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Regarding kashering the White House kitchen, the DC Chabad rabbi has already done that numerous times for Bush’s and Obama’s Chanukah parties with Jewish community leaders.
Dear Rabbi of Berlin,
The original lyrics of Tikvatenu, written by Naphtali Hertz Imber in 1877, did not include “lihyot am chofshi be’aretzeinu…”
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The test was later revised to “lihyot am chofshi” by settlers of Rishon Letzion. HaRav Kook objected to the revision, and advised his followers to sing “lihyot am kodshi” (to live as a holy nation) instead of the secular dream of living as a free nation.
Chevra,
The State of Israel is already in existence. HaRav Shteinman, one of the Gedolei Hador, encourages Chareidim to participate in the elections. If more frum Americans would make aliyah, we would be able to create a religious voting majority in Eretz Yisrael. According to the demographics of the frum population in EY, it appears that this will happen within the next 15-20 years.
As a clarification, if one’s personal Rav were to theoretically give a psak that it’s mutar to ascend parts of Har Habayis, then the person hasn’t done an issur.
Regardless of contemporary Gedolims’ position to prohibit ascending any part of Har Habayis, the da’as yachid is legitimate as long as it follows the halachic process.
In Yiddishkeit, we don’t have the halachic equivalent of a “Pope” to heed. Torah lo ba’shamayim hi.
(I am nevertheless NOT advocating ascending Har Habayis).
Shalom my brothers and sisters in the Diaspora,
I invite you to travel to Eretz Yisrael to show your support. Every yid who comes is most welcome, and will strengthen the spirits of those who live here in Eretz Yisrael.
Of course, you are welcome, even to come for a short time.
I welcome all frum yidden living outside of Eretz Yisrael to contribute to the settlement of Eretz HaKadosh by joining us. By making aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, you will help create a religious majority and be able to make a positive contribution to life in Eretz Yisrael.
Rabbosai,
Due to my submission to the majority of contemporary poskim who prohibit ascending Har Habayis, I do not advocate ascending Har Habayis. But…
If a yid ascended Har Habayis AFTER receiving permission from his Rav, would you still accuse the yid of bloodshed?
If you do, then would you accuse the rabbonim who advised their followers to remain in Europe in 1939 as guilty of bloodshed?
Emunas chachamim does not mean that rabbonim’s decisions are infallible. Torah lo nitna le’malachei hashareis.
Facts:
the 1929 Chebron massacre victims were yeshiva bochurim, who weren’t Zionists. Nor was there a state of Israel to “blame” for the Zionism
Reb Yoelish, who told his followers to remain in Satu Mar, eventually escaped. He and his Jewish passengers on the train were ransomed was arranged by Zionists.
Nearly no country during the Shoah welcomed the Jews as a haven. Had the British not restricted Jewish immigration to Palestine, more Jews would have been saved.
If a Christian group were to prevent Jews from davening at a holy site in Washington, DC, the ADL, AIPAC, and US Supreme Court would have condemned such a non-constitutional act.
Even if the poster would be correct to assert that the State of Israel’s existence is the cause of Jewish bloodshed (I guess he’s a navi), we already have a Jewish State, and I am a proud citizen. To whom should we relinquish our citizenship? To the “peace-loving” Abbas, yemach shemo u’zichro?
When the yeshivas were established in Europe, there was a shift of emphasis from choosing a chazzan with a kol na’eh to selecting a tzaddik to lead the davening — regardless of his voice or ability to carry a tune.
Today there is an emphasis in yeshiva communities to replicate what was done in the yeshivas.
I heard in the name of a Bnei Brak Rosh yeshiva that the singing should assist our davening, and not the other way around.
Personally, I love davening at my Yekkie shul where nusach is paramount, very consistent and inspiring.
It depends where you live. In Eretz Yisrael or Boro Park, it’s hard NOT to find chalav yisrael products.
I once had a chavrusa who had a tayva for Entemann’s Cookies, which aren’t chalav yisrael. So he was mareh heter for himself.
In many communities outside of Brooklyn, it’s hard to find chalav yisrael. So I could understand people being maikel there.
The article originally appeared in Hebrew in the Yated Ne’eman. I think it provides a frank observation of the potential dangers of attending even a frum college.
Nonetheless, there are potential dangers of living a life of poverty.
As a generalization, it appears that the Modern Orthodox world denies the dangers involved in attending higher education; in contrast, the Chareidi world seems to deny the effects of poverty and lack of marketable job skills among men.
Perhaps some have gone off the derech after attending college. But we are also aware of kids going off the derech growing up in Chareidi homes with limited exposure to the secular world.
And there is no mitzvah in the Torah to be poor. In fact, there is a mitzvah for a father to teach his son a profession.
With all our wonderful emunah in Torah society, there are plenty of poor children who grow up malnourished. Whose fault is that?
I believe that the usage of the word “frei” originated from the Maskilim, who referred to themselves as “free from mitzvos.” Frum people then perpetrated this by calling the non-frum (not yet frum) as “frei.”
In Israeli society, the word used is “chiloni” or “chofshi.”
Regarding the usage of “shiksa”, refer to the following article, The Jewish N Word:
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