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  • March 18, 2012 3:38 pm at 3:38 pm in reply to: MO wanna-bes #861204
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    So anyone can start a new path and its legit?

    March 18, 2012 3:14 pm at 3:14 pm in reply to: Being A Member of a Kehilla #861291
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    And can you be a member of multiple Kehillos, simultaneously? What if there is a conflict in minhagim between them?

    March 18, 2012 3:11 pm at 3:11 pm in reply to: Beshow vs. Dating #1050550
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    Infatuation is good? I suppose so is love of sugary foods.

    March 15, 2012 1:49 am at 1:49 am in reply to: Beshow vs. Dating #1050477
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    more: Using your argument, you should feel dating like the goyim, for 4-5 years before marriage, is the way to go. Or at least dating like the MO, for 1-2 years before marriage. The fact is they don’t work and are much worse than dating, or beshowing, much less. You’ll NEVER REALLY get to know a person until you are married to them. Even if you dated them 5 years beforehand.

    March 15, 2012 1:43 am at 1:43 am in reply to: Strengthening marriage #860504
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    +1 Logician

    March 15, 2012 1:23 am at 1:23 am in reply to: Walking behind a woman #860279
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    You aren’t allowed to have an ongoing rear view of them walking, according to the S”A.

    March 15, 2012 12:55 am at 12:55 am in reply to: what do you think of daf yomi? #860755
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    The mere fact that vast amounts of Gedolei Yisroel sit on the dais at the Siyum HaShas in New York, Eretz Yisroel and many many cities around the world. Including almost the entire slate of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, both in the U.S. and in E.Y., speaks volumes about their support for the Daf Yomi system.

    And to top that off, not that the above point even needs any additional support, the total lack (or close thereof) of any public dissenters, against the Daf Yomi system by any Rov of stature, speaks volumes too. Their silence is deafening.

    March 15, 2012 12:46 am at 12:46 am in reply to: Thank you Project Nasi! #862678
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    Money talks.

    March 15, 2012 12:44 am at 12:44 am in reply to: Do any Brooklyn Rabbonim say its OK to report molesters to police first? #860104
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    apushutayid: cherrybim is correct. Rav Elyashev shlit”a, may the RBS’O return him to the best of health, paskened that “raglayim ldavar” must first be established to permit reporting. Without that, says the posek hador, it is against the Torah to report. And being raglayim ldavar is a halachic determination, it needs to be first so determined by a posek, on a case-by-case basis, something I believe is specifically stated in Rav Elyashev shlita’s psak.

    March 15, 2012 12:18 am at 12:18 am in reply to: Getting out of tickets using PBA cards #1117884
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    Anyone who would like a PBA card, can buy one on eBay. (They are not a government document and it is not issued to any party, and is entirely legal.)

    March 14, 2012 9:50 pm at 9:50 pm in reply to: Vizhnitzer Rebbe ZTVK'L ZY'A #860258
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    This is truly a catastrophic loss for World Jewry. We need to do Mitzvos and build up on zechusim to makeup for this tragic loss.

    March 14, 2012 9:42 pm at 9:42 pm in reply to: Do any Brooklyn Rabbonim say its OK to report molesters to police first? #860097
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    Rav Elyashev said the only time it is permitted is if “raglayim ldavar” exists.

    March 14, 2012 9:39 pm at 9:39 pm in reply to: Unaffiliated Chasidim? #859670
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    Is it practical for someone to become Chasidish at the time he first becomes frum? How or why not?

    March 14, 2012 12:40 pm at 12:40 pm in reply to: Sephardim, Marriage, Gittin, and Cherem Rabbeinu Gershom #901481
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    You mean she can be divorced for any reason whatsoever, but then he has to pay her kesuba. But if he divorces her because she burnt his supper, she doesn’t get paid the kesuba, since halachicly that is “cause” for him to divorce her?

    March 14, 2012 12:36 pm at 12:36 pm in reply to: Declining A Gift #859553
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    My rebbeim taught us to avoid gifts.

    March 14, 2012 10:53 am at 10:53 am in reply to: what do you think of daf yomi? #860745
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    Wasn’t it the CHOFETZ CHAIM who said he is mekane Rav Meir Shapiro’s chelek in Olam Habo, since Rav Shapiro will be crowned there with all the Mesechtes, whereas till then most Mesechtes were neglected and unlearned?

    March 14, 2012 5:58 am at 5:58 am in reply to: Unaffiliated Chasidim? #859667
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    HaLeiVi: Please elaborate on the three categories.

    March 14, 2012 3:01 am at 3:01 am in reply to: Declining A Gift #859550
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    That doesn’t mean you disregard another part of the Torah.

    March 14, 2012 2:56 am at 2:56 am in reply to: Declining A Gift #859548
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    The Torah teaches us we should hate and (at least when possible) decline gifts.

    March 14, 2012 1:43 am at 1:43 am in reply to: Homoepathic & Naturapathic Medicine #860940
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    Does anyone else agree or disagree with “dd”?

    March 14, 2012 1:24 am at 1:24 am in reply to: Divorced Girls Remarriage Prospects #860352
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    Divorce should always be an absolute last last resort. And even then it should be ascertained, and thought over and over, if it is at all avoidable. And that really is the bottom line. It is way over-utilized with destructive results.

    March 14, 2012 12:56 am at 12:56 am in reply to: Declining A Gift #859546
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    How best to explain to the person offering it, why you are declining the gift?

    March 14, 2012 12:48 am at 12:48 am in reply to: Tchotchkes #859503
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    What are sporks?

    March 14, 2012 12:47 am at 12:47 am in reply to: Name "Batsheva" for Seventh Child #859641
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    Is Bassheva one word or two?

    March 14, 2012 12:46 am at 12:46 am in reply to: Sephardim, Marriage, Gittin, and Cherem Rabbeinu Gershom #901478
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    S2021: How do Sefardi wives serve their husband?

    March 13, 2012 11:18 pm at 11:18 pm in reply to: Boro Park vs. Flatbush #859496
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    I concur with soliek. In Boro Park you can hardly walk a few feet without getting a bunch of Good Shabbos’.

    March 13, 2012 9:52 pm at 9:52 pm in reply to: Goyim Copying Yiddishe Minhagim #859391
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    White bridal gown

    Wedding ring for bride

    March 13, 2012 9:26 pm at 9:26 pm in reply to: Are Birthday Celebrations Un-Jewish? #859720
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    Vorts didn’t start by goyim. Birthday parties did. (Romans?)

    March 13, 2012 9:06 pm at 9:06 pm in reply to: Divorced Girls Remarriage Prospects #860348
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    No doubt, OneOfMany, that there is a time and place for divorce. It needs to be an available tool, and it is. And there are unfortunate times where, as a last resort, it should be utilized. Nevertheless, we can still observe that those cases are few and far in between. The rampant usage of this tool is both unfortunate and unnecessary. And causes untold and avoidable damage.

    March 13, 2012 6:47 pm at 6:47 pm in reply to: Divorced Girls Remarriage Prospects #860345
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    No doubt. Which is another reason they may remain single indefinitely.

    March 13, 2012 5:16 pm at 5:16 pm in reply to: Cereal for Dinner #860714
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    How does one balance their daily diet (carbs/whole-grain/protein/etc.)?

    March 13, 2012 3:32 pm at 3:32 pm in reply to: Divorced Girls Remarriage Prospects #860336
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    I believe that in the frum community, the incidence of long-term unmarried divorced women is notably greater than that of similar men. Similarly, divorced men tend to remarry quicker than divorced women (that end up remarrying.)

    Yaff80: That extra factor in favor of men is, I believe, significant.

    As far as the conclusion of the OP, I’ve also heard Rabbonim, in shiurim, beseech people not to too quickly divorce (they felt that it occurs far more than necessary), and opine that post-divorce life, in many many cases, is no improvement over married life — even a difficult marriage.

    March 13, 2012 6:36 am at 6:36 am in reply to: Divorced Girls Remarriage Prospects #860328
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    It was a personal observation of societal reality. It was not meant to be judgemental, and I’m sorry you thought it so. It was a general observation leading to its conclusion. And not intended to refer to any specific person.

    But, harsh, yes. It is that. Though accurately, unfortunately.

    March 12, 2012 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm in reply to: Walking behind a woman #860267
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    My rebbi taught us we aren’t allowed to walk behind, or between, women or girls.

    March 12, 2012 6:54 am at 6:54 am in reply to: Declining A Gift #859545
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    If someone is declining it for the right reasons (per the pasuk), how best to decline it?

    And what are examples of when it is good to reject a gift?

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