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Voldemort – It’s an unfounded conspiracy theory. Rambam writes in his introduction to the third part of the Guide:
“To give a full explanation of the mystic passages of the Bible is contrary to the Law and to reason; besides, my knowledge of them is based on reasoning, not on divine inspiration [and is therefore not infallible]. I have not received my belief in this respect from any teacher, but it has been formed by what I learnt from Scripture and the utterances of our Sages, and by the philosophical principles which I have adopted.”
Emphasis mine.
ItcheSrulik –
I know, and I agree. But the fact that the Rambam would explain it away to fit in with his understanding does not mean that that is the only “Jewish” explanation. So in response to Sam, there is indeed a source for the concept.
What is a din for one person is an unnecessary chumra for another.
That’s a great point! I’m gonna ask my rav.
lol i like how u trademarked that
Kugel gets better with age.
Sam – There are a few Midrashim to that effect. For example, Bereishis Rabbah 20:5: “????? ???? ??? ???????”, and ibid 95:1: “?? ?? ????? ???”? ????? ??? ???? ????? ????”. If you want to fit this in with the Rambam I think that Wolf’s approach is the best way to go. (One could also split hairs and say that these Midrashim are referring to the time of techiyas hameisim, and the Rambam l’sihtaso holds that techiyas hameisim is not necessarily going to be at the same time as the coming of mashiach.)
first u want be a black hat and now u want to buy one?
well you’re lucky i don’t know where you live, or you wouldn’t have any left :p
btw happy cranniversary 🙂
In 3012 everyone will be speaking Klingon and the only people left speaking English will be those few Yidden who don’t want to let go of the mama loshon (or, as it will affectionately be known as then, “the mother tounge”).
that’s true goq, but i was lying in bed and didn’t want to get up
lol pcoz
lol bsd
I could really use a good piece of kugel right now.
Meheicha teisi that you need rain to wear galoshes? Do you always shtel tzu to what society says?
Yeshivish/English dictionary for the less informed:
Meheicha teisi: Where did you bring it from; i.e. from where did you derive it?
Shtel tzu: Conform
(There should be a thread with such a dictionary/glossary, if there isn’t one already.)
popa-
I don’t see how you are disagreeing with anything I said. I’m fine with people doing it themselves, as I specifically wrote: “It would certainly be an extra nice thing if someone would have mayim acharonim brought to the table for the guests even though it’s not his own minhag.” My point was that telling YehudaTzvi that he ought to do that is heading down that slippery slope. If someone wants to be extra nice on their own, beseder, but I think it is wrong to even hint that someone is expected to go that extra mile. At the same time, I think it IS expected of him to allow them to use his sink, and it would be nice of him to offer. Obviously if someone has a valid chumra it’s no one’s right or business to stop them from keeping it.
R’ Matisyahu said in a shmooze today in BMG that he thinks when mashiach will come the internet will be a heilige thing where all it is used for is accessing Torah and keeping in touch with rabbanim.
lol, sam and i were mechaven to the same chumra
popa –
I think it is dangerous to tell people that they ought to go out of his way to facilitate others’ chumras. Like I said, it’s a slippery slope. Allow people to do what they want. But don’t tell people they have to help others do everything they want. Just look at how many people have stopped eating gebrochts in the last ten years because of being nice to others. What if in fifty years no one eats gebrochts anymore? Will I, who won’t change, be considered an oisvorf? This is the way of the world. So to stop that kind of thing from happening, I say keep your chumras and do what you want, but keep your kuladig minhagim too and don’t change them for the sake of someone else’s convenience.
REALIST –
It would certainly be an extra nice thing if someone would have mayim acharonim brought to the table for the guests even though it’s not his own minhag. However, I think it would be wrong to suggest that he ought to do it.
My concern is that saying so would lead us further down a slippery slope which we’re already on; one that might lead us to a place where we demand that everyone keep everyone else’s chumros in order to make Yiddishkeit monolithic, because after all, that would be most convenient. On the other hand, suggesting that someone bring Coke to the table would not especially enable chumras to proliferate this way.
Most definitely.
REALIST – I think there’s a difference. But to each their own.
“Terutz” is not the correct terminology. “Teshuva” would be more appropriate. A kashya gets a terutz; a she’eila gets a teshuva.
YehudaTzvi – I think as long as you say that in an amicable fashion you have more than done your part as a gracious and thoughtful host. My minhag is to wash mayim acharonim, and as a guest I would not expect more than that.
whatever it is, it isn’t very sharp
If I was in your position I would probably tell my guests that we don’t pass around mayim acharonim because it’s not our minhag, but feel free to use the sink if you’d like.
do i have to leave
I think it’s okay to Google someone. It’s stalkery to make a fake Facebook account to friend someone you want information on. There is a difference.
maskim
never happens to me
HaLeiVi –
You can bring up whatever facts you’d like, but the fact is the only thing we have R’ Yehuda saying about the Romans is praise. ??? ?’ ????? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?????? ???? ????? ???? ??????? – Shabbos 33b. The Romans even gave him the position of always being the first speaker because he lauded them so.
There are plenty of places to order take-out from. Just bring a hot plate.
bagel nosh
Do eggs make chickens or do chickens make eggs?
Read books and/or find a good therapist.
If you would like book suggestions there are some here:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/self-esteem-books
Lemme guess… Because Shabbos is not b’gematria gilgul?
Sounds like you are describing R’ Shachter to a T.
The regular R’ Yehuda, one of the five students mentioned above, whose full name was R’ Yehuda bar Ila’i, was very pro-Roman. R’ Shimon bar Yochai, on the other hand, thought lowly of the Romans.
I would totally vote for Snape.
The term Orthodox means traditional and conventional.
No, that is what the term orthodox means. The term Orthodox, however, means keeping in line with traditional rabbinic Judaism.
Health – I can only speak for myself, but this isn’t something your typical yoreh yoreh person is an expert in, even if he is quite knowledgeable in the more common (i.e. day to day) areas of halacha. So I can understand why you might not get many educated responses. Best idea would probably be to find a chashuve rav or rosh chabura who knows these inyanim and chap a shmooze.
Well I know an Ester is a chemical compound derived by reacting an oxoacid with a hydroxyl compound such as an alcohol or phenol. Maybe she smelled nice. Mordechai I don’t know, is it some kind of slang? Like, “more da chai mon” – Judeo-Jamaican for “more life”.
The Mishna Berura I cited is in 53:82.
Dude, you are misquoting. He says ???? ????? ????? ?????. I didn’t even have to look inside to remember that. He’s talking about songs of lust and foul language. And aderaba, the same Mishna Berura quotes a Bach l’halacha that it’s okay to use non-Jewish tunes in shul. So there.
They hold like Elvis.
karaoke
??? ??? ????: (???? ??, ?) “?? ??? ????? ?? ???? ??? ???? ?? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ??? ??? ???”: ?? ???? ????? ???? ????? ?????? ?? ???, “???,” ??? ???, “???? ?? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?? ??? ??? ???”: ???? ?????.
[It is written:]
[what your teacher has to say] [i.e.] separate from him.– Chullin 6a
Logician – That’s gufa her gadlus. Anyone can make up new things, the kuntz is to be able to write a novel that works with all the old mythology.
Sam – I know what they say.
Personally I think if I was drafted I would choose to serve my country.
Throughout history Jews have always fought for their countries. I heard from a history teacher of mine that during the Byzantine/Persian wars (in the days of the amoraim) they did not do battle on Saturday or Sunday; on Sunday because of the Christian soldiers and on Saturday because of the Jewish ones, who were on both sides. Also, I believe there are quite a few responsa about the very complex problem of what to do as a soldier on the battlefield being perfectly aware that your enemy might be a fellow Jew. It was not uncommon.