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Rav Elchonon Wasserman zt”l said it was better to stay in war torn Europe, risking ones physical lie, then to accept a VISA to go to YU in America, thereby risking ones spiritual life. Here is the text the letter:
“Baruch Hashem, Erev Shabbos Kodesh Naso
I received your letters but I have no ability to do anything with this, thus I did not respond.
The yeshivos in America which are able to bring over students are the yeshivas of Dr. Revel (named Yeshiva University) in New York and Beis Midrash L’Torah in Chicago and they both are places of danger in terms of spirituality because they conduct themselves in a spirit of freedom, and what benefit is there to flee from a physical danger to a spiritual danger, but I sent your letter to the revered Gaon, Rabbi Moshe Heiman, Dean of Mesivtha Torah V’Daas in Brooklyn and I suggested that he request of the revered Dean of the Mirrer Yeshiva that he should also write to Brooklyn to the address below:
Rabbi Shlomo Heiman
92 Martin Street
America
Blessing you with life and peace and all good things forever,
Elchanan Bunim Wasserman”
Ever wonder where the minhag of giving gifts on Chanukah came from?…seems like it came from a church origin holiday to me.
It came from Christmas; which is why ehrlich yidden follow Yiddish tradition of giving gelt, and not Christian tradition of gifts.
Hashem’s Son, Simply search the coffee room:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/searching-the-coffee-room
Manhattan zip codes pay half the price of what Brooklyn zip codes (premiums are based on zip code) pay!
Kvitlech.
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Check out Costco’s Auto (and Home) insurance plan. It is through Ameriprise (a former division of American Express). Information is available on Costco.com. It may be worth getting a Costco membership ($50/year) JUST for that.
The following is a quote from Igros Moshe, authored by Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l.
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Explanation:
Rav Moshe was entertaining the possibility that it would even be forbidden to make a LEGITIMATE Simcha, like a Bar-Mitzvah or Chasunah celebration on Thanksgiving, since it would APPEAR that one is celebrating Thanksgiving!
To THAT Rav Moshe writes that it isn’t forbidden according to the letter of the law, but still a Ba’al Nefesh shouldn’t do so!
Then Rav Moshe continues and writes that celebrating or making a Seudah SPECIFICALLY for Thanksgiving is CERTAINLY FORBIDDEN. (???? ?? ????? ?????)
To summarize:
One is forbidden to celebrate Thanksgiving or make a special Seudah in its honor!
However, to schedule a legitimate Simcha, like a Bar-Mitzvah or Chasunah, on Thanksgiving, is Halachikly permitted but a Ba’al Nefesh shouldn’t do even that, and should rather reschedule his legitimate Simcha for some other day!
Accordingly, it would be forbidden to eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
Because if it is being eaten as a full meal; it is clearly forbidden, since it falls under the category of making a Seudah.
yechez89 – you’re the guy who was mevaze Rav Yosef B. Soloveitchek, so I won’t be taking any lectures from you. As you said, that makes you what you described. Prof. Broyde is a former pulpit rabbi, current professor at Emory, and anyone with semicha is not Daas Torah. He uses academic methodologies, not halachic ones in his essays.
tzippi – Use any Sunday instead.
I’m seeing your point. But that doesn’t make your conclusion necessarily correct.
Professor Broyde surely makes some interesting academic observations on the matter. But for halachic conclusions, we rely on Rabbonim.
24 hours.
In the service of G-d.
Shtreimel’s, Spodik’s, Kolpik’s usually run between $1,000 and $5,000.
What are the hats Chasidim wear on weekdays called? Satmar’s are called Beaver Hats, but the others have something else I believe.
tuna – If you don’t know what oisvorf means, for crying out loud, you are DEFINITELY no tunabeigel!
WIY: There is ZERO basis to assert a Kollel yungerman MUST “sacrifice” if he doesn’t have to.
gavra: Huh? Are you kidding? That is no basis for divorce!! If a F-I-L doesn’t want to continue support, there is nothing forcing him — other than his word of honor, if he promised that. But barring any pre-marital commitments he made, he is under no obligation. He is doing it out of his own free will and the goodness of his heart.
FACT:
Most Chareidi yungerleit are working and not learning full-time. So this business that almost everyone goes into long time learning is a bunch of hogwash.
kapusta: Who’ya kiddin? Now you’re pretending to be 19?? C’mon, nothin wrong with you shepping nachas from ’em einekelech!
gavra_at_work: How much do you pay for your no-name brand?
According to Google, this is the only webpage on the internet with this song.
On Chanukah Yidden give Chanukah Gelt, not Christmas gifts.
squeak: No posts were deleted. Yesterday the page count increased from 50 to 75, ruining most internal links on the site (unless the original link itself was to page 1 or part of 2).
That’s baloney. You can’t make chozek of Yeshiva bochorim or whatever, under the guise of “it isn’t anyone specific”.
I think the reason squeal hasn’t gotten back to us yet, is because security is still going through their very intrusive procedure, and squeak isn’t taking it to well.
No kilts next time. Too bad the girls don’t have that option.
In which case the OP is much worse, if he is making chozek of others.
squeak:
Go through security in a kilt, refuse the scanner, and let us know the results.
The crazy thing is even if you go through the scanner they can insist you go through the intrusive hand pat-down afterwards, if they think they noticed something in the scanner.
And you can’t refuse the pat-down apparently, even if you decide you will cancel your flight they will insist you go through it just to LEAVE the airport. (That’s what they advised the guy who took the recording a few days ago.)
The Donut Man
This is a Duplicate Thread:
Here is another related one:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/airport-security-and-religous-jews
Editor, How about a category for “Tefilla / Davening”? There is so many threads on that subject. (Just search the CR for “davening” in the title.) You can even move the old threads into the new category!
According to Ricola’s website:
All of our cough, throat and vitamin C drops are Kosher and are manufactured in Laufen, Switzerland. If a copy of the kosher certificate is needed, please write to [email protected] requesting a certificate and providing us with a fax number or address to forward a copy.
Source:
kapusta, you can stop pretending to be 18 and be proud of your einekelech!
gavra: Also, where do you purchase it, and what (no-name) brand(s) are they?
Can someone fill in the young and clueless what on heaven’s earth ICOT is mimicking?
gavra: How much do you pay for your no-name brand? (And how long does it typically last?)
Modern Yeshivish wouldn’t be caught dead wearing tzitzis out.
The sons of the Yidden in Germany, Ukraine, etc. where their goyish friends and neighbors turned them into the Nazi’s for extermination, were never born to relay to us what the goyim did to them.
What’s the lowest cost Bosralino? And what’s the lowest cost non-Borsalino black fedora hat?
emc2: Here is the thread:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/your-thoughts-on-me-and-my-background-help
The Mishna mentions every custom of the time?
WIY – I was curious. I am lower mid too (possibly but not necessarily within the same decade.)
I don’t know if you can change it back, but until some months ago whenever a new topic was started the poster was forced to choose a category. Now it defaults to “Decaffeinated” unless the poster changes it to a different category. The old way was better, since it didn’t have a default and forced the poster to choose something.
msseeker took 96, so I guess Ender is 97 and I’ll take 98.
d a, the edit button doesn’t go away until its 25 minutes, regardless whether the post was approved or not. If the post was already approved, it will become unapproved until a mod re-approves the edited post.
You can also change your password here, surprisingly it seems quite a few people didn’t know.
WIY, If it lasted 60 minutes instead of 25, it would make no appreciable difference in how long it took posts to be approved.
LMA, I cited the Igros Moshe, and Rav Moshe said you *cannot* enter a treif restaurant. See Rav Belsky’s comment on the IM.
apy, You wrote you attended a party at a non-kosher restaurant. That itself is maris ayin.
That’s my last post addressing this point for the umpteenth time due to your willful blindness. Feel free to have the last word, or 10 posts, repeating yourself.
Obviously bomb sees no problem with someone building the most ostentatious house on the block, with everything sticking out to make sure everyone passing, and all the neighbors, take notice.
It’s only there for about 25 minutes after posting.
Maybe the mods can increase it a little, since I noticed if you edit your comment it goes back into the unapproved posts for a mod, even if it was already approved.