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  • in reply to: Keeping your maiden name #781213
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    I did it.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Besides R’ Akiva, how many can you name?

    It’s clear from the gemara in Kiddushin and Menachos that it was standard procedure (machlokes Rashi and Tosafos whether for those from E.Y. or those from Bavel).

    Rabi Akiva stands out for several reasons, including that he was an am ha’aretz when he left, for the amount of time he was away, and for the specific mesiras nefesh that his wife Rochel had (she became estranged from her family).

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Da’as Yachid – every single zivug is absolutely truly a nes.

    Yes, but not as much of a nes niglah as having 1,000 boys marry 1,100 girls with no polygamy.

    And the fact that we must rely on one nes does not allow us to rely on another.

    For those who agree that there’s a number issue which must be addressed, but don’t want to “give up hope” because Hashem can do anything, I agree.

    However, there are those who are in denial that there’s a problem because of what is (to the best of my knowledge – I’d love to be shown that I’m wrong) a misunderstanding of the gemara in Sotah that every person will get married. It’s that opinion which I disagree with.

    in reply to: Zees=joseph? #781632
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    I would give Joseph credit for creating such a character, so different than his persona.

    Although it is clear that Zees is a “put on” character (by her(?) own admission also).

    in reply to: Zmanei Tefila #1088538
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    shlishi,

    So long as it is on different days (as opposed to the same day) it’s only an inyan rather than mandatory?

    It’s okay b’shaa’s had’chak.

    charliehall,

    Or, on Friday afternoon, at the same shul! There are two shuls in my neighborhood where there is a maariv minyan before a minchah minyan.

    (Somehow I don’t think this works ;).)

    In theory, if the people who conducted themselves like R Yehuda, and the people who conducted themselves like the Rabbonn, would be davenig at separate minyanim, there shouldn’t be a problem.

    In reality, I think most people conduct themselves according to the Rabbonon (anyone who davens mincha during the week after plag).

    in reply to: Good News! #805403
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    (to the most wonderful boy, of course!)

    We would not have expected otherwise! Mazel Tov!

    in reply to: Is this muttar? #780832
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    perhaps some people with these ideas should have participated in todays parade

    I’m against it, but if you read the posts, even those who “have these ideas”, just want to prove that such marriages are a legal sham.

    in reply to: The next Generation is here…with more chutzpah than ever! #781398
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    They plan to send the kid to public school so that they can afford to get by without the two of them having to have workaholic careers and not be able to parent their child.

    By lo aleinu sending the child to public school, they’re not properly parenting her.

    in reply to: Online Doctors #786781
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Oomis, according to an online encyclopedia, always here is correct. It seems that Marvin Gaye was one of several who did a cover on it (which I guess is why on the first site that I found, songmeanings.net, it was implied that he wrote it).

    in reply to: Online Doctors #786780
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    Oops! So now you know that I don’t really know the song (I guess Google failed me this time).

    I still think he’s not Marvin Gaye.

    in reply to: Can a CR post Constitute Valid Halachic Kefirah #780756
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    I simply answered it accordingly.

    The eye-roll was a bit much. ?

    in reply to: Changing Yarmulkes — A Poll #1020371
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    If so, e. (which says the yarmulka, not a yarmulka).

    in reply to: If ????? ?????said it was tcheiles? #780743
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    When a specific community Minhag is mis-represented as being Biblical I will protest.

    For example?

    in reply to: Online Doctors #786775
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    The Wolf (who did not write the above lyrics)

    So now we know you’re not Marvin Gaye.

    in reply to: Can a CR post Constitute Valid Halachic Kefirah #780752
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    The 13 ikarim have not been universally accepted, but that is for another thread. What you describe is hashkafah kefira. What is halachic kefira?

    That’s why I wrote “according to the Ramba”m”.

    I believe the OP meant something that would be considered, according to halacha, kefira.

    in reply to: Changing Yarmulkes — A Poll #1020366
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    It depends why you switched; as Charlie said, there’s no intrinsic difference. As such, you are better equipped to answer the question than any of us are.

    in reply to: Number of Mods #781056
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    who is YW Editor

    Look up Yeshiva World News in an online encyclopedia.

    in reply to: wife's name #782633
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    Wolf,

    I hope you use your real name.

    As for me, it depends to whom I am speaking; relatives, I use her name, friends, I say my shver’s daughter. (JK)

    in reply to: Can a CR post Constitute Valid Halachic Kefirah #780749
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    So if someone spreads kefira, without having intended to, it’s okay??

    I didn’t say kavana (intention), I said machshava (thought).

    Define “halachic kefira”

    Kefirah is a thought/belief which is inconsistent with a basic tenet of Yiddishkeit, for example, the 13 ikarim according to the Ramba”m, as enumerated in his pirush on Perek Chelek.

    This is a post, hence it’s kefirah.

    Yep, I see the logic behind that. : rolleyes :

    An overreaction, I think, considering that the OP simply mistakenly used the word “does” in place of “can”.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Why do you assume there was no bas kol for a child that died r’l??

    I’m not referring to a case where someone took his own life (which is a shaila in hashkafa altogether if he ca? reduce his allotted time that way; IIRC the Chovos Halvavos says not), but a case where someone was allotted only a few years. It makes no sense that he would have a shidduch set aside if he was not destined to grow old enough to marry.

    ??? ???’, ??? ??? ??? ?? ?????? ???

    I believe that the ribbono she’ll olam created a shidduch for everyone.

    I have full faith in the words of Chaza”l, even when I don’t understand them. I just don’t think Chaza”l ever said such a thing.

    in reply to: If ????? ?????said it was tcheiles? #780740
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    I am just arguing that those who do not adopt chassidic minhugim have a valid basis.

    That’s not what was implied in your post,”Why have some many Chassidic minhagim spread so rapidly recently when they have no unbroken chain of Mesorah back to Moshe?”.

    in reply to: Can a CR post Constitute Valid Halachic Kefirah #780745
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    It’s the machashava behind it.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    apushatayid,

    Bas ploni, liploni. Nobody was passed over. Everyone born, has a shidduch.

    Do you know the source in the gemara for “Bas ploni, liploni”? Look at Tosafos there.

    Besides, where does it say that bas kol was for everyone, maybe it was just for those who have a “bas ploni” designated, but some don’t.

    If, lo aleinu, a young child is niftar, was there a bas kol for that child?

    in reply to: If ????? ?????said it was tcheiles? #780730
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    Why have some many Chassidic minhagim spread so rapidly recently when they have no unbroken chain of Mesorah back to Moshe?

    You would have to be more specific so that any single minhag could be defended (not everything needs a mesorah bach to Har Sinai).

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    minyan gal,

    I think we all know of people who never marry; that was my point.

    When the gemara says that a bas kol (heavenly voice) announces a baby’s future wife, it does not offer a guarantee that everyone will, in fact, get married.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Baal Boose,

    You totally miss the point. There are simply more marriagable girls than boys, but you insist on ranting against the “litvish” system, blaming it, and ignoring the facts.

    True, based on the lopsided numbers, the boys (or their parents) can be more choosy, but that’s an effect of the numbers issue, not the other way around.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    what will be with them?

    Do I know? Am I (or did I ever claim to be) a navi?

    Al pi teva, some will get married, and some won’t.

    Does anybody have a better answer than that?

    And if someone answers that every single girl (take that with both meanings) will get married, I ask: was there ever any person who ever did not get married in their lifetime?

    in reply to: The next Generation is here…with more chutzpah than ever! #781362
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    What a chutzpah!

    I guess she’s right.

    (Just kidding – she’s probably just nervous about what you’ll think when she goes back to work after six months.)

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783847
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    To correct all misinterpretations:

    It was more fun when everyone was confused.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    There are more of those than new female b”t?

    No, but if it happened, it wouldn’t be a nes (or at least not as big a nes as a bunch of single “FFBs” suddenly appearing out of nowhere).

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Maskim (except maybe many new male baalei teshuvah).

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783829
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    He was saying that it usually takes a maximum of 12 steps for a thread to degenerate into L”H.

    in reply to: Cubbie Space in Camp #780856
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Ask The Goq; he’s a big fan of the Cubbies.

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783826
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    Kind of like the 12 step program, but they have 2 more at the end.

    This is what PAA was talkng about.

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    The discussion you are quoting relates to the situation of the current generation of girls

    To me, the phrase “Hashem is mizaveg zivugim. Period. End of discussion.” is denying the imperative to do hidhtadlus to alleviate the problem. This is what I was addressing.

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783817
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Who is Rabbi Niman?

    Long-time maggid shiur in CC Queens.

    in reply to: Getting Rid of the Status of Moser #780548
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    It doesn’t matter here, as I’m not bringing my family to this.

    Your family would suffer immeasurably if c”v something happened to you.

    in reply to: Getting Rid of the Status of Moser #780543
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    I will not kill anyone, even if halacha allows me to.

    Wouldn’t you do it to protect your family (if the situation arose)?

    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Do you or do you not agree that Hashem can do the impossible?

    Hashem is mizaveg zivugim. Period. End of discussion.

    Ein somchin al hanes.

    in reply to: Getting Rid of the Status of Moser #780537
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    Wolf,

    Haba l’horg’cha, hashkeim l’horgo. Bring your gun (or fangs).

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783799
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    But that’s what it will inevitably become. Eizehu chacham haroeh es hanolad.

    Any thread could degenerate that way (and many do, hopefully stopped my a moderator).

    in reply to: Single parents. #781016
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Why should they be stigmatized?

    He didn’t sat they should be, he said they would be.

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783782
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    What’s wrong with a CC guy trying to figure out how many others are here? He didn’t ask for opinions on CC guys.

    in reply to: Is this muttar? #780820
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    Some people seem to be concerned with how this smells and looks.

    I think the opposite. I think the best way we can show how illegitimate this law is, is to take it to such extremes that we show how it is a sham.

    For it to be perceived that way, it would have to be done en masse, with media interviews making it clear that it was a protest. Your OP said that it was about a couple of yeshiva guys looking for a tax break.

    in reply to: Chofetz Chaim Guys in CR #783780
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    in reply to: Is this muttar? #780818
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    Do you want jews now writing a kesubah on mishkav zachor?!

    That’s not what is being proposed. What is being proposed is using it as a loophole (but you’ve brought up a good point; using legislation which is so offensive, even as a loophole, is a C”H).

    in reply to: Is this muttar? #780811
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    I’ve heard that R’ Pam zt”l would not be m’sader kiddushin to a couple who didn’t register civilly. IMHO, it’s more an inyan of C”H than M”A (and the model by which I judge this question as C”H, although it’s the reverse).

    I think the point is that living in a way which is legitimately considered morally repulsive to the more upstanding members of (non-Jewish) society is a C”H (I used the term “legitimately” to exclude any case where the Torah compels us to act otherwise).

    I understand why some people (e.g. Oomis) think it’s fraud. I’m not so sure, though, since, rachmana litzlan, marriage has just been legally redefined beyond it’s natural definition, so who is to say that it wouldn’t be 100% legal? I guess I would have to see the law to form an opinion, but I doubt that one of the conditions is that the couple have m”z.

    in reply to: Is this muttar? #780799
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Would it be ok for two yeshiva guys to get a civil marriage for tax purposes, if they obviously will not do any issurim?

    It would cause complications when they really get married. They would first have to get a civil divorce from each other.

    Anyhow, I think it’s a chillul Hashem.

    in reply to: Summer vacation's here–saying good bye to the CR #780350
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Have a good, healthy summer!

    I’m sure many people will have a different schedule and/or location for the summer, so there will likely be many changes in who visits the CR.

    in reply to: Zmanei Tefila #1088533
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    shlishi,

    I didn’t say that. There’s an inyan to be consistent in the zmanim (even more so on the same day).

    Englishman,

    Yes, but it may be okay under certain circumstances. It should not be tarti d’sasri, meaning there should be a reasonable way of considering mincha during the day and ma’ariv at night (e.g. before/ after plag or shkia) and a sha’as had’chak, such as difficulty in organizing a minyan later. Otherwise, ma’ariv should be after tzeis hacochavim.

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