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It comes from the Gemara in Sanhedrin. The Gemara’s example is someone who sings a Pasuk out of Shir Hashirim. The Torah puts on a sackcloth and complains to Hashem, “Your children made me into a harp and an organ!” It is pretty obvious that the point is that he is using the Torah for his own pleasures, that he is singing that Passuk to a person. Sort of the way people write Ani Ledodi Vedodi Li. It is talking about Hashem and Knesses Yisroel, and it is used to a person. So, if you sing a Passuk like that, you are turning to the Torah for personal poetry and romance.
I don’t think it applies to singing out a Passuk from Tehillim or wherever for the sake of singing the Passuk.
ZeesKite, so right now, is your hat black or gray?
Look, it’s best to come to a Rav prepared and knowledgable about the issue. So you want to be able to tell him, “WIY holds I’m not allowed to, aries feels it’s not nice, PBA is threatening to throw me down the stairs, charliehall says my wife should do it, ItcheSrulik says he used to do it, Joseph yells I must do it, and Wolf wrote in a footnote that of course he wouldn’t do it. So, who do I follow?”
amazing, some people talk like that so as not to cause an Ayin Hara.
Which part doesn’t make sense? Obviously, it is better to apologize while the person is alive, but if you couldn’t you do what you can.
ZeesKite, look at the bright side. Not everyone that knew you left.
If you really llke wrlllng fasl, don’l dol your ‘I’s or cross your ‘T’s.
You mean you don’t like writing coherent sentences?
I don’t know what made Popa say that, but I’ll address the content. You would be plenty foolish to give up a good Shidduch over that.
Hacham, we don’t know – and that’s why Beis Din kills the murderer no matter how Frum he becomes.
There are stories of Tzaddikim who gave people a Teshuva for killing (somewhat Beshogeg, like beating someone). It consisted of helping out the family forever afterward and some other stuff. It’s one of those things that a Gadol has to be consulted with for each time separately.
Which one?
So Hashem punishes paople for not believing a FWD!?
Actually, Chazal tell us that Torah and Gemilas Chasadim saves one from Chevlei Mashiach. Also, being careful to eat a Seuda Shlishis saves one from that.
We don’t know what Chevlei Mashiach are. Some have said that the holocaust was Chevlei Mashiach. Reb Elchanan Vasserman said that it was definitely Chevlei Mashiach, and that Moshiach will follow — not necessarily right away, it might take 50 years or more. I heard B’shem a Baal Ruach Hakodesh that it wasn’t Chevlei Moshiach, and he is surprised that anyone could have suggested such. The Baal Shem Tov said that lives won’t be lost in the coming of Moshiach. Chevlei Moshiach might be the effects of the economy, or some anti-Yiddish or anti-Israel policies. The term Chevlei Moshiach suggests an idea of mounting pressure rather than damage.
Shabbatot Shlomiot
OnTheBall, I think ZeesKite is right, based on observation. You might several Yotzei Min Haklal, but we are one family and there is no comparison out there. There are jealosies among us, unfortunately. But there is also a unique feeling of oneness, that we witnessed recently, and that shines through very often. When a Yid wins a Nobel prize or a lottery, we all rejoice, much more than people of the same nationality. We are actually happy for him. This is a trait mentioned in Sefarim.
The Ben Ish Chai writes a story about a king who punished two advisers, a Jewish one and a non Jewish one, by taking away a little boy from each, both being the same age. After a couple of years the king allowed them to take home their child. The king knew which is which, but he told them to pick their child. The Yid brought two trays of grapes. One had a cluster and the other had loose grapes. He brought it to the children and each took from a different tray. Instantly, he pointed to the one who took from the cluster and proclaimed him to be his son. The king said, “you are right, but how did you know?” He answered that Yidden are one people, we are all part of one. Therefore, my son associated with the cluster. Others are each on their own, and therefore gravitated toward the situation he identified with.
I agree with nitpicker that the closest to a positive verb would be allow. Not perfect but I could allow you the credit.
Is the hurricane coming to New York or is it the outer arms thereof?
Msseeker, the word you are looking for is probably, good-willed. The concept can be described in Lashon Kodesh and in English, too. However, there is no verb in either language for it. You say, I can Fargin him. Can you say you Eyin Tov him?
Squeak, thank you. I didn’t find anything during my search.
Moshe, it seems that people use it more as a passive I-don’t-mind-that-he-has…, then an active I’m-so-happy-for-him.
ootiny, IKWYM.
Why, you heard marbles rolling?
We hope so, too. He probably will. If she has patience to wait, that’s great.
Why did we bother unpacking?
How much are the Canadian people behind the Prime Minister with his Israel stance?
Prepare yourself beforehand, and it won’t hit you. If you speak to her often enough, you can inject little positive attitudes without knocking her point.
There is no such word in German. Yidden made the word.
There is no reason to filter out stories that you like or don’t like. Yes, we are supposed to be in awe of the great Tzaddikim. You like stories of how ordinary people became greater and greater? There are plenty. You can read All For the Boss.
Your story is horrifying and amazing. Thank you for having the courage to write it. It is a real testament to the ability to get past all situational boundaries.
I guess the best way is to contact his parents. They can invite them, and point it out. This might not be applicable, though.
They say you tell your daughter off in front of your daughter-in-law. If possible, find an opportunity tell a son or whoever to put their gadget down.
Yeah. They were aiming at Wall Street.
Keep in mind that friends (especially of the the younger years) come and go, as yic pointed out. Invest in the lasting relationships before the temporary ones. Another thing to realize is that while it is a lot of fun to advise people, few people really put themselves through it enough to feel the responsibility of their advice.
Chazal say that if you can give advice like Achisofel then give it, otherwise don’t. Achisofel advised Avshalom not to wait overnight to chase Dovid. Avshalom didn’t listen. Achisofel, knowing that his own advice was perfect, understood that Dovid will have a chance to gain a standing. Therefore, he hanged himself in fear of Dovid’s wrath.
I find that most, and especially young, people throw advice based on their current mood or whim. A family treats the issue differently.
I guess you can apply that thinking to many other things as well.
Another justification is if you know you will succeed. The Chachamim did not agree to revolt against the Romans only because they said they will not succeed.
The Gemara mentions a story of two deaf men that would come to Beis Medrash. At one point they got their hearing back and showed themselves to be very learned. So we see that there was an awareness of the possibility of a Cheresh being as smart and learned as anyone else.
As for the Shotte, I can’t see why it should be any different. Depression was never a sign of a Shotte. Acting foolish ans senseless was the point.
I once heard a story of boy who had no social understanding whatsoever. His father sent him to a tutor to train him to be normal. He came home perfectly normal and so his father figured it’s time to marry him off. As they were sitting by his Tena’im, people came by to shake his hand. In front of him was a pitcher, with its side facing the young man. As everyone stuck out their hand to him, he put his hand through the handle of the pitcher, being the shortest route, and shook their hand. The father was aghast. He turned to the tutor and asked him, “is this what I’ve been paying for!?” The tutor answers, “How should I have thought of the possibility of a pitcher being in front of him, at his Tena’im, in the perfect angle?”
The point is there is only a certain amount you can teach.
sorry, my wife is calling me…
The bugs in the water are not visible only because they are dead. I saw a live copepod in a cup. At first you might not notice it. However, they dart around and are extremely visible when they do so. Rashi in Pesachim says that Sheratzim are called thus because they are only visible when they move.
As to figs, I’ve been eating figs from my parents’ yard for many years and the only bugs ever noticed were ants, if the fig was cracked. We always open it regardless, just to be sure.
Goq, are you sure your Gegrazelte Payos wasn’t sticking out of the baseball cap :?)
It comes from the next Perek.
Speaking of complimenting WIY, it is very clear that you have Shteiged over the course of time that you left. You actually said you did, but by now it is visible. Continue on.
The Shor abusing the Para is a big problem and everyone sweeps it under the hay.
Bomb, what’s so funny about that?
OVKTD, it may be that when he said Assur, he was referring to giving Bachurim that chanced into your house. You have know idea how much they already had, what they had, and who’s driving.
Itche, that is a great point and very cute. Actually the Gemara points to the fact that you have to watch out from dangerous drinking. Lav Kol Yoma Israchish Nisa.
It’s not bias, it’s misleading.
I don’t mind your saying so, as long as he doesn’t hear.
You mean, “Mom’s Kosher Knishes”?
ZeesKite, not me. What about Schribersville?
The wine-only thing is a big Dochek. The Gemara and Meforshim explain the idea of drinking, to be Besimcha. The Svara that the Ness happened with wine is borrowed from Chanuka, where it is not even Halacha. Where do you find a hint in Chazal that we drink because Haman did? How about fasting because the Yidden did? Yes, we actually do, but it is a Minhag, that is not mentioned in the Gemara, surely not as Chayav. It sounds to me that those coming out against drinking went to find any Shitta they can bring along to help the cause. If Rashi explains than Libesumi means to drink wine, that is no reason to exclude wiskey. You do realize that it wasn’t quite invented yet, either.
Keep in mind that there is a tremendous difference between a motion to change and those that follow a certain lifestyle. Chassidus was rejected and thought of as deviant for a few generations. Now it is just another group of people. Rav Schwab and Reb Aaron would not say today what they said then.
If you were around in the days of wrap around Levush and you change to put on a Rekkel, you would be considered an outcast. Now, that is the norm (for Chareidim). Those that initiate changes are viewed with alarm, but an established group of Shomrei Torah uMitzmos are not bashed.
It’s no Chiddush. It’s right there in Hilchos Erev Perash.
yossi, is that a joke?
Toi, you’ll find it in the Sefarim that deal with these things.