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Gavra, the full expression is “horses sweat. men perspire, ladies glow”.
Sam, “chofshi” means independent” as Rambam says at the end of Hilchot Melachim.Unfortunately, a certain Leftist group has appropriated it.The soluiton is for frm Jews to make aliya, become citizens and vote.
Health, one cannot be a complete Jew in the Lands of Tuma (as per Chazal). Ramban even says that the mitzvot Jews do do there are just to keep from getting rusty. If you want to read something really “extreme” look at Rabbi Chanina says on Ketubot 111a.
The Jewish equivalent is “eilu v’eilu divrei Elokim chaim”. Bet Hillel and Bet Shammai even married each other despite disagreements regarding yichus which were put into practice (Yevamot 14a).
For that matter, why aren’t there prayers for the Federal and State governments in shuls even though they are in all siddurim. In Britain they say a prayer for the Queen.
As for “HaTikva”, it is the most appropriate for Jewish events. True, Rav kook preferred the “Shir HaMaalot” we sing when there is no Tachanun but “HaTikva” became the minhag.
Hatzalojew, the way to go where?
Just last night I was told off for saying that one has to wash for a “mezonot” roll. The person claimed that I was “poseling” people who don’t wash and say “mezonot”
Toi, The Aruch HaShulchan bemoans the fact that never-married girls do not cover their hair and Rav Ovadia says thst they should when davening and making berachot just as men do (really one should ask why the minhag is not lie him).
There is a machloket between the Korban HaEida and the Pnei Moshe as to how to read the Yerushalmi (Shabbat 6:2) that either says “it’s not the way of people to have two pairs of shoes” or “is it not the way of people to have two pairs of shoes?”
Both the Ben Ish Hai (vol. 4 OC 13), the Kaf HaHaim (262:25) an the Tzitz Eliezer (7:2) say that they are not levush, the proof being that “malbish arumim” does not cover them (the Tzitz Eliezer says that levush is something that encircles the body). Rav Ovadia (Yalkut Yosef 262:6) also says that it is not necessary to have a special pair but it is sufficient to polish one’s shoes beforehand although one who has special shoes will receive a beracha.However, the Minhat Shabbat (72:71) says that it is necesssary, and this was the minhag of the Gra (Maaseh Rav 145) as did the Hazon Ish (Dinim v’Hanhagot meMaran HaHazon Ish 9:3). However, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (VeAlehu Lo Yavul 1:137) and Rav Eliashiv (Ashrei Ish 2:5) did not.
1. There is no power to make new gezerot in our time.
2. Rav Yosef Albo says (Sefer HaIkarim) that the Dor HaMabul’s basic mistake was thinking that because they had to be vegetarians they were on the same level as the animals and should therefore act accordingly. Thus, the children of Noach were explicitly allowed to eat meat. Rav Kook also says that vegetarianism is not for our time but only after Mashiach comes.
3. There already is “kosher pork”.
That’s nothing. When I was in camp a counselor put the head of a kid who misbehaved in a toilet bowl and flushed it.
Square peg, above the knee is an erva according to all opinions. Therefore, it must be covered in a way that does not show it’s form. Thus tights, see-through, etc. are out. Below the knee is a machloket as I posted. If noon-covering of the lower leg is allowed then tights are allowed. If not, not.
Rav Soloveichik allowed women to learn Gemara in our time where they have extensive secular (and often legal) education. Others disagree. As for Beruria, some say that that story was “inserted” into Rashi (it does not appear in the Gemara) and, in fact, it is very puzzling how Rabbi Meir could send a talmid to try to tempt her for several reasons. BTW, the Maharsahl says in one of his teshuvot that his grandmother was a rosh yeshiva – however, she taught bachurim from behind a mechitza.
The source is the Mishna Berura (75:2). This is actually a kula. The Chazon Ish says that she must cover all of her legs until the ankles. Anything less is peritzut and any minhag is invalid. Even according to the Mishna Berura, her upper legs (and arms) must be covered in all positions.
Rabennu Gershom did not issue a takkana. He issued a cherem. It expired some years ago but the Israeli Chief Rabbinate has declared it to now be Minhag Yisrael.
Avikaben, the Shulchan Aruch says that one who evades taxes is a thief whether from a Goyish or Jewish king. Where so you think the Jewish king rules? In Antarctica? And if so, what is the hava amina? Obviously, this means, as Rav Ovadia understands it (and even says that one cannot say “kim li” as it is against both Rambam and the Mechaber), that there is dina d’malchuta dina in EY.
Rav Eliashiv ruled ” ???????? ??? ??? ????? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ????? ??????? ???? ?? ??”?”.This is also the opinion of the Avnei Nezer (Yoreh Deah 312:48), who says that what is beyond the poweer of the king are dinei mamonet (although the concensus of the poskim is that they have the din of minhagei hamedina as thye are accepted by the community) and dealing with averot ben adam laMakom.
The Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat 369:6) rules liek the opinion that there is dina d’malchuta dina in EY and Rav Ovadia (Yechaveh Daat 5:4) and Rav Eliashiv (Piskei Din Rabbaniim vol. 6 p.376-381) pasken thatt his applies to Medinat Yisrael. In addition, many poskim hold that the Knesset and Government as elected representatives have the din of Shiva Tuvei HaIr.
One who disagrees has a problem as he cannot walk on any land or use any road that was built through eminent domain.
Rav spent eighteen month with a cattle driver to learn about mumim before he checked bechorot (Sanhedrin 5b).
Sam, what is “standard Jewish thought”? As for burning the Rambam’s books, Rabbenu Yona held that the Talmud was burned in Paris as a punishment for this and went to all of the communities where he denounced the Rambam and publically recanted.
Shlishi, produce the letters. In nay case, many rabbanim support him and at least some of those only signed because someone else signed – which is absolutely unbelievable both regarding the subject at hand and the ramifications.
Sam, who are “we”?Do you consider Rambam “borderline”.
Shlishi and Toi, Rabbi Aryeh Carmell, Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky, Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, Rabbi Chaim Malinowitz and Rav Tzvi Hersh Weinreb suppport Rav Slifkin. Rav Zeev Leff publically apologized for his condemnation and declared neutrality regarding whether Rav Slifkin is correct or incorrect.Here is Rav Shmuel Kaminetzky’s letter”:
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Israeli Chareidi society as it presently exists will end anyway.Who will pay for it? There is no one left alive who worked, the financial crisis is drying out donations from the US and a more Libertarian economic outlok is lowering government benefits. Add to that the growth of the Chareidi population and a concominant rise in the number of young men who are not built for full-time learning and tired of poverty in the midst of prosperity and you get a metamorphosis into a Chardal or American Chareidi sector.
Health, once again you make contentions which have nothing behnd them, writing hotzaat shem ra about an entire tzibbor.
It is unreasonable, as Yonatan Rosenbloom pointed out in an essay in “Mishpacha”, to expect Israel to make due with a volunteer army due to its security situation and small population relative to its enemies. The taxes required to attract people, especially the type of technosavvy people most needed, would break the public.
As for guys who are not learning as they should, they are stealing from the public which supports them amd shirking their duty. This must stop.
The segulot for parnassa are guaranteed to work for those who sell them.
Anybody more liberal than me is an extreem Leftist and anybody less liberal thanm e is an extreme Rightist.
Coffee and Zahava’s Dad, there are two general (each country has its own dialect) types of Arabic: street Arabic and literary Arabic, which is spoken by the elites and is almost unintelligible to the mases (a professor of Arabic went to the Arab market after the Six-Day War and tried to speak to one of the vendors. He said “I don’t speak English”).
As for the Hebrew of the Eidot HaMizrach, most experts on the subject, as welll as Rav Kook, hold that the Yemenite pronunciation is closest to the original.It is certain from various soureces that thte tzaddi, for example, was actually a hard “s” as some of them pronounce it.
Health, the evil kings did far worse things than any Israeli PM but they had the din of kings. Achav and Omri were among the worst yet they merited the kingship, Achav because he honored the Tora (and the Israeli government honors Tanach quiz winners and gives stipends to avereichim), Omri because he added a region and cities to EY (Sanhedrin 102b).
Somebody has to do it. Now that the Chareidim are becoming so large they will also have to take some part. This is also for their own good as it is manifest that only a small portion are built for all-day life-long learning. The result of the current system is that many guys get into trouble or just walk about aimlessly (check out Geula and Mea Shearim during seder hours) to the detriment of the Cahreidi public.
From the Free On-Line Dictionary:
adj. Slang
Warm and comfortable; homey; folksy: “It is very gentle and sweet up here. It’s . . . sort of haimish” (Janet Malcolm).
[Yiddish heymish, from Middle High German heimisch, from Old High German heimisc, from heim, home; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]
Poster, what about Sepharadim and the Eidot HaMizrach? Hebrew unites all of Am Yisrael.
Choppy, Ben-Yehuda was not the leader of the Zionists. Different groups had different leaders. Moreover, there is evidence that he did teshuva at the end. He went to ask Rav Kook about the meanings of some words in the Gemara (so we see that Rav Kook helped rejuvenate Hebrew) on an erev Shabbat. Rav Kook told it that it was time for him to do teshuva and he said “maybe”. He died the following day.
CG, “one of the largest”? Is that like P. T. Barnum’s “world’s tallest midget”? Why isn’t it accepted to go to Chevron? Does your group hold that it belongs to the Arabs? Apparently you have widened yur view to include all of EY.As for me, among my People I sit.
MDD, your seifa erases your reisha. The shiur of talmud Tora is keriat shema twice daily (Menachot 99b). In fact, Hashem aslos cries on one who canot learn but learns Netziv says (Heemek Devar Devarim 10:12) that diferent people have different jobs in Olam HaZeh. Some must devote their lives to learning, others to public service, others to regular jobs. A person who is in one group is almost forbidden to do the job of someone in another group. How does one know? By trial and error. If he learns for a while in high school and sees that he does not have what it takes or if he needs to do other things as well he should not go into yeshiva gedola.He is not only wasting himself and not doing his personal job but also wasting resources that could go for those who have futures as talmidei chachamim.
Choppy, Shammai lived during the time when EY had a puppet government – which had an army. Rashbi lived under an occupier and would have been very happy with an army that would have been able to throw them out (see Shabbat 33b after he left the cave for the second time). The Rambam, the Chatam Sofer and the Chafetz Chaim lived in Galut and relied on Goyish armies (although the CC advocated military service so that Jews would know what to do when we got our own state).
Yekke, how much a person has to learn is a big discussion. The Baal HaTanya says what you say but most say that it depends on the person’s abilities. Most don’t have the ability to sit and learn for an extended period of time but must be doing things. Or work or the Army or getting into trouble. Because the Chareidi establishment does not allow the first two they do the last.This is a big problem and thus there is a movement from the rank and file to change the diskette as we say in Israel.
CG, the incidennt I described in fact happened in Bene Beraq but I am also an observer of the Yerushalkayim scene. Ltvaks speak Hebrew or English (there is a large immigrant population)except for a few who are old enough to have learnewd with European-born rabbanim. Chassidim are divided.Most speak Hebrew but some, especially in Mea Shearim speak Yiddish for political reasons.In any case, one can easily get along in either city without knowing a word of Yiddish.
Englishman, The Litvaks in Israel speak Hebrew. I once was waiting in a governent office with an older immigrant from Russia and a Litvak. The Russian addressed him in Yiddish and he had a very difficult time trying to answer.
Goq, it was more than stupid. You took Hashem’s name in vain (Rav Ovadia is even machmir on “oh my gosh”).
Choppy, you are wrong. A milchemet reshut must be declared by a the Great Sanhedrin (but there is no need for declaration by a navi).However, there is no such need by a milchemet mitzva (Rambam Hilchot Melachim 5:2).
As for establishing a state, on the contrary, it is an absolute obligation as stated explicitly by Ramban in his Sefer HaMitzvot (and some say Rambam does not mention it because it is included in other mitzvot or basic to the Tora as he explains in the Shorashim).
Regarding the Army, it depends. If everyone is needed everyone serves (Rambam Hilchot Melachim 7:4). If not, there can be exemptions for people who are really learning (and just registered). It might even be possible to make do with a volunteer army. This is something which can only be decided by security experts -and both Rav Moshe and Rav Soloveichik said explicitly that they are the “poskim” on security matters.
Choppy and Derszogger, the exact citation is 560:25. This is what he says:??? ????? ???”? ??? ???? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? ??? ??.
Only songs with immodest content are prohibited.He does not mention niggunim without words although if the tune will remind a person of the filthy content that would obviously also be assur even just for himself (as the MB goes on to say).
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Health, I find it interesting that you curse during parashat Balak.
Englishman, hundreds of thousands? I do not suggest that you give up your day job.
Mamin, I come from EY but because of the Romans I spent 33-1/2 in NY.
Health, let the dead language (if it’s a language) rest in pieces (considering all of the different dialects). Speak the language of the Hebrewman, the living language of a living people.
We already had an anti-Yiddish thread. My favorite is Hebrew. I think it is silly to speak Yiddish. If it is a language it belongs in the Museum of Languages.
Gavra, declaring the State in the face of American and British warnings (and the timidity of some of BG’s advisors) was the pivotal action. The rest was just making it official. Same with Jul. 4. The war was not won until Cornwallis surrendered on Oct. 19, 1781 – after the war turned around with French intervention (masterful diplomacy by Ben Franklin – who says older people cannot learn new professions?).
I don’t but I do have the Israeli flag on my door.
KFB, Israel’s existence obviates the old image of the Jew as a homeless wanderer (according to their theology as a punishment for not accepting their AZ). It’s existence is a source of pride that saved and is saving Am Yisrael from complete assimilation. If you connect to Israel in some way you are connecting to the organism known as Am Yisrael, which only exists in EY, despite living in one of the Lands of Tuma (as per Chazal) and, according to the Zohar by extension Tora and Hashem.You are also connecting to a part of yourself as EY is a part of us, not a foreign country.
Csar, how does he explain all of the celbrations of Hasmonean victories in Megillat Taanit? In any case, on Yom HaAtzmaut we were not only saved but ceased to be slaves to Ahashverosh.
All Jews should celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut. Jewws in EY especially because we have all the benefits, opportunities and challenges (what’s life without challenges?) of having an independent state. Jews in the Lands of Tuma (as per Chazal) because according to many, including Rav Soloveichik and Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky, without Israel there would have been almost total assimilation due to the national depression in the wake of the Holocaust.
As for the US ID, America is a fine country and in many ways the Israel of the Goyim (this is far beyond the scope of this or any post) but it is not ours.
Akuperma, Megillat Taanit contains several dates of Hasmonean military victories as dates on which fasting is prohibited.
Someone once theorized that the Gregorian chants were stolen from the Levi’im in the Bet HaMikdash.