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I’m sure Reb Yosef really meant smashing the phones, not their owners. And even then, only after you have called the mashgiach ruchani and both given a good musar shmooz to the owner and he realizes the error of his ways and asks you to join him in a “phone smashing” as part of his doing tshuvah.
How would they satisfy NJ State educational standards if a young man or woman fails to receive any secular education beyond the eighth grade (unless they teach math and science in Hebrew) ? The BMG crowd seems to have really good relations with the NJ political establishment so I’m certain they have reached some accommodation which works for both sides and avoids the seemingly endless conflict we have seen between the frum tzibur and NYS Department of Education..
A “conscientious objector” in the U.S. is someone who has a principled religious/faith or morally based objection to armed combat and typically (although not always) required to serve in some non-combat MOS or provide alternative public service. It was not designed to accommodate wealthy or privileged guys who didn’t want to inconvenience themselves, incur the risk of combat or have to interrupt their life of wealth and privilege for the rigors of military service.
Most seminary girls who want a true ben-torah would not advertise on JDate or communicate their resumes with a shadchan via email. If that is what your are looking for, you will not miss out by not having a smart phone. You will obviously miss out on a lot of other daily functionality (e.g. checking the weather before leaving the house, having your government stipend directly deposited in your online bank account, searching for the lowest price airline ticket to travel bein hazmanim or checking on the credentials of a new hashgacha. However, for finding a wife, not big deal to to it the old fashioned way.
Reb Eliezer: For some reason, I don’t typically associate humor with Satmar. Thanks for breaking a long-held stereotype. .
I think the era of long-wars with the need of hundreds of thousands of draftee infantrymen as was the case in Vietnam is unlikely to return. By the time the draft system could be reinstated and implemented, the War would be over.
Is it apikorsus to say that people feel better after they troll?
Quite to the contrary. Ask our resident trolls. They just feel morally superior although not always “better”.
Funnybone: You can find multiple posts in the CR archives that unequivocally assert that Chassidish marriages have ” lower divorce rates”. Unfortunately, most of those are either by Reb Yosef or cite to other posts by Reb Yosef. It never makes clear “lower than what? Lower then Litvish marriages? Lower than all other Yiddeshe marriages? Lower than ALL marriages (including goyim)? Lower than other yidden who married at the same age? Just some minor areas needing clarification. There are relatively few objective demographic studies on the subject that have any degree of statistical rigor. In general, they show that while still very low, the divorce rate in the Chareidi tzibur (both Chassidish and Litvish) is slowly catching up to that of the secular Jewish community. While the divorce rate in the general population in EY has remained steady (approximately13-15 divorces per 1,000 couples between 2005 and 2015) it spiked in the Chareidi community (from approximately 1.5 per 1000 couples to 4.5-5.0). Rates are higher in Chareidi communities that are interspersed within secular communities versus those that are more insular and geographically remote. Again, the results vary widely and there is little agreement that these studies can be extrapolated or have greater credibility than the anecdotal observations posted here in the CR.
“Where is the GAON”
Assuming you are referring to Reb Gore, the genius that invented the internet and taught the Trumpkopf everytiing he knows about global warming,, he is on a sailboat heading back to the California from the World Economic Forum in Davos. Given how much “heat’ (exuse the pun) he took in prior years for traveliing to Davos via CO2 emitting chartered jets, this time he took the Train to the French port of Le Havre and is taking a sailboat from there back home.
DovidBT:
The ERA passed the House in 1970 and 1971 but stalled in the Senate as a result of attempts to add an amendment recusing women from the draft. Most but not all of the early Womens’ Rights advocates supported the notion of including women in draft regisration. However, given at the time most MOS categories were closed to women, they would have given women the option of alternative public service.
Reb Yosef should know better. Chazal bring down that inyanim such as hiding a tooth under the pillow for the tooth fairy is akin to avodah zorah and apikorsus since there is no “tooth malach” designated to exchange used teeth for a Sachar in olem hazeh.
Likewise, we are not allowed to “kiss” a cut, scar or laceration since doing so might put your lips in contact with blood in contradiction of the issur on such in parshas Ra’eh where it is written:
רַ֣ק חֲזַ֗ק לְבִלְתִּי֙ אֲכֹ֣ל הַדָּ֔ם כִּ֥י הַדָּ֖ם ה֣וּא הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַ֥ל הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָֽׂר׃Perhaps if the police were to set up a series of roving radar traps with a Minivan with the police officer dressed in yeshivish lvush, (including a wide brimmed black hat), the speeders would “get religion” and slow down.
Reb Yid: He is using the term “loaded gun’ as a metaphor for an IPad that can only link to the CR and even then will be filtered so that one will only be able to view the 4703 posts from Reb Yosef (as of 10 PM on 25 Tevet) .
Reb Eliezer: As usual, very thoughtful and insightful comment. I guess I look at the internet somewhat differently. Yes, the internet certainly constitutes a “storm” in terms of its disruptive effect to life as we knew it before it was invented by Al Gore. However, as we also know, a disruptive event can have both positive and negative long-term effects. I think the jury is still out and from a personal perspective, the internet (with proper useage and protective screens ) has been a major net benefit to myself and our family. Others will view it differently.
The erhliche yidden of Lakewood are always in a rush to perform mitzvos so that sometimes results in their moving at a rate of speed that conflicts with dina d’malchush.
I’m assuming that any parent asking the question, likely is not from the segment of the frum tzibur that realistically can deny their kids ANY access to technology or the internet. Indeed, with a screen name, “ILOVETOSURF, I further assume that the poster is not a professional on the Pacific Coast surfing circuit and more likely is a social media addict of sorts. With regard to your daughter, דאָס עפּעלע פֿאַלט ניט װײַט פֿון בײמעלע
Sam: Nice shmooz but one needs to take a certain degree of responsibility for one’s own physical well being, including nutrition and exercise. The inyan of “ushamartem es nafshosechem” is not some abstract prescription but a real-world admonition to do your best to stay healthy.
At least for shachris, you also might try davening Vasikim, .I’m told that such minyanim are much quieter because the daveners are still half-asleep and are lucky to be able to respond with an Uuumeeein, much less engage in coherent conversation at 5 AM
The “Y” is the best option for gender segregated hours. As others have noted, one or two past efforts to run a “kosher gym” failed financially based on very low turnout from the frum tzibur. Its a great idea in theory but very difficult to make the numbers work. I don’t imagine a frum shul or beis medrash will be willing to take some empty space and convert it to a “fitness room” for their daveners or talmidim and install a few treadmills, exercise bikes and some free weights.
Correction to my prior post….Trump the Corruption Fighter tried to get former Sec of State Tillerson to get rid of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which prohibits American COMPANIES from bribing foreign officials (See documentation in new book entitled “Trump the Stable Genius” which went on sale in the past hour on Amazon and other booksites)
Also, with respect to the Bidens, if a President’s/Vice President’s family making money from the WH connections was an impeachable offense, Trump would be back selling condos in Moscow by now. While there were episodes throughout American history of this kind of “corriuption” including with Carter (remember Billy Beer), the Bushes (Neil and the Banks) etc. The Trumpkopf kids and in-laws are making more $$ from their Daddy’s position than any of their predecessors.Kluger……Biden’s effort to get rid of the corrupt prosecutor in question were consistent with the efforts of ALL the other European countries ‘who were also trying to persuade Ukraine to get rid of the guy before they would contribute additional funds. As others have noted, there is no comparison with the current situation with the Trumpkpf. But even if there was some analogy, what does that have to do with Trump’s claim he was doing so to “fight corruption”. Never in our history have we had a president who has expressed “love” and “great respect” for the world’s most corrupt and evil foreign leaders in Russia, China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc. Tonight we learned he ordered the Sec of State to “get rid of the law” (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”) that prohibits American countries from bribing foreign government entities. So much for the “Corruption Fighter in Chief”.
“Aren’t all people who choose to sit and learn, automatically lunatic according to the Zionists”
NO. Only those who claim they have no obligation to perform ANY type of alternative public service. They are no better than the privileged secular brats who can afford to retain a psychologist to support a fake clam of mental illness to avoid the draft.
Reb Yid: You are clearly not a gourmet. An out-of=season tomato with a lot of white, mealy pulp will destroy the taste of anything. A thin slice of Vidalia onions adds a nice touch of sweetness to the burger. Alternatively, some caramelized onion will cut the sharpness even further.
Obviously, every ethnic group may have its own culinary hashkafah in their burgers. If you want to be truly adventuresome, try an Ungarishe Big Mac with 2 cups of sugar and a teaspoon of paprika .What is the deal with Zev Brenner and talkline motzi Shabbos. Their website has been “under construction for at least 5 or 6 years, I’m not sure if they are still broadcasting live in the NYC/NJ metro area and their webcast sound quality is really poor. Also, it seems that in the past year or two, there are more commercials than “talk”. Maybe the latter is the economic reality for any niche radio broadcast.
For any burger, whether real or veggie fleish, less is more. Don’t compress the meat, light salt and pepper and serve on a firm, toasted whole grain bun with perhaps fresh tomato (ONLY if in season), greens (carefully dried) and thinly-sliced onion (if you don’t have a social engagement afterwards). Mustard or catsup is discretionary. Skip the barbecue sauces, veggie cheese and all the other stuff.
I can’t include a link to the Chabad website but if you check, you will find a daf yomi link to an online daf yom offered by Rav Avraham Meyer Zajac. There are definitely local chabad shalichim that have started daf yom classes but its not that widespread.
Its not certain that they were removed by FCC order, much less fined. As I noted above, its speculation since the FCC rarely publicizes its enforcement actions against these “pirate” stations unless its a repeat offender. Most of the time, their respond to complaints from the commercial station ans simply try to get the offenders off-the-air.
Reb Yosef: Will our frequent flyer miles have an value in Z’man Moishiach. You indicate you have all your bags ready with “everything you will need”. For those of us who travel with carry-ons only, could you share your packing list so we have a good starting point. Will we need only shabbos/yom tov l’vush? Will we need certain seforim? Its a real challenge for us poishete yidden who don’t have the insights on these kinds of logistical arrangements?
I think 99.9 percent of debate viewers could care less about his tattoos. He offers some good ideas but too much about income redistribution which seems to be the new Dem focus. I recall Plumber Joe and it did not end well for the D’s . They have to focus on expanding the size of the pie rather than slicing it into smaller pieces so everyone gets the same micro-portion so it doesn’t even qualify as mazonos.
Think of smicha the same way you would think of a graduate degree from a university in a secular context. Earning an advanced degree from Harvard, Yale or Stanford is a considerably more rigorous and legitimately prestigious achievement than the same degree from Yenavelt State Online University. Likewise, for some CR readers, smicha conferred by a rosh yeshiva at BMG, Telz, MIr etc. conveys considerably greater respect and prestige for legitimate reasons, namely the rigor of the learning, the comprehensiveness of the testing and the gadlus of the rabbonim conveying the smicha as compared to a smicha from REITS or R’L from Rav Avi Weiss or JTS. There are a lot of “Rebbeles” opening their own shuls and yeshivos in recent years with smicha from rabbonim whose own provenance is questionable but yet they have the standing to produce another generation of “rebbeim”.
“Im Ein [Gelt] Ein Torah” (Avos 3:21)Follow the money……a large portion of it migrated down south along the Jersey Turnpike …..
While there has been no formal announcement, your speculation is most likely correct with respect to why your favorite “pirate” heimeshe stations are off the air. For those who don’t follow the arcane rules, the FCC is required under the Federal Communications Act to protect the integrity and “property rights” of licensees holding broadcast rights over certain frequencies. When Trump appointed Ajit Pai as chairman of the FCC, Pai promised to take more aggressive action to eliminate pirate stations and has sought to increase the fines imposed for violators. The problem is that as transmission equipment has become cheaper and more sophisticated there were a proliferation of pirate stations operating, in major urban markets focused on ethnic listeners who were not served by commercial stations. In the NYC metro area, the frequencies between
87 and 92 FM have been especially “crowded” with at times nearly a dozen pirate stations operating with hosts speaking in Creole (Hatian), Yiddish, Hebrew ( and several other languages. For example, the Kol HaShalom broadcasts in Hebrew on FM 88.7 were periodically blocking out the signal from Long Island’s WRHU which had complained that its broadcasts on the Island barely were audible (except on Shabbos) over the hum of KolHashalom.
If you want to know for certain, file a FOIA request with the FCC regarding any enforcement action they have recently taken.Why was this bumped?? I recall it being a sort of weird thread when posted several years ago and still sort of weird to waste time seeking information from others when in the same time as you take the type the question here, you could google SYR and TwinMed and get the address and telephone number in Santa Fe Springs.
Perhaps we can find a bunch of guys to run up and down Eastern Parkway with yellow banners proclaiming that when Moishiach comes, the shidduch crisis will be over. Then we can start a new thread combining the two most popular subjects in the history of the CR.
Actually, in written references, just use the letter “R” which can be read as “Rabbi”, “Rav”, “Reb” , “Rebbitzen” or R’L., “Rabbanit”. Such deliberate obfuscation is a useful tool when seeking to avoid a potentially confrontational or embarrassing encounter. In live situations, where speaking directly to or about a person, than you have to be even more circumspect by finding some honorific title that doesn’t illegitimately endow the person with “status” or “legitimacy” that has not been earned or recognized. Or perhaps adopt a Trumpian approach and create a nickname for the individual or use one of the “new age” gender neutral/undecided pronouns like “they” for he/she etc. Also, you could use the persons first and last names but I wouldn’t want to be the person referencing a gadol as Mr. XYZ, versus Maran, Sar Hatorah, Chacham, Harav, Hagodol etc.
Does anyone have any example where chazal bring down any guidelines as to who should work versus shteigiing 24×7 or what portion of a person’s daily waking hours should be spent earning a parnassah for his/her family with the balance of their time devoted to limud torah. Do we read V Higisa Bo Yomam V Laylah as requiring full-time learning and if so, how do we explain hundreds of years of our mesorah where in the alte heim, the majority of yidden were farmers, retailers, as well as doctors and scientist, with some time carved out for limud torah?
“Yang’s freedom dividend (aka universal basic income) is fantastic for many, and especially a kollel family. That’s an extra $24,000 a year for a kollel family…”
RebDebbie: I assume that since our resident Troll, Reb Yosef, may be under the weather today, you felt an obligation to provide some trolling humor for a Monday Morning. If you were serious, than you would probably realize that most yidden, frum or not, have ZERO enthusiasm for this new progressive meshugaas of “free stuff” for everyone. Obviously, for most of us who work hard and pay taxes, we don’t want the government to take our hard earnded funds and hand them out to others who choose not to work . Same for FREE medical care. Its NOT FREE. We will all pay for it in higher taxes. As to the shidduch crisis, the freedom dividend will barely cover the costs of a shadchan and simcha hall for your shvers’ 200 BFFs.
His positions on EY (to the degree he has even spoken to the issue) seem to tilt in the direction of those who focus on Palestinian rights w/o a commensurate concern for Israel’s security. I do like his focus on the future job market and the radical changes posed by automation, robotics and artificial intelligence which have the potential to eliminate millions of low skilled jobs. None of the other candidates seem to be addressing this issue.
To Billywee. Thanks for the posting. Very timely and important issue. Based on talking with friends elsewhere, the situation is not much different in the MO yeshivos/day schools in the D. C. , Chicago and LA areas. In fact, I sense the issue has received more direct attention in some of the public school systems, but perhaps teachers find it easier to talk about when the majority of their students are not the “subject” of the discussion.
There is nothing really “newsworthy about a confidential settlement between the Covington student (Sandmann) and CNN with no details offered by either side. More interesting (legally) is a nasty fight between the lawyer representing Sandmann and Robert Barnes, the lawyer for other students involved in the incident who is also known for representing conspiracy theory nutcase Alex Jones from InfoWars.
Apparently, Barnes offered to represent the other (anonymous) students in filing new lawsuits t on behalf of those Covington students against various political figures and media outlets claiming defamation and seeking big dollar damages. Sandmann’s lawyer, in turn, is claiming that Barnes is implying he is representing Sandmann along with these other students and exploiting Sanmann’s name in his yet-to-be filed litigation. Sandmann has accused Barnes of “lying to the public: by implying that he is representing him in the new litigation and demanded he stop making such claims. Say tuned.Reb Eliezer: If chazerfleish and other currently treif animals will be “kosher” in zman moishiach, what will happen to all the ehrliche yidden who earn their parnassah as mashgichim? I guess there will still be a need to worry about insects in Romaine lettuce and worms in Salmon.
Rav Elizer: Very interesting psak….in whose name was it brought down that such tactics were used during the time of the achronim?
It depends… Do you have someone in mind? Most yungerleit really are not anxious to work to begin, so the prospect of working for their prospective shver for 7-14 years is a non-started.
The minhagim regarding boys meeting girls and the role of shadchanim from the alte heim are not per se halacha that we are obligated to follow today. If I recall correctly, Yaakov Avinu first met Rachel at the functional equivalent of the local Starbucks (or whatever the local watering hole was called in those days).