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The Kesuba doesn’t mention working. It says that he will supply her with what she needs.
Yserbius, the Shulchan Aruch holds that learning ‘Chachma’ can indeed make you an Apikores, which is why it should only be learned by someone who is well learned in Torah and old enough to know better.
Points #2 and #3 are exellent points.
What’s the big deal? He just described the airport terminal in Chicago.
If an incoming flight had a bris, are the outgoing flights exempt from Tachnun? What about if they arrive after you left? Does it depend on where they get their meals? Would it make a difference if the airline is based over there? Which one?
What if, by saying Tachnun you’ll be putting your head down on a wall, over which there is being a Bris? Do you first put your head down and get up, or keep it there, or make believe it happened and skip it?
I actually find it disgusting, with or without the Torah. I don’t ‘wish it weren’t in the book’! Perhaps I am influenced by the Torah, but is that worse than what influences the rest of America? Lo Tehei Torah Shleima Shelanu Kesicha Beteila Shelhem. And I have the right and reason to vote for and against what I personally feel appropriate.
I don’t advocate legislating Succah or even Eiver Min Hachay, but I’m all for laws against society-debasing behaviors.
Our whole understanding of atoms and subatomic particles is simplistic. One day, our whole ‘particle’ universe will be turned on its head like the old astronomy.
If it was the fourth hour of the night in Eretz Yisroel then it was still day in the States. Put it this way, the sun was created over the US!
The Gemara considers the Atlantic as the end of West, so obviously, we are at the extreme east. Therefore, it is Shabbos here while it is Thursday midnight in Eretz Yisroel.
Also, according Rashi in the name of the Tachkmoni, the sun was created in the fourth hour of the night. At that time it was night in Eretz Yisroel and day in America. Which day was that? If it was Tuesday, then the Meoros were put a day early, so it must have been the next day. Hence, we are a day ahead, in stead of behind.
The United States should really be a day ahead according to the Sugya in Gittin. We should keep Shabbos on Friday.
It says ‘lucky’ and it has quotations like all foreign words quoted in Rashi.
So the children are afraid of their parents being angry at them for not conyinuing their fight. Tell them you can understand them. They don’t have to become close, but they can at least be cordial.
Crazybrit, great advice. You can approach the children and tell them that they don’t have to continue their parents’ fight, and be freinds.
Longa, I believe that Cheshbon is derived from the Zohar Chadash Parshas Balaq, according to one Girsa.
Tov Shebarofim…
Vayelech > Rav Kook went
Nitzavim > Rav Kook stood
I found JavaScript to be a great introduction to the concept of programming. It doesn’t have to compile for you to see results. It doesn’t drive you nuts about what type your variable is or was, which leaves out a large obsticle for a beginner.
The best way to learn anything is to be able to see results. When you learn to play a musical instrument it is also a good idea to learn some songs well early on. This way, instead of only practicing for a year, you get to hear yourself play the instrument.
I don’t know what you mean by right or wrong but as far as good or bad, yes, it was BAD. The holocaust was VERY BAD. The Churban was VERY BAD. What does the fact that it had to happen have to do with it being bad?
I think it’s called getting carried away. When you are discussing the event and what it did to people that is not the time to talk about how it had to happen. It is important to realize that nothing happens without Hashem’s permission, but don’t blur the lines. Hashem Himself cried by the Churban, and no doubt, by the holocaust.
Whatever the Pshat is for the Onash (the Rishonim discuss this) of the perpetrators, we see in the Psukim that Hashem’s attitude concerning the ones carrying out what He promises, is as if they went ahead and did it on their own.
There are many people who readily tell people suffering that it is all Bashert, while usually forgetting that fact when it has to do with themselves. Actually, it is not always the right thing to tell someone. It can be taken like invalidating their feeling. The correct attitude is that what was wrong was wrong but don’t think, had he not done that I would have had…
It pays to learn more about this topic.
Rashi explains that it means B’chol Kavanaso, and other Rishonim explain it litteraly. The Maharal explains it to mean with full pronunciation, not just mouthing it and to completely open and close the lips.
Next time you have a hard time with a Gemara ask here.
Another Pshat in that Gemara about Shlosha HKB”H Boche is the Maharal, that the crying is not a sign that he shouldn’t do it. On the contrary. It is like emotional tears from a meaningful event.
As far as the Mishna and its Meforshim are concerned, the Pshat is stated simply in the Bartenura that the problem is when you don’t have any income. There are references throughout the Gemara of the Tzurba Derabanan being supported by the Yeshiva.
I once saw that the Zohar Hakadosh says about the refusal to support Torah that it gives support to the Nachash (Amalek), that doesn’t come with its own bipods. Close to the war there were Gedolim that tried to rectify the situation by openning Yeshivos and programs. It was the most natural reaction to the war, in its aftermath, to rectify the situation and start Kollelim.
No, you don’t say something was like a scene out of 9/11. It was an obvious reference to the movie, no doubt.
That being said, YWN is not a filtering service. Was there a serious breach in the fact that they let you know there was a certain movie? I never watched Titanic while I was aware of it’s existance. I even enjoy its music.
The only change in YWN that I noticed is the language that used to be blocked out that became used regularly. I can’t really blame them for this. While I try to keep my own mouth clean the fact remains that certain terminology became mainstream.
I might know, but there is really no way no to verify, unless you want to email me.
Oh! I forgot all about it. Sorry. Ok. You’ll have it by Tuesday.
There is such a thing as a voluntary Tefilla, but we try not to do it since it can be Levatala if it isn’t done right. There is no need to pretend that you are Davenning. You may sit unless someone near you is Davenning Shmone Esrei, in which case you can learn standing.
The only time you are required to pretend is if the Tzibur is saying Shema when you are holding after Barchu, in middle of a Bracha. In that case you put your hand over you eyes and say the words that you are up to, in the tune of Krias Shema, so as not to stand out as not being Mekabel Hashem’s kingdom along with Klal Yisroel.
Aleinu is not like Kaddish and Kedusha, where the idea is to answer. Aleinu, like Krias Shema, is recited along with the Tzibur so as not to seem to disagree.
As far as I know, you don’t say along Aleinu if you are in middle of anywhere else in Davenning, and I think even learning.
Toi, as a Yid you have better role models. But, someone without a true guidance will most definitely be affected by the moral tone the president sets.
That being said, the notion of being played by the media bothers me more than anything else. When they want the public to yell, they yell; to smile, they smile; to proclaim someone as a great speaker, they follow suit. Everyone knew about this politician’s past. All of a sudden, they decide to ‘figure it out’ all over again, and it becomes a story.
When a story is blasted and repeated in your face without your control, it gets a facade of being interesting.
Your computer is not necessarily telling you that it will harm. It is a warning to make sure you know what you are doing, and that you are not installing a virus. If you trust the maker of the program, go right ahead.
Were you setup or are you trying to set something up?
Am Yisroel Chai,
Please, at least send regards, letting those who follwed know that you are fine. Keep in mind that almost everyone was with you. Many voiced it, and others were afraid to. Also, it seems like there was some attitude change within the moderdome.
Several posters here have gone through hard times. As you can see from my subtitle, not everyone gets out without a scratch.
A relative of mine left a pack of invitations on a bus in Eretz Yisroel, by mistake. They had no stamps, as he was on his way to the post office with them. Somebody found them, put stamps on them, and mailed them all out!
Switch off between that and Motrin. By the way, do you swallow the tissue whole or can you have it with apple sauce?
ZK, It’s insulting that you don’t miss ibn Hugo.
Popa, yes I smiled to myself, perhaps even chuckled. Should I write, CTM?
If you keep repeating your Moiradike Remez you’re gonna start believing it.
I’ve noticed that a great time to Chazzer is when it is not fresh in your mind anymore, but before it is completely gone. This way you get to have a fresh look at the Sugya while reaping the rewards of what you put in last time.
When doing it this way you see clearly everything that was confusing before. This is what Chazal mean by Halomed V’eino Chozer Kizorei’a V’eino Kotzer — One who learns and does not Chazzer is as one who plants but does not return to cut his stalks.
I would imagine that bowing to the nearest brick would consitute Apikursus. But, don’t don’t get me wrong. He’s a great guy, as per the Gemara in Hanizaken: Re’u Ma Bein Posh’ei Yisroel Libein Nevi’ei Umos Haolam.
When you complete a Sugya, it is a good idea to do what the Tana’im did. You find many Mishnayos and Braysos that give you a number of times that you would be Chayav or Patur.
The situation is not like it was in Europe. Astute people did recognize that things were going really sour. The main reason people ignored it was because they did not want to believe it. I won’t dispute that there is always hate, but it is still not like then.
DaasYochid, Shulchan Aruch is only for Hilchos Tachnun — as in when to be a stickler and ignore Minhag Hamakom.
Popa, the Gemara comes to that conclusion after asking why the Churban happened, if we know that they were such great Tzaddikim. If the Gemara is talking about the Saducees, they wouldn’t be called Tzaddikim, only, Tzedukim. Those who were fighting were far from Tzaddikim; they burned the food storages; they didn’t heed the Chachomim. Obviously, the Gemara is talking about what part the Frum people had in it.
It is usually understood that the story of Kamtza and bar Kamtza (hey, a great screen name for your next brother) is a demonstration of the Sinas Chinam that is referred to. I guess you can read into it that they were parts of different factions, but that isn’t the implied meaning.
The way I learned that Sugya was that since the Rabbonim weren’t Moche, they must have felt intimidated, themselves. That was the problem, that even the Chachomim had a connection to politics.
Does Rabbi Shmueli say Tachnun on Nittel?
That is not a Chareidi perspective. That is his perspective. If you want the general Chareidi perspective, read the Kraina D’igrisa.
In the olden days, before chat sites asked for you to log in, many people chose a name for each topic or thread. A coversation usually had very relavent names. In that environment when you attacked the opinion with its name it was very apersonal.
Many people came here with that attitude and it took time to learn that people associate with their screen names, especially when it is their actual name. The assocation is due to the fact that you use it consistently. It is your online identity. It can get insulted and embarrassed.
When you are face to face to a person you naturally behave more friendly than to an opinion you just read while scrolling down. To an article you tell yourself, “what a stupid thing to say or print.” To a person you say, “Yeah, but I don’t think so.”
Those of us who stuck around have built up a personality and it should be natural to speak in the face-to-face manner. But, it takes time to learn that and it can be explained patiently.
For the same reason, there are some newcomers that make many screen names and post wild content. It is called, having fun. They didn’t have a chance to realizee that people are trying to have a normal conversation and they are being a nusance. That, too, can be explained, patiently.
Thank you for reading (and modding) this, patiently.
Oh no! What did you take!!?
Here’s some advice that can really help:
Take one, twice a day, for 10 days
I believe that since, in Tachnun we submit ourselves to Hashem’s Din, we refrain from expressing that in a situation it might mean more than we were counting on.
As to why people seem to hate it, that is a product of how often it is said or left out. We don’t mind Lamnatzeach so much, since besides being much shorter, it is almost never left out. Therefore, we don’t anticipate it.
Also, the Ramban mentioned in his debate that we hold he was 200 years before the Churban and they hold he was 70 years before the Churban.