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Why not marry a guy with a PhD in the sciences? They’re obviously going to be mumche in math and science.
That’s why I think you’re looking to be a gold digger.
What’s wrong with the Sisterhood? Or a Nshei group, in a more frum shul?
They should cook, clean, rear the children, and do volunteer work, like being part of Sisterhood groups or Ladies Auxiliary.
The Modern Orthodox love quoting the Tzitz Eliezer on this issue yet ignore the fact that he seems to be a daas yochid.
They find any liberal-sounding shita they like and they run with it.
Why do you davka want to marry a doctor? You like the idea of big bucks? Why not a guy with semicha?
Or they can learn cooking, sewing, home economics, etc.
Who cares? I know of a frum rabbi who divorced his wife to marry a younger woman because wife 1 had an illness she eventually recovered from.
What does Trump’s love of beautiful women have to do with his ability to lead? It’s either him or the wife of a rapist and abuser of women. A creature who lies and lies and lies to try to weasel her way out of the horrible things she has done her entire career.
I suggest you marry someone who keeps halacha fully and who is a ben torah.
A guy who is not shomer is not a ben torah.
People go OTD for many reasons.
However, there are different types of being OTD.
There are people who are psychologically healthy who just don’t believe.
Then there are those who are troubled, victims of abuse, unloving parents, cruel rabbis, who suffer from addictions and mental illness. My heart truly bleeds for these people.
Women should be taught the dinim that apply to them and nothing else. Need I reiterate Rav Kanievsky’s famous kartoffel kugel maaseh?
The fact that we live in such a confused country is sign that we need Trump.
We have women who think they’re men and men who think they’re women.
We have a white woman, Rachel Dolezal, who thinks she’s black.
We have a US Senator Pocahontas who made up stories about her “paw paw” having high cheek bones in order to attain affirmative action to advance a hypocritical limousine liberal career. Senator Pocahontas whines about Wall Street and meanwhile she collects $400,000 from teaching a Harvard class!
If you’re shomer negiah, dating someone who isn’t is a huge mistake. One partner keeps this halacha and the other doesn’t. It’s a big michshol.
His lack of a filter is why he’s so popular and why the silent majority of real Americans love him.
You must understand that the heartland of America is comprised of working class, salt of the earth white Americans. I’m a person who cares very much about my religion (obviously), my country, and the values that made our country great. Common sense tells us that we can go down one of two paths. One is that of PC liberal elitism. The other is that of straight-talking nationalism. I cast my lot with those who will defend my right to own guns, drive SUVs, and to live free of sharia.
There are hechshered canned San Marzano tomatoes. I get them all the time. Try Benz or Pomegranate if you can’t find them in Whole Foods or Trader Joes or ShopRite.
There are many fine frum rabbonim who smoke.
If we’re going to argue that it’s assur to engage in any behavior that can be bad for health, than why not say cholent, nosh, ice cream, kugel and cake are assur? Obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure are serious health problems, too.
Second hand smoke is as real as man-made global warming. In other words, it’s a farce that’s been debunked.
I don’t see anything discriminatory about an Ashkenaz school not taking Sephardic kids. A religious school is intended for those who follow the same religious practices. Sephardim have their own halachos, their own poskim, and even their own derech halimud.
As far as Chabad, that’s a very involved discussion. The reality is that many Litvish gedolim have a very big problem with them.
The rabbonim in New Square don’t allow women to drive. Also, some of the other chasidim don’t allow women to drive.
I see no inherent value in women learning torah. They should be taught the dinim that apply to them, and that’s it.
Where has feminism gotten us as a society? Are we better off now than the 50s? Absolutely not.
The family unit is in collapse. Sexual morals are down the drain. Our country idolizes beasts like Lena Dunham, nebech. People kill babies in the womb as if it’s the same as getting a pimple lanced at the doctor’s office. G-d help us.
Trump’s agenda for America is far different from Killary’s.
Killary wants to import more Muslims, despite the fact that they’ve destroyed Europe. Under Obama, we’ve had scores of terrorist attacks that people seem to have forgotten about: San Bernardino, Galveston, Boston, Chattanooga, Fort Hood, Orlando, Moore, OK, and so on. You don’t see Jews, Buddhists, or Catholics doing things like this, only Muslims. For Killary, being PC and a dhimmi means more than keeping us safe.
Trump will restore sanity to our foreign policy by avoiding adventurism and ill-fated interventionism. Democracy cannot and should not be imposed upon Arabs. It has not worked and will not work.
While Killary is busy barking like a dog, Trump will instill the fear of G-d in the nations of the world. We WILL be feared and respected again, instead of being the laughing stock of the world. Under Killary’s term as Secretary of State, the world turned to complete disarray: ISIS, Erdogan, global terrorism, and a now emboldened Iran, with greater access to nukes than ever before.
I don’t see what’s appealing behind an agenda intended to lead us towards one world government and socialism.
Nor should we have a family back in the White House defined by perjury, murder, lies, rape/sexual assault, thievery, supporting dictatorship in Haiti, kissing Arafat’s wife, etc.
Olive oil counteracts that effect.
I like Trump. He’s a master at trolling. The whole kerfuffle with Russia and Killary’s emails, the whole ruckus with Melania’s speech, are all carefully calculated schemes intended to keep the media’s spotlight on him. And it’s succeeding, and it will succeed.
I am particularly smitten by the fact that he has tapped into the fact that typical, middle class Americans have had enough with our culture of political correctness, sensitivity, trigger warnings, safe spaces, and all that nonsense. I believe his election will signal a cultural paradigm shift away from entitlement and emasculation towards strength and bravado.
If you look at how the APA deals with homosexuality and other matters, it’s obvious it’s a political process.
I value the opinion of the AAPS over the liberal AMA, which functions as a politicized tool towards social engineering.
Most Reform rabbis cannot learn Gemara or any Hebrew texts without use of a dictionary. A typical yeshiva graduate has greater faculty in Jewish texts than a Reform rabbi.
I wouldn’t give a stranger a lift at all. You don’t know what can happen, ch”v. Lots of crazy and dangerous people out there.
People can avoid engaging in certain behaviors if they truly have the will to do so. If a person feels they’re attracted to the same sex, their only recourse is lifelong celibacy.
CUNY Law has the motto “Law in the service of the 99%.” For those of such a political/ideological angle, it’s probably a good choice.
For those interested in public interest law and not making bank, it’s probably a solid choice. I just don’t think CUNY Law grads will be hired by the white shoe firms. If your interest is in helping people, and not necessarily making a lot of money, CUNY Law should be a-ok.
They already kasher the kitchen in the White House for Chanukah parties.
Being a cantor or rabbi in Reform is incredibly easier than in Orthodox. They’re getting paid far more money to do less work. They only leyn a few pesukim out of the parsha and they retained maybe only 20% of the siddur.
They’ll osser What’sApp and then they’ll come out with something else, and it’ll just continue being a self-defeating cycle.
If a person wants to access inappropriate images, or speak lashon hara, they’ll find ways to do it, phone or no phone.
What might be ideal is to create OOT communities within 3-4 hours of larger communities, if possible. Waterbury, Baltimore, etc. are like this. They’re not that OOT. Waterbury is within commuting time to NYC. Same with New Haven. Very nice community, close to NYC and not far from Brookline.
I sweat a lot, so I wear cotton. It also cleans better, in my experience.
Parnassa/Finances is definitely number one of what I see.
If the choleh was a Zionist, I don’t see why not.
You should ask a rav.
I have seen that in cases where someone was brought up Conservative or Reform, where they wear a tallis from Bar Mitzvah age, and then becomes frum, rabbis would almost always pasken that they continue wearing a tallis. Otherwise it makes zero sense that they become frum and stop keeping a mitzvah.
In America, a business owner should be permitted to refuse service to anyone for any reason they desire. Anything else is a violation of property rights, which is the cornerstone of our liberty in this country.
If there’s another issue, let me know and I’ll tell the chevra from OZ they’re wrong.
Breaking a fast on hard liquor and meat sounds very difficult on the digestive system and the body.
Tisha b’Av, we have lots of cake and juice. After yom kippur, honey cake, followed by appetizing, as the salt in the fish helps the body reabsorb the salt lost during fasting.
I don’t think the position of a shul rabbi, a mehanech, etc. counts as serarah.
A ger probably shouldn’t become a dayan, though, as he can’t judge born Jews, and a ger also cannot sit on a beis din for geirus.
Donald Trump is the closest thing we have to have a savior. I’d do anything for this man, and I think if he plays his cards right, and possibly sells some property to raise $1B+, he has a strong chance of winning.
I’d say that this is something your rabbi, you, and your parents need to discuss. Even though they don’t share the same religious views as you, they’re still your parents, and you’re still a minor. Legally, they’re still responsible for you. So I’d suggest arranging a meeting so that everyone can be on the same page. Otherwise, it could lead to problems, ch”V.
I take issue with some of the above nekudos.
Poskim have dealt with a lot of these issues. If you look at many teshuvos, you’d understand that these were dealt with already.
Examples- shaking hands in the context of business meetings is mutar, because it’s not k’derech chiba. Chazon Ish disagrees, I believe, but most other poskim allow shaking hands in a business setting.
Many of the halachos that pertain to our interactions with non-Jews operate according to a legal mechanism of utility/reciprocity. Darkei shalom is a very profound thing.
I think having Romanian salami or deli is the epitome of oneg shabbos.
Other examples: singing zemiros at the table, saying divrei torah at the table, reading all the shabbos bulletins from all the different places that accumulate at shul, going to shiurim and classes, bikur cholim visits (On the UWS, OZ has a group that leaves from in front of the shul and walks over to Mt. Sinai), going to a Friday night oneg shabbos/tisch in the winter months, where people have nosh and mashke and sing and say divrei torah, shabbos afternoon walks and a nap, a nice shalosh seudos, learning with your children if you have kids, doing chazora on your learning from the week, etc.
I think shuls should organize more activities for shabbos.
That’s the difference between the left and the right.
The Right uses logic and facts when making cases.
The Left appeals to emotionalism.
Why do you think successful businessmen are Republicans, whereas the Left attracts social worker types?
Whenever we present something factual that liberals don’t like, they resort to ad hominem attacks. It’s like a sociology class. When all else fails, the answer is some combination of sexism, misogyny, classism, racism. All vague and ambiguous constructions with no sound basis in reality.
Trump: Made himself into a billionaire. Donates money left and right to lots of charitable causes. Treats his workers with respect and dignity. Never stole, killed anyone, or misused taxpayer dollars for anything. So what if he didn’t have success in marriages. People have the right to get divorced. He knew how to use bankruptcy laws to his advantage. He’s shrewd and as smart as a fox. His Trump University NEVER advertised itself as a degree granting institution. It never guaranteed people jobs or wealth. It NEVER had anything to do with the Department of Education, financial aid, loans or grants, etc. I’m sure they all signed terms and conditions indicating this. Interesting how the NY AG, Eric Schneiderman, a far left liberal activist, and a Hillary supporter and superdelegate, makes an issue of this right at election time.
Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney were actually involved in for-profit college schemes that bilked the government, the Education Department, and poor students, out of millions and millions of dollars. Corinthian Colleges is an egregious example, in particular.
Rabbi Shammah is a very liberal rabbi in the community. He’s from the old school of rabbis like Matloub Abadi.
His views shouldn’t be taken as representative of the community as a whole. He himself is a signatory to the takanah in any event.
This clarification is meaningless. The pashut pshat is that they used to have conversions of infants adopted, but with reproductive medicine and technology, this is becoming rare. The children of a ger are accepted, but that’s not the same as a ger being accepted.
There have been several cases of individuals sincerely choosing to be Jewish who were rejected from the SY community.
Actually, I’ve heard several rabbonim say that the mitzvah of ahavas hager applies from the moment they come sincerely and abandon their former religion.
Shidduchim are hard for everybody. But if you believe that a ger’s soul was at Sinai, and that the soul of their zivug was at Sinai with them, than whether in this world or the next, they’ll find their zivug.