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The Iron Cross looks different than the christian cross.
It looks more like the Red Cross where all sides are equal. The christian cross has a stem.
Banning the Iron Cross would be like banning the Plus Sign
How many Yeshivas HONOR at their Dinner People who are Mechalal Shabbos.
Maybe yours doesnt, but many do.
For example I know that Robert Maxell got a very chashuv levaya when he was buried at Har HaZatim
Many yeshivas have “wings” donated by people who are not relgious.
If you think about it , Its alot worse than what YU did.
My Rabbi was online at the Supermarket during Chol Hamoed.
Ahead of him was an obviously poor woman who was using a EBC Card (Food Stamps).
She had a small amount of groceries , She then noticed that the Paper Towels were “Not recommended” by the Blumenkrantz book (Mind you this was a store under a very good hashgacha” But Blumenkrantz not to buy it because of Kitniyut in the Glue on the carboard tube.
So she switched brands to the “recommended” one by Blumankrantz and it costed more money. It raised the price of her bill to more than she could afford. So she took off an item of FOOD so she could keep the “Chumra” by Bluemankrantz.
There was an article posted here on YWN how people cannot afford Peseach anymore . Staying at home costs over $1000 or more.
Because of such “Chumras” as buying “Hemish” Dominoes Sugar or Mayim Chayim Soda as opposed to Cheaper Coke how much more important food do people NOT BUY for themselves or their kids.
Yes its Kosher, There is also a falafel place around there as well
J II moved to a “Cafe” on like 36th Street
i know someone very close to me who went to YU, and made some friends. one of the friends had some troubles in his life and stopped believing in Hashem and now the boy that i know is totally OTD
And its YU’s fault he had troubles in his life?
he probably would have gone OTD with or without going to YU
What Mesorah is there to eat Glatt Kosher , To Learn in Kollel forever or for Everyone to have a Lulav and Estrog
It was NOT Avodah Zarah, you need to step back a bit and realize not everyone is out to get you
Today people seek converts which means joining their religion (and pay dues to the hirearchy)
If the person had you do this and then took your name and number for “information” then id be concerned. Or maybe tried to give you a Flyer or Pamphlet.
During Succos we have a concept of Chassid Shoteh for example in cases where someone insists in sleeping in the Succah when its pouring outside.
Is that really any difference than someone who buys a bag of “Hemish Sugar” that is really just Dominoes
if someone doesnt eat Gebrachs
And they eat a Piece of Matza, their saliva get on the Matza and gets wet.
Or
If someone doesnt eats Gebrachs eats some matza and some matza crumbs remain in their mount (maybe stuck in teeth) they then take a drink of water.
The Matza in the mouth then gets wet…
There is no madate for me to PAY for your “Chumras”
If you insist on not eating it, the food costs more money , Why should I pay for it
zahava : “Do you think Kedem , Rashi or whatever wine your drink only hires frum jews?”
I hope so, otherwise it is Stam Yeinam!
kedem and Rashi are Yayim Mevushal. They do NOT only hire frum Jews. Ive been to the Kedem Winery and I can assure you most are not frum.
The Wines that come from Italy , France or California are not located in frum areas and while of course some of the workers are frum most are not and cannot be. Do you really think Jews Pick the Grapes?
Sam2: YU’s Einstein and Cardozo schools have gay clubs.
They are not the same campus and fairly far apart. Einstein is in the Bronx and Cardozo is in Union Square
When you have thousands of people too poor to afford Peseach because of all the CHUMRAS. People need to re-think chumras
Thousands Of Jewish Families In NYC Are Too Poor To Pay Pesach Costs
If you think the OU is not OK, then you are saying Rav Belsky is not good enough for you
Learning from 8:00 to 22:00 is what causes people to burn out. Learning a little less can actually make one learn more
Translation : On this side of the pond thats from 8am to 10PM
I was the gabbai of an office pool for this lottery
I provided a copy of all the tickets to everyone BEFORE the drawing
When people get older they can get cranky in general
And remember he IS at your table, if he was really so anti-religious he wouldnt come to your house for shabbos
I just saw in the store $10 a pound hand Shumura Matza and it wasnt in Monsey and it wasnt in a cheap store. It was in NYC
The reality is if you go to a City School especially Brooklyn or Queens, and LIVE AT HOME. Basically you go to the school for classes and then go home
And you wont have the debt. Most people who go to Stern or YU dorm (YU its fairly difficult to commute)
problem here is everyone will talk NY/NJ. how about midwest???
Anywhere west of the Hudson is CHUTZ LA-ARETZ
The price is the one thing you will have to consider. If it is $42,000 a year thats over $160,000 for 4 years.
Frankly I am of the opinion that , that is too much money and the degree becomes too expesive for the amount of money you will make
(Note I went to a secular college that now costs $5500 a year)
the seasonal argument is nonsense. Most businesses are seasonal of some sort
Ever hear of the term “Black Friday” (The day after Thanksgiving) , it has nothing to do with Thankgiving, December 25 or anything. Its referring to the accounting priciciples of Red (Meaning Losing Money) and Black (Making money)
Black friday is the first day retail busineses make money during the year.
Matza is expensive because people will pay for it, if people refused to pay the prices and say bought cheaper Machine Matza, the price would come down
Sometimes I am not aruging with the poster, but making my points to lurkers who never post and just read.
The implications for the girl are severe and they will affect the rest of the family too. BY’s chinuch might even be questioned. For what gain?
What SEVERE implications?
You quote that is assur, yet Rav Nissim Alpert was a Rav HaMachshiur there. If Stern was treif (Or any part of YU for that matter) would he have been a Rav HaMachshiur there.
The only severe implications is the tuition cost , I think its like $31,000 a year room and board
Decades of gedolim have expressed themselves about YU in one word, “assur,” or in three words, “against the Torah.”
Rav Nissim Alpert was a Maggid Shiur there for over 20 years with the blessing of Rav Moshe
Matzah-Why so expensive?
Because its Matza Oni .
When you buy it, it makes you poor
I saw plenty of it in the store
Food prepared by someone other than a frum Jew.
And how do you know every worker at “frum Food companies ” is a frum jew?
Do you think Mayim Chaim ONLY hires frum jews?
Do you think Paskez ONLY hires frum Jews?
Do you think Kedem , Rashi or whatever wine your drink only hires frum jews?
One of the winning $250,000 tickets was sold on 14th Ave in Borough park
Do-It-Yourself
I was in Italy last summer and it was mostly do-it-yourself but I took a Day trip to Florence from Rome and I found out later they did not take us to the Uffizzi.. I was pretty mad.
Do it yourself you can go wherever you want to
It was a police survelance camera that showed Zimmerman arriving at the police station without any of the injuries that he claimed
That claim only comes from a supposed “phone interview” of Rav Shmuel by the Jewish Week, the anti-religious unreliable publication. Rav Shmuel does not typically grant “phone interviews” with newspapers.
Another example when a Rav Poskins that some dont like they claim its a “FORGERY”
I was once at the Rav’s house on Purim. The Rav and his wife were Europeans, Old Fashioned Europeans. I couldnt imagine them eating anything else except Chicken and Kugel because thats what they always ate.
To my surprise there was this huge Sushi platter. needless to say I was shocked and I asked the Rebbitzen about the Sushi platter.
She then told me, actually she doesnt eat it and it was her son-in-laws.
There is no seed program in Brooklyn, because there arent many PEOPLE in Brooklyn in the Summer
I am going to come out and say the eBooks WILL be popular in the jewish book market especially among less popular books. Its expensive to publish a Sefer and many Seforim will not be able to be published.
There will be some opposition from the older generation because they did not learn from eBooks, but slowly this will change.
MUST HAVE Seforim like MB , SHAS or Chumashes will always be available in printed form
Why should they be different than Novominsk, or Philly, or other Yeshivos that only take the better kids?? Why don’t those yeshivos get flack?? Just because until now Chofetz Chaim had a gimmel shiur??
They SHOULD
ANY Yeshiva who throws out students for Being Below Average Should get flack
In addition to the white shirt policy, chofetz chaim has instituted another standard: chofetz chaim will no longer accept bochrim into the high school who are not above the average; this applies even to boys who are currently in chofetz chaim’s own elementary school. This means that the lower level class for each grade will be cut and its students rejected from the yeshiva.
I dont know if this is true, but if it is, it is a TERRIBLE policy to institute.
ANY yeshiva that has such a policy should be chastized.
Just because you are not as smart as others doesnt mean you are any less than others.
I will admit when I first heard about this case and heard the name Zimmerman, I thought the shooter was Jewish (Every Zimmerman I ever met was jewish)
Just because Al Sharpton is protesting doesnt mean its wrong, A broken clock is right twice a day.
Considering someone has been killed, Certainly minally a Grand Jury Investigation is warranted and if the Grand Jury sees enough evidence for a trial, so be it and if the Grand Jury says he is likely Not Guilty because of the Stand Your Ground Law, then that is law.
The Sanford Police department has had very little investigations so far and the Police Chief has taken a leave of absense because of it
I am sure they could get Pro-Bono lawyers for this case who are only interested in overturning this law.
They could garnish his wages for the rest of his life.
But they really woulndt get much, they would do it just to prove a point
What I meant was people are debating the constitution and racism, but its really all about this Stand your ground law.
I dont know if Zimmerman is criminally guilty, but for sure he is Civilly guilty . If I was martins Parents, Id sue him ASAP for unlawful death and they would probably win
It clear with the Zimmerman case, You dont seem to know the basic Facts
There is a law in many states that if an intruder breaks into your home you are allowed to use deadly force.
Many States including Florida has expanded this to Citizens Patrol groups (Like the Shomrim) who are not cops, but patrol neighborhoods. The Law is called STAND YOUR GROUND.
Zimmerman was on this “Citizens Patrol” and Saw Mr Martin wearing a Hoodie and felt he was a Perp and tried to “Apprehend” him.
Exactly what happend next is up for debate, except the Zimmerman killed Treyvor Martin. His defense was the STAND YOUR GROUND law.
Obviously it was a mistake and Martin was killed. If Zimmerman tried to Apprehen Martin and martin fought back it was Self Defense by MARTIN as you cant arrest someone for not doing anything.
Consider it like someone gives you some food and you eat it anfd you find out later it wasnt Kosher, Whose fault was it?
Obviosuly you are supposed to make 100% sure it was kosher before eating it.
This was worse because someone was killed, Someone was killed by mistake , There are no mulligans in murder.
And BTW the author of the Stand you Ground Law says this case does NOT apply in this case as the Stand your ground only applies AFTER you call 911 which Zimmerman did not