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I didn’t invent the point about that Rashi. Many Achronim said it first (maybe even a few Spanish Rishonim pointed it out). So if that’s Apikorsus, at least I’m in good company.
It could be. There is a Rashi in Brachos who says that Orez is millet and that something else means rice. Therefore, according to Rashi, rice might be Adamah. The problem with this is that Rashi was from France and spoke neither Arabic nor Spanish. If he had known those two languages, he would have known that Orez is rice. (Rice is Aruz and Aros in those two languages, respectively.)
TCG: That’s actually a Machlokes. R’ Moshe holds that for your silent Shmoneh Esrei you have to do like the Tzibbur if you’re the SHAT”Z (because your silent SH”E is only to prepare for Chazaras HaSHAT”Z) but most other Poskim seem to disagree.
Toi: Who says that we actually hold that Gigulim exist? (There’s a famous Rashash on this, if I recall correctly.)
On the ball: He actually said “a man”. Watch the videos on Youtube. It was just very blurry sound quality which caused the whole world to mis-transcribe him.
Yehudayona: Of course. I meant a tape. Actually, I think he uses the word “tape” (Tes Yud Yud Pei). I just said CD because that’s what I’m so used to saying. Just like I call all tissues “Kleenex”. Yes. He said a tape.
Shmoel: Not by an Agunah.
Uneeq: Many, many Poskim say that there is no reason to be Makpid on Tzava’as R’ Yehudah Hachassid. We’re not even Makpid on the whole Tzava’a. Just a few random points of it. It’s actually a very strange situation how the Minhagim by that developed.
Just say it (by whichever one is your actual Minhag( but don’t say it out loud. Lots of people end up doing that.
Supposedly, when this conspiracy theory had a huge tracking in the 90s, a reporter visited Buzz Aldrin’s house and asked him if he actually ever walked on the moon. Buzz responded by punching the reporter in the face.
If I recall correctly, R’ Moshe has a T’shuvah about something very similar to this. He says that if you play a CD with songs with P’sukim that can be overheard by someone in the bathroom it’s a problem.
42: Monopoly? That’s a whole Sugya. I used to play a lot of Risk and never lost a game of Stratego in my life. I finally met my match and we played five straight games to a draw. As far as I know, neither of us have ever played since (I certainly haven’t).
PBA: I don’t understand. You’re being Mocheh against someone holding like the Drisha?
Curiosity: I used to always be Pikachu because I was very good and wanted a challenge.
kfb: Apparently not believing in the moon landing is a common conspiracy theory.
Shein: If you actually do it as a real Parnassah there’s more room to be Meikil and that the Zman Batalah of someone who has to support a family is more. Also, you can call part of the fee Tzeddaka. But technically it’s Assur to charge for teaching no matter what.
Honestly, it depends how old you are and why you’re doing this. If you actually need a supplemental Parnassah then it depends on what people want to pay. But if you’re just a younger guy looking for some money, this isn’t the way to do it. It’s probably not even Muttar to charge more than minimum wage, unless you are tutoring younger kids in which case you can charge normal babysitting rates. Mah Ani B’chinam Af Atem B’chinam.
QB: League of Legends? That’s quite a niche crowd. Unless there’s a different LoL that I don’t know about.
Health: Read the T’shuvah. Unless I am grossly misrecalling this, he doesn’t require a Mechitzah nor does he say that they can’t sit next to each other. (Maybe he is assuming that they already weren’t, but I don’t recall it saying that in the T’shuvah.)
Curiosity: I never had any games as a kid, but I used to go to friends’ houses a lot. Super Mario 64 was a favorite. I was the first to beat the penguin race. I accidentally fell off the beginning of the slide but managed to land on it right at the very bottom. It was great. And I still have been known to play Smash Bros as a way to recharge when I can’t learn anymore from time to time.
QB: Was never really into KH, FF, or even any of the Zelda games. I just didn’t enjoy them. ChronoTrigger is still my all-time favorite game though (of course, I haven’t played any game other than the recreational multi-player Halo, WiiSports, or Smash Bros in close to a decade now).
Curiosity: Honestly, I bet there’s a small but proud group of right-wing girls who are also gamers at either Stern or Tuoro. You should ask someone familiar with the students there.
I was at a doctor’s appointment. I remember the nurse made an offhand comment about someone doing something like this every few years or so. I don’t she realized what it would turn out to be or she never would have said that. We had a normal school day like usual, though a few teachers took the opportunity to talk to the students about things like terrorism, hatred, and tragedies, etc.
Health: This case is also a man giving a Shiur to ladies. And look at R’ Moshe’s T’suvah on a “Meeting Shel Society”, he says that it’s okay to give the co-ed D’var Torah.
Yichusdik: We’re all descended from Rashi (as well as everyone else who was alive at that time). Do you mean Ben Achar Ben? Because no one is descended from Rashi that way.
Is it so clear that the purpose of Slichos is to feel low and full of sin? I could definitely hear a claim that a Slichos which inspires feelings of wanting to be better in the future, regardless of how many sins were done in the past, is a successful one.
WIY: I don’t know. As far as I know he doesn’t have a T’shuvah on that issue. I was just pointing out that a Mechitzah wouldn’t be the deciding factor. I always found his Lashon in this one funny though (I forget where it is, it’s towards the end of either O.C 2, 3, or 4).
Health: I cannot argue with you if you don’t hold by the Prishah. That is a lengthy Sugya and there are Tzdadim either way. However, a Mechitzah isn’t necessary. R’ Moshe has a T’shuvah about a “Meeting Shel Society” where he says it’s Muttar to give a D’var Torah afterwards even if there are women there and he does not necessitate a Mechitza.
I am unfamiliar with any special story, but Katzenellenbogen was a relatively common last name in Europe. If you would meet a “Katz” in America who isn’t a Cohen, it’s probably because the name used to be Katzenellenbogen and got shortened.
Iced: Nope. That’s exactly who I was referring to. He’s the Mara D’asra of Elizabeth and famous for that Shittah. (Besides, if I was referring to someone different that would make both of them less of a Da’as Yachid, wouldn’t it?)
ICOT and Yungerman: This is published Bishmo by his son-in-law in Chashukei Chemed (I believe the Shabbos one). I think it’s reliable. He says someone who causes an accident while talking and driving is Pattur to pay because Kim Lei Bid’raba Minei.
Mods, please close this thread. I am beyond torn by it. On the hand hand I don’t C”V want to harm anyone’s Emunah. On the other hand, I feel like seeing these incorrect proofs for the Torah will harm people’s Emunah once they realize why it’s incorrect. That is a major problem with people’s Emunah being based on “proof”. Once you realize that the proof isn’t ironclad, you might C”V start to doubt the Ikkar involved. There are lower-level “proofs” that we all need to find for ourselves, but the basis has to be belief. Thus, no good can come from discussing these proofs so long as there are people involved whose source for Emunah is a proof. It’s one thing if we knew that everyone here had complete Emunah and that the proofs are just a nice addition. Then the proofs are worth discussing. But since I am sure that there are people here who would stop believing (or at least have questions) if their particular proof was disproven, no good can come of this discussion in an open forum. So please, close this thread.
Interjection: 75:1. The problem with the position is that none of the Poskim read it Kipshuto. Saying that a Tefach above the elbow is allowed is a complete Da’as Yachid opinion.
Iced: You, once again, miss the point. I did not say that the position was right. It did not say that it wasn’t against everyone else. I did call it a Da’as Yachid. However, the position does have a legitimate Makor in Halachah. Quoting other, majority, more legitimate opinions does not make this one less legitimate. It means that others cannot follow is L’ma’aseh, but it also means that a Rav who is a Bar Hachi of having a position has a right to say it. I think the Shulchan Aruch proves that point fairly well. You proved that we don’t hold like that position. That’s fine. I wasn’t arguing that. Your claim was that the position is indefensible. I defended it.
R’ Elyashiv says that one who talks on a cell phone while driving is a Rodef and that it’s Muttar to kill him to stop the car.
I was a cynical BY student and these proofs never worked for me. I believe because I know it’s true but one needs to believe first for a proof to be entirely irrefutable. I was going to post a contention for every proof offered thus far, my only purpose being to show that one need believe because he knows it’s true and not because someone told him a feel good story that made him want to believe. But my intention is to build other’s emunah and not to open anyone’s mind to more questions. I keep the Torah because it’s true and not because of these ‘cool’ proofs because every single one can be argued.
Sell the Torah for what it is; genius and perfect! No ‘proof’ will bring any thinking person to become shomer Torah.
Interjection said it best. There’s no reason to discuss this further.
Ready now: You are using assumptions to prove your own assumptions. Which is fine. You don’t need concrete proof for this. But your “proofs” are not proofs.
Iced: Care to explain how when the Shulchan Aruch says “Tefach” he doesn’t really mean a Tefach?
The Pashut Lashon of the Shuchan Aruch is defense enough.
Iced: It takes a lot less Bekiyus to know that a Makor exists than to know that one doesn’t.
Iced: Because you are such a Baki in Halacha to be able to say that? You know all of Shas and Poskim to say that that Psak has nothing to rely on whatsoever? It’s how he learns the Sugya and it’s a fair reading of several Rishonim.
I have never been through it, but I feel like every detail relevant to this situation is discussed in the Tzitz Eliezer’s Hichos Medinah.
Iced: This opinion is defensible, even though it’s a Da’as Yachid. I would never advocate following it, but his community has every right to.
None of the proofs given are concrete. I don’t want to go around arguing against any of the proofs because I don’t C”V want to harm anyone’s Emunah. If you believe in these proofs, then great for you. Many of the classical proofs are very strong, they are just not absolute. (Actually, someone once gave me a T’shuvah Nitzchis against one of the classical proofs, but I won’t bring that up either.)
WIY: I’m sure the mods wouldn’t allow it, even though this is a well-known opinion. I could say his name, but there’s no reason for it. If you ask around I’m sure someone would tell you.
SiDi: That’s a Gemara in Makkos. And I believe the Rishonim there point out that if he uses unreasonable force he is Chayav for murder, but I haven’t seen it in a very long time so I’m not positive.
Mdd: You sure? I’ll check again, but what part of that Passuls him? I don’t think that’s the type of Ochel N’veilos L’tei’avon that Passels you L’eidus.
I recall seeing a Tshuvah (maybe in the Igros?) saying that it’s bad Chinuch because it teaches the child that stealing is okay. I don’t remember precisely where though.
Choc: I wasn’t joking at all. Why did you think I was joking?
I was once at a Simcha where someone came up to me and told me that the reason all Jews dance counter-clockwise is L’apukei from the Zionists because the Hora is a Zionist dance and is done clockwise. I laughed and moved on.
Actually, Murphy’s Law is that if you leave something with the possibility of an error up to anyone but yourself, that person will mess up (it’s names after a dude named Murphy after a mistake with with Air Force planes). What we call Murphy’s Law is actually something different that just got merged together with it after time.
Vochindik: There is a very well-known Mara D’asra of a large community that holds that women are allowed to show up to a Tefach above the elbow. Maybe this is what Feif is referring to.