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interesting for the literal shabbos length.
if you are saying that belief in yom being always 24 years is needed to be shomer shabbos, h’V, then what do we do with shmitah that is shabbos for the eretz?! is shabbos a day? then what do we do with a year?
Saying that yom is 24 hours is anachronism. At the Chumash times, Jews probably used Talmudic uneven hours: dividing day in 12 parts. Not sure what Egyptians used. Night didn’t have a sundial for such precision so it has 3-4 shifts. Possibly 12 hours correspond to 12 months or general Babylonian method of dividing 6, 60, etc
Interestingly French revolution converted space and weight to metric but they couldn’t concur Jewish time: ten day week and ten hour day wasn’t accepted, but they tried
lakewhut? H’V, why one needs to go out of Torah environment and also “just work”. This is almost Zoroastrian division of the world into good and bad forces. Why not work in Torah environment, why not work (or study) for a couple of hours? The balance may vary for different individuals, but work is not a satan waiting for you behind a corner, it is a normal human condition allowing you to fulfil a lot of mitzvos! I heard people arrange to be able to do shiluach hakan for good money, why not arrange for paying your workers on time; being honest in business; saving human lives; giving food to poor; making free loans; catching a rodef …
Do you know the history of Lakewood hotel? Who built it and why?
lakewhut
> to be able to learn all day without interruptions
> is a risk that he falls into a bad crowd of other 20 year olds not learning.both of these considerations have merit, but presumably these are for different people. Some may learn whole day (Steipler?) and some are at risk of falling into a bad crowd.
In our days, with so much affluence, the first one for sure should be given a chance to grow into a Talmid Chacham. Ad kan? One Rav I know was asked, when in yeshiva, to help a shul in his community once a week. Rosh Yeshiva told him to decline as “you will be more useful for them later on if you learn full time”.
For the second guy, you should think ahead and help him avoid problems now and also later, and that includes ability to earn an honest living and support a family, which implies either/or professional training and being able to work 8 honest hours. There is no reason this can not be done in safe environment.
rw, you missed out. real estate prices were down.
Ayn hara – just when I mentioned Manchin, he got covid. Maybe all the libs wishing him bad …
RebE, Mitt Romney already tried and he lost because he was too nice to fight fellow Americans who were playing dirty. He was used to respectful arguments in the boardroom. I don’t recall libs saying – look at an honest clean businessman with reasonable medical insurance plan, no, he was guilty of war-mongering and dog-torturing.
It may be that we are rarely revisiting what we learned in the cheder. Yes, Rashi says that yom is 24 hours, but there are other rishonim also.
a simple example that we can comprehend: if you are in a train with closed windows, it is impossible to know whether the train is stopped or moving with perfect constant velocity, with no acceleration. So, it makes no sense to ask “am I truly at rest”? being at rest is same as moving at constant velocity.
the reason we think there is a “center”, because the center is “stationary” while the rest are moving with acceleration around it.
BUT similarly to the above (from memory, not gonna to revisit Einsteinian physics until the kids get there 🙂 turns out when there is acceleration, you will not be able to distinguish it from gravity. At the end, you can write down equations using any accelerating point as a “center” (0,0,0) and describe all other movements relative to that.
>> If you ask any scientist from before the times of Copernicus in the 1500s – they’ll tell you simply that the sun goes around the earth.
this is strictly not true. Several Greeks – Aristarchus, prob most famous – considered Earth moving around the sun. This was soon post-Alexander times; septuaginta. Others, like Archimedes, quote this and disagree. Seems like biggest arguments for Earth being in the center for the Greeks was lack of star parallax: were the Earth moving, then there will be changes in how we see (stationary) stars. They did not appreciate how far stars are.
As to Rambam, I don’t think he would hold by theories of his time now, he would probably have no problem accepting modern physics, so quoting him proves nothing.
Gadol > Not sure what will push it back up after elections,
I think real truth implies that Biden limit anti-oil measures, will speak up oil industry, bow to Saudi King, maybe even slow walk weapons to Ukraine in the next several months to avoid full disaster, but then will reverse those steps after elections. I think he might try this but I doubt that he’ll be successful – oil industry does not trust him and will not invest, Saudi King does only minimal steps …
My prediction is that after failing in everything else, Dems will focus on goading Trump into announcing next run, while talking 24/7 about 1/6.
RebE > Why would Hashem create something complicated when it can be made simple?
this is a fascinating question. Actually two:
1) would today’s world work if it would be a little simpler
2) why complexity of the world in generalOn (1), the answer seems to be “no”. I read somewhere if a gravitational constant would be slightly different, the world would not exist… If you want Newtonian physics to be true, then there is no maximal speed of light and things will be very, very different… mabe big Bang (aka Creation) would not happen.
On (2), we can of course only speculate. Maybe Hashem wants us to give reward for discovering the secrets of the world, both physical and spiritual, whether in science or Torah. One of the rishonim, I think, explains why early people in Chumash lives long lives – as there was no science literature, each of them needed to observe star movements for several centuries to develop understanding of how the stars work. This puts science as a primary reason for human life …
I think she has zero audience – she is a traitor for 70% of republicans and a Republican for 100% of Democrats. Maybe some non-voters are for her, but this is not helpful by definition.
My suggestion – Joe Manchin. He is already holding the partial Presidency for 1.5 years and everyone except Progressive (40% of Dems?) are happy with that.
Avira > A filter which can be turned off at will is not sufficient in halacha.
Even such filter might be useful. Search engines focus on more specific words you use. So if you use an unfortunate word, or even misspell something, then you suddenly get a lot of stuff that you never expected. Search engine filter reduce the problem but it might still happen.
So, for a lot of people, you put the right filters in and it is sufficient. As in any search, most people use default options for anything. If amazon sorts things by “popular item” by default, only minority of users will press the button “sort by cheaper price”.
For people who have bigger problems – a user should have a local account (non-admin), and another user should have an admin or parental account that installs filtering tools. Actually, for everybody: from cybersecurity point of view, you should have an admin account on your PC and use a different account for your internet browsing and email, even if you are using mehadrin filters. Less chances that sheidim will take over your computer.
Gadol, every filter has false positives and false negatives. Google has their own criteria that may or may not correspond to what one needs. So, you might miss on 10% of internet that mentions something that is not pritzut, there is still 90% left. Not sure why you are so flippant.
Menachem, thanks for the reference to the letters referring to Einstein relatively theory indeed as saying that you can use any point as a reference to do computations. Maybe people are confused by their sentiment of “revolving”, somehow hinting to importance/centrality of the object. Revolving is simply an orbit that one needs to compute and “revolving about” is what is in coordinate (0,0,0). As we delegate those computations to the computer, we could care less about revolving. There are way more fascinating topics in the history of science/Torah interaction, such as was world created or existed eternally (ok, cheating, chose a winning topic, but it is still interesting). Look it up.
As to the letters, I wonder:
1) did the OP actually start keeping mitzvos after receiving the public response as he threatened.2) what is the Soviet opposition to Einstein’s theory that Lubavitcher Rebbe is mentioning. I presume this is before they started working on stolen atomic bomb?!
RebE > bigger body revolve around the smaller body
what ujm is saying, that you can write equations from the POV of any one body. Ptolemaic concentric circles were correct, practically speaking. Applied math works based on observations, no need to know the physics completely. Same way as modern AI/machine learning can develop useful patterns using observations, without understanding the mechanism.
Or maybe she was old enough not to go very far/to shul and family around her were not interested/helpful… I once visited an elderly relative in a remote place. After her husband passed away and she lost her vision, my grandfather O’H would come to her and read her Hagada … When I visited, she went to another room, somehow found her Rosh Hashonah Machzor, and gave it to me, saying – please take it as nobody in my family is using it …
As the story goes, r Moshe’s grandson was manning his phone once. A lady called to find out when is the next Rosh chodesh. The grandson expressed doubt that it is appropriate to call Rosh yeshiva instead of opening a calendar. Annoyed lady said: young man, I am calling for twenty years already and always get the answer
Huju, thank you for reacting to the actual argument. Fracking is indeed suffering financially because of price volatility and Saudis at some point trying to keep price low to destroy fracking. If fracking survives as business, it will serve as a limit on the price. And it may need government not to be hostile to survive. The core problem of course is opec now jointly with Russia manipulate market. In a free market, they would be under arrest already.
As to possible damage to others, us courts are available to resolve the nezek.
Syag, thanks for reminding how this panel was formed. This looks like a hutzpa for a speaker 🔇 to reject reps from another party to sit on the panel. They are all duly elected and she can’t use her political judgment to choose which republicans are legit. This actually can be investigated as overturning results of an election!
Ok, surface temperature 🌡️ conditions.
Apologies for mixing up my hellions! That makes sense then no irony, the goyim are close to their avoda zara during their holiday
I am comparing/contrasting their physical proximity to their idol with our closeness to Hashem at the Rosh HashanahAll, Hashem created the world 🌎 for us to enjoy and put all heavenly bodies at the right distances, velocities, eccentricity, inclination… Show hakaras hatov and check out how all of this works! You would not take a psak on halav hacompanies from internet, but you would trust it on maase bereshis!?
Modern, prices are even lower in Persia… But the price of human life is cheaper in those places too… Oil in us is always cheaper than in Europe due to lower taxes. Bidens policies are against the oil industry, so it is not just free market. We discussed this above. Maybe his policies are responsible for only half of the increase and he gets unfairly blamed for all of it. There’s a simple way to avoid the blame;: have pro business, pro people policies
Ketubot 15 seems to say that there are different rules to determine if someone is Jewish, such as a baby abandoned by his mother. More lenient for monetary support and saving on shabbos, more stringent for marriage. So you may have different levels of Jewishness
If you say that your best learning is before 20, either you are not doing it right or you are younger than 20… If you are learning right before you are 20, then you will, b Ezras Hashem , learn even better when you are older.
And if you are a smart learner, you can find a couple of hours a day to get yourself a job skill. And if you are not, then for sure you need to get a job skill and not plan to earn money from your learning
Jews will be the last people in the world to know how to read books, unless someone kashers a mechanical computer 🖥️ for shabbos. People of the book indeed.
Rw, for America specifically pacific current la Nina and oto haish determine a pattern of earm and cold for a year… Given that these current names are so crudely gendered, they will surely be verboten in the near future
And that is why they are called “currents” . So when they will bam these sexist currents, climate change will cease and all years will be equally cool. Omen.
Ps my Freudian spell check tried to change omen to womenFor bochrim specifically this could be a problem of Morris Ayin, people thinking that they are smoking 🚬.and of hillul Hashem, people thinking that their parents and Rebbes let them
Ecigs in theory could be a great mitzvah for those who are addicted and have hard time quitting. Could have saved millions of lives… Unfortunately,. producers forfeited their olam habo for a chance to profit from marketing them to new users. Maybe this is a great example how reshayim get profit, literally, in this world 🌎 instead of the other one
Interesting re mortality. May explain why Chinese allegedly started the pandemic to resolve their pension obligations that arised due to their 1 child policy
Re: virtual brochos
Is it possible to request a dvar Torah about evil of phones emailed to me or will it be offensive to even ask? Asking for a friend.This is going on longer than COVID and Russias war combined or it will… Congress wrapped 🎁 up a couple of impeachments faster than you can say Mississippi – is their case even less shaky this time? I suggest that they drag it out till 24 so that they can make it into the 3rd impeachment by the first 🥇 day of trump’s second 🥈 term. This will be a record that will be impossible tobeat, so he will stay in Guinness until zman moschiach. Bmeherah… Also, Trump will be mad, so if his goat 🐐 eats congress’s grass again, he will be chayav 100,% even if he were to misgayer
Who said the day is getting shorter? The watches simply go faster during the day during winter and slower at night due to changes in gravitation. The proof is that I am as hungry for shaloshseudos during the winter as I am during the summer.
Anyway it is asur to delve into this, as it may lead you to internet search, library or high school physics. All of them lead many people to mixed dancing hvsh
Interestingly, earth 🌎 is furthest away from the sun 😎 in early January, by just 5 mln km than in July. So, their calendar 📆 had indeed solar shoresh. Ironically, they are the furthest distance away from their avoda zara, while Jews are closest to Hashem at Rosh Hashanah!
R Twersky’s father used to tell the following story: a chasidishe Rav came to Berlin with a visit. Before making kiddush, he said the following: making kiddush in our shtetl is not such a big deal – you are not announcing anything that people don’t know.. Here, in Berlin, it is very special to say kiddush and announce it to the people who do not hold by it.
Then, the Rav suddenly stopped, paused for several minutes, and then proceeded with the kiddush.
He explained after that – after saying these words, I suddenly lost my connection with HKBH and understood that this was because of the insulting words I used towards the Yidden of Berlin. So, I spent several minutes doing teshuva and thinking good things about them until I felt my connection is restored and then I was able to proceed with the kiddush.
So, if you are prone to similar pronouncements and you don’t feel losing anything – I would worry that you do not have appropriate sensitivity to feel diminishing of the connection, and that might prevent you from doing teshuva. Maybe this story will help as a substitute.
> , most of the non-frum Jews in fact engage in avodah zarah
maybe you have an image of a politician or a reform rabbi in your mind, but worshiping images _is_ avoda zara. You are ignoring myriads of traditional Jews that may not be shomer-shabbat, but do feel that they belong to the kahal. They are especially prevalent among Sephardim who did not go thru haskala, but there are many others also. Insulting them as a klal is not good
CA< mazal tov, just send R Shmuel a text message 😉
I once listened to a presentation by a very smart Jewish politician in front of a Jewish audience. I asked him whether he was proud if you were to compare his votes with Jewish values. His answer was brutally honest: I didn’t say I represent Jewish values, I represent values of Jews…
There seems indeed to be an increase with post with BDE on YWN according to google search:
700 in 2021 and 500 so far in 2022, while it was 230 in 2020 abd 120-170 in previous years, Petira gives simialrstats. Simchas and mazal tov also increased but by not so much. Not sure whether this is YWN seeing people clicking on the articles and providing more, or more material in general or magefa consequences,> Republicans caused that we need two salaries to make a living
How did they do that? By fighting slavery so that the ladies have no help any more? If you reduce taxes from man’s salary, then the woman might be able to stay at home
R Berel Wein clarifies position on fighting v davening (when discussing BM2 wars) – we support defensive wars, but not solving social and personal issues by war
Esteemed YY re-purposed an old joke about a prince and princess and made it PC by having a woman pulling the gun. When did a woman need a 2nd amendment to keep peace in the family?! My F-I-L gave me a good eitza for sholom bayis: “always have a last word in every argument – ‘yes, mam’ “. Advice seems to help – he obviously knew his daughter better than I did at the time …
here are murder rates per 100K, not sure what it means
maybe look at blue cities that decided to choose a red, or less blue, mayor
blue
baltimore 60 md 9
newark 30 nj 4
stockton 18 ca 5less blue
st louis 68 mo 10
new orleans 40 la 12
cincinnati 23 oh 6
mobile 20 al 8
indianapolis 17 in 6
columbus 16 oh 6We decrease simcha in Av, not abandon it completely.. this is remarkable.. as to humour, the appropriate use of it is calling attention to a serious idea through an usual view. In our days, when there’s so much of bad information is floating around, it is especially helpful
ubiq > The reason I brought up Heller, was just to show that the constitution argument is fluff.
Why talk hypothetical minutes? There are actual documents. I quoted Reb Scalia from Heller that it is not fluff. Others strongly disagree, but I saw them stating rather than proving their position. If you are so interested, just go through the documents he is citing and let us know what is there and what you think.
I agree with Curiosity summing up positions. Also, note US history, where you had people living in low density areas (there were 3 mln people in revolutionary US) with limited government
presence, especially on frontier where a lot of development was happening. Compare this with living in London or suburbs with grass being cut daily for last several hundred years.This is a serious question. Amoraim seem to be ok with jokes, but Tanach is not so much. Despite some examples of irony here and there, most of it comes from people, not from Hashem. Maybe given the pathos of communications between Hashem and people, humour is just not appropriate for that moment? Imagine, a navi who is preparing for the occasion and learning a bunch of Heavenly jokes instead?! Maybe Yona’s kikayon counts as a practical joke, we are just not used to read it like that.
er, you afre right about state statistics. Still, if you look at the cities, most high crime cities are Democratic, 9 out of 10 top ones, according to numbers I saw – and so do largest cities where there is most if the overall crime. Correlation is not causation, of course, it well might be that it is a general condition of large cities to both have high crime and liberal policies. Maybe worth looking at cities that had more and less liberal mayors and seeing what the effect was. First thing that comes to mind is NYC where crime declined under less liberal mayors.
interject > do you truly care about the poor, mistreated breslov women or are you really just anti breslov
I said nothing against Breslov, I am questioning behavior of those who go to Uman, especially those who were breaching Belorus-Ukraine border last 2 years. So, I am saying having them at home may not be such a gift from Hashem at home for these poor women. Incidentally, you ain’t have to be a Breslov to go to Uman. Actually, the first Rav who went there at the end of Soviet times was not even a Breslov (he was a Chasidishe Rebbe from Chicago).