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Rav Chaim praising him does not make him the Gadol HaDor
Plastic Bags are currently free in NYC, even if the mayor is trying to change that
I cant say I am an expert in every Rav in the US, but I have heard of most of them
I never heard of Hagaon Harav Mordechai Aderet. I had to google him and he is still unfamiliar
In America the gedolim dont get invovled in politics as much as they do in Israel, so they are also more political leaders in Israel and in America they are mostly religous leaders
Rav Aharon Shteinman
Gaming computers cost more money
It makes daylight hours the most useful . Daylight from 7am to 6pm is more useful than daylight from 6am to 5pm
BTW
If you are interested in real Yiddish songs , you might want to look up Oyfn Pripetshik (The Warm Hearth) , You might recoginize it from Schinderls List, Another popular secualr yiddish song is Bei Mir Bistu Shein
LB
The YIVO is secular yiddish language institute with many archives of yiddish literature, they have a cultural institue called the folksbiene where they perform classic yiddish songs and plays
There are also some frum jews who read the Forvitz , However most of its readership is the english language version “The Forward”
Yiddish Newpapers are generally weeklies not dalies.
The Main ones are Der Yid and Der Tsitung which are Chassidish newpapers and the Forvitz which is secular socialist newspaper
I had also heard than Rav ELyshiv insisted the world is 6000 years and anyone who thought otherwise was a Koifer
Florida is a little cheaper than NY and its a bigger community than LA
California is more socially Liberal than NY.
In NY the Chassidic population (The non-jews do not distinguish between various charedi groups and lump them all as “Chassidim”) is considered a major part of the NYC masoic
Requiring a letter is not something exclusive to Lawrence, Lakewood requires it as well
I know for a fact when there is a real shala they called Rav Chaim or Rav Aharon
I dont think there is one, If there is a real Shaiala they just call Rav Chaim or Rav Aharon on the phone
I dont know if anyone knows this answer, but after all said and done what happend to the Langers and their offspring, Was the heter ultimatly accepted (even if under protest) are the Langers children and grandchildren (If they have any) considered Mamzers or not.
I am well aware that Rav ELyshiv protested the wedding, but what happend afterwards
Tzdekah collectors will ignore the “No soliciting signs”
Maybe Jared Kushner can send Shalach Manot to Marc Mezvinsky (Chelsea Clintons Husband)
Alot of people there have either big fences or even walls around their property
I think there are also some private security
I dont live there so I cant say exactly, but just because there are very rich people there doesnt mean its easy pickens
I only said AISH, because I know it to be a frum website and they would not put something on there against the Gedolim
Not everyone is a Yid and some peoples houses are more like forts
I just checked the AISH website and they have an essay that suggests the earth is more than 6000 years old. AISH isnt the gadolei Hador, but I dont think they would put kefira on it either
Unless you have a list of people to go to, it is not a good idea to go randomly collecting, you never know who will answer the door and some people might not be too happy you are there
I dont belive there is any sefer of any kind in Rav Elyshiv’s name
(I heard there is a work being done on his Tshuvoth, but its not out yet. or just came out)
The Chazon Ish died in 1953, While for many that might seen like a long time ago, It really isnt
When I first saw this headline, I was certain it was about another more famous Rabbi “Shmuley”
The reason we sell the Chametz is not because of a box of cheerios, but rather a bottle of Johnny Walker blue. People will throw out the bottle of Cheerios, but people did not spill out the bottle of Johnny Walker blue so they had to do something to prevent people from being over a “lav since they would not spill out the Johnny Walker Blue
Sometimes if you quote from a torah website the mods let it though. You can always quote from Hebrew Books. I am just not sure if they consider the OU to be a torah website or not
Romaine Lettuce stalks are all about the same size , about 3 inches or so long
I dont know if this will go through the mods, Its from the OU website, but they can edit it out if they want
Its a Responsa from Rav Efraim Oshay who was the Posek of the Kovono Ghetto and wrote a sefer after the war about the questions he got
This one was about if it was permitted to escape the Ghetto and join the Partisans, He ruled it was permissible
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The Chazon ish Portion is about 3/4 of a hand Made Shmurah Matza, it is not a small amout of food.
I think the Rav moshe size which is what many schools give out is about 1/2 a matzah.
marror too, you have to eat a certain amount. I think its about 5 stalks of lettuce for a Kezayis
You are supposed to eat a Kezayis of matzah in a certain amount of time otherwise you are not Yotzei
There is a debate exactly how much a Kezays is and how long it takes to eat it. The Chazon ish was famous for larger portions than other opinions
Avram
Its not so funny,Some people eat Chazon Ish sized Shmurah Matzah in under 3 mins (I think) certainly alot less than 9 mins
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising started on April 19, 1943 which was chosen because it was Hitlers birthday, which the Nazis considered a special holiday and in fact a jew was not allowed to even have this birthday and those who did were forced to change it.
Of course the Hebrew date changes every year, but its very appropirate to commemorate the Holocaust on the day which Hitler YM was born and was a special holiday in Nazi Germany
Rav Menchem Ziemba who was one of the last Gedolim in the Warsaw Ghetto, Personally gave his blessing to the uprsing
LU
You story comes from the Yaffa Eliach (Who just passed away a few months ago) book, Chassidic tales from the Holocaust
The current mayor is Anti-police and he has tied their hands down.
The police would do nothing. The police have better than to do than deal with an Anti-Semetic verbal incident
I did not say anything, but I did look at the car and why they decided to block the crosswalk. They did not like that I was looking at why they were blocking the crosswalk
I think they mean Rav yaakov Yosef.
There were issues with the Butcher and he tried to clean up the mess and they tried to muscle him to back down and unfortunatly it worked
As I was walking home from Shul on Shabbos about a month ago, Someone decided to park their car in the middle of the cross walk blocking the ability to walk normally.
As I had to really walk around this car , this woman in the car started yelling at me how hitler did not complete the job. So I yelled back. I will not stand for someone telling that to me
Joseph do you support the Shomrim or the Shimra?
They have been known to engage in people without calling the police
I am fine, I was not afraid. I doubt this individual will mess with anyone again.
If we dont stand up for our rights, they will trample on us
Actually this happend to me a few weeks ago, verbal not physical
I let the person know in no uncertain terms, that some jews are not wimps and will not back down.
By that standard , Fiddler on the Roof is not Jewish
The posts are definatly messed up. I am seeing posts appear then disappear and then appear in odd orders