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Birdson, perhaps Israelis are different from my observations new marrieds very often go to their parents for Shabbat. Veterans in the community also like to invite new residents in order to get to know them.
Joseph, what if someone moved to the former and rented office space on the latter?
Apushatayid, I still don’t get it.
What about people who live in Corpus Christi,TX? What about people who have offices on Trinity Pl in Manhattan?
Mrs D (I hope that this is not being too familiar),
1. Is there a reason why you sometimes write “I” and sometimes “i”? Do you have ups and downs regarding humility?
2. As I am retired I cannot say that I am not a Sir, I work for a living. In fact, I once told someone who asked for my title that he should call me “Your Excellency”.
Health & Apushatayid, I did not get that one. I did hear about a Chassidic melamed who taught the pasuk that starts “??-??? ??? ???”. One boy asked what is an isha. The melamed said “What your father has”. The boy replied “Oh. A hernia”.
MRS-MRS. (the last two letters are properly in lower case) D (are you the wife of Mrs. D?),
Only very important men, such as the Exilarch (Reish Galuta) were called “Mar’ (according to the Sepharadim “Mor”) or “Abba”. Sometimes women were called “Ima” (“Marat”, not “Mara” is relatively recent) but it was rare. For example, Rav Nachman’s wife, who was also the daughter of the Reish Galuta and a very aristocratic and opinionated (see Berachot 51b – and note how Ulla responded to her) woman was called by her name, Yalta.”Beito” or in Aramaic “Beitei” (not “Bayit”) was used in the third person (e.g. “beito shel Rav Ploni).
When people call me “Mar” I respond that I am not mar, I am matok. When they call me “Rav” I respond “Ani lo rav im af echad”. One person sometimes calls me “Chacham Avraham” – generally when he wants something.
You’re welcome very much.
Barry, which nevua? What about Nitro Zeus?
Charlie,
1. He dominated it in the sense of controlling it.
2. Where have you proven this? Are you aware of the atmosphere on campuses?
3. I have already explained why European officials make conciliatory comments about Jews. BTW, as an ardent secularist who opposed a branch of a national store in a Moslem neighborhood selling only halal food I would not consider him a friend of frum Jews. Substitute “kosher” for “halal” (interestingly leftists are davka attacking Moslem practices which are similar to Jewish practices, such as circumcision and ritual slaughter).
I am tempted to write “name, street address, city, state or country”. Not to mention (@Gog) that I personally would not like to called a so-and-so.
Seriously, these are matters are dependent on minhag. In some countries one only addresses personal friends by first name or singular “you”. In Russia one uses the first name plus the patronymic (e.g. Vladimir Vladimirovich). In some countries (Israel, for example) not using the first name is a considered stuffy. I definitely would not go by popular halacha books as first of all they tend to be as machmir as possible and then some so that they will not be attacked and secondly they reflect the author’s particular community even though they purport to pasken for all Jews.
Sam, please cite where Rishonim do not beleive women for anything. It is against the Gemara that says that they are believed for some things, such as things that only women would would know (see the on-line article “???” in “???? ???”). Moreover, if she is not believed for issurim her husband would have to send to men to watch her prepare food and go to the mikva. As for her having to be shomeret mitzvot, that is also true for men. BTW, today when the shetar borrerut states that both parties accept the decision whether it is din or peshara there are battei din who will hear what a woman has to say and ask the party against whom she is speaking to answer it.
Charlie, DeGaulle was not a rightist. He withdrew from Algeria and abandoned the pieds-noirs (French settlers) and, in fact, was the target of a rightist assassination plot. as for the Left, in both America and Europe it is virulently anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. However, those in positions of national leadership know what would be the consequences of a Jewish exodus to an already troubled economy.
1. Who will win is a machloket (Yoma 10a):
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2. Rav Mordechai Eliahu ruled that WW2 was Gog uMagog. When some people tried to convince him otherwise he told them that if they continued to disagree with him they would have to experience it. They withdrew their objections.
Josh, these programs disincentive stable families, with all of the attendant social costs, and have done nothing to significantly alleviate poverty. This has been documented y disparate bodies such as the Atlanta Black Star and the National Center for Public Policy Research. In general, tzedaka is best managed by civil society and communities as they can best identify the needs of individuals. National programs only benefit the bureaucrats who administer them.
Can people who do any shetut (such as posting nonsensical threads) be counted in a minyan? Saints are not avoda zara and people today certainly do not intend for it.
Charlie, how do they know? Unlike Chassidim, MO Jews live in mixed neighborhoods.I do not know about Teaneck (although I suspect that followers of Rabbi Pruzansky would not have voted for Obama) but I do know that Riverdale is a very liberal neighborhood. It is probable that even if the MO Jews there voted for Romney (who, BTW, was not seen as a conservative) they would have been overwhelmingly outvoted. As for exit polls, even in a scientific poll there is a four percent margin for error. Moreover, it would necessarily be people who self-identified as MO even if objectively they are Conservadox.
Chazal assume that a person would be ashamed to take any type of charity. Thus, the highest form of tzedaka is to provide a job (Shach, Yoreh Deah 249,7). This is best accomplished by the free market. In fact, Milton Friedman points out in “Capitalism and Freedom” that his enabled Jews to prosper in America despite discrimination.
Unfortunately, there is an attitude among many that it is not necessary to find a permanent appropriate solution for someone as the government will take care of him. Moreover, some people like to keep others in dependency either as a means of controlling them or so that they can continue to feel good about themselves. If there were no poor people they would probably make a few poor so that hey could give them “tzedaka” every so often.
Akuperma, in a way “right” and “left” are appropriate as the leftists in the French National Assembly were republicans (every Jew decides for himself how to be holy) and the rightists monarchists (Hashem is King). However, Rav Kook (“March of the Camps”) decried the use of chareidi and chofshi (the only labels in his time) as they prevent teshuva. The former thinks that he has nothing for which to repent (after all, he shakes at the word of Hashem) and the latter thinks that as a religious term it does not apply to him.
Many great talmidei chachamim were wealthy and many were poor. Both are challenges. The Ben Ish Hai, in fact, wrote on this. An anthology has been published in English as “The Challenge of Wealth and Poverty”.
The Terumat HaDeshen (1, 294) says that which is the real Adar depends on the machloket (Nedarim 63a) between Rabbi Yehuda, who says that it is Adar I, and Rabbi Meir, who says that it is Adar II. Rambam paskens like Rabbi Meir but the Rif, Rosh and Ran pasken like Rabbi Yehuda, which is the general rule. You can access Rabbi Larry Rothwachs’ source sheet on the YUtorah website.
As for ways to be marbeh b’simcha, the Shaagat Aryeh (65) says that each person has his own simcha so you must answer for yourself. However, I would go easy on the meat and wine.
Akuperma, actually according to demographic projections the religious public is going to be the majority in a few decades. As for ruling the Moslems, Rav Kahane, who was a Zionist, wanted to pay them to leave. Another possibility is simply getting them to believe that they cannot win. They will then submit to what they see as their fate. Thus, Moslems in Israel, including Judea and Samaria, were quiet until they started to think that they had a chance.
What if the uncle/aunt is a woman younger than the nephew/niece? This is not far-fetched at all. If someone has a child at age 20 and another at age 42 and the older child also has a child at age 20 the nephew/niece will be the older of the two.
In any case, the father Joseph saw was over on embarrassing someone in public, which some poskim say is yehareg v’al yaavor. This is especially severe in the case of a child.
What about people using pictures taken when they were much younger?
Hashem does not want neurotic servants. We cannot be expected to do more than we can. If you really want to go at it, how do you know that you are you? Maybe a switch was made in the hospital and really you are not Jewish. Maybe really an heir to a great material fortune and the victim of a conspiracy to cheat you out of your share.
DY, the Halacha is not like you (Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer 21,3 – and note that it is even wothy to do so). I would add that it is often possible to learn about someone’s personality from the face. This is known as chochmat hapartzuf (physiognomy) and has been confirmed by scientific studies ((Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol 4, p 44 and British Journal of Psychology, vol 98, p 111).
Feeling His hashgacha.
Zogt, Rav Kook explains that in his hesped:
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Rav Kook goes on to say that in the future the material and spiritual sides will unite (Etz Yosef and Etz Yehuda).
It is not clear from his hesped but Rav Kook held that either Herzl or the secular Zionist movement in general was MBY. In “Kol HaTor” Rabbi Hillel Rivlin says in the name of his rebbe the Gra that the job of MBY is kibbutz galuyot and the material building of EY.
After seeing the results of an investigation by Rav Avraham Steinberg Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach came to the conclusion that “The communicative method used for severely mentally retarded or autistic people (facilitated communication) should be used as a limited clinical tool but should not be abused for mystical purposes” (Assia, no. 57-58, 1996 pp. 12-13.). In fact, many medical experts consider FC to be nonsense and that the practitioners put words in the children’s mouths (see the Skeptic’s Dictionary on the subject).
BTW, Rav Mordechai Eliahu said that WW2 was Gog uMagog. When some people came to him and tried to convince him otherwise he told them that if it did not already occur they would have to experience it. They accepted his ruling.
DY, thye are much less dangerous than American cities and malls. however, if someone feels that another community is more appropriate for him ain hachi nami he should live there. Rav Kook said that just as Am Yisrael can only develop spiritually in EY an individual Jew can only develop spiritually in his portion.
Sam,the boundaries of EY are a subject of much discussion. Apparently they depend in large part on settlement. The first mishna in Gittin gives Akko as the northern boundary and David considered Gat to be Chul (Ketubot 110b). However, in the time of the Tanach southern Lebanon was part of EY (Laish) and it is definitely part of the Promised Land.
Joseph, Eilat was conquered by Shlomo HaMelech (Etzion Geber) and later by the IDF. Both were kibushei rabbim.
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Joseph, Lebanon requires US citizens to obtain a visa. According to the State Department “travelers who hold passports that contain visas or entry/exit stamps for Israel will likely be denied entry into Lebanon and may be subject to arrest or detention. Even if their travel documents currently do not have Israeli stamps or visas, persons seeking entry into Lebanon who have previously traveled to Israel may still face arrest and/or detention if this travel is disclosed. The Government of Lebanon has the authority to refuse admission to U.S. citizens and to detain U.S. citizen travelers for further inspection”.
DY, c”v. In fact, I live on a settlement. I am also in favor of settling all other parts of EY. In fact, some of my best friends do not live on settlements.
Joseph, we cannot enter Lebanon so the question is academic. Why be afraid of entering Jordan? The Jordanian authorities very much want tourism so there is a large police and military presence. This means very few terror attacks and little crime (although women travelling alone might have problems). of course, if one is a resident of EY one should know where EY ends so as not to be over on leaving for no good reason. In any case, I do not think that there is a mitzva to cover every millimeter of EY. In fact, there were anshei maaseh who never left Yerushalayim and today there are roshei yeshivot who almost never leave their yishuvim.
Quacky, how much depends on the individual’s level. Rav Kook once told someone that the first war Am Yisrael fought was against the king of Cheshbon to show that one must get rid of his cheshbonot. On the other hand, Rav Soloveichik asked a talmid how he would earn a living. Today some people do pilot trips and most speak to counselors at Nefesh b’Nefesh.
M.A., not to mention the fact that Ramban famously says that mitzvot are only obligatory in Shmutz laAretz so that they will not be forgotten.
Zahavasdad, then Rabbi Rechnitz should have made his speech to the gevirim? Actually, it might be easier to convince a few gevirim than many regular Jews. If York University pulls its mural it will be because of Paul Bronfman.
Health, are you paid for being a spy or is it volunteer work? Here the government subsidizes Tora institutions. When Lapid wanted to add a few basic secular subjects in order to give the kids a chance at getting out of poverty (c”v – to whom would the favored few give mattanot on Purim?) he was demonized. Meanwhile, in the UK Jewish schools must teach another religion and respect for toeva. While the US does not go that far in many states Blaine amendments prevent state and local authorities from giving a cent even for secular subjects.
Reb Yidd, Yogi Berra said that nobody went to a certain restaurant because it was too crowded.
Sheker, so far as I know there is no source for that statement. Certainly iut cannot be according to its simple meaning. I did hear that in the time of Mashiach we will be able to live according to middat hadin alone.
Joseph, if someone received a benefit by falsely claiming to be a member of the clergy he can be prosecuted for fraud. If he received a tax break (and there are) he is guilty of tax evasion. The big question is who is clergy. An on-lie dictionary defines it as people (such as priests) who are the leaders of a religion and who perform religious services. It would be interesting to make a claim for a yoetzet halacha or a woman who leads of women’s Tehillim group.
As for male teachers, at one time many were misters. When this began not to sit well with parents they were given the title “rav u’manhig”. Even someone who has “Yoreh Yoreh” may not serve as a dayan unless he also has “Yadin Yadin” (see Sanhedrin 5a that there was also a semicha for allowing bechorot).
Ubiquitin, all are equal before the law. A cohen gadol and a mamzer receive the same punishments for aveirot.
Sheker, neither was ordained. In Pirkei Avot (4:20, the former is mentioned without a title. The latter was either an ordinary mamzer (Sanhedrin 67a – uncensored version) or talmid (ibid 107b) who went OTD. Maybe both. Some historians believe that Yushki was a composite (note that Ben Pandera’s mother was Mary Magdalen[ashaya]).
WM, they opposed favoring or disfavoring a particular denomination and supported freedom of worship. However, except for Hamilton who was a blasphemer, they believed that law must be based on religion. John Adams said that the US Constitution is only appropriate for a “religious and moral people” and Washington said:
“Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?”
Gavra, did you know that the “sainted” Louis in question was the one who burned the Talmud in Paris?
Queen, for that matter all American universities required their students to study Tanach in Hebrew. Hamilton wanted it to be the official language and Madison was fluent in it. However, today almost nobody fights for it, not even Superman.
Sepahradim use “Rabbi” (pronounced “rabbee”) as a title of honor similar to the Yiddish “Reb”.
Health, how is the US better? Almost every day we read about some anti-Semitic attack. Not to mention the atmosphere on campuses – and a few years down the road these will be the people in professional positions