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I am actually more bothered by the number of frum Jews going to jail for “shtick.” I think that does the community a lot worse.
You can buy a linen kittel, it costs more. So buy one and have one less thing to worry about.
This is why I love Yeshivaworld. A post that bashes Charedim will never get through, but a thread devoted to Modern Orthodoxy will.
-Baby born within the 8th month on Shabbos, Muktzah or not?
Pick and choose.
I never understood this. It’s not a “minhag” to eat in the sukkah on Shmini Atzeres. It’s the halacha.
The question is on those who don’t eat in the sukkah, where they get it from.
I have truth to share, being that Joseph shared some on MO, I wonder if the mods will let me share on Yeshivish people. (I doubt it.)
I find it terribly sad that Joseph’s post was allowed through.
EVERYONE picks and chooses. A yeshivish person should be the LAST person to criticize other movements.
Feif Un,
Not to get into particulars, but a rav will take into account past psakim, and if they feel it was issued in error, will take that into account as well.
Again, you follow your rav. If he says OK, then OK, if he says Not OK, then Not OK.
I think the whole “my rav’s way or the highway” is a terrible thing.
Did you even read the quotes?
IIRC, the study was faulty. It got a lot of ink in the Jewish Action.
First of all the Rema says:
“it is permissible to now and then study secular wisdom, provided that this excludes works of heresy… and that one [first] knows what is permissible and forbidden, and the rules and the mitzvot” YD:246:4
“The Gaon considered secular knowledge to be a vital adjunct to Torah study. He was knowledgeable in almost all secular fields and authored books on grammar and mathematics. ” The Short Vort, R’ Eisenmann from Passaic
R’ Hershel Schachter – “What is the relationship between secular knowledge, and a proper derekh
halimmud?
The Vilna Gaon is quoted as saying that to the extent one is lacking in secular
knowledge of the sciences, and so on, one is lacking a hundred times more in
Torah. There are certain areas where secular knowledge is essential. A good example
would be in the area of kashrus. In order to paskin the laws of kashrus, one must have
an understanding of food chemistry.
Rabbi Soloveitchik once spoke at an RCA convention, and dealt with the issue of
shuls that permitted the use of a microphone on Shabbos. He said that, with regard to
those who permitted the use of a microphone, he wondered whether they understood
the Halakha well enough to permit this; with regard to those who prohibited the use of a
microphone, he wondered whether they understood physics well enough to prohibit
this.”
There are many others, but you get my drift.
mybat, where is the commandment to have hakafos on Simchas Torah?
When did “drinking” on Simchas Torah become acceptable?
Joseph, The Vilna Gaon disagrees with that Rema.
“If anyone in America can say he knows more in halacha than Rav Yisroel Belsky, SHAME ON YOU “
Do you really believe that? How did you determine it? did you give out tests, were they multiple choice? Were there adequate amounts of proctors available? Keep in mind the Admur M’Creedmore is known to cheat, so he most likely looked over to someone else’s Gadol Standings Test.
Also, was the test curved? Can we see the standings? If my rav scored a 70%, does the Gadol Ranking Committee recommend I seek another Rav? What are the rankings?
I would imagine under a 50% is a fail, 50-60% can be an occasional rav, 60-70% is a shul rav, 70-80% is a city posek, 80-90% is a posek with a metropolitan area jurisdiction and 90-100% would be gadol status. Does that make sense?
mazca, according to halacha, women are indeed allowed to get aliyos. We just don’t do it because it’s not kavod for the tzibbur, for whatever that means.
mybat, what does women being happy being women mean with regards to their dancing?
“There is no Torah knowledge without learning general knowledge.
Wrong. It is the other way around. Remember – reishis chochma yiras Hashem.”
So you disagree with the GRA, that’s fine. Just don’t tell others that they don’t have a right to agree with the GRA because it doesn’t fit in with the current “morals” of yeshivish Judaism.
(I also wonder how many of the parents of YWN posters would not be married had it not been for their meeting in college.)
There was a picture of a Roman fruit market where a vendor was selling esrogim. I believe the price was $5 for one. Even putting in some hashgacho markup, I’m not sure how esrogim can be that expensive.
BUT, I think we might be our own worst enemy. If somebody were to sell an esrog for $25, many wouldn’t buy it, “obviously there’s something wrong with it.” So they sell it for more.
Jothar,
Why is it not subject to debate? Why is it undeniable?
Have you gone to a co-ed college, or is this what you were told?
HIE, I think R’ Reisman would be the first person to tell you that WolfishMusings (and others) are allowed to disagree with him.
Disagreeing with someone doesn’t mean the person has no respect for that person, in practice it usually means the person does respect the person. A person you don’t respect, you don’t disagree with, you ignore.
Furthermore, whenever I have had discussions with my rav and I disagreed with him and argued with him, he never once told me I’m gonna burn, he enjoyed it. It allowed him to clarify his position, and once even change his position to more match my argument.
Someone who is afraid of being disagreed with (and here I’m talking about halacha, kal v’chomer and eitza) is not a gadol. You won’t find one rav/gadol who won’t argue with you a piece of logic he spoke about. What do you think happens after a shiur/shmooze when people crowd the speaker? They’re arguing, debating, clarifying positions. That is the beauty of Judaism. We don’t have a Pope spouting stuff, we have people learning together and clarifying positions and halachas.
Just a financial FYI, you should save your receipts for your gluten foods. You MAY (depending on your state and amount spent) be able to deduct the difference between the regular food and gluten-free food.
For Federal tax purposes your medical expenses have to be above 7% of gross income, and NY I believe is the same. In NJ, your medical expenses have to be 2% of gross income (much more doable) and then you can start itemizing your medical expenses.
All you have to do is look at what the GRA held (I believe it was his talmid R’ Baruch?? who wrote it) about learning secular knowledge.
There is no Torah knowledge without learning general knowledge. Learning geometry will help you learn Gemarah so much better.
Using the “if only” logic, again, R’ Wolbe went to college as a non-frum secular Jew. He attended the “Hillel” of his days (staffed by great rabbanim, in college as well) and he turned out to become a nice frum man.
Celiac Disease is a mishagos? Do you know anyone that suffers from it?
mybat, that is/was for land crossings, not air crossings. Those require a passport, due to international standards/protocols.
It worked for R’ Wolbe ZT”L.