WolfishMusings

And how would you know the milked animal was a treifah until AFTER it was shechted? By that time, the milk was probably already drunk.

At least some of the signs of a tereifah are external and visible while the animal is still alive.

The Wolf

Since last week there is a prominent sign posted in Rav Lieff shlita’s shul (the Agudah where the Flatbush Asifa will take place) with the above Psak Halacha (with those two words in big bold letters) of, and signed by, Hagaon Haadir Posek Hador Ba’al Shevet Halevi HaRav Shmuel Wosner shlit”a.

So, you’re saying that they’re NOT going to say anything along the lines of “if you must have it at home, make sure it’s filtered…?” And they’re going to make sure that yeshivos no longer accept (or throw out) kids from homes with internet connections that are filtered?

The Wolf

All the Gedolim and Rabbonim shlit”a sitting on the dais were officially supporting the Kinus, its message and the psak halacha read out loud by Hagaon Haadir Posek Hador Ba’al Shevet Halevi HaRav Shmuel Wosner shlit”a.

So, if they all support the p’sak given at the asifa by R. Wosner that the internet is forbidden in the home with or without a filter, will that be the message delivered at the second Flatbush asifa in less than two weeks? Will it be reiterated at this meeting that R. Wosner paskened that children who have parents with an Internet connection (filtered or not) in their home should not be accepted into yeshivos?

Or will the message be different now that (to borrow a baseball term) we’re in front of the home crowd? And, if so, how can you say that the gedolim support R. Wosner’s p’sak?

The Wolf

why don’t we have cheesecake then?

Who is stopping you? Have all the cheesecake you want.

The Wolf

When Moshiach comes all the cholim will be healed from their sicknesses IY”H.

Perhaps because by then the advance of medical knowledge will have made such a thing possible.

The Wolf

Why shouldn’t we?

I’m sure that as metal working technology improved, better knives and implements were used in the BHMK. I don’t think there was any requirement to go back to pre-Davidic metalsmithing to produce implements for the 2nd BHMK.

The Wolf

I believe (although I could be wrong) that charitable organizations (and political candidates) are exempt from the DNC restrictions.

However, I wonder if you might have a case if you specifically told them to stop calling you and kept careful records of whom you told it to and when you told them.

The Wolf

I’m reminded of the time (and yes, I know that I’m dating myself here) when I used to play Strat-O-Matic Baseball in yeshiva during lunch/recess. One time a bully threatened to tell the Rosh Yeshiva that we had baseball cards which, ostensibly, were forbidden in the school. I was about to object that they aren’t baseball cards, but then I stopped myself. I figured “what does the Rosh Yeshiva know about baseball cards? He’ll see cards, they’re about baseball, ergo, they’re baseball cards.”

The Wolf

a good number of rabbanim say txting is assur

I had no idea that my sending a text to Eeees asking her to pick up extra milk was a sin*.

I guess that’s what I get for being a dispecable, horrible, rotten person — I sin and sin and sin even when I didn’t intend to.

The Wolf

* I texted her (as opposed to calling her) because she was probably seeing clients at the time and I didn’t want to interrupt her by actually calling.

Wolf, at home do you have a filter that operates when you use the computer?

Yes

What about on your internet-enabled cellphone?

No. But we already agree that I’m a horrible person who is detested by any and all who come into contact with me and who has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

The Wolf

100% treif

Sigh. I remember when I took the EMT course at Brooklyn College years ago. Yes, it was mixed. Yet another reason, I suppose, that I’m doomed to eternal damnation.

The Wolf

I had a friend whom that happened to and, in fact, recently mentioned him in a blog post on the shidduch system.

The relevant quote:

When he was dating, he had a list of traits (both physical and non-physical) that his future wife had to have. She had to be in a specific age range, with specific hair color, a weight range and on and on. He dated for a while, unsuccessfully. And then, something happened.

He moved out of town and met, apparently on his own, a divorced mother fifteen years his senior. She was overweight and had the “wrong” hair color. And, yet, he was deliriously happy with her. He found his match. She certainly wasn’t was he was looking for on the physical side, but he was so happy with her emotionally, mentally and spiritually that he simply put all that aside and decided that he loved her for who she was inside, despite the fact that she had all these qualities (older, overweight, divorced, mother) that would have caused her to be kept out of the “shidduch market.” In other words, once he found someone he was happy with, the physical side of his “wish list” became less important and, perhaps, irrelevant. They’re still married, fifteen years later.

The Wolf

It was reported on VIN

Well, if it was, it’s not there now. Nor is it on any of the other major Jewish news sites.

In addition, googling “arthur ashe” and internet and limiting the result to the last 24 hours yields only one hit — this thread.

In other words, I’ll believe it when I see it somewhere else besides here.

The Wolf

I was directed, by a known posek, to call the morgue and ask if there were corpses of Jewish people stored there.

You called the wrong person. A better person to call would have been the hospital chaplain. Even if non-Jewish, he would certainly understand the need for an answer on this type of question (and his ne’emanus shouldn’t be any different than a random person answering the phone in the morgue).

The Wolf

Is it muttar to serve booze at simchas?

Is it muttar? Obviously it is.

Is it a good idea? And, if it is done, what responsibilities do the guests and the ba’al simcha have?

Those are other questions that should be debated. But the answer to your question in the OP is very simple — yes, it’s muttar.

The Wolf

The key here is appropriate per situation. Plasticware at home makes sense. Period.

Ah, so if the idea is that one should look dignified in public, then I assume that if I bring lunch to work (certainly a public situation) then one should not use plasticware. Do I need to bring a real plate/silverware to work for my lunch in order to be properly dignified?

And what about the other things I asked about? If I were sitting in front of the king, I wouldn’t be reading a book, but yet I read on the subway all the time. Is that a problem? What about humming a tune to myself? I certainly wouldn’t do it front of a king…

The Wolf

Lt. Berenbaum was drafted and had no choice but to join.

Well, isn’t that the premise of the question at hand?

The Wolf

You are not presenting yourself to the world when you are showering. When you present yourself to the world, you should project yourself the way you you would look before a king.

When you shower, you also do so as if your in His presence – that just has different ramifications in that circumstance.

And the other stuff I mentioned? Is it sinful to eat with plasticware on a Wednesday evening at home in front of Him because I wouldn’t do so if the President were present?

The Wolf

Would you go in front of a King wearing your jacket over your shoulders?

I guess I need to stop showering, eating with plastic plates/cups, humming to myself and reading while riding on the subway, since I would never do any of those in front of a king either.

The Wolf

Epis,

If you’re wondering how to make it so that your friend does not have mixed dancing at his wedding, here is what you should do:

1. Ask your friend for the guest list. Call everyone on the list and warn them that there will be mixed dancing and that if they participate, they will be in violation of a severe issur.

2. Get to the wedding hall early, erect a mechitzah and put up signs indicating which side is the mens’ side and which is the womens’.

3. When people arrive and begin to disregard your efforts, make a scene. Physically stand in the way when men and women begin to dance. Shout and scream over the music. Perhaps even try to physically separate the couples.

When all this is done, you will no longer have the problem of having a friend with mixed dancing by his wedding. Instead, you will have an ex-friend with mixed dancing by his wedding.

The Wolf

So you disagree with the Sefer HaChinuch?

I didn’t agree or disagree with anyone. I made an observation.

Yes, I know that in some circles, having the ability to make an independent observation is the sign of the worst sort of spiritual corruption. That’s fine… I never claimed to be anything other than utterly spiritually corrupt.

(And, yes, I’m also fully aware of the fact that I didn’t rush to affirm what the Sefer HaChinuch said [i.e. the fact that I said that I didn’t agree or disagree in my previous post] also makes me an apikorus as well.)

The Wolf

If anyone truly needs a “constant reminder” that they are married, then they have far worse issues than the question of whether or not they should wear a ring.

The Wolf

So, go to sleep early. Who’s stopping you?

Or do you propose to organize a “bedtime posse” to round up those who flout your authority as bedtime monitor?

The Wolf