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I am not chabad, nor am I a follower of the Lubachvicher Rebbe. But I always admired he treated every jew equally no matter what their relgious observance
Should Rebbbes get paid less than $15 an hour?
The date of Yom Hashoa was chosen because it was the date of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
In the Frum world Aseret B’Tevet Yom Hakadosh Haklali is the holocaust rememberence day not Tisha B’av
hashem doesnt speak to those lecturers directly
I dont think many people here are contributing to Lebron james Salary. he is entitled to get whatever he can (As are rebbes)
OOT, no day school would dare skimp on English. Most of the student body goes on to college. The general Jewish community subsidizes the day schools through Federation allocations. </me>
In NYC area, the jewish schools get ZIP, NADA, BUPKAS from the federation, each school is on its own to raise the money
If you think Rebbes are paid too much, look at girls schools teachers. they are paid even less
There are Poskim (I belive Sephardic ones, I think the ben Ish chai specifically ) who say riding a bike in an Eruv is ok. its not so pshut that its not allowed
Unless yeshivas charge on a sliding scale meaning richer people pay MORE and I dont mean full tution, I mean 3 x 4 x 5 x or more the regular tution to subsidize those that cant pay. its wrong that people are avoiding paying. There is only so much tution people can reasonably pay.
Unless new funding sources are found (Like a communal tax which is very unliley) the situation will remain
The problem in this whole yeshiva tution crisis is that the Rebbes deserve to get paid and the Parents cannot afford the tutiton so there is a cash crunch
Are their parents who can pay more and dont? Of course, but they are not the majorty and even if a parent spluges a little it doesnt mean they should drop the “luxury” and pay more. Should one drive a 20 year old beat up Chevy instead of a late model Honda Accord. Should one move to a smaller apartment to save money.
Maybe people should eat cheaper foods and pay higher tution and even if the parents take a vacation, Most vacations arent as luxirious as you think. You can spend $500-$1000 for a vacation that isnt going to make a big different, but it might help the sanity of the parents a little
How doel people go home from the hospital if they’re discharged Friday night?
you take a Taxi
Like I said, I understand it much better than I can speak it, Its one of the few languges I can pick up words just by listening and figure out what they mean without it sounding like a jumble, but anyone who spoke the language would figure out quickly I cannot speak it very well , I probably could learn to speak it fairly quickly without much difficulty if it was possible to immerse myself.
When I was smaller all the old people spoke it so I used to hear it alot
Ich – I
Vishtas – Understand
Mamma Loshon – Literary Mother tounge, but really means Yiddish
besser – better
Vi – than
mein – my
Redn – Speak (I could be wrong about this word as I wasnt sure if the word was Redn or Zogn or something else)Actually I understand Yiddish decently if spoken slowly. I can also speak simple sentances in it
Ich Vishtas Mamma Loshon Besser vi mein Redn
There was a reason millions of Jews left the Alter Heim for the Goldena Medina and millions of other left the Shtel for the big citiies like warsaw, Vienna and others . A hundreds of thousands left for Palestine in the 1920’s
If life was so good there why did millions leave? People dont leave Gan Eden
The biggest issue with calling Israel a “jewish state” is people who are not halachic jews but are assumed to be jewish by everyone else and suffer the consequences of being jewish even though they are not (People with a jewish father or jewish grandfather). Both the Nazis and the Communists punished such people for being jewish
Moshiach hasnt come because people are pointing the finger at others, Point the finger at yourself. make yourself better
Telling Bubba Meises of History that never existed is more destructive. When people find out you are telling Bubba Meises and not the truth they will question other things you have said
There is a romanticism for the Ghetto that never really existed
There is a video that is floating around on youtube of Munkatch in I think 1933 that sums up the ghetto best
The opening scene is the wedding of the Munckatchers Rebbe’s daughter (I think its his daughter) and the Rebbe is giving mussor about the lack of Shabbos in America
Another scene is a bunch of school children singing Hatikvah (Actually pretty sad since you know most of them are going to be killed soon and they wont reach adulthood)
A final scene is a bunch of young people dancing in a circle (Mixed dancing) and singing some sort of song
Clearly all sorts of people lived in Munkatch
If you have time you should really watch the video, its fascinating and a brief glimse into shtel life
I think the following sums it up best. its how you peceive the Alter heim. Do you see the Alter Heim as a place of tranquility where everyone lived together without being bothered, Keeping Mitzvoth, Learning torah, A Gan Eden so to speak. Or do you see the Alter heim as a miserable place of Poverty, Pogroms etc, the kind of place you want to get away from.
Is Yiddish Mamma Loshon or is it an invisible ghetto wall to keep people locked in
In NJ if you are caught importing Fireworks from Pennsylvania, they can impound your car once you get to NJ
I think he is trying to compare to the Hatzolah Scanners
Its not exactly the same, The cell phone jammers are Illegal and its not clear of the Hatzolah Radios are illegal
Sometimes frum Jews are convicted of commiting a crimes, You know this would apply to them too
So someone who speaks english , Hebrew or a different secular language is a Rasha if they dont speak Yiddish
My apologies however, if a little strong, to ysebrow who does seem on other threads like an ehrliche jew
What is the opposite of an Ehrilicher Jew?
Most Chilonim are not interested in being christians, they are intersted in no relgion
Christianity is not that strong anymore, The fastest growing relgion is No Relgion, meaning Atheism or Agnosticism
Even among Spanish Speakers, there is a push to learn english, Most second generation Latinos are Bilingual and 3rd generation begin to lose the spanish
Were these radios actually illegal? or were they legal and just kids acting stupidly?
It was not Art Scroll that made english dominant. Art Scroll was in response to the reality of English being an imperialistic language and the reality the english has become the dominant language of jews today.
Anglo Countires frown upon polygottism and demand English prociciency, something that was not seen in the Alterheim with Russian, Polish, German or any other language
I am going to Shul
There was an article somewhere that some yeshivas in Brooklyn were in danger of closing because there arent any kids anymore, As Brooklyn has become too expensive for young marrieds with kids
Allegedly the Chasam Sofer said any drosha not in Yiddish is treif.
Actually he poskened that all drashot should be in Yiddish, It made perfect sense in Polygot Pressburg where jews spoke 4-5 languages and Yiddish was a common language, It makes no sense in 2018 where most jews speak english or Hebrew (Or whatever the local language is like french if you are in France). Most people would not understand the Drasha given in Yiddish and there is a good chance the Rabbi cannot give it either.
The Folksbien performs plays and musicals in Yiddish, Many of the actors and actresess are not jewish
Avi
It was a fast day when the Septugent was written, however it still was seen as a miracle that 70 Rabbanim came out with the exact same translations including the same 5 changes to the like (Like I shall make man instead of Let us make man) and something to do with a Rabbit that was negative (The word for Rabbit was the same as Ptlomey;s wife)
Tiwad, Greek has a special holiness to it because the Septugant was written in it. Its was a considered a Miracle that all 70 translations were exactly the same.
There are opinions one could read the Septugant (We dont have it anymore) and be Yotzei
Those droshot were given before I was born in a laguage I do not speak (I can usually understand if spoken Loudly, Clearly and slowly) If it is mumbled I cannot understand it
One should keep Shabbos
ITTF , you might want to look into Egros Moshe in Yoreh Dayah about Disagreement with a Gadol
Given my views on Zionism, Yiddish is not the only disagreement he would have with me
Yiddish did not have an official language status in the time of the Vilna Gaon, that status did not occur until the mid to late 19th Century
Most religious groups when there is an intermarriage allow fast conversions, Like Muslims, there is no intermarriage with muslims because they simply convert the non-muslims partner (even if they really dont believe)
I think generally christians take a similar stance, however in recent yeats when there is an intermarriage they dont force anyone to convert (Dont kid yourself while we might think Methodists and Catholics are the same christians, they do not think the same, A methodist marrying an Catholic is a terrible thing in both sides eyes)
Unfortunatly many Charedim will not marry Sephardim or even Dati Leumi/MO. They will only marry other charedim from their own circles
I dont think Ive ever even heard of a Yeshivish person marrying a Chassidish person
In israel you Sephardim are marrying Ashkenazim all the time and its erasing the lines between them (In the US there are alot less sephardim compared to Ashkenazim so there is pull to Ashkenazic, but only because of numbers
If you want better food choices, you need to go outside the park, there are a few kosher restaurants in Orlando area
Most people in the US do not stay in their neighborhoods, they are alot more mobile. Once they become more “american” the assimilate faster
Alot of inter-dating begins in such places like colleges where people are more mixed up
The Stats prove you wrong, 36% of Asian women marry outside, 12% of Asian Men (because Asian Women are seen to be as more desireable) 24% of Black men marry outside 9% of Black Women (Again because of desireability). latino intermarriage is also on the rise as well
Intermarriage rates will continue to rise as taboos with interacial marrage fall. There is still some stigma for a white person to marry a black person which is part of the reason its not higher, but it will change as there are famous celebrities invovled in interacial marriages
Its not true that intermarrage does not occur in other groups
There are plenty of famous bi-racial people . Barak Obama, Derek Jeter , Bill DiBlasio’s Children.
I saw somewhere that about 40% of asian women marry non-asian men (Yes some of them are jewish like Zuckerberg)
Intermarriage exploded when it became acceptable for non-jews to marry jews
Given that both Trump and Clinton allowed their daughters to marry jews, that taboo is gone
MaidofCH are you Chabad? because the Lubavicher Rebbe would never talk that way. He welcomed all jews of all stripes
There is a difference between reform Judaism and reform jews
Duolingo is free
They cannot wait until the water receedes because it will take 4 months and they cannot get enough food or water or oxygen in there for 8 months (It all has to be carried by diver for 6 hours)