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September 8, 2011 9:05 pm at 9:05 pm in reply to: Moving to Eretz Yisroel to attend a BT Yeshiva #1087572YW Moderator-80Member
they are both very much geared to kiruv
YW Moderator-80Memberi will only own the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports
as you know it is endowed with a 8.0L W16-Cylinder, four turbochargers, and a dual-clutch DSG computer-controlled manual transmission. the Veyron can reach a top speed of 253 mph.
it reaches 60 mph in 2.5 seconds
September 8, 2011 8:43 pm at 8:43 pm in reply to: Moving to Eretz Yisroel to attend a BT Yeshiva #1087567YW Moderator-80Memberin that case i feel VERY strongly that Ohr Somayach would be a better match.
although Aish is a fine place
September 8, 2011 8:41 pm at 8:41 pm in reply to: Moving to Eretz Yisroel to attend a BT Yeshiva #1087566YW Moderator-80Memberits spelled ohr somayach
aish ha Torah
i agree one of these two is your best choice
which one depends on the question i asked above
September 8, 2011 8:21 pm at 8:21 pm in reply to: Moving to Eretz Yisroel to attend a BT Yeshiva #1087562YW Moderator-80Memberdo you feel more closely aligned with modern orthodox or with Charaidim?
YW Moderator-80Memberas to the persistent postings of zahavasdad about the flag flown at the Yeshivah, it is well known that R Shach,tzl felt forced to allow it, and was not pleased at all. i dont know the entire story as zahavaqsdad certainly does not as well.
as one of the commentators pointed out:
YW Moderator-80Memberbut the answer to my quote is obviously not daisy
YW Moderator-80Memberbarium
YW Moderator-80Memberokay my turn
“Oh! Look Daisy! Mickey and I have the same last name!”
YW Moderator-80Membercorrect, not everything involved in the state has those intentions
YW Moderator-80MemberAu-H2O
YW Moderator-80Memberi specified secular zionism in my post.
its not a question of having faults that need to be corrected.
it is a question about the very essence of the state, what it stands for, the principles upon which it was founded and continues to promulgate and strive for.
YW Moderator-80Memberyes we want it to stay alive
yes we have hope there will be change
yes there are growing numbers of Torah observant Jews in Israel.
YW Moderator-80Memberi dont deny the good that comes from their being a state. and i am grateful to Hashem for it.
but the ignorant naive worshippers of the state should understand what its nature is, thats all.
YW Moderator-80MemberI do not for a second believe that they were moseir nefesh for the Medina just to take others off the derech.
i neither said nor implied this was the reason for the state, just to take others off the derech. if you would read my post or if you knew anything truthful about the founding of the state you would know this. but the state that they wanted (the reasons for which were explained in my post) was to be one free of the archaic, weak, embarrasing lovers of Hashem and His Torah
YW Moderator-80Memberhe did both
both are necessary
but the learning is the ikar
the army is the hishtadlus that Hashem requires, ever since Odoms chait
YW Moderator-80Membermiddle, yes we should have karas ha tov to the soldiers of the army
YW Moderator-80Memberthe state consists of atheists who want to be like the goyim. that was the whole point of the burning desire of the secular zionists to form the state. to be a proud and safe independent nation like all the others. not to be different. they hang their heads in shame at the “weaklings” of europe who “went like sheep”. they hate anything that reminds them that they are different from the other nations. they hate peyos, they hate beards, they hate Frum Yidden, they hate the Torah and all it stands for. when golda meir was given a kosher meal at the white house dinner she was furious. this is ultra typical.
for political reasons they have to make certain concessions to religion. this burns inside them and they have never stopped fighting against it. as time goes on the concessions are less and less, whenever and wherever they can avoid such concessions they do so.
the basic composition and creed of the state is to be pig-eating, Torah hating, embarrassed, would-be assimilationists.
YW Moderator-80Memberwhat kind of a recipe is that?!
its not corn beef its cornED beef
past tense
make sure you remove the corn before cooking, so it will be corned beef not corn beef
YW Moderator-80Memberthat has actually been scientifically proven. it applies primarily to cake but to some extent to pie also. by cutting very thin slices you expose a larger surface area of the cake allowing a good portion of the calories to evaporate, also the longer period of time between slices gives a longer time for the evaporation to take place.
in addition since this practice gives the mental illusion of eating less than you actually are, your brain sends a signal to your gastointestinal system, limiting its absorption rate since the brain has calculated a smaller intake of calories.
YW Moderator-80Memberi can never eat more than a tiny bite of apple pie but i like it. same goes for apple pie.
i get it, so you just eat a little bit of apple pie and you also just eat a little bit of apple pie.
YW Moderator-80Memberyou dont like apple pie?!
did you ever have it heated up with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top?
YW Moderator-80Memberokay my last word on the subject
i cant explain it to you
first you have to understand what a Rabbi is and what psychology is
YW Moderator-80Memberi understand why you dont understand.
YW Moderator-80Memberyes as i said you can stop arguing now
i fully agree a modern orthodox rabbi needs a course in psychology to know how to deal with the problems of his congregants, psychological training is just the ticket. having proper Middos is nice but cant compare to a certified degree in psychology
you are right
YW Moderator-80Memberbut i dont know what were arguing about.
i agree with those who say that a college education will make a modern orthodox rabbi a better modern orthodox rabbi.
you are right.
YW Moderator-80Memberyes if you are a pulpit rabbi who has poor Middos and doesnt have patience or know how to control his anger, training by those who study “psychology” based on the sound principles of freud and skinner et al, will be so much better than learning from Mussar Seforim and Tzaddikim how to improve his Middos
YW Moderator-80Memberif you want to do it right, you learn from the experts
like the experts in biology who deny The Creator, and give you the facts as to how blind chance created everything.
like the experts in psychology (whose basic tenet is to rid oneself of shame and guilt),who understand the workings of the human soul (if they at least dont deny its existence) so much better than Talmidei Chochomin.
and the economic and political experts who again ascribe all their conclusions to chance and “historical principles” and deny there is a Boreh who controls and conducts the events of the world
yes certainly it is critical for a Rabbi to learn this “knowledge” in order deal with the problems of their congregants. the depths of the wisdom of the Torah just cannot compare.
and of course Poskim cannot consult with technologic experts. their minds are too dull to understand what they are saying unless the Poskim first exposed themselves to the tumah of the colleges beforehand.
YW Moderator-80Membernot as a “back up” but because it makes them better rabbis.”
agreed but i would modify that to “makes them better modern orthodox rabbis”.
September 7, 2011 4:07 pm at 4:07 pm in reply to: Does Anyone Else Find This Short Story Disturbing? #840714YW Moderator-80Memberyes but this is not a reflexive statement since today and day do not have equivalent meanings (eg tomorrow is also a day, and since tomorrow and today are not equivalent, neither one is wholly equivalent to day).
the obviousity is that “today” is clearly a subset of “day”.
and although the statement “today is a day” is not inherently a tautology, nevertheless the relationship between the two terms is so well established as to make its specification redundant.
YW Moderator-80Memberi also dont think it will be a threat
just trying to stir up some excitement
YW Moderator-80Membercould be youre right
i only know ive seen actual hurricane paths end up very different from their projected path
many times
just as inland storms sometimes appear out of virtual nowhere, or predicted storms never show up
September 6, 2011 7:08 pm at 7:08 pm in reply to: A change in "Good Shabbos" in Borough Park? #806408YW Moderator-80Member“unless oldish people told them.”
as you should know the use of the word “unless” makes the phrase conditional, meaning depending on other conditions it may or may not be fulfilled.
September 6, 2011 7:01 pm at 7:01 pm in reply to: A change in "Good Shabbos" in Borough Park? #806405YW Moderator-80Memberdepends on your perspective but as regards this issue, yes i am
September 6, 2011 6:59 pm at 6:59 pm in reply to: A change in "Good Shabbos" in Borough Park? #806403YW Moderator-80Memberoh
the same answer applies to wiy
newish people would not know the original sn, unless oldish people told them.
YW Moderator-80Memberthere was already a jose, and also a lee, they both faded before amounting to much
September 6, 2011 6:53 pm at 6:53 pm in reply to: A change in "Good Shabbos" in Borough Park? #806401YW Moderator-80Memberbpt isnt his actual screenname
the profile can be found under the original screenname
September 6, 2011 6:24 pm at 6:24 pm in reply to: Does Anyone Else Find This Short Story Disturbing? #840705YW Moderator-80Member“today is a day”
obviously
September 6, 2011 6:11 pm at 6:11 pm in reply to: Does Anyone Else Find This Short Story Disturbing? #840703YW Moderator-80Memberwhen i saw the title i didnt suppose id see a 25 page story by o henry or saki
September 6, 2011 6:09 pm at 6:09 pm in reply to: Does Anyone Else Find This Short Story Disturbing? #840702YW Moderator-80Memberprobably only to you and haifagirl
YW Moderator-80Memberit doesnt have to hang a left, right now it is headed directly to NY.
all it has to do is fail to hang a right before it gets there.
correct as i said the computer models are predicting that it will hang a right soon.
wind direction is allways unpredictable, at least within any degree of certainty.
September 6, 2011 6:01 pm at 6:01 pm in reply to: Does Anyone Else Find This Short Story Disturbing? #840700YW Moderator-80Memberits a story isnt it?
and as stories go its pretty short.
ergo it is a story which is short.
in other words a short story.
no it is not a “short story” according to the limited literary criteria of that particular genre of literature.
but this story does not pretend to be “literature”.
YW Moderator-80Memberi wouldnt call it a nais
computer models often go awry
YW Moderator-80Memberi dont know the parameters of the Halachah, such as when and to whom it applies, but there is definitely a gezairah the Chochomim made that if a person has to be mechal Shabbos by traveling for a matter of pikuach nefesh he is allowed to come back on Shabbos, for otherwise people might not go in the first place, something along those lines. i know a physician who occassionally has to go to the hospital for emergencies on Shabbos and a major Posek allowed him to return on Shabbos.
YW Moderator-80Membersomeone basically stole a large sum of money from me many years ago, at a time that i REALLY needed the money. i wasnt moichel the debt but i was moichel him. eventually i was moichel the debt as well, when i realized he was never going to pay it back, so that it should not be on his record.
certainly my mechilah of his debt was effective, but my mechilah of him was not with a full heart. nevertheless whenever i thought of it i asked the Abishter to please accept my mechilah even though i couldnt quite do it with an open heart. i did this for many years and i the mechilah became fuller each time, especially as time passed. its the best i could do.
YW Moderator-80Membergirls and women of ALL ages are generally more responsible and mature than boys and men, generally
September 2, 2011 4:46 pm at 4:46 pm in reply to: Something I noticed a lot of people do because they probably dont know this #1033276YW Moderator-80Memberis this halacha or just superstition
it is neither. it is a Minhag of a large part of Klal Yisroel, eastern european i believe. i am very careful about it.
September 2, 2011 4:37 pm at 4:37 pm in reply to: Something I noticed a lot of people do because they probably dont know this #1033274YW Moderator-80Memberwhat you really mean sam is that you dont know anything about it, its a new one to you so you assume it is endorsed by a small number of Poskim, its mekor is in Kaballah and all the other Poskim are silent. you assume this based on your lack of familiarity with the issue.
How many Poskim have you done research on their opinions of this matter? Have you spent the last month poring over their Tshuvahs, calling them up, and doing further research that you can speak with such surety
YW Moderator-80Memberwy wife drives, my daughter drives, i never even considered whether they should or not, its pashut that they should drive.
nevertheless if women driving is a problem in other frum communities, for whatever reason, well i certainly respect them for that.
now many posts have been deleted from this thread, most from the same people that cry tolerance and achdus, and complain about the frum who denigrate their lifestyles. these same posters see nothing wrong with bitterly criticizing those more frum than them, how they are so foolish, ridiculous, a throwback from outdated times, wanting to be holier than thou, discrimination against women, pushing chumras down everyone elses throat, etc.
September 2, 2011 2:39 pm at 2:39 pm in reply to: Something I noticed a lot of people do because they probably dont know this #1033269YW Moderator-80Membernow you may have good reason to continue with your practice, most likely there is no problem with it at all according to most Poskim (im only guessing here)
but doing it because you are comfortable with the practice or doing it because you dont see a problem with it is, at a minimum, foolishness.
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