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Dal94: Some of the very early Sefardic philosophers (late Geonim) thought that reciprocity was the first and foremost natural law.
WoW: How close is he to turning 18? Maybe you can send him to the army. There’s no guarantee that that would turn him Frum, but it should get him to not want to be a bum.
Don’t use either. It gives way too many people unlimited access to anything you use it for, ever. You don’t want your whole life in the hands of people. And while people trust Google now (at least, trust them to only care to make themselves money and not mess people up), you never know who will get that info later.
Abe Cohen: When there is a legitimate, unbiased, inherently fair way to judge intelligence then I’ll completely agree that there’s nothing wrong with saying it on average, which really has nothing to do with any individuals anyway.
Kozov: One can interpret Bereishis allegorically and still hold of the relevance of Shabbos.
Abe: I can think of someone who would. Telling Steven Hawking that Einstein is smarter than him is demeaning and insulting. So too, stating unequivocally that men are smarter than women is demeaning.
Kozov: So it’s good to know that several Rishonim were apologists who obviously didn’t care about the Passuk that you clearly understand so much better than they did.
I don’t get the question. It’s not Assur to speak while wearing Tefillin. It is Assur to speak in between putting on the Shel Yad and Shel Rosh.
Honestly, I would mention this to a Rav well-versed in Kaballah. Even if there is a natural explanation each time for it, it happening to you twice in two different places should have some deeper meaning.
IR: She certainly doesn’t now. She would have retired before I was born (or when I was very young). I don’t know if she ever had a job other than being a housewife, which probably is just as hard to do as any other job while fasting.
PBA: I’m saying I don’t like flame wars.
I know of an old woman who still fasts every Yom Kippur Kotton (and Monday and Thursday too). It was her family custom. Why can’t this woman be the same?
Mods, can we please close this thread? Not because it’s not a legitimate question, but because this thread will take the following trajectory:
1) Someone will see a perceived attack on Touro’s academics and feel the need to defend it.
2) Someone will see a defense of Touro’s academics and feel the need to attack it.
3) Someone will see an attack on Touro and feel the need to attack YU in response.
4) A pro-YU/anti-YU flame war will commence.
5) In the middle of said flame war, random people will enter and talk about how this undefinable “Modern Orthodoxy” is the root of all evil.
6) Said flame war will continue until you mods get bored of it and close the thread.
So, why don’t we all save some time, read the last flame war thread, and just close this one now?
Ben Levi: Does the Rambam not say that it’s Assur to use Chazal’s Refuos because they went by the medicine of their times and that those don’t apply anymore?
Health: There is no Chiyuv on Erev Yom Tov. Erev Yom Kippur is more of an issue, but one with an ear problem probably constitutes a Choleh for this and can be Yotzei with a shower (Shifchas 9 Kabim). He should make sure that the water in the shower touches every single part of his body though, including inside of joints (like armpits) and the bottom of his feet.
The IQ test until very recently was entirely irrelevant. The early IQ tests did not judge intelligence. “What is Smith & Wesson a popular brand of?” was a question on the original IQ test.
Csar: That doesn’t prove that men are smarter than women, only that more men deviate from the mean than women.
Rabbiofberlin: Correct, and the Halachic reason that there are Kulos by a Tzibbur is that “Sha’as Had’chak Kibdieved Dami”.
OOM: I think what he means is that if you combine the IQ of all of his accounts, it adds up to five points higher than the average woman.
I never said the M”B doesn’t say you need a hat. I said that he never says you need a double covering. Which he doesn’t. The statement that the M”B says that a double covering is necessary is a Ziyuf Shel Halachah that has been spread throughout the masses.
Yitay should have said “should not”, not “cannot”. Even in a Tzibbur, it’s only okay B’dieved. Tirchah D’tzibburah makes it a Sha’as Had’chak which is Kib’dieved.
Patri: That is a gross lie. Find me where the Mishnah B’rurah says it. You can’t. It’s not in there. People quote the Mishnah B’rurah as saying it but it’s not in there anywhere whatsoever. People also misquote the Zohar brought down in M”B 91:2 as saying it. But actually read it. That’s not at all what he says.
Rabbiofberlin: So check the Yad in Hilchos T’shuvah, where he says that denying the Torah Sheba’al Peh is Apikorsus (or K’firah or Minus, I never remember what is which).
Golden Mom: There is no Halachic source whatsoever that one has to have their head double-covered for Bentsching or Davening. None.
I once heard someone theorize that Jews are smarter on average because of natural selection. It was always the best and brightest who married the richest girls (so they could continue learning) and had the most and healthiest kids. Therefore, the average intelligence goes up over time. It’s an interesting theory, at the very least.
I’m sure it’s discussed in the Kabbalah Sefarim about different Inyanim for different things, but only once is necessary.
Ohr Chodesh: No one disagrees with that. The question is whether a school for young girls is the proper place for use of such a Derech of Mussar.
There is no way to understand this. Sometimes it means HKBH had a specific plan which involved this child only living 13 years. Sometimes it’s as simple and horrible as that the kid didn’t look before crossing the street and didn’t see the bus. There’s no way for us to know.
I believe the Chizkuni (I think) says that the whole first 11 Perakim of B’reishis are all Derech Mashal. Now, no one seems to hold like this Chizkuni but I wonder if relying on it makes on n Apikores?
Zichmich: I think it’s said that most stories in the Chassidish Seforim are there to tell a point, whether or not they actually happened. (A great quote I once heard was, “They may not have happened in this world, but they all occurred in the Olamos Ha’elyonim.)
I don’t see a problem with this legislation in theory. If the residents of a country are prone to making terrible, life-affecting decisions then it’s great if the government tries to protect its citizens. Outlawing super-fatty foods is no different, in essence, than outlawing recreational drugs. That being said, some of this seems a bit overboard.
Loyal Jew: You say that’s the case, and maybe it’s the case for some people, but I don’t know if it’s true for everyone. It certainly shouldn’t be true. What if I really wanted to make a different “Hashkafic statement” (whatever that means) but after learning the relevant sources feel there is no way not to say Hallel on Yom Ha’atzma’ut? Lu Yetzuyar such a person existed, what would you tell him?
(I’m ignoring the other insinuations of your post because they’re just silly and pointless, but at this point expected.)
Far east: Rav Moshe has a Tshuvah about wearing a Kippah when going to (either a bar, a dance club, or a movie theater, I don’t remember, but some place you shouldn’t be) because of Chillul Hashem. He says why add a second improper thing onto the first. And yes, I can see that you might be able to be Mechalek here but the basic principle should still apply.
I second Yitay’s Mecho’oh. I have no idea how I missed that.
Fief: I dunno. I feel like it’s an explicit Rama that says it’s a problem. Maybe creamer is different than fake milk? I don’t know.
Muscialdignity: I can hear that point and I don’t necessarily disagree with it. I just don’t think that any individual can determine what type of music has what effect on other individuals.
Zalmon: Just a question, but where does it say in the Torah that the world is only 5772 years old?
Zahavasdad: That’s not so true. See the deleted Gemara in Sanhedrin as to what some of the punishments in Gehinnom are.
I’m serious about this. If there is a noticeable presence of something that looks like milk then it should be Assur Mid’rabbanan to eat unless you put some coconut pieces in there.
Csar: A Takanah in one community does not prove that it is the Halachah. Ad’rabbah, it proves that normative Halachah doesn’t hold that. Otherwise, there’s no need for a Takanah.
Why do I feel like that’s not Muttar?
Ha, Wolf, I love that site. It’s rudeness is both hilarious and amazing.
Loyal Jew: I think so. Who cares about that? It’s a Halachic detail. Do you make sure that both sides have identical P’sakim and Minhagim before setting up a couple? Why is this one Halachic issue any different?
Csar: Where did he argue? (Also, there is a ton to say on this, both against the P’sak and against everyone here’s clear misunderstanding of it.)
Loyal Jew: Your common sense doesn’t dictate Halachah. Baruch Hashem He gave us a Halachic system to determine Halachah from actual sources, not from whatever “common sense” everyone has as to what they feel the Halachah should be.
Also, mods, how is that link in the OP allowed? It’s not a link to Hebrewbooks. At least, not for me.
Zalmon: Which is he, a Kofer or an Am Ha’aretz?
On the ball: There are many ways to say that believing in an old world isn’t K’fira. It’s certainly not a belief that most (or all) Frum Jews hold by, but there are sources to rely on to not be a Kofer if you believe in it.
Loyal Jew: I think that comment said something perfectly good and clear. Why do individual Halachic details determine where someone is on “Hashkafa” (whatever that means)? Why can’t someone be completely “Chareidi” yet say Hallel on Yom Ha’atzma’ut?