Comments on: Blackberry Crisis

By: GeshmokeHocker613

GeshmokeHocker613 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:59:14 +0000

reb moshe

you know it’s not davka blackberrys any type of phone is hurting clal yisroel in the worst type of ways.

By: heshy 1

heshy 1 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:36:40 +0000

I leave my Blackberry in my car when I go daven so I dont get disturbed.

By: helloyid

helloyid — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:17:56 +0000

I do have a BB, but I made a decision whenever I go to shul either to daven or to learn I switch it to vibrate,(the reason I don’t turn it off, because a couple times I forgot to turn it back on and…..), and no matter what makes my phone buzz either a call,text, email etc. Coming in, I don’t even look what it is, and I really think that every single observant jew should do the same, this is the minimum, I don’t want to say it but I can resist, L’HAVDIL in a church I wonder if people would use or look at there phones during their services, we just finish the time of KABALAS HATORAH, I think this would be a good opportunity to show HASHEM that we’re series.

By: mw13

mw13 — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:26:19 +0000

#9 – If you truly feel that “its NOT my business to criticze or comment” “perfect yourselves (!) before running to make a macho’oh on the internet. These letters accomplish nothing productive ….” then why are you posting it on YWN?

By: One of the chevra

One of the chevra — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:42:30 +0000

# 9 says: “These letters accomplish nothing productive …”

Why are you so sure that there wont be someone (even 1 person among all the others)who will read this well written “mochoah”, or others like it, and will think to himself “This guy has a point”!! I should really try to refrain from getting involved with my cellphone/blackberry while i’m in shul”
Why dont YOU give Yidden a little more credit and realise that there ARE some who DO accept the truth even when someone criticizes them??

By: One of the chevra

One of the chevra — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:28:23 +0000

To Uri (#4): There is a Halacha that one may not talk Divrei Torah during “Chazoras Hashatz” because someone may not know that it’s divrei Torah and think that its OK to talk then, Maybe this person should use a sidur instead of davening from his blackberry so that others (like you) who don’t know he’s using it for davening wont learn from him that its not bad.
[The above halacha is IN SPITE of the obligation to be Don lekaf zechus!]

By: tooclose2detroit

tooclose2detroit — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:43:51 +0000

Used to be that you could tell who someone was by Kos, Kas, and Kees-now, I think that the ring tone of their cell phone, both the song that they choose, and the times that they choose NOT to turn it off, is a pretty good indicator also.

By: mw13

mw13 — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:44:35 +0000

Great letter, very maskim.

By: chanie T.

chanie T. — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:25:06 +0000

Blackberries on its own is terrible distraction. When my husband goes to meetings even with his superiors’, when he is talking to them and they constantly look at their blackberries my husband stops talking in middle of the sentence. When urged to continue, he replies, “If you do not have the common courtesy to look me in the face when talking to you, I have nothing to say”.

My husband told me that if you go through the Mussar Seforim such as the Chovas Halevovos, you will see that not only does the Ribono Shel Olam NOT listen to these “So called tefillos”, He doesn’t want them recited.

We can learn a lesson from the Sefardim, who treat their Mikdash Me’at with the great awe and reverence it deserves.

Despite our many flaws, may the Ribono Shel Olam NEVER look away from protecting Klal Yisroel!

By: amichai

amichai — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:17:24 +0000

it’s a disgrace. we are not speaking about hatzalloh whom help the klal. not just at davening does the ringer go off, but also at funerals, hespeidim, shiurim with rabbonim, . even when pple are kindly reminded to turn off the ringers , they do not follow through. i think our derech eretz flew out the door when these gadgets moved in.