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>> the sefardy poskim always viewed a shaitel as a big bedieved and a tichel as lechatchila

I looked at some images of Jews arriving from Iraq and everyone wears a kufiya, men and women.

Off-topic question – what is with Sephardim wearing black hats? Ashkenazim would wear it, ostensibly, not to honor Polish nobles, but simply to preserve the way they were told by someone, yeshiva students were dressing before. Sephartdim seem to be wearing them for the opposite reason of behaving like a community around them, that is for the opposite reason to the community. A paradox appears to be that Sephardim are more justified in wearing black hats …

>> “They” refers to public health officials

Phase 3 trials were pretty transparent. Unless you suspect fraud, lots of numbers were in the reports. At this point, we have millions of people vaccinated in US, UK, Israel, EU. We don’t see all data yet, but I think we can presume if there were frequent complications, this will be known. South Africa, for example, stopped using AstraZenica, when it was shown less effective on their variant ….

press87, other than a presumption that I am a kofer, I was not able to fully follow your text. Could you please add some commas next time? I was able to parse the last sentence, thanks for separating it. I think you are right – people who do not work are often feeling happier. We are discussing in this thread the problems of professional families that work hard, pay high tuition, and are under stress. So, the kids end up seeing distressed parents and not joy of Yiddishkeit… Quitting jobs to get tuition breaks at someone else’s expense is not the Torah answer for many.

As I said, this is a repeat from 1930s. The joke I heard, I think from R Nosson Sherman, about a father who spends little money he earned on after-public-school Rebbe for his son. He asks his son – what he learned.
The son says – Yitziyat Mitzraim … Moshe built a bridge over Yam Suf, then sent helicopters and bombed Egyptians.
Father – really, this is what the Rebbe said?
Son – no, this is my version. If I’d tell you what he said, you would never believe it ….

I did not hear Mr. biden speak, but from the newspaper description, he seems to be feeling like a gadol hador and starts talking accordingly giving short and clear daas, without a need to elaborate:
paraphrasing from memory:
“so, you will not stop sanctions on Iran right now?”
“no”
“but only if they stop developing nuclear weapons”
nodded

We used to have “Articulate” Presidents ….

I hoped someone will explain to me why you are holding for daas Torah, instead you are claiming that it is just same as existed before. I do have to apologize to my teacher, for causing lashon hara thrown at him. I did not follow Ch Haim that one should not praise someone who is not 100% accepted tzadik as someone will contradict. Still, how someone can claim that daas Torah is included in traditional respect of chachamim and send a Holocaust survivor to China at the same time is beyond my understanding. But I digressed.

Maybe we can try to define what Daas Torah stands for … I would appreciate if you look at these references that others refer as suggesting using advice of others but still relying on sechel and mitzvot:
Gra, Mishley 16:4
Ruach Chaim Avos 2:7
Ha’amek Davar, Deut. 29:8
Netziv on Koheles 8:1
Iggeret Hakodesh of Baal HaTanya, Chap. 22.

>> If you want me to go fully bderech teva, then Most businesses do not succeed

This is exactly what I am saying – start a business and then daven.

>> in chinuch and have no heter to leave

Not sure why you are complaining then? Hashem wants you doing chinuch, he’ll take care of your cousins some other way… Ironically, seems like some people in chinuch spend more time thinking about money than people in some professions who spend their free time learning … A friend said that when he asked his son’s Rebbe to do more for the kid, the guy said – how can you expect me to spend some much on the kids when I am thinking how to feed my family and extra work I can do.

>> Hiring them when they are all over

there is lot of business that is done remotely. Sell on internet and let them run customer service. Let them teach/tutor some of your students remotely.

I recall R Shimshon Hirsh married someone older and explained that he has too much to do and needs help right now, not when the wife grows up.

>> realize hypocrisy

So, we agree on facts. Maybe Hashem sent us AP to help deal with our problems.

In a similar case, Rav Shach writes that Arab hostility was helpful to early Zionists. Without it, they would go to University of Beirut and assimilated.

>> many local businesses that are surviving the lockdown, Pandemic restriction by selling on Amazon

Indeed so. Note that amazon is not “getting rich” at the consumer expense. They are “non profit” last time I checked. Their riches come from investors who volunteer to give them money to expand their business.

Could the speakers clarify the levels here, as it is hard to follow

what is considered “money”? Parents
1. can get extra $10K for several years?
2. pay for downpayment for $500K apartment? (i.e. $100K)?
3. Being able to support growing family at $100K/year ad 120?

what is considered “yichus”?
direct descendant of Melech David? R’ Kotler? minor yeshiva?
Could you afford a risk if father’s students do not wear masks? Could you get a life insurance on him?

>> but Biden would have done that [Embassy] too

Charlie, it is ironic that you – “with evidence” – accuse others of coming up with unfounded theories, and immediately post seemingly deluded ideas (“without evidence”). If you reflect on that a little, maybe you’ll become more understanding of others who do the same.

>> I’d love to have the ability

Try starting a business? and, then, daven for it to succeed. Or, just hire the cousins.

My Gemorah suggests using stones

How do you know Haman from Mordechai if they are both in a mask?!

Internet is (so far) not censored in US of A. Trump and anyone else are able to create a website or maybe even a mailing list. The fact that the country depends on Twitter to focus voter attention is sad.

>> shaloch manos.

R Schechter reminded that this is a good year to follow Rambam on spending more on poor than on friends

asme person posted:
>> 1 half of 1 % of Rav Chaim knowledge
>> each of the Rabbonim who where nifter were well into the 90s

I am not sure how you can at the same time value opinions of Talmidei Hahamim and disregard their lives. I can’t imagine who are people surrounding Talmidei Hahamim that lead to this. I can’t imagine R Twersky ZT’L being not careful himself.

@Sam,
I think Hashem is telling us that we are taking too much for granted our days, and we should spend some time inside with our families, learn to appreciate them, talk to your spouses and kids, take them for walks, learn with them, model for them how to act calmly in difficult circumstances. This might be a first serious adverse event in this country after WW2. Several generations expecting daily great service.

I agree that many are not hearing the message and complaining about the service – schools are not opening, governor does not allow seudas mitzva, scientists are not clear about vaccine efficiency …

In other news, Mr. Biden

– reversed Suleimani assassination as unlawful with the help of a mekubal

– restored diplomatic relations with ISIS and send an ambassador to Raqqah. The embassy is under construction given the disaster that previous administration “literally left us nothing and nobody to work with at Raqqah”.

– the new ambassador will not refer to IS as “Islamic” though. We did not decide yet what the new meaning of “IS” is

– all progressive House members are told that they’ll be send as an ambassador to Raqqah if they do not behave

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I recall Melech David was asked whether he prefers a natural disaster – pandemic, climate change, or the war. He preferred the natural punishment as there is no limit to human cruelty once it is unleashed.

20th century illustrates it well with two WWs, communists and Nazis. There were lots of “useful idiots” in USA and Western Europe who would protest every Western action against Commies, but not other way around ….

I don’t think anything changed much – if we can decrease advances of Russia/China/Iran/Norks and leave more dirty air to our children, that’s Ok. So, if we can have Canadian oil instead of Russian, this is OK. If you want to reduce pollution in a smart way, you can, for exanple, put a tariff on everything China is producing using energy from dirty coal and slave labor in North Korea. Just keep your priorities straight.

>> Mathematically impossible?

what 3×3 meant to say – “statistically impossible”

the reason for this misconception – you can come up with 1000s of different patterns which counties are important – since 1980, or maybe since 1890, or 1089 – and then focus on the pattern where current election is “statistically impossible”

a better way is to fix prediction rules before the election and then check them after.

another way is to construct multiple predictions and then use machine learning and cluster analysis to see if this one is different from others

Charlie >> The exception was Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who took 16 weeks, but that didn’t matter

Of note, Lighthizer was involved in very significant activities re: China, but it’s ok by you

>> President Biden appointed Dr.

so, not Amen, not Awomen? Aperson?

I would stick with the “doctor”, hope the mother is happy.