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  • Haimy
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    There are many more older single girls than boys. There are moremore typical single older girls than typical boys. The many older typical single girls are having hard time finding a spouse from the fewer typical older boys left.
    Why are there so few typical older boys left? The rest of them married girls 2-4 years younger than them.

    in reply to: shopping at a new super grocery store vs the corner grocery store. #1668812
    Haimy
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    Rav Avigdor Miller said you should remain loyal to the original store you used. He shtelled Tzu the story of Avraham Avinu who stayed at the same motel on his way back from Mitzrayim as the way there. This part of the midda of hakaras hatov & neemonus.

    in reply to: Seeking Special Rav #1666235
    Haimy
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    The following Rabbonim should be able to guide you. They have seen & heard the full gamut of human challenges.

    Weinberger, Rabbi Moshe of Aish Kodesh in woodmere.

    Rav Dovid Goldwasser

    Rav Reuven Drucker of Highland Park

    (Contact info removed)

    in reply to: Shidduch Crisis Denial Syndrome #1663764
    Haimy
    Participant

    I don’t need any studies (though studies were done). I see it by my extended family & friends. For every single relative or friend Bachur over 26 that I know, there are 3-4 single girls that age. As difficult as it is for these girls & their parents to come to terms with this crisis, it’s even worse when people deny it even exists. Your doing no one a favor when you preach bitachon to a lonely girl who rarely goes on a date because very few marriageable boys are left in their mid 30’s.
    You’re in denial of a real problem we are living through today.

    in reply to: Shidduch Crisis is not real! #1662904
    Haimy
    Participant

    We have a boys to girls ratio crisis which leads to many girls remaining single. The boys are doing great. They have long lists of girls to choose from & they can ask for as much support as they want for willing to marry someone.
    Bitochon doesn’t apply to maasei nissim. We can’t expect Hashem to rain down 1000 boys from heaven to marry all the single girls over 30. We need to change the communal structure so that the boy/girl ratio is more even so we don’t end up with a bigger problem down the road.

    in reply to: Shidduch Crisis is not real! #1662551
    Haimy
    Participant

    Suddenly once you’re married the crisis is over. 1-2000 girls over the age of thirty is a serious communal problem. They’re tired of “enjoying” their singlehood & would like to move on with their lives. Calling it a “Crisis ” is just a way to motivate people to try to ease the plight of these girls. If you have a better way to help the situation please tell us.
    It’s an Es tzora for klall Yisroel when 1000’s of frum girls are remaining single.

    in reply to: Can president Trump save his presidency? #1662229
    Haimy
    Participant

    Stop blaming the awful media for president Trumps’s problems. If he would act more refined & dignified the media would not have such an easy time criticizing him. I believe his low poll numbers are directly connected to his constant lashing out at people. Even people who faithfully worked under his administration. The media is terrible but so is mr. Trumps habit of acting like a bully to whomever he feels threatened by. If we show respect to others, we will also be respected. Don’t ignore his personal flaws because you hate the democrats & the media.

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658166
    Haimy
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    Joseph says he trusts the CRC. Why do you trust them? Did you research their policies & mashgichim? Please explain what your trust is based on so that we can be more educated in kashrus.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1657455
    Haimy
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    How about Toms River or Jackson? There’s no perfect place to live. Colored shirts are not a good enough reason to put your family through the difficulty of resettling somewhere else. The “pressure ” in Lakewood may be influencing you & your family in a positive way without you realizing. There guys just like you in Lakewood who figure out how to find a nice group. Wearing a white shirt is a small sacrifice for all that Lakewood offers.

    in reply to: Propane gas Portable Matza Oven in NYC #1654518
    Haimy
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    I had such a style oven (from Israel but don’t remember the manufacturer) but sold it for the following reason. Lechatchila the matzot should not be touched once placed in the oven until the bottom is baked. In my oven, due to the position of the fire, part of the matzot would burn before the rest was baked . It would need to be moved before the complete bottom of the matza was baked.
    It’s not worth the tremendous work involved to produce second rate matzos.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1652699
    Haimy
    Participant

    The Chachmei Yisroel don’t need to provide anyone a written teshuva explaining their decisions. The Yishuv in E.Y. has long fought for it’s independence from the Zionist regime. Nachal Chareidi was a big chidush & never intended for a boy able to sit in yeshiva. There are many reasons why the chachmei yisroel want us out of the army, not only because of bittul torah. If you don’t respect their opinion then no written Teshuva will change your mind, if you respect their opinion then you don’t need a Teshuva.

    in reply to: OPEN LETTER To My Fellow NY Hatzolah Members About Billing Insurance #1652613
    Haimy
    Participant

    First work on perfecting your Davening, your learning, your bein adom lechaveiro, & then we’ll aim for a pure hatzolah that doesn’t bill insurance for services it rightfully can bill for. Your mitzva is as chashuv whether insurance is billed or not. Let’s stop being OCD about this subject.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1652261
    Haimy
    Participant

    Thank you neville-chaimberlin, I couldn’t have said it better.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1652113
    Haimy
    Participant

    The repository of Torah has always been the Chareidim. The modern orthodox yidden were the Zevuluns who went out into the academic/professional world. “We” strive to be shevet Yisochor who are the spiritual backbone of klal Yisroel.
    Look at you seforim shelf, at least 95% was written by a Chareidi yid. Artscroll Shas etc. Written & edited by a Chareidi Jew. Mishna Berura, kitzur Shulchan aruch, Aruch hashulchon, Igros Moshe, all Chareidim.
    The chachmei hador belong to the chareidim because they have invested so much into producing gaonei yisroel.
    They have taken responsibility for the chinuch system in E.Y.
    It is absolutely foolish for unqualified people so voice their opinion about this subject. It’s no different than a layman expressing his opinion about how a brain surgeon should operate. Or a Chareidi Jew telling a MO Jew how to run his hedge fund or law practice, everyone should stick to their area of expertise.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1651991
    Haimy
    Participant

    I never claimed such a thing!. There is an army. They don’t need us to protect the country. We will be pulled down spiritually if we join them. Therefore, we don’t join.
    It is better for them that we don’t join since thereby Klal Yisroel has more zechusim by us remaining pure.
    Quoting a senior Talmid Chacham & recognized leader is not a “joker card” It’s how orthodox Jews have been making decisions since we stood at Har Sinai. (Excluding Korach & several others)

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1651972
    Haimy
    Participant

    “WE” are the yidden who believe in the Torah’s commandment to follow our senior Talmidei Chachomim of each generation.
    “WE” don’t pasken for ourselves on our own from cliche like Yishuv E. Y., We rely on the guidance the senior chachmei hador of each generation.
    This is how Yiddishkeit always was before modern orthodoxy took off.

    Rav Ahron Leib Shteinmann was a recognized Manhig Yisroel & this was his opinion as you can read here:

    Recently Released Letter By Maran HaRav SHteinman To Hagon HaRav Don Segal Regarding Nachal Charedi

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1651848
    Haimy
    Participant

    We believe that a) the army is not an acceptable place for any yeshiva bachur regardless of how little he’s learning.

    B) the nachal Hareidi was only intended for boys who would otherwise become mechalilei Shabbos.

    C) The yeshiva draft law places all Yidden in E.Y. In danger by weakening limud Hatorah, which is our main zechus.

    D) If Nachal Hareidi boys were killed, it signifies we need to do Teshuva & accrue more zechusim.

    E) We certainly protest the draft which would leave us with less zechusim & thereby more soldiers dying Ch”vsh.

    F) We don’t make a specific misheberach for Israeli soldiers because we need to be clear that it’s existence is a terrible bedieved, only for boys that would otherwise go otd. We have them in mind by acheinu other general tefilos for klall Yisroel.

    Those that died protecting klal yisroel are kedoshei elyon.

    in reply to: Trump will not be re-elected. Sorry #1650020
    Haimy
    Participant

    I’m sorry for all us frum Yidden sighed with relief when Obama finally was done. We may be looking at another 8 years of a super liberal anti-Israel president from the Democrats. If only Trump could control himself from all his lashing out & tweeting. If he isn’t reelected then he has himself to blame. I think he’s well-meaning & want’s to help the country but is sabotaged by his own impulsive temperament.

    in reply to: Is the MO community concerned with SED? Why the silence? #1648483
    Haimy
    Participant

    I don’t believe the MO schools have 5 hours of secular studies per day in the 7-8th grade. Will they just go along with whatever the state decides for them?

    in reply to: Your 21 year old son may be ready for marriage #1635501
    Haimy
    Participant

    If 2000 unmarried American chareidi girls above the age of 25 is not a “crisis ” then I don’t know what else to call it. If getting boys to marry a bit younger can help solve this problem than we should be responsible & try to make it happen.
    A lack of bitochon? Helping out other yidden from living a life of loneliness is a mitzva, we don’t apply bitochon to absolve ourselves from mitzvos.
    There are countless single girls who are leaving their childbearing age who will never experience the joys of motherhood due to the shortage of boys. It’s baloney that so many boys have left the chareidi world & that explains the shortage.
    Some people have shidduch crisis phobia & simply cannot accept that Hashem would allow such a scenario. They think it’s kefira to believe that such a crisis can even happen, let alone trying to fix it. I wasn’t addressing my post to anti shidduch crisis diehards.
    There is much the rest of us can do without them.

    in reply to: Your 21 year old son may be ready for marriage #1635255
    Haimy
    Participant

    If your son is 21 & is a mature boy then you should definitely bring up the subject of marriage & whether he would like to begin dating. Hopefully, if more boys marry girls of similar age we won’t have several thousand unmarried older girls like we have today. You don’t need to call it a “crisis” if you find that word disturbing, we can just call it the 2000 missing boys of marriageable age dilemma.

    in reply to: Is it Mutar to celebrate Thanksgiving?!?!?!?!?!?! #1628825
    Haimy
    Participant

    Don’t be frummer than the gedolei Yisroel like rav Moshe, rav Yaakov, rav Ruderman, rav Ahron, etc. Non of them celebrated this non Jewish holiday. They had a better understanding of hakoras hatov than any of us.

    in reply to: Did Dell Bigtree change your perspective about anti vaxxers? #1626038
    Haimy
    Participant

    Which Rabbonim have called them rodfim?
    Why does it need to be in writing? I personally asked one of the most respected Rabbonim in Lakewood who said he supports the decisions of anti vaxxers. He’s not interested in being harassed by the multitudes of hysterical people so it’s not in writing.

    in reply to: Did Dell Bigtree change your perspective about anti vaxxers? #1625865
    Haimy
    Participant

    I’m not condoning people’s decision not to vaccinate during an epidemic, I do think he raised legitimate concerns with the oversight of vaccines. I personally do vaccinate though at a later age than what’s recommended by the CDC. Vaccination doesn’t need to be all or nothing, we need a state of balance. The anti-vaxxers are not a bunch of fools, they have well-respected poskim supporting them. As long as they have rabbinic support, you have no right to call them rodfim or humiliate them. You may have a right to keep their children out of school since schools are generally private institutions.

    in reply to: How can the Lakewood township fix the local traffic problem? #1621815
    Haimy
    Participant

    We need more cross roads between Prospect & James & James Central Ave. The only connecting roads are Williams & Sunset, both roads are slow moving.

    in reply to: Some topics are just too controversial for the coffee room moderators. #1620673
    Haimy
    Participant

    Dear moderator: Daas Torah is your Rebbi or a gadol hador, neither has told me which political candidate to vote for.
    Most of Lakewood voted for Hugin so they seem to agree with me.
    I’m glad to see YWN getting serious about loshon horah but I do not consider havi g a conversation about a lack of lines sofrim in local politics loshon horah.
    It’s not about any particular person, it’s about whether the current political process is working.
    Some topics are too controversial even when they’re nor loshon horah it seems.
    Thank you for allowing this thread to continue.

    in reply to: Lakewood Vaad’s Gefilte Fish Recipe (T) #1620670
    Haimy
    Participant

    It’s a shame my choice of gefilte fish isn’t decided by daas Torah, it would taste so much better.

    in reply to: Some topics are just too controversial for the coffee room moderators. #1617858
    Haimy
    Participant

    Dear moderator:
    Can you explain why the thread was closed several hours after it opened? Should the members of YWN have the choice to voice their opinions regarding the political leadership of their town? Was YWN contacted by an influential individual to close down the thread before people realize how unhappy people are with the current political establishment?
    Competition brings out the best ideas & talent, I believe the rubberstamping of local politicians does not allow them to be the best they can be.

    in reply to: Pro Vaccination Paranoia in the frum community. #1617811
    Haimy
    Participant

    CDC: Two doses of MMR vaccine are 97% effective against measles and 88% effective against mumps. One dose of MMR vaccine is 93% effective against measles, 78% effective against mumps, and 97% effective against rubella. MMR is an attenuated (weakened) live virus vaccine.

    97% effectiveness regardless of all the antivaxxers.
    Of the other 3% The chances of a healthy child becoming seriously ill is extremely low.
    Of course, I wish everyone would vaccinate & protect those who are immunosuppressed.
    For the overwhelming majority of parents there is no need to be worried about an “epidemic” any more than many other (unnecessary) risks we take in life.
    Examples:
    Swimming: every year multiple frum yidden drown in pools.
    Talking on the phone while driving: endless accidents.
    Obesity: Heart attacks, diabetes, & Cancer.
    The risk of harm from these is much greater than the antivaxxers ever could be.

    in reply to: Pro Vaccination Paranoia in the frum community. #1616911
    Haimy
    Participant

    How many people die from texting or talking on the phone while driving? Are you a rotzeiach? Shomer psaim Hashem. This no more of a danger than many other risks people take.

    in reply to: Gemany & Amaleik #1587311
    Haimy
    Participant

    Once again I’m hearing a derision of the opinion of Rav Yehoshuah Leib based on scant historica data. This smells of a modern orthodox approach to the opinions of gedolei hador. You’re posing legitimate questions but unfortunately the Gaon hador of his time is not with us to ask. I choose to accept his opinion.

    in reply to: Gemany & Amaleik #1585373
    Haimy
    Participant

    Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin was the gadol hador of his time. Be careful before casting doubt on his opinion (even if you are modern orthodox). The seed of Amaleikites may have gotten mixed into the German population. He did not say that every German in an Amaleiki.

    in reply to: Gemany & Amaleik #1584685
    Haimy
    Participant

    The majority of Germans wholeheartedly supported their furer. Today, as the US is cutting aid for the Palestinians, Germany announced they will be increasing aid significantly. The repressed Sinas Yisroel since the holocaust is slowly reemerging.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #1583549
    Haimy
    Participant

    There’s a concept of loeg lorosh. We don’t cause others to feel bad that they don’t have as much as us. This is why we don’t perform mitzvos in a cemetery since it pains the meisim that they can no longer do mitzvos.
    We don’t sing shelo asani isha so as not to pain women. Let’s remember that for most of history women were illiterate & knew little about what men said by davening.
    Shelo Asany goy the ainom yehudi don’t hear so there’s no life lorosh.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #1581119
    Haimy
    Participant

    Chabad shlucha: Adam was created first, Hashem took his rib away and made Chava from it. Chava owes her life to Adam for sharing his rib.
    After Chava fed Adam from the Eta Hadaas Hashem Said “venue yimshol boch” he will rule over you. As chazal tell us “Isha kesheira oseh ritzon baalah”
    A wife is meant to be subservient to her husband as his eizer.
    He is to be treated as a king while he treats her as his queen.
    Feminism has made us think that there are 2 kings in the home, that is a recipe for divorce. No organization has 2 ceo’s, the same goes for marriage.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #1580950
    Haimy
    Participant

    The secular world believes men & women are equal in all ways & anyone disagreeing is a misogynist. Torah Jews are not misogynist but believe there are clearly different life roles for men & women. Adam was the main creation of “man” while Chava was to be his helper. Together, they are complete & ready to fulfill their life’s mission of connecting to Hashem.
    The feminists have denigrated the role of Chava as the child bearer so they gave women the role of Adam. Frum women are proud of their special role & are equal partners in their accomplishments together.

    in reply to: Question on R Miller (maybe joe will answer) #1580685
    Haimy
    Participant

    Just like a person can lose the reward for doing a mitzvah by later regretting doing it, so too we can enhance a mitzva later by feeling happy for doing it. A mitzvah is a live reality which can be affected even after the act of performance as well as before.

    in reply to: Going to Uman for the Hock #1580357
    Haimy
    Participant

    Do you have Rebbi to discuss this with? He may be the right person to answer your question.

    in reply to: Question on R Miller (maybe joe will answer) #1580356
    Haimy
    Participant

    You’re taking Rav Miller too literal. This concept is mentioned in earlier sources (possibly chasam sofer). Of course, the mitzva is accomplished without the daas of the baby, however, we add to the shleimus of the mitzva by expressing our happiness later for it. After all, according to some opinions the mitzvah continues throughout a person’s lifetime.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #1580124
    Haimy
    Participant

    According to the Mahral, men are more spiritual than women or in his words the Ish is the tzurah & the Isha is the Chomer. (this by the way is why women are more bound to the cycles of time then men are, they are more connected to the physical world than men are.) It was a modern invention of (Rabbi) Dr. Norman Lamm to say woman are more spiritual than men.
    According to Chaza’l, if your going to be born then the best situation is to be born a Ish Yehudi, second is an Isha yehudis, 3rd, an eved, 4th) aino yehudi.
    It’s not about who is better, it’s about who was given the most spiritual potential in this world.

    in reply to: Is there a problem of ribbis borrowing from Kabbage? #1579491
    Haimy
    Participant

    Correct. But it’s very easy to click on the pay later icon & you may be dealing with ribbis dioraisoh.

    in reply to: Is there a problem of ribbis borrowing from Kabbage? #1579476
    Haimy
    Participant

    They also have their own money invested in the company. They aren’t just loan processors. This a company with significant Jewish leadership & probably capital as well. With many yidden buying on Alibaba, this deserves serious scrutiny.

    in reply to: Is there a problem of ribbis borrowing from Kabbage? #1579318
    Haimy
    Participant

    Another senior Jewish partner is Marc Gorlin. Have you received a heter to from a privately held loan originator like Kabbage?

    in reply to: Zenni Optical Glasses #1567116
    Haimy
    Participant

    I get headaches from zenni as well as other online glasses stores. The local Jewish stores have a better quality lense.

    in reply to: Hats and jackets in the street #1564010
    Haimy
    Participant

    As Ravi Avigdor Miller said; Today, a bar mitzvah bachurs new hat is as important as his new tefillin. His hat let’s him & everyone around him know that he’s different. He follows a different code of conduct.
    A hat & jacket are important parts of preserving our yiddishkeit.

    Haimy
    Participant

    Demeaning to the gedolei Torah of our time. Not appropriate for a public discussion.

    in reply to: Amudim: Abuse often occurs within your home . #1548604
    Haimy
    Participant

    Let’s be honest with ourselves, our chinuch system does little to educate young men as they begin to mature so many go underground to find things out on their own. How many bachurim even have one conversation with an adult about the difficult challenges they face? Very few. This creates a dangerous situation for them & their families. This is one of the most difficult but unspoken issues facing our generation.

    in reply to: What does it say if the Umos haolom like our music? #1547431
    Haimy
    Participant

    I’ve noticed a trend among heimishe rock singers of late. There’s much less of a yiddishkeit theme to the music. Much more universalistic themes are being used as lyrics with little connection to yiddishkeit. I now wonder if this shift is occurring to appeal to a non Jewish or frei audience.
    It’s hard for me too grasp that a chasidishe yungerman is singing to a non Jewish mixed audience, something doesn’t jive well.

    in reply to: Amudim: Abuse often occurs within your home . #1546607
    Haimy
    Participant

    They are not talking about incest they referring to inappropriate touch. By the way Chazak prohibited yichud even with close family when there is a porutz. A significant number of people fit that category.
    Amudim recommends that the guidelines of yichud be applied even even with some family members due to the reality they are aware of.
    This is the world we are living in whether we like it or not.

    in reply to: Is the YWN internet filter broken? #1546146
    Haimy
    Participant

    Yeshiva world news obviously allows Google to place ads on ads on their site. That is problematic because viewers are being exposed to inappropriate material. I will definitely look into an adblocker for android.
    Aside from Google ads, I have come across several instances of of pictures posted which included immodestly dressed women. Immodest according to all halachik authorities.
    Pictures of Nikki Haley are posted almost on a daily basis even though he neckline is too exposed according to halacha. There are many more examples. We have become so used to seeing pritzus in our lives it almost seems extreme to bring this up.

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