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What was the story with the streimlach?
GAW, that’s “subjective” to the situation, not to society’s whims. Huge difference.
Of course halacha applies differently to various cases, but it’s still the Torah’s “morality”, with specific (though adaptable to the individual scenario) guidelines, even for lifnim mishuras hadin.
Achosid, why the unwarranted cynicism? Jfem seems very legit.
Jfem, if you’re referring to Avram in MD and me, we both wrote “if”, and I don’t think either of us ever accused anyone of paskening from the CR.
Surely, you don’t think there’s something wrong with being concerned about a fellow Yid.
“Yes, but that’s over the span of what? Four years?”
To be precise, six out if the last fifty threads started, over approximately two years (according to the way it’s recorded in the profile).
It is unsettling and worrisome, and if warranted, I second Avram’s suggestion.
Wolf, considering that you’ve started at least six threads about suicide (that’s what I found on the first page of your profile), I could understand how someone could think the topic fascinates you.
I don’t think NCSY believes in interfaith activities.
Burnt Steak, Rise Again.
There are two reasons not to ask from punk rock:
1) This is Yeshiva World
2) It’s much easier to Google.
I didn’t remember (or never noticed) that post; I happened to hear that song yesterday.
Continued hatzlocha in your job!
Sam, it’s not that Galahad isn’t the ultimate morality, it’s that halacha also tells us how to act in an imperfect world.
Gavra, nivul peh is another example given by the Ramba”n.
GAW, it’s not nogeia whether it’s nogeia today, my point is the p’shat in NBH.
IIRC, ani ham’hapeich is based on v’asisa hayashar.
“Watch Johnny Carson, and then there’s a movie till 3”:
My Yetzer Hora Says – Or Chodosh 3
GAW, those, and some things which are frowned upon even in moderation, such as tum’ah. Ayin shom.
I don’t think yashar v’tov is subjective; it still works according to halachic (the Torah’s) guidelines.
Wolf, frumnotyeshivish is correct.
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=40235&st=&pgnum=29
The Ramba”n is using the term “birshus haTorah” to refer to what would have been permitted had the Torah not commanded us to be kedoshim.
You could also try B’nos Deshe or B’nos Popa.
People worship the stars, sun and moon. Does that mean they don’t exist?
VM: Posters who ask questions like that are not looking for the one correct answer; they are engaging in discourse that has value as part of the seminary experience. The one right answer, BTW, is B’nos Chava.
Which seminary should I send my daughter to?
As other people have observed, it is seminary application season and I am hoping that you can help me find the perfect seminary in EY for my daughter.
I am not looking for a place that is super academic. My daughter is not going to become a professor of Ramban when she comes back to the US. I want a place that is friendly, goes on lots of tours, and has the kind of girls that are comfortable sharing frozen yogurt even if they have a paper due next week.
Also, I don’t think it would be batampte for my daughter to go to a out of town, slow moving seminary with girls who are so comfortable and friendly that they have no standards. My daughter is very fashion conscious and she understands the importance of being proper and put together. She also appreciates the finer things in life and her lifestyle might make people with different tastes jealous.
If you have any suggestions, let me know. I am not concerned with her being able to get in to any seminary, because once she chooses, I am confident that I know the right people to call and make sure that we can work it out.
I gave you the background so that a reader will understand the wisdom of your response, but I’m sure you knew it already.
Wolf, The admonition not to be a Naval B’Rushus haTorah is found in the Torah.
Funny, VM.
The bump wasn’t random. Someone who has apparently lost his way seems to have sent a post this past Shabbos, lo aleinu.
I wasn’t referring to you, Jfem, ch”v.
There’s no good solution other than Teshuvah.
Aside from concern about your own neshamah, no manner of telling or not telling your parents can prevent their hearts from breaking.
May Hashem have mercy on you and them.
Should remarks posted on Shabbos be allowed through by moderation? I think not.
Hashem yerachem.
I bought a refurbished Electrolux (from before the name was bought by a different company) and it’s been very reliable.
You haven’t limited the definition of chessed, IMHO, you’ve only set parameters for when it’s reasonable to ask for one.
I assume the OP heard about situations such as eclipse described. I too have heard of people getting married, knowing that they will divorce after sheva berachos.
No kibbudim, though.
I am showing exasperation that he changed his mind, as a spoof of his exasperation with me, earlier.
I don’t take his “change of mind” seriously, though.
LevAryehBoy, thanks, I missed that. I was always wondering who else noticed that. He supposedly doesn’t read English, so he either read a translation, or as I’d like to believe, was tricked.
There was a story in one of the books which was a Jewish version of O.Henry’s “Gift of the Magi”, with the father/son replacing husband/wife, and the gifts (calculator battery, fountain pen ink, IIRC) replacing the watch chain and hair combs, but the same idea of each one selling something to purchase a gift which is now useless.
I assume someone wrote the story and sent it in to him, and he didn’t realize that he was being duped.
I changed my mind. I agree with Torah completely.
The Mahara”m MiRothenberg, Vilna Gaon, and Skulener Rebbe come to mind as tzaddikim who were in prison. Also Yosef haTzaddik, IIRC.
Who do the rabbonim say to vote for?
1), despite the “fallacy”. We make all types of decisions in life without 100% certainty that the assumptions they’re based on are true.
Take a look and you’ll see a world so full of confusion…
Instead of changing the child to fit the system, why don’t we change the system to fit the child?
There’s more than one child in the system.
If the meds will be effective for a couple of years, I would say to use them, and worry about the next approach in a couple if years.
I also agree (obviously) with the legitimacy of the discussion, much as I think it’s appropriate to discuss halachah, which in no way diminishes the role of a posek.
Um…
Demographics.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Now, a favor from you: if my post is still there, can you restore it (and note that it’s restored)? I’d like to see how I wrote my answer.
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I don’t hate you (all that much 🙂 ).
I just don’t know why you limit your point to the Zionist/Chareidi debate; you’ll find the same double standard in any political or religious debate.
You’ll even find a double standard in a debate between Mets fans and Yankees fans.
Jb22, tzavaro, no?
Most dinners are $600/COUPLE not per person – plus this cruise is for Men Only!
So it ends up costing the same! 🙂
Nishtdayngesheft, you’re making a good point. One could also use R’ L.Y.’s outlook to put a positive spin on checking email during davening (as he did with wagon maintenance), but there’s still a downside.
Such fundraising is not relegated to Jewish Fundraising.
I’m sorry if I gave the impression that I thought it was. I think our standards should be higher.
And this way a person who was looking to enjoy himself may spend the extra money to support a cause as well. Certainly if it is a cause to which he may have limited exposure.
I think ideally the two should be separate. A person should decide on what he will indulge independently of his tzeddakah allocation and priority.
I agree with ZD.
It’s still sad to again see how low we have sunk that we need such gimmicks to raise funds for our mosdos.
JB, the culture in E.Y. is very different. It’s almost unheard of in chareidi circles to have one.
Trutsharer, as jbaldy22 posted:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46218&st=&pgnum=335
As jbaldy22 noted, it’s not as simple as posted here.