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What if the ring was Rebbetzin Kanievsky’s?

Avi, on that point I agree with HaLeiVi. The Chasam Sofer in Parshas Beshalach states clearly that certain secular knowledge is useful for learning certain Torah topics, such as cow anatomy being useful for shechitah, and arithmetic for Eruvin and Sukkah. But that before we embark on obtaining secular knowledge – and of course that means only to the extent that it is useful for our Torah studies – we must first fill ourselves with Torah-only knowledge. After we are strong in Torah, only then can we move to acquire the useful secular knowledge that we need for our Torah studies.

He quotes the Rambam, who he describes as “the father of philosophy” in our religion, in Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah, stating that a person may not learn philosophy until after he has “filled his stomach” with Shas and Poskim, which are the things, and only the things, that bring us Olam Habah. Then he quotes the Rashba, saying that there is a cherem against learning any secular studies if you are under age 25! The he quotes the Gemora in Brachos “Keep your children away from science” (higayon, as some meforshim translate it), noting that the Gemora is directing its prohibition at “your children”, but not at the adults, for adults, who are already advanced in Torah knowledge, need some secular knowledge, such as cow biology. (I’m emphasizing that so that we do not make the error of thinking that the secular knowledge that we need is a college education). But it is dangerous for us to pursue it until we are armed and ready with a Torah foundation. This is because someone with a Torah perspective looks at the value and culture of of secular studies differently than does someone ignorant of Torah. And we do want to get the proper perspective.

Would you borrow a Mesechtes Kesubos from a divorced man or would even that make you nervous?

Or is borrowing not as emotionally dangerous as buying the sefer from him?

You shouldn’t be learning Zohar until you’re 40 years old.

Isn’t it a bit disconcerting to assume that a divorced woman’s books, jewelry and possessions become contaminated, verboten and unfit for others use upon her divorce?

It was the women’s edition. But why are you blaming Rabbi Arush?!

lilmod, but in this case Rabbi Arush wrote the book – not the woman whose name is scribbled on the inside page.

Would you be hesitant to purchase Rabbi Arush’s book on shalom bayis from a used book shop if you saw written on the inside page the name of a divorced woman?

lightbrite: How is there a difference between generic and non-generic (or between one non-generic brand and another) of ibuprofen?

40 minutes because the newspaper gal needing a story reported that? The news didn’t report someone saw when the mother went in, they reported what the hero estimated he thought the time was. You know that it wasn’t shorter because you do dispatch for law enforcement or because “if you don’t want me to believe what has been reported in the media then YWN should never have ran with the story in the first place”?

Syag, the scenarios you describe are all real and true. But they have nothing to do with this particular mother and incident. There is no reason to think my suggested scenario isn’t pretty close to the truth. Unless you accept the media narrative. Because without the media narrative there’s nothing to suggest what I described isn’t exactly what happened.

One thing I’m willing to bet dollars-to-donuts is that the time-frame from when she went into the store until when she came running out, will turn out to be that what the media suggested and published on that got it very wrong.

I would not be surprised in the slightest if what happened was the mother walked in with the two children assuming the older one brought in the baby. When within a short time she realized the older one assumed the mother took the baby, the mother went running out to get the baby. By that time the passerby who saw the baby moments after the mother left had already broken the window and called the police who arrived within minutes. So the whole shebang took place within 10-15 minutes.

But of course the above scenario doesn’t sell papers. And then the passerby can’t pose for the media as a hero. And the press would barely have a Page 17 three line burb rather than a Page 2 five article hitjob.

And if the above scenario was indeed the real story while the press ran with some fiction it wouldn’t be the first time. Or second. Or five thousandth.

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/rav-millers-ten-commandments-of-marriage#post-445003

It was the principal, lilmud, not necessarily who did the paperwork. He said that in shiurim (you can hear it on his Torah Tapes); it wasn’t individualized advice.

I think most Yirei Shamayim prefer to involve/follow Shulchan Aruch, Person1.

The “I’ll check my email history” sentence was not in my comment but edited in by the powers that be.

lilmod, I’m not sure that I agree with CA’s comment, so I can’t explain it to you.

2scents: What was the subject of the post you’re referring to? I’ll check my email history.

The Halacha is that if a wife purchases something without her husband’s permission, the husband has the right to get the money back from the merchant. Even if the product or service was consumed and isn’t returnable.

apy, Jewish society or gentile society?

Another option is to give her a prepaid MasterCard instead of a credit card or blank checks. And deposit to the card monthly whatever the spending limit is.

lilmud, do you see any logical explanation that you can relate as to why one gender should have precedence in going first or having the door opened for them in non-dating situations?