2912
The Wolf
last sequential date
12/12/12 is repeating, not sequential. 11/12/13 14:15:16.17… may be the next sequential date.
The Wolf
You’re a lying Antisemite!
Wow, you’re full of vitriol.
Let me ask you this: even if what you say (regarding Pollard) is true (I don’t know one way or the other), isn’t it within the realm of reasonable possibility that the poster did not know that?
Or is it your policy to scream “lying Antisemite” to anyone who may happen to have potentially incorrect information?
The Wolf
By the way, there are online forum vendors (vBullilten comes to mind) where users can choose to “ignore” other users, so they don’t even see their posts.
Just sayin’.
The Wolf
What about Loyal Jew, farrocks, shmendrik or any of the other half dozen names he currently uses?
The Wolf
Thank you Wolf! What is the confidence interval?
98%
The Wolf
99% of statistics are made up on the spot.
Actually, it’s 84.7%.
The Wolf
2) Mr. W never had yichud with anyone.
No? Quick! Go tell the defense team! Maybe they can use that on appeal!
“It never happened because my wife was with me through every therapy session I ever had with the defendant and any other female client.”
Oh, wait — the defense never said that, did they?
The Wolf
In all seriousness, if you’re really worried about it, just roll up your sleeves a bit.
The Wolf
You don’t need to make fun
I wasn’t making fun of RT. She(?) made a joke (A/B ciphers for denim) and I simply went further with it.
If it came off as making fun of her, then I humbly apologize. It wasn’t my intent to do so.
The Wolf
Yes. Yes, it is.
As a result, everyone should cover themselves completely in plastic bags (except for their hands, of course) before washing.
The Wolf
Let’s see d=4, e=5, l=13, etc… Doesn’t seem to work for me.
Well, no wonder it doesn’t work for you. L would be 12, not 13. 🙂
The (23)(15)(12)(6)
his wife was with the girl at all times and no one from the girl or prosecution has even denied this fact
Well, it’s true that no one at the trial denied it. They also never denied that the Invisible Pink Unicorn rained the Fairy Dust of Innocence upon them during the trip.
The Wolf
1) Yes, you may say l”h about someone frei.
How do you define “someone frei?”
The Wolf
Not that i necessarily agree, but i think the intention of the kfirah accusation is that it shows a lack of bitachon.
I’d actually like to hear the OP’s reasoning on this. But I’m not holding my breath on his/her coming back to answer.
The Wolf