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Yankel Berel seems to study the Halakha. Why won’t other people study it?
Are people forgetting something about militarism? All the guns would still exist! There are still plenty of Jews with guns, and another state would be formed. Would it be Jewish, not Jewish? Who knows? But for some reason, only a small number of Anti-Tzioni Yehudim are obsessed with this idea. Also, the chaos in Israeli society would lead to so many problems.
@non Political
A war is when 2 sides are against each other. It’s actually a one-sided attack of small number of self-identified “ḥaredim” who are self-righteous who think that we need to destroy the fact that a fair number of Right-Wing Modern-Orthodox Jews AKA Religious Zionists actually exist.
@HaKatan
Your arguments are in the category of “would have”. Should a Dayan look at every case of someone wanting to come to Eretz Yisrael? Well, that might not be a bad idea from the Charedi point of view.@ OP I ageee with you, and for the sake of Derekh Eretz, I will mention that millions of non-Jews would also be killed by the mere dismantling of Medinat Yisrael.
The best hypothetical example is how many foreign armies would fight over who’d control Israel. It’d be like the Syrian Civil War which killed over 650,000 people none of whom were Jewish. And promoting mass death won’t bring the Mashiaḥ either…I agree with the inbox. I enjoyed reading it when it was published on Matzav. There’s Synagouges that I won’t attend because they appeal to the people who do treat the Yesod of Avodath Hashem to be Anti-Tzionism. I find these people to be rotten even if they are Shomrei Mitzvoth.
There is no severe penalty in voting for a Haredi party for the election. Actually, you following your personal rabbi is also “make yourself a rav”. If someone doesn’t have a rabbi/mentor at all, then it’s as if he doesn’t have any guidance.
Hashem is above and beyond mankind.
In our current era of history where we have many Baalei Teshuvah, we live in a time where there are those who are seeking Him. On October 7th, Amalek could have murdered more people. 6 million Jews didn’t die as a result of Hamas, but only 12 hundred. Hashem has been paying us back for the losses during the Holocaust. There’s Torah being learned all over the world including Eretz Yisrael which was an underpopulated swamp not too long ago.
Hashem loves us! Hashem will bless those who bless us and curse those who curse us. Note how these Houthis who literally curse Israel as part of their motto are not the most successful country in the world.
Why are we still obsessed with what Rabbanim thought in that era of history? Hashem didn’t put us on this Eretz in order to be beating up dead horses. Right now, we have specific issues to deal with, and we have living Rabbanim for that.
Well, it’s a gift from Hashem. Hashem created things like Teshuvah or else we’d be stuck with what happened.
Observation: Some Jews have a hatred against Medinat Yisrael that is so great that they have no other focus other than this. Thus, some Jews have dedicated their lives to dismantling of Medinat Yisrael even at the expense of the lives of millions of Jews…
DaMoshe has a good point
But I’ll take it a step closer.Who says that you have to take the test? Maybe the culture of the Voucher System is better. Maybe Hashem doesn’t want us to take the test. Skip the problem all together.
The most logical conclusion here is that we’re using terms like 2025 for things where the entity uses that term as a frame of reference.
Such as receiving an email from a company…
@truth2power I don’t think that DL hates us for non-conscription because it’s a general attitude across a spectrum of topics including Halakha or attitude on assimilation. The army is the tip of the iceberg. And I’m not going to rule out someone who davka wants to join the IDF and happens to be religious/charedi at age 18.
Every Observant Jewish new site has its Rabbanim that it prefers
I’m not an expert on the topic of חלב because it’s not common in my diet.
The Democratic Party isn’t relevant to you or your family. It’s ot relevant to the Jewish community. Although, if there was a different offshoot of the DNC that wasn’t woke, that’d be a different story.
Sephardim say it at the usual times as most Ashkenazim.
Hasidic Jewish community(s) might have more leeway in when they chose not to say it, but I am not a פוסק in this matter.
These are all interesting perspective(s). I will try to add my own.
During the Golden Age of Islam, there was a proliferation of philosophical ideas learned and taught in the Islamic world. It was influenced by things like Hellenism. But guess what? The Golden Age is long gone.. Today’s Islamism is not promoting the most Golden Age ideals…
It’s not like every country in the world has taken a 1-side stance in every conflict with actual involvement.
Now, as a Ukrainian Jew, I am interested in the welfare of other Ukrainian Jews, but I am also interested in the safety of all Jews including those in Russia and Iran…But whether each person takes a “side” is not relevant.
But with all of this being said, Putin’s actions aren’t justified in this case, and the backfire against Russia is going to seriously affect them.
To OP, did you take into consideration that Russia didn’t bomb the Ukraine during the Trump era?
I wouldn’t say that I am Pro-Ukraine or Pro-Russia but rather that I am Pro-Jewish.
There’s Jewish people having to flee various cities in the Ukraine. That is something we, as Jews, need to be concerned about.
My grandmother knows R” Bleich, so I would presume that his is legit.
Conservatives support Israel.
It doesn’t mean they specifically support Bibi.
IMHO, I am not a fan of Bibi or Bennet.
The word “Tsholent” is a Yiddish word derivived from French: Chaud Lent.
Chaud – Hot
Lent – SlowSo “Hamim” is accurate noun to describe it
(assuming that “Chaud” is the noun with “Lent” as an adjective).Sushi is good but not as filling as other fish choices because it’s mostly rice (carbs).
Actually, I re-call this being discussed during the Trump era.
It was on this very site.
Saying the Shema in public is the literal sanctification of Hashem in public. This should fit ALL the criteria of a “Kiddush Hashem”.
@yaakov doe If there’s children held on Mars, then a moon landing is possible.
To OP:
When you have a several different groups of people (all in large numbers) dressing a certain way, it becomes part of the culture.
It’s funny how the Medinah is scared of a disease which we HAVE treatment for yet is less concerned about terrorists blowing themselves up in the streets.
The US relationship with the other Allied Powers was more complicated. It’s not as simple as “The Nazis and Japanese are against everyone”.
And you don’t just want to be married but STAY married.
My maternal grandmother still has the family name she was born with.
And here mother did the same thing too.
I don’t know if the converts are fake but personally want my kids to marry someone born Jewish in order to avoid the ספק.
And @charliehall, that would actually be a good joke.
I think the author was actually talking about those legally identified as “Israeli” which would include those who move to Israel by just having a Jewish father. That could be a fair number of people. I would be less concerned about the fact that there are these types of people in Israel so long as they were more honest about it and perhaps even have a system that identifies them as separate from people who are Halachically Jewish.
Use one of the out-door fields in/near Lakewood.
Tel Aviv has the potential for holiness, but if someone from Tel Aviv became Observant, he’d likely move elsewhere.
Tel Aviv isn’t the historically famous Paris, but it might be expensive because it’s safer than what Paris is today.
Roe V. Wade was a case where Roe was told to lie about being forced to get pregnant (I’m being appropriate here). The actual person (Roe) regretted the whole court case later in life. The moral decline of America (in the area of taking a life) started because of dishonesty.
I can’t see how any Frum Yid could support the Pro-Abortion side of Roe V. Wade and all the issues it’s caused.
“Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness”
-Life comes before the other two.
יום כפורים
Both are spiritually uplifting holidays.
The emotional response should be the same.
The difference? One is more physical.
I’m late on posting here.
YWN, back in 2018 posted this:
Israel: More Women Than Men Refuse Gitten, Shattering Stereotype
I may have not seen this thread when it was posted, but I was involved with a Beit Din case around this time. It turns out that the woman refused to show up in Beit Din and got her husband arrested. This PREVENTED him from giving a Get. Her motivation was that she hid a pregnancy from her husband and from the Beit Din. She gave birth to the kid before the session in Beit Din. She is the real Get refuser, but you don’t here the Feminists in ORA discussing such cases because it doesn’t fit with their Feminist agenda.
Or go to Lakewood. We have tons more.
To OP
In Germany, it is.
I don’t know the exact demographics of Lakewood to know if it’s 1/3 Khasidim.
I also don’t think it’s ideal to mention the girl’s parental income because then, you’re attracting guys who want the income and not the girl.
I won’t post any contact information on Shadkhanim, but there should be some good ones in Lakewood as well as Monsey.
>Currently, in the Western world, formal, proper clothing is either black-white or elements of blue or dark-brown.
>In today’s world, Observant Jewish men are less expressive with clothing than their female counterparts. I guess some people are not raised to be expressive in this area of life.
>Khasidim are more into the exterior. It could also be that the people that are Litvak/Litvish got their color trends from the Khasidim.
The opposition to the idea of evil people ruling the world is not exclusive to the Notzrim. The push for religious Jews to become secular is ages old. The push for ethnic equality is [also] ages old. The anti-chip and anti-vaccine ideaologies have to do with how some peopel interpret sceicne and less to do with the Notztrim.
He made the Republican Party better. It use to cater more towards Neocon, Libertarian, and Protestant Christian but now appeals to people who do not fall into any of those 3 categories. As a person who volunteered in the Trump promotion office, I saw people from different cultural backgrounds who felt incentivized to vote because of Donald Trump.
To the original @techeles.
Moving to Canada isn’t a good idea for an American Jew unless he has a real reason too. There’s plenty of more Limud in Lakewood than Toronto. Many Torontons end up moving to Lakewood.
I do admit that American Jews don’t understand what it’s like to be a 2nd World country like Israel or let alone a conflict region since they are comfortable in a 1st World country. The same is true for Canadian Jews. Many Americans learn in Israel but then come back. I think someone should just find a place and stick to it.
@charliehall, in the time of Yithzak Rabin, there weren’t many advocates for an Arab State in Israel as there are today under the looney social justice warriors. So in today’s world, the card-carrying Right-Winger Netanyahu has had to at least claim to endorse some type of Arab state. It will be very strange to teach Israeli history…Biden isn’t the worst, but given his current mental state, the people running the show might make it a bit harder. We really have no way of knowing.
1. We do more testing than China.
2. China probably lies about their number.
2. We have more people than most countries in Europe. In fact, California has more people than Canada.
4. Controlling 4 million people in a country (like Norway) might be easier than controlling a country that has as many people as the USA.
5. Trump was called a “Racist” for blocking flights from China.
Why not be in America or Israel as opposed to both?
I plan to live in Israel, so I will be learning there before marriage. For someone who intends to live in America, then keep learning here.
I think the crisis people have isn’t a crisis in shidduchim but a crisis in society as a whole. Whether it’s how people look at finance or how people look at relationships as a whole. Western society is decaying.
Want to know more idealistic solutions:
1. Not encourage women to pursue an education and instead, marry a man who has skills
2. Not frown upon someone who learns and works (which many of our sages did)P.S. Men tend to marry women their age or younger but rarely older.