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  • in reply to: Ta’aruvos in YWN Coffee Room? #667690
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    Is there a halachic distinction between joking with members of the opposite gender and flirting? Someone as makpid as you are with tznius should know that.

    in reply to: Struggling with Hat and Jacket #663246
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    …. by changing our dress.

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761435
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    Decrease, plus as feif un mentioned, there is also a decrease in Coney Island goers.

    # 2008: 2,556,598

    # 2007: 2,539,206

    # 2006: 2,508,820

    # 1990: 2,300,664

    # 1980: 2,230,936

    # 1970: 2,602,012

    # 1960: 2,627,319

    # 1950: 2,738,175

    # 1940: 2,698,285

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761433
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    Joseph, estimates of illegals in NYS is 500,000. Even if half of that would be in Brooklyn, the population would still not cross 3 million.

    in reply to: Ta’aruvos in YWN Coffee Room? #667688
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    NY Mom, there has been flirting going on, people don’t realize it when they post. That is what happens when you have men and women posting in a forum.

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761432
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    Feif Un, Coney Island in 2009 is not what it was when R’ Moshe wrote the teshuva.

    Joseph, the population of Brooklyn is no where near 3 million and it’s not even close even if you include the illegals. I can be emphatic if you want.

    in reply to: Kollel – Talmud Torah Kneged Kulam #1177549
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    The Rambam also clearly writes very negatively about people who take communal funds to sit and learn.

    in reply to: Struggling with Hat and Jacket #663241
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    Me? I think I got your point. I was being sarcastic. The parents obviously care more for reputations than they do for their children. This was a way for them to still maintain their prestigious reputation.

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761429
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    Joseph,

    The Census already estimated the counts of illegals when they count the population.

    in reply to: Struggling with Hat and Jacket #663239
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    So what’s the problem? The father can just tell everyone he wears his tzitzis inside. That way nobody will be none the wiser.

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    cherrybim, and one of the great things about Dovid Cohen is that he’ll inspect the place and if he determines that the people don’t know how to manage money, he’ll buy them what they need and not give them the money to lose. It’s the only tzedakah in Israel that I would 100% trust as being 100% true tzedakah.

    in reply to: Men Wearing Colored Shirts #669291
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    One other reason I have seen floating around is that black and white were the cheapest to produce, so poor people wore black and white.

    in reply to: The Importance of Yiddish #666292
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    You think the Hebrew in the Mishna doesn’t have borrowed words?

    Where do you think Apikores came from? There are tons of words in ALL languages that borrow from other languages.

    If Yiddish is holy, then so is English.

    in reply to: Men Wearing Colored Shirts #669258
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    It is a very good thing color film was not readily available in Europe.

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761416
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    Well, you just threw a monkey wrench into the equation. Brooklyn does not have a population of 3 million. It certainly didn’t have even close to that 20 years ago.

    in reply to: Single Malt Scotch #675719
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    The sherry casks, by the time they are through with the cleaning, soaking, coaling, smoking, etc. is no more a sherry cask than it is a beer barrel. It was a way for the company to distinguish themselves from all the other people and companies selling scotch.

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    That’s right, and in Baltimore they did the same thing where they said X amount has to be for local tzedakahs.

    in reply to: Single Malt Scotch #675715
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    I don’t understand the issue. I heard a shiur a few years back about someone who actually traveled to Scotland and saw the process, and spoke with LBD people.

    The end result of the whole shiur is that sherry casks was just a marketing ploy and adds nothing to the taste of the scotch and it’s also 100% kosher.

    in reply to: #991241
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    Yes, aniyei ircha comes first. There was some psak issued by a Gadol who has psakim issued in his name that “obviously” EY is ircha, so it comes before your local city.

    Obviously it makes no sense since the order lists EY and Yerushalayim.

    What these tzedakahs are doing is actually taking money away from local places because everyone wants to give to the flashy tzedakah where all their prayers are guaranteed to be answered.

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761406
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    If you eat indoors on Shmini Atzeres, are you passul aidus since it’s a halacha befeirush in the Shulchan Aruch, and eating indoors is a Chillul Hashem bifarheisiah.

    The Rov is saying that you can only rely on him, shivim panim out the window.

    in reply to: What Food Item Would You Like To See Get A Hecsher? #895364
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    The Tzitz Eliezer would agree with you, but most other poskim would disagree.

    (You’ll have to Google the machlokes, I doubt the Censors would allow it through.)

    in reply to: Tznius #662471
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    I never said anything else. Questioning is how we learn and how we pasken. It’s been like this for thousands of years until the past few years.

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    in reply to: Fresh Coffee on Shabbos #662533
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    Uncle Moshe Monitor.

    in reply to: #991228
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    Right, which is why I only give to organizations that actually tell me what they do with their money without bringing in bubbe masses. And I also give to Dovid Cohen in Israel. He is a one man tzedakah organization where you KNOW you’re money is going to the right people/things.

    in reply to: Tznius #662467
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    feivel, I’m talking about say a general question and you ask your rav and he answers in a way which makes zero sense to you. You are a learned man and you know that something doesn’t add up. Why is it disrespectful to ask a follow up question and get to the bottom of it?

    in reply to: Modern Orthodox Judaism #663645
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    Joseph, R’ Elchonon Wasserman had visas available for him and his entire yeshiva, he turned it down.

    Furthermore having no where to go is not the same as telling your people “Don’t Leave Europe.”

    in reply to: Tznius #662464
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    Shailos U’Tshevus. Sometimes I’ve seen it as SHuT.

    in reply to: Tznius #662462
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    feivel, that’s a terrible thing then. Most rabbanim actually want, and probably enjoy, when they are questioned. It’s a way to solidify the learning. If I am told something that makes zero sense to me, I ask, and if it still doesn’t make sense, I can press for a better explanation. I don’t buy the “it’s just not done” explanation, and I see nothing wrong with asking a rav for a source, or questioning a rav to get an understanding on his reasoning. I recently went back to one of my old shuls and noticed the rav there still davening the way (whatever the case was) our “debate” ended up. Until then, he hadn’t thought of my logic, but once I didn’t just take his word for it, he realized he missed something and he changed.

    in reply to: What Food Item Would You Like To See Get A Hecsher? #895362
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    I want Skittles to become kosher.

    in reply to: Tznius #662458
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    ames, that is not what I’m saying. All I’m saying is that it is entirely appropriate to ask your rav how he got to his conclusion. You never find a SHUT sefer that doesn’t do that.

    Perhaps it’s different with women, but I can’t see any self respecting man ask a rav a shailah and then walk away. 99.999999% will talk to the rav and question and ask sources and debate if necessary. It’s called learning. That might not fit into the BY notion, but that is how it’s done in the real world.

    in reply to: #991226
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    What’s worse is that there was a tzedakah organization promising you that you will not get into any car accidents if you give them money. They actually called it an insurance policy.

    This is not the proper way to raise money for tzedakah.

    in reply to: Tznius #662455
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    I’m not sure why squeak and ames are up in arms. All I wanted to know is if ames never asks her rav for the source.

    I remembered the last time I asked my rav something, he looked at me and said “Let’s go find out.” And we proceeded together to lookup the halacha to my query. It’s a terrible thing when you can’t question. That was all I was posting. You can now stop with your immature insults and put downs.

    in reply to: Kollel – Talmud Torah Kneged Kulam #1177503
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    I really highly doubt the CI said what Joseph copied and pasted.

    in reply to: Eruv in Brooklyn #761389
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    WADR, HIE sounds like a 19 year old who just learned his first blatt of Eruvin. He has yet to see all the SHUT that discusses making eruvin in cities.

    in reply to: Tznius #662435
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    “It saddens me to hear about people who don’t work on their emunas chachamim. “

    Is that a veiled insult?

    When I ask a rav a question, if I don’t understand the reason I ask, and debate, and there are times when the rav would backtrack once I inputted a point he didn’t think about. That’s how guys work. go into a Beis Medrash and you’ll see guys arguing and yelling at each other for hours on end. I know it’s not “girlie” but that is how things happen in the halachic world.

    in reply to: Tznius #662430
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    ames, that is indeed sad. You learn a lot when you question. You have the “right” to know how/why the Rav came to his conclusion and you learn a lot while he’s explaining it to you. Could be a gender thing, but most people don’t just take a yes/no (unless it’s a simple question perhaps), most discuss and yes, at times, debate until the conclusion is reached. Why would it be disrespectful to ask a rav how he came to his conclusion?

    You’ll notice in 99.99999% of SHUT seforim that it’s never just the answer, but the logic and sevarah leading up to the answer. In many cases, that is even more important than the answer.

    in reply to: Modern Orthodox Judaism #663629
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    “Yes, I alluded to the fact that the vaad rescued rabbonim and that this was ratzon Hashem so that seeds of Torah could be planted elsewhere and the community rebuilt. There were just not very many visas to anywhere out there and Torah priorities did indeed mean that Torah leaders needed to be saved first. “

    Actually, R’ Elchanan Wasserman had access to visas not only for himself, but also his entire yeshivah. He chose to go back to Europe.

    Many rebbes told people not to leave, and of course, they left when they had the chance.

    And yet another of course, we can’t forget the Satmar Rebbe being rescued by a Zionist.

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    in reply to: Tznius #662427
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    Ames, just out of curiosity, you never question your rav, or his sources?

    in reply to: Modern Orthodox Judaism #663625
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    And FTR, the “vaad”‘s first priority was to rescue only rabbanim, not the regular Jews, so two can play this game.

    in reply to: Modern Orthodox Judaism #663624
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    Eim Habanim Semaicha was written by a Chassidishe Rebbe who blasted the rebbes and rabbanim for telling their flock to stay behind.

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    in reply to: Tznius #662417
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    Ames,

    1) 99.999% of the halacha of tznius is minhag.

    2) Your rav might have meant that since the minhag of the community is to wear stockings, according to tzniyus, it is now the halacha within your community to wear stockings.

    in reply to: What Food Item Would You Like To See Get A Hecsher? #895340
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    Also, IIRC, the shittah for powdered milk is from the Chazon Ish.

    in reply to: What Food Item Would You Like To See Get A Hecsher? #895339
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    I have heard, not sure where, that plain Oreos are not dairy, but DE. The OU no longer marks things DE and labels all DE items as Dairy.

    in reply to: Tznius #662411
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    ames, wearing stockings is not halacha, simple fact, they didn’t have stockings back then. It might be minhag hamokom, but it’s certainly not halacha.

    in reply to: Tznius #662399
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    That’s why the really frum wear a burka. Don’t laugh, it’s coming. The future of Judaism will be Burqa Babes roaming the streets, R”L.

    in reply to: Labels – How Do You See Yourself? How Do Others See You? #662604
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    Sometimes it’s Old Navy, other times it’s something a bit fancier. I usually don’t go for the fancy shmancy labels. But I do have an Allen Edmunds pair of shoes, those are great. Brooks Brothers is good too if you need something a bit nicer, and you can never really go wrong with a plain black/blue nice pair of pants.

    in reply to: Tznius #662373
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    ok, but the point remains that the burden was on him, not the women.

    in reply to: Tznius #662371
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    I might be mistaking the gemarah, but if I recall, there was a story about someone who had to walk somewhere and he passed women bathing or laundering, he either had to walk with his head down or told the women to move or something, he was chastised and told that he should have taken a different route. It is not only up to the women, the men have a responsibility as well.

    Furthermore, like everything in life, human nature tells us that if you harp on only one issue, it’s not good.

    in reply to: Tznius #662324
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    “And what about our teenagers? When I speak to my friend with a teenage daughter, she is afraid that if she is not permissive enough when it comes to in-style fashions, her daughter will not listen to her at all! And teenagers are not completely aware of the consequences of dressing in an alluring style. “

    Duh, if you assur the mattir, the kids will mattir the assur.

    in reply to: Tznius #662311
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    “When I got to the wedding I looked around, and found many women wearing the stockings the book said were assur. This included the wife of one of the dayanim in the community.”

    Which is perhaps why you were told not to read that book.

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