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“since when do yidden do things out of convenience? ”
When it’s a ticha d’tzibura.l, like this case.
IIRC, They did mention Mr Rechnitz to honor him.
By WW2, most Jews in Europe were OTD.
Even then, the world had changed. Pedagogy had to change.
Rudeness should not be tolerated, but too much fear is also not good.Now I hear that logic. But I don’t think that Trump was ever going to stop sending aid to Ukraine. As you know he has a blustery way of speaking. He uses it to his advantage, whether proper or not.
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“Better not to give any military aid at all than to give and then stop.”
That’s your perspective. Ukraine might feel differently.My comment about Obama was facetious. Sorry I wasn’t clearer about that.
Still and all, your logic is quite stretched.
“By not providing the help Ukrane needs and thereby showing that the US is not backing them, and also showing the approval of annexing of Crimea,…..”
You must love Trump much more than Obama, considering that Obama did not lift a finger for either of those 2 little countries.
Seriously, your logic is a bit streched.
thereby endangering our national security
How?
“Maybe it proves that the Bidens are not corrupt ….”
No.
Just that Trump was holding onto it in case he could use it.“If Biden and his son were corrupt, why did Trump give aid before Zelinsky?”
Trump’s lack of enforcing the law, then using it opportunitistly does not negate the Bidens being corrupt.
“When it comes to halacha, when two of the three, Rif, Rambam and Rosh agree, Rav Yosef Karo, the mechaber of the Shulchan Aruch, paskens like them. The Rosh escaped to Spain, so the sefardim accept him also.”
According to Rav Ovadia Yosef in his intro to his comments onof Halichoy Plan on the Ben Ish Chai, the reason why Rav Yosef Caro chose those 3 is because they rendered halachic psak, whereas other commentaries on Shas were no necessarily deciding ha
Practically speaking, this impeachment is good for Trump.
1. Trump loves the media attention. It seems to me that he is of the opinion that all publicity is good publicity.
2. He will not be removed from office. That would require 67 senators to vote for that. I.e. 20 Republicans to jump ship.Trump will use this to his advantage when campaigning, the attention and the winning martyr image.
Going back to the original question, if this lady makes too many inappropriate comments, then the husband should tell his wife to tell the guest to save the comments for later, perhaps when the two ladies are in private if need be.
“Correction to the above answer- they do not fit the Rambam’s criteria of who Moshiach is.”
Nor did / does RMMS.
“Proof the Avos were ashkenazim. If they were sfardim Yaakov would’ve been named Avraham. Cracks me up every time…”
The Tanaiim named after living grandparents.
Between Hillel and Rebbi Hakadosh there is Gamliel and Shimon leapfrogging over 4 or 5 generations.
Rebbi Yishmael Ben Elisha was named after his grandfather, Yishmael Ben Elisha the Kohen Gadol.Chassidim do what the Shulchan Aruch says.
Modern clothing is based on being right handed. It’s easier to button for men with left over right. For women, it was assumed the some one else, still a righty, would button them up.
First, know why you want to convert. Understand that Hashem loves you the way you are and will reward you for living a moral life no matter who you are.
If you still decide to convert, do a good job. It’s a never ending commitment. And don’t expect your life to become easier, financially nor socially. It can be expensive and restricting. You may lose friends and family who may disagree or are wierded out.
The major steps, IMO, are:
Learn Halacha well and start following. That may require major life changes.
Learn classical Hebrew
Keep up your learning, preferably in the original sourcesMake sure you have a good Rabbi to guide you, one that works well with you and whose views are well respected among other Rabbis.
GH,
The ironic thing is that the friend i quoted is a Sephardic college professor, an intellectual.”
מגלה עמוקות stated this as well
”Exact source. I want to see inside.
“But how do you explain that many Sephardim were intellectual Geonei Olam?”
I’m not about intellectual capacity or accomplishment. I’m talking about approach in life. Ashkenazim like to intellectualize things. A couple examples:
Ashkenazim like to learn Gemara for lomdus, not for halacha. See the intro to the Yabia Omer, where he points out the need to learn halacha. Otherwise, people learn lomdus and can make huge mistakes because they think they understand. ROY points out that when an Ashkenazi student starts learning for smicha, he goes in the back of the B”M and kind of hides, as if he’s doing something shameful.A non practicing Sephardi is generally philosophically Orthodox. He knows the real religion, but chooses not to follow. Nonfrum Ashkenazim, on the other hand, make a whole philosophy about their misdeeds. Hence reform, conservative, reconstruction, renewal, etc.
“MDG do you know the source for that HIDA?
I heard that he said that Ashkenazim come from Midat Hadin and Sephardim from Rachamim.”I confused my sources. What you quoted from the Hida is correct.
I have a book on English that states a Midrash about Haman telling Mordecai to bow, just like Yaacov bowed before Esav. Mordecai answered that he is from Binyamin who did not bow.“Ashkenazim seem more prone to Machloket. ”
Another good reason for that is explained by the Chida.
He says that Ashkenazim are from Binyamin and are tougher people. Hashem put them in Europe because they could withstand the harsh galut of Esav. Binyamin was the only son who did not bow in front of Esav. That maaseh avot was needed for the banim.
“Ashkenazim are more intellectual??
That’s a Chiddush.”A Sephardic friend explained that to me. He said that the Ashkenazi connection to Hashem is more intellectual. Which was good until Haskala. Before Haskala, the average nonJew was an illiterate ingnorant peasant. It was easy to stay separated.
After secular enlightenment, their ideas were harder to refute out of hand. That’s why many went OTD in Europe, especially among non chassidim. The Chassidim, my friend explains, went more towards the emotional/spiritual connection to Hashem, and thus suffered less OTD.
Ashkenazim are more intellectual (look at all the great yeshivas), which causes more individualism. Hence more opportunities for Machloket.
Sephardim are more emotionally/spiritually connected. That leads to less individualism.” a spectrum of people in Sephardic shuls coexisting peacefully and organically. Among Ashkenazim, we’ve got MO shuls, black aht shuls, Chabad shuls, Yeshivish shuls etc. etc.”
There is more Ahava in Sephardic shuls. See birkat cohanim. Tov Lev hu yivarech. Also the B’racha of “… levarech et amo yisrael B’AHAVA”
Weddings and the Seder are more controlled environments.
Better environments for tachlis.“If women were not suppossed to learn with the daf yomi, then why are women seats at the siyum hashas?”
To celebrate with the men because women help the men learn.
Similar to this is having friends over for a birthday party. It’s my birthday not theirs, but they can celebrate with me.i find it interesting that many of those who rail against secular subjects as being not kosher will take money from a “treif” source – those that earn because of their education
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“The goal is to prepare them to get out into the workplace and to become a member of the general society. We must strengthen the children’s desire to learn Torah.”As if there is a complete contradiction.
GH,
I used to think that Trump was a little confused, but I think that is a ruse. He just says something inflammatory to distract while he does what he wants.GH,
I see your attempt at humor, but it seems to me that you have a bit of animosity, which ruins it for me.I don’t think it makes a difference for world Jewry whether there are Jews in high places or not. The fact that the Arab world is closer to the Jews now is either out of necessity, because of Iran, or they realize we don’t pose a threat, and possibly we can be value.
I think a parallel example could be with President Obama. Having a black man of a highest office in the country did nothing for the common black man
The little I know,
My point is that if you have a chiyuv to do something by a certain time, figure out how to do it.
Sure, many things are kodesh, but there are priorities.
Waking up late and then claiming a need to eat before Davening is Aveira gorreret avairah.
If the king said show up by 9, and you come at 11 with the excuse of getting ready. What that means is that you should have gotten up 2 hours earlier.
“It is clear that before the period of the acharonim, head covering was for chachamim only.”
For praying or other times?
Can you provide me with a quote?“we see from the Mishnah Berurah mentioned above (by yours truly) that ‘fit for a king ‘does not mean only a hat, rather a jacket also. ”
Today that may also include a tie, even more than a hat.
“regarding a hat, the Rambam says in Hilchos Tefillah perek 5 halacha 5 that it is the derech Chachamim to only daven with a head covering.”
So one could wear a kippah or a turban, as the Rambam did.
Besides which, who says Derech Chachamim applies to everyone?
The OP said
“We need to make some sort of memorial to the holocaust that took place in my country.”The best memorial would be a yeshiva or school, a living monument. Better yet, support talmidim to go to EY to learn.
Everything else would just be a waste of money. Some statue in the middle of nowhere that no one cares about.
” Unfortunately this will hurt those starting out the most because no one will higher inexperienced people now.”
People will need to start with internships or get hired by someone they know.
I liked to take girls to restaurants. Table manners are important to me.
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“it was so embarrassing! and it was in brooklyn so I thought I’d forsure know someone there! I was terrified the whole time.”
” im already 22 so people consider me an older single”You are too concerned about what people say/think about you.
Do you want a relationship with a young man or a supposed societal image?
Right now, you seem to prefer the image thing (which may all in your mind).…if things change, maybe, but now he isn’t, some lubavitchers hope that that one day there will be techiyas hamiasim and the rebbe will become moshiach…
Ribbi Akiva and the Rambam don’t agree with that idea.
CTL said:
…that his formerly Protestant daughter ‘converted’ and married a Jew….Why are you making fun of her conversion?
You are insulting her, her husband, their children, and the Rabbi that converted her.Did Rav Chaim Kanievsky tell his father-in-law, Rav Elyashiv, to take off his watch?
You can see pictures on the internet that he wore a watch.Perhaps Rav Chaim was telling the visitor to cut his beautiful stylish hair to avoid being a Baal Gaava.
“See the MB O’CH 27:15
whether it is a chaztizta for tefilin.”The Rogatchover disagrees .
What about Shimshon, Avshalom, Shmuel Hanavi, and
all other nazirim who had long hair? They wore tefillin.“And most Ashkenazim shtam from Rashi.”
Any proof to that? Some yes, but most?
Actually I heard from a Choshuv Rav that Sefardim are from Yehuda and A are from Epharim
The Chida says that Sephardim are from Yehuda, And Ashkanazim are from Binyamin. Hashem put Binyamins children in Europe because their ancestor never bowed in from of Esav (parashat Vayishlah). People of Binyamin are tougher people. They could withstand bnai Esav.
“Here’s a Sephardic source that clearly the Khazars merged into the Sephardic world.”
Not really a source except for a few.
Anyways, I was reading about Jewish genetic geneolgy on Wikipedia this morning, before looking at this thread.
It said that there are basically no genetic links from Jews to the Khazars.After J was called a Pali,
Archeologists started looking for his bomb belt.“Can I start eating kitniyos if I join?
It might just make it worth it despite the extra selichos.”
A Sephardic friend of mine said that Sephardim don’t say selichos, they Sing it.
The whole selichot experience is different.“Nowadays only the Chofetz Chiam yeshivas follow this and wear blue shirts and are more stylishly inclined, colored shoes, skinny pants and shirts, Ect. why is this?”
I heard that Rav Henach Leibowitz, the previous RY at CC, said that nowadays we should dress like a businessman. In any event, whatever is mechubad.
In the Igrot Moshe,he calls it “Chalav Companies”, with a transliteration into Hebrew.
Apparently, he is saying that one cannot get a bottle of milk from a small independent dairy farm directly as there would be no govt supervision.