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Kuvult > The only time Jews faced a real threat was when it was backed by a powerful govt.
The most famous Pogrom was Kishniev.The definition of “pogrom” is not just random violence, but violence supported by the government. If Jews were to try fight back, police will join against them. That is what it was in Russia, and not B;H currently, as you are saying.
RebE, celebrate this as your personal purim!
> Considering the state sanctioned pogroms
> you are near an active volcanoWhy are you so over-the-top? If you don’t appreciate all goodness that Hashem gives you in current EY/US/UK/Canada/AUS – then you H’V calling His bluff?! It is fine to worry about future, but enjoy the good weather and use it to learn/do mitzvos.
RW,
are you sure you follow your own wise advise? A lot of your medical opinion sounds like coming off the meta or something. I a not sure what “good” is there, I only use linkedin.to clarify: there is an inyan of zerizus in performing mitzvos:
You are called somewhere – run to do that.
Another issue my Rov taught: you are irate that someone is taking your makom kavua? Come earlier.Ad kan? as long as it is safe. Kohanim used to compete for jobs until someone got hurt.
I am not rejecting a possibility that things can turn sour for Jews at any place/time, but right now if you cross the bridge from Brooklyn into America and avoid several cesspools, you will be OK.
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okay2 > everything is actually from Hashem and Litova.
a good point. Maybe Meno did not notice that he did an aveira that morning, maybe slammed the door and woke up a widow on the way to the minyan and she is sad remembering her husband going to shul early – so maybe you were destined to stumble in your hagbah that morning.
YS > prefer that Biden focus on meaningless external things like gender and race
I agree – I hope he will be busy doing supreme nomination for months instead of pushing more trillions out the door (they still did not start working on building what they voted for last year, I guess it is good). The fact that he might not have bandwidth for Covid and Putin viruses is ore worrisome.
Was their restraint genuine or useful to advance new Deal? Obviously, total restraint is the same as eliminating one element of checks & balances from the federal government, especially during “progressive” era.
Resign as a gabbay, appoint the complainer as your successor, complain about him in CR.
Gadol, exactly. Except Jews are more advanced. We don’t really have traditionalists like Thomas. As we discussed here many times, most Jewish groups are doing things differently now than centuries ago – nobody wore black during Gemora times except in the act of committing a sin (Moed Katan); 400 kids studied in an only Volozhin yeshiva 200 years ago, etc. But, similarly to Thomas, the latter “innovations” sound less like innovations.
On a more theoretical level, there is a difference between “originalism” in interpreting Torah and interpreting a humanly produced contract.
Gabbai to the newcomer: Kohen? no, Levi? no, shishi.
I was once asked by a gabbai mumbling: kohen? Me:no. levi? no. isroel?
He probably did this automatically just to finish the list, but the question sounds offensive – is he suspecting me of being a mamzer or an akum?!
So, I answered “no” just to look at his face. Hope he was more careful after this.CTlawyer, this card system is not secure enough and will be forged/gamed/hacked. There should be a two-factor identification system. Maybe mail a password home before shabbos.
R Salanter had a similar situation when he had a chiyuv and someone else had a lesser chiyuv. He insisted on the other guy going first, commenting “my mother deserves I do this mitzva in her honor”
Maybe the difference is that Thomas (as I understand it) holds by a judicial philosophy that just happened to be “right wing” as much as it does not allow innovations by judicial fiat and requires Congress to actually vote. At the same time, liberal justices need to find a basis for each of the new interpretations they are voting for. This comes as much more naked partisanship.
Next time run faster, rather than waiting to finish chewing the gum.
Avram,
I think mandates is a manufactured political topic. When Trump is booed by crazies for suggesting vaccinations, he can retort that he is against mandates. Note that in Israel, right-wing government was running public policy and were criticized by lefties. It is an unfortunate side-effect of democracy that politicians are using every issue to their advantage. USA lost 2x more people comparing with similar developed countries, mostly due to slow government and inability of the society to focus on what is important.Gadol, not being an expert, I googled rankings of supremes by experts. From several samplings, Gorsuch and Kagan head the list. Thomas occupies between 3 to 5. Sotomayor between 6 and 8.
While both are at the end of ideological spectrum, Sonya is also more ideological (score -4), Thomas 3 (next are Alito 2.2, Breyer -1.9, Kagan -1.5). That is Thomas is 0.8 away from the next, while Sonya is 1.0 more from Thomas.
Avram > here by an employee who is on the clock, you seem unconcerned about geneiva,
You are right. My oversight. Of course, you should count that as you personal time to do chesed.
Most people in the professional world work more hours than nominal 8-hour day, so this should not be an issue. If you are billing strictly by hour, then you should be more makpid.> the vast and overwhelming majority of us do not have the brain power of a gadol, and we cannot effectively do multiple things at once.
ok, so don’t do two things at once, do chesed first. I do agree that deep thinking often requires working without interruption. So, if this is a pattern, maybe come, greet people first (according to Mishna), have small talk with them, and THEN say that you now need to work. You can probably also rent a log cabin with internet connection somewhere and work there.
Front page has a story about Chaim Volozhiner approached by a beggar who charges him to listen to his dvar Torah .. learn from R Chaim
Gadol, I give you that he might not have been the choice if not race. What I am claiming is that he has zechuyot beyond his color, and he adds a certain position to the court. I have not heard anyone admiring the wise latina’s scholarship, but maybe I am not browsing in the right (left) circles
participant > 2/13 doesn’t = 1/60.
I think his quip was about 60 days of Adar that should botel evry tzara. Corollary: you need to do all 60 days of that Simcha to make it 60, do not waste time!
participant > I do count time talking with them as cheated, and talk accordingly. Maybe you didn’t gather that from my first post.
I apologize I did not re-read the post post-spellchecker! I meant exact opposite: “chesed”, no “cheated”. You have human beings in need of interaction. Maybe some of them live alone and come to this place looking for connection, especially now when some people WFH and lack usual interaction. Find out what kind word or advise you can give them, while thinking Gemora or work in your head. Maybe you can turn them towards a better outlook to life. There was a discussion here a couple of months ago about an Iraqi boy who was suddenly approach by a Jew to help as a shabbos goy and was kind to him, and he remembered that for decades.
I had this happen recently. A person I worked with, who has a very commanding personality was railing about how someone in business did not talk appropriately with him. I suggested to him that if he is really a baal middah, then he should be able to control it, and accept that he does not need to command every not very important interaction. It took him a long time to process this new idea.
REbE > Trump is against democracy
Unfortunately, any reasonable critique of Trump will not be heard. After 7 years already of mostly baseless attacks on him, those who believed those stories of Trump tower server beeping directly to Putin’s bankers already believed them, and the rest of us are just numb to the additional stories, especially as it is now seems to be shown that many of them were started by Hillary’s associates and laundered thru several government organizations.
A big picture of accusations of Trump that you would probably agree with: there are no more discussions about Trump’s crime before he was President’ no more about his crimes while he was President; now the only topic is how he handled last 2 weeks before transition. My prediction – soon, this will pass and he will be attacked for channeling Russian donations into his 2024 campaign and that he is planning for 3rd term in 2028.
in addition to using the search coffee room button, you can try searching google directly with this line:
<your keywords> site:theyeshivaworld.com
or just the coffeeroom
<your keywords> site:theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroomGadol, now you are dismissing every step in Thomas’s career s benefiting from conservative affirmative action. With this approach, we will need to dismiss a lot of people.
Gadol, Justice Thomas had very visible senior positions in Missouri and Reagan administration before becoming a federal judge. Juliana Childs seemingly highest achievements are law firm partner and head of SC Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. She may not be that liberal though – her father was a police officer and her mother moved away from Detroit due to violence there.
Dems are doing disservice to their values (and of their voters) if they nominate an unqualified person. Wise Latina seems to be marginalized, nobody is taking her seriously. Justice Breyer was working with John Roberts to find compromises.
Amom, Maybe if the system will notify every obnoxious poster about every obnoxious post, this will invite repeated posts, appeals to higher authority, attempts to game the mods, etc. People get triggered by information coming at them… Ideally, posters should know that they are moderated and behave accordingly, and mods need to just trim occasional mistakes. Maybe just inform posters about their general percentage rejected weekly
There is reshus to take common risks that society accepted as routine. Also, all together modern tech made us all richer than previous generations. So in theory this enables us to learn more and better. This would be a good reason to permit all tech. If we don’t use this wealth correctly, it is our fault
RebE What about the standing filibuster
When davening, we stand when we address Hashem, and sit when we address Jews (shma). So, standing filibuster is the one when the senator gave up on the chamber and calls on Hashem’s help
I work in a shared space with my family and (sometimes gladly) share in whatever others are doing. If you are forced to be in a place with strangers, maybe think about them as family, and count time you are talking with them as cheated ( and talk accordingly). One of the baalei musar was overheard asking a farmer about his chicken and at the same time murmuring gemora to himself.
A practical suggestion: use earphones visibly attached to the laptop and shake ad if you are listening to music.
We were not safer before cars. Cities were full of manure, milk was delivered slow, spoiled, and probably killed more new yorkers than Spanish flu. Nathan Strauss (Macy’s, Lakewood hotel) spent years trying to convince government to introduce pasteurization. New yorkers didn’t trust science then also.
Avram,
I don’t have an opinion on mandates. I am blessed not to be a congressman, a policeman, or a school principal, so I don’t have to make decisions on that. I also think this is way politicized and used by parties for their advantage. Enforcing rules is a very delicate area and there are a lot of gemoras discussing whether society will accept, whether people will be confused or negligent as a result.I am more concerned with my own, and our collective community, human/Jewish obligations and what should we do.
If mods could provide me with the material they rejected, I could try automating their hard work, so they will have more time for editorials.
I am not sure where this conversation is going, but it seems that everyone is confidently assigning their own view to Hashem and then interpreting events from that position. Maybe some humility is in order.
Also, we may be mixing up our Shapiros, the one I mentioned is niftar long ago.
amom, in many cases of elderly, this is something that adds up to “pre-existing conditions”, especially in a moment of crisis when the person is in a nursing home or other similar condition. It is hard to tell a posteriori whether people would have survived otherwise or not. But given sudden bursts of levayas at the time it happens, it is clear that many of those deaths are untimely.
I don’t know to what degree things are predictable. I know several middle aged, medium unhealthy, people who had one case that was mild and next year second – very hard and even ICU.
This was the matter of discussion between Jewish people and Shmuel, when they are asking for a melech and he warns them that it will cost them. People cling to authoritarians that can quickly solve problems. Not sure what can be done short of educating population in civics and davening.
One example of proper approach was Trump refusing to resolve “dreamers” dilemma via executive action and throwing it back to Congress where it should be properly addressed. There was an attempt, it did not work, but the direction was proper.
jackk, I see, but just picture that you are talking to a friend in person and talk accordingly.
R Yohanan told his students to respect Hashem as they do mortal kings – respect to those you can perceive directly is more real. This applies not just to online discussions. Also, people in cars are often less respectful than when walking in front of someone. You often see people cutting others off when driving, but rarely while walking.Maybe the “root cause”, pardon the word, is am-haartzus. People claim to look for “qualified”, but what they really mean is “minimally qualified”, without valuing maximal qualifications. And it adds up – the more “minimally qualified” people get power, the more they continue pushing other mediocre people into positions of power. So, anyone who can string a couple of words to construct an excuse for their failures, can become President, Sec of State, Supreme Justice… You may disagree w/ say Kissinger, but he is no Blinkin’.
Thanks Syag, Marxist, stories seem to reconcile. This seems to shed some light on how Avira’s stringent opinions are formed: they consist of very precise recollections, but contrary opinions do not exist in this memory, so the overall picture gets distorted. As to veracity, here is a first-hand account: I heard from R Shapiro Z’L from Beth Israel Miami that he went to Israel for 6 days war helping out the Army somehow, maybe as a nurse.
Syag, are you asking for numbers to support the joke? sure, here they are,
0.79 fatalities for driving per 100 million traveled miles on urban roads
< 0.5 for flying commercial
but higher for using general aviation – 10harder to find risk of walking – too many articles about benefits of walking a mile or two 🙂
one reference saying waking is 40 times more dangerous. Surely depends on where you are walking – downtown Chicago may be more dangerous than some other places.We seemingly have a glaring disagreement here about R Kamenetsky’s reaction in 1967 between witnesses. This is very uncomfortable. Can we resolve it?
Federalists are not protected minorities. Ilks also.
Avram, I am glad you are getting on board! Indeed, if you were driving for “fun”, like people skiing or NASCAR racing – seems questionable activity for people who have a mitzva to put a railing on their own roof. So, I would say meaningless driving around would be unnecessary sakanah (and bitul zman).
But if you do need to get somewhere, driving is safer and more efficient than walking (and flying is safer than driving) – per mile, not per hour.
ujm, you seem to be reading from a Soviet textbook, maybe absorbed through some American academics. Ukraine actually was a country for a short period in about 1918. Before Russia, it was Poland and Austro-Hungary. Jews went there on their own having an opportunity to work the estates as representatives of Polish nobles. Crimea used to be Tatar, even after it became Russian. Soviets exiled them all (most died on the way) around WW2 somewhere. One reason Turkey is supporting Ukrainians.
A simple point is that country borders were internationally recognized after USSR dissolved on their own. If Russia can claim Crimea, then Germany can claim Danzig from Poland and Kaliningrad from Russia; Poland – Vilno from Lita; Sweden – Petersburg from Russia; and Mongols – the rest of Russia.
All of Europe seemingly learned to live in a modern world without fighting each other, Russia and Belorussia are the only holdouts.
NIRC > Since when has SCOTUS nomination been about the most qualified individual?
American system is built on interests opposing each other. So there are no rules that every decision is done genuinely according to certain ethical principles. Still, there are some social conventions that help make this fight more civilized. In this case, 75% of Americans oppose binning candidates, so this is not appropriate.
jackk > I find myself at times posting things which I do not really believe in
Patient: Doctor, Doctor, it hurts when I do THAT.
Doctor: Don’t do THAT.oops, wrong thread.
ujm, not sure about anglo-saxon men, but Catholics and Jews are overrepresented onthe court for some time.
A good question. I think this is the answer: it is one thing to have courtesy of appointing a woman when none are on the court, or appoint a black man instead of the other (not that this was appreciated by any true progressive), but now we are making a multi-dimensional grid: someone has to be both right color and right gender. This is most weird for the supreme court – that is supposed to consist of lawyers, not representatives of aggrieved groups. During some previous confirmation when the mental ability of a candidate was questioned, someone quipped that stupid people also need to be “represented” in the court.
I second Gadol’s opinion. Religious parties need to come with a positive agenda that does not sound as self-serving. There are a lot of things religious Jews could do in addition to learning.
Yehoshua was approached by malach hamaves for not learning at night, but the malach did not suggest disbanding the army, just combining the milhama shel mitzva with learning a night.