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You mean birth date, not birthday. The year is the only important data point, not the month/day.
lilmod, here is the complete context of the effect of what Rav Nachum Eisenstein shlita publicly stated at the podium in front of a large audience of gedolei haTorah and rabbonim on November 6, 2007:
Also, it was a rabbi speaking to the same audience the previous day prior to Rav Eisenstein that cited Rav Chaim Kanievsky that you mentioned above, it was not simply a claim from Natan Slifkin. Specifically, he said from the podium that Rav Chaim Kanievsky was asked if it is mutar to convert a person who is mikabel ol malchus shamayim but is unwilling to believe that the world is only 5768 years old. (This was almost 10 years ago.) Rav Chaim answered that it is in fact assur to convert such a person.
Rav Eisenstein is readily available to confirm this.
lilmod, Rav Eisenstein shlita was Rav Eliashev’s personal gabbai. And Rav Eliashev’s statement regarding the invalidity of geirus is widely known and was extensively reported upon when he made it.
I responded to you in that thread, Wolf.
Because that belief is apikorus.
Rav Elyashiv paskened that if a goy underwent a geirus while believing the world is older than 6,000 years, the conversion is invalid and he remains a goy.
Sam, Rashi says explicitly that when the Torah says Vayehi Erev Vayehi Voker Yom Echad it means 24 hours, “[the day and night together] – i.e. 24 hours between them”. The Gemorah describes 10 things that were created on the first day of creation, one of which is the “length of the day and night” – as it says, “vayehi erev vayehi voke yom echad”. So the time span of the day was created on the first day of creation. On the fourth day Hashem said the sun should shine during the time-period that was called “day” and the stars/darkness should rule during the time-period called “night”.
livelovelaugh, I don’t see how the case you are proposing could be made when the Torah specifically states the animals were created before Adam.
On top of that, what you are proposing would also be denied by proponents of the theory of evolution.
And on top of all that, much of the “science” of three generations ago is now considered fiction having been overturned. Similarly, much of these theories you’re trying to reconcile with the Torah will be considered fiction in three generations from now, having been overturned by even newer “science”.
When you have some free time, read through the first post in the following thread:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/all-science-and-astronomy-comes-from-the-torah
evolution does NOT claim that humans descend from monkeys
It claims human and apes share a common descent. Does that sound like anything less than kefira to you?
Adam was the common ancestor of the animals the Torah specifically says were created before Adam? Aside for that, even the evolutionists’ theory denies such an idea.
Syag, some of your nasty comments are still editable.
lilmod, thank you.
nisht, according to Syag I can’t comment either way. Look what she said in her comment. If I went to college I’m being hypocritical to criticize it, so I should shut up. If I didn’t go then I don’t know enough to talk about it, so I should still shut up. So only those supportive of college, like herself, have any right to make authoritative points in this discussion.
She wants this to be a heads I win, tails you lose for herself.
Indeed it isn’t the walls preaching toeiva and evolution, it is far more subtle than that. It is seeped into virtually all lectures, including those having nothing to do with the topic, as being the norm and expected understanding and reaction of every “normal” American and contemporary member of Western civilization.
Did any of your professors indoctrinate that toeiva is a normal, acceptable and kosher behavior?
You really think the universities make a distinction between kefiradik evolution and allegedly non-kefiradik evolution, in the sense that their courses discussing evolution will scrupiously avoid mentioning the kefira parts of evolution?
Ah nechtinge tug!
Happy: Can you maneuver packages up to 70 lbs. in weight?
Which frum place gives an evolution-free evolution course equivalent that can be transferred to replace an evolution class prerequisite for a biology degree in a secular university?
zd: The other people out in Louisiana or wherever that didn’t get the coins because they sold out, were not entitled to them anymore than the guy who bought it to immediately sell it. There is nothing wrong with buying it to sell it right away. And there is nothing “back door” about a bunch of guys, individually, buying within the specified purchase limits.
Those that bought it may or may not have not known what the market value is, but if not for the buyer’s offer to purchase it from them they would not have even known about the Mint coins or have cared to purchase them and they would not have purchased them to sell on eBay.
Nothing about this offer or sale looks shady in the least. If you want to find things that look shady, read up about all the tax breaks the average American business concocts to technically follow the law as written, even though they are tax loopholes. Despite them being tax loopholes, they are entirely legal, the IRS accepts them and just about every American business takes advantage of every legal tax loophole their tax preparer knows of.
“(c) If the studies do not cause you to learn Apikursus or to befriend Goyim, and you learn secular studies in order to know a skill to make a living, it is permitted, and it is a Mitzvah.”
I got a degree from a secular college and the above quote is an accurate description of my experience.
Meno, you weren’t required to take any mandatory or prerequisite courses that had little or nothing to do with the trade you were seeking to enter? No courses in evolution or certain sciences or political courses that teach or espouse apikorsus?
Syag, there are absolutely no “financial grey areas” about this type of financial offer. It is 100% kosher, through and through. The person receiving the offer would have otherwise never engaged in this financial transaction or have otherwise purchased the coins from the Mint. So when he purchases it for $100 and sells it to the person making the offer for $150, he is making an easy $50 that he would have otherwise never had made. And the person paying $150 sells it on the market for $200, and he makes $50. So it is a win-win, with no losers and nothing remotely unkosher.
It is no different than your local grocer buying a half gallon of milk from Golden Flow for $1.25 and selling it to you for $1.75.
As far as the original case being less than market value, there is absolutely nothing illegal, unethical or “grey” in either halacha or secular law for parties to agree to a price that is less than the market value.
Meno, it really was that simple. The US Mint had made only a limited supply of certain coins and the demand from them was greater than the quantity. And there is a two quantity purchase maximum per person permitted by the Mint’s website. They sell out within minutes of going on sale on the US Mint website and have an immediate premium resale value.
That said, I don’t see anything wrong with offering folks to buy it and paying them a premium that doesn’t represent the full market value.
Torah is dee besteh sechora.
Have any of the college birds first considered the halachic implications of going to college mentioned in the teshuvos quoted in the OP of this thread?
The Boruch Dayan Emes has made his position public and abundantly clear that Klal Yisroel are His best and chosen nation.
A nony mouse: Thank you for your excellent post.
There is no doubt that Obama seriously damaged America (moral affairs, health care, etc.) and seriously damaged the international stage (Syria, Iraq, etc.) Clinton will be a continuation and furtherance of Obama’s damaging policies and activities. Trump is very bad but Clinton is likely far worse.
NeutiquamErro: Excellent post. I would note, though, your comment applies mostly to large parts of the hamon hoam but not to the practices of the gedolei rabbonim. You’ll surely note that organizations with rabbinical leadership, including Agudah, OU, UJO, etc., are non-partisan and interact successfully and productively with politicians and candidates from both parties.
lilmod, why do you think there’s a popular conception that a Haetz brocho should be made prior to HaAdama when both are being consumed? You don’t think there was a mass disinformation campaign in schools to misinform the public on this account, so what else do you attribute as the reason for this being the popular perception?
Do we have any pranksters among our ranks?
Hillary is neither qualified nor experienced to be president.
My UPS driver is a chasidishe yungerman, with the payos and the whole nine yards. Instead of wearing a UPS hat he wears a shtreimel.
Wolf, in fairness, the OP called her yms, not the people voting for her.
I would never have guessed. You both look at least two decades younger.
Since before it started…
Surely you aren’t suggesting you would deny a pregnant Mrs. CTL a privately chartered flight when needing to fly, in order to avoid the indignity of the lines and crowds…
You don’t need an appointment, generally. You could show up to their beis medrash and wait to see them. You just need to find out when they’re around. A good time, often, is to daven Mincha with them and speak to them afterwards.
Flying First-Class only is strongly suggested. (CTLAWYER can speak to this with much greater authority.)
As every hair dying girl knows, tornadoes can really mess up a hairdo while tomatoes can really foul things up.
… or genetically modify food.
So, on average, I think guys should expect their wife will be nine times as talkative as himself.
Date accordingly.
LF, children, children…
Tomatoes are definitely good.
I’m probably more likely to better like a haetz food item than a haadama food item.
Judaism has a long and rich history of first cousins marrying each other.
Even uncles marrying nieces has a strong tradition in Judaism.
lilmod, boys shouldn’t be too friendly with their first cousin girls (and vice versa) even if they know they won’t be marrying first cousins.
akuperma, one could always be a librarian or something. Surely there are positions where it isn’t a problem.
I like fruits more than vegetables.
Wow, there are soooo many reasons why the Yidden are the best that it is no wonder that Hashem Himself chose us alone from among all the nations of the world!!
The dying is assur because of beged isha. How would the other things mentioned be beged isha?
Opposites attract.
cherrybim, is that any different than wearing youthful looking clothing or shaving (either to avoid a graying beard or to achieve a youthful look without any beard)?
Teach your children to not be bullies.