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Could chametz penetrate the husk?
Wham-O (toy company)
Indian Head corn meal (The package has a drawing of the head of a “native American” with a feather headdress.)
From which country is a person who writes it with a “j”?
Maybe it’s a typo? The “h” and “j” are adjacent on the keyboard.
President Trump is behaving like a successful businessman, instead of a bureaucrat. If one of his employees isn’t doing the job properly, he gets rid of him.
A bureaucrat would simply shift the incompetent employee laterally, and hire more people.
Trump is exactly what the U.S. needs, after his predecessor spent eight years doing his best to dump the country into the sewer.
that is not a person we can trust to make good decisions about our leadership.
That applies to a significant number of non-felons too. In fact, it includes about half of the people who voted in the last Presidential election.
From the Artscroll Chumash’s commentary in last week’s parashah for Vayikra 5:21:
The verse states that a person sins by being treacherous to G-d, and then it goes on to discuss cases of people cheating in business and the like. The Sages comment homiletically that one who trespasses against G-d will eventually deal falsely with his fellows. The Tosefta quotes R’Reuven who said that the most hateful person is one who denies G-d, for once a person denies the authority of the Lawgiver, he can easily violate all the norms of morality (Tosefta Shevuos 3:5). Atheism is the forerunner of morality’s destruction, because without the norms decreed by G-d, man can easily rationalize every manner of crime. Once man arrogates to himself to decide what is right and what is wrong, he can descend the amoral abyss, as contemporary history demonstrates (R’Yosef Dov Soloveitchik).
I used to work for a federal government contractor. The workplace was a medium-sized one-floor office building. Most of the rooms had windows to the outside. There were about 100 employees.
There was a rule, probably mandated by the government, that visitors to the facility had to be given a safety briefing on what to do in case of fire.
Whenever I eat out with a hechsher, I keep my plate very close to me. You never know when it will try to swipe from your plate.
If a hechsher touches your wine, are you still permitted to drink it?
I received the following reply from Rabbi Kuber about a question which I sent him :-
Is “How Careful Must We Be When Eating Out With A Hechsher?” the question that you sent him?
I don’t see how the answer provides any practical information, or tells us anything that we didn’t already know.
It’s common knowledge that she’s unbalanced. The article’s only fault is repeating information that everyone already knows.
It gives people who don’t know how to use a calendar a sense of accomplishment.
A black person is called African-American in the PC World!
The new PC term seems to be “people of color”. But “colored people” is a completely different, offensive term. It’s a not-so-subtle means of thought control.
when you are “more on the right” than David Duke it is probably time to rethink your position
An illogical statement. The facts are the facts, regardless of who else may be stating them.
DovidBT – Thanks to your post I looked it up. Basically the left started the whole thing – you can call it a left-wing conspiracy!
That’s exactly what it was, and it still is.
Add to that article the fact, later determined, that the chief of police specifically ordered his men to stay on the sidelines and “let them fight.” And the counter-protestors who were responsible for the violence were given trivial, if any, punishment.
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His comments on Charlottesville were wrong and indefensible.
If you want to know the truth about the Charlottesville events, search for the article “Charlottesville never had to happen — How craven local politicians led our nation into tragedy” by Arthur Herman.
I would let my ten year old drive on my lap in the neighborhood which I remember doing with my dad and which I’ve done with my kids.
This question is off the main topic, but is that really a good idea? It may be fun for the kid, but cars are not toys.
When I was a kid (I don’t recall the age), my father had the bright idea of letting me put the car into the garage. I put my foot on the wrong pedal and almost crashed into the wall.
Because people find it offensive
And many people, probably the majority, are offended by the efforts of a minority to “erase history” and police their thoughts.
If not for the renaming of the two city parks by two local politicians, and their attempt to remove the statues, the protests would not have occurred, and there would have been no violence.
The fact that some anti-semites support a position does not make that position wrong. President Trump has the wisdom to understand that and the courage to act on it.
They were there for violence only.
And why did the town agree in the first place to remove the statue?!?And the official report on the incident stated that the chief of police directed his police officers to “let them fight”, rather than keeping the protestors and counter-protestors separated.
How did the chief of police respond to the report? He said “I don’t recall saying that” and promptly resigned. Draw your own conclusions from that.
And the town did not agree to the removal of the statues or to the renaming of the city parks. Those actions were taken by a small minority of city council members. (The statues are still there, but were shrouded for several months, until a recent court order to remove the shrouds.)
We could still comment on the Q&As even if they weren’t on this site.
That’s like saying that the prohibition of “lifnei iveir” is pointless, since people can commit transgressions even if you don’t make it easier for them to do so.
read the thread I posted about R’ Miller’s views on the internet. He clearly stated that when someone offered to put his shiurim online, he refused, because he was against the internet. So no, I don’t think he would have wanted his Torah posted online, even on the website which is now complaining.
I wonder if he would have objected to someone making a profit from selling his shiurim, as that web site does.
This isn’t specific to the 21st century, but for millenia cows have been courageously giving up their lives so that we can eat them and make useful items from their skin.
Attach some kitchen utensils and call yourself the “Woman from Space”.
Uhhhh. Not sure what to say. Maybe read the Chazal that all avodah Zoran was uprooted and no longer exists?
The halachos and gezeiros relating to idolaters seem to have been extended to apply to non-Jews in general, even if they’re not literally idolaters.
It is no different then Bishul, that putting it on the fire is all that counts, even though that it is being cooked at a later point in Shabbos, as long as you did it before Shabbos it is fine.
In addition to putting the uncooked food on the fire before Shabbos, doesn’t the cooking process have to be at least 50% completed before the onset of Shabbos? I’m only asking for clarification. This probably isn’t relevant to the main discussion here.
can anyone explain why a t-stat is different in halacha then a timer.
A thermostat can be triggered by your actions. Open door, warm air enters the room, thermostat turns on the A/C.
idolater’s scotch – is this Purim Torah?
No. After a month of Daf Yomi-ing Avodah Zarah, I see idolaters everywhere.
CTL: Could you refuse, saying that you need spend the time with fee-paying clients so that you can feed your family?
It’s a slippery slope. Today drink an idolater’s scotch, tomorrow marry his daughter.
Nebuchadnezzar
And if the student was not wearing the backpack when the person started shooting?
Or what if the shooter aims for a part of the body not covered by the backpack?
I think the theory is that the students would crouch down and use the backpacks as shields.
The real purpose, of course, is for the businesses that market the backpacks to profit from parents who buy them as a useless gesture, so that they can pretend they’re protecting their children.
If you drink enough so that you can’t distinguish between Haman and Mordechai, as you’re supposed to, you’ll be too drunk to drive. So it’s a moot point.
Has a bulletproof backpack ever saved someone from injury or death?
If you ever look at comments on virtually any article on, for example, Yahoo News that concerns Jews and/or Israel, one of the most frequent rants is that we only care about our own.
On the other hand:
Suppose a family conducts a memorial service for their child who was a victim of a mass shooting. Does the family deserve to be criticized for focusing only on their own child? Does that mean they’re being selfish and bigoted for not caring about the other victims?
Make it common practice for everyone to be armed, and trained in self-defense.
Eat it tail first, so that it can’t bite your tongue.
Also, anti-Semites are more than happy to point out that some of us don’t regard non-Jews as quite human and are therefore enemies of the country they live in.
Along those lines, I’ve wondered whether non-Jews or non-religious Jews encounter this site, and try to figure out what some of the discussions are about. Do they think that the participants are weird, or even dangerous?
Rather we should be sharing the beauty of each tefiloh, how it expresses our praises to HKB”H, how it spells out our needs, and how to include the core of kavanah in each part of the davening.
Personally, I’ve found Rabbi Heshy Kleinman’s books “Praying with Fire” (volumes 1 and 2) and “Praying with Meaning” very helpful.
don’t see why prevalence should change the din, …
What about the practice of men using mirrors for cosmetic purposes? Is that a reasonable analogy?
If the restaurant or store posts that it does not accept cash and it is on the menu and/or the server lets you know before you place your order, it is legal.
Suppose when you get the check for the meal, you insist on paying with cash. Could they refuse to accept it and call the cops?
In fact more and more goyische restaurants no longer accept cash.
How can that be legal? U.S. currency contains the text, “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private”.
@Sechel HaYashar
I’ll summarize here one last time what I do and don’t believe:
1. … 8.Thanks for the clear summary. I’ll assume that’s the mainstream Chabad belief, unless someone posts otherwise.
I’m a BT, like you. I’ve read all the books you mentioned in your earlier post.
My experience has been that the more Torah study and mitzvos I bring into my life, the less space and desire there is for non-essential secular activities. By Torah study, I’m including Talmud, halachos, etc.
So it’s not so much a matter of consciously excluding the secular. It seems to happen automatically.
What about seraphim?
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons form BP-A0291 (Furlough Application – Approval and Record) contains the following:
It has been determined that consumption of poppy seeds may cause a positive drug test which may result in disciplinary action. As a condition of my participation in community programs, I will not consume any poppy seeds or items containing poppy seeds.
This form can be viewed at the Federal Bureau of Prisons web site, bop DOT gov.
Also, study what interests you.
Rebbi said: A person can learn Torah [successfully] only from the area [i.e,. only within the topic] that his heart [currently] desires. For the verse says: [Psalms 1:2] ‘But his desire is in the Torah of Hashem.’
(The commentary adds that “According to Meiri, Rebbi speaks of where to begin [a session of] study.”)
Avodah Zarah 19aIf Watergate happened in the current political climate, it would be news for a week, and then forgotten as soon as the media finds something else to be outraged about.
I suspect it’s a site made by disenchanted Lubavitchers who are now probably MO, and it is not a site that represents mainstream Litvish opinion.
It’s hard to trust a web site that doesn’t identify its author(s) or provide any contacts except for a gmail dot com address. The whois data for the domain gives the name and address of a person in Lakewood, NJ, but that’s not necessarily the site’s author.