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Its the strings on the Tallis that are the problem If there was no strings then it wouldnt be a problem, but it really wouldnt be a tallis either. It would basically be a blanket with black stripes
Its the Acid Reflux, Its not something deadly, you just learn how to eat with it. You learn to eat less and avoid certain foods that trigger it.
Certain very acidic foods are really bad and I try to avoid. Potato chips are a favorite of mine that I really cannot eat anymore. Chocolate is really bad and I dont eat it anymore.
Alot of the foods served at Shalosh Seudos fall into those foods that trigger it.
Friday night after a soup I need to wait a couple of hours before eating any other food.
As long as you know these things its not really a big deal
The Hunts Point Fish market.
So a good Yid can go around with an Afro, t-shirt, torn jeans and no socks while speaking Ebonics to his friends who call him Tipper?
Absolutly ,
And A Rasha can go around wearing a Bechasha, Streimel, gartel, Speak Yiddish and only eat hemish Foods, and never have learned secular studies
How you Dress does not make you a good or bad yid
using the example how jews kept away from secular influences in Egypt is really a bad example
If that was the case, everyone here would be committing a tremendous Averiaha s we are all speaking English
And dont tell me that Yiddish is a “Jewish lanaguge” its just a pigeon German, Its not a real jewish language. Modern Hebrew is probably the only real jewish language, but even that has outside influences
Covering the crib with a Tallis is not a good idea, the baby might grab the strings and choke. I dont care who came up with it, it is still not a good idea. This is being a chassid Choteh
I am guessing a wet nurse comes from the olden days before baby formula when if the mother couldnt lactate, they needed someone else to feed the baby. Again this is a silly chumra because if the baby needs mothers milk for health reasons (Some Babies cannot take baby formula) its being a chassid Shoteh over the health of the baby
Back to the OP- if by chareidi the person meant a strong adherence to halacha, keeping mitzvos without compromise, emphasis on learning Torah and emunas chachamim, then those things have always defined frum people from Sinai
Rav Schecter and Rav Lichtenstein ZT’L fit in that category, but they are not Charedi and nobody considered them Charedi
Without getting into details, I actually cannot eat alot of food at once and need to take decent sized breaks between meals. I also need to somewhat eat smaller portions. I rarely eat dessert for this reason
This time of year especially the break isnt long enough between Lunch and Shalosh Seudos, so I dont usually eat Shalosh Seudos (Dont tell me its a Mitzvah, Its no Mitzvah to get violently ill which is what happens, I generally cannot eat another meal if I end at about 2, until about 6 or 7)
Quoting “Duvid Chaim” from the internet, is just as authentic as quoting “Joseph from the internet”
Most people who seek a Rav or Rebbitzen arent going to Halacha but more counseling or advice. So the answer is for you, who is better at the job and that is more of an individual answer , Some Rabbis are better at the job and some Rebbitizens are better at the job. I cannot answer the question for you and nobody else can either as it depends who you are meeting
There are several kinds of Sushi, The fish isnt the problem its the rice, there are Sushi that you eat just the fish and no rice.
The point here is not Sushi vs Gefilte, In fact I know people who hate any kind of fish, the point here is not to claim you must eat a certain food “L’Kavod Shabbos” if you find it digusting. No normal Rav is going to tell you to eat it anyway because they should be smart enough to realize eating something you cant stand most likely wont get you to like it, but you will likely become repulsed even more from it (and perhaps shabbos in general if you associate shabbos with food you hate)
A food is not holy if you dont like it, Its disgusting. there is no inyan to eat something you find disgusting
I cant stand chopped liver or Gefilte Fish, I find it very replusive.
Someone here once posted that Gefilte Fish had a taam of Shabbos and Sushi was just fancy fish, I dont know where he got it or just made it up
The closure of the Volzhin Yeshiva is not so simple, secular studies WERE taught in Volozhin.
The closure seems to have been a combination of financial pressures and the Russian government wanted MORE secular studies taught, not that secular studies taught
The Yeshiva reopened in 1899 after being closed for 7 years
Most Jews who were not “Frum” before the enlightenment became christians or members of other relgions.
Spinoza is considered the first secular jew. Secularism was against the law in most of Europe before the Englightenment
While I put myself in the Zionist camp, my suggestion of Arad had nothing to do with Zionism. The OP wanted a cheap place to live that is warm.
Most of the places where jews live is expensive and the warm ones arent any cheaper
Arad is cheap and warm, there is nothing compatible to it anywhere in the US
The 17th and 18th century were turbulent times for Jews and Europe in general.
Jews suffered greatly from anti-semitism and poverty. The general peasants in Europe suffered similar problems. Revolutionary fever was spreadin g in europe following the French Revolution
The Shabtai Zvi false messiah was particulay damaging as people lost faith.
In general in Europe the Church was seen as corrupt and unfortunatly many people who called themselves Rav , did not deserve the title.
The response to these crisis were several, Some people felt the way to respond to anti-semitism was to get more rights and become more like the general Europeans and others to seperate themselves more. Those who wanted to become more like the general Europeans became part of the haskalah and those against became more charedi.
Charedism was not a response to the Haskallah, but rather both were responses to the general crisises in the jewish and European communities in general
Florida is cheaper than LA and there are more jews in the South Florida area than in the LA area
LU
Sephardim eat chamin, which is chulent
Arad , Israel
cheap , warm and has decent buses
Bovine
A garbage man is a good job that pays well, with good benefits and you dont need alot of education to get it
Long distance truck driver is also good paying and someone can listen to torah MP3’s while driving
Ive actually wondered myself who most of the frummer posters were. I have quite a bit of very frum relatives and none of the have internet (Most are in Lakewood)
Trump is not always the best role model in the area of not backing down.
And one has to be careful in a place with all kinds of people, you do need to be careful what you say to whom even to people who live lives against the torah. Better to say nothing. Remember there are always people watching that you dont even know about. Those people will get ideas based on your behavior and that might have negative consequences
Its well known that comments on anonymous forums can be a bit wacky. And comments on this site are really no different
If you are taking halcha from comments here, you need to rethink that. Most people take things here with a grain of salt, and you should verify anything you think might be important
After all, I do not raise my hand in class and publicly advertise my beliefs regarding same-gender marriage
College professors are supposed to (and usually do) respect your relgious beliefs. While they might about beliefs in general they usually wont single you out. They might say “Judaism is stupid” but they usually wont say “Your Beliefs in judaism is stupid”
I hated High School, but I dont regret getting the Diploma, In the end it didnt matter because I got a College Diploma and I dont regret on minute getting it.
I went to a co-ed MO school and we had a reunion and frankly there was bitterness among many who were not part of the “in crowd”. The reunion went off alot better than you would have though. People do grow up
I belive the OP said they were from Bulgaria, If I am not mistaken Bulgaria is a Sephardic country and if OP would convert they would covert as Sephardic .
Yiddish has no meaning to Sephardim, there is a language that Sephardim spoke called Ladino, however it has mostly fallen into disuse and most religious Sephardim speak Hebrew.
no, mind your own business
Peanuts aren’t nuts , they are legumes
I hear the can of worms opening right now
If you want to know car prices
the main websites are KBB (Kellys Blue Book) and Edmunds
You can check those website and see if you are getting a good deal or getting ripped off
There is a fine line between respect and Worship
A drone is a small aircraft usually with a camera
Most people use them to take pictures from the air, but they could have other uses
There are very few station wagons a anymore, they are considered uncool so they dont make them. They pretty much stopped making them a while ago.
They were mostly replaced by minivans, but even those are considered uncool so while they make them, they arent that popular
Reform and Conservative convertions are allowed to make Aliyah, HOWEVER they are not registered as jews and not allowed to marry other jews
ZD – +1. I don’t think they can be blamed for looking for a heter.
I had to do a double take on that one, I dont think you have ever agreed with me before
There are many jews from Syria, Iran, Iraq and the ban does not distingush between a muslims, christian or a jew
Also it seems Saudi Arabia was not on the list and most of the deaths from terrorism occured from people from Saudi Arabia
depending on your community, you might not even be in a position where it is an issue.
If you are chassidic , you likely married into another chassidic family and such issues would not likely occur. People are more homogenenus
Before praising the shidduch system, You are going to leave people out who are converts and BT’s. A Rav who was asked would likely know these factors. Before saying “Most of us would not want a heter” most would not marry a BT or a convert either where such issues are more likely to come up. Family relationships are more complicated when there are BT’s and converts (Doesnt mean they are bad, just more complex and those issues can usually be worked out)
You forgot this
if a known molester attends your shul with your nieces and nephews (Or any other relatives), go right ahead. I will protect my family first and if it means I did an averiah, I will take that averiah. Better I take such an averiah than anyone become a victim.
notice the key words KNOWN MOLESTER
There was nothing wrong with the original post, It was quite clear what I had meant.
Do you really think anyone thinks I was referring to anything except molestation and abuse.
The OP just wanted to make an argument to seem he was being “Frum” instead of being a chassid Shoteh
This is not a discussion of halacha in general and if one finds a Halacha “Wrong” should one disobey it
This is about a very specific “halacha” It was not a general statement
And I think most people got that point
It had nothing to do with Isis. From the Zaka Website.
It would have been better had they posted this instead of insinuting he was being held by ISIS as a hostage
It wasnt exactly as stated. better information came out
The man was not kidnapped, he was arrested for murder (Might have been self defense) and the family of the murdered man wanted the money for killing their family member
Do you really think its Hashem will that we allow a person who is a danger to soceity should be allowed to roam free because some wrong headed people think it will cause people to look down upon a community?
I just think its funny that , the article about selling newspapers and magazines in Borough park, generated more comments than almost all the other articles for the last week combined.
Why are you equating keeping halacha with not turning over molesters??!!
Do you seriously believe that the Torah says not to turn over molesters?
There are some who claim its moser to turn over a molester to the authorities
Unfortuantly there are many cases where someone who has behaved inappropriately was either hushed up or moved elsewhere where he behavior was not known
Please do not post text speak here and please use proper spelling. For us non teenagers, we do not feel like using google translate for your posts
I do not belive abuse and molestors run rampant in our communities, I dont think they are any more or any less than anywhere else. However I do think there has been a cover up and that has made it seem worse than it really is.
Unfornatly I do think many seem to think its better to protect the community from a “bad rep” than admit there is a problem.
The OP in this post is a perfect example of this thinking. That someone would really belive its a bigger chilul hashem to turn over a molestor than allow one to infest our community
And unfortunatly this thinking does spread to our leadership. And IMO if there are leaders who think this way, they must be replaces with leaders who want it gone
If you are interested in conversion, it is recommend that you move to a community with orthodox jews.
You might have to move to another country as I think the Bulgarian jewish community is very small. Budapest has one of the largest jewish communies left in Europe so that would be an option
maybe this will explain better
If I told you there was a molestor (Assuming I had proof) around and I am going to tell everyone to keep their kids away from him , and you said to me Its averiah of LH to do so. I would say I dont care about this averiah, people need to know this person is a Rasha and a threat and keep your kids away from him. And if you want to say Such and Such a Rav, says its an Averiah to tell people, I would tell you, that rav is wrong and you need to get another Rabbi.