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  • in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1518704

    It is hard to watch the video without wondering if this is a parody making fun of judaism

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1518697

    Uri- I think making up a fake Rashi and then passing that off to children as Halacha lmaysa – and the one publishing such a dvd and sendig it to the masses – is the one who lost their mind. Your commenting without knowing/watching the video is also quite telling and humorous

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517986

    Reb Yid who are you talking to? The Rabbi told kids they are allowed to go into cages, I would never chas v’shalom allow it

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517980

    Is that why their symbol is a five dollar bill? To show everyone it’s just about money? That also really bothers me as a chillul Hashem, by the way, goyim just see a Jewish person driving a car with a smiling five dollar bill on his car. Don’t you think that also is borderline of a chilul hashem? Couldn’t they have some other symbol for people to put on bumper stickers?

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517959

    I donated $100 to them and this is how they repay me? By sending me a video (which most parents don’t watch with their children) that tells children they can go into wild animal cages? Are you crazy? Imagine if your son’s school sent this home! Would you say: “it’s just about making money, not to teach”?! I can’t believe your logic.

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517957

    (I am waiting for a different comment of mine to be moderated, so I won’t repeat those points.)
    butisit- I understand it is just about fundraising. But does it make sense that they can send anything they want out to little kids b/c it’s for fundraising? You would be okay with them telling children to close their eyes and play in streets or that they don’t need to wear seatbelts because they believe in Hashem? Everything is fine because it is just there to make money??!! Does that make sense to you? How about: swim without an adult around, Hashem protects you as long as you don’t serve idols? This sounds sane to you? Is there no limit?

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517945

    But is it kosher- look at your name! I am not talking about suing Oorah. I hope c”v no children die because of their video!! But is it right what they did? That is the question!
    Daas: Yes, I agree with you. But this was pointed out to Oorah right after the video came out last year. They could have sent people an email, the video is only available to those they sent it to (by mail), so they could have sent out a letter to those people. This is people’s children’s lives we’re talking about. I am sorry they made a mistake, and it takes a big person to admit they made a mistake, but it makes you even bigger when you admit it. Even the Sanhedrin can make mistakes, mistakes happen, but the solution should not be, let’s cover it up and hope no one notices. These are people’s children’s lives we are talking about (aside from how silly it is – that type of ridiculousness is one of the reasons kids go off the derech nowadays).

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517836

    Do you think children getting mauled by animals (chas v’shalom) is a joke? Do you remember what happened last year? I cry when I look at this https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1258547/horror-orthodox-jewish-toddler-viciously-attacked-by-pitt-bull-in-spring-valley-video-and-photos.html . You think it’s because the kid worshipped idols?

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517826

    What? Are you serious? They send a video to people’s homes where a Rabbi tells children that going into animal cages can’t hurt them because that’s what Rashi on Chumash says. (and really he misquoted rashi and rashi DOESN’T say that). but they’re not responsable for what they send to people?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    in reply to: Oorah Shmorg #1517761

    It was the Animal section in Shmorg 9

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975658

    I hope people who spend hundreds of dollars (every year) on lulavim and esrogim [where you can go around showing everyone how great yours looks] are also spending hundreds of dollars for the finest Mezuzos [where no one can see how great your mezuzah looks, just how great the silver case you bought for it looks].

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975657

    Reb Doniel – I don’t think most people are aware what it is they need to be looking for, and what makes something mehudar. Also, as you said, it has to be a “reputable” tikkun sofrim.

    Veltz- Yes. That’s not exactly the problem. But, yes, that’s the point of this post, to make sure people are aware of the issues and purchase from a reputable source.

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975654

    I never updated, and I was reminded I should have:

    The Mezuzos arrived from Zichron Olam, all were beautiful and extremely Mehudar. I was very pleased.

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975651

    Twisted: I think that’s mostly if you have old/cheap klaf

    Meneachem Melamed: Well said. (I think the only issue is sometimes the seller might not know the sofer.) I am happy with ZichronOlam.com cause I know the Star K has checked out the Soferim and they are giving their hechsher that the Mezuzos/Tefillin/sefer torah are Mehudar and written by “Mehudar” people.

    ItcheSrulik: You’re right. My friend thinks Mehudar start at $65 in NY; so I’m sure there are slightly cheaper places (I guess it might also depend on the shekel rate etc?). I live “out of town” so I prices are usually slightly higher.

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975642

    Oh, my friend told me, (I’ll need to ask him the exact number he said cause I don’t recall for certain), that if you’re not paying 90 or 100 per Mezuzah they’re probably b’dieved. – That was a chiddush to me, but if you don’t work in the business you don’t know these things. So yeah if you paid for a proper one I hope/assume yours are fine

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975641

    I am a ba’al korei, so I looked through plenty of mezuzos before I purchased mine. The issue is that I didn’t know the details. Apparently none of my Lamed’s had tagin (the crowns) and that’s a clear Halacha in the Shulchan Aruch (that I didn’t know about, cause I never learned Hilchos Mezuzah). Once I bought them and I didn’t know better then it becomes a machlokes whether it’s considered l’chatchila or b’dieved etc. etc… And I bought mine from a person whose sofer seems to be a total yarei shamayim! (the sofer didn’t write them, he just looked them over). The point is, just cause the seller is an honest person, doesn’t mean that the person who wrote your Mezuzah is honest (or knowledgable!) As the article said “50% of STAM are written by people who do not have a ksav kabbalah”. I’m not embarrassed to say that I ordered 10 Mezuzos from zichronolam, it’s a mitzvah d’oraysa, i’d rather buy one with a hechsher and not have to worry it was written by an Arab or someone writing it “l’shem kedushas kesef” (to make money)

    in reply to: B'dieved Mezuzahs #975634

    Guess I should have labeled this: YOUR MEZUZOS ARE PASSUL!!!!! to get people’s attention

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