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pixelate: Yes, it is. It’s good, but in my opinion it’s not better than the Artscroll. Decently close, though.
Meat. (If anyone has any idea what I’m referring to… well, I’d be quite impressed if anyone gets it right.
Yitzchokm: I am not holding in the entire controversy, but was he ever personally called a Kofer (aside from being Chabad)? I know there were some strong bans on some books he wrote (and he said that the offensive material wasn’t written by him) because they took too cavalier an attitude towards Chazal, but that says nothing about him as a person nor his Peirush on Shas. If you can enlighten me as to where anyone actually called him an Apikores or said his Peirush on Shas was Assur (aside from the Tzuras HaDaf issue, on which he conceded), I guess I could stand to be more informed on this.
PAA: You’re taking too literal a meaning of the word “Domeh”. If it just means, “reminiscent of” and not “similar to” then the hues don’t have to be anywhere near each other.
yitzchokm: He pointed out that the Shteinzaltz Shas is very useful to a lot of people. He’s not at all wrong. Just because you don’t like him for whatever reason (either anti-Chabad or the old controversy of changing the Tzura-which he backed off on) doesn’t mean that anyone promoting Shteinzaltz is trying to start a fight.
Meh. Just say the words “Divine Command Theory” and ask him why he is sure that his morals, in the year 2013, are the pinnacle of human morality. Who says he is any more correct than all of the generations that preceded him?
sam4: They’re in the famous T’shuvos. R’ Moshe in OC 1:167 (I think; he says that Zimra D’mana is Assur and that during the 3 weeks and S’firah D’puma would also be Assur). The TZ”E quotes him and agrees in 15:33.
Chacham: I have a question I hope you can answer. Take a look at Bava Kama 93b. I think it’s a massive Kasha on all the Rishonim that call Kla Ilan indigo because the Metziyus just doesn’t work out. Do you have any explanation?
R’ Moshe and the Tzitz Eliezer both say that one shouldn’t, but I think it’s clear that the Minhag is not like them, except for certain sections of the Yekke community.
rational: $800? The Neharde’a set was something like $400 at the YU Seforim Sale last year.
Health, Moi Aussie: I still don’t think it matters whether it’s genetic or not. There are people who, from a very young age, notice their attraction to men and/or their attraction to women. Whether that’s a genetic or environmental concern is mostly irrelevant. There are people with an orientation that they cannot control, and we must give them the full sympathy and support that they deserve. And yes, maybe that sometimes means being nice to people who are real Ba’alei Aveirah. But I’d rather not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Toi: Actually, I think you have a B’feirush Gemara against you. It’s the top line of an Amud Beis in Kesubos, somewhere in the 50s or 60s. The line is Zeh Yitzrah MiBifnim V’zeh Yitzro Mibachutz. Ayein Sham.
MDG: I think it’s pretty clear from the Gemara and Rishonim there not like you’re M’dayek. The Gemara is assuming that if they didn’t protest Michal it’s because it’s okay for women to do.
It’s in the Mishnah B’rurah. I think it’s a Machlokes Achronim whether it’s 1X1 Amah or 1X1/2 Amos. The hole doesn’t count.
Go to the police so that the monster can’t do this to anyone else. And find your son good professional help. Dr. Pelcovitz of YU is the expert in this field and knows who all of the best in the business are. Ask him for a recommendation as to who to go to about your particular case.
Health, moi aussie: They found it in flies. They altered a gene and they made it so that a male fly would be attracted to male pheromones and genitalia.
Look, I’m not claiming that all homosexuals are Anusim who can’t help what they feel. There are certainly those who could go through therapy (and I mean normal therapy, not the obscene “reparative” therapy which amounts to nothing more than serious physical and sexual abuse) and come out heterosexual or at least able to repress their homosexual tendencies. However, we must realize that there are people who are born with no attraction to women and we must give them our full sympathy and not allow disdain for those who had a choice to disdain those who had no choice as well.
PBA: There are no more Zionists of the form that the anti-Zionists rail against. But they will treat the average Israeli “Zionist” the same as the nameless internet “Zionists”.
daf: Not that there is any reason to defend the Conservatives, as it is clear Apikorsus anyway for numerous reasons, but your example is not Apikorsus. That is actually very similar to what it says in the Moreh HaNevuchim.
And rd, while you don’t respect Tosfos at all, don’t misrepresent their opinions. See Eruvin 96a (I think) where it’s clear that there could be a problem with women wearing Tefillin.
Akuperma: Rav Shach used to stand up for his grandson in his army uniform. There are many stories of soldiers in their uniforms approaching and being well-received by R’ Elyashiv. If IDF soldiers someday terrorize Yeshivos, we can deal with that then. But for now, there is no reason to assault someone (verablly or physically) in an army uniform.
Gamanit: Either it’s meant to be a metaphor (which is clearly obvious, I think) or this Midrash is literal and assuming that the Beis HaMikdash can be rebuilt long enough before the Geulah that it wouldn’t be immediately obvious.
Or it’s like a rousing speech and the “Im Ein Atem Ma’aminim” is rhetorical.
crazybrit: Yes, but there’s no Yichud when you get in. And elevators break down so rarely that that would be a complete Ones, not a P’shia of any sort.
ziplock: Actually, in the T’shuvah R’ Moshe says B’feirush that even the tallest elevator in the world (which at the time was the ESB) isn’t long enough for a Shiur Yichud. So yes, maybe if a Jew could get in to Dubai then taking an express elevator to the top of the Burj might be Yichud. But probably not, because you’d be dead before you got there anyway.
Curiosity: If that is the case, that there is no objective measure of Muttar or Assur here as is befitting a Ben Torah (e.g. Shabbos 114a) then shouldn’t it stand to reason that this is an entirely social point? If you are somewhere where no one would even give a second look at the most venerable of people drinking from a water fountain then shouldn’t there be no issue here? Which, I don’t think is too much to presume, is the case in the vast majority of places today.
Curiosity: If that is the case, that there is no objective measure of Muttar or Assur here as is befitting a Ben Torah (e.g. Shabbos 114a) then shouldn’t it stand to reason that this is an entirely social point? If you are somewhere where no one would even give a second look at the most venerable of people drinking from a water fountain then shouldn’t there be no issue here? Which, I don’t think is too much to presume, is the case in the vast majority of places today.
R’ Moshe has a B’feirush T’shuvah that it’s Muttar.
ymhtb: One has to be very careful when saying such things. It’s a Halachah, not a “vort”. It’s one thing to retain a positive outlook on life even in down times. But one must be very careful not to distort Halachos.
Curiosity: There are T’shuvos about making a Brachah when you drink from a water fountain. I don’t recall any recommending not to use them due to a lack of Kavod. (But some recommend not to use them to be safe about the Brachos thing.)
apushatayid: Yes, I obviously meant that gluten content gives something the ability to become Chametz if it is left to leaven. A bunch of Rabbanim in Eretz Yisrael hold that way (I think I heard that R’ Zalman Nechemya Goldberg does) and I think Kehati mentions it in the beginning of Challah and quotes a chunk of Rabbanim who said it.
There are Gemaros that assume that Mashiach has to come by the year 6000. There seem to be Gemaros that don’t assume that. There are Gemaros that give earlier deadlines than the year 6000 that have already passed. We just need to wait for him whenever it comes and hope that it’s as soon as possible. (The Rambam has a letter explaining the need for deadlines, Ayein Sham V’hameivin Yavin.)
Yes, actually. There were stories of a really addictive online game when I was in middle or high school (maybe it was the original Warcraft?) and someone died because he just spent so much time on it that he forgot to do things like eat or drink.g
Health: People don’t discover it mid-life. It (in many cases) grows in time, just like normal sexual attraction does for normal people. Most people who come out, even if they didn’t realize it at an earlier age, realized that there was something not normal in there heterosexual relationship.
What does happen nowadays, which R”L is caused by the good publicity that homosexuality gets, is people who are attracted to both genders who will choose to let their homosexual attraction become dominant (whether subconsciously or consciously).
apush: Fair enough. I was just enlightening you, not attempting to change what you hold. Rav Schachter (along with a sizable chunk of other Rabbonim) holds that gluten content is what makes something Chametz. Thus, gluten-free Matzah is an inherent contradiction.
I would presume that we will use whatever is available that is allowed. However, nothing permanent can be added on to the Binyan, so presumable electric wiring would be Assur because of HaKol Biksav…
Pixelate: You make an assumption that Shlomo being the smartest man ever means he could outthink all of the inventors of the future combined. Many inventions involve lifetimes of work as all science builds upon previous science. Einstein couldn’t have been Einstein without Newton. So even if Shlomo Hamelech was a good deal smarter than Newton and Einstein and everyone else, who is to say that he possessed the ability to think of Newton and then build upon that and then build upon that, etc.?
I do know that Rav Schachter was once Mattir a celiac to have chicken during the nine days.
Toi and WIY: Has any male walked a mile in a woman’s shoes? You’re making an assumption based on the difficulty of your Ta’avos. Just like this is more difficult for some men than others, so too it’s more difficult for some women than others. Assuming that women can never understand the man’s Yetzer for this is stupid and quite arrogant, just like you can’t understand her Yetzer.
WIY: I disagree. One is meant to be a killjoy. Otherwise you’re missing the point.
Toi: I seem to recall that too but I’m pretty sure I’m right about this Tosfos. It’s talking about Binyan in particular. I don’t remember where it is though. I think it’s in Yevamos.
147: Really? Av means father in Farsi and/or ancient Babylonian? It could be, but I don’t think so. All of the months names’ have meaning. They’re just not a language we know. Or did you think that Chazal/Nach/the leaders at the time gave gibberish meanings to the months?
Biology: I’m assuming she meant whether you think there is a Halachic issue with drinking unfiltered tap water.
They make protectors for steering wheels out of things that don’t get hot for this.
pixelate: Since this case, apparently, according to Tosfos. Well, it doesn’t mean eliminate. It just means diminish. But we don’t know how much to diminish. So Tafasta Muat and take the least common denominator and diminish until 0.
My Shul holds the same as 147: I’m not positive about the Makor though.
jbaldy: I agree. I was just pointing out that when you make up Halachos while trolling you lose your Chelek in Olam Haba.
You are ignoring the incredibly low percentage of soldiers. These P’sukim are not a Ra’aya either way for this debate.
I’m calling troll. Not because it’s obviously a troll, but I’m calling a secondary level of trolling for beginning with an inherently false statement.
Actually, I’m not calling troll. I’m calling Apikores. Changing Halachah is Yeihareg V’al Ya’avor because it’s K’firah (see Yam Shel Shlomo Bava Kama 4:9). So I don’t think I’d want to Daven in your Shul regardless, no matter the skirt length of my (nonexistent) wife.
Health: It’s not an Issur Yichud. It’s just an Eitzah Tovah to avoid Yichud.
Shabbos morning? Maybe they do it at Minchah because most Conservatives hold of a 6-to-6 day instead of sunset-to-sunset (Tzeis). I’ve never heard of Havdalah in the morning either. Then again, a lot of entirely unaffiliated “synagogues” are calling themselves conservative nowadays.
Charlie: Correct. R’ Schachter says it’s not Chametz D’oraisa (presumably he would hold it’s Kitniyos). But it doesn’t help with American oats anyway because they’re cross-contaminated with wheat.
apushatayid: R’ Schachter is not Meikil for celiacs. He says by celiacs that Ones Rachmana Patrei.
Mammele: So now you’re discriminating *against* being ladylike? Why eat like a mentch? He should eat like a lady.
rob: Look throughout the Gemaras. There are clear cases where we split a P’sak for identical cases based on whether the issue is D’oraisa or D’rabannan.
rob: You are wrong on two counts. First of all, it’s a Machlokes Rishonim whether Safek D’oraisa is L’chumra Min HaTorah or Mid’rabannan. Second of all, the rules apply in both P’sak and M’tziyus.
pixelate: That’s what one would think. However, Tosfos says clearly (I think somewhere in Yevamos; I’ll try to find it) that M’ma’atim means eliminating completely. (Except in certain necessary exceptions as stated in the Gemara.)