Yabia Omer

Virtually no chance? Perhaps when it comes to conversion they go with Orthodox rabbi and do it kadat vekadin but in the rest of the their life they are not “frum”. You do realize that is very plausible.

Why does it matter that the parents are “frum”. Why wouldn’t “Jewish” be enough for a Bashert?

Perhaps Ashkenazim are Khazars? How is that a “Superior mesora”?

The Reichmann’s were a classic “Hungarian” family.

i agree 100 % w/ Pashut’s last 2 statements. Very very well said.

I don’t know who AviK is but don’t put him down like that in public. What’s the matter with you, talking like that? And you ostensibly represent a Chashuv yeshiva (YCB) and this is how you act? Not nice.

When I speak of Meshugas, it’s something that the Ashkenazic community should take to heart and do some soul searching. Don’t take it as an insult. Take it as a “maybe we’ve gone too far in some respects and we should change course”. Nothing wrong with a little introspection.

This is a real question. How do you measure predominance? How is the Maharsha more “predominant” than the HIDA? The former wrote a commentary to the Talmud, the latter wrote 36 books on all facets of Torah? Is it number of people influenced? Don’t forget that as of right the 1600s the Ashkenazic population eclipsed the Sephardic one. But that’s just a numbers game, not an inherent superiority.

I was going to post Is English Holy but you beat me to it. My argument was Artscroll.

“Don’t understand at all why in 21st century שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום is with Onkelos rather than רש״י.”

Bc Gemara says clearly Chayav Adam Lehashlim parshiyotav Im hatzibur 2 mikra ve echad targum.

But people should ideally try and do both. Rashi and Onkelos

NCB: Ashkenazim SHOULD be proud of their Mesora. But they should not be ignoramuses. And all Jews need to realize that Torah is Torah. you should learn from a Rav from Poland just as you should from one from Egypt. That is the enlightened way to approach Torah.

Yes, only Europe had rabbis. Only Europe had Torah.

Never ever compare your Mesora which is at most a few centuries, to those of the Sephardim which is 1000+ years. Don’t ever debase their Mesora by comparing to yours.

Joseph. You’re absolutely right. Without the Ashkenazim, the Sephardim would be devoid of Torah. Prior to WWII they’re was no Torah in Sephardic lands. (Sarcastic).
If you learn a little more I guarantee you will change how you think. But you have to be WILLING to learn.

Yes a there was a Minhag not just in Ashkenazic lands that only a Talmid Chacham would where a Talit. Lay people would not as this was Yohara. And certainly not cover their heads with it.

Notice how it stopped at Rav Ashi? Why is that? In those days the leaders were unquestioned and they were at a very high spiritual level. We have so many factions today plus they are nowhere near the level of the Amoraim, much less Moshe

Yiddish has Kedusha but Hebrew does not?? How does that make any sense?

What if the rabbi that Maharil Diskin met was from Turkey or Yemen and never spoke Yiddish? My understanding was that the international language of Rabbis was Hebrew.

Wasn’t one of the reasons that R’ Elazar ben Azarya was chosen as Nasi because he was meyuchas to Ezra?

No he’s referring to Beis Sholom

Ashkenazim have a neurotic and complicated time with Israel. Why do you complicate things. Israel is good. Nekuda.