Todros Gimpel

The title (Rabbi or Rav) was left out of both the subject and the post.

In Israel it’s usually obvious from their external appearance as to which section of society a patient is from.
So, we can assume that they need an official “statement” from the patient.
This points to a statistical survey being taken rather than a treatment policy based on anti-frum bias.

Although it is clearly stated by many Poskim that one may not enter a x-n house of worship for whatever reason other than Pikuach Nefesh, in Shulchan Aruch there is no explicit Issur about simply entering.
It is Assur though, to have any gain or pleasure from a Makom Avodah Zara.
So perhaps if it isn’t raining and if one doesn’t look at any of the art or architecture, there may be Heterim to found for a Tzorech Rabim.
Perhaps one can also combine the above with the Da’as Yochid of the Meir’i that holds that x-inanity isn’t real Avodah Zara.

So nice to see that Eliyahu Hanavi has chosen TYW as his Navuah platform.

One of more common symptoms of Covid seems to be causing every Zelig that knows how to use Google to believe they are a scientist, virologist and general know-it-all doctor.

Do you mean Aron Razel and Boruch Levines duet song? https://www.kikar  .co.il/187561.html

(Link disabled)

Gadolhadora, are you joking?

It’s very interesting to read the transcript of the Bais Din Shel Maalah in session deciding whether or not to put Einstein in the Kaf Hakelah or not.

As far as that Hawking SR”Y, a big part of his public agenda was to deny and degrade every basic tenet of Emunah.
I’m sorry ubiquitin, someone who denies Hashem’s existence is a criminal of the worst kind, and both a non-Jew or a Jew would get Missas Bais Din for it.
It’s true that these criminals don’t hurt other people (directly), but why is hurting Malchus Shmayim so small a sin in your eyes? Isn’t that the ultimate purpose of the world’s creation?

Who would be influenced by mainstream Rabbonim speaking out against the protests?
For those in the Peleg themselves, they obviously won’t listen to Rabbonim from the “Misyavnim” camp.
For those in the mainstream, they are firmly against the protests (and protesters) anyway.
So it theoretically would only influence those “on the fence”.
The thing is, there are very few who aren’t firmly on one side or the other. (That is the nature of the land, you are either black or white. The question always is, which is black and which is white…)

On the other hand speaking out publically against them has many problems.

1. A public dispute between Gedolim is a huge Chilul Hashem; even larger than the protests themselves. There is nothing more important than minimizing Chilul Hashem.
   Disruptive protests in Israel are pretty common. The invalids protests are sometimes more disruptive than the Peleg ones – they just have understandably way more sympathy for their cause.
2. Harav Shmuel Auerbach Shlit’a is a tremendous Talmid Chochom and Yarei Shamayim. There is no real dispute about that. Coming out publicly directly against him can therefore only be done for a desperate need, and even then, with a tremendous amount of thought and subtlety; taking care to minimize as much as possible the Bizayaon of a Talmid Chochom.
3. Coming out publically against the protests, in a way acknowledges that there is another side that is large enough to require acknowledgement, and that there is really an internal Machlokes within the Torah world. The Rabbonim in Eretz Yisroel have always tried to avoid this.

Melacha mostly refers to the result not so much to the action. It can be defined as “constructive work”. This is why all melachos shabbos have a physical thing that is created or changed. (besides for hotza’a – which is why it is considered less of a melacha (see Rishonim Shabbos 2a).

Ma’aseh is the actual action of the worker.

Avodah is what one does for another. That is why it is called an Eved and Korbanos are called Avodah – it is done for Hashem.

Most of the issues written about in this thread are true but are usually not long-term issues.

You eventually get used to the (usually nutty) way things are over here. Even the financial issues usually work out in the end.

You can survive with broken Hebrew too. Most Israelis actually find it cute and endearing – and having English as a mother tongue often gives you points in finding a job – especially in the high-tech sector.

But there are other points to take into consideration.

I have been living in EY for well over 20 years.

As the years went by, one by one, most of my friends found some reason to move back.

I slowly started realizing that most chutzniks are never fully able to shake the feeling of “outsider”.

This is even for those who seemingly “fit in”; speak Hebrew perfectly (even down to the hard “L”amed), are surviving financially and don’t have too much difficulty with the children – many chutznikim do (either because the child is too Israeli and can’t relate to their parents or is too chutznik and doesn’t fit in well).

Living day after day with this “outsider” feeling slowly wears you down.

This is not something you can test by coming here for a summer.

Because of this, I’ve started advising people who want to do aliya to have a very good reason to do so.

Once you live here for many years and your children become Israelis, it will very difficult to leave and you may regret your original decision – with no way out.

With that said, perhaps the best place for chutznikim these days is Ramat Beit Shemesh. There is a strong “chutznik society” there and this should make it easier.

The street names in Geula always irked me.

…bought a hat on Yeshaya.

…the garbage dumpster overflowed on Malachi.

If the dementors black cloak has buttons on the back, say Expectay Patraynem.

You only use Expectow Patrownem for a short jacketed punctual dementor.

What Sevara?

Why should the Shi’ur be only for the Onesh not for the Issur itself?

We also do Quiddish every Friday night…

The surest way to do this is to uninstall the wireless adapters drivers.

Which operating system does the tablet run – is it an iPad, Android, or Windows based system?

Health and DWBH:

You’re right that I don’t post very often (yes, you can be shy even anonymously), but I do read almost all the threads – even the infuriating ones.

As far as the black/white thing, I honestly don’t see why this particular issue is so controversial.

I know almost no one that possesses enough self restraint (aka Yiras Shomayim) to sit alone in front of a computer with unfiltered internet access and have no difficulty whatsoever in remaining 100% pure.

Being that unfiltered internet is too great a challenge for any of us, it follows that even if one has to compromise on something important to them a bit, they don’t really have a choice.

So even if you don’t feel that those particular Rabonim from the Asifa shouldn’t be telling you what to do with your life, it doesn’t change the fact that what they said is correct: any Jew who refers to himself as a practitioner of Judaism should not browsing the web without a filter.

There is an aspect of Halacha here.

If you want to wake up before Alos Hashachar to eat on the morning of a fast, the Mishna Berura says you should speak out before going to sleep that you are not being Mekabel Taanis and wish to eat in the morning before Alos Hashachar.

Mod-80

I did research and found that only winzip can compress jpegs that much.

7-zip’s compression is way better for almost all other (compress-able) file types.

By the way, what did you do le’maaseh?

Please don’t waste money on winzip.

First of all, 7-zip is free and is better than winzip in almost every way.

Secondly only text based files compress significantly.

Jpegs, audio and video files all can’t be compressed much at all as they are all compressed formats to start with. So you won’t save almost any space through zipping them.

I fully agree with SJSinNYC that an external hard drive is a much better eitzah for you here.

The chances of winning a lottery are usually so small that you don’t expect to win when playing.

It therefore can not be considered gambling.

Throwing your money off a bridge is Mutar….