Where does Joseph/ujm live?

I live in Gateshead.. Close to Harav Avrohom Gurwicz שליט״א and Harav Yitzchok Ehrentreu שליט״א.

Monsey 4 unit townhouse, with 1 for each wife or pilegesh.
He posts while they are all at work.

Lets not do sinas chinam right after tisha bav the nations all hate us enough without us hating our brother joseph. Hopefully we have learnt what happens when brothers don’t like their joseph brother and lets not let history repeat itself

FrumWhere and Neharda,

Perhaps you missed the unifying topic that Joseph started during the Nine Days:

Is none2.0 Orthodox?

which appears to be the impetus for this. I don’t recall seeing your posts complaining about that one. Did you somehow miss it or are you being a tad hypocritical?

Anywho it’s ok y’all I get it. You don’t understand. Rather villify the messager then listen to the message. Things that are too complex or too simplistic or too life-changing or too hard to come to terms with always get rejected. You can villify me and everyone else for that matter. But we all know when the computer shuts off and the only person you have to face is yourself. You _know_ the truth. It’s easier to push away reality. Then it is to accept that all the effort you put into one way of thinking your whole life, may be wrong. Or simply doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. I’m sorry guys. I’m not here to make y’all uncomfortable I’m here to stand firm in the gap of ridiculous add ons to morality that we as humans need to put in the past. It’s time to stand firm in our humanness and our understanding of self and of reality and start making choices based off common sense. What you wouldn’t accept as a relationship with anyone in your life is the same way you wouldn’t accept fallowing people or anyone, blindly. It’s not normal. It’s not natural and it’s not the way G-d designed us. And _thats_ how you know it’s not Devine

coffee > I highly doubt Joe is getting embarrassed by this thread his skin is too tough

Despite my own remark, I don’t think this is a halakhically valid argument. For example, you should not use a derogatory nickname even if the person does not get offended.

“Despite my own remark, I don’t think this is a halakhically valid argument.“

I don’t think embarrassing someone that wouldn’t get embarrassed is like killing him since the blood isn’t draining from his face

coffee, see CM 228:5
יזהר שלא לכנות שם רע לחבירו אע”פ שהוא רגיל באותו כנוי אם כוונתו לביישו אסור:
One must be careful not to give a negative nickname to another person. Even if the person is regularly called by that nickname, if your intention is to embarrass them, then it is prohibited.

based on BM 58
Although the victim grew accustomed to being called that name in place of his name, and he is no longer humiliated by being called that name, since the intent was to insult him, the perpetrator’s punishment is severe.

“A. Under a bridge
B. In his parents’ basement
C. In a cave
D. In the BMG Coffee Room”

E. In your head, rent free

ujm, who is Rav Yitzchok Ehrentreu? Never heard of him. Do you mean Rav Avrohom Ehrentreu? Or Rav Yankel Ehrentreu?

UJM: Considering you live in Gateshead, and you mentioned your proximity (definitely geographic but also hashkafic?) to Rav Avrohom Gurwicz, what do you make of him explicitly saying to vote for Eretz HaKodesh in the WZO election a few months ago? It’s described at https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2376328/harav-avrohom-gurwicz-rosh-yeshivas-gateshead-its-a-chiyuv-to-have-a-say-in-the-wzo.html, where you notably didn’t comment on an article that you probably would treat contentiously if it were almost anyone else.

1) Is he your Daas Torah?
2) If so, did you vote for EH?
3) Do you believe his views are ideal for all Jews, even though not everyone will realistically follow those?
4) Is Rav Gurwicz an apikorus, am haaretz, or any other derogatory term that you and others in your ilk like to throw around on this site when referring to Zionists and their supporters/collaborators?

Disclaimer: I understand that there is a wide variety of views, and I’m not discounting any of them or those who espouse such. My understanding is of אלו ואלו. I probably wouldn’t seek Rab Gurwicz’s opinions on a lot of things for the sake of following them due to my lack of affiliation with Gateshead Yeshiva and Rav Gurwicz himself. But when I do hear about his opinion, it’s definitely worthy of respect, even if I or anyone I find more hashkafically similar disagrees. (For reference, I accept his authority, as well as that of any rav I disagree with, specifically if I ask him the question myself and he understands the situation before giving a tailored answer. I didn’t seek his opinion on this issue, so especially as he is largely a daas yochid in Charedi communities in Chutz La’Aretz, it isn’t necessarily binding on people who have no affiliation with Gateshead Yeshiva.)
My question is about your portrayal of a straight and narrow path. You are against rabbi-shopping, so it sounds like Rav Gurwicz is your Rav. I want to understand how you justify such opposition. I voted for Mizrachi and would not try to recruit for EH, but am still super curious how you’d explain this.

Looking forward to direct answers on each of my four numbered questions!

chiefshmerel,

Crickets, huh? Don’t hold your breath for answers. In addition to claiming residence in Gateshead and Meah Shearim, he’s also married to three wives, has eighteen children, worked as both a chip designer and nuclear engineer, gives shiurim and answers a halacha line.

Don’t expect answers from the arch-troll who lives a very rich fantasy life. In other words, he’s a nasty, compulsive liar who can’t even do that very well. Not surprising, given his highly questionable genealogy.