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I dont think you are allowed to donate food stamp benefits, they are for your use and nobody else.
Now if you want to save $100 in food and donate that money to tzdekah, then its ok
Go Sunday Afternoon, price will be as low as $5 a set
The Rambam was a big reader of Aristotle and other Greek knowledge
The idea of no Chachmas goyim actually comes from the Chasam Sofer, While I am not going to question the Chasam Sofer, there are plenty of Gedolim who disagree with the Chasam Sofer. If you want to follow the Chasam Sofer, that is fine but dont expect everyone to hold by him.
And BTW My ancestors came from the Ghetto too and thats why they left. and the word Ghetto itself comes from the Foundry in Venice which was the first Ghetto.
You are not allowed to put tables on the sidewalk without a permit. Some places have a succah in the back on their own private property, I dont think you need a permit for that.
And for those who think the permit is silly, what if a wind comes and blows down the succah on the sidewalk and someone gets hurt or property gets damaged. I know of a case where the succah blew down and damaged someones car so its not so far fetched
Have you ever actually been in a real ghetto, Not what we call here in the US, but the kind the jews lived in Europe (Not the WW II ghettos but prior to the war)
Well I have (Rome and Venice) and they are like JAILS, you are locked in at night and cannot leave for any reason. They are not pleasant at all and I can never figure out why some seem to romantize them.
In Venice the ghetto was closed in at night via a drawbridge (The Jewish Ghetto in Venice is an Island) , Jews had to wear a mark of shame so that they could be indentified as a jew especially if they were out past curfew.
In Rome there was a wall around the Ghetto that was locked at night , much like a warden locks in prisoners in a Jail.
People starved in these places (Especially in Eastern Europe) and they were generally the worst part of town (The Roman Ghetto frequently flooded) and the locals could many times enter and threaten the jewish population.
Today these places are cleaned up and look nice, but its still creepy being in them. Italy is a modern country and the Ghettos of Rome and Venice look nice. I can only imagine what the ghettos of Eastern Europe are like. And it was creepy asking the Policeman in Rome where the Jewish Ghettos was (They have built up the Roman Ghettos as an area where jewish businesses especially restaurants operate and It was the best food I ever ate in my life)
Also make sure your kids have American Citizenship with American Passports.
Nechomah is right about the husband, It might be more difficult than you think, When you apply for residency for him make sure you apply under EU Passport and not Israeli (EU citizens have easier rules than Israeli citizens) for example EU residents dont need a visa to come to the US, Israelis do and once you get here assume your husband cannot legally work here until he gets a green card
You would be surprised in the number of people who would go to both opera AND wrestling.
And where do you have this information from.
“If the only way we can sell our children on Torah is by forbidding everything else, then we are bankrupt”
Rav Shlomo Friefeld
An iPhone has a rechargeable battery in it and throwing it into a fire would not cause it to burn, it would explode
There is a great Target just past Starrett City on the Belt Parkway. Cheaper prices than Toys R Us
Refraining by Jewish people from reading most secular literature is already well established. A book leads to magazine leads to music leads to a play leads to a film leads to a theatre leads to an opera leads to a ballet leads to a wrestling ring leads to contests. All forbidden.
People who like Opera and Ballet would never be caught dead at a wrestling match.
People who read High Literature do not read trashy magazine
And A Play leads to a film leads to a theater doesnt even make sense
Now its Apikorsis to like fine wine over Cream Malaga.
If you would ask the author of the Maggid speaks did he intend to compete with the great english classic authors like Twain, Joyce and Dickens, He would tell you himself, His book was meant for light reading not meant to be a classic.
And tell me where did Hashem tell you he doesnt like when someone reads fine literature.
With such philosophies, Its no wonder so many people are going OTD
I maintain Lakewood, NJ, Its not exactly NY , but you should have most of what you are looking for
Lakewood, NJ
Shakespeare never met a Jew in his life and the Merhcant of Venice Sjylock has redeeming values.
There are much more anti-semetic books than the Merchant of Venice. The Grimms Fairy tale “A thorn among jews” is VERY anti-semitic (And for that reason is hardly ever mentioned in Grimms Fairy Tales complilations (Although its there sometimes)
Oliver Twist is also more anti-semetic than the Merchant of Venice. Unless you have seen the book, you would never know this.
Pgymallion is a play and is written as such unlike Tom Sawyer.
If you want to say the Maggid Speaks is better than 1984 because its more inspirational, that is fine, you are the first person who compared reading 1984 to attending a “Circus” . If you want to say you enjoyed the Maggid Speaks better than 1984, that is fine too, however they are nowhere near the same literary level.
Fine literatue is like fine wine. Some people are happy drinking the Kedem Malaga wine all the time and others learn to like the better stuff like Merlots and Chardonnays. You may drink the Merlot and say the Malaga is better, and perhaps to your taste it is, but dont go around telling people the Malaga is better than the Merlot and Hashem is more pleased when you drink the Malaga over the Merlot.
OP rather than listening to people here, Why not contact someone at a Bais Yaakov and see what they let the girls read
I need a translator to read S1 posts’ I need them translated from Text Speak, to english
You must be joking comparing The Maggid Speaks to an author Like Charles Dickens or George Orwell.
Just because someone writes a Torah style book doesnt mean they know how to write in proper english
Ive never read Ayn Rand, but I though that was more philosophy than works .
And if you dont like the Merchant of Venice, Then dont read it, there are lots of other books to be had, There are probably more works of Literature in english than any other language.
“Jewish” Literature is very poor and I dont mean Kafka or Potak, I mean the stuff I see at the jewish bookstores.
The dont follow proper writing rules, the books dont seem to have proof readers and are basically unreadable.
Ive tried reading these books and its impossible. Reading proper works of english literature one can learn the proper way to write in english. (And maybe in other languages as well)
Not everyone can read books in Hebrew or Yiddish and they need these english books and people need Jewish books about Fiction and non-fiction alike.
The RCA may have come against the law itself, but individual Rabbis have come out against MBP (The RCA doesnt speak for all its members), Just like the Agudah doesnt speak for every Charedi Rabbi
Well is there no chance of any harm to the baby or is there some truth to the form.
I sign all sorts of stupid waiver telling me something can possibly kill me.
Instead of fighting this, The charedi Rabbis should be looking to remove the Mohels who caused this in the first place and REQUIRE testing for Herpes of Mohels. If you test positive for herpes you cannot be a Mohel.
This is not about banning, Its about signing a piece of paper saying you know there are risks.
What is wrong with telling the public there is a small chance of a health risk.
FYI Rav Tendler is not the only one who is against MBP, However it seems that in the more Charedi communities they are all for it and in the more modern communities they are against it.
I am not a Vegatarian, but treatment of Animals is not always about Shechita, its about how the Animals are raised on the farm or ranch.
Most animals (In the US) are not raised by jewish farmers, they are raised by farmers and ranchers and sold at an auction and Jewish slaughter houses buy the animals for slaughter (Some Chickens are raised by jewish farms , but not all)
If you ask me this is a really bad idea. What happens after this event and nothing happens. Some people will say it wasnt time yet, but others will begin to have doubts.
I remember a poster posting about the Siyum in 2005, their Rebbe told them what an amazing event it was going to be and to practice Yeha Shmay Rabba and all the Bochrim practiced it will all the kavana they could and for sure Moshiach would come. Of course he didnt and he began to have doubts and went OTD for a while.
You have to be real careful with such an event.
Yeah that 47% includes Kollelnicks who are supported by the government.
I know of a very big Mohel, His reaction to to Mezea B’Peh is how the question is worded to him
If someone say, you arent going to do that are you? And he answers of course not
And if someone asks him, you’d better be doing Mezeia b’peh . He will answer of course I do it
Nowadays we have WiFi. The very air is permeated with tumah!!
I guess learning Daf Yomi Online , Via Skype or VoIP is also Tumah
I knew a rabbi who was involved in conversions and the first thing he recommended was move to a torah community . For example he told a perspective convert in Oklahoma that they should move to Dallas.
I agree its tough, “Jewish Books” are generally garbage when compared to real english literature.
My best guess for reading that is as kosher as could be is Mark Twain ,Charles Dickens , Ralph Waldo Emerson , Nathaniel Hawthrone (Scarlet Letter?)
Book written in the 19th century generally followed the customs of Elizabethan England, although they might have slight more violence because that was common practice in that time.
I know of cases where someone was halachily married and not civilly married.
They were cases where one partner needed some sort of government assistance and they would have lost it if they were married (due to income issues) in the non-jewish world, they would have just lived in sin, but since we dont belive that they were married halachily not civilly so not to lose the assitance (usually it was medicaid)
I know someone whose brother was murdered and they told me they forgave the murderer. I couldnt understand why, that beast KILLED your brother.
They told me if they did not forgive him, every second of their life would be in anger of the murderer and it would consume them and they might seek a life of revenge.
However they would not forget
Corn as we know it, Is actually the Indian crop Maize and was not available in Europe until after Columbus and the Europeans came to the new world.
There was no “Corn” in Rashis time.
Rashi probably spoke Old French and maybe Old Spanish which are different than modern French or Spanish.
If Rashi spoke english it was old english which is unintelligble to the modern english speaker
The Satmar Rebbe was never in a DP Camp, he was on the Kasner train, and while he spent some time in Belsen, the train took them to Swizterland eventually.
He made it to Palestine in 1945.
Its important not to make Halachas as you think a Rebbe might have acted from an anecdote that may not have happend
The story could be about a Rebbe whose name I forgot , he had gone to Japan during the War and the only food he could get was rice. He did not know how to cook the rice and waited 2 days learning torah until someone could cook the rice for him.
Plenty of Orhtodox people have pets.
Personally I think the first thing you should do is attend services and meet the Rabbi.
I also feel its important that you attend a place where women attend as well (Most Modern Orthodox shuls women attend on Saturday mornings), You will need to meet these women and have to try to make friendships with them. Without some sort of social net it will never work.
I am trying to walk a thin line and I dont mean to be mean, but I suspect your desire to explore judiasm is related to your family crisis (Usually people find religion during family crisis)
I am somewhat afraid that if the crisis is not solved favorably when you find religion, you might blame relgion for “Not Helping”. Thats why I feel its better to go slower.
Because ultimatly there will be big changes in your life if you decide to go all in , you will have to move for example to be in an area with more orthodox jews, you might have to give up your job to move to this area.
People are meticulus on many areas of Mitzvot, People eat Chalav Yisroel, People triple check the veggies for bug.
I am meticulus when it comes to money issues. I dont cheat the government even if its legal or quasi legal but it smells like it might be illegal.
If you take money from the government you need to use it EXACTLY as it was intended, If you dont like the rules, dont take the money.
It is not a Chillul Hashem to eat a piece of Broccoli, but its a HUGE Chillul Hashem that people feel they can not pay income taxes, use Section 8 housing money to pay rent to in-laws who own the house, to get Welfare when you are an able body person who can work.
Imagine the News goes to Lakewood and discovers all the Kollel guys who accept government assistance and then puts this on the Front page of the NY Times.
Would you claim the NY Times is biased and hates “True Torah Jews” or would you say, Oy Rachmana Lanu that we have fallen so low that we must take from the government to support kollels and work to end the system
I dont read CNN or the Huffington Post they are biased
You need to check where the campaigns are spending, campaigns do not spend money in states they cant win . There are only 8 states that Romney is spending money in. GOP Super Pacs are not even spending money in Michigan and Pennsylvania anymore.
They are about to begin spending money in Wisconsin, Romney’s people think they have a shot to win it, especially with Ryan on the ticket
Take things at your own pace, Do not rush at anything. There is no need to jump in the water.
I dont think where to start other than reading or asking basic questions is best to take from an internet chat room.
You will need to figure out how to fit everything in your life, there are people who know better than me what should be done first as they have dealt with people before and know what works and what doesnt work.
I do know from my own lifes experience, that rushing things is a really bad idea, Its like building a building too fast. The building can collapse into a pile of ruble (I know people where that happend to and its not been pretty)
Since you have not experienced Shabbos, I would not recommend starting there until you have been to someone who knows how more than a few times . You are going to wind up staying in the house all day , be bored with no friends , in the dark with. and while this might work for a few weeks, it wont work in the end.
Better take it slowly to make of a chance for success
With all the OTD going on, Its a wonder there arent more.
Kids see that its Assur to sing in the Shower, but that its OK to steal from the government.
Why is there there no Asifa on stealing from the government and using government benefits properly and legally.
Kids see these things and get a very different message that what you want
No
Presidential elections are decided by electoral votes not popular votes meaning each state gives a certain number of votes if a candidate wins.
Romney is only contesting 9 States. So if you take the electoral votes in the states that are not being contested
Obama has 237
Romney has 191
You need 270 to win
In the 8 states (NH, VA , NC, OH, WI, IA, NV, FL, CO) that are being contested Romney is behind in the polls of 7 of them (He is ahead in NC) and Obama is begining to pull away in OH where the auto bailout was popular and unemplpoyment is fairly low (18 Electoral votes giving Obama 255) It will also be fairly hard for Romney to win in CO and NV because there are large amounts of Latino voters who dont like the GOP (Another 15 Electoral votes total 270)
Privately GOP pollsters say it will be unlikely Romney will win VA or NH either due to demographics in those states (There is a large liberal population in the state dependent on Government contracts around the DC area) and Many Liberals from Boston have moved a few miles to “New Boston” for lower taxes but retain their liberal views making NH out of reach.
Its interesting people belive that Obama will sell out Israel and dont belive that Romney will cut government programs.
The reality is no matter how much Obama doesnt like Israel, his fellow democrats will not sell out Israel. However Romney’s fellow republicans follow the creed of the Protestant Work Ethic which means no work, no food. They WILL cut program especially now since they are complaining about the debt. And able boodied Kollel guys are prime targets for cuts.
This brings up the bigger question
What is your response when modern science contradicts Chazal or a Gadol Like the Rambam
Is your response
1) Chazal were only commenting on Science known in those days and could be wrong on those issue
2) Chazal were correct and Modern Science is wrong
3) We did not understand Chazal
4) Chazal were correct in those days and the Science has changed
Romney wants to cut social spending, If you are able to work you should work and not accept government assistance.
What if Romney cut WIC, Section 8, Food Stamps, HEAP, Medicaid, CHiP for Kollelnicks.
How many people in Kollel would leave if Welfare, WIC, HEAP, Food Stamps, Section 8 , Medicaid etc were cut.
If the country is bankrupt and in Debt I guess we cant afford these programs to help those in Kollel.
The Rambam holds that the moon is a spiritual place not a physical place so a landing was not possible.
Rav Yaakov Kamminetsky when the original moon landing occured rushed to watch it on TV as he wanted to know if the Rambam was right or wrong.
I do want to add, while I think you should make contact with the Rabbi asap, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are probably not the best time to do it, not because they arent important, they are VERY important, but Because The Rabbi might be a little more busier than normal and might not be able to give you as much attention as you need and I would not want you to get turned off because the rabbi didnt give as much attention as you need because he was busy with lots of things during the high holy days and it might seem as if he was blowing you off, when he wasnt.
TCG
Most of us live in the NYC area and we have a lot closer connection to the WTC than the Pentagon or the Shankesville,PA plane crash. Many of us were there directly , nearby and had to flee, Knew someone in the towers or know a rescue worker.
There were 40 Hatzolah Amblulances that were destroyed in the attack
Dont tell him piercing is permanent, because its not. Its important not to lie. (Pierced holes close up if they are not used)
You have to prove a positve , not prove a negative
I have to prove I have $5 in my pocket, you dont have to prove that I dont have the money
You will have to ask where it is, I was only in Heathrow once and I dont really know that airport well
Sarah Schnierer never married
There might be a shul there, There is a Shul in JFK and there was a Shul that I saw in Frankfurt Germany…
While it might not be the best place to daven for a minyan, for yichdus its probably fine
And if you want to see a Sephardic community, that is a little tougher there are decent sized communities in Brooklyn on Ocean Parkway (Syrian) Deal , NJ (Also Syrian) and Great Neck (Persian)
Your best place to see them would be Paris, France (Many Jews from North Africa emigrated to France after the revolutions in those countries in the 1960’s)