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  • in reply to: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us! #1617665
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    @CS- Stop pretending to have any grasp on anything to do with the standard litvishe mehalach. Like I said, you’re so far down the Chabad rabbit hole, you cannot understand it.

    and you said-

    “…it should be the same for the Rebbe., who was not just a learned person in Torah, but a leader to all Yiddin , chief Rabbis, chassidish Rebbes, sefardim, askenazim, litvish and not yet frum alike…”

    No it shouldn’t and no he wasn’t. To compare the Rebbe in gadlus to the chofetz chaim is a joke. like literally a joke.

    in reply to: who is "The Gadol Haddar" of America #1617655
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    Joe- Honestly, when you categorically state that people don’t know what they’re talking about, you’re trying to win an argument with a sledgehammer. Why in the world would anyone take you seriously when you base your opinions on some sort of secret access to how other Gedolim relate to each other. Funny that you think R” Shteinman wasthe GH, I definitely had you pinned for an eitznik…

    in reply to: who is "The Gadol Haddar" of America #1616931
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    Joseph- R Dovid is the foremost posek in NA, regarded as such by everyone afaik. I suppose R’ Shmuel and R Shloime Miller would come in 2nd/3rd in whatever order you decide. I don’t pretend to be privy to the deliberations of any moetzeses, and you can believe what you want, but R Dovid is held in higher regard than R Ahron. You just like him because he’s also a pretty intense kanoi. Say it aint so, joe.

    in reply to: Pro Vaccination Paranoia in the frum community. #1616932
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    Really Haimy? A kid in my kid’s Gan got measles. My kid still needed the second dose (which we’ve since gotten). I have a baby under a year who can’t get vaccinated. Measles sis extraordinarily contagious. Is this paranoia, or justified animosity directed at people who R”L put others’ children in sakana without giving a (if I could write bad words, I would, solely in this case) about the lives of others. Assuming you’re living in Lakewood, shkoiach, there are only a couple of cases. But not everyone does, and we’re justified in being furious. Rotzchim.

    in reply to: Exclusivity #1616754
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    While I hear where you’re going with this, most things that people on the outside looking in enjoy bashing do have some inherent virtue. The issue becomes one when a)those on the outside feel the need to pontificate that those on the inside have nothing over them and b) those on the inside exaggerate the ramifications of whatever virtue they do possess. I think learning/being in brisk (RAY) would be a good example.

    in reply to: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us! #1616685
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    @RSo- Thanks. Taking things out of context is an effective way of spinning what people really said. Watch the media do it all time.

    in reply to: who is "The Gadol Haddar" of America #1616684
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    yabia omer- what are you ‘hocking’ that’s utterly cookoo.

    I assume the true answer in America is R’ Shmuel or R’ Dovid. I believe are held by their esteemed colleagues to be above the rest. If we’re handling kano’im, which we’re not, they obviously would not fit the bill.

    in reply to: It’s all the Democrats fault! #1616531
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    coffee addict- Your tomato analogy is off- you misused the word. As the woke chevra would say, “own” it and move on 😆

    in reply to: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us! #1616175
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    @kaiserW- just so we’re clear, I’m supposed to accept a paragraph from a sefer you cannot verify as existing, nor have I ever heard of it (though that’s not a raaya, I’m an am haaretz :)), as sufficient proof against a chovos halvavos?

    in reply to: The Biggest Kanoim Today #1615879
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    The people covered regularly in Lehovin…

    in reply to: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us! #1615584
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    We don’t demand from Hashem. All the sources you cited from tehillim/kinos are lamenting something, not demanding from Hashem. Interestingly, the way you framed how you think is crazy to daven is exactly how to daven. The Chovos Halvavos brings a tefillah that someone big (obviously, if the CH”H is quoting him) added to the end of shemona esrei, stating exactly that: “Hashem we want whatever your ratzon is, and if I’ve davened for something that doesn’t jive with that, please disregard my tefillah. If it is your ratzon, please accept my tefillah.”
    Our avoda is to bring out kavod shomayim, not to demand things from God. Anyway, I know this isn’t going anywhere productive. You’re head is so far down the chabad rabbit hole that you can’t believe there’s another way to think.

    in reply to: “Lehovin” Jewish Newspaper #1612575
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    It’s obviously an eitz propaganda paper, c’mon Joe. They only write about eitz rabbonim. Your point about about R Aharon is entirely untrue, and ironic at best. vihameivin yavin.

    in reply to: In Defense of Judge Freier #1608008
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    She knows law, y’all don’t.

    in reply to: The stupid kind of gun control #1606742
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    First thing the fascist governments do is…yep, you guessed it, take away the people’s guns. 1 is correct. The democratic party today has clearly shifted so far left that Schumer and Pelosi are running leftward trying to keep up. Sanders is probably closer to the base of the party these days than they are. And they are crazy enough. Todays dems are the party of the mob, of Waters and Cortez, a party where due process is only for black LGBTQs, and victim/intersectional politics. There’s a reason Warren was pretending to be an indian- as a white woman, she’s so far down on the victim totem pole, she’s irrelevant.

    in reply to: What do you do to stay healthy when you travel? #1604196
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    Make sure you’re only smoking the best weed…

    in reply to: Female Police Handling Men #1601138
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    Get. A. Grip.
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    Pardon the pun, I only realized it after I typed reply. I find that happens quite often, though.

    in reply to: Is Frumkeit Only for the Rich? #1601137
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    What does your evidently burning jealousy of rich people have to do with the title?

    in reply to: Good husband = Good father? #1600595
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    Nope. Obviously, a bad person will (generally) be both a bad husband and father, and perhaps the odds of being a good father are better if you’re a good husband, but I’ve seen it go both ways.

    in reply to: discouraging rashi in parshas bereishis #1600594
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    @unommin- Caveat emptor? Maybe you meant to post that on the fake techeiles thread?

    @CS- Love how you never learnt one of the basic mussar texts and feel qualified to guess context correctly. Stick to your maamers and don’t share them with us misnagdim.

    in reply to: Doing my hishtadlus #1598335
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    Lol Joe, could you be more subtle?

    in reply to: Eruv Question (regarding 600K people) #1596307
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    Milhouse- what are you smoking?

    in reply to: help! Wedding questions #1596311
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    Really? Darn, would’ve gotten one.

    in reply to: Eruv Question (regarding 600K people) #1596008
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    It’s ‘apikores’.

    in reply to: help! Wedding questions #1596009
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    They can come eat by me on Shabbos in Yerushalayim if it’ll save them some money for the first little bit.

    DY- C’mon, a tradition collection RW is see as pretty cheap, let’s be honest (even though I happened to have chosen one). Standard is a cheaper B&M or longines.

    in reply to: Lubavitch Hats #1595742
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    “…mit an eppel oif’n het. Didan netzach…”

    in reply to: Halachic question regarding bal tashchis and tza’ar baalei chayim #1588792
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    @GH- “…no brainer.” The irony of this comment cannot be overstated.

    in reply to: Whats your favorite beer? #1584234
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    Lol corona, that’s hysterical. My current favorites are goldstar unfiltered, carlsberg, and weihenstaphner. If I was still in Canada, it’d probably be molson dry, moosedhead, or sleemans.

    in reply to: Why do Sephardim wear a yarmulka all day? #1582908
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    Neville, you’re totally misreading the issue. Like, mamsh. Trust me, I’m closer to Joseph on the hashkafic spectrum, received (and hold of) the standard yeshivish hashkafas, learnt in the reg. yeshivish yeshivas, and can honestly tell you, you;re missing the boat by miles. You’re conflating ashkenazi american trends, with those crowds shifting to the left/mo, with sfardim the world over who don;t associate a tshirt on shabbos with being modern, the same way you wouldn’t wear sandals on shabbos, but the mizrachi/dati crowd does and that doesn’t make them MO, it’s just what they are. You’re off, buddy, waaaay off.

    in reply to: Why do Sephardim wear a yarmulka all day? #1582640
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    @Yabia Omer- Except I do…And that’s a pretty dumb, broad (pardon the pun) statement full of dislike for ashkenazim and not much else.

    in reply to: Why do Sephardim wear a yarmulka all day? #1582424
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    Neville- We’re usually on the same side of issues, so I’m not sure where this struck a nerve. Certainly in Israel, and to a lesser degree in the US, a sfardi jew putting on a headcovering when entering shul, or even when just making a brachah, has nothing at all to do with MO (are you seriously going to entertain a tzad that a cab driver in Jlem has a clue who Lamm was??) nor are they dati leumi. They are frum people and this is their custom. While there may be other elements of their yiddishkeit that is also not as stringent as the norm, they are not dati light or MO, this is just them, the same way a lot of them come to davening shabbos morning in jeans and a tshirt, and it’s just how they do things.

    in reply to: OTD Child #1582425
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    Ya kids don;t go off the D because of the internet, they usually get sucked in to the culture once they’re well on their way. Adults, though, I think they go off because of the internet. I have a good friend who I consider an apikores who went that way because he started reading too much philosophy on the net. Brilliant guy. What a waste.

    in reply to: Why do Sephardim wear a yarmulka all day? #1580199
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    Many, many sfardim in Israel still only wear a yarmulke when davening or making brachos.

    in reply to: Halachic question regarding bal tashchis and tza’ar baalei chayim #1579893
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    Issur sirus, as others have pointed out, is an issur mi’di’oraysa. Tzar baalei chayim seems to be muttar if it’s for a purpose, even when not necessarily for a product. See the Gemara and Tosfos somewhere around daf 14, 15 in AZ.

    in reply to: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us! #1578369
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    @apush- It’s more about the way they’re attempting to make it mainstream by pushing it over and over, not so much the fact that they’re cuckoo for believing a dead Rebbe is Moshiach.

    in reply to: Question #1572534
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    Midwest is correct.

    in reply to: Looking for a Post Israel Yeshiva #1572310
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    BME

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    Either way, it’ll be a yotzei min hatomaeh tomeh.

    in reply to: Do Republicans have a response? #1570786
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    Does Shulem Lemmer know anything about politics? See above for the answer.

    in reply to: Thread for smart expert people #1568694
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    I kinda just wanna come up with a really good cheese danish recipe, but that’s just me.

    in reply to: Are white skirts not tzanuah? #1568702
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    To answer the OP (as I write this, I sorta wonder if I posted it somewhere up the thread, it’s just exactly what I would say…)

    Shailas chachama chatzi teshuvasa.

    in reply to: Thread for smart expert people #1568042
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    RY- Wouldn’t it more appropriate, and funnier, to refer to them as plebeians?

    in reply to: Poor People Don’t Get to Have a Rav in the Summer #1567494
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    Gam Rabbanim ktzat zkukim lichofesh na’im, im hasandalim.

    If anyone knows where this is from, I request they get in touch with me asap. We have much to discuss.

    in reply to: Pool safety. #1567115
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    CTLawyer- You should probably let Chuck Norris know that CTLAWYER PJs are now on sale.

    in reply to: Pence/Haley for 2024? Or Ryan/Gowdy? #1567113
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    TLIK- Agreed.

    in reply to: Should teachers/rebbis get a full time salary? #1566347
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    Takes2- He busted you. Where’d you not see how you’re arguing against yourself?

    in reply to: Should teachers/rebbis get a full time salary? #1566245
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    Syag nails it, again.

    in reply to: $15 an Hour Minimum Wage #1566244
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    chiefshmerel- Have you done more than 10 minutes of research and read articles by actual economists, not political stupids? I don’t think so…

    in reply to: Should teachers/rebbis get a full time salary? #1565958
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    This thread is awful, and anyone disparaging our teachers, Rabbeim, and Moros should be ashamed of themselves. These are the people (speaking in general, not the bad apples) dedicating their lives to helping your children become mature, healthy, productive adults. That you feel the need to discuss how much money you’re comfortable with them making and to question whether they deserve it, calls your character into question, nothing less. Utterly pathetic, totally disheartening. Applying rules of economics to a Rebbi’s salary? Is that what they are? Supply and demand? Are these people are nothing more than providers of a service? You compare them to some boor catching a football, while they’re engaged in the guaranteeing the future of klal yisroel? This thread is astonishing in its audacity. I’m just floored.

    in reply to: $15 an Hour Minimum Wage #1565959
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    Haha, anyone who think upping the minimum wage to 14+ dollars an hour should go look up some basic economics. You guys are the best!

    in reply to: Can One Ride in a Self-Driving Car on Shabbos #1563552
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    Well, NOYB, if none of those things were to occur, say you could disable warnings and lights going on and off, and preset the car to overcompensate no matter what the occupant’s weight was,etc. shouldn’t it be fine? Aside from hashkafik discussions about kovod shabbos, etc.

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