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While in general we should be assisting the world to keep Noahide laws, I suggest we just stay away from this contentious issue: extreme positions on both sides are against halakha and the country does not seem to be inclined for middle ground right now.

Legally, the decision is a welcome support for federalism. If more issues will devolve to the states, we might stop talking about federal – Presidential and Congress – elections.

Practically speaking, this might reverse the famous “Roe effect” leading to more D- voters in 20 years.

Avira > with twisted gender, alphabet soup ideology being fostered onto preschoolers.

I think you and Kuvult envision different scenarios, both happening: you are talking about mixing with random people in a public or MO school, Kuvult seems to be talking to some special people with certain character that happen to be non- or less-observant.

I am not sure whether it was wise to have kids fully integrated even i the second scenario, but it is definitely wise to teach the kids that there are people with dignity and purpose that may not be wearing same hat as you.

n0 > The shtetl stirred up a lot of agnostic attitudes toward the Torah. Which is why irreligious sefardim (In the mid-east) did not have such attitudes until they met their western counterparts.

I just wrote about this in another thread. I don’t the shtetl itself created the stira – rather enlightment and russian oppression. R Berel Wein traces antagonism of Israeli commies towards religious organization to the russian law that made kahal responsible for providing cantonists – kids for pre-army military schools, leading to corruption and violence within the community.

Avram, I agree on changing priorities and kids. My kids do not stay in touch with those friends who became non-observant or moved into lax MO circles. Still, something is not right here. If you note, Sephardim seem to have more united communities, with many masorti people who feel like part of am yisrael even if not always observant or learned. Possibly, we suffer the post-haskala shock that we probably need to get over already. Number of reformim, socialists, OO is not that high any more, most non-observant Jews are ignorami rather than apikoiri.

This is interesting approach: admit that someone is a talmid chacham, and then proudly report that your teacher will not quote him. I am compelled not to believe your testimony despite it being so compelling as it reflects negatively on the talmidei chachamim you learned from. Reminder: beis Hillel would quote b shammai first and that was the reason for their success.

It might be that your teachers didn’t see you or your class up to the proper level of learning and would reduce debate to improper level, so they stayed quiet.

I presume that if Moshe had a choice of having script seen in the right way to himself and to others – he will choose to show it to the Jews the right way. After all, he already learnt them, his goal now was to show it to the rest of the yidden.

How big is the shul that would need $100k for new ac? Would it have 100+ people there? Can you all have a 5 year loan for this ac and pay 200 per year each? Also maybe some of the people in the shul are in construction business and can offer a discount for the job

y1836,
for last couple of centuries, we live through one of the greatest upheaval times of the Jewish and world history. It would be surprising, and even disappointing, if all opinions about modernity will be the same, disregarding personalities, opinions, environment in different places, etc.

so, I don’t think it is an issue of who is right or wrong or who is acceptable, but what different people were able to discover and how it will all get integrated at the end.

R Mordechai Dubin was in Latvian parliament

I feel I’ve seen this post before

have to answer the first question myself:
as we know, luchos were physically identical, but the first had way more text chiseled away – so, of course, 2nd was heavier.

Presuming, Moshe was carrying them as in the movie to show to Jews, then the first lucha will be on right side for the people, or in Moshe’s left hand, so the heavier 2nd lucha was in his right hand, corresponding to two ideas above. So, here sevora, gemora, and physics all match.

RebE > you are saying what the Rambam says

Indeed, I am not trying to come up with chidushim here or be controversial, I think this is a very traditional view that was lost due to modernishe opportunities in the goldene medina.

maybe we need to expand what “visible” is – this does not have to be a tall hat (Lincoln and Kennedy had that also) but might be how people walk, talk, and behave. Kiso, koso, vekaaso.

> I voted for Biden and I am not going to debate it.

silence is an admission of a loss in our culture … very admirable way to do it.

I saw on another educated board, a TDS sufferer confronted with Trump’s quote forewarning Europeans about dangers of pro-Russian policies. Having nothing else to say, he went into a pretzel – he only said it because Bolton told him to say that. Human ability to stand on heir position is amazing. I am proud of jackk who has more integrity than that.

Practically speaking, I don’t see much changing from the time when Gemorah warned that Rashbi derech is risky: most of people I know whose Torah is interesting are either working as Rabbis or in professions. Don’t tell me I am hanging out in the right places, I can see a kollel from my window better than Sarah Palin can see Russia.

RebE > one who carries on himself the yoke of Torah is taken away the yoke of derech eretz
And Syag on a similar note:

Look, R Ilai (?) would have birds burned over him when he learned. If you solve the kashrus issues, you can just eat those birds. And if you don’t deserve (or prefer not to use) miracles, you can live modestly. In our times, if you are ready to live the same way most people lived in, say, middle ages, you can probably work one hour a week to achieve that. In fact, if someone is committed to this learning but does not have an hour a week, I’ll be happy to sign up as Zevulun, bli neder.

The problem is only when people want to have both zechus for learning full time and also keep up with Joneses at someone else’s expense without the sponsor approval.

CTL > The Democratic Party platform has never called for the abolition of private property, the hallmark of Communism.

I don’t want to over-label, and in general this country somehow avoided communism excesses that affected most of Europe 100+ years ago, but I think one can agree that D-s often suggest solutions that partially negate private property. In purist terms, any expropriation of private property that is not justified and unavoidable is a step towards abolition of private property. As D-s often look at taxation and re-distribution as a solution. Latest exhibit – wholesale student debt forgiveness directed mostly to their own voters.

One of the impact of “chochma” is ability to use logic and study facts. It does not have to be “goyishe” – you can skip Newtonian physics and go directly to Einstein.

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As to Ch Ch, I already quoted a sefer that I bought in the zionist city of Benei Braq: there is an apartment in Petach Tikwa that was bought for Ch Ch and he refused at the end to come to EY, saying that if he visits Eida first, Mossad people will not read Mishna Berurah and vice versa, and he would like all of them to read it.

Avira, these are separate issues. That discussion and my observation apply to the food for melachim.

As to Mix INS, I wonder whether technology and supervision changed for the better from r Moshe’s times? Nets were changed to avoid mammals, and there is solid and chunk tuna that is full or big pieces of fish, rather than a formless mass. What would be the status of crabs in tuna’s stomach?!

By one midrash, both luchos had 10 commandments : these are simply two copies of a contract for both sides. So, whether the luchos were prepared in advance or written down later, shvues is the day the contract was agreed upon.

Crazy, to clarify the general immediately apologized for the retweet 6 years ago, saying that he meant to retweet the previous post. The one religion comment seem to actually happen indeed several months ago, at a religious rally and not when he was an advisor.

Not that I think that it is halachically permissible to use the first amendment to say untruths about any politicians, but we should be especially careful with people who served honorably, whatever their political views are.

age of the judge does not seem to be the problem in this case. Liberals were musing on the radio whether it is worth appealing the ruling because there is a real chance that the Supremes will uphold it. So, the ruling is not baseless. The issue seems to hedge on what “and other measures” mean in the law. I would say that CDC was justified using emergency powers in first several months but Congress should step up and define the Fed powers exactly.

Practically speaking:
– airlines and buses should be able to designate masked and non-masked sections, or at least let passengers exchange seats.
– please look out for elderly people in your neighborhood who took public transportation and now might not use it and would need a ride (with an open window)

Who said chasidim are the first shomrim!? Obviously, litvakim had the earliest organized militia to keep chasidim out!

John Mearsheimer was saying 5 years ago that Putin will not start a large war. He needs to eat his hat.

PS if not for
– FDA apparently directing Pfizer not to release vaccine test results before the election
– suppressing all stories about Hunter and his father’s businesses