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I’m saying that Moses Mendelsohn was not reform.
But Mendelsohn was frum. By today’s standards, he would be (at the very least) MO. His most radical idea was that Jews should be accepted by the outside world, and that Jews should be fluent in German. Today, there is no Ghetto and we speak English. Which is pretty much what Mendelsohn advocated.
His kids didn’t turn out great. But that doesn’t say anything about his level of frumkeit.
Rabbi Shneyer Leiman has an article in Tradition disproving that story of the Chasam Sofer.
No, not like Avi Weiss.
Moses Mendelssohn was a frum Jew.
Wait, I think that OO is wrong, but why are they apikorsim? Do they deny the Rambam’s 13 principles?
I think we are confusing two things, the definition of ????? and being a decent human being. I don’t see the two as being mutually exclusive. For instance, If someone removes a feeding tube because they think they are alleviating the suffering of a patent, they might have committed ?????, but they still might be a fine person.
So I do think that most people who are OTD are otherwise decent human beings.
Who?
Nisht, while many YCT people might be wrong, I would not say that any of them are “evil nasty people”. That’s a pretty terrible thing to say.
And by your indication, most of people alive today are murderers.
We heard you, it’s just that you dodged the question by writing about shirts and pants, instead of discussing the issues of women dancing on Simchas Torah.
Joseph, you still haven’t given a reason why women can’t dance on Simchas Torah.
Ari, what’s the difference?
No I didn’t. There is no comparison between Hawaiian shirts with yellow polka dot pants and dancing in Judaism.
Except that there is no tradition of wearing Hawaiian shirts with yellow polka dot pants to celebrate events in Judaism.
Just because in the past women haven’t danced on Simchas Torah, it doesn’t mean that they can’t. There is absolutely nothing wrong with women celebrating the Torah by dancing. Even if they can’t hold a sefer torah.
So you have no problem with women dancing without a Torah?
Raincoats.
I don’t know why. Maybe because it’s not dressing bikavod yuntif? I don’t see why that’s relevant though.
Joseph, why can’t women celebrate simchas Torah in way that isn’t solely based on watching men dance?
epshurewhat2:
“I could probably give you at least 8 Rabbanim and sources that says its an Issur for women to celebrate Simchas Torah.”
You said it’s assur. You backtracked and said only if it’s like WOTW.
I would love to see your sources. At least 8 of them.
Joseph, but we can easily create a hands option for women who want it.
Joseph, there is a different between going to a concert and Simchas Torah. By the concert, people go because they want to. If they want to do something that is more hands on, they can. Hakafos on the other hand is an institutionalized practice that occurs in every shul. There is no plan B for women who want to celebrate the Torah in a way that they are not only spectators.
epshurewhat2, are you serious? Are you saying that women are not allowed to celebrate the Torah??? C”V that should be the case!
Why was man created?
That is a contradiction. postsem said the reason was because of neshamos coming down before mashiach, and you said because of age and fertility issues,
Popa, there is nothing anti-Torah about protesting the terrible conditions the chickens are kept in.
postSem, while I have never been married and have never attended such classes, I believe that if two people are mature enough to marry, they can learn these halachos together.
I don’t see why this is an issue of tznius. Sure, it’s a sensitive topic, but the whole idea of marrying someone is a sensitive topic. If two people are going to live together, certainly they can learn together!
I don’t get it. If they are going to be married, why can’t they sit in the same class together?
Why don’t the chosson and kallah have classes together?
If you can make it to Washington Heights, YU has a bunch of different minyanim for slichos
Stam,
Wait a second. If you admit that you don’t know what you are talking about, why do you keep on making these claims?
“All above is my understanding….no first hand interactions with them….”
So you admit you have zero idea what you talking about.
Stam, the plural of anecdote is not evidence. Name me ONE, just one, peer reviewed article that supports your claims.
stam, can you name one peer reviewed article that supports your “cellular health” hypothesis?
Homer, you made the claim, you provide the evidence.
Socialism fails everywhere?
Homer, care to elaborate on how it has failed everywhere?
Bush started a war in Iraq, under false pretenses of WMDs, but that was a total lie.
“Sanders is he only one who I dont know to be a liar, but hes a self declared socialist so. . . .”
So what? If you have complaints with socialism, say what they are. Socialism is a scary word for many Americans, but most don’t even know what it means.
Is a woman allowed to color her hair?
Homer, you haven’t written about any problems with the Democratic party. How about you share with us the actual complaints you have with the party, instead of the silliness you’ve written?
I think Dvash meant give it back to the Native Americans
What bothers me most is when I see litter in Eretz Yisroel. God gave us the land, but not for throwing out our waste!
It strikes me a chutzpadilk. It’s as if you are invited into somebody’s home to live, and use the space you are given by your host to put your garbage!
Not to get into a debate, but when you are motzi shem ra on entire community of frum, Torah observent Jews, you have “crossed the line”.
Whatever good frumteens might have done, it is far outweighed by its krum and hateful hashkafa. The only time I ever had a thought of going OTD (B’H it was only a thought) was after becoming involved with that website.
Rabbi Aldestein on frumteens:
“I find Frumteens hashkafic pronouncements odious and repugnant. When I interviewed the mysterious Moderator, I told him that I would have to point out in print that our readers myself included reject his views. I made good on that promise.
The mistake which people made (for which I have to take some responsibility) is seeing the article as some sort of endorsement of the Frumteens site, or of Mr. Frumteens. I thought I had made it abundantly clear that the site was valuable in giving parents a glimpse into the world of troubled teens. I continue to believe that many parents are in denial about what is happening in our community, and that hearing first person accounts might give some of them a jump-start into getting more involved. I have no reason to doubt that Frumteens provides a rare window into a little-understood world.
The review did not recommend Frumteens as a place that kids should go. (It really couldnt. The readership of Jewish Action is overwhelmingly Modern Orthodox; Frumteens is geared almost exclusively to the right.) It did explain how the site attempts to help kids, and by the accounts that several of the people in the Jewish Action heard, Frumteens does do much good. I dont see why that should be taken away from it, even if other parts of the same site spew the most contemptible venom.”
In the 1930’s, would you have opposed illegal immigration of Jews?
Apparently he wanted Hillary at his wedding so badly, he gave her a donation!
Joseph, will you admit to all the posts that you took from frumteens?
What about those with learning disabilities, who can’t pass the test? What about people who are blind?
Someone reads the Daas Torah blog. You should at the very least attribute your ideas to Rabbi Eidensohn.
He killed it for fun