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Joseph’s question is almost impossible to answer honestly. Certainly, once you copy from a friend, you’re not going to then pay for it…
To answer the OP’s question, it’s possibly gezeilah, definitely not the right the to do, and most poskim say assur.
Is it a Chumash?
Nice, thanks for sharing.
And it was a new shul.
Right. That’s what I said.
And I’m a child.
No you aren’t. You wrote that you were asked to do hagbah.
I was the gabbai
No you weren’t. You wrote that you were asked to do hagbah.
How do you differentiate the English definitions from what the Torah differentiates between a 12 and 13 year old?
The rights and responsibilities which the secular world conveys upon one who reaches the age they consider to be an adult (generally, 18) are vastly different than the dinim which apply to a bar or bas mitzvah.
For example, the right to vote or buy cigarettes and alcohol don’t have a parallel in halachah, and the ability to be motzi someone in Kiddush or Birchas Hamazon doesn’t exist in secular law l’havdil.
Meno, It uses the corresponding definitions.
The definitions do not correspond.
It uses the word “guy” but I think it’s referring to a place.
It also uses “man”, but it’s talking about a type of food.
I mean instead of 12345 I used 1234. I did ask the eBay seller for the IMEI, but they didn’t respond.
I thought I saw such a requirement on this plan.
I took out one digit and it worked. I ordered an $11 phone on eBay (none of the others had a basic phone), so when that arrives, I’ll see if it works to switch to that IMEI.
Thanks.
It starts, BTW, with 4750, and adds 250 per month until 6000.
One more question – do I really need to link to my (non-existant) Facebook or Twitter account?
Placeholder IMEI not working. I tried five or six different ones. Are you sure your formula is correct?
Boost, Virgin, and Sprint prepaid phones won’t work unless they were active for a year.
If I plan to sign up, should I order the phone first, or buy the phone as I sign up?
Yes, in shuls where it is ever given to children, it should never be given to anyone over bar mitzva.
If you are davening in such a shul, and are not a child, and are asked to do gelillah, it is appropriate to refuse…
I did gelillah in shul at mincha yesterday.
I guess no child under bar mitzvah ever did gelilah in the history of that shul.
popa_bar_abba – thats not true.
I agree. The date of birth changes so that the age doesn’t go up.
Sparkly, the concept is something muttar to believe in, but using it to replace what it says in the Torah is assur.
Sam2 said: If you assume that the 6 days of creation were 6 24-hour periods, there just isn’t enough time for any evolution.
Not that I believe there’s reason to think evolution happened at all, but Hashem could have sped up the process of change so that many years worth of species evolving and the world’s aging occurred in six days.
It has the same effect as saying that the six days took longer, without actually saying that they did.
perhaps 5,776 is from the time people were raised above the animals. this si the world as we know it.
That description doesn’t fit what it says in Bereishis.
there are other poskim. Perhaps the “halacha” (I find it difficult to write that about a non-legal matter) is not like him.
Perhaps the halachah is like him, even if you don’t like it. (I am speaking theoretically; I don’t know whst he holds.)
How is determining who is accepted for geirus not a legal matter? This is a fallacy of some on the left, dismissing hashkafos as not halachic, despite the fact that there are clear halachic ramifications. Don’t fall into it.
Both from Avraham Fried Yiddish Gems 1.
The first is from a song titled “Yakov”, the second, “Di Torah”.
Charlie, you can’t just rewrite whichever parts of the Torah you don’t like and hide behind your claimed licence to interpret it in a non-literal way according to your own whims.
If someone is not concentrating on the road they are definitely in danger of going off the derech.
Different types of lies. I don’t know which is worse, but I don’t blame anyone for thinking either is.
“Honesty is Emes, make sure all your words are true, so Totty, Mommy, and Hashem, will be so proud of you.”
However, it was the Ahavas Yisroel song on the CCHF video.
I admire g’virim ba’alei tzeddaka for supporting mosdos which are vital to klal Yisroel.
The people at footsteps are more than happy to take people further from Yiddishkeit.
I think he’s referring to Project Makom.
Mishkav zachar is in Torah shebiksav.
i think the same about both an alchoholc and a smoker and once your going there a druggy.
They’re not comparable. Smoking is an unpleasant and unhealthy habit, but doesn’t affect behavior like alcohol or drug abuse do. It’s not as bad as calling a smoker OTD, but still an exaggeration.
That said, despite what I think of smokers in general, I disagree with the premise of the op.
You’re entitled to think smoking is bad; it is. Your conclusion that therefore smokers are bad is overblown and offensive.
How did folks drink milk for thousands of years if not raw?
Cooked (is this a trick question?).
I am addressing halacha. Which is what she asked.
Reread the OP. She also asked if it is safe.
What am I missing?
The fifth chelek of Shulchan Aruch.
Jfem, if you didn’t mean values, what were you referring to that is “difficult to accept” (or as you originally phrased it, “you will struggle to accept”)?
Comlink-X, putting aside reports contrary to your and Jfem’s assumptions/assertions, do you really think it’s reasonable that an organization which trumpets the “freedom” their members find, and run by OTD people, is not by its very nature going to bring people further from Yiddiskeit? Of course it is bringing people further from Yiddiskeit, b’li shum safek.
Leaving the COMMUNITY. Not leaving FRUMKEIT.
It is very odd that you would read it that way.
You do know that they have some kosher food at their events, don’t you? Strange that they would offer kosher food if they only deal with people who don’t keep anything, don’t you think?
Another quote: “People who come to Footsteps generally come because they are questioning the beliefs or practices they grew up with and they are looking for a space to explore and to connect with others.”
It doesn’t say they have given up their beliefs and practices, it says they’re questioning them.
You can choose to spin that as well if you’d like, but they’re not even claiming what you are.
It’s not about policing emotional reactions. I’m identifying a very disturbing characteristic of MO which you’ve unwittingly described (and I’m not accepting it as universal characteristic of MO) if you feel that part of MO is struggling with Torah values and finding them highly uncomfortable..
If Torah values were part of a person, he wouldn’t struggle with them or be uncomfortable with them.
you neglected to mention that when the Haadama is shalem it comes first according to the Mishna Berurah even if it’s not chaviv or 7 minim.
You neglected to say that ordinarily, you say haetz first.
I simply quoted the Mishna Berurah.
I think there’s a typo in your post. Ordinarily, Ha’etz comes first.
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Sounds wrong. Speak to a rov BEFORE you start.
You changed topics. We were talking about values, now you are talking about incidents.
Sure, there are ma’asim in the Torah which are emotional (I wouldn’t call them shocking), but the values and hashkafos shouldn’t make us uncomfortable, unless you are influenced by foreign values.
Not according to their own claims (no matter how many times you say it).
They don’t “encourage people to leave yiddishkeit.”
The people who come to them have already left.
That is not true. Their own promotional material says they deal with people who haven’t yet left.
Shocking by design? Whose design? Why would you assume that Hashem designed the Torah to be shocking?
Sure, if you start with a secular, especially a liberal, set of values, the Torah’s values are shocking. Our values are supposed to be shaped by the Torah, and if they are native to us, there should be nothing which shocks us or makes us uncomfortable.
To the degree we have absorbed foreign values, the Torah’s values will cause us discomfort.
that sometimes you will encounter parts of Torah that make you feel highly uncomfortable
If someone feels “highly uncomfortable” with parts of the Torah, it obviously means that his or her values are not consistent with the Torah.
In most famlies I know, when they’re both in the car, the husband drives.
Anyhow, you know better than to bring horseback riding as an example.
Our bubbes and zaidas lived in a world which didn’t require traveling more than a few blocks every day. We do.
Does daf yomi count?