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  • in reply to: Artificial sweeteners #2429453
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    Stevia is natural, just like sugar. It is healthier than sugar and causes much less heath problems than sugar.

    in reply to: Amtrak Rail Pass #2429440
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    No. But if you have any questions regarding an unlimited flying pass with American Airlines, I might be able to help.

    in reply to: Intergenerational Trauma: The Post-Holocaust Generation #2429082
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    Coffee: What led you to have that opinion? Are you a Holocaust survivors grandchild and that’s what your parents experienced?

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    Dr. CTL: Well done!

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2429080
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    Anonymous Jew: That’s what the Reform and Conservative Jews say as well. They’re just following their “rabbis”.

    in reply to: Talmudic driving #2429078
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    “if your driving on the left either creates danger due to your own speed or due to you impeding those who drive fast, then you should not.”

    You’re worried I’m in the left either driving too fast… or driving too slow? I’m driving neither too fast nor too slow; driving just right. Faster than the right but within the limits.

    in reply to: Artificial sweeteners #2428922
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    Use Stevia.

    in reply to: Go see a mountain tapir now! #2428921
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    Where can I buy one as a pet?

    in reply to: Letter about sheitels #2428920
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    In Jewish law the Jewish courts enforced (notice the “forced” part of enforced) compliance with Jewish law, with force, if necessary. The Jewish courts could, and did, physically force with corporal punishment or worse compliance with Jewish law. Whether the law was to eat kosher, give a Gett when required, cover a married woman’s hair, keep Shabbos, dress tznius (hello tznius police, in the form of agents of Beis Din), or any other Jewish law, for that matter.

    in reply to: Talmudic driving #2428355
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    “keep non-Jew on your right”

    That’s why I always drive in the left lane.

    in reply to: Anti semitism in USa #2428353
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    No. It’s been pretty much the same for the last 75 years. No significant changes in the past 5 or 10 years.

    That said, we live in Golus. And in Golus there always was, and always will be (until Moshiach), anti-semitism. In Israel and in Europe and in America.

    in reply to: Intergenerational Trauma: The Post-Holocaust Generation #2428351
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    What sort of “lack of social standing” are you referring to?

    in reply to: The Peaceful Dismantlement of the State of “Israel” #2428348
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    Cheer up, Square Boy, you’re always here with a sour attitude.

    The Agudah’s political/laymen departments do not always accurately reflect the beliefs and attitudes of the Gedolim on the Moetzes. Unless the Moetzes signs something, there’s no reason to assume they agree. And if they sign, it reflects only on those specific signatories.

    in reply to: Letter about sheitels #2428088
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    none: married women don’t have to cover their hair? Please remind us which “Jewish” denomination you’re a member of.

    in reply to: Frugal #2428081
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    Ex-CTL: Can we confirm that you never sleep on used fabric in hotel rooms, never drive used cars from car rental agencies, never eat or drink from used utensils served in fancy or standard restaurants or wedding venues?

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2426922
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    none: Hashem is my one and only master.

    AAQ: Who do you think you’re kidding? Religiously, the Chareidim (Yeshivish and Chasidim) are the religious-right whereas the Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionists are the religious-left. Yourt blabbling about economic issues, not religious ones.

    ZSK; And you are once again left empty handed when challenged for even a single example, and all you can blabble about is “This thread continues such.” How on earth pointing out a universally agreed fact that Israel is currently in Golus is (to quote you) a “nasty screed and canard against the RZ Tzibbur”, is something only Sherlock Holmes might be able to resolve. Even if you disagree with such a universally agreed fact, how that turns it into a nasty screed will forever remain a mystery for the ages.

    But fear not; you already declared in your last post that for you this is the “End of discussion.” That’ll help you avoid needing to answer the unanswerable why you engage in ad hominems, when others have been nothing but polite to you (until you went off the rails, and you couldn’t produce a single example otherwise when asked. even if they disagreed with your religious-left Zionistic worldview.

    Unless, of course, end of discussion means nothing to you feel another need to lodge additional bombs into the discussion.

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2426649
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    See the sources again. They say (including the ones you cited) that teaching women or girls a curriculum of Torah Shebksav is bad but teaching them a curriculum of Torah Shebalpeh is even worse.

    In other words, both are bad but one is worse than the other.

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2426641
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    none2.0: Did you get that “vort” from your Rabbi Susan McArthy at your Temple Emanu-El service at her last Shabbat “drosha”?

    in reply to: Fumes #2426237
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    Thank you, doctor.

    in reply to: Conformity #2426234
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    AJ: And there’s no penalty if someone wears a blue shirt instead of white, or an uphat instead of a down-hat.

    in reply to: Frugal #2426233
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    Ex-CTL: please see my question above as to whether you ever rent a car.

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2426231
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    Simcha613: Although all the sources you mention warn us not to teach girls or women a curriculum of any Torah Shebal Peh as well as not to teach them any curriculum of Torah Shebksav, you’ll notice they differentiate in the severity of teaching them Torah Shebal Peh versus Torah Shebksav.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2426223
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    ZSK: The proof is in the pudding. Every reader can review the thread and see that you started engaging in ad hominem attacks simply because you disagreed with opinions expressed here that you felt were “too Jewish” or “too right-wing” or however you wish to define the expressed opinions that you vehemently disdained with such contempt and aversion that you callously and improperly referred to your interlocutor as someone who “hates Eretz Yisrael, his fellow Bnei Yisrael” as well as a “sonei Yisrael”.

    in reply to: Frugal #2425207
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    Ex-CTL: Would you buy a used car? What about drive someone else’s car or rent one? Aren’t you, similarly, taking a chance on what might be inside to make you sick?

    in reply to: Davening for Russian-Jewish Soldiers #2425205
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    AAQ: The Ukrainian guilt in assisting the Nazis in mass murdering Jews in Ukraine during the hololcaust, as well as the Ukrainian guilt during the time of Tach V’Tat, which we Jews mourn till this very day, when the Ukrainian hero, who is celebrated across Ukraine till this very day with public holidays and statues in all their cities, Bohdan Khmelnytsky yimach shmo, who was the Hitler of his time, are most certainly not Russian inventions.

    The parts of modern Ukraine that are more Western oriented, are generally the parts that were historically part Hungary and other countries such as Poland. For example, the towns of Uzhhorod (Ungvar), Mukachevo (Munkatch), Vynohradiv (Selish), Khust (Chust), etc. were part of Hungary for 1,000 years starting in the 900s CE though the end of WWI, when they lost it in 1920 (to the then newly formed Czechslovaokia; afrer WWII the USSR stole it from Czechslovakia and added it to Ukraine); and cities like Lviv (Lemberg) which were originally in Poland. In fact, before 1991 there never was a historically indeopendent country of Ukraine. These are simply undisputed facts. The core part of Ukraine (i.e. Kiev, etc.) was for hundreds of years part of the Russian Empire. Before that it was controlled by the Turks, Persians, etc.

    I’m not sure why’d you’d choose to use a non-frum Conservative “rabbi” Abraham Heschel as a form of support.

    The fact that a humongeous percentage of former Soviet Israelis are halachicly goyim is an undisputed fact.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2425200
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    ZSK: Absolutely false. You began the ad hominems; simply see above with your comments about “hates Eretz Yisrael, his fellow Bnei Yisrael… sonei Yisrael”. These aren’t the hallmarks of a Jew.

    in reply to: Why did Bar Koziba rebel? #2425148
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    The consensus of the Ranbonim was critical of the revolt; the idea of it being a proud revolt doesn’t come from Jewish sources.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2425146
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    YY: ZSK is a nochri, as such none of what you rambled about is applicable. It is only applicable to Yehudim; not to shkotzim who calls us Jews sonei yisroel

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2424915
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    DaMoshe: Are you open to hearing and potentially accepting the view that Zionism is diametrically opposed to Judaism; and if it makes perfect sense transforming yourself, DaMoshe, into an anti-Zionist (in the same sense and extent that you’re anti-Christianity (presumably)?

    in reply to: Slavery Reparations #2424909
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    No one so far has even tried to justify how the US government had the right to seize without compensation the property of slaveowners, especially of owners who remained loyal to the Union as well as slaveowners in non-Confederate states, *PRIOR* to the enactment of the 13th Amendment.

    It was a clear-cut case of violating the slaveowners constitutional rights (and the Constitution implicitly or explicitly condoned slavery) under the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment.

    The government owes slaveowners compensation.

    in reply to: Planned obsoletion #2424895
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    Welcome to the 1980s!!

    This was already very widespread by the 1980s.

    in reply to: Conformity #2424897
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    Conformity is a blessing and a necessity. Every member of every Jewish community absolutely should strive to conform to community standards, on all levels, to the greatest extent possible.

    Blessed is he who conforms.

    in reply to: Any Seminary experts? #2424894
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    How do you know that the girls who got in have secret boyfriends?

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2424413
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    ZSK: The vast majority of Holocaust survivors have authentic Yichus briefs going back at least as far as, to Rashi. Unfortunately, you on the other hand, on your maternal side is quite short and has strong indications of gentile blood.

    in reply to: Biography of Rabbi BenHaim #2424412
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    Aside from Faur signing up with the heretical conservative movement and their JTS, led by Mr. Lieberman, the fact that he took these other stances against Chachmei Yisroel and the Gedolei Yisroel of past and present, indicates that Artscroll is right on rather and got this exactly right.

    I’m going to buy this book. Thank you for this thread bringing it to my attention.

    in reply to: Davening for Russian-Jewish Soldiers #2424411
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    AAQ: Jews in the Ukrainian army, if they are there against their will, should we adjust include them into tefilos for shevuyim? If they are there voluntarily, then maybe honen hadaas, ask Hashem to give them sechel, and if they are real reshayim then in minim? The Ukrainian Goyim are much bigger antisemites than the Russians. Both historically (joining the Nazis during the Holocaust in murdering Jews, Tach V’Tat and the Ukrainian Cossacks’ Khmelnytsky Massacres, with the Ukrainians even *today* celebrating the Ukrainian Nazi Bohdan Khmelnytsky with annual holidays and statues across Ukraine, who murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews.

    riva: Many Russians and Ukrainians in Eretz Yisroel are Goyim.

    in reply to: Frugal #2424196
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    We need a guide on how to live on a shoestring budget.

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    Jews have a right to live in Eretz Yisroel. Doesn’t matter whether Eretz Yisroel is controlled by the Turks, the British or the Zionists. Jews have a right to live there despite those three foreign rulers (or any of their predecessors.)

    in reply to: Slavery Reparations #2423707
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    AAQ: Anticipate being returned to your rightful owner (or descendants thereof).

    Hopefully your adapt at picking cotton.

    in reply to: Slavery Reparations #2423464
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    A group of descendants is seeking to file a class action lawsuit against the Federal Government for unlawfully seizing their properties under emancipation (occurring prior to the enactment of the Thirteenth Amendment), in direct violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

    If you or your loved ones are direct descendants of those who lost property under emancipation, please look forward to receiving your full and just compensation.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2422808
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    ZSK is a Reform “Jew” who is actually a gentile since he’s only patrilineal descent, with a fake Reform so-called “conversion” from his matrilineal side.

    in reply to: Therapy #2422929
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    HaGaon HaRav Avigdor Miller ztvk’l famously said many times that therapists are mostly good at lightening the burden of your carrying cash in your wallet.

    in reply to: Israel is in Golus #2422923
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    BB: See coffee addict’s response, the first response in this thread, above.

    You are confusing Chutz La’aretz with Golus. They are two different terms because they are two different things.

    Golus is anywhere while we are still waiting for Moshiach, before his arrival.

    in reply to: Therapy #2422401
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    A related issue is unqualified therapists. Therapists who think they know, when in reality they are more incompetent than competent.

    And unfortunately the patient usually has little way of knowing it realizing and are often lead astray.

    in reply to: Letter about sheitels #2422389
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    none: You beliebe in none of the Torah? If the Torah tells us what not to do (or what to do), as explained by our Rabbonim, that is an obligation you must follow.

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2422388
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    Simcha613: You’re ignoring the fact that both Shulchan Aruch and Rambam (and the Gemora and others) all pasken l’halacha that teaching girls Torah that they shouldn’t be learning is “tiflus”; which Rashi explains leads her to open immoralities.

    And we see the fulfillment of this Shulchan Aruch/Rambam/Rashi in real life today where the girls who do not learn Torah shebal peh are overall much more Eidel and Ehrlich than those that are taught Torah shebal peh as part of their school curriculum, in defiance of the aforementioned Shulchan Aruch, Rambam, Gemora et al. And where these “over-educated” girls are far more likely to be dressing non-tznius and otherwise be acting publicly in loud and unrefined and unfeminine like manners.

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2422387
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    NP: You’re splitting hairs when it is directly and implicitly the same thing. Chazal’s criticism of Bruria for her mocking of the truth about Nashim Da’atan Kalos is well understood by the meforshim to be a result of her learnt Torah not intended for women and as a result her thinking herself more knowledgeable and understanding than reality, directly a result of her “over learning”.

    in reply to: How are girls learning Gemorah #2422069
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    none: Stop drinking the Western Kool-Aid. Yidden are G-d’s Chosen People because we are better. One of our worst is 100 times better than 100 of the Goyim’s best. We are far above them in every way.

    in reply to: Matzav article about Golus and Eretz Yisrael #2422068
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    Apikorsus is a real thing. There are real apikorsum. You can pretend as much as you want that the idea is ad hominem and/or only an unfair attack. But the reality is that it exists and there absolutely are people who fall into that category and ideas and opinions that squarely fall within that description.

    in reply to: כחי ועצם ידי #2421130
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    Yankel: Who ever said the Khazar kings were tzadikim or that whatever they did was the right thing?

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