SQUARE_ROOT

One of the Frummest men I ever knew – a man who learned all of Shas many times,
and held by all the chumrahs – refused to send his daughters to Seminary.

He insisted that they get married instead.

Since then, those daughters have given him many Frum grandchildren, Baruch HaShem.

So far as I can tell, nobody ever suffered because of what he decided for his daughters.

That man is now retired, and living in Lakewood. May he live until 120 years.

Amazingly, I actually agree with UJM!

I believe that a woman should not travel alone,
except during the daytime and to nearby places
that are known to be safe.

Additionally, I believe that it is not really safe
for ANYONE to travel alone, even a man,
especially at night, and especially to far-away places.

This conversation is an excellent way of causing endless machlokes.

This conversation is an excellent way of causing to hate each other.

This conversation is an excellent way of causing Lashon HaRa and Motzi Shem Ra.

This conversation is an excellent way of causing Laitzanus and Onaas Devarim.

This conversation is an excellent way to be Zoche Gehinom — and disguise it as a mitzvah!!

This quote is from Matzav dot com, from an article titled:
“Rav Rules on E-Cigarettes During Tishah B’Av: They Are Forbidden on a Fast Day”:

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As Tishah B’Av approaches, Rav Ofir Malka addressed a common
halachic question regarding the use of electronic cigarettes during the fast,
ruling that vaping is prohibited because of the flavored liquid used in the devices.

Speaking on his Halachah Lemaaseh radio program,
Rav Malka was asked whether smoking an electronic cigarette is permitted on Tishah B’Av.

His response was unequivocal.

“Electronic cigarettes may not be smoked on fast days,
and certainly not on Tishah B’Av,” he said.

Rav Malka added that even the limited leniency some authorities
extend to conventional cigarettes applies only “privately after chatzos.”

He explained that the prohibition stems from the flavored liquid contained in electronic cigarettes.

“It has moisture, and that is considered like taste, similar to sucking on something,” he said.

When the caller argued that the liquid is not fit for consumption,
Rav Malka responded that, in its diluted form, it nevertheless has a pleasant taste.

“It is moisture that is enjoyable to you. In low concentrations, it tastes good to you,”
he explained, concluding that vaping is therefore prohibited during a fast.

Rav Malka also noted that because the liquid has flavor,
it requires kosher certification throughout the year—not only on Pesach.

“It has an enjoyable taste in every respect, together with that moisture,” he said.

Later in the program, Rav Malka was asked about someone who accidentally ate during a fast.

His answer was clear: “He certainly must stop immediately and continue fasting.”

He explained that inadvertently eating does not exempt a person from completing the remainder of the fast.

Dear UJM,

No offense intended, sir.

But with all due respect, you are the living personification
of Sinas Chinam (in addition to your amazingly wicked record of:
Lashon HaRa, Motzi Shem Ra, super-machlokes, laitanus,
onaas devarim, and being a super-rodaif & a super-mosair.)

I did NOT intend to say those things about you,
but when you asked, I felt obligated to answer your question.

Since you asked, you have nobody to blame but yourself
about the fact that I answered your question. Sorry about that.

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Getting back to your question about:

What is the definition of Sinas Chinam?

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Rabbi Binny Freedman said:

The Talmud tells us that the second Temple was destroyed
through blind, wanton hatred, or sinat chinam. 

It is difficult to understand how any hatred can ever be chinam,
which seems to mean “for no reason at all.”

The Netziv suggests that this wanton hatred refers to
disliking or even detesting someone because their views are different.

SOURCE: article titled: “Jewish people have a different set of priorities”
by Rabbi Binny Freedman, 2022 July 13, www (dot) TheJewishStar (dot) com

Leaving Eretz HaKodesh for Chutz LaAretz is the first shaila.

Intentionally entering an active war zone,
with two opposing armies trying to kill each other,
and lots of unpredictable collateral damage,
is the second shaila.

Rabbi Efraim Greenblatt of Memphis, Tennessee,
likened smoking to lying down on a busy highway.

SOURCE: article by Matthew Wagner in The Jewish Herald, 2010/1/29, page 26

Rav Schach (born 1898 CE, died 2001 CE)
was a heavy smoker in his younger years,
before it was known how injurious smoking is to health.

After an operation, he asked his doctor if he could start smoking again.

The doctor said:
‘It would be better for you not to begin again.’

Rav Schach reacted:
‘If smoking is dangerous for my health,
even slightly, I will stop completely.’

He threw his cigarettes away and never smoked again.

SOURCE: condensed from HaRav Schach: Conversations (page 234) by Feldheim Publishers

“Smoking is irrational for men, in view of what is now known….”

SOURCE: Career of Happiness (page 49) by Rabbi Avigdor Miller, year 2000 CE

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/why-jews-are-quitting-the-democratic-party

Only 3 countries have Jewish Prime Ministers: Israel, Mexico & Ukraine.

Over the past 25 years, only 2 countries had both a Jewish Prime Minister
and a Jewish President, at the same time: Israel & Ukraine.

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http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/matzav-inbox-horrible-bosses-in-the-frum-world

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nevuah said:

“I love how Arabs have a problem with us when
we are literally cousins and they are also as inbred as we are
…..the fighting makes no damn sense.”

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MY RESPONSE:

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The Koran’s 5th chapter, verse 82 says:

“You will find that the people most hostile towards
the believers [Muslims] are the Jews and the polytheists…”

CONCLUSION:

The Koran teaches that Jews are the worst enemies of Muslims.
Not just enemies of Muslims, but THE WORST enemies of Muslims.

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Mohammed’s last words before he died:

“O Lord, KILL the Jews and Christians!”

SOURCE: Hadith Malik, 511:1588

VOCABULARY NOTE:
Hadith is a major Islamic holy book, like the Koran.

EXPLANATION: Islam teaches that Mohammed’s
later teachings take priority over his older teachings.
Therefore, the later the teaching, the greater it is.
Therefore, Muslims must believe that Mohammed’s
last words were his most important words.

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Abdul Aziz told this to Harold Dickson in [year] 1937 [CE]:

“Our hatred for the Jews, dates from God’s condemnation of them
for their persecution and rejection of ‘Isa [Jesus Christ] and
their subsequent rejection later of His chosen Prophet [Muhammad]…

“Verily the word of God teaches us –
and we implicitly believe this O Dickson
– that for a Muslim to kill a Jew [in war],
or for him to be killed by a Jew,
ensures him immediate entry in Heaven
and into the august presence of God Almighty.”

SOURCE: The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa’ud
(chapter 29, page 259) by Robert Lacey,
published in year 1981 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
New York, ISBN-10: 0006365094 * ISBN-13: 978-0006365099
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Jastrow was a Conservative Jew, but he lived long ago,
in a time when Conservative Jews were much better
than they are now.

In our times, Conservative Jews intermarry with non-Jews every day.

In the times of Jastrow, Conservative Jews did not intermarry with non-Jews.

In our times, Conservative Jews do not keep kosher.

In the times of Jastrow, Conservative Jews did keep kosher.

And many other examples.

I am NOT attempting to defend Conservative Jews or Jastrow;
I am simply pointing out that Conservative Jews in the
time of Jastrow were not nearly as bad as they now.

HaKatan said:

“Perhaps idolaters considered him that.

The actual Orthodox Jewish community, as in those
who do not worship the Zionist idol, are well aware
that he’s the leader of the greatest force of shmad on the planet. “

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MY RESPONSE:

I thought that we recently agreed to
NOT TALK ABOUT ZIONISM, to avoid
machlokes & Lashon HaRa & Motzi Shem Ra
& Onaas Devarim & laitzanus?

Do you really want this Coffee Room to go back
to the way things were, before truce was agreed to?

Thank you for reading this message.

Dear Y.W. Editor & ItcheSrulik & RideGemach:

I thank you all very much for providing helpful information!

Sincerely,
SQUARE_ROOT

If HaKatan and UJM and SomeJewIKnow will agree to
NOT discuss The Three Oaths and Zionism vs anti-Zionism,
then I will also agree to NOT discuss those controversial topics
that cause us Jews to sin against each other.

And through the merit of making Shalom LeShem Shamayim,
may G*D forgive us all, and help us all, and send us all
the Geulah Sheleimah, As Soon As Possible (ASAP).

I am trying to stop a machlokes that has continued much too long,
and has caused many sins, but I cannot do it alone.

We need the co-operation of everyone who comments
on this web site. I thank you all, in advance, for your co-operation.

After the Balfour Declaration, in HaTekufah HaGedolah,
pages 174 to 175, Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk
(born in 1843 CE & died in 1926 CE) wrote that
“the fear of The [Three] Oaths has departed.”
He expressed his approval of Religious Zionism
in Sare HaMeah, Volume 6, pages 233 to 234.

HaKatan said this on 2026 June 3 at 11:21 AM:

“There are at least three oaths there,
and they are totally independent of each other
for numerous reasons.”
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MY RESPONSE:

The famed Rabbi Shlomo Kluger explains that
if the gentiles do not observe their oath,
then we are exempt from ours.

Nobody who learned about the Holocaust can
take the gentile’s oath seriously, as if they did not
“oppress us too much”, so we clearly are no longer
obligated by our oath, and it is no longer “before its time”.

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MY RESPONSE:

Rabbi Teichtal, in his work, “Em HaBanim Smeicha,” explaijns:

Although the Jews were sworn not to enter Eretz Yisrael forcefully,
the nations of the world were also sworn not to persecute the Jews too much.

Over the course of the exile, the Jews were severely persecuted by the gentiles.
Because the gentiles violated their oath, the Jews were no longer bound by their oath.

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MY RESPONSE:

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz also said that:

The Three Oaths DO NOT APPLY because the nations of the world
violated their side of the deal, by persecuting Jews excessively.

[For example: The Crusades, The Spanish Inquisitions of 1391 and 1492,
Islamic persecutions, the Chmielnicki Massacres, and The Holocaust.]

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MY RESPONSE:

HaKatan knows very well that many Rabbis disagree with him,
when he says that:

“There are at least three oaths there,
and they are totally independent of each other…”.

He has seen that belief refuted many times, in this Coffee Room,
but he chooses to ignore all refutations,
because he is a stubborn shameless liar.