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The mention of “lo sossur” that anonymous1000 alluded to is erroneous. There ,we are talking about halachic matters, not “milei d’alma”, matters of general interest. There is no obligation to follow any Rov in matters that are not halachic.

Just for the record, in case anyone is confused by Rabbi of Berlin’s statements, he has previously gone on record that shemita is not considered halacha for this purpose since it is not in the shulchan aruch http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/about-the-rca-i-do-shudder/page/3

Sam: His star pupil who he holds out as such to the whole world is a blazing apikores who publicly denies torah is min hashamayim, and the person he picked to replace himself at YCT defends him. I don’t think I am off by ascribing the opinions to him.

Rabbi Avi Weiss is no clown. He has done far more for Am Yisrael than any anonymous internet commentator.

I am makir tov for the advocacy he has done on behalf of jews, in Russia and elsewhere. That doesn’t make him a maamin.

That was a pretty hilarious conversation there. I wonder which poster that Holmes fellow was. He should come back over and let us know.

Mercury: Really, I don’t have any problem with this thread, and I respect your question and your sincerity in asking it.

and talking about comfort levels? im not the one sitting in the chair looking nearly completely helpless with my mouth wide open and having a bunch of poky looking things coming at me. ya…i’m just fine and dandy 🙂

Whatev’s. I’m not the girl sticking my fingers between the gaping teeth of some lunatic who could be popa for all I know. Let’s just say that nobody ever got bitten being a yeshiva guy.

Many things are many things.

JF: Cast iron?

I am embarrassed by my first response on this thread. I should have gone straight to the second one.

His psak in which he said that a woman can be a judge was accepted by just about every part of the Orthodox world, the only exceptions being the extremists like Neturei Karta (if they can be considered Orthodox).

Charlie, let me introduce you to how your mind works.

Anyone to the right of you = Neturei Karta.

Charlie: You must be joking. It was not accepted by anyone except left wing loonies like Weiss and his co-clowns who anyway do not believe Torah is min hashamayim. For blasted sake, if I didn’t believe the Torah was from Hashem, I also wouldn’t care what it says.

We have binah yeseira, and though may be perceived as less logical, the feminine mind has almost infinite ability to discern the important things in life, with no NEED for male logic.

+1

Well, =1. Because I think both that men need input from the feminine mind as well as that women need input from the male mind.

I know, get her fat, and then it will fit!

You are making a couple of wrong assumptions, and one egregious false accusation.

Why do you assume that everyone is out to get the chareidim? Most of the women that got beat up and insulted were not “provocateurs” or anything- they were just women riding the bus!

There were not any women that got beat up, and certainly not a large number like you imply. That is your egregious false accusation.

And the women who are the cause the problem are provocateurs who are doing it on purpose, and willingly admit as much. They think they are Rosa Parks.

Either way, egged and dan are public bus companies. If the chareidim have a problem, they should create their own private bus company. Until then, they shouldn’t be allowed to pressure secular bus authorities to accomodate extremists who don’t even hold by rav moshe’s kulah.

That is your mistaken assumption. They tried to create their own bus company, but the government does not allow it because Egged is granted a monopoly on their lines by the state. HTH.

Do you think some stalkers would wear wigs and sneak in?

I think it would all be men wearing wigs, and perhaps one or two women would sneak in.

Ok. In that case, my advice to you is different.

Stay in BMG, and learn full time. And figure out what you want to do for college when you leave in a few years.

It just seems to me like you are trying to be poseach al shtei hasiipim. You want to stay in BMG part time which is impossible, and go to a college part time but not be limited by the offerings for part time programs, which is also impossible.

So I said you need to leave yeshiva. But you don’t want to. So the solution is stay in yeshiva until you want to.

It’s because the girls aren’t picky enough. v’hameivin.

And now everyone hates me. 🙂

1. I hated you already.

2. Nobody will start hating you for this. The haters hated already.

3. Reasonable point.

But, pray, do you approve of attacking a frum (or any) soldier? Do you approve of abusing women and treating them like third-class citizens? Do you approve of avoiding any responsibility of protectin jewish lives from their enemies? If you say yes to these questions, then we truly are in different camps!

1. No.

2. No, but we disagree on what that is defined as.

3. No, but we disagree on what that is defined as.

So, we really are in different camps.

Here’s my advice:

The tenor of this thread seems like you are looking for a place where you can learn much of the day, and that will have some sort of college situation. I don’t think that is what you should be looking for.

You should figure out what sort of college you want to go to. Do you have a BTL already and want to go to law school (usually a bad idea unless you are in the 99th percentile of LSAT scorers)? Do you want to go for accounting? Nursing? OT? MBA? PA?

Then, find a program that will work well for you. And then find a chavrusah to learn with at night or find a yeshiva in the area with a shiur you can go to if you can schedule your classes around it.

Meaning, you say you are an “older bachur”. I’m guessing you mean at least 26. So you should figure out what you want to do and do it. Most of the things you might want to do are really not going to work as a night program at this point, and you shouldn’t limit yourself to the few programs available for half day learning which are intended for people much younger than you who have much more time.

There are options out there for you. Truth is, I even once met a fellow from BMG who had then gone to Yale College at about your age. Nice fellow, if he’s reading this.

And don’t sweat the shidduchim–there’s plenty girls who will want a working BMG guy.

How does shaking hands get their teeth clean?

PBA, your criticism is both inappropriate and incorrect. Supporters of charedim have no right to determine the validity of other people’s concern. But even if they did, it’s simply wrong to assume that the concern comes from some sort of unjustified dislike of charedim.

We’ve got a long history here, this isn’t his first post on the issue. In the context, it is wrong to read this thread as anything other than an opportunity to “catch” chareidim in a wrongdoing.

Talking to real lawyers if overrated. They charge money.

Thank you rabbi of berlin. Your sincerity really oozes through and we can very much see that you care so much about the chareidi tzibur and how it is viewed.

I wish I had been there. I would have thrown anything I could find at the police, and then at the bus, etc.

We will outlive them.

I just heard a lawyer joke.

At common law, what is the punishment for bigamy?

Two wives.

I met someone who took the bar today. He didn’t seem so smart to me.

And he had already FINISHED law school.

Yes, many many many gifts.

The minhag is to buy him a pick-up truck with a rifle rack, and a rifle.

People who want to do lifnim m’shuras hadin also buy him a fine collection of scotch, and a lifetime subscription to cigar afficianado.