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They make you pay the $21K in advance?
Most yeshiva tuition you pay by the month.
Zion is a National Park in Utah, There are lots of Mormon Elders there
Is it possible to negotiate with the Seminary for a refund or if you did not pay the entire amount yet not to pay them?
There was a program called “Scared Straight” in the program, they took at-risk teens (Not jewish) who were trouble makers and brought them to prison to see what life was life there and see how bad it really was there.
While some teens were “scared straight” others were not and one of the original teens who was in the program, committed a crime and got 25 to life.
You did not eat shark, Tuna nets do not catch Sharks.
The DO catch Dolphins as Dolphins swim with Tuna (Sharks do not)
and this was a problem, however somehow they have made the nets to catch the Tuna but not the Dolphins (Dolphins and Tuna’s are similar sizes)
So is it right or wrong to park in the disabled parking space if you are late for minyan?
Is it Kiddush Hashem, Chillul Hashem or neither if a frum jew parks in the Disabled parking space because he is late to minyan and cant find a parking spot closer to make the Minyan?
If a jewish sports player has a bad game like Ike Davis striking out 3 times and its printed is that Lashon Hara?
gavra: To become a baal or baalus teshuva, the person needs to leave the non-Jew they “married”. That can’t be compromised.
And what about the kids (if they have some)
Should they abandon the kids (if the kids are not halachily jewish)
Story of Rav Pam. Ive seen this story several places
<em > This Monday, October 31, is Halloween. The following inspiring story from Rabbi Akiva Males of Harrisburg, PA, demonstrates that if we are to be light unto the nations, then the nations must have a positive opinion of us. The behavior of Rav Pam and his wife, Rebbetzin Sarah, was because they clearly understood this.
Rabbi Males related:
Is it Kiddush Hashem or Chilul Hashem if there is an abuser in the community and we dont turn them over to the authorities?
Its one thing to turn off your porch lights and front room lights and pretend not to be home.
Its quite another to tell some little kids one dressed as Cinderella, another dressed as superman and another dressed as a Power Ranger “Sorry I dont have candy for you, I dont celebrate this goyish pagan holiday”
Sorry I dont know, Ive only been to Columbia University twice in my life.
But why not go and ask around, Its likely near the main cafeteria or if you see a frum person ask them
Have you tried the Kosher Cafeteria at Columbia University
In Lakewood there is a pizza store with no tables, because they dont want people mingling.
If you cant eat the Pizza slice in the store, People will eat it in the street
I am surprised the Shul has not been declared Apikorsus and put in Cherem by some people in BP
There is a book by Hanoch Teller about Reb Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and he tells of an incident where the Rav was at an affair with mixed seating and someone asked him why he was at this event.
After the event The Rav gave the person a sharp lesson in Derech Eretz
I was in London 12 years ago and I saw the Shul had a guard 24/7 .
When I was in Rome this summer, You could not attend services at the Shul unless you told them in advance .
My inlaws have shown me pictures of other shuls in Europe and its pretty much the same, Most shuls in Europe have guards, I saw one in Stockholm with a Jersey Barrier in front. Some you had to tell them in advance that you were going.
We are spoiled here in the US
Just because one Rav is greater than another doesnt mean you have to follow them.
One can say the Satmar Rebbe was one of the greatest gedolim of his time, but it doesnt mean you are required to follow his shitas.
You can say the Satmar Rebbe was a Godol and be a zionist
Ive actually seen him at Selichos in a Young Israel and Ive seen him at at Mr Broadway (I had taken some out of town friends there and they were excited to see a real celebrity)
Unfortunately. Your story doesn’t check out. One doesn’t go from being a “Frum” rabbi to being a Mechallel Shabbos and “Ocheil neveilos U’treifos.
How about elisa ben avuyah?
Wasnt Rav Nassim Alpert a maggid Shiur at YU?
zsdad: where else did you see things from here reposted?
A famous blog written by an ex-chabbadnick
mike: how do you know for a fact some do?
I dont speak for Mike, but I have seen things posted here elsewhere and this site appears very high in google search results
Out of curiosity, which is worse: secular college or YU?
I went to secular college and it was cheap so I have no debt, YU costs $20K-$30K a year so IMO YU . It is possible in NYC to attend a seder while attending some of the secular colleges especially the public colleges like Hunter, Queens and Brooklyn
I am not 100% sure here, but I think some of the servers at Masbia as paid, While there are some volunteers it seems thats it tough to get full time volunteers to serve the food at Masbia.
The Soup kitchens are almost all volunteers and all donations can go to help the hungry eat.
I did a quick wikipedia on Rav Bezalel Rakow and it said he was upset with R Sacks saying that jews cannot learn things from other religions.
The Soup Kitchen is not really a jewish idea and we did not really have them until recently until Masbia came around. While Food Charities like Tomche Shabbos have been around, the place where they make the food for you and serve you like Masbia has not really.
Wikipedia is not considered the best source for anything.
It is user modified meaning anyone can modify any entry the please.
While popular entries are harder to “Graffittize” like say Barack Obama, a less popular entry can easily be “Graffitize”
Main Rav in the ban was Rabbi Nissim Karelitz
The ban was led by Yated
You have to go to college first and take the pre-requesits and then go to Med School for 4 years and THEN be a resident , its hard to be a resident and not work on Shabbos
Many Chassidim would be grossly insulted when informed they were excommunicated by the Vilna Gaon
Go Hassid. The dress code is simpler. And the kugel tastes better.
The Streimel will cost you a thousand
While nobody knows what they will be when they grow up
Instead of Personal Shopper, have you thought about being a Buyer. Most companies have a department whose job it is to buy stuff. Stores like Macys, Bloomingdales have people whose job it is to buy clothes (in wholesale) Toys R Us has people whose job it is to buy toys.
Its possible the “Lost tribes” in the new world are actually conversos (Jews who were forced to convert to christianity in Spain)
And these people are decendents of such people except over time the marrano idea has been lost.
They are not the lost tribes of Dan, but rather the lost tribes of “Sepharad”
Why not yell
Anah Hashem Hoshea Nah?
If they had a child who had no Legs or No Arms or was otherwise severly disfigured would you feel the same
Kollel seems to be more of a yeshivish (What I supposed used to be called Misnagdish) thing (Like Lakewood, Bnei Brak, etc) and Chassidim do seem to work more (Like B & H)
You might want to contact AACI (Association of Americans and Candians in Israel)
In Israel there is something called Proteczia where “friends” help you as a Oleh Hasah you dont have that, so AACI helps you there, they give you advice as you seek