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Obama never stopped politicking after he left office.
DeSantis would make an excellent President.
ujmParticipantParenting style in the US was also like that until about 40 years ago.
In any event, in the US Yidden parent very differently than American goyim. And even within frum communities you’ll find vastly different parenting styles between Williamsburg compared to Lakewood compared to Five Towns.
ujmParticipant14 is nearly 20?
ujmParticipantThe coffee room started in 2008.
ujmParticipantIf you’re going to give the analysis greater weight given his vastly greater intellectual understanding of the underlying science, then you’ll need to put Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking way ahead of him
ujmParticipantTendler met his wife in the New York Public Library. He then kept coming back there to meet her. He himself explained this in an interview published in the YU Commentator. By time Rav Moshe got wind of it, he didn’t have too much influence over who she chose to marry.
ujmParticipantThe Moetzes itself chooses which new Rabbonim to invite into it. It isn’t the lay board making any such decisions.
ujmParticipantIs there a reason anyone took the OP seriously?
ujmParticipantTendler has a demonstrated history of lying about his father in law’s positions. Even during his lifetime.
ujmParticipantThe main upside to a recession is that there is a virtually direct historical precedent that the party in power during a recession always loses the following election.
ujmParticipantObama stopped Keystone 10 years ago. If he hadn’t it would have been online today.
ujmParticipantDemocrats have also blocked drilling gas in Alaska’s ANWR arctic.
ujmParticipantThere seems to be a common misconception that we are unable to comparatively assess the level of various Gedolim. We can compare “levels” – in fact, we need to in order to judge who is an authority in the first place! If you can’t compare levels then how are you to know that someone is a godol? The fact that he is “accepted” as a godol only means that many people have judged his “level” to be that of a godol. But if you cannot compare levels, then these people have no right to accept him as a godol in the first place.
And the same common sense that tells you so-and-so stands out among his peers making him an authority, tells you that certain so-and-so’s stand out even more.
Or less.
ujmParticipantPart of knowing who to follow is to know who is greater. Godol mimenu b’chochma ubaminyan is an assessment that it legitimately made. And as Rav Shach writes – if you dont know who to follow, follow whoever is greater – and, he adds, you can of course tell who is greater.
If you yourself dont know, then thats fine – not everyone can know the answer to all questions they encounter – but why in the world would you say nobody else can know?
And it’s an error in logic, too, because they themselves compared “levels” of other people! i.e.: “Rav Ovadia Yosef is the leading Sefardi posek of our times.” And how would they know this if you cannot compare him to other sefardi poskim?
And how can one know whether “any of us are on the madreiga of assessing the ‘levels’ of other people” unless you assessed the levels of all those other people who said arent “on the “madgreigah” to do that?
If i were to ask you who is greater – Rav Ovadiah or Rabi Avika — would you say you cannot compare people? Rav Ovadiah or the Rambam? Avraham Avinu?
So clearly, we can compare “levels”, its just that to some, certain comparisons are “obvious” and others are not. Well, to other people, perhaps who are more knowledgable and skilled in assessing these kinds of values, other comparisons are also obvious.
ujmParticipantBiden brought the same inflation Carter brought.
We need another Reagan to tame inflation.
ujmParticipantLord Moses Monteofiore once ascended to the Har HaBayis. He was then strongly criticism by the Gedolei Eretz Yisroel. He immediately went to the Gedolim and cried to them for mechila, saying he would never have gone had he known they ruled it impermissible.
ujmParticipantEveryone on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudas Yisroel in America, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudas Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah, the Moetzes Chachmei HaTorah of of Shas plus others.
ujmParticipantThe RCA has now found another wacky hole to jump into by becoming environmentalists? They find one left-wing cause or another to ingratiate themselves with the liberals every few years.
ujmParticipantMoshiach is coming THIS year.
June 17, 2022 6:44 pm at 6:44 pm in reply to: Let’s Say Republicans Win the Midterm Elections? #2098062ujmParticipantThat’s absolutely false. EU bureaucrats are still anti-Poland. The EU is STILL blocking COVID funding towards Poland. And Hungary is the most pro-Jewish country in Europe and one of the most pro-frum Yidden countries in the world.
Never assume “mainstream” press reports are accurate. But your quote only reflects a difference between Poland and most of the rest of the EU regarding the sanctions agreed to. It does not reflect any profound conflict between Poland and Hungary.
June 17, 2022 4:51 pm at 4:51 pm in reply to: is Yeshiva system making talmiday chachamim? or stifling them? #2098025ujmParticipantYabia: What are your qualifications to have an opinion on this matter, if any?
ujmParticipanthello99, welcome back! It’s been a long time, and it’s great to “see” you.
June 17, 2022 4:49 pm at 4:49 pm in reply to: Let’s Say Republicans Win the Midterm Elections? #2098018ujmParticipantHungary, too, rejects the EU bureaucrats mad demands to recognize toeiva/mishkav zochor as being a normal acceptable behavior.
June 17, 2022 4:35 pm at 4:35 pm in reply to: Let’s Say Republicans Win the Midterm Elections? #2097983ujmParticipantThe EU bureaucrats sitting in Brussels armchairs are as much anti-Poland as they are anti-Hungary. They’ve denied Poland billions of euros in COVID aid, since they are miffed at Poland replacing left-wing Polish judges with more conservative judges. And they are angry at Poland for pointing out the fact that toeiva feigelech are perverts. The EU insists on pretending that mishkav zochor is normal but Poland still refuses. And Poland and Hungary, despite their slight differences over Russia, are still tight nit and close friends with each other, and Poland and Hungary each use their EU veto to protect each other.
The EU has imposed extremely tough and unprecedented sanctions against Russia over the last three months, since the Ukraine War. And Hungary voted in support of every single one of those new EU sanctions. So do not believe the falsehoods reported by far left-wing outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC and CNN that Hungary is pro-Russia. Hungary has publicly condemned Russia’s actions. And without Hungarian support their would be no, and legally could be no, EU sanctions against Russia.
June 17, 2022 10:34 am at 10:34 am in reply to: Let’s Say Republicans Win the Midterm Elections? #2097915ujmParticipantBenny: It’s clear you’d make an ideal community organizer at any number of George Soros funded outlet, such as MoveOn or, for that matter, you’d make an ideal campaign manager for AOC. If you’re more internationally minded, you might take a leadership position in Human Rights Watch’s Israel Department.
I’m not surprised you believe the rubbish you’re naively been fed by DailyKos, MSNBC, the New York Times and all the other left-wing propoganda outlets that you worship as you bible. You’re not unlike the scores of other uncritical believers.
Freedom House is very much an acknowledged left-wing partisan outlet, your echo chamber not reflecting that notwithstanding.
June 16, 2022 8:43 pm at 8:43 pm in reply to: is Yeshiva system making talmiday chachamim? or stifling them? #2097797ujmParticipantAvirah, can you please expound on what the Chazon Ish meant and whether he was happy with the setup?
ujmParticipantChasidish (American), generally speaking, is more on the Yiddish side and less on the English side.
ujmParticipantDon’t be a snob. Taster’s Choice is excellent coffee.
June 16, 2022 11:26 am at 11:26 am in reply to: is Yeshiva system making talmiday chachamim? or stifling them? #2097539ujmParticipantIt’s difficult to tell whether the OP is serious or not.
ujmParticipantI woke up from my mid-afternoon nap very well rested only to find myself chuckling while trying to drink my tea with crumb cake when reading our two in-house “godols” getting all bent out of shape over their lack of a sense of humor (or humour, for those on the other side of the pond.) Of course the second comment in this thread (that is the first after the OP, for those lacking a primary education), effectively making the same drollery. (crack open your dictionary) — and doing it before myself, resulted in no such umbrage, reprimand or chastisement.
Nothing to do with an inferiority complex, certainly.
ujmParticipantGet the answer key beforehand.
June 15, 2022 12:56 pm at 12:56 pm in reply to: Let’s Say Republicans Win the Midterm Elections? #2097210ujmParticipantReb Eliezer, who is “them”?
N0m: Compared to the countries in the rest of Europe and the world, Hungary’s economy has done better comparatively. Hungary has made great friendships with Poland, the United States (over the last four years) and other likeminded countries. Being so-called “isolated” from EU bureaucrats in Brussels, coming mainly from self-importance thinking Germans and French, is no loss.
The Orban Administration has been the most frum Yid friendly, both on personal levels and more importantly on policy levels, than any other European country. Hungary has one of the largest European populations of Jews. I have no idea what you’re referring to with your reference to “Zionist”, but Hungary has established a great relationship with Israel over the last ten years.
June 15, 2022 10:54 am at 10:54 am in reply to: Let’s Say Republicans Win the Midterm Elections? #2097114ujmParticipantBenny: Prime Minutes Viktor Orban is a blessing for Hungary, the world and for Klal Yisroel. He is a democrat and has a landslide mandate for the electorate.
Your only complaint about the election is that the Hungarian media is supposedly highly supportive of Orban and doesn’t give enough positive airtime to the left-wing candidates. (You have no complaints about Big Media supporting the left around the world and attacking conservatives.) Tough luck. After you make as much noise and define Biden as a strongman, since the U.S. media is far far more in the pocket of the Left and of the Democrat Party than the Hungarian media is for Orban, then you can come back with your complaints.
Hungary is a member of the European Union and NATO, even if they don’t kiss the EU bureaucrats behind with every demand. They are as democratic as the United Kingdom and any number of other European countries. Your dislike of Hungary and the Hungarian electorate for consistently supporting conservatism and conservative candidates notwithstanding.
Freedom House, since the end of the Cold War, is a very left-wing outlet.
May the RBS”O soon bless the United States of America to have a democrat leader elected by the American people with as much spine and positive energy and ideas as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
ujmParticipantN0m: Iran commits much worse and more frequent human rights violations and supporting terrorism by proxy than Saudia Arabia.
ujmParticipantN0m: which her? And what if she has very expensive standards?
ujmParticipantSyag, have you helped them apply for SNAP, so that they can get food?
ujmParticipantDo you know any American Jews who lack food? I mean anyone; working people, Kollel people, retirees, seniors, children, men, women, etc.
ujmParticipantmoish — No, they didn’t. Breaking a few windows, dressing like clowns and yelling like hyenas to hang Pence aren’t the hallmarks of a coup. They’re examples of idiocy with no particular goals other than to get 15 minutes of fame.
ujmParticipantChazal didn’t make Halacha; Hashem did. Chazal explained it.
ujmParticipantI think Jack would applaud (probably quietly) if a conservative justice (or preferably to him, multiple) was assassinated. Especially if Biden got to replace him (or them.)
ujmParticipant“ujm – to answer your question: it is far worse to try to overthrow the govt.”
moish: No one seriously tried to overthrow the government or had any dreams of such a thing by trespassing into the Capital building. The overdramatization and hyperbole employed by Democrats and their State media (NBC CBS ABC CNN NYT WaPo etc) are just that.
ujmParticipantN0m: On the same token, a wife isn’t allowed to spend her husband’s money (which, Halachicly, includes the money she earns) without her husband’s explicit permission. Otherwise, he has the right to reclaim any money she spent from whoever she paid it to.
ujmParticipantAbba and Imma WANT to pay. Who are you to deny them the zchus of Limud HaTorah, by demanding they cannot pay for Limud HaTorah, even through they want to?
ujmParticipantWalking by most newsstands in kosher stores, there are full racks of magazines dedicated to opulence. In fact, the most popular “frum” weeklies are exactly that.
ujmParticipantDuring the BLM/Antifa riots you had violent Far Left thugs attacking police, killing innocent people and police officers, burning down buildings and causing tens of billions of dollars in damages nationwide, mostly in deep blue Big Cities. This occurred over a period of many months.
On January 6 you had a small number of agitators take advantage of a peaceful political rally to trespass and damage some property in one government building over a period of about three hours.
Which is the above two incidents is far worse, any rational person can easily answer.
ujmParticipantYou must also differentiate between the 100% fully legal and appropriate First Amendment protected political rally held by the President and thousands of patriotic Americans on January 6th from the small number of agitators who trespassed into the Capital building and damaged property (and led others to unwittingly trespass since the police didn’t stop them from entering restricted parts of the building.)
ujmParticipantRav Ahron would be immensely proud of what Lakewood has achieved and spread, not just through Lakewood, but throughout the entire United States and other countries.
ujmParticipantThe descendents of the Cossacks are today receiving their just comeuppance (or to use the lingo of millennials, karma) for Tach V’Tat.
June 12, 2022 2:59 pm at 2:59 pm in reply to: Slavery — The Torah True Way (with Reb HaLeiVi) #2095736ujmParticipantAAQ: No one here every suggested unrestricted slavery. Like almost everything in life, slavery is 100% permitted with the relevant regulations.
We also have a Brocha that we aren’t a woman. Are you suggesting, therefore, that being a woman isn’t the ideal state for humans?
ujmParticipantJanuary 6 was not nearly as bad as the Far Left media and Democrats falsely portray it. It was a mildly violent protest and trespassing by a relatively small group.
BLM/Antifa riots was far more than 100x worse.
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