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The case didn’t involve Jews?

What if he so-called “isn’t ready” by time he’s Halachicly obligated to be married by?

You have MO shuls with an open parking lot on Shabbos.

The LWMO is a larger constituency than the RWMO, for the simple reason that any real Ehrlich Yidden left MO, and you can find them today in regular Yeshivish Shuls and Yeshivos everywhere.

One very vital point that I think many are overlooking is that labels are meaningless. Including the label of being “Orthodox”. The descriptor “Orthodox” is not something the so-called Orthodox took upon themselves. It was a name (originally intended in a derogatory sense, comparing them to the Christian Orthodox) that was imposed on us by the “non-Orthodox”. It was intended to include anyone that, at the time, didn’t abandon half of the Torah and replace it with (then) modern concepts (i.e. Reform).

L’maaisa, the point is that labels are absolutely meaningless. A Jew is a Jew. Everything else is irrelevant. Some Jews fully keep the Torah, some mostly, some partially, etc. But they’re all Jews. The rest is commentary.

N0m: We do bentch mzumen with a cup of wine.

If you purchase a refundable ticket, you can get a full refund when cancelling, anytime.

“Which in of itself is based on an assumption that marriage is a matter of age.”

Chazal, the Gemora, Halacha (Shulchan Aruch), etc, all set age suggestions and age deadlines regarding marriage.

Gadol: If you use your mobile carrier’s direct dial to call international, you’ll likely be paying rates that are very expensive.

Does Kim Jung-un follow this advice?

There’s a reason it says, as everyone knows and needs no reminder, Eisev Soneh L’Yaakov rather than Yishmael.

As an aside, on a slightly tangentially related note, it is forbidden to enter a Church whereas it is not only permitted to enter a Mosque, but one may even daven in a Mosque.

AAQ: Do we have examples of Klal Isroel using polygamy as an emergency solution? Or at least, at the times before R Gershom increasing polygamy from a rare occurrence to a frequent practice?

No one suggested making polygamy a “frequent practice”. Even permitting it on an infrequent basis, as needed only with rabbinical approval, can alleviate the disparity in numbers. If even a small percentage of husbands took a second wife, that should correct the current imbalance to a great degree.

Mr. Nodel:

The Holocaust alone outweighs ALL the Arab atrocities *combined*.

The Crusades alone outweighs ALL the Arab atrocities *combined*.

Tach V’tat alone outweighs ALL the Arab atrocities *combined*.

The Inquisition alone outweighs ALL the Arab atrocities *combined*.

And the above are just four examples. Stop being a Christian/European apologist.

And like mentioned previously, do not forget the European destruction of Yerushalayim and the Bais Hamikdash.

For the greatest contrast of the difference between living under Muslim rule versus living under Christian rule, simply contrast our experience living in Muslim Spain versus our experience in Christian Spain after the Christians ousted the Muslim rulers from Spain.

In the 2,000+ years Jews lived under Arab and Muslim rule, I don’t think even cumulatively all the Arab/Muslim violence inflicted against us added up toany one of the following European/Christian violence against us: 1) the Crusades 2) the Inquisition 3) Tach V’tat OR 4) the Holocaust.

That’s not to mention that blood libels the Christians came up with every Monday and Thursday, the programs every few decades, the expulsions from so many different European countries, spread generations apart, every Christmas year after year when the priests would set the Christian masses aflame against the local Jewish population (hence nittul nacht), forcing the local Jewish populations to pay the current ruler tremendous amounts of money that couldn’t be met just for the opportunity to live under their bloody rule and so so many more crimes against Jewish humanity every year.

Don’t forget that it was the Europeans coming from Rome that destroyed the Beis Hamikdash. And the Christian church that accused world Jewry of being collectively guilty of deicide, of “killing g-d”, and thus justifying their most bloody and repeated attempts of genocide against Jewry.

“What is the divide between Conservative and Orthodox on ideology?”

N0m: Here are some random examples, to answer your question:

Conservatives:

Homosexual activity is ok; homosexual “unions” are okay.

Being Mechallel Shabbos is okay to drive to temple.

Women so-called “rabbis” is a thing.

Tznius is not a thing.

Shomer negia isn’t necessary.

It’s okay to eat treif when traveling.

Square: Mr. Weissman is blockhead whose articles on this subject are all fatuous.

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Conservative is apikorsus. It is even forbidden to simply walk into any of their temples.

And, then, there’s the kosher Bravo Pizza stores (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) and the non-kosher Bravo Pizza stores (Manhattan).

Ahh, CTL, we’re lantzman!! You should of told us this years ago!

CTL, do you have any familial or other connection with Hungary (other than as a tourist)?

N0m: What nafka mina are you trying to make to the underlying point with your addendum?

And what makes you believe your addition is accurate?

Mod, pls move this thread to DECAFFEINATED. Thx

MODS: Can you please move this thread to DECAFFEINATED? Thank you