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  • in reply to: New news story- OTD Lakewood woman with 4 kids wants custody #857187
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    Logician -“No Jew is lost. If necessary, there’s always the next gilgul (as pointed out by the Mishneh Berurah in Hilchos Yom Kippur).”

    Acc. to a Sefer I saw -Gilgul is only for men. Women get one chance and that’s it.

    in reply to: New news story- OTD Lakewood woman with 4 kids wants custody #857186
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    646 -“They are fighting for JOINT CUSTODY the father dosnt want the mother to have any custody. The mother is not asking for exclusive custody.

    If you really do not insitinctevly see the moral issue with taking away a mother’s rights to see her children because you do not agree with her lifestyle there is really nothing I could say to you.”

    You obviously know nothing about NJ law. He probably wants total custody -so he will get residential custody. If he agrees to joint custody -most likely she will get residential custody. Do you have any proof he is trying to take away her parenting rights? I think you’re making assumptions because you don’t know how divorce/family courts/law work in NJ.

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868857
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    Feif Un -“I keep asking for a clear, concise list. Instead of a list, all I get is more hatred spewed a me.”

    The reason is simple that you get cursed out -I gave you a list, amongst others, but you keep denying that you ever got one.

    Maybe you should splurge on a pair of reading glasses. You don’t need to see to type!

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868856
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    646 -I think I might know you -what do you do?

    If I do we can discuss this in person.

    in reply to: Christie veto's the bill but the threat looms! what should we do??!! #853791
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    besalel -“health: it is not a crime to commit adultery and it is not a crime to be christian. i wish people did not commit any adultery and were not idol worshipers. especially other frum jews.”

    Either on purpose or accidentaly you missed my point. I was not talking about forcing them to keep the 7 Mitzvos Bnai Noach. The fact that these Gay people already have certain rights and certain colleges push their sick philosophy on students in college is detrimental to us as Frum Jews. I know more than one case of going OTD because of their influence in today’s society. If they were back in the closet -I wouldn’t say to go find and prosecute them even though they (Goyim) have to acc. to Torah.

    Either you don’t care about Yidden going off because of their influence or you are living in your own little vaccum. I hope it’s the latter because if it’s the former -you’ll have to answer why you didn’t care about other, including Frum ones, Jews.

    As soon as s/o becomes numb about an issue -this is the turning point of where the Yetzer Horah has started to win. This is the way he operates -he tries to wear the opposing people down.

    Just take a look at the arabs, not just the gays, have they ever stopped their propaganda against Israel and/or Jews? As long as they have been spouting their hatred -they have never wavered in their convictions. If anything they have become stronger. OTOH what happened to all the fervor that Freye Tzionim had? Not saying they are doing the right thing, but the ultimate goal of the Soton is to destroy Klal Yisroel. So he weakens them with their own convictions, even if their convictions were wrong in the first place.

    The gays do the same thing they first weaken the Americans to not stopping them from being out of the closet and then they get more militant. Like influencing schools to teach about their way of life and they push the lib colleges to require woman studies which include learning about gay women living. And now it’s marriage they want -they already got the legal rights to raise kids. This sickness won’t stop, unless we or others put a stop to it!

    in reply to: Christie veto's the bill but the threat looms! what should we do??!! #853790
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    TCG -“@Health: yes, as for secular common law, I do indeed believe in equal rights. There is nothing ‘liberal’ about that – actually I would rather classify myself as a leftist person, not rightist.”

    Yes this idea of equal rights for Gays is a big tenet in liberal philosophy. In actuality they really aren’t liberals in true sense of the word. A true liberal would believe that marriage should not be legislated at all. But these people who claim to be liberals are really just anti-morality and/or anti-establishment. (The former hippies of the 60’s!) A true liberal in philosophy should have no problem if a human married an animal. Maybe this is what’s coming next – humans will get marriage licenses with their dog or cat.

    in reply to: New news story- OTD Lakewood woman with 4 kids wants custody #857170
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    646 -How about in a few years from now -some young adult writes how the gov. in this country took them away from their religion by forcing them to live with a parent whom is a Non-orthodox Jew?

    In spite that a lot of courts, in the US, have insisted that kids have to keep the religion that they were brought up with, the liberal courts in NY & NJ can’t seem to practice this!

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868822
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    000646 -“Health,

    Re: the makeup thing,

    I grew up in Lakewood and I know that evrey yeshivish Highschool has a rule against teenage girls wearing makeup. I cannot imagine that Satmar Chasidim are less makpid on this.”

    Now I understand your hatred towards Frum people -a lot of kids growing up here become very disillusioned. This has to do with the way this town is run. The makeup issue was not my post -I just repeated it. Anyway the poster said -she said she didn’t wear makeup or very little till her marriage, but a former colleague said she wore normal makeup everyday that she taught when she was single.

    “Do you not see how little sense you make, and how you contradict yourself??”

    No, there is no contradiction! Yes, I am objective, but that doesn’t mean I can’t add -it’s common sense from what I’ve seen so far – that her book is full of lies. You are still objective if you know 2 + 2 = 4. You don’t have to wait till you actually add everything up. That’s why I went to read an excerpt online to prove to myself that my thought process was correct. And I didn’t have to go far to find the lie about Chinuch.

    But you can’t possibly see the truth, can you?

    Please tell me what occurred to you here in this town as a kid, that made you become bias against Orthodox Judaism?

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868816
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    Feif Un -“Health: Again, instead of just spewing hatred, please list some of the lies she wrote about – and not the same old thing about the possible murder cover-up.”

    I understand that you Feif -Un, but you look foolish when you Feif Un without reading other’s posts!

    I posted three lies -one came from another poster about make up, another was about an interview that had to do with reading skills that they graduate with, and the third I found myself, which came from an excerpt. This was about Chinuch.

    in reply to: New news story- OTD Lakewood woman with 4 kids wants custody #857165
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    Medium Size Shadchan -“There are professional people (social workers) who speak to both guy and girl before the engagement and offer their opinion on the likelihood of success of this union. Theres one in Far Rockaway who comes to mind.”

    Even if there is merit to this program, which I highly doubt because it takes many, many sessions for any therapist to get to know their clients; how could a therapist possibly know who is going to go OTD or not? Ya know e/o nowadays wants to live in utopia, but the truth is – this world wasn’t meant to have everything given to them on a silver platter. Marriage is not meant to be perfect. I know first hand that a lot of these marriages of people going OTD is because they didn’t get the professional help they needed. Either people mixed in or they didn’t go to good therapists. If you want to stem this tide -start pushing people to go for therapy if marital problems arise. We have to stop this attitude of stigmatizing therapy. We also have to ostracize family or friends that give any advice besides telling them to go seek counselling, either by a Rov with Sholom Bayis experience (not any Rov), or by mental help professionals!

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853716
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    cherrybim -bim cherry-

    “But to the complainers, you are a bunch of so called frum hypocrites who will be the first looking for an organ when you are desperate for life;”

    If you don’t know the definition of hypocrisy -don’t use it! Didn’t you take Vocabulary in College? You must of gone to a college like me where Eng. 1 – the teacher didn’t hardly teach a word of Engish or writing. She spent most of the time spouting her sick liberal ideas/philosophy. Maybe this is why you don’t know what hypocrisy is, but you worship liberalism?!?!

    “In my opinion, Jews have no right to complain about crime and killers going free if they do not serve and leave it up to the chalerias to make up the majority of jury panels. It’s mighty tough fighting a jury where the majority is those types; I know. It is pikiach nefesh.”

    Oh, so I see, if Frum people didn’t get out of jury duties then most of the juries would be made up of Frum people, right?

    I guess they don’t take juries made up of equal percent of the pop. -if they have Frum people in the jury pool -then they will take, to make up the majority of the jury, mostly Frum people?

    Btw, in spite of the makeup of the juries in this country, by & far they do a good job. The problem is the liberal criminal laws that are in place in this country. The lack of death penalty laws in lots’ of states. The lack of timely punishments. A death row inmate should be allowed one appeal and that’s it. He/she shouldn’t be allowed to linger on & on! All states should have a “3 strikes and you’re out law”. And it shouldn’t matter what the three are unless one or all are traffic violations or things of equal nature. But something like shoplifting should be included. A shoplifter is a thief as much as s/o in Iowa who lied on two bank papers and got 37 years. If s/o shoplifts 3 times -then they should get life. Really, if the Goyim followed the Torah -after one time – he/she would be executed!

    in reply to: Christie veto's the bill but the threat looms! what should we do??!! #853780
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    TCG -“It is totally ridiculous to argue that this will affect Jews in any way. As besalel wrote, there have always been gays and there will always be gays – and people who are gay aren’t suddenly going to say “hmm then I’ll go straight” just because gay marriage is forbidden. Similarly, no straight person will say “hey suddenly I can marry my own gender! I’m gonna become gay today!”. It has nothing at all to do with the issue. Those who are gay, are gay, and those who are not, are not. Laws do not affect that.”

    I believe that you are living in a dream world. Yes, people become gay because of them getting more and more rights. I can understand your lack of caring about Goyim, but I know Frum Jews who were influenced by this sickness and went off. Do you also not care about them? Do you have any feelings for other Jews?

    You yourself have been influenced by the sick liberal attitude about gays, namely noone becomes like this -they are all born like this -it doesn’t affect anyone. We are entitled to equal rights, it’s discrimination, etc… Read my last post under “Women’s suffrage”!

    in reply to: Apropriate for older girls t o dress up??? #896931
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    Now I know why D. Feldman and this lady from Lakewood dress the way they do -it’s a Purim Shpiel!

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868795
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    thecuriousone -“Health-

    Again, I thought you were a bit smarter than this. She doesn’t need to preface every line she says in her book with “My opinion is…”

    I am smart enough to see right through you and I know what your agenda is.

    “That’s exactly what this book is about – her opinions.

    Have you ever read a biography before? If not, I recommend you do.”

    You seem to think that you can write a book, article or anything and can lie till your heart’s content without calling your work a fiction. You also have no problem when these lies put an individual, or like in this case, a whole group of people in a bad light. I don’t care if she actually called her book an autobiography, (she didn’t btw -she called it a memoir), this doesn’t give her the right to lie, even though we know it’s her “opinion”.

    Obviously you don’t have a basic understanding what a lie is or what truth is. You’re actually the first person I’ve met like this.

    I’ll give an example -the Gemara says to say a Kallah is beautiful when she’s not – is a lie. Even Bais Hillel doesn’t say it’s not a lie, just it’s Muttar to say anyway. Acc. to your corrupt way of thinking why is it a lie -it’s just their opinion? It’s still considered a lie because most opinions are not like this and consider her not to be beautiful. This case is much worse. It might be her opinion that is what Chinuch is, but since the Torah doesn’t define it the way she does -her sentence is a blatant lie!

    “My agenda is to discover the truth. No different than yours. However, I am coming here without any opinions…just an open mind.”

    Since you don’t know what a lie is -what I just quoted from you is a lie. How about opening your mind and learning what most people in this world know, even G. Washington, what a lie is and what truth is.

    “I am not defending her…I am just questioning you and the other posters that come here and immediately spew vitrol towards her. Try to view her situation in a light of understanding, not with hatred and contempt.”

    Saying you are not defending her is another lie. Any vitrol towards her is because of something called Motzay Shem Ra on her part. I’ll translate if you don’t speak Hebrew -lying to make a person or people look bad. Even the avg. Goy understands this concept – that’s why they have laws against libel and slander.

    Since this trash book of lies is against a certain group, even if it would be true this would be called racism in our P.C. life in this country. The only reason why the publisher & the author are getting away with this racism because this country has a double standard between Jews and e/o else.

    It reminds me of the folk song about hatred -how this group hates the other group, but the lyrics end -“and (or but) everybody hates the Jews”!

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868780
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    thecuriousone –

    I’m just curious -curiousone -do you know the difference between s/o presenting something as fact or presenting it as opinion?

    You just proved my post above and I’ll quote it –

    “Maybe it was just my wishful thinking that these posters would finally shut up, but I know that will never happen.”

    “According to her, that’s chinuch. That’s what she saw, and that’s what she experienced.

    Now, for you to say it is an “outright lie” is wrong; you may think otherwise of chinuch (and you may even be correct!), but she is entitled to her opinion.”

    She is entitled to her opinion, but she presented it as fact. Had she wrote -“Because of these people’s behavior I got the opinion that this is Chinuch” -this would be presenting it as opinion. She didn’t write that – she wrote -“This is chinuch, child rearing according to the Torah”. She presented it as fact. Since her fact is totally not true -a lie in other words -she is a proven liar.

    What purpose do you get by defending her when she clearly lied and defined a Mitzva in the Torah that is definitely not its’ meaning? In other words what’s your agenda?

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868778
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    Zdad -“According to another poster in the Yated roundtable Thread it says in S’A to use a belt on the kids.”

    Using a belt is not constantly ranking kids out. And many posters over there quote Rabbonim on this point.

    Do you know the meaning of self -hatred?

    in reply to: Taking home Shampoo from a Hotel #853176
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    I’m pretty sure they don’t reuse them once you leave – open or not -so it’s considered Hefker since it’s going into the trash.

    in reply to: New news story- OTD Lakewood woman with 4 kids wants custody #857121
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    This isn’t preventable because e/o has Bechira and a Yetzer Hora!

    Usually though people with good upbringing -it doesn’t happen to!

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868772
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    To the defenders of this low-life, fame-seeking loser –

    I honestly don’t know why I did this because I actually wasted my time going to S & S website and reading some of her trashy book. Perhaps I just wanted to prove to myself that inmates are running the asylum. Unfortunately there are posters here that love when s/o puts down Chasidim and/or Frum people.

    Maybe it was just my wishful thinking that these posters would finally shut up, but I know that will never happen.

    This is like going to a Neo-Nazi site and saying the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is a total fiction. Noone is interested in the truth. Neither are the Charedi bashers here interested in the truth!

    Anyway here is part of the excerpt:

    “All my aunts and uncles are hard on their children, it seems to me. They berate them, embarrass them, and yell at them. This is chinuch, child rearing according to the Torah.”

    Notice I didn’t quote the whole paragraph where she constantly bashes her family -perhaps her description is true? Perhaps in her family the description how they raise kids is accurate?

    But the line I quoted is “This is chinuch, child rearing according to the Torah”. Maybe some people raise kids like this but to say -“This is chinuch, child rearing according to the Torah”, is an outright lie. No one can claim this is the definition of Chinuch, even if some hold you are allowed to raise kids like this.

    I didn’t have to go too far to find this lie. I’m sure there are many more. I really think the people here defending her should take a good hard look in the mirror and ask themselves -“What does being a Jew really mean?”

    in reply to: Is it worth it #853331
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    PBA -If I was going for nursing -I’d go to Excelsior or whatever it’s called -the one that you don’t need to be in the school and tution is almost nothing.

    For nursing all you need is the degree, noone cares if you really know anything. There aren’t any jobs in hospitals for nurses, just for a very few. Most of the nursing jobs are nursing homes or home care.

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    oomis1105 -“The “new attitude” is not the problem. Women who want to marry other women (and men who want to be with men) are who they are, irrespective of women’s lib and “new attitudes.” You could not be implying there were no gay people 3,000 years ago – because apparently Hashem thought it potentially was enough of a problem, to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, and to give us halachos against these practices.”

    While you are correct that this isn’t a new problem in the world, you are very much mistaken about this being an old problem in the Western world. Not that long ago these people holed up in a closet. If you care about this country turning into a S’dom – you’d understand what my point is. The fact of this militant feminism has caused lots of people to go to this way of life. I know s/o (lady) who was Frum and was first exposed to Feminism – as a course requirement in a liberal run college. This was her first exposure to militant feminism and her subsequent decline to becoming a Toevanik and abandoning her Frumkeit.

    This isn’t the only case. So if s/o cares not just about how Goyim are rebeling against Hashem, but how they are influencing people from the Frum community to follow their sick ways, they would be as adament against Militant Feminism as I am! Since I believe this is the root cause of the Toieava movement here in the US, not that it was the cause anywhere else like in S’dom!

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    i love coffe –

    I see certain things that they did years ago in certain Yeshivos haven’t changed. I thought schools have learned from the mistakes of years ago when they disciplined without Sechel, eg. potching/hitting.

    When I was in 6th grade, my Rebbe punished me by sending me to the kindergarten class. This kid is lucky -he might still be able to fit in the desks in 2nd grade -I had to stand the whole time.

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868755
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    000646 -“Health,

    The 4th grade education thing is not mentioned in the book. She said it in an interview.”

    So the fact that she only lies in public interviews and repeats false rumors that even Anti-Frum publications like the Jewish week claim are false, are irrevelant – such a person would never lie in her book?

    “Would you mind pointing out which facts in her book are not true?”

    From the poster below:

    “They were discussing the truthfullness of what she said and a teacher who had taught with her said:

    In her book she said she never wore makeup until her wedding. But I taught with her when she was single, and she wore makeup every single day.”

    “Can you explain how you know her book is “full of falsehoods” if you have not read it?”

    I never said “I know”. Don’t put words in my mouth! I’ll repeat what I posted -“If I’d want to waste my time and read her trash -I’m sure I’d find many falsehoods!”

    “Or do you just assume anything that writes something negative about your way of life is false?”

    Actually I don’t assume anything in life. I look at things as much as humanly possible in an objective way.

    It’s obvious you can’t!

    I’ll repeat what I posted above:

    “For you to keep posting how accurate her book is, even though it’s quite obviously just another antisemitic book, you must have an agenda. What is it? Do you hate all Frum Jews or just Satmar?”

    Every piece of mag trash out there has some truth. The Enquirer nowadays has lots of true statements -that’s because they kept getting sued until they learned their lesson. As matter of fact people say that in every lie there has to be some truth. IMHO, there are more true statements in the Enquirer, the Star, the Globe, etc. than probably in her book. So the fact that her book is selling like hot cakes -means to me that the same people who buy these supermarket trash mags are now buying a book.

    And if you tell me -there are some intelligent people buying this book who would never buy these trash mags -then they must be buying it because they are virile antisemities!

    in reply to: Women's Suffrage: Right or Wrong? #852999
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    OneOfMany -“I’m going to force you to stay on topic.”

    Many topics here in the CR go off on tangents. You can request -you can’t force anything or anyone!

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868743
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    000646 -“The same cannot be said for Feldman’s Memoir as much as you may disagree with her viewpoints on things (such as taharas hamishpacha etc.) her facts are accurate.”

    I’m just curious but are you non-religious or a MO with Frei leanings? I didn’t read the book so I can’t point out All inaccuracies, but just from what is posted above; do you really believe all Satmar High School girls graduate with a “reading level of a 4th grader”? I’m sure there are some, but probably the most have a higher level than the 4th grade. This sounds more like an inner city public school and even there I’d say most are on a higher level than 4th grade.

    For you to keep posting how accurate her book is, even though it’s quite obviously just another antisemitic book, you must have an agenda. What is it? Do you hate all Frum Jews or just Satmar?

    If I’d want to waste my time and read her trash -I’m sure I’d find many falsehoods!

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    snjn -“Just a thought: the only other poster to keep on insisting that women can’t leave their house more than the minimum, can’t initiate leaving her husband, etc. was Joseph on his various aliases. No one else ever kept repeating and repeating these points.”

    Anyone can repeat it because it’s Halacha, whether you like it or not.

    The biggest problem with women’s lib is not that they work out of the home or vote, it’s this attitude of what women’s role in life or society is. It was always the purpose of women to be part of family life, now women are looked down upon if they take this role. Career is the main objective. I’m surprised that some career women still want to get married. Whether Goy or Yid this is the purpose of women. Anybody who thinks differently wasn’t raised with proper Hashkofos.

    This to me is rebeling against G-d.

    Because of this new attitude -I’m not the least bit surprised that there are women whom only want to marry other women.

    In order for society to get so mixed up -it had to be based on something. And the something is role reversal -not by women getting jobs, but by – this is the most important thing in life for them to do!

    in reply to: Women's Suffrage: Right or Wrong? #852996
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    cantgetit -“With women taken out of the home in the last century, with this phenomina escalating in more recent decades, have women and families benefited? Most certainly not! Children are missing mothers, divorce has increased tremendously, and all other sorts of social ills have beset families.”

    What in the world does this have to do with voting? Women’s lib maybe, but not voting.

    in reply to: Memoir called "Unorthodox" and its effect on us #868727
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    Feif Un -“yichusdik: I haven’t read the book yet, but from what I’ve heard, she never said it absolutely happened. She said her husband told her that he’d heard it through the grapevine. So it may be hearsay, but she does present it as such.”

    I’m not an expert in law, but if it’s easily determinable who she is accusing -this could possibly be libel or slander. (I forget which one is which.)

    Any lawyers -opinion please?

    I hope the one she accused sues her and her publisher -then she and the publisher will get many minutes of fame. But alas there will go her fortune. Oh well, easy come -easy go!

    in reply to: Move to Eretz Yisroel Without Accepting Citizenship #943741
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    Avi K -“Health, according to Yechezkel the US. Or they could miss slightly and hit Ramallah.”

    If you’re talking about the Novi -quote the Pasuk.

    “Both of you are over on hotzaat dibat haAretz and the Chetr HaMeraglim.”

    And you’re Oiver Megaleh Ponim B’torah Shelo K’halacha.

    Even not like the Satmar Rebbe who said it’s better to live in Chutz L’aaretz, the Poskim barely Mattired living in EY during a time of Sakana -it’s definitely not a Chiyuv!

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853711
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    Bim -Cherry -“Yes, and based on the responses posted here, it would appear that the goyim are correct, especially for today’s yeshiveshe types.”

    Oh – but you seem to magically forget we don’t give organs to anyone. Some of us practice the religion of Judaism, while some of us practice the religion of assimilation. It’s Ossur to donate organs. So if this causes hatred -this isn’t called Eiva -it’s called Antisemitism. Eiva is only were we treat Yidden different than Goyim.

    “The same would apply to other civic duties, i.e., Jews joining the military; serving on jury panels; giving to secular charities; voting; etc.”

    I don’t know what country you live in, but here in the US of A, all these things, last I heard, were voluntary. Maybe in some people’s minds you have to do those things acc. to law, but that’s Not reality. And Jews don’t have special exemptions from Jury duty more than anyone else. If you’re called -then you go. If they get excused because of a reason/exemption -this exemption is for e/o, not just Jews!

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    Feif Un -“Do you honestly think that if Turkey was running it things would be better?”

    Yes, I do.

    “When lands were turned over to Palestinians, with assurances that holy sites would be preserved, look what happened! Nothing was preserved. Kever Yosef was ransacked and destroyed.”

    Another brilliant idea by the Freye Tzionim to give them Gaza and the West Bank!

    First of all, there is no such thing as a Palestinian (In reference to arabs) – they are Arabs! Why would you trust an arab? The Tzionim have been stoking their hatred for close to a hundred years now. (Around the time when Zionism was starting to expand to Palestine.)

    We better hurry up and give it to Turkey because Israel has just become their enemy too. So this doesn’t give us much time to hand it over to Turkey because soon their hatred will be as big as the arabs. So giving it to them then will just cause them to take revenge on the Jews. But right now, I feel, the hatred isn’t that strong that if we offer them the white flag -they would take the country without getting revenge on the Jews that will be under their control.

    in reply to: Move to Eretz Yisroel Without Accepting Citizenship #943738
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    Avi K – Tell me who is closer to missile fire from Iran -Israel or the US?

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    gregaaron -“@Health:

    Something becomes ???? because of ??? ???? ???? ?????? Seriously? Isn’t there a concept called ???? ???.”

    Lifnei Ever is only for a Yid, regarding the advice part. To be Oiver for a Goy this Issur -you need a Maaseh. Like selling them weapons. (The Chinuch) Most people in the world are Goyim. This would include transplant teams.

    “Also, someone mentioned earlier that there is a difference in Halacha with regard to a ????? – unless I am very mistaken, all that means is that if one were to kill him this person would not be subject to ???? ?”?; I would be very surprised to hear that doing so is actually allowed.”

    It’s not, but Ain Sholiach L’dvar Aveira.

    in reply to: What's the argument against having a Madina? #852662
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    Avi K -“Ymb, the three shevuot are null and void (if they ever were obligatory – they are not paskened in any of the halachic codes) for the following reasons:”

    The argument that you are always posting is only with regards to the Shevous. You have never answered my argument -How do you and others like you support a Medina based on Kefira?

    And don’t tell me come & there and vote. If all the Frum Jews in the world would come there -we still would be outnumbered and it would still be a Freye Medina!

    in reply to: What's the argument against having a Madina? #852660
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    rabbiofberlin -“In their “wisdom”, the moderators routinely omit to print my contributions.”

    B’H -they do their job!!!

    “So be it- but I have to be “moiche” (in the language of some of the posters) on this “alilas dam” (for the unitiated, it means blood libel) at what some posters routinely decry the fact that more jews have been killed in Eretz Yisroel than elsewhere in the world. Conveniently, they start the clock after the medinah was founded- conveniently omitting the Holocaust, the Russian pogroms under the czars and the Communists, the many persecutions in all countries-including the Arab nations, for centuries.”

    The reason why they “Conveniently start the clock after the medinah was founded”, is because you didn’t even read what the point of argument is. You are so brainwashed by your ideals that you can’t even begin to understand s/o else’s point! The point is that the Medina’s claim to existance -of that we are protecting Jews, is Not the least bit realistic right now. Maybe before ’48 -a Jewish run country would protect Jews -maybe in the possible future if Countries turn against Jews -a Jewish run country would be good, but not right now. The most likely country that Jews will be killed by terror, in the here & now -is Israel!

    So why not give Israel to the Goyim, like Turkey, with guarantees from the nations of the world that all terror will stop?!?!?

    in reply to: What's the argument against having a Madina? #852659
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    Sam2 -“Health: I’d guess 9/11. And more Jews died on that day than in a year of terrorism in Israel.”

    Because of one incident -that proves Israel is a safer place for Jews to live???!?!? Wake up. Israel is a very dangerous place for Jews to live -in the here and now.

    “And Jews are murder victims in this and other countries just like anyone else can be.”

    And no Jews are ever murdered in Israel, right?!?!?

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853703
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    PBA -“So basically you are killing him.

    It seems that this is muttar even according to the rov poskim who say to not donate. I don’t exactly know why.”

    I already posted why -above.

    Ain Sholiach L’dvar Aveira!

    in reply to: What's the argument against having a Madina? #852634
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    Sam2 -Naarish! When’s the last time a Jew was blown up or killed by a terrorist in the US?

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    I think it’s time to close this thread because I think the comments here are doing more harm than good. I see the points on both sides, but Non-Heimishe come here and might intrepret the defenses here as agreement to her overall decision that Chassidish life isn’t worth Didley -squat.

    Please Close This Thread!

    Thanks.

    in reply to: Move to Eretz Yisroel Without Accepting Citizenship #943707
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    AOM – Oh we get it. It’s the MO’s & Mizrachists & Tzionim whom Don’t get it. Almost all the Gedolim aren’t WRONG!

    I remember when I was there, that they have an underground to help you remain a Non-citzen. I personally didn’t need them because I was there only a year. The reason why they have this because all the Eitzos mentioned above doesn’t really work. I think there is a time limit on renewing your tourist visa. And even though you can, I think, do the Student visa unlimited -they give you Tzoros, like for the females in your family and possibly fines and the docs. you need to prove Student status.

    I knew s/o who would travel every so often to Cypress to be able to maintain his Tourist status. Because like I just said -there is a time limit on these Visas and to renew them you have to leave Israel every couple of years and start over.

    One guy told me he once contacted the Agudah there and asked for help and they told him -“What’s wrong with becoming a citizen?”

    Feh!!!!

    in reply to: our dor and the dor hamabul #1207650
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    HaKatan -“nor does it damn society as a whole either, despite these few terrible blots on the overall fabric of society.

    Besides, there are plenty of states still, B”H, that have not introduced such terrible legislation. Whereas by Noach, the Torah clearly tells us “Ki Mal’ah HaAretz Chamas…” It was universal across the land.

    So as I said, there is no comparison between this generation and that of the Mabul, despite a minority of states considering/passing toeiva bills, R”L.”

    I disagree with this part of your post. Either deliberately or not, but you are looking at the Matziv here with rose colored glasses. The fact that we aren’t exactly right now like S’dom or the Dor Hamabul – doesn’t mean this isn’t the direction we are headed. Anybody who doesn’t have their head in the sand can see which direction the wind is blowing. It might be a few states only right now, but very soon the Feds are going to push this on all of us. The Circuit Court in California right now has ruled that there has to be Toeiva marriage there. (Against the will of the people there.) There is a good possibility the Supreme Court will take this up and I can see them pushing this on e/o, in spite of the fact that they are a “Conservative” court. They can easily find that Toeiva marriage is required by the “Constitution”!

    We as Frum Jews have to join the Few Goyim in this country that still care about this and only support candidates that will Not allow legalization of Toeiva marriage and revoke the legislation that is already there.

    To me it’s mind boggling that there is a “Frum” guy in Albany and he supported Toeiva marriage and he is supported by a “Frum” community -to be in office!

    In one of my hats that I wear -I’m a fire safety consultant. But you don’t have to be an expert to know that almost all fires can be put out when they are small. When they get big -it’s not that easy anymore -sometimes whatever is burning is destroyed.

    The time is now to put out this fire, before it spreads!

    If people from the Religious Right (Jew or Goy) continue to hide under the covers -then this issue will go the same way abortion in this country went!

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853696
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    Sam2 -“Besides, if the Chareidi population of E”Y would be willing to be post-cardiac (and only post-cardiac) death organ donors then I guarantee you that the Israeli doctors would start using their organs. They have no other choice. So even if the Metzius in E”Y is as mentioned above, it could very easily be changed, especially if the Poskim would say that post-cardiac death harvesting is allowed.”

    Again, you’re living in your own little dream world. Once you say anywhere either here or in Israel that they can take your organs, what guarantee does anybody have that they will adhere to your wishes of only after cardiac death? There is nothing to be scared of, unless the Govs. of these countries pass laws that have some teeth in them. Right now, it’s very simple for anybody to say, no matter what they actually do, -“I took them after the cardiac death -prove I didn’t!”

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853691
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    RK – The Poskim have said since it’s common to come back after cardiac arrest and/or being put on a by-pass machine – during that time you aren’t considered dead. If they don’t attempt to resuscitate you -then death is at the time of stoppage. If they do -then death is at the time they call the code (resuscitation).

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853689
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    Sam2 -“(at least in the places that I asked lawyers and doctors about) to have a card that says that organs can only be taken after cardiac death. And I already amended to say that I only did this in America,”

    Knowing a lot about law, but even more about medicine -I’m sorry to say -I think you were duped by this/these guy(s). So let’s say your card says only after cessation of the heart -what are the consequences if they don’t listen? Do you think the Gov. would consider this murder or any of the lower classifications such as manslaughter? Of course not! Do they get jail time? I highly doubt it. It’s probably only a tort and how are you going to prove they took it before heart death? From people in the room testifying against them when they are the only people in the room? So having such a card in reality means absolutely nothing!

    It’s even possible that unscrupulous people would try and take organs from non-organ donors, but this is very unlikely because in this case the Gov. would probably come down very hard.

    If you hold that the death criteria acc. to Halacha is heart and/or breathing stoppage -there is no Mokom whatsoever to Meikel to be an organ donor. The fact that you keep making up these scenarios to fit your Shiita is very problematic!

    I’m sorry to say Sam, but your posts here are bordering on Megaleh Ponim B’torah Shelo K’halacha!

    in reply to: What's the argument against having a Madina? #852620
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    mdd -“Health!!!Stop it already! What would giving E. Yisroel to Turkey accomplish? Me’stama, they are going to enforce t’znius in Beit Shemesh? Right? They are going to make a law that everybody has to be frum?”

    Let me explain something -I want Goyim to run Israel for the same reason I think a major war with Iran will be good. The reason is because I think one or the other will expedite the Geulah.

    A lot of people in our Dor do lip service everyday in Davening and elsewhere saying they want Moshiach. Do they really want Moshiach? Are they really willing to give up the great Gashmius that they live in Golus? People in Golus all over which includes Israel have very nice lives (not e/o, but a lot). How many really want that to stop tomorrow and everybody will be exactly equal?

    Does the Rosh Hayeshiva want to get the same amount of Kovod as an Am Haaretz? Does the rich man want to be on the exact same social status as the poor man? These are hard questions that people must ask themselves. This I believe is what Moshiach times will look like. So barring the first two things I mentioned above, I believe that in order for him to come -everybody has to really want him. Now the question is – does everybody truly, really want him to come???!?!?

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    HaKatan -“But that does not make it correct to lump such governments in the same GENERAL and OVERALL category as Sedom. It is also a gross lack of Hakaras HaTov to do so.”

    I see no problem with mentioning our Dor being similar to S’dom or the Dor Hambul.

    There may be differences, but they have something very much in common. And whatever good things they do, even though you should have Hakoras Hatov for these, by no means cover up the evil that is occurring.

    Unfortunately a lot of Jews only care whether our gov. vis -a- vis politicians will be giving them money. They only care how much gov. programs they personally will be receiving or their Yeshivos. This should not be the first priority when judging up a candidate for public office!

    “The OP wrote 2 points which I thought were very off and incorrect. I didn’t “put words in your mouth”, but rather explained to you what I was defending. Again:

    OP wrote: “we may be just as bad as the dor hamabul”. Again, we are absolutely not in the same league, sport, etc. as the evil barbarians of that wicked dor.”

    You forgot to quote the beginning of the OP’s sentence:

    “Imma613 -So I was thinking this morning that in some ways we may be just as bad as the dor hamabul. They were committing toeiva and many states are legalizing toeiva marriage.”

    The OP wrote -“that in some ways”, but you left that out and focused on only -“we may be just as bad as the dor hamabul”. By leaving that out you change the meaning of the OP’s sentence.

    This is commonly done by people who work in Media -they omit things on purpose. Now why would you do such a thing here? Do you have an agenda? Did you or people you know vote for Cuomo and the like?

    The more you try to defend yourself -the bigger hole you’re digging yourself into!

    in reply to: Compelling All Jews to Perform Mitzvos and Follow Halacha #852024
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    greatest -Hey -Don’t burst his bubble. He’s living in Moshiach times right now.

    in reply to: What's the argument against having a Madina? #852612
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    yichusdik -“Health, did it ever occur to you that no one asked you to judge who is frum and who is not? No one granted you the right, you just arrogated it.”

    I’m entitled to my opinion of who is considered Frum. You’re also entitled to your opinion of whom is considered Frum. What I think is that you really don’t disagree with my definition of -s/o who is Shomer Torah Oomitzvos, (this isn’t a radical right wing definition), but you couldn’t let an opportunity of ranking me out pass. So you put up this silly argument that I’m not Hashem etc. How pathetic!

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    Lomed Mkol Adam -“since dismantling the Medina is not an option anymore.”

    I disagree. I’ll repeat – Israel should be given to the Goyim.

    Perhaps Turkey will take it over?

    in reply to: Is it mutar to be an organ donor? #853676
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    Sam2 -“Look at the current attitudes towards Jews in Europe and Israel in general on organ donations and then tell me that there is no Eivah there. Whether or not we can give a good logical argument to remove Eivah doesn’t change the fact that people will have emotional responses that could lead to Jewish deaths.”

    I really don’t believe this Eivah would change if every Jew in the world would become card carrying organ donors. They don’t want to send organs to Israel because they hate Israelis and possibly all Jews!

    “And once again, just because a lot is done when the person has a pulse doesn’t meant that you can’t sign a card saying that organs can only be harvested after the heart has stopped beating.”

    Again you are being ignorant. There is no such thing. Once you give permission for them to take organs, they will take them when they want. Is it possible for states to enact such legislation that it’s upto the individual at what time he/she can allow the organs to be taken? Yes, but right now the law is either they can take them or not -no inbetween!

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