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Ah, the benefits of a Yeshiva education! It’s “meticulous”!
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Automatic Weapons: In the course of operation, all firearms perform 5 operations, they are:
1. Feeding. The cartridge is placed in position for step 2
2. Chambering. The cartridge is pushed into the firing chamber and locked in
3. Firing. Self-explanatory
4. Extraction. The chamber is unlocked and the spent cartridge case extracted from the chamber.
5. Ejection. The spent cartridge case is thrown clear of the firearm.
These five steps in order constitute one cycle. Note that all firearms perform these functions whether they operate automatically or manually.
Automatic weapons will begin to cycle when the trigger is depressed and continue to cycle as long as the trigger is held back. Semi-automatic weapons (sometimes called self-loading weapons) will perform one cycle when the trigger is depressed, but require the trigger to be reset and depressed again for each cycle. Both automatic and semi-automatic weapons use some of the energy of the firing cycle to operate the action; other firearms are operated by manual manipulation.
As to the legality of automatic weapons, prior to 1935 fully automatic weapons could be purchased freely in the U.S. (A magazine ad for the Auto Ordnance company in 1928 depicts a cowboy using a Thompson sub-machine gun to drive off cattle rustlers) The National Firearms Act of 1935 required that purchasers or owners of certain classes of weapons, automatic weapons among them, obtain a federal license to possess. This did not prohibit ownership of these weapons, only that they be licensed. Actual prohibition is left up to the States with some permitting and others prohibiting, for instance, New York totally prohibits the possession of automatic weapons while Massachusetts and Pennsylvania permit ownership with proper Federal licensing.
In addition to automatic weapons, the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1935 also required that a Federal License be obtained to purchase and/or own short barreled rifles and shotguns, suppressors (silencers) and destructive devices (hand grenades, C4, dynamite). would a nuclear device be considered a destructive device under the NFA and require a Federal license?
With regard to a popular armed uprising, google “battle of Athens Tennessee”Rachel, ” Innocent until proven guilty” applies in not just some but in all cases. However, the Police do not need to prove someone guilty before arresting them. All they need is “probable cause” to believe that the individual has committed a crime or offense, like disobeying a lawful order or resisting arrest. Guilt or innocence is decided by a Court of Law.
Folks tend to parent (when did that become a verb) pretty much as they were parented, so if follows that a good indicatiion of how good a parent any prospective spouse will be is to look at his/her relationship with his/her parents. That’s how it worked before all of the published advice on parenting (often from non-parents).
Joe, babies may come naturally but parenting is a learned behavior.
After some thought, i sent my DNA sample (test tube of saliva) to Ancestry.com for analysis. The initial result was: 85% European Jewish, 12% Middle Eastern, 3% undetermined. I received an update from them a couple of weeks ago. based on (they said) an expanded data base. The revision shows me to be 100% European Jewish with the epicenter of my genome in historic Lithuania (based on their map of likely origins).
N.B. Ancestry’s category is “European” Jewish, Not “Ashkenazi”
Has anyone actually read Article II of the US Constitution which defines the powers of the President? The President does not have the Constitutional power to effect any of the suggestions presented so far. The President does not make law. That’s the job of Congress. Over the years, Presidents, mostly Democrats starting with FDR, have arrogated some of the powers of Congress to themselves by issuing “Executive Orders” ala B. Obama (N.B. The Executive orders issued by the current President have been almost entirely used to rescind those issued by the previous White House infestation.) Nevertheless, the President has no Constitutional power to make the decrees listed by the OP. With respect to 2nd Amendment issues. Neither the President nor the Congress could make such a law . The President, or Congress, could no more arbitrarily modify the 2nd Amendment than they could limit free speech or allow warrant-less searches bu Police. The current law prohibits four classes of Citizens from possessing fire arms. Convicted felons, those convicted of misdemeanor spousal abuse, those adjudged incompetent by the court and those involuntarily committed, again by a court. Note that all four categories have been so prohibited, not by Presidential decree, but by due process.
The Romans tried that over 2000 years ago. didn’t work then either. recently, Finland, a small homogeneous country where some thing like that should have the best chance of working, tried it too. the dropped it like a hot rock after two years.
In the YI style minyan in Florida that I daven in they say the Yom after Shacharis as per the MB cited above. Is that the official YI nusach?
While it is traditional for parents to be involved in shidduchim for their children, the unterste shurah (bottom line) is that the decision belongs to the chasan and kallah. There is no inyan of kibud av in this case. While it is unlikely to happen in this case, if the girl feels strongly about it, she is free, both morally and halachicky, to ignore her mother’s advice and should, in fact, do so.
This is trivial but it annoys me nevertheless. While some hebrew/yiddish terms don’t have a regular transliteration, Yahzeit isn’t one of them. Yahrzeit, being a regular word in German and in Yiddish, has a standard spelling as shown.
P.S. the “Z” in German is oronounces “TS”.
Sish, yeah, i know. I was just referring to the new facility. The old one was a store front.
The big one. Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS) on Montoya Circle is a full service facility. Multiple minyanim in the nusach of your choice. Day and night Kolel, Shiyurim for all including shiyurim for women. BRS also includes K-12 day school/yeshiva.
Also new Chabad Center on SR7 (US441) at Kinberly
When life hands you lemons, take them because.., Hey! free lemons
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
How about suicide ostensibly al kiddush HaShem like the 94 Beis Yasakov girls who killed themselves rather than allowing the Nazis, Y”S, from using them? (The maaseh never actually happened but the question still stands)
Misasek b’kuvia are pasul l’eidus be cause they have a chazaka of untrustworthiness. Note that, at least in dinei mamonus, if the litigants agree to accept the eidus of a gambler, his testimony is accepted. The p’sul of misasek is not intrinsic. It is simply a chazaka. Do lottery purchasers have such a chazaka? I think not.
The prohibition of lashon hara does not apply to public knowledge. General conditions like tuition, yeshiva exclusivity and other more serious general subjects that are often discussed (often beaten to death) do not fall into the bounds of lashon hara . More care must be taken in reportage on individual people but, again, anything that is public knowledge is fair game. For example, saying Bernie Madof a thief is not lashon hara.
Yiftach b’doro k’Shmuel b’doro
Very insightful, Joseph
Most people have seen pre-war photos of bachurim from Mir, Slabodka and other yeshivos. Note that most are clean shaven and are wearing light colored jackets and hats in the fashion of the time. Yes, bachurim wore jackests and hats in der gass and were indistinguishable from the hamon am.
You would still have to start the car, I.E. light the fire
Joseph, the 13th Amendment refers to involuntary servitude, not slavery per se. Convicted criminal do, in fact, perform mandatory labor and are, in some States, “rented out” to perform such labor for private entities. As far as selling them as chattel slaves, to whom could they be sold? Once sold, they would no longer incarcerated and subject to the 13th. so no private or corporate entity could legally own them. Any such sale would be void ab initio .
Don’t know about that one but Kelder’s Farm on rout3 209 in Kerhonkson is quite popular and a nice visit.
Depends on how you define “Platonic”. If you mean that a man and a woman cannot have a close friendly relationship without having romantic feelings, you’re probably right. On the other hand, if you mean that such feelings will, inevitably lead to action, not so. (Vide Maseches Sukos, 52B). Also, Joseph, with all due respect to R’Moshe ZT”L, one cannot paskin a metzius, Perhaps you used the wrong word. Perhaps you meant that it was R’ Moshe’s opinion that such a relationship was impossible, and that we hedyotos should give serious weight to his opinion.
RMF’s position was that Ashkenazi Jews should learn Yiddish as a Minhag Kadosh
RBS
Never mind food processors. How did they make potato kugel in Europe without potatoes? Potoatoes were unknown in Poland/Lithuania until the middle of the 17th Century C.E. What did they make kugel from before then?There isn’t anything particularly controversial about expressing dissatisfaction with politicians, local or national. In fact, it seems to be the national sport. What other subjects did you have in mind?
N.B. The issur of ashon harah does not apply to issues that are public knowledge such as a politician’s stated positions on legislative or social matters. For instance, it is not LH to say that Senator X supports unpopular position “A” ( Boy!. These circumlocutions are awkward).
A couple of thoughts:
1. A large number of those 80 million gun owners, I would guess more than half, have served in the military themselves and have had the appropriate training. Many were Officers, some quite senior, certainly enough to organize an effective Militia. (See not 3)
2. Who says the current serving Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen or Marines would follow orders to take over the Country? Most successful uprisings have involved the mutiny of the King’s or Czar’s or Dictator’s military.
3. The reason for the adoption of the 2nd Amendment was to insure the possibility of raising a civilian militia to discourage or, if necessary, to combat a tyrannical government. In fact, this scenario actually happened here in the U.S. in living memory. (Google “Battle of Athens”)To me, this issue becomes a Brisker question. Is zdakah a din in the gavra or in the chefttza? If the mitzva is on the gavra then fine, I give my donation! If the mossad or the meshulach are crooked or are con men, that’s on their heads. If, on the other hand, the cheftza of zedaka is the mitzva, then I, as an apitropos of Hegdesh, must take due diligence to assure that the donation is to a person or organization that is on the up and up.
I agree with APY that is is extremely distasteful and disrespectful to feature Gedolei Yisroel as shills for this or that organization.Note to Milhouse: Some citations would lend verisimilitude to your blanket statement.
The interesting thing about Miller is that the court actually erred. In 1835 the U.S. Army did, in fact, issue Baker shoguns with 12” barrels to Cavalry troops.
a couple of things to consider.
1. Keeping and Bearing Arms is a Constitutionally guaranteed right, no less than freedom of the press or of speech. While none of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution are absolute, I.E. freedom of speech does not include incitement or treason nor does freedom of assembly include riot, those rights cannot be abrogated simply by governmental whim or popular demand or even reasonable suspicion. The operative Amendment isn’t the 2nd , it’s the 5th, something about due process of law. To do what has been proposed above and nationally, for that matter, would violate the aforementioned 5th amendment unless upon issuance of a legal warrant or by adjudication by a court of law and, as a matter of fact, the NICS data base includes only those whose prohibited status has been so adjudicated.2. For those who maintain that the 2nd Amendment doesn’t protect ownership of AR and AK style rifles:
In United States v Miller, 1939. SCOTUS ruled that the 2nd Amendment specifically protects “arms suitable for military formations”. You can look it up.Repeating common knowledge is not lashon hara. Saying something uncomplimentary about a particular Jew which may not be generally known is clearly assur, saying that one Ploni was caught selling treif chickens as kosher is common knowledge and permitted. (i guess y’all know who I’m talking about)
There is no reason to believe, either from Jewish sources or contemporaneous Gentile sources, that the Beis HaMiqdash was anywhere but where the Dome of the Rock now stands. Also note that Bayis Sheini, as rebuilt by Hordus, was also bigger than Har HaBayis. That’s why he had to build the retaining wall (Kosel).
I’m with Joe on this one. Rights aren’t free. They come with responsibilities. The rather modest effort to acquire a photo ID seems well worth the right to vote that it confers. I can see that, in earlier times, it may have been a significant imposition to obtain a photo ID (Heck! in really earlier times, they didn’t exist) but now they are easy enough to get that, barring severe disability, no one really has an excuse not to have one. It’s difficult to conduct normal life without one. Never mind opening a bank account, you can’t check into a hotel or cash a check without one or do a myriad of other things without a photo ID. Why should anything as important and significant as voting be different.
There is nothing particularly sacred about the third finger of the left hand in halacha. It’s status as the ring finger is just a convention and a non-Jewish one at that. When Choson presents the ring under the chupah, he places it on the Kallah’s right index finger. I could see that it might be awkward to wear it there permanently.
Never mind a lion. It’s illegal to have a pet ferret in New York
Adocs, Al pi Halacha, Yaakov Avinu did, in fact, do something wrong. There is a well known kashea is to the effect that, if the Avos were mekayem Kol haTorah Kuleh, how was Yaakov Avinu allowed to marry two sisters which is specifically forbidden. One answer I remember was the Avos were only mekayem kol hamitzvos in E”Y. Yaakov Avinu married two sisters in chutz la’aretz.
Also, in my and my parent’s generations, formal shadchanus as practiced today, was quite rare and confined, almost entirely, to the Chasiddishe Veldt. Most couples, including including those from rabbonishe (Litvish) families, met by introduction by friends and family or they met socially.
Don’t get the”hate”. There are people in my shul whose demeanor and attitude rub me the wrong way. I don’t particularly like them but I don’t hate them. i just have nothing to do with them and, There must be something else going on with the guy in the OP. Wonder what it is.
What’s wrong with Bridge?
MDD1, Sorry, I can only post periodically. With regard to my post, a previous poster opined to the effectthat the fair skinned Ashekenazim came about due to environmental conditions in northern Europe. to which my post was directed. Since the Dor haMabul was several thousand years prior to the migration of Semitic (remember Shem?) Jews to Europe, my post is still relevant. Note that that Yefes, the progenitor of European races, may very well have been blonde, blue eyed and fair skinned, while Shem, our progenitor, possessed dark hair and eyes along with an olive complexion. Anyone who took tenth grade Biology can, then, figure out what happened.
Monseyopoly
Here’s another thought about giving money to random strangers: Is zedaka a din in the cheftza or in the gavra? If it’s a din in the gavra, I.E. I am commanded to give zedaka, then I have fulfilled my requirement with the donation. If the recipient is a fraud, that’s his avla. On the other hand, if zedaka is a din in the cheftza, I.E. the donation is mammon shel Hegdesh, the donor is responsible, as an apitropos of Hegdesh, to ascertain that the recipient is legitimate.
1500 years is far to short a time period for natural selection to produce significant numbers of blonde, blue eyed, fair skinned Jews. That so many Ashkenazik Jews match such a description is most likely the same reason that there were no red-haired Irishmen until the Viking invasion, i.e. interbreeding with Northern Europeans through conversion, annus, and shmad.
Jews who are known by their non-Jewish names, Hmm, let me see. Abaye, Rava, Ulla …
The interesting thing about the Miller decision was that the Court erred in stating that short (less that 18″) barreled shotguns were inappropriate for “military” use. In 1835, the US Army issued Baker double-barreled shotguns to Cavalry troops. The Baker had 12″ barrels.
Slonimer, you seem to be deliberately misquoting me. What is ok with me is not the issue. The point was that the community practice works for each community. The Rav mentioned is someone I know for years but do not necessarily follow. as I said in the case cited, a member of that community davening in the presence of a woman so attired is not sinning, in your community or mine, we would be oiver aveira in such a situation.
Sorry Modesty, You’ll have to make inquiry on your own. Given the vultures on this blog, I don’t want to engender mother shem ra.
P.S. i bet you couldn’t find Slonim on a map,
Akuperma, The so called Little Ice Age began about the 1100s of the Common era and by the late 129th early 20th century we were coming out of it. As an idea of the conditions, in the winter of 1763 (or 1768) New York Harbor froze solid enough that a person could walk from Manhattan to Staten Island.
Slonimer, sorry I could’t get back to you sooner. First, let me remind you and others that this is a hypothetical discussion. So, to continue, without getting too far into specifics, there are certain female characteristics that all agree constitute ervah and some that none (except the burkha nuts) consider so. There is a fairly broad middle ground between the two end points. It is in this middle ground that the controlling factor is community practice, supported by legitimate psak. For instance, I have heard a Rav, of whose bakius and yiras shamaim I am certain, opine that armpits are ervah and they only must be covered (that would rule out tank tops). You or I may disagree and, as you mentioned, we may not be allowed to daven in their presence but members of that community may, indeed, do so and are not sinning if they do.
Mitzvas HasShem are absolute and immutable but their application is, in large part, dependent on community standards and practices. Even the great Hillel is recorded as basing a psak on what he observed the general practice to be in the case in question.King D, the fact is that this hurricane season isn’t really so unusual. To respond in order;
1. Hurricane season runs from August 1 through October 30 every year. Atlantic cyclonic storms (hurricanes) that occur at other times of year are what is unusual.
2. while it somewhat unusual for two Cat 5 storms to make landfall on North America in the same year, the number of named storms this year is about average. the last eleven years have been fairly slow years hurricane wise due to extreme drought in North Africa. Dust blowing east from Africa had a tendency to attenuate storms that form annually in the vicinity of the Cape Verde islands. The breaking of the drought resulted in less hurricane weakening dust.Slonimer, exactly! Your community standards apply to you. You are entitled to disapprove of other standards but as long as those standards have some reasonable rabbinic support, even a das yachid, they are still within the daled amos of Torah.
For instance, it is well known that many frum married women in Lite did not cover their hair which would, in our communities, constitute erva. The limud sechus on them was that in general practice, married women routinely went without hair covering so uncovered hair no longer constituted erva.