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He was asked politely (and decreasingly less so) numerous times in 2015, when he surfaced. You can have a look at the threads from around then.
I’ve definitely been getting practice in the CR!
Which, I suppose, should lead to more benefits:
1) Developing a thicker skin and not taking everything so personally
2) Developing a thicker skin and being able to accept insults from lesser individuals without it bothering you.
“And I definitely don’t see why her minhagim should be the trendsetter.”
Why not if he doesn’t have a mesorah? As you wrote, if he has no mesorah, he can choose his minhagim, so wouldn’t the next best (to following his own mesorah) be following his wife’s (who does have a mesorah)? I don’t think that he has to if he doesn’t want to, but wouldn’t that be the logical choice?
You’re right that the most ideal choice for him to choose would probably be his
wifes Minhagim. But it isn’t that her minhagim bind him in a case where he has no mesorah; he may choose his own “derech” and she would still be bound to follow him. It may be convenient, considerate and accommodating of him to allow her to keep her own Mesorah, but it doesn’t become the default [halachically] when he doesn’t have his own.If we are talking about personal preference, my point is obviously moot, as is yours in the most case. If we are talking about Halachic precedence, her minhagim would have no more relevance than the next door neighbours.
I don’t know if an act performed publicly is considered “public arena” by somebody whose job isn’t to be public.
If the heter is based on אומן על אומנתו, then that could only be for someone who is a public agent.
And we’ve gone and ruined Sam2’s Yom Tov again.
Oh well.
At least the one that I had after the sedar was that good.
I don’t mean to accuse or make you feel bad, but you may want to look into the Halachos of eating after the Seder – or, more specifically, after eating the Afikoman.
The Nefesh Hachaim writes that a Jew doing an Aveirah causes much more damage than Pharoah, Haman Nevuchadnetzar and Titus etc. They can only affect this world, whereas the action of a Yid has the power to affect other (much more important) worlds. So, in a manner of speaking, we are more dangerous than Hizbullah.
I have heard b’sheim R’ Chaim that he argued with the Chafetz Chaim about discussing public figures – he felt that this like אומן על אומנתו, and you may discuss anything a public figure does in the public arena. Does anyone know a mekor for this?
I don’t think so. If someone doesn’t have their own Mesorah, they are permitted (for the better part) to choose their own “minhagim”. (This is limited to certain cases, some things have a default in Halachah unless you have a Mesorah differently)
I don’t see why the wife wouldn’t have to follow the husband like any other wife.
And I definitely don’t see why her minhagim should be the trendsetter.
For obvious reasons, I will not answer the question of whether the Chofetz Chaim was frummer than the Vilna Gaon.
You sound intelligent enough to understand that DY was not asking your opinion to rate two Gedoilim but was aptly pointing out a basic discrepancy in your posts.
His own decision not to was a personal stringency
But in the absence of such a mesora, there is no advantage (halachically) to refrain from eating them
Open your eyes, Mik5, you are contradicting yourself. How can you say something is a personal ‘stringency’ if it has no basis and is not in any way a ma’aleh?
Forgive me, but I want to reask my question: If somebody made a Kabbalah b’Peh b’Hoketz not to eat Gebroktz on Pesach, would you categorize that as a Neder L’dvar Mitzvah?
You don’t see the point in being as frum as the Steipler?
If you would be מקבל on yourself not to eat gebrokts, do you think that would be a Neder L’dvar Mizvah? The Chasam Sofer did.
For the record, I also eat gebrokts. But not for the reasons you stated.
No gebrots (I don’t hold of this one, as I have no intention of being frummer than the Vilna Gaon)
Just an observation – why did you feel the need to point out that you don’t keep this one because you wouldn’t want to be frummer than the Vilna Gaon more than the others? Do you keep all the other ‘chumros’ you mentioned?
And is the reason you don’t keep it really because you don’t want to be frummer than the Vilna Gaon?
Rav Belsky said that you have to be certain beyond all doubt that he is really a goy.
Because it is a רוב שיכול לברר?
Are roiv people who look like goyim and are unashamedly buying bagels, yidden?
Is anyone going to quote the Nefesh Hachaim at the beginning of Shaar Aleph?
Although, of course, that’s not what The Honourable Mr Klein was referring to.
What is the reason behind the chumra?
Ask any Mashgiach – foods that are processed have so many more avenues to go wrong.
You are not allowed to touch Chometz.
I don’t think you have to be חושש that a woman who appears to be a Goy looking to buy chometz on Pesach is a Jewess. There is a רוב goyim in the city.
R’ Yonasan Eiberchitz writes an interesting compromise in the Haftorah to Emor:
ולכן יהיה כהנים בני צדוק כה”ג והבכורים כהנים הדיוטים וא”ש.
A quick google search turned this up:
ס’ “אוצרות רבותינו מבריסק” ע’ ס”ג
I have seen brought down that the source of the Or HaChaim is this:
כל מקום שנאמר לי אינו זז לעולם לא בעולם הזה ולא לעולם הבא..בבכורות כתיב “כי לי כל בכור” –
ויקרא רבה ב בIf the gadol hador says that it is an issur d’oraysa, there is nothing further to discuss
Respectfully, you would be right if other gedolim didn’t argue. There are enough legitimate Gedoilim who are matter smoking. See שמירת שבת כהילכתה.
Can we call it a Machlokes HaPoskim?
Me thinks that attempting #CRDSYAC here would get my SN blocked and this thread shut down.
Correct. I’ve already got my sights on it even without you doing that…
I do, and I make a brachah.
Where I live, many people do. Most Nusach Ashkenaz shuls do, and the Shtibelach are mix and match. Of course, anybody slightly Chassidish for more than one generation doesn’t, because al pi Kaballah you are Chayav Misah.
There is a two volume sefer (very small and thin) called מעתיקי שמועה, where they are מלקט various Chiddushim of the Brisker Rav from his Talmidim – from Shailos UTeshuvos, from Sefarim al haShas and other sources. I saw it there.
The sefer is out of print, so it is quite hard to get hold of. It is very possible I’ll have access over Shabbos, so I will try look for the original source.
I think he says explicitly that you can quote someone by name. He brings examples from Amoiroim (R’ Papa bsheim Rava?) who bent the truth when quoting other Amoiroim who never said such a thing.
(*Male) – When I wrote that only the males will be Kohanim Gedolim, I said this with reservation.
There is an enormous Machlokes Rishonim to define the P’sul of אשה in the Avoidas Hamikdash. Some learn that every woman is passul because she is a זרה – the Kedushas Kehunah was given only to the male progeny of Ahron. Others learn that there is a specific p’sul relating only to women, unrelated to that of Zar (non-Kohen). [One major difference being whether a Bas Kohen who does the Avoidah is Chayev Misah]
If the whole impedition is because she is not a Kohen, then in a time when all non-Kohanim are allowed to perform the Avoidah, women may also be permitted.
Still, I find it difficult to believe that women will be doing the Avoidah.
Interesting to note that we davened to day for the Kohanim to return to the Duchan, for the Leviim to return to their singing – no mention was made of anyone else performing any Avoidah.
The Or Hachaim brings it down in a couple of places (Vayechi 49.28, Bamidbar 3.45, :
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=39995&st=&pgnum=20
http://beta.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=38295&st=&pgnum=143&hilite=I can’t remember where the Daas Zekeinim is.
See also Moadim V’Zmanim Ch”7, Si’ 169. (Not on Hebrewbooks.org)
Although any Hebrew comes up as ?????????, the real words come up on the google search page. So if you want to work out what something really says, you can try manoeuvre it to come up as a google search result.
I know that it’s the Kohanim who are in charge of slaughtering the animals for sacrifices, but are there going to be any jobs for the non-Kohanim in management of these sacrifices?
Many people are under the impression that the firstborns will revert to their original status of Priesthood when the Third Temple is rebuilt. The Brisker Rav zt”l held that this was blasphemous [and contravened the principle of faith that the Torah will never be changed nor will there be another Torah forevermore] and incorrect. Somebody showed me recently a דעת זקנים מבעלי תוס who does say that the firstborns will get the avoidah. (I understand this to be in addition to the Kohanim).
The Ba’al HaTurim (Yisro) on the Pasuk ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש writes that the original plan was for us ALL to be כהנים גדולים, and we lost that right by the sin of the Golden Calf. But לעתיד לבא this Halachah will be renewed, and all of Klal Yisroel (male*) will be Kohanim Gedolim. I don’t know how literally this is meant to be taken.
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Only joking.
(Late night)
I have never tasted a Pesach cake that was any good.
Oh! Come around, sample some of ours. Their excellent.
Oh, you don’t mish? Didn’t mean to offend you. Sorry.
The Gemara in Bechoros (8a) writes about creatures called “dolphinim” (דולפנים) which called בני ימא.
Rashi explains:דגים יש בים שחציין צורת אדם וחציין צורת דג ובלע״ז שריינ״א
My first attempt at the #CRDSYAC resulted in a closed thread. (I tried to direct the thread into a positive light by calling #CRDSYAC, but people seemed more interested in presenting their own opinions than joining the challenge)
I think I managed to see and present a different perspective to what I would have instinctively thought, and it was definitely less judgemental.
I declare this operation a success.
Plus I would assume that it’s only permitted in a situation in which you feel that it’s really important to convince someone of this truth.
I think he says it in relevance to Limmud Hatorah as well – if you are arguing over a sugya and you are convinced of the validity of your claim (which can often happen without an explicit source), you any lie and pretend to have seen it somewhere else. I haven’t seen it for some time, I’ll bli neder look it up.
Joseph: A disclaimer – I have not learnt Hilchos Tzedak (other than a quick perusal); I did not intend to make a halachic argument. My point was just that if we are mechuyav to reinstate what we consider to be an unnecessary lap of luxury, we certainly should fargin the lifestyle. It was a response to the CRDSYAC (CR Defend Something You’re Against Challenge), so I didn’t give it much thought.