I noticed this term being thrown around on the CR for the most stupidest things. What's up with it?
(And can guess that someone is going to say that "What's up with it" is also Chukas Hagoyim!!)
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Chukas Hagoyim
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Posted 10 months ago #
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Chuckas Hagoyim
Basically..when a trend or activity that does not violate halacha but just looks too fun or modern
It is then branded as Chuckas HaGoyim
Posted 10 months ago # -
As is clear from the depth, poignancy and accuracy of your response, it was based on a solid foundation of halacha and an in depth understanding of Jewish mentality.
Reb Moshe Feinstein (you may have heard of him, he was a small posek in America a few years ago (!)) wrote a psak on a very similar question. He defined Chukas Hagoyim as somehting which is done exclusively by gentiles and something, the motivation for which, is purely to conform with the trend. "Fun" or "Modern" are not criteria by which we outlaw behaviours.
Posted 10 months ago # -
As is clear from the depth, poignancy and accuracy of your response, it was based on a solid foundation of halacha and an in depth understanding of Jewish mentality.
Reb Moshe Feinstein (you may have heard of him, he was a small posek in America a few years ago (!)) wrote a psak on a very similar question. He defined Chukas Hagoyim as somehting which is done exclusively by gentiles and something, the motivation for which, is purely to conform with the trend. "Fun" or "Modern" are not criteria by which we outlaw behaviours.
Posted 10 months ago # -
With all due respect, Rav Moshe was most likely quoting a Gemara in Sanhedrin, I believe...
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I thought a psak halacha would be more accepted than a gemmorah by which we dont necessarily pasken. However, i stand corrected, i should have written the original source too.
Posted 10 months ago # -
See YD 177 (if I recall correctly) and the Be'ur Hagra S"K 3, also if I recall correctly.
Posted 10 months ago # -
I think crisisoftheweek was saying the same thing as me. S/He was defining Chukas Hagoyim like some people on the CR seem to define it. Anything that hints of fun or modern is labeled Chukas Hagoyim and "As'sured"! And that is what this thread is about. "Tailgating" is not Chukas Hagoyim! Just because Goyim do it doesn't make it Chukas Hagoyim! Goyim eat, sleep, walk and talk. Maybe those are also Chukas Hagoyim? Or explain to me this post:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/are-these-young-women-nuts-selfish-out-of-it-or-something-else#post-367174SiDi™
Posted 10 months ago # -
I am three years late on this topic. See here:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/chivalry-038-yiddishkeit-a-foreign-concept#post-42739SiDi™
Posted 10 months ago # -
I heard a shiur a long time ago, so I don't remember who said what- but I think it's a machlokes- is it something that the Goyim do that's based on something idolatrous? Or is it anything that the Goyim do that wouldn't have been done in a shielded Jewish community? Nafka minos could be a male wearing a wedding ring or a momenet of silence after a tragedy. I think we (at least Ashkenazim) paskin like the former.
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