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  • in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028798
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    AAQ, not sure what you mean by that…

    Anyway, I stand by what I said. Most Ethiopians who came to Israel are practicing Christians although many of their children are secular.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028797
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    benignman, most Falashim in Ethiopians in Israel are practicing Christians. They have many huge Christian institutions in Israel. I am not familiar about Ethiopian Christians being shunned by other Ethiopian groups. Do you mean the Beta Israel shunned the Falashim? I’m not sure about that, just an assumption but the Falashim are practicing Christians claiming to be Jews.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028718
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    benignman, if so many Ethiopians refused to be forcibly converted to Christianity then why are most Ethiopians claiming to be Jews and emigrating to Israel practicing Christians?

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028611
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    ZSK, ok sorry for the misunderstanding.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028535
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    ZSK, I am allowed to bring the Radbaz’s rulings and the majority of our contemporary gedolim’s rulings am I not? Or do you you have a problem with that because I didn’t write what you want to hear?

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028485
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    apukerma, I am not saying that there were no gentile European converts but having blond hair and blue eyes does not indicate anything regarding ancestry. Regions have a profound effect on physical appearance that is why people from Africa are black, people the Middle East ( excluding the Levant) are darker, people from Europe are generally lighter. Ashkenazi Jews have lived in Europe for over 1500 years so it definitely will have an effect on the physical appearance of Ashkenazi Jews.

    Physical appearance does not get affected by living in a region for one or two generations, but certainly over a millennium it will have an effect on the physical appearance of a people.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028354
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    Before coming to Israel they didn”t read Hebrew, have Hebrew names, have a Torah, follow halacha, etc. The vast majority of Ethiopians who came to Israel are practicing Christiana. There are a minority sincere Ethiopian converts; the few converts I met I found to be wonderful, very refined in chacter.

    Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l relied on Radbaz ruling on the Falashas, however the Radbaz clearly rules that they are Karaites. And this was 500 years ago. They subsequently likely assimilated into the Abyssinian population according to many contemporary gedolim who ruled that the Ethiopian Falashim who are Karaites accepted gentiles and were not converted according to halacha and therefore they are Safek Akum and their identity as a Jew is in doubt.

    The Ethiopians are not Jewish, they are Safek Akum and definitely Karaites. There is a community of Karuim in Ukraine, will they be considered full Jews as well by the “Jewish state”?

    in reply to: When will all Yidden finally have Achdus? #2028006
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    Rightwriter, of course Reform and Conservative have achdus. They accept non-Jews which make up a large persentage of their membership, perhaps even the majority of all members today are non-Jews. They are accept liberal LGTBQs which a big percentage of them are. Their permissiveness and acceptance of people’s lifestyle has created mamzeirim (another reason why I am against kiruv in these days).

    in reply to: Klal Yisroel Needs an Official Central Yichus Registry #2026510
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    ynribiat, how in the world would a registry break Lakewood, Chabad and Satmer in one stroke?

    in reply to: Confusion on Lubavitch. #2025149
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    Avirah, what exactly is an elohist who believes in the atzmus ideoligy? What does such a person believe in exactly?

    in reply to: Confusion on Lubavitch. #2023792
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    CA, that’s a good question ๐Ÿ˜

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2023472
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    I agree with Novelty.

    First of all missionaries can easily confuse those who don’t understand to such things, they can put down their ideoligy in a way that doesn’t seem to go against Judaism and many Jews who do not know Judaism well, even if they consider themselves frum, can easily be influenced. Teens at risk can easily be influenced. I know 3 teens from really frum families that have “converted” to Christianity and this was a few years ago, before all these missionaries infiltrated the community posing as Jews. We cannot take these things lightly.

    in reply to: Metaverse, is this an accident waiting to happen #2023421
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    Gadolhadorah, I hope you were joking. Virtual reality being an illusion will never fill human beings with real happiness and fulfillment. When virtual reality will become a “reality” you can expect the suicide rates to jump even higher than they are already.

    in reply to: Metaverse, is this an accident waiting to happen #2023337
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    Gadolhadorah, certainly most things in existence can be used for the good and bad. Certainly the internet is being used for a lot of good. However, it is a major contribution to the breakdown of morals in our society.

    I can’t think of anything at the moment, but I’m sure there are things that virtual reality could benefit society, but the potential to destroy whatever is left of morality is much greater than the good it will bring.

    in reply to: Confusion on Lubavitch. #2023334
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    shlucha, being mekasher to a Rebbe after he is deceased is not a Lubavitche thing. Yidden of all stripes and in all times davened and daven at the kevarim of our holy tzaddikim.

    But the difference is that many Lubavitcher still think there Rebbe is alive often saying ื™ื—ื™ ืื“ื•ื ื ื• or ื™ื—ื™ ื”ืžืœืš.

    Many Lubavitche think that the Rebbe runs the world.

    Lubavitche have decided that there Rebbe is Moshiach.

    These three ideologies all rolled into one are very similar to the cult of Christianity. Thinking that the Rebbe runs the world is pure apikorses.

    in reply to: Confusion on Lubavitch. #2023231
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    Yeserbius, what to Moshiachisten mean when they say
    ื™ื—ื™ ืื“ื•ื ื ื•?

    in reply to: Confusion on Lubavitch. #2023221
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    There’s the thread “Sleeping in the Succah” that spins off with Chabad. I will not repeat all here but you are invited to check it out and unfortunately what farbycoffe is saying is not true about many Lubavitchers.

    I must say I am absolutely shocked how many Lubavitchers, hopefully not most, think and talk about their Rebbe. It definitely is very similar to Christianity. Check out that thread if you are interested.

    I will say here again that no Rebbe runs the world in any shape or form and it is apikorerses to say that regardless of what sichos say what or excuses and explanations you want to give.

    in reply to: Sleeping in the sukkah #2023222
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    aposhitayid, I am not finding you harsh, on the contrary I hope I do not sound harsh, I am not looking to personally attack anyone. I’m sorry we are having this discussion and this is tsishukling me that frum Yidden would think like this.

    I have had arguments with Christians and they would also try to put their beliefs “into context”. The verse means this and that and the trinity really means this or that… it’s all shtissim. Let’s get back to the basics, there is no context where we can say a Rebbe is running the world. No context at all. I’m telling you this sounds very similar to Christianity.

    Even if HKB”H is mekiim what a tzaddik is goizer, whether it’s a bracha or a klala, it is one little teeny aspect in the bigger picture of reality. The universe and reality is so grand and beyond our understanding, only God can run the world and we cannot say otherwise regardless in which context you would want to frame it in. Hashem runs the world, period. This is the essence, the core of Yiddishkeit.

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2023002
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    Another missionary family was just uncovered in Israel.

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    Avirah, you are so right, it’s very scary. The ideoligy of “frum liberals” is that they accept abhorrent behaviour as normal and that “they can’t help themselves and we need to accept them the way they are”…their children see this and internalize it and it has bought serious consequences.

    in reply to: Sleeping in the sukkah #2022988
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    aposhitayid, any “Rabbi” who says that their Rebbe runs the world is a fake rabbi, I don’t care if he has a large black hat and a frock and learns a lot. A real Rabbi has such fear and awe of Hashem, as much as he looks up to his Rebbe or tzaddikim, he knows good and well that ืื™ืŸ ืขื•ื“ ืžืœื‘ื“ื• and that his Rebbe, as great as he is, is only a ื‘ืฉืจ ื•ื“ื and if Hashem wants or doesn’t want something there’s nothing a Rebbe can do to change that.

    What are these stories supposed to prove? That Hashem ื›ื‘ื™ื›ื•ืœ runs to do the bidding of Rebbes even if it is against His will?! That Rebbes are subjugating the will of Hashem so that He does their bidding?! This is not what these stories tell us and it is absolutely apikorses to think like that. It is as Avirah says, that a tzaddik’s will is (usually) in sync with Hashem’s and in cases where it is not Hashem’s will to do what a Rebbe is goizer, it will not be mekiim.

    Do you think that your Rebbe runs the world or not?

    in reply to: The Un, the United terorists #2022692
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    I blame Israel for staying in the UN where she keeps on getting bullied continously. There are many countries that are not part of the UN. By staying on as a member, Israel grants legitimately to these pack of wolves.

    The problem with many secular Israelis, especially those in the political sphere, is that they constantly seek validation of other countries. This places them in a weak position and they are used as a punching bag by these UN terrorists to get the attention on Israel and away from the human rights violations in their own countries.

    in reply to: Israel on its own #2022590
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    Avirah, the US government is spiraling out of control, the people are becoming dehumanized. If you think we are guaranteed safe here, think again. I hope Moshiach will come before the US collapses, because those days are imminent.

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    Yeserbius, well the time has come that now when so many members of the school boards, principals and teachers in public schools are perverts and self-hating racists and people who belong behind bars and mental institutions that parents must speak up.

    in reply to: Sleeping in the sukkah #2022552
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    If someone would say Moshe Rabbeinu runs the world I would consider him to be crazy. The Torah is clear on this and our real Rabbonim made clear: only Hashem runs the world!

    Anyone who thinks a Rebbe runs the world is not being a God-fearing, frum Yid and their religion mimics Christianity. Christians believe in a god of three, the trinity, they together are considered one, this is avodei zara. Thinking that a Rebbe runs the world, that God does whatever the tzaddik decides should be done, is a religion of “twinity” or call it any other name, but it is avode zora 100%

    God is One! Everything that happens is His will, if He wants to do what a tzaddik is goizer He will, if He doesn’t want to, He won’t! No tzaddik has the power to run the world, only God!

    in reply to: Metaverse, is this an accident waiting to happen #2022550
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    Arightwriter, you did say something similar but not exactly the same, virtual reality is only VIRTUAL but in the times of Moshiach it will be a reality that is REAL. It will more real than the physical reality which we are in now.

    If the internet is an example of how technology is used by humanity I’m predicting that virtual reality will bring more tumah into the world than ever before. I daven Moshiach should come quickly and we should be exposed to the REAL reality of a world that knows Hashem.

    in reply to: Metaverse, is this an accident waiting to happen #2022313
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    Whatever financial gain Zuckerberg will have from Meta, I am predicting such a (fake) world will be the (virtual) reality despite that fact that people will rant about how evil it is (and it definitely be evil). People will become addicted to it and not be able to tear themselves away from the virtual reality while cursing it at the same time just like they do with Facebook, tick tock, Instagram, etc.

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2022026
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    Novelty, the point is that you can’t refer to your becoming a BT over 15 years ago, which is not that long ago, but still there’s a huge difference from then to what is the reality today.

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2021912
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    Novelty, you always take the conversation back to your personal history. I asked you when you became a baal teshuva. Perhaps I missed your answer somewhere, but I do not think you responded to me on that. Not do you have to. But you should know that if you became a baal teshuva 10+ years ago then your personal by history is not relevent to the topic being discussed here about making baal teshuvas nowadays.

    in reply to: Sleeping in the sukkah #2021895
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    aposhitayid, what are you trying to say that it’s ok to say tzaddikim, or in this particular case, the Lubavitche Rebbe, runs the world? That is a fallacy and sorry to be blunt but it is apikorses to believe that.

    A tzaddik can be goizer and Hashem will be makayim but only if it His will to do so. Hashem is in full control, He is the One who runs the world. There were many great tzaddikim who were goizer things that never happened, ultimately everything is in the hands of Hashem.

    in reply to: Preventable Marriage Disasters #2021393
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    The little I know, I never heard of anyone pushing anyone to enter a bad marriage. Nobody here suggested that. We are talking about continuing a marriage that has gone sour.

    I don’t judge anyone for divorcing in such a situation, nobody should go through life feeling pressured to stay in a bad marriage.

    I do admire people who try to stay in a bad marriage (of course as long as there is no abuse going on). I believe that choosing such a life is not in vain.

    in reply to: Preventable Marriage Disasters #2021396
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    There’s another issue being discussed about hiding mental illness before marriage which is a terrible thing to do. However, no one is sating that people must get married to people with mental illness.

    Of course, no one should hide anything. If people believe they have a mental illness they must discuss it beforehand. However, I must insert here that many people are being misdiagnosed with mental illnesses when most of the time it’s about middos and has nothing to do with mental illness. Technically all human beings can be diagnosed with mental illnesses in one way or another, none of us are perfect.

    in reply to: Preventable Marriage Disasters #2021351
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    ujm, there’s arranged marriages and there’s arranged marriages. Today’s arranged marriages are not like like the arranged marriages of previous generations when it was almost given that the two people who their parents decided to get married would get married. Today the parents vet the buchar or girl and their families and decide if their children should meet but that’s where it ends. It is up to the boy and girls to decide if they want to get engaged or not. This is accross the board, in all sectors of the Chareidi world.

    The higher rate of making a marriage work is not just how the marriages are arranged, but within the Chareidi world people generally want to make marriages work out and the key to that is to work on one’s own middos. In the MO world the drive is not so strong to make marriages work out for a variety of reasons.

    in reply to: Sleeping in the sukkah #2021346
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    So I listened to Cunin’s speech and it really sounds similar to Christianity, that speech should’ve been condemned. He clearly said that the Rebbe runs the world. I don’t care who wrote what sichah and what it says there if it says that a Rebbe runs the world then it is simply wrong. Hashem runs the world, period.

    in reply to: My father has covid, please say tehilim #2021245
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    Glad to hear that.

    in reply to: Why the Need for Perfection?! #2021244
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    Gadolhadorah, I think you are mistaken. TDS may hit you in full force when Trump starts campaigning in 2024.

    in reply to: HaToirah Chosa al MeMoinam Shel Yisroel #2021241
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    Gold has actually been pretty stable, the value has not changed much over a year and the value it gained in previous years were pretty much in tune with inflation.

    in reply to: HaToirah Chosa al MeMoinam Shel Yisroel #2021240
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    Haleivy, you have a point. Potatoes and I think corn as well seems like good commodities to invest in.

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2021238
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    I am actually shocked to the core that Lubavitche whose Yiddishkeit seems to revolve around being mekarev Yidden do not marry BTs. I always assumed that they don’t have a problem being zich meshadech with BTs. I think this is extremely unfair.

    Chassidishe are generally not meshadech with BTs unless there are issues in the family. Geirim often have an easier time with shiddichim in the Chassidishe world. But Chassidim don’t make baalei teshuvas. If you are not comfortable that your child marry a BT then don’t be mekarev them because you are obviously not comfortable with their yichus so how can you just bring these people in and drop them like hot potatoes as soon as they are frum and let others take care of their issues…that to me sounds horrible.

    in reply to: Preventable Marriage Disasters #2021231
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    It is absolutely ridiculous to say say that it’s engaging in zenus if you don’t get along with your spouse. I am estimating that at least 20%, and likely more, of frum marriages, are with spouses who do not/or lose respect or liking to one another. Not only in this generation are there such marriages, but in all generations were there such marriages. With marriages that were completely arranged, I would not be surprised if the unhappy marriages were closer to 40%.

    I say kol hakovod to those who MUTUALLY decide to continue to be married despite really wanting to divorce. To say such that people in such marriages engage in znus is not only ridiculous, but it’s a disgusting thing to say.

    in reply to: Why the Need for Perfection?! #2020772
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    Gadolhadorah, agreed. A cure for all “mental ailments” is available for free in the CR.

    in reply to: Baruch Hashem: Obligatory? #2020777
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    I’m really confused why someone who knows that Hashem gave him life and everything in his life would ask such a question. Perhaps someone could clarify why a Yid would not answer with a “burach Hashem”.

    in reply to: Anything the Democrats Touch Gets Worse #2020740
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    CK, only a liberal can think of an average frum person making connections with someone who is wealthy that they should bail them out, take charity, a loan, etc. Most frum people work hard and earn a living honestly. Yes, charity is b”H given beautifully in this community but it is because so many give, not take! Our lives do not revolve around which rich relatives can bail us out! That’s why the frum communities are productive communities.

    Candaleza Rice spoke out against CRT and says that blacks are not victims and neither is it productive to disparage whites based on their skin color which is what CRT is all about. Candace Owens, the black conservative says the same. As do many prominent black figures say the blacks are not victims and that CRT is garbage.

    IMO the biggest pushers of BLM and CRT are liberal whites. White liberals feel virtuous that they are on the side of the “poor victims of racism” so they are pushing a narrative that is totally skewed.

    in reply to: Why the Need for Perfection?! #2020532
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    Every time I hear the term “mental illness” it makes me mentally ill. Everyone has issues, we are here to grow. It’s ridiculous that everything and everyone has turned into a “mental illness”. The term “mental illness ” is for people whose brain cannot compute normally and they don’t talk and act coherently. Everyone else has challenges that they have to overcome. It’s so nausciating how the surplus of therapists, pshycotherapists and psychologists has created this illusion with everyone having some sort of diagnose.

    This is due to the influence of the goyishe world. Now the overdiagnosed US population is getting their national “suicide prevention hotline”. The reason there are so many suicides is because everyone is diagnosed as a victim in one way or another instead of being taught that we are here for a purpose and that purpose is to use our God-given talents to make the world a better place. Instead, all these professionals do is hand tools to these poor victims to enable them to feel worse.

    in reply to: Anything the Democrats Touch Gets Worse #2020507
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    CK, who said I have a problem saying that whites have killed Jews and that many whites are racists? It’s the truth and I never said otherwise. I never said ALL blacks have murdererd people and and that ALL blacks are racist. I said that there are many racist blacks. And that blacks have murdererd Jews but Jews have not killed blacks. And btw, blacks do commit the highest percent of crime and murder. That’s a fact whether you like it or not. Blaming it on their circumstances is stupid. Look at the Jews’ circumstances after the Holocaust, our grandparents were not better off. Today blacks have more opportunities than anyone so with blaming their circumstances you are blaming the circumstances of their own making.

    I never, ever said that I don’t like blacks because of their skin or even that I hate all blacks. I judge people according to their actions, unlike you who claim to judge people for their actions yet excuse them if they are black. I said there are many racists among them just like every race. They are not victims and if they want to live successful lives they have the possibility to do that according to many successful blacks who don’t kow tow to you liberals idea that they are victims.

    How do you know I am affluent? I have no clue what members of my community are, I don’t look into their pocketbooks and if some of my friends are affluent I have nothing from that, I’m just happy for them.

    Goodness, now I see who these white liberals are marching for blacks and with blacks who demand “justice” over nothing except that their own obsession and hatred of their black skin. Now I see who these naive white-skinned self-haters who are promoting CRT destructive classes are.

    in reply to: ADHD can be an expression of the creative mind #2020491
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    Naftush, of course, according to “the literature” everyone is a victim today in one way or another.

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2020292
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    Novelty, actually I misunderstood. I didn’t realize you were talking about missionaries getting in

    in reply to: Are we too welcomimg #2020290
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    Novelty, indeed if a Jew wants to return Hashem will guide them in the right direction.

    in reply to: Anything the Democrats Touch Gets Worse #2020286
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    CK, you have some chutzpah. Blacks have killed Jews, many blacks hate Jews, I have personally had blacks displaying racism towards me. When have you ever seen Jews do that to blacks?! Never!

    I have been in a very dangerous situation on public transportation where two blacks said they’ll kill me and described the way they’d do that. I played it cool like it didn’t concern me and went off the next stop. A frum Jew would never do that!!!

    The reason so many blacks are in prison is due to their own violence and most often it’s against each other.

    The chutzpah of you to say what you did about us! The only time we say anything is if a black person actually does something bad. Frum people treat blacks with respect. Go get help, perhaps by the blacks you so love, you don’t deserve our respect.

    in reply to: Anything the Democrats Touch Gets Worse #2020140
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    Crazykanoi, and talking about black vs white mobs, I have seen black mobs looting and rioting, setting fire to cities and businesses, setting fire to police stations AND FEDERAL BUILDINGS for months with no consequences whatsoever.

    I feel it’s total hypocrisy and the blowing up January 6 out of proportion for political purposes by the Democrats, that’s how I feel.

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