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Honestly, I don’t know enough about the details of Hilchos Shabbos to argue with them. I just know that my Rav told me it’s a bunch of garbage. I seem to recall reading an RCA statement on it, although I can’t find it now. It rejected the app.
I only hope that it never gets released. I think that anyone who actually uses it most likely wasn’t really keeping Shabbos beforehand either.
I think the best answer is to not force chareidim into the army, but government stipends should only be given to those who have done their service. No army? No money for you!
I have an iPhone 5. I avoided getting a smart phone for years, but after getting promoted at work, my company wanted me to have one. I said fine, you want me to have one, you pay for it! So they are! I was told that sometime in the next year I’ll be upgraded to an iPhone 6. I don’t care that much either way.
Avram, notasheep: I have no problem with someone asking to switch seats. I don’t sneer at anyone for it. Avram, you mentioned asking to deplane. If a chareidi wants to get off the plane because (s)he will have to sit next to the opposite gender, that’s fine. My issue is when planes are delayed because either they wait until the last second to decide to leave, or when they refuse to sit down, but want to stay on the plane. Either case causes other people to look at them in a bad light, and causes a chillul Hashem.
You want to leave the plane if you can’t get a seat you find acceptable? Fine, but get there early enough so you don’t cause a delay. I have absolutely no problem with that.
As for spending extra money for a seat (as DaasYochid posted about): so it costs a lot. So what? How much is halachah worth? We spend thousands of dollars extra every year to ensure we eat only glatt kosher meat, many people spend extra to eat/drink only chalav Yisrael. For Pesach, how much is spent on cleaning help to ensure that we go beyond the requirements of cleaning for Pesach? How much do we spend on the extra-mehudar hand made matzos when machine shmurah matzah can be just as acceptable? The fact is that we spend tens of thousands of dollars every year on things that are really chumros, but are important to us. Why should this be any different?
DaasYochid, I’m not aware of any teshuvos arguing on R’ Moshe. If you know of one, please let me know.
Here is a translation of the teshuva:
sem613: There’s a big difference between a preference and a demand. In your case, you wouldn’t want it. You may even ask to switch. But what if the response was “No”? Would you then refuse to sit in your seat? That is the issue here. I have no problem with someone requesting a seat change. But you can’t demand it, then refuse to sit in the sit you were assigned if you don’t get your way.
Let them learn the Igros Moshe a bit, where R’ Moshe zt”l paskens that it’s muttar l’chatchilah to sit next to a woman on a bus or train. I see no reason the same shouldn’t apply here.
147, I don’t know, because the kibbud hasn’t been auctioned off yet for my shul.
I do know that the person who usually gets chosson Torah (the same person has been buying it for him for many years) has finished Shas many, many times. I believe he has taught the entire Shas to others (via Daf Yomi and other shiurim) about 6-7 times already. He has an incredible knowledge of Shailos u’teshuvos from the major poskim, and can quote from all of them with ease.
Definitely deserving of chosson Torah!
DaasYochid, there’s nothing wrong with giving the OP advice. After all, he came here looking for it, didn’t he? He’s not required to listen, but when he wants advice, why not give it to him?
Ok, I haven’t seen any guesses on the first one I posted, so here’s the answer.
It’s also I Want to Know, by Miami Boys Choir. It’s even from the same part of the song – exactly the same part, in fact.
In the original release (on Miami Meets Toronto), the full line was “So now my days are filled with truth, It’s given me peace, feels like my youth”.
When it was performed at Miami Experience, that line was changed to, “So now my path becomes so clear, I’m part of a chain linking thousands of years”.
They actually changed a lot of lines from the song. I like the original version much better.
Yom Kippur is about forgiveness. Rosh HaShanah is not. On Yom Kippur, we all confess our sins, so we declare that ALL sinners are welcome.
Ok.
The first one was sort of a trick question. The answer is staring you right in the face.
Where’s DaasYochid? He should know this!
I recently sang at a chuppah. For Mi Adir, I used the tune from Chatzos Lailah, from Miami Boys Choir. For Mi Bon Siach, I used the one from Lev V’Nefesh 2. Then, I used Shwekey’s Im Eshkacheich.
Ok, back to naming tunes! Here are 2 more, personal favorites of mine (although they should be easy!)
It’s given me peace, feels like my youth
I’m part of a chain linking thousands of years
catch yourself: throwing the PC out the window is like throwing your entire closet out just to get rid of the peanut butter.
Randomex, I don’t know if I’d consider some of those songs as emotional. I Will Follow Him? Really? That’s emotional? Mitzvah Tantz?
The other issue is that as I said, he doesn’t write his own material. Take Deaf man in the Shteeble. Yes, it’s a touching story. Many people enjoy it. But they don’t know that it’s taken from a song about a baseball player whose father was blind, and after his father dies, he says, “It’s the first time that my father saw me play!” It takes away a lot from it.
Lenny Solomon makes Shlock Rock.
Country Yossi does have some touching songs (Deaf Man in the Shteeble, anyone?), but mostly does funny. He also doesn’t write much original music, although he does write his own lyrics.
IMO, Abie Rotenberg is one of the best (if not the best) composer of Jewish music over the last century. Look how many of his songs are known by almost the entire Jewish world! They have withstood the test of time. He also has some funny songs, but I don’t know if he wrote his own lyrics or someone else did it for him. They’re in the Journeys series: Ninth Man on the Team, The Wedding Song, Atheist Convention, etc.
But yes, AR does touching better than most. Some songs were pointed out already. I’d add In a Vinkaleh, Conversation in the Womb, Who Am I?, Memories, and some others.
Moishe Online, from Destiny 4. Really, throwing your entire PC out the window? The problem is the user, not the PC.
Learning, saying tehillim, etc are great in the right time, but during davening on R”H is not the right time! He needs to go to a shul where he’ll be able to concentrate on the davening, not use something else to distract himself!
Why can’t I answer it?
Why can’t you go to another minyan? If the davening just makes you want to scream, then you probably shouldn’t be there.
Country Yossi and the Shteeble Hoppers! In the Year…
Randomex, I see why you’d think that, but I don’t think those words are from that song (unless there’s a second version with slightly different words.) I’m listening to it right now to double-check.
I’m not sure where those words are from.
Some of your words are slightly off, but it’s still recognizable as Country Boy.
It’s Be a Mentch, from Miami Experience 2.
Here’s a hint: the album came out in 1992, and was second in a series.
I can’t believe DaasYochid hasn’t gotten it yet!
Dash: In order to (properly) season a pan, it needs to be heated in an oven. I don’t know how factory seasoning is done, but my Rav said a self-clean should be enough no matter how it’s done.
Is there a user here named “The Future”? I checked and didn’t see a profile page for that name.
Dash, my Rav told me that’s enough.
Ok, getting back to actual words instead of trying to write out a tune…
“Thinking of your friends should be a rule of thumb”
PAA: I agree with that.
Wow, 2 posters here have reached common ground!!! This calls for a celebration!!!
I don’t. R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l also held that metzitzah is only done for medicinal purposes.
I’ve never heard of that. My mother would make a dish for yom tov with ground chicken and beef (although she didn’t mix them together – they were separate parts of the same dish, and were cooked together.)
Patur Aval Assur: So if the study shows that there may be correlation, and more research is needed, it would seem the Chassam Sofer would hold not to do metzitzah b’peh. He wrote that if there’s even a minute danger (which the study shows there is), we should not follow kabbalah on it. Doing metzitzah with a glass tube would seem to be the preferable method from a halachic standpoint!
DY: You wrote, “which seeks to stop people from practicing milah in a manner their ancestors have done for generations”. I was just pointing out that milah HAS changed in the past. The way we do bris milah today is not the same as when Avraham Avinu did it.
DY: Actually, bris milah has changed somewhat through the generations. Most notable was the addition of periah about 2,200 years ago. People were trying to get Jews to undo their bris by stretching the remaining skin. Rabbonim added periah to the bris, so that there wouldn’t be any skin left to stretch.
DY: Metzitzah clearly is medicinal. The Chassam Sofer says so straight out.
If we follow scientists over Chazal with regard to medicine, then why is there any arguments about metzitzah? Metzitzah is done for medical reasons, isn’t it?
I’ll be davening at a regular shul in the US for Rosh HaShanah. I think 0% of the people there are going to party. Everyone is going to daven and get close to Hashem. I don’t think there are people dancing, because of the awe we all have.
If you want to put your name here, I’ll B”N daven for you. I happen to be a shliach tzibbur as well, but I don’t know if that may count for more.
I think everyone needs to get involved in this thread! The power of the CR compels you!
I used to know two good ones. One was killed, and the other one was so upset about it that he jumped out a window.
When I was in Darchei Torah, the Kaliver Rebbe once came to Far Rockaway for a few days. Many bachurim went to see him. The Rosh Yeshiva, R’ Altusky, called everyone together and spoke against it. He said that we have our own Rabbeim, and we should be speaking to them more than we do. They aren’t just for giving a shiur! We don’t need a chassidish Rebbe to give us a bracha, our own Rabbeim could do so! He said it’s an insult to our Rabbeim.
I had one Rebbe in Darchei who I was very close to, and I used to speak with him all the time. He actually approached me and told me I should go see the Kaliver Rebbe, and I’d benefit from it. I was hesitant after R’ Altusky’s speech, so I went to R’ Altusky. He told me that he knew I was close with this Rebbe, and if the Rebbe felt I should go see the Kaliver Rebbe, then I definitely should – that would be derech eretz, to listen to my Rebbe!
So I went to see him. It was an amazing experience!
Fast forward a bunch of years. I was married. I’ve written before that my wife and I did not have an easy time having children. At that time, our doctor had just told us to stop with our treatments and start looking into adoption. We were devastated. Then I saw a sign in shul that the Kaliver Rebbe was going to be visiting a community not far from ours. We made an appointment to go see him.
We walked in and sat down at the table where he was. Before we could say a word, he asked, “Nu, so what are the doctors saying? Why can’t you have children?” We explained the medical situation to him. He said, “This is a very complex case! I don’t know enough about the medical side to even ask many questions, let alone offer some advice. Just keep davening! I will daven also, and I give you a bracha that you should have hatzlach in your treatments! Don’t give up!”
We went back to our doctor. He told us, “If you don’t want to give up, that’s fine. I did some research. There’s a certain type of surgery which may help in your case. But beware – it’s risky! It can help, but it can also eliminate any chance of you ever being able to carry a pregnancy! I don’t do this surgery myself. The best doctor is in NYC. It’s Doctor [so-and-so]. Go see him.”
We made the appointment. He agreed the surgery could help, but said, “Before we do the surgery, I’d like to try one more IVF cycle with you, if you don’t mind.” We agreed.
We then got a call from the Rebbe’s assistant. The Rebbe wanted to know where we were holding. We told him we’d be doing an IVF cycle with this doctor before attempting surgery. He said, “Keep davening, and so will I!”
Baruch Hashem, from that IVF cycle we have 2 beautiful children, a boy and a girl. We actually informed the Rebbe about the bris (no invitations to a bris!) but he was unable to come. It helped with a question – we didn’t know who to make the sandek – the Rebbe or R’ Bochner from Bonei Olam. In the end, the Rebbe couldn’t come, and R’ Bochner was in Eretz Yisrael, so my Rosh Yeshiva, R’ Bender shlita, was the sandek.
Now that I’ve written my whole story, I guess I realized I need a point. Yes, the Rebbe is a big tzaddik, and can help. But so can your own Rabbeim! If your Rebbe thinks you will benefit from a visit to a Rebbe, he will tell you so. You can even ask! But don’t insult your own Rav by skipping over him to go to a big name.