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Do those with Asperger’s look to marry someone else wish Asperger’s?
CTL, did you learn that in law school?
Toast: The Siyum at MetLife/Barclays was easily 50% Chasidish.
Chasidim today represent about three fifths of American Orthodox Jews. Shocked they’re such a majority of Orthodoxy, are you? It’s easy to miss realizing this statistical fact since Chasidim mostly congregate living in Chasidish neighborhoods and towns. Never been to Kiryas Yoel, like the vast majority of Orthodox Jews haven’t been to it? Well, KY is already half as big as Monsey; and Monsey (which is one of the Big Three areas of American Orthodox Jews [the other two being NYC/Brooklyn and Lakewood]) is itself majority Chasidish, as is Brooklyn. And KJ is constituted of just one chasidus of many, and isn’t even a majority of that one chasidus.
So if you’ve rarely or never visited Williamsburg, Boro Park (which only became vast majority Chasidish over the last 20 or so years; until then it was a mix of Litvish, Chasidish and MO — even Rav Aharon Kotler lived in BP), New Square and Kiryas Yoel, you probably have no idea how demographically huge the Chasidim have become as a majority proportion of Orthodox Jews.
Even Lakewood is now getting a huge influx of Chasidim.
Birth rates matter. And there’s a large statistical difference in that rate between the Chasdim and the Litvish.
CTL, please let me know when your next grandchild is in shidduchim. I have a an excellent candidate.
The President of the United States is the head of the Department of Justice as well as of every other departments, agency and branch of the executive government of the United States. As such, the President has the full constitutional and legal right to decide any and all decisions made by any part of the Justice Department or any other executive department.
As far as pardons, yes, I hope he gives a full, complete and immediate pardon to all victims of the Mueller witch hunt, the morning after election day, whether he wins or loses the election.
The Democrats were very clear even before Donald Trump was sworn into office, after he shockingly won the election and Obama was still the lame duck in office, that they would impeach Trump.
Everyone knew in 2018 that if the Democrats took the House they would impeach. The only question was what pretext they’d come up with to try to justify it.
Mazal Tov, CTL and Mrs. CTL!
Don’t forget to send me the invitation… 😁
Reb Eliezer, presumably not since as a leader in Congress she is authorized by law to maintain government documents under her guardianship as Speaker.
Reb Eliezer: It was an official government document and government property. It was not Pelosi’s personal property. She belongs in prison for destroying government property.
Huju: Destroying government documents is against the law. She needs to go to jail.
My take is Pence would be better than Trump.
“Are yo usaddened by that do you wish the Republican party nominated such a candidate”
Yes, I’m saddened that a modern day Ronald Reagan isn’t President. Though, admittedly, even though Donald Trump has some personal faults compared to Ronald Reagan, on a policy level his administration is in some ways even better than Reagan.
Ubiq: If you write in a candidate, you’re voting for him to be an ELECTOR; you’re not voting for him to be President. Furthermore, most states require the electors from that state to be a resident of that state.
Mike Pence isn’t a resident in most states.
“why not nominate a republican who will win a general election (and lacks Trump’s “despicable mannerisms.”)”
Because that candidate you’re describing isn’t on the general election ballot for President, as a viable major party candidate. And either wasn’t a Republican party presidential primary candidate or lost the Republican primary election.
Ubiq: I don’t believe there’s the ability for a write-in candidate in presidential elections, since in actuality you’re not voting for President. You’re voting for electors. The 538 electors are the only ones who actually vote for President.
Anyways, for the nomination I would certainly vote for a Republican who is better than Trump instead of Trump. In fact, I did exactly that in 2016 when I voted for Ted Cruz.
But at the end of the day I think it is more important to nominate an acceptable Republican who will win the general election rather than a more ideal candidate who will lose the general election.
In sign language “Jew” is made by a motion of stroking a beard.
Yes, they follow the regular Daf Yomi calendar.
As to your next question, yes, the Siyum is being held a few weeks after they completed Shas.
Ubiq: Pence isn’t a candidate for President; so he can’t be voted for President.
Shas.
She ought to be tried, convicted and sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered.
Where do you think Google gets the answers from?
From folks like me.
Syag, what is the halachic basis that the unknown “someone familiar with halacha” thinks you’re correct? KlugerYid explained the halachic sources how you’re incorrect. All you’re countering is someone unknown and unforseen claims, based on unstated and unknown claimed halachic basis, that you’re supposedly correct even though you were demonstrated halachic sources to the contrary.
Please produce your halachic cards. You may even ask that someone for the answer, if any.
zdad, no pritzus is expected of EVERY Jew, not just our Chofetz Chaim’s.
As long as the person is breathing, it is NEVER too late.
BEFORE what? This forum is over ten years old already with a demonstrated track record of certain commentaters here regularly defending the indefensible; specifically the aveiros that were referenced and much worse.
The Chofetz Chaim that KlugerYid referenced also generically referred to those the heilige Chofetz Chaim severely criticized BEFORE many of those who fell into the categories he described opened their mouths. Specifically to discourage them from doing so. But here we already have a decade of proven mouth openings defending aveiros.
Find a more appropriate way to say it or leave it deleted
Syag: Would you say the same if the comment was made about a gathering of Reform thinkers? Not to say the CR is full of Reformers; but there’s certainly an element of reform-minded here, even if they won’t admit as much.
People rationalize all sorts of aveiros; so expect a litany of excuses here why this aveira is okay and why this aveira (pritzus and whole list of worse things) “really” isn’t such an aveira. Or that one day a year is okay to take a break from not doing aveiros.
GHD: The fatality rates PER MILE TRANSPORTED via helicopter is significantly higher than that via automotive.
Real Yeshiva ketanas and Mesivtas don’t have any midwinter vacation; under that name or any other name. It’s the ones that modernized a bit that started doing this vacation I’m the last few decades or so.
That’s a good point. Refusing a package doesn’t cost the shipper anything more for getting the package back.
jer: In many or most sales it is actually the customer who pays the shipping cost, not the seller.
Furthermore, how would it be less “geneiva”, as you put it, to accept the package and then immediately ship it right back than just refuse it in the first place?
Reb Wolf: With the rabbinical powers vested upon me by my Gedolei superiors I hereby absolve you of any sins that have or may have caused you to be a rasha, purported or actual, and deputize you from this point on as a tzadik gamur.
You have no right or ability to accept or reject this designation as it is automatically conferred upon you willingly or unwillingly.
I declare that your Teshuva is now complete whether or not you are aware or acknowledge this fact.
What if all nine guys in the minyan are sleeping, with the shliach tzibbur being the only awake male?
Is it possible to contact any third-party seller on Amazon prior to making a purchase?
GHD: Read all my posts on this thread rather than just the last one that you responded to.
Ubiq: NO seller allows that (to purchase a product with the advance intention to use it and then return it.)
Btw, Amazon often closes accounts of customers who return too many items, and bans them from opening a new account, even if all the returns fell within the allowed Amazon return policy.
Halachas regarding monetary dealings (as well as just about everything else) are different when interacting with a yehudi versus an aino yehudi (as well as between a Shomer Shabbos versus a non Shomer Shabbos.) What’s difficult to grasp about that general fact?
Is the YWN CR social media?
Dr. Pepper, what was the explanation you gave to PayPal to successfully request the refund?
Ruach Hakodesh most certainly does exist today.