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Why would it be? Is it Shiluach Haken to light Chanukah lights?

Doing a mitzvah, particularly in public, and particularly when it’s not comfortable, brings glory to Hashem’s name.

Sending away a mother bird does not ignite a menorah.

If you do want to bring Covid into the picture

I was actually teasing you because you do that all the time even where there’s no shaychus.

If you are suggesting a Zeresh character

The story didn’t say she was a Zeresh character or deranged. There would presumably not be a way to know

The story didn’t describe any trace of an inappropriate action on the part of the frum couple. Why you inserted that is quite curious and perhaps informative.

Why can’t you don’t answer that in the story as presented, he made no chillul Hashem?

I am saying that if there is a trace of inappropriate behavior in the man, that he is doing some aveira, however slight. Even if he is in a window seat.

He was davening. I guess you think that’s inappropriate if it’s not outdoors??

TS Baum, as mentioned above, although kiruv is grey, the successful ends don’t justify the inappropriate means.

<em,>Do you work for the Corrupt government or you just believe whatever you’re told?!?

You keep telling everyone to read some wacko fringe website, then complain that I believe everything I read?

Read Scott Alexander who debunked a lot more than the one blatant fraud.

It seems to me from all this poskim that the answer to Avrum’s question is –

Seems to me you misread his question.

I guess 60 or more studies aren’t good enough for them!

Many were fraudulent or invalid, and the few which seemed to show ivermectin prevents death were all in locations with a high prevalence of worms.

Ask your LOR

That’s basically an admission that you don’t know.

You’d be better off just not posting.

סיג לחכחמה שתיקה

As is well known, some of the popular frum singers have made albums that include a song “shelo asani goy”. Very nice. But why have none of them included a song shelo asani isha?

Why make a song which only applies to half of the population when you can make one which applies to everyone?

If you were truly curious, rather than trying to offend, you would have asked about שלא עשני עבד as well.

“Ashkenazic” is not a race.

Ok, fine. So you’re stam a soneh Yisrael and a ba’al machlokes.

“Who said that Y.O. is even Sephardic??”

You did! 🙄🙄🙄

Good catch. Here, though, he said he isn’t.

Who is Rav Shlomo Kanievsky? Is he being groomed to be the next Godol HaDor?

Vaccines have little to No effect.

We don’t know that yet.

Oh I know, everyone Cower in their Houses.
How about Okaying Ivermectin?!?
Naw, it’s too Cheap and the Pharmaceutical companies can’t make Billions!

Also, it doesn’t work.

Other cheap repurposed drugs do work, so why are you pushing Ivermectin? If you have worms, by all means take Ivermectin, but otherwise it’s likely useless and potentially harmful.

if you have already caught Covid is there any benefit to vaccinate afterwards?

Yes, many people have gotten Covid a second time, but it is very rare for someone who had Covid, then got vaccinated, to get Covid again.

Whether it’s worth it is a different question; I think the opinions are divided on that.

So I’m guessing a 4th shot coming soon as a booster?

Right now, the preliminary evidence is showing that the booster is effective for 9-10 months. Perhaps longer. This will likely turn into a yearly booster, similar to a flu shot.

Monoclonal antibodies for one, work wonders.

Why would you think that is any safer than the vaccines?

what is the point of the vaccines?

Overall, reduces cases of Covid and severity in those who do get infected.

Judging the vaccines as ineffective based on an anecdote is silly.

If I told you that I know someone who got seriously injured in a car crash despite wearing a seat belt, would you conclude that seat belts don’t work?

We need a list. It is important to know who is and is not a real gadol.

It is indeed very important to know who is a gadol, but there is no universally accepted list

Please tell me how in the world some gedolim can hold others are not gedolim? Gedolim are Gedolim.

I don’t understand the question. Is there some list of gedolim somewhere, written by Eliyahu Hanavi, which nobody can disagree with?

I would be really surprised to hear that gedolim just say that ‘the Lubavitcher Rebbe isn’t a Gadol’ just because they disagree.

Wouldn’t that depend on what it is they disagree with?

i can attest that litvishe bochuim have come up to me and mocked the Rebbe in disgusting ways that they would never say about other gedoilim or even poshiter yidden.

Not really a tayna, when, as I believe you alluded to above, Lubavich holds some of the greatest Litvishe gedolim in severe contempt.

Avira, what kind of Shidduch Crisis do the Chasidim have? The age gap issue isn’t much of a thing by the Chasidim.

Right. That’s why the issue there is the reverse.