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Nobody can afford it, You might want to try Oorah (Kars 4 Kids), but thats about all
Fireworks are legal in Upstate NY like the country
You have to prove you are a “Jew” (Not a Halachic jew, just a “Jew” meaning one jewish grandparent or converted (Reform and Conservative count for this). They have a system to figure out who is a jew or not
If someone wants to make Aliyah, they should contact Nefesh B’Nefesh
One doesnt just show up on 13th Ave and 45th St in Borough park and say “Here I am” either
The halacha is Dina D’Malchus Dina and if you disagree, Please tell me what Halacha you broke by going through a Stop Sign or parking in a “No Parking Zone”. If the law says you cant park there, then its an Averiah to park there and if the law decides the street is a one way street, its an Averiah to go down it the wrong way (Even if you are late to Minyan)
I belive rashi was a wine dealer
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, nobody is going to help more than a few months of rent in Brooklyn, your friend is going to have to raise that $2000 a month or more rent by himself.
Scranton, PA is pretty cheap
I dont know why some think giving critisim is against the torah
Move to Antartica
It is true that abuse can occur in the home, However Im not sure that seperating siblings or parents from children as a rule (as opposed to an exception) is such a good idea
Ittf
There are plenty of people who jumped OTD or who are teetering on that level (Nothing to do with “Lifestyle”) and KIruv people have to deal with them too. Sometimes they will agree to go to a Shabbos Meal on the condition they drive, many times Kiruv people will agree to this because they know a spark is needed
And while Im sure Rav Wolbe said this, but thats not always the best approach,
Normative Halacha prohibits even inviting irreligious Jews to a Shabbos meal if their attendance would require Chillul Shabbos; how, then, can we condone taking this position, whose raison d’etre is לטהר את השרץ?
Chabad does this all the time, At many Chabad houses most if not all the people drive to it and the Rabbis knows it (They ask where you live and when its a 30 min drive, he knows you drove there even if you didnt tell him)
Anyone dealing with an At Risk comnunity is going to have to deal with difficult things, I suspect thats why its not done in certain communities
A simple example is someone comes to a kiruv event with his non-jewish wife and kids. While some here are going to say the kiruv professional needs to tell the man to divorce his wife, thats likely not going to work (Especially if they have been married for a while and there are kids)
Im not sure if shuls give aliyahs to rapists and molestors, but the most certainly give them to convicted white collar felons
“Over 25 years is a long time to wait for the “immediate redemption” as the Lubavitcher Rebbe used to say “now”! How much Yiddishe suffering has there been in those years?”
I really dont think people should use that argument, Jewish history has been frought with much dispare, from The crusades, to explulsions, to poverty, to discrimination to Gas Chambers. We dont live in anything like those times
I think they can trace up to about the year 1800, Most records still exist from Europe
Mike Moskowitz is not a YCT guy, He is a BMG Guy
They are not unknown, they know who they are, they just dont interfere with them
I dont think most frum jews REALLY want the Geulah. What percentage when Moshiach will come will refuse to sell their business or sell their homes at a loss, Buy an overpriced El Al ticket or C/V be forced to sit next to a member of the opposite gender on that flight and hold up the plane for its return
Very few people are looking for crypto jews and anyway in todays society there arent any unknown cultures or tribes. Looking for crypto jews is really no different than searching for Big Foot
I have never heard that AISH was leftist, however if you are going to do Kiruv, you have to know how to talk to people. Giving them a schmooze by Rav Avigdor Miller is probably going to backfire for most people
Exactly why he took this position I do not know. I am only guessing here
Perhaps its better to keep a little contact with these people so they can do Tshuva than cut them off so they will never come back, Tough Love doesnt always work and many times its backfire.
May these people do Tshuva for their averiahs
he is a frum lakewood guy, it seems a close family member of his ‘Changed Identities” and that is what changed his views
I cant belive some people are dismissing this person, Not everyone’s yeshiva experience is a positive one
For most people having Siblings sleep on different floors is almost impossible, Many people live in Ranch Houses or live in Apartments
I’ve heard in the name of the Steipler that the Sanhedrin would have
forbidden the use of cars because of the danger they pose to life.Please provide actual evidience he said this, unfortunatly many people say things in the name of Gedolim that the Gadol never said
I’ve heard in the name of the Steipler that the Sanhedrin would have
forbidden the use of cars because of the danger they pose to life.I would like proof of this and even if its true, Even if jews dont drive, Non Jews do drive and there is still the danger of being hit by a car driven by a non-jews, the Sanhedrin has no power over them
Just ban the Printing Press, How much Kefira has been spread because of it. No Printing Press, No Charles Darwin
If someone grew up speaking Yiddish, then it has a certain “Ta’am” to it, However if your native language is something else, your “Ta’am” is most likely that native language.
If you did not grow up speaking yiddish, it is about as beautiful as Chinese
Going to Israel is pretty expensive, Plane tickets are about $1000 round trip, Hotel there are a minimum $100 (and thats for very basic , they are usually more) +food , transportation etc
A 2 week trip to Israel can cost you $7500 or so for a family of 4..Is that Luxourious?
Rav Ephraim Oshry is a signer and he died in 2003
Can someone be a “Yid” if they don’t know Yiddish?
Are Sefardim or Edut HaMizrah Yidden?
The Chasam sofer also Poskened that Droshot should only be given in Yiddish, which made perfect sense in polygot Pressberg (Bratislava) where jews spoke all sorts of language as part of the Austrian Empire and Yiddish was the only common language
It makes no sense in either Modern Day America or Israel where the common language is English or Hebrew (Depending on the country) and most of the people probably dont even speak or understand Yiddish (And probably in Many cases, the Rabbi doesnt speak Yiddish either)
If it legally purchased space there is nothing you can do, If its actually vandalism you call the sanitation department
Just because you dont like the graffiti, doesnt mean its illegal, its only illegal if it was put there without permission
many “Supernatural acts” that one might see today are just illusions, ive seen some neat tricks, but all they were , was tricks