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****This talk about “love” is pure American shtus, in the understanding it is being discussed. It has no basis in a Jewish marriage.
Love has no basis in a marriage?! Did I understand you correctly?
The Wolf****
You obviously did NOT understand clearheaded correctly. She stated: “in the understanding it is being discussed” here.
Clearly implying that there is a different sense in which love HAS a “basis in Jewish marriage.”
I don’t know if this is what you meant, but certainly Rabbi Avigdor Miller, tzl would agree that marrying out of “love” is recent western (american especially) shtus.
However the development of love between spouses as a process of work, he has said many times, is a very important concept, though not the most important thing, which is developing a partnership to serve Hashem, ideally bolstered by a strong, true, and enduring love between the spouses.
Now in 3rd place out of 10. Going to need a lot more votes.
Am I alone in thinking that the health of the baby is more important than having a bris on time?
It’s not a matter of what we think. It’s a matter of Halachah and what the Poskim rule. The Mohel is usual qualified to poskin in these matters
regally
I cannot make a word bold or change the color or font style or size and there is no underlining, or option for Italics.
for italics:
<em>your text here</em>for bold print:
<strong>your text here</strong>sof
I agree fully with your decision to abide by your Posek
Thanks sof
Im not sure I would agree with: “If there’s no source, it’s not a minhag.”
The source of these old “minhagim” is not always known today. That doesn’t mean there is no source. The source may not necessarily be in Halachah, or even something in Seforim. Maybe some shouldn’t be called Minhagim, but rather the conduct of our alter bubbies.
Kasha
In general I tend to sympathize with your position, but NO Pasuk is explicit enough. Every Pasuk requires depth of study, time, reliance on Meforshim and Talmidai Chochomim, to just begin to understand the meaning, even the Pshat.
Rav Moshe Stern zt”l (Be’er Moshe 8:36) was asked regarding the validity of three minhagim pertaining to children.
1. Not to let a baby looks at itself in a mirror before its teeth start to come out because the teeth may not come out on time and its speech development may be delayed.
2. Not to walk over children because it may stunt their growth. If one walks over a child he should make sure to walk back over again.
3. Tie a red string on a baby carriage and/or crib to ward off Ayin Hara.
He says they are all valid minhagim that were practiced in his home, and people in general were careful about them. He quotes a Rashba that says that you should not cheapen or be “Mizalzel” in Minhag Nashim Zekeinos (old wives tales) since they are certainly rooted in holy ideas, even if we have forgotten the reason for them.
sofdavar, I am curious, now that whoever you asked is unaware of a mikor for this, and now that you have given a “proof” from your own self, would you step over your child or grandchild?
It’s also an explicit pasuk in the Torah that women will bear forth children in pain (or sorrow).
Someone is gonna give din vecheshbon for the mess and pain that he caused to so many yiden.
This does not sound like you esther. I’m sure this was done purely l’shaim shamayim to prevent Yiddim from unintentionally being over an aveira.
I must say Wolf, your posts are always so logical and reasonable.
There are certainly physical differences.
There are certainly emotional differences,
IN GENERAL.
Not every woman is muscularly weaker than every man, etc.
Would it not be surprising if there were not intellectual and cognitive differences as well?
The question is, what are the general differences in intellect, emotional tendencies, intuitiveness, etc. Pretty hard to define, pretty open to differences of opinion.
What do Chazal say about this? That’s what matters to me, not what would make me happy, or what would conform to my little american mind, of which I am so proud.
squeak: 80 should be capitalized.
I just reported what he said. I don’t know anything about the issues. I am not taking a side. If you want clarification of the implications of his statement you will have to turn somewhere else.
me too (also?)
Rabbi Avigdor Miller, tz’l said that Chazal never said anything arose by “spontaneous generation”. And Rabbi Miller adds that there is no such thing as spontaneous generation. He said that what Chazal were referring to was asexual reproduction which does not fall under the category of Pruru v Rivu. I am not knowledgable enough to discuss this further, but I heard R’ Miller say this in response to a question in his Thurs night series. I heard it (on tape) just a few days ago.
I knew that, but what is that grammatical error called?
In other words: That grammatical error is called what?
What do you hope to regain by pursuing it further? Do you think you have a reasonable chance of getting it fixed or getting monetarily recompensed?
If you don’t think that is likely (it seems pretty unlikely to me from your story), then what DO you hope to gain? sweet revenge? aggravation? an ulcer, C’V?
I’m not saying whether or not you are “right” in pursuing it, but asking what do YOU think is the best thing for you and your family? Being right is not always a good reason to pursue a nasty machlokes.
The video I posted she already has. (Who can describe the exact grammatical error in that preceding sentence?)
Can anyone else help?
mazal
EXACTLY
Injun Joe Junior (actually I.J. the sixth) was not like his father. He became an adjunct mechanic for a big outfit, specializing in enjun repair. One time he was taking a junk from the Amazon jungle on a junket that his company rewarded him with. At this juncture in time he was fortunate enough to see the famous ICOT Juniper tree on a deserted island that his ship passed on the way back to America.
shkoyach
I emailed you a ink to some videos and photos of the event.
Anyone else who is interested can google it
2. injun joe
9. enjun
Yes thank you
Wolf
I googled your real name, with quotes, (Zev Lupus if anyone is interested),
All I got was some links to a superhero
Some Other Perhapses, Don L’Chaf Zchus
1) Why are the frum wine/liquor stores continuing to sell these whiskeys, which have been determined by a reputable Kashrus organization to be assur b’hana- forbidden to have any benefit from them?
Perhaps as Wolf said
Perhaps they hold by a different Kashrus organization
Perhaps it was an (almost)unavoidable mistake
Perhaps there is another reason which they could explain to you
2)Why the “look” from a frum employee when someone is trying to do the right thing
Perhaps you misunderstood the “look”
Perhaps even you read the look correctly, it was in response to something he perceived as unwarranted in your behavior
There is only one HIE. The impostor’s name has been changed to HIE2
the esrog analogy
Thank you Daas, I believe you are correct.
“RAV ARYEH CARMELL cites his mentor, RAV ELIYAHU DESSLER zt’l in a footnote to MICHTAV ME’ELIYAHU (volume 4, p. 355), who teaches that the law does not change even though the reason for the law is difficult for us to understand. We must accept the rulings of the Chachamim, whether they are lenient or stringent. Rav Dessler points out that the reason mentioned in the Gemara for the ruling of the Chachamim is not necessarily the only possible reason. The Chachamim gave the reason that was most obvious in their day, which, in this case, was the universally accepted biological fact that lice spontaneously generate. There are other reasons for their rulings (see also RAMBAN to 12a, DH v’Ha Pligi, in the name of the Yerushalmi), and thus we may not conduct ourselves differently. Rav Dessler suggests, in the case of lice, the following explanation. It is a known principle that Halachah considers only factors that the senses can detect. Accordingly, since the egg of a louse is so small that it cannot be detected by the eye (at a normal distance), the Halachah does not consider it at all, and thus the louse is given the status as a lower degree of life-form, for which there is no prohibition to kill.
RAV MOSHE FEINSTEIN zt’l rules that the Halachah does not change, despite a change in our understanding of the natural world (see IGROS MOSHE, CM 2:73:4). He reasons that even if nature, or our understanding of nature, has changed, the Halachah does not, because the Halachah depends solely on the situation at the time of the original ruling of the Chachamim. (See also CHAVAS DA’AS 98:3, and CHAZON ISH YD 5:3.)”
I added the italicized words. Generally, as in the minimum size of blemishes in an esrog, this is defined when viewing it at about 1-2 feet which is how it is normally seen, although of course many view it, when checking, much closer and even use a magnifying glass.
I don’t know about raisins.
Corn on the cob has a different matziv in E”Y than it does in America.
squeak the implication was intentional and supposed to be sort of humorous
hobgoblin of small minds
That would be: “little” minds.
That’s not a mistake.
His story was about a family trip to a relative in Boston and in it he also mentioned that they toured the USS Constellation.
His mention of the touring of the Constellation was in addition to the trip to Boston. If it was part of the trip to Boston you should not have used the word “also”
Ritalin (and it’s newer counterparts) is certainly tremendously overused, but it is because of desperation combined with ignorance. There is no conspiracy to dope anyone up, by feminists or others.
realised?
What got google going was their search technology (called then Page Rank)
and the administrative and marketing skills of the two PhD candidates who began the company.
I do prefer a simple web page and Google’s is excellent
Who is he referring to who is able to argue with a Godol, anyone?
The last guy was the only honest one.
You have five minutes to edit it after you first submit it.
As long as your post is in yellow, it means it is still awaiting moderation
Good question.
Why would anything spiritual need a physical counterpart?
The Gemorah is full of references to the physical counterparts of Gehinnom. Smoking graves of reshoim. Chochomim who searched for the entrance to Gan Eden. Korach and his sons, why did they descend into the earth? Why could their voices be heard coming from underground in that particular physical location for generations after?
Good question. I don’t know why.
I think that is a good idea
but before I do:
You are right, I stand corrected. However I do still think charliehall’s general position can be maintained, albeit with a ‘loophole’ due to shas had’chak and not l’chatchila, as I have demonstrated.
The difference between l’chatchila and a shas d’chak is a very big difference in many respects and is hardly a “loophole”
Quite reasonable.