Yabia Omer

Haha. It’s called know your audience Ubq

If Joseph is a Satmar, then no matter what anyone says about Israel won’t be good enough to convince him.

I think everyone agrees that the Torah level in Israel is higher than America. America is very parve.

It does not bother me to call it Eretz Israel. It just seems that many people do it bedavka as though it is more “religious”.

I am not denying the fact that there is a concept of Eretz Israel. Of course the Land, which transcends any political boundaries, is holy. What I am saying is what is so wrong with simply saying “my son learns in Israel” or “I just cam back from a trip to Israel”?

But I think Sephardic pronunciation is more correct thus frummer. Why is there an “o” sound? Makes no sense. Kamatz SOMETIMES makes o but not always.

In housing court. I was in college and the landlord wanted to evict us so that he could renovate the building. We eventually got like 6 months rent-free. When I came back to campus the following conversation took place:
Classmate: you know the Twin Towers? They’re gone.
Me: Gone?!
Classmate: GONE!

Yes. Bar Minan.

Ubq: “Why not fargin others some fun?”

Is fargin where the Hebrew word Lefargen (to compliment) comes from?

What does it matter what the Eidah thinks? How is that relevant?

He had the sources. He was a master of mekorot. I trust him with emuna pshuta. If you want to question everything, zeigezunt. Plus, why are they any more doubtful than the Ashkenazic descendants of Khazars?

Rav Ovadia said they are Zeta Israel. So what’s your point?

I don’t think Ethiopians are any more or less Jewish than Ashkenazim

Sphardishe.

I think everyone understands that the split of the 10 Tribes happened waaaay before Jews were categorized as A or S. I think the OP is just trying rile me up.

YO most definitely has a Neshama that is Yiddish/Jewish/Yehudit (t, feminine, Neshama is f.). I don’t point things out to create machloket. i do it for collective self-reflection. When one is in a group of similar people there is a constant reinforcing feedback loop. Without outside observation, you’ll just keep doing the same things or intensifying those things that you’re already doing.

I agree with the above posters that in America English is probably the most unifying language, Perhaps a few Yiddish and Hebrew speeches are ok. I would imagine most Sefardim would not be offended at all if there were some speeches in Yiddish. You kind of have to know your audience.

I understand that Tanachic Hebrew and MIH are not identical. But I refer to both as Hebrew.

With all due respect to R’ Yoel of Satmar, he is not the final word on the status of Hebrew. He is entitled to his da’at but it is not binding on all Jews.

Am I in crazy land? You guys are asking how Hebrew is THE Jewish language?

I don’t get how anyone can be “frum” and not speak Hebrew? This is not a Dati Leumi thing or tzioyni thing. It’s the most basic thing in being a Jew. You learn in Hebrew, pray in Hebrew etc. It’s not like it’s some language that we’re not exposed to at all. Plus go to Israel and even in “Chareidi” yeshivas they speak Hebrew.

Now, I’m not expecting everyone to speak like an Israeli but every observant Jew should have some sort of command of the Hebrew language especially in 2019. An argument could be made for 1850s Poland or Libya. But not now.

Am I in some sort of strange dream?

Avi K is right. Our common language is Hebrew. Why arent’t these rabbis speaking Hebrew? That is the most basic thing a rabbi should know. Forget Sephardim, he VAST majority of American Jews do NOT understand Yiddish.

Yiddish is a part of our collective fabric as a people it is true. But not unifying, not common. Just like Gerush Sfarad is part of our collective history even though not all Jews experienced it.

Actually I heard from a Choshuv Rav that Sefardim are from Yehuda and A are from Epharim

Probably 10% of American Jews put on Tefilin. And most of them are NOT Sephardic.