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We sometimes find erlich looking jews looking to buy chewing gum that is kosher “lechoyl hashitoys” yet are looking to make money that is kosher “afiloo al pi da’as yuchid.” It is never chewing gum that is kosher “afiloo al pi da’as yuchid” but money that is kosher “lochoyl hashitoys.” Maybe the priority there is messed up.
Even if this schtick is kosher according to a certain understanding of a certain pesak of a certain posek isn’t it better that your money be “kasher lechol hashitot?”
This had been mentioned before but it needs to be highlighted. The problem is really simple. Instead of teaching about tzniut, the frum culture focused on rules. The rules say you must cover your elbows and knees. Being Jews, we found so many ways to stick to the rules while totally getting around the concept of tzniut. No doubt that rules are helpful in giving us some guidance of how to behave, rules are not the ikkar. Therefore, the Jewish leaders need to rise up and say: driving a Hummer/Escalade, etc. is NOT MODEST; wearing Prada/Gucci (no matter how long the sleeves) is NOT MODEST; wearing $3000 wigs is NOT MODEST; calling attention to yourself and showing off is NOT MODEST even if your elbows and knees are covered.
Willi, according to rav ovadia, ashkenazim cannot because they hold of “hashma’at kol” and most dryers are pretty noisy, unless youre Milhouse and found a quiet machine. Ashkenazim can only do so in sha’at hadchak circumstances, which would need to be evaluated by your rav. Sefaradim, however, are permitted to do what you describe above.
From my understanding this “lift and cut” business is just a marketing ploy and that the “life and cut” shavers do not operate any differently nor do they cut any closer than any rotary based shavers. I have seen and felt rotarty shaves versus foil shaves and found that they both cut above skin-level. There are certain methods of shaving which should be avoided. for example, pulling the skin back tightly and pressing the shaver against your skin (against the grain) can get you in trouble halachaclly whether you use a foil or any rotary. in other words, it doesnt matter what shaver you use, what matters if the method you use to shave. I know the poskim have gone both ways about the lift and cut but has there ever been a scientific evaluation of the product?
There is no chiddush here as Rav Ovadia’s son specifically recalls his father’s pask on this exact issue in the exact same manner in Siman Resh Nun Bet of Yalkut Yosef. If you will look there (and i know you won’t) you will see that the psak is not limited to chayalim except for ashkenazim who hold like the rama with regard to “hashma’at kol” in which case it is limited to chayalim.
last time i checked we still held like bet hillel and against bet shamai that “ein melacha bekelim.” In other words, kelim, like washing machines, cannot, by jewish legal definition, commit a melacha. even the inyan that in israel the electric companies are jewish operated and mechaleleh shabbat has been addressed by rav ovadia in the past where he held since the electricity is also generated for permitted uses (like hospitals) it is permitted to derive benefit from it if you are not mechalel yourself, of course.
But it is very very old news. ynet or haaretz, whose editors do not learn, may be susceptible to reporting this as new but i am surprised at yw’s decision to publish this as new.