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Were you folks against the Gush Katif settlers civil disobedience when Israeli soldiers were forced to arrest those thugs violently resisting the police and army? Or were you folks supporting *that* civil disobedience but are opposed to Bnei Torah protesting in defense of not being subjected to a forcible draft into the zionist army, as per Israeli law?
Good point. Do those who profess to oppose the protest also speak up against civil disobedience protests organized by Israeli settlers protesting Israeli government policy, as well as speak up against liberal protesters in the US and as well, again, speak up against Avi Weiss and his Open gang when he and they get themselves arrested (in taleisim) protesting, and similar protests where protesters are arrested?
mentsch1, Gedolei Yisroel have called upon the frum masses in Eretz Yisroel to come out in protest ever since the beginning days of the Zionist State.
Walmart would be happier if people came directly to Walmart.com without Google Express.
She was clearly attacking a number of peaceful protesters and he was acting in self-defense on his own behalf and on the behalf of other protesters.
In a democracy the right to protest, including engaging in civil disobedience, is a recognized democratic right.
You needn’t take the comment literally. Clearly what he means, and correctly at that, is that Democrats falsely attack their political opponents with the charge of racism at every nebulous, or less, opportunity.
President Nixon saved Israel from annihilation when Henry Kissinger sent Israel desperately needed arms when they came under surprise attack and were in a state of war.
President Trump is only in office for a few months. The Israel policies he’s undertaken in that short period exceed in positiveness what previous presidents did this early in their tenure.
This is a bubbe maaisa. Walmart and Costco don’t change their own website pricing to satisfy Google Express.
Gedolei yisroel have personally been present in a number of the protests.
Tex, complete baloney. The police woman attacked the innocent protester who was carrying out his democratic right to protest and engage in civil disobedience, so he merely defended himself from her attack. He had absolutely no obligation to allow her to beat him while he should just politely wait for her to finish attacking him.
mw13: Those who follow the Gedolim supporting this approach should engage in it. Those who follow the Gedolim who take the other approach, should not engage in it.
T2: False strawmen.
Satmar has over 200,000 Chasidim in the US, Europe and Eretz Yisroel. They are cumulatively larger than many cities.
They absolutely are a Kiddush Hashem as the protesters are following directives to protest issued by their Gedolei Yisroel shlita. Publicly adhering to your Rabbonim’s instructions is demonstrating Emunas Chachomim, which is the epitome of a Kiddush Hashem.
An even greater Kiddush Hashem is by those Bnei Torah who are moser nefesh themselves in adhering to their rabbonim’s admonitions (not to register for the draft) that result in the secular authorities imprisoning them for upholding their religious principles.
If built on one’s own property, failure to get a municipally required permit does not affect the validity of the Succah.
TLIK, you’ve made it abundantly clear over the years with your numerous comments on this issue that you posses a visceral animosity towards mechanchim, menahalim and yeshivos in general. And to put the cherry on the top you always attribute your personal opinions to anonymous rabbonim who you refuse to name and nameless seforim you cannot cite.
Because I give greater respect to the good than to the bad.
The “nepotistic patriarchal leadership” is actual halacha that very much has mekor in Halacha that specifies a Rov’s child succeeding his position. Regarding discipline, they tend to have stricter discipline than the average frum families.
Note how ghd criticizes calling a goy “lazy”, but then — in the very same breath — refers to Yidden as lazy…
Wouldn’t shipping a large quantity of Seforim via FedEx or DHL be quite costly?
Yekke — you still haven’t let me know what your personal question is.
GHD — isn’t that the rabbi dr. that goes up on Har Habayis kneged the halachic consensus of gedolei yisroel zt’l and shlita? And the one who argues on his father in law on numerous issues, like organ donations.
I did my research, and b’mechlas toraso Rabbi “youdontsay”, Rav Kaganoff shlita is correct in explaining and summing up this discussion beautifully and precisely.
Regarding saying Krias Shma, neither Nusach Sefard nor Nusach Ashkenaz is known to be more (or less) correct than the other nusach.
Starting from best:
Donald J. Trump
George W. Bush
Ronald W. Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Harry S. TrumanStarting from worst:
Jimmy “Peanut” Carter
Bill “Slick Willie” Clinton
Barrack Hussein ObamaYekke — you still haven’t let me know what your personal question for me is.
From Tanach through Shulchan Aruch and on, the Seforim say a component of chinuch is corporal punishment.
Very fair.
Takes2: Since Succahs ended.
Chazal never told us to avoid doing Yibum. Only Ashkenazim have a custom to only to Chalitza. Sephardim can still do Yibum today.
In the alte heim the antisemitn ym’s in some municipalities tried to stop us from building Succahs. So they made a regulation requiring a permit for any outdoor structure. And the permit incurred prohibitive fees and took many months to be approved. And even then they found technicalities to deny permits.
But unzere chevra, in keeping the mitzvos, built our Succahs anyways, without a permit. Of course the antisemitn local inspectors ticketed the Yidden — and, per municipal regulations, gave them 10 days to remove the unauthorized structure to avoid penalties.
Ah Yid gibt zich an eitzah!
And size? According to the Chazon Ish the minimum shiur for tzitzis is 24.
Don’t kid yourself. If a yeshiva eliminated limudei chol, they can easily improve both the quality and quantity of Limudei Kodesh.
Have you yet considered the issue between cotton and wool?
APY – there’s a difference between “question” minhagim and mocking minhagim (or publicly declaring oneself “uncomfortable” with it.)
RIETS doesn’t do social work. That is other divisions of the YU, which is more than just RIETS.
TheFakeMaven: What changed in the last 5 years since Rav Elyashiv was niftar that you are so convinced would have changed his mind and had him don this after not having worn it all his life?
Why don’t you wear your Talis Koton on top of your shirt instead of under your shirt?
Takah — by definition virtually, a minhag is defined in that it is a minhag of a subset, not all, of Klal Yisroel.
Golfer — “how valid you feel it is”? So each and every one of us can make a self-determination as to whether minhagim others practice are what we “feel” is valid? Or every Yankel and Rivka can pull out a few seforim and say based on what they read they “feel” that Kehilla Aleph’s minhagim are bubkas and feel wrong?
RY, none unless you’re considering the strings in the bindings to be wired.
Been there, done that. There’s most definitely a trade-off. The greater focus a yeshiva places on one detracts from the other. There are only so many hours in a child’s school day.