Going to the zoo on pesach

You post this same thing every year, there are meds and therapy for OCD

Commonsaychel,

To be fair he didn’t post it last year

CA- Another reason to make aliyah. Chol HaMoed zoo day!

When I grew up in Pelham Parkway area of the Bronx, there were always large numbers of frum families walking around both the Bronx Zoo and nearby Botanical Gardens on chol hamoed. The Bronx River overpass near the Bronx zoo was the preferred choice for Tashlich. One of the best “family kosher” and educational TV series is the ‘Secrets of the Zoo: which provides an “insider view” of the Bronx Zoo
P.S. Back then it was always “free” admission

Sir, who says the kitnios in the farm wasn’t mixed in with the wheat feed? The issur of owning might be a kezayis, but when a person feeds an aninal, it’s called hanaah according to halacha. I don’t believe there is a minimum for how much chometz one can benefit from; it shouldn’t be any different than having hanaah from other issurim, like basar vechalav, which has no shiur.

I’m not sure if you are feeding someone else animal that would be called hanaah. I also said in theory, because there could be it was mixed one would need to know the facts. As for my children I think it is important for them to know the difference, on the other hand if the child might eat it, don’t do it.

Avirad,
Why not? I should educate them about Shabbos, Tom Tov, Kashrus,, etc. but not that kitneyos is something that can be owned & used on Pesach but not eaten?
I’m totally missing what the issue is.

Avira,
It IS normal to hold & deal with Kitniyos. There are products that are helpful & used all year around.
I’m truly confused.
I can teach my (old enough) child about Kosher Dairy
I can teach my child about Kosher Meat
I can teach my child about not eating them together.
But I can’t teach my child that Kitniyos can be used on Pesach but not eaten?
In your example, Chometz is Chometz & has no allowed use on Pesach.
Kitniyos is muttar in many ways on Pesach. So what “sensitivity” is there about not touching it?

> there’s just a fundamental difference in the chinuch you and i received,

Avira, I apologize for being nosy, but I understood from your self-descriptions that you were disappointed with Mod-O chinuch you received and switched to a different derech.

I also recommend against keeping your rice, and your dishes, and your chometz in the same closet. As the current owner of the chometz might come and munch on his hometz, you don’t want him to use your pots & pans and also drink your Sake. That is if you actually have actual chometz for Pesach to my disappointment in your lack of chinuch, I am finishing my bourbon as we speak, seriously.

Trying to be positive, but it is hard to read when someone uses, as they say now, “exclusionary language”. Maybe you should copyright “Torah world” to make sure it does not apply to others. Use Rabbi Yannai as your copyright attorney.

AAQ, when MO teachers have an equivalent of “zohgt der heiliger Rashi,” I’ll change my tone. It’s not even comparable. MO kids are pumped full of zionism, “ahavat chinam,” which is a very apt description of a sourceless fantasy, love of secular culture, and told over and over about how you “can” be a good jew in the modem world,  edited. Torah is taught as though it is stories about ordinary people… people can question if Avraham was correct in going ahead with the akeidah – they look at it the way goyim read their Bible. But they add a sprinkling of rabbinic commentary as food for thought.