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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).
soosim, a good point. It is a general question whether people, or communities, should keep endowments – that is save for future problems instead of spending on solving today’s. It seems reasonable for an individual who has means to save something for the future, although some say it is a lack of bitahon. _But_ if you are managing tzedokah that is based on funds donated by others, rather than your own – what is your right to save for future poor instead of today’s? do you not believe that future donors will not give? And especially if someone draws salary from the endowment, this does not look right.
Ubiq, I am not a legal scholar. I understand that there are sources that recount history as you say and it sounds reasonable, but Heller claims opposite. I am not planning to go in details over Scalia’s arguments and see where you disagree, but maybe you want to. Heller brings the summary on page 1 with page references. Underscores are mine:
Held:
1. The Second Amendment protects an __individual__ right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Pp. 2–53.
(a) The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause’s text and history demonstrate that it connotes an _individual_ right to keep and bear arms. Pp. 2–22.
(b) The prefatory clause comports with the Court’s interpretation of the operative clause. The “militia” comprised all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense. The Antifederalists feared that the Federal Government would disarm the people in order to disable this citizens’ militia, enabling a politicized standing army or a select militia to rule. The response was to __deny Congress power to abridge the ancient right___ of individuals to keep and bear arms, so that the ideal of a citizens’ militia would be preserved. Pp. 22–28.
(c) The Court’s interpretation is confirmed by ___analogous arms-bearing rights in state constitutions____ that preceded and immediately followed the Second Amendment . Pp. 28–30.
(d) The Second Amendment ’s drafting history, while of dubious interpretive worth, reveals three state Second Amendment ___proposals____ that unequivocally referred to an individual right to bear arms. Pp. 30–32.
(e) Interpretation of the Second Amendment by scholars, courts and legislators, from _immediately__ after its ratification through the late 19th century also supports the Court’s conclusion. Pp. 32–47.
(f) None of the Court’s precedents forecloses the Court’s interpretation. Neither United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 542 , nor Presser v. Illinois, 116 U. S. 252 , refutes the individual-rights interpretation. United States v. Miller, 307 U. S. 174 , does not limit the right to keep and bear arms to militia purposes, but rather limits the type of weapon to which the right applies to those used by the militia, i.e., those in common use for lawful purposes. Pp. 47–54.
Gadol > even after discounting all those concerns
I think this is the basic premise of halakha that one can’t judge based on one-sided information as you can’t even imagine what is missing. This is especially true in modern politics where messages can be taken out of context, secret proceedings selectively quoted. So, if you are interested in these proceedings, you need to ensure that you hear the other side.
an interesting question would be how do Israelis parent in USA and Americans in Israel – do people follow their minhagim or adopt to the local ones? or follow humros of both, as Pesachim recommends.
RebE, I think the source of this hilarious midrash is somewhere middle ages. I am not completely sure whether it is not a parody. It takes every nikuda of Xian story and finds an anti-explanation for it. Such as – Shimon could not eat their non-kosher meat, so he became ascetic, etc.
Ketubot 7: fetuses at the yam suf were signing shira and were aware of the miracle …
on the limiting side: there is a suggestion that someone could acquire an object on behalf on a fetus, but this position is rejected.Ubiq,
I am not insisting on “no limits” position, just pointing that tradition of mass ownership is very American and part of the constitution. Heller is 2008, gun ownership was 45% of households in 1973 and declined now to 30%, so Heller did not increase actual ownership at all.As to specific restriction, unfortunately everything is viewed as partisan, so even you’ll propose “reasonable” measures, the other side will see it as an attack and fight back. You need peshara, where each side gains something while the country moves to a safer/better place. Supposedly, that is what senators are doing (or should be).
Don’t write tuition checks for the year, and you’ll hear from them monthly.
Menachem, it seems that the majority thinks that it is avoda zara for goyim, and only minority that it is not. I once asked a co-author of a sefer on this topic about it – the book mentioned this kullah, the person said that this was his co-author’s chapter and he personally thinks it is AZ regardless.
I personally think that this discussion needs to possibly distinguish between different religious groups and look at current positions that might be different than at the times of Rambam. Also, we probably should look more at actions of non-Jews as more indicative what they stand for, rather than their religious affiliation that might be just an accident of birth that they feel they need to pay lip service to (like Jefferson).
jackk, thanks for the succinct updates. OM-! There WAS screaming.
What is unusual about these hearings that there is prosecution only and they apparently post selected quotes from videos, audios, and texts. At least, some of the media commentary quotes someone saying – or there was another phrase between those two .. I realize that this is R-s fault that they decided to boycott instead of fight, and is a good illustration of how USA would turn out were it to have Robespierre instead of Washington, and also halochos on choshen mishpat about prohibition of listening to one side without the other present.
Again, I am not pushing you out! Re people not listening, a simple answer is federalism where people are free to make laws in their states according to the local opinion, unless you are breaking some guardrails. You can’t say that there will be no freedom without a particular amendment, I am just urging some conservatism when arguing with historical success. If you think that there are good ways to limit violence do that at state level and hopefully others will follow. Yes, guns can be transported between states, but I would think that if Chicago would have a solution, we would notice that the only guns there are from Texas
ubiq > murders v mass murders
I agree that all murders are bad, of course, So, then, one should discuss statistics of those and what are possible reasons behind it and not substitute it with discussion of mass murders however horrific they are. As statistics show that we had 40% increase in just 2 years _possibly_ due to decrease in policing, then anyone who really cares should first restore the policing and save 40% of victims while you are looking at your longer-term plans.
ubiq > No complaining no trying to change the system? If you don’t like it leave!
you are right. I was just giving you etza tova to achieve your mental balance without fighting a (hopefully) impossible fight. Maybe this is why Canada is right here as a place where loyalists could always move.
And you are very myopic in your defense of France – even less than 100 years ago, they were occupied. Not fully their fault that they are in Europe, of course. Maybe this gemora applies to US: it is better to live in a new city than in an old one, as it has less sins accumulated.
ubiq > Can you think of any other such example, where you oppose a law being enacted because people wont listen ? (we do find this by Chazal lehavdil)
yes, a constitutional amendment can be passed to overrule any court decision about constitutionality. Or court can be packed – the reason it is rarely done is because it is not popular. Or a law can be passed that takes court jurisdiction away in specific areas.
I mean that he is not going to lose from his recent action – at minimum, he gets some publicity. As to twitter overall, why is he going to run into the ground? I understand when we doubt what politicians are claiming – most of them have no good track record, but Musk is a businessman with some successes, are you sure you know more than him? And if you do, I suggest you short twitter and later use earned millions to buy out YWN so that you could post anything you want. hope, you’ll remember me for good for this advise.
Also, previously US fracking worked as a threat for OPEC: if the price stays high for long enough, fracking will start and continue producing even when prices fall. So, OPEC had to keep prices below the limit viable for frackers and the limit was gradually decreasing due to increasing efficiency of fracking.
Right now apparently fracking industry in weakened and is afraid to invest. Most recent “helpful” move from President – EPA discovered that fracking affects ozone and might soon close most productive fracking areas based on ozone measurements. EPA dept head is apparently a guy who was in charge of developed a plan on accelerating transition from oil under Obama, so ozone is just a means to that (according to WSJ 2 week ago).RebE > More religious can be influenced from less religious. We should not hate them but we should avoid mixing also.
I agree. It is not easy. My initial concern is about observant people in general, not about lack of it. There is also an issue of separation between “frum” and “modern”. This usually means that “modern” have an expensive private school where they mix with non-observants who are looking for a good prep school with Jewish kids. I think what is mixing is a school with shomer shabbos parents where kids have an _option_ for college track, even if not Ivy league, but reasonably respectable quality.