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Before or after taxes? You see, the taller the pile the bigger the percentage you’d have to give.
He didn’t blame her. To him it was natural, and he knew it would work. He expected her to realize that, too. It was not a public event, and she could have said, “Aha. I see you’re right.” Instead, she took it as a personal failing, and it shook her whole self image.
The answer to the original question here is that there is on question that a man has a Yetzer Hara, a Ta’ava. In fact, a man has a bigger one than women. Reb Meir, having learned and broken his nature, reached a level where, as the Chovos Halevavos writes, the Yetzer Hara left him. This is what the Gemara refers to as, Libi Chalal Bekirbi. That being the case, he couldn’t even undertand the concept of battling with the earthly desires, and so he mocked Ba’alei Ta’ava as if they are being manipulated by little force. Therefore, the Sattan came to show him its full force, and that if not for his Torah, Torah Tavlin, he wouldn’t naturally overcome his inborn nature. Hashem made the system that it can be overcome, but don’t think it happens by itself.
Da’aton Kalos, as mod80 said earlier, means that they can be won over. That is why Rabban Shimon bar Yochai was afraid that the Romans would somehow convince his wife to divulge his whereabouts. This Talmid proved to her that she can be convinced, which embarrassed her immensely.
Were you on his path that day that you feel he might have passed you?
OK. Anyone play the bassoon?
Are you looking for customers or musicians?
MDG, all those things are done earlier. If you want, marry at 15.
If you enjoy stories that aren’t true in to the library. Books are classified as fiction or non-fiction. Truth is merely not a lie.
So that everyone can tell if the light is on.
Zecher doesn’t mean the fact that they existed. The Pasuk concludes, Lo Sishkach! Zecher means their remnant.
While the reference in Shir Devora points to inhabitants of a star, it also points to a kind of inhabitants that aren’t bound by distance.
What basket says is very true and deep. Biarta Hara is for the sake of the world, not the individual. The world needs the justice, Lo Sachnif Ha’aretz. However, I’m not that sure I would want to trust the system with a death penalty, for what charlie pointed out, that often times an innocent person can get indicted.
As for statistics, there are many things that come into play and a big shortcoming of our times is the fact that too much is put into the numbers. All you need is a “link” between two things and there you have it. That’s how you get a study showing the “association” between heavy people and diet soda! I understand that the knowledge that there exists, in theory, a death penalty wouldn’t deter a wacko, if it would be common knowledge that if you kill you die, there can be no doubt that it will be a much scarier thing for anyone.
According to the Rambam, a king can institute any system that he finds necessary for the sake of society. Having said that, technically, there is no mention in the Torah that death is a better deterrent than other punishments. You can argue that a death punishment in the Torah is to show the seriousness of a certain sin, and as mentioned above, to bring justice to the world.
The Gemara in Shabbos says that we make a Bracha on Chanuka Lecht because of Lo Sasur.
Why, only girls grow up?
Avoda Zara is not something that happens to you. The Gemara is very specific about what connot be done because of Avoda Zara. Getting healed is at worst a problem of causing you to believe in the healer’s faith. If the healer doesn’t profess any particular belief, what’s the problem. I find that people yell “Avoda Zara” because the have a hard time believing it in the first place. What would you say about wearing the tooth of a fox.
Kishuf is the same. You can not be doing Kishuf without realizing it. What is wrong with the belief that there is a flow of Chi that has to be cleared, or that a correct thought pattern can be channelled telepathically, or that one Mazal can influence another?
I’m sure the next argument is that it takes away from Emuna. Being that I never heard that complaint with regards to going to a normal doctor, I don’t know why it would apply here, if not for the fact that you aren’t open to the whole concept in the first place.
For the record, I never went to a non mainstream doctor and I an not one myself. I am just open minded enough not to reject anything I hadn’t seen, offhand.
You want him to say: 24/4 + 23 & 23?
A necessary question on a one time basis wouldn’t be an issue, but this could easily turn into much more than that. Do realize that you already have much in common with these boys, you are almost like their sister in face of the rest. I’m sure if or when a discussion comes up questioning certain foundations of our Emuna, you find yourself either meeting eyes or looking their direction to see how they take it. They might be looking out for you as well. Conversing with them would be like putting a match to a pile of white phospher.
I never found anything wrong with Yani. You were discouraged from listening to it because of who made it. However, as you noticed, the music itself is a lot more Eidel than most of the “Jewish music” we have around today.
The person meant absolutely nothing! I know a few of such people. They stick their hands into their pocket, grab a handful of words, and toss it — before running off and forgetting about the whole incident. The person enjoys the feeling of saying, “Be happy”. That’s all there is to it. When I hear that kind of talk, I just smile back as if he said something worthy of a half smile, and move on.
Think of it as the verbal equivalent to a wack on the back accompanied by, “Haya doin!?”
Englishman,
I (purposely) read that as you asking for your wife and her friends. If you meant as the others here understood, that you’re having that issue between you and your wife, I consider that an emergency. You should speak to a smart person who knows you personally. A wife doesn’t have to be your Chavrusa or fellow philosopher, basket ball player, hiker, or classmate. You can learn to (re)appreciate the difference of perspective. Something like this may change on its own, but why risk it?
In a friend you are looking for someone that you can do certain things together. But nobody is actually a shallow person, although their choice topics might not be your choice.
Don’t do anything drastic or sudden. You’ll get new friends, but don’t toss these. Slowly and naturally, those with whom you don’t relate with not frequent your house and you will attract new ones. If you know of someone that might be a good candidate, work on a relationship, slowly and persistently.
Or he’d print pictures, send them to grandparents to make them happy and they won’t find it interesting. Or, it would be used for a business letter and wouldn’t get its desired effect. Or any other scenario in which you’d rather have a Siman Bracha.
I think you’re confusing that with wearing it inside out.
So you want suggestions for panic attacks?
Itche, what’s the big deal with soldering. As long as you have at least three hands, you should be fine.
How about the amazing find!? Recently, archeologists dug out an ancient thread, and apparanty, it appears to be alive!
Sure it applies. The reason is not a Halachic one, it is Al Pi Ari.
Try blowing under them and/or tapping them a lot of times.
Why stealing? You paid $0.05 for it!
It is possible for an Eved to own a house. If someone gives him a present on the condition that his boss does not get it, it will belong to the Eved. As for the Chiddush itself, perhaps the fact that the Chiyuv is only if you are living in the house for 30 or more days, would point to that direction.
Here’s an idea for “Ms. Critique who may always know the answers correctly”: No room for a subtitle
I’m sure ZeesKite would love to “slip the mod a benjamin”, but how would you do that? (IOW, ?)
I think it is worse than that, RSRH. The can belongs to the state. That is why you pay $0.05 for it. You get it back if you return it. He should return the cans but not take the $0.05.
In general, regarding Ta’os Akum, let’s remember that it is not Mentchlich either way. The Sefer Chasidim says that you won’t see a Siman Bracha (a blessing of success) from such money. Non Jewish people don’t have the Torah and yet you expect them to behave in a civil manner. You should live up to the same thing, Mechuyav or not.
hello99, in the Kaf Hachaim?
I believe Opera has a setting that remembers which pictures you don’t like. I made a script for InternetExplorer that when you right-click on an image and click on ‘Toss Image’, the picture disappears. If you’re interested I can post the code here with instructions. A practical advice is to keep the window small when you know you are going to such a site.
Pour white-out on your desk and when it dries scratch it off.
The Parsha of Tzitzis has in it four other Mitzvos, which is the reason that it was added to Krias Shema in the first place.
WIY, would you say that the person is in more control than a Shikkur?
Take out the “is” and you got a sentence that makes sense.
Daas Torah means the Daas, opinion or view, of someone who’s thinking is shaped by Torah only. Someone who learns Torah Lishma all his life adapts his thinking to that of the Torah, which is Hashem’s thinking.
Two things to keep in mind. Firstly, being that we don’t wear four cornered clothing, besides for a scarf which is Patur, we would never wear Tzitzis. Therefore it would have to be implemented as a rule to get a four cornered clothing so that the Mitzva sould not get forgotten.
Second of all, the Torah says that Tzitzis will remind you to keep the Mitzvos. The Gemara relates how someone was about to sin, and upon seeing his Tzitzis he refrained. This is a reason to wear it all the time.
As for chein’s question of nighttime, it is an Inion from the Arizal to wear Tzitzis when sleeping.
Very good and important point, Derech. The Maharal says that a Baal Teshuva (a sinner, not a secular upbringing) has this shortcoming that he is a person of regret. He has a trend in him to turn around and switch directions. That can be used for the good or for bad.
An atittude is something that gets learned but not forgotten. Once somebody spent time enjoying the wrong things, the enjoyment and appreciation of them doesn’t leave the sytem.
Chinese medicin is not homeopathy. What I can say about it is to make sure you go to someone that actually studied it. The best choice is a medically trained doctor, who would know when to apply it and when it is a real medical issue. There are Chinese medicin associations that can tell you about real, trained, practitioners.
WIY, obviously you mean after Baruch She’amar. But I wonder about that. Although it makes sense that when you can’t talk you can’t text, I haven’t seen any complaint about people writing to communicate when they aren’t allowed to talk. Texting is not worse than writing, although it looks worse.
What is wrong with discussing Torah? Say what you can and be clear that there is more to it.
One interesting Halacha of a city is that it is always square/rectangle. If a house sticks out of the others, you extend the imaginary city wall until after 70 Amos from that house. Also, if you have three towns in a setup of a Segol and one of them fits between the other two, you view it as if it is there, and if that would fill the gap of 140 Amos on both sides, all three are considered one city.
If texting has the status of motioning, that would make it Assur during Krias Shema and Shmone Esrei. If it is like talking (unlikely) then you may only send a smiley, since that would be like winking. The question remains, what about LOL, OMG…? Those seem to be more a form of exclamation than actual speech.
In what way was Reagan Israel’s best friend? He mixed in and sent the marines right at the point when Israel had the PLO surrounded in Lebanon. He might be the catalyst that got the US in trouble with the Arab world. It was then that they bobmed the marines’ barracks, who came there to ensure their safety and to protect them from the Israelis!
Why would someone wanna do that?
According to the Shita that he was in the time of Moshe, he wasn’t Jewish, either. Chazal say that when Kalev said Sar Tzilam, that their protection is gone, that is referring to the fact that Iyov died. He lived in Eretz Kena’an and his Z’chus protected them.
Also, if he was from the three servants of Paroah, he wasn’t Jewish, either. That could be the same one who Kalev was referring to.
I once heard a cute thought regarding the Shita that he did’t exist. This is the worst Tzara for him. Imagine, after having gone through all that he did, to be told that he didn’t even exist. We can relate to that when we hear of holocaust deniers and the great pain it causes in those who went through it.
Many valid points. But just keep in mind that it is worth bending toward giving without judging, and we might be treated accordingly by the one who feeds us.
That reminds me of the old Mod80=PBA theory.