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  • in reply to: Photographers in Women's Section #861825
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    OOM: There isn’t a heter or the women don’t sing during dancing?

    in reply to: Biting Fingernails, Cutting nails, pregnant women Halachot #1035052
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    Heimish Mom: It is NOT a superstition c’v. The Gemorah itself says so.

    in reply to: Photographers in Women's Section #861821
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    I forgot to mention there is also kol isha / live singing by the women in front of the male photographers.

    in reply to: Photographers in Women's Section #861816
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    Rav Moshe says specifically the lifeguard is permitted due to pikuach nefesh. Rav Moshe adds that even though it is permissable because of that, he says it shouldn’t be done. (I also think he limits it to a non-Jewish male lifeguard.) So there are many reasons it isn’t comparable to a photographer.

    oomis1105: A male teacher or salesman doesn’t see women dance. (And the women don’t dance in front of a guy.)

    in reply to: Advising mods #861966
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    Wolf – yitzchokm isn’t responsible for the thread closing before he could reply to you.

    in reply to: Photographers in Women's Section #861807
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    Lifeguards are pekuach nefesh. I don’t see them comparable.

    (Additionally, if I recall that heter is only if a woman lifeguard isn’t possible.)

    As an aside, after the video of women dancing at the wedding is produced, what is the likelihood of no man watching it?

    in reply to: Yale University and Its Logo's Hebrew Slogon #883762
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    Why did the Ivy League’s choose Hebrew over other classical languages (like Latin) for their motto?

    in reply to: Tachnun Calendar #861321
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    The Noam Elimelech’s yahrtzeit (that was last week) is one of the days tachnun is omitted.

    in reply to: Being A Member of a Kehilla #861298
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    147: The Litvish don’t have any kehilos in NY?

    in reply to: Copying Music #860935
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    What other consideration that I haven’t addressed in my last comment?

    It is still unclear what specific halachic issues you feel absolutely preclude copying, if any.

    in reply to: Al Tira after Aleinu #861362
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    Tzum tzveita mul.

    in reply to: Being A Member of a Kehilla #861293
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    In Europe before the war, you were a member of the kehila of the town you lived in.

    in reply to: Tzedakah – How Much To Give? #860689
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    It seems counter-intuitive for one tzedaka to share its list with others, as that may cause its donors to be stretched too thin.

    in reply to: Tachnun Calendar #861312
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    When do Litvaks skip tachnun?

    in reply to: Blocking Street While Parking #860989
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    That’s what makes me nervous.

    in reply to: Going To / Coming Home From Motzei Shabbos Maariv #862468
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    Somehow, saying a simple “Hi” on Shabbos feels a bit out of place. Shabbos seems to ask for more.

    in reply to: Mezonos Bread #1213012
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    so that people don’t do it.

    popa: You really suspect people might do it, and base their halachic practices, based upon what you write here?

    in reply to: Copying Music #860933
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    Regarding dina dmalchusa, many poskim (incl. Rav Elyashev) hold that dina dmalchusa only applies to issues between a person and the gov’t (i.e. taxes) and does not apply to issues between one person and another person (i.e. financial).

    DY: In addition to the point I made in the previous comment, please clarify on what halachic basis you feel copying isn’t permitted under halacha. (More than Rav X said so. Rather, the basis why he says so.) I believe it will be the taking business away principle, and not theft. (As shoplifting a camera would be theft, but I.P. copying would not be, halachicly.)

    in reply to: Copying Music #860930
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    Pba: I was discussing from a halachic perspective.

    in reply to: Mezonos Bread #1213003
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    How is it that some hold one slice pizza is mezonos but two slices are hamotzi?

    in reply to: Copying Music #860926
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    DY: I take it that if, theoretically, one could be and was certain that he would not have otherwise purchased it, you are maskim there is no issur to copy. (Otherwise, why would you be pursuing the point that you don’t think it is possible for a person to be confident of that point.)

    in reply to: Gemora of Rav Ada Tearing Off Woman's Garment #860586
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    It’s done to the sota to embarass her for what shes done. (Even if she was innocent of the serious crime, she was guilty of yichud.)

    in reply to: Copying Music #860923
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    If you buy a cat and it gives birth, you have two, even though you only bought one. So what? There is no halacha prohibiting owning two of something that you only bought one of.

    And if you buy a watch and disassemble it and locate and purchase all the third-party parts the watchmaker manafactured it with, and put a second exactly duplicated watch together on your own, you have deprived the original watchmaker the revenue of had you purchased it from him, that was his “intellectual property” in knowing what parts to use where. Have you stolen from him? Why was he entitled to have you buy it from him?

    And perhaps you don’t believe the argument, that you wouldn’t have otherwise purchased it, can safely be used, but others disagree with you. Though, you are correct that one must be honest with himself about the truth of that.

    in reply to: Fake Diamond Jewelry #1058371
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    Without telling them it is real and without telling them it is fake. A present is a surprise. You aren’t represnting it either way. You object to that?

    in reply to: Fake Diamond Jewelry #1058369
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    Why would it make a difference to you, if it wasn’t represented as being real diamonds?

    in reply to: Fake Diamond Jewelry #1058367
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    That’s another reason to buy fake.

    in reply to: Copying Music #860921
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    DY: On what basis do you think that loaning/borrowing a CD is any different than copying a CD that you would otherwise have not bought?

    in reply to: Blocking Street While Parking #860986
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    I was waiting for traffic to pass before backing in. It was taking so long that I was just reading the CR as I waited. Just as I started backing in, I saw your post. So now, as I am typing, everyone is honking at me since I am blocking the road.

    in reply to: Tzedakah – How Much To Give? #860685
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    It’s hard to fumble for change while davening.

    in reply to: Copying Music #860917
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    There are various shittos. Many rabbonim hold copying something you would not have otherwise purchased is muttar.

    in reply to: Woman Covering Hair During Tefillah #860794
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    Of course if there are non-immediate family or guests in the house, she must cover.

    in reply to: Beshow vs. Dating #1050510
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    Feif: You are way off base in how incorrect you are about the reality.

    in reply to: Was William Shakespeare an Anti-Semite? #926944
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    Why the need to apologize for his anti-semitism by excusing it with he never met a Jew. That is an even larger condemnation for his blatant anti-semitism. He never met a Jew and he yet hates them.

    in reply to: Hebrew Transliteration by the Secular and Modern #860375
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    That is not a correct assesment.

    in reply to: Walking behind a woman #860289
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    In the ’50’s and ’60’s in the U.S., there was a widespread disregard – due to ignorance – of the laws of Shatnez and mixed swimming. What sort of speculation would you engage in to find grounds for them doing as they did?

    in reply to: Hatzolo Line Down #860301
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    2scents: So, at the end of the day, for the incoming to work properly (718-387-…. and 718-230-….), Hatzalah is relying on Verizon. If Verizon messes up, Hatzalah can only speak to Verizon so they fix it.

    BTW, it’s POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). And VoIP cannot backup an –>INCOMING<– POTS number, unless the POTS provider has a special unusual arrangement.

    in reply to: Hatzolo Line Down #860298
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    2scents: Nope. Not with the same telephone number. If your incoming telecom provider, the one that provides you with the telephone number, goes down — then only that provider can reroute the number. You cannot. Anytime someone on any random phone company dials your telephone number, the national telephone network routing tables know which specific provider to route those incoming calls to. You are at their mercy for incoming to that specific number.

    in reply to: Yartzeit of the Noam Elimelech #860420
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    How long ago was The Rebbe Reb Meilich niftar?

    in reply to: U-Turns in NYC #860323
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    Do cops typically ticket if they witness a U-Turn on a non-major street?

    in reply to: Fake Diamond Jewelry #1058356
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    This begs the question:

    Why EVER get real jewelry?

    (If the difference isn’t easily discernable.)

    in reply to: Walking behind a woman #860287
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    Who are you (respectfully) to make the determination that all of society falls into that? Especially as a change from the Aruch Hashulchan, who obviously determined all of society does not fall into that, as evidenced by his qualification.

    in reply to: Hatzolo Line Down #860296
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    2cents: You are talking about OUTGOING calls. INCOMING calls, OTOH, cannot be switched by yourself.

    in reply to: Metzitzah B'Peh #865737
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    I’m referring to the folks who want to force EVERYONE else to stop Metzitzah.

    in reply to: Hatzolo Line Down #860294
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    It is quite interesting that both of Hatzalah’s Emergency numbers (718-387-…. and 718-230-….) are Williamsburg telephone number exchanges. It isn’t coincidence. Hatzalah was started by Satmar chasidim in Willi, and became the citywide, 5-Borough, operation it is today. And all the other Hatzalah’s around the world got their inspiration from NYC Hatzalah.

    in reply to: Why Isn't There A Single Coffee Shop In Boro Park? #860174
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    This is Boro Park’s worst thing.

    in reply to: Walking behind a woman #860285
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    You can’t take what the Aruch Hashulchan said in limited circumstances and decide that society completely falls into that.

    in reply to: tallis over head #902490
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    Goq: Do something that will necessitate you wearing a talis. Then, instead of getting mad, you can get even. 🙂

    in reply to: Fake Diamond Jewelry #1058354
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    And how much is the price differential between real and fake?

    in reply to: Fake Diamond Jewelry #1058353
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    So why should anyone care, if the difference takes a microscope or they won’t know without a professional opinion?

    in reply to: Beshow vs. Dating #1050491
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    I would say Chasidish marriages are much happier than others.

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