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  • in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #2040547
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    A Yisroel needs to give kovod and honor a Kohen by according him service first, allowing the Kohen to go in front of a Yisroel and generally honoring the Kohen with kibudim before a Yisroel. The same principle applies regarding the Hamon Hoam honoring Talmidei Chachomim first and allowing him to go first; and the same applies regarding women honoring men and allowing him to go first.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #2040326
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    HaLeiVi, Why would it trigger anyone even that Rambam and the meforshim explain the Brocha as being because men are holier? Other groups are described as holier (Kohanim, Talmidei Chachomim, etc.) and, yet, the leftists don’t raise heckles so much about non-gender demographics being described as better in certain ways.

    in reply to: Kiddish/Chillul Hashem #2040329
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    “Returning money, is not a Mitzvah (and can even be an Aveira), and yet it is the prime example of Kiddush Hashem.”

    What makes you think that returning money to a Baal Avoda Zora (i.e. a Christian) is a Kiddish Hashem, if returning it is halachicly forbidden (even if you actually need to return it)?

    in reply to: Interesting Supreme Court case #2040279
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    America can follow the European model of funding private schools, including Yeshivos.

    in reply to: Kiddish/Chillul Hashem #2040188
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    Rav Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg was asked if one should pray with a minyan on an airplane. He said yes, adding that he does it “all the time.” While strictly speaking it might be permitted to pray at your seat, Rav Scheinberg prefers that one pray with a minyan, but quietly in a way that doesn’t disturb others.

    Rav Shmuel Halevi Wosner said “it is preferable to daven in small groups” on an airplane.

    in reply to: Kiddish/Chillul Hashem #2040183
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    “The benefit of the public is how it raises Hashem’s glory in their eyes.

    If it doesn’t, then obviously you gotta do what you gotta do, but there is no ברוך אלקי שמעון there.”

    If you shecht an animal, do kaporas with a chicken, do metitza b’peh or even a simple bris mila or you exclude women from various religious leadership positions or you make a Brocha loud and clear, even in public, of shelo asani isha, you’re making a Kiddish Hashem because the public sees you’re doing what Hashem told you to do. Even if it is unpopular, in contemporary times, among some or even most gentiles and secularists.

    Avrohom Avinu made a Kiddish Hashem by the akeida even though popular opinion may have considered him to be an attempted murderer.

    Simply because in all of the above examples, and in many others, the person followed Hashem’s command and the public saw that. Even if the public opinion is opposed to following that command of Hashem.

    in reply to: Interesting Supreme Court case #2039987
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    It’ll further clarify constitutional law that State’s may fund religious schools. Which will open the door for willing State’s to actually fund religious schools.

    in reply to: Plastic surgery and Yiddishkeit #2039968
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    Here’s a silly question — how common is plastic surgery in the frum community?

    in reply to: 80 Years Today of Pearl Harbor Invasion #2039924
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    AJ: Are you suggesting Hashem had no part in orchestrating Pearl Harbor? Or that Hashem had no bearing on the beneficial side results of Pearl Harbor benefiting Yidden?

    in reply to: Knesset hears epidemic of racist Arab anti-Jewish attacks since Oct. #2039912
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    Welcome to Golus; of which the State of Israel is a major part thereof.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2039785
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    AAQ: TorahAnytime

    in reply to: Zoom Solution to the shidduch crisis (not dating) #2039575
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    P.S. N0m: It is after Chanukah. You stipulated that you’d follow up on the conversation regarding saving the lives of men before women, in the thread you promised a further comment on over a year ago that never materialized.

    in reply to: Zoom Solution to the shidduch crisis (not dating) #2039573
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    N0m: There is no abundance (i.e. more than other demographics, namely learning boys) of non-learning boys who remain long-term single or even single until an older age. In other words, there is absolutely no evidence (if you submit otherwise, please do submit it) of non-learning boys marrying later than learning boys or of them remaining single in greater proportions than learning boys.

    This is even the case if you discount “fake learners in yeshiva” and disregard them. Regarding those openly not learning in yeshiva are not getting married later or never moreso than learners.

    Regarding going OTD (“leaving the fold”), there’s probably some truth to that; but that’s more due to the fact that learning Torah is more likely to keep one in the fold and sincerely observant than one who isn’t learning.

    in reply to: 80 Years Today of Pearl Harbor Invasion #2039474
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    akuperma: Also consider that Hitler put so much resources into the Final Solution, that he thereby reduced Nazi Germany’s military resources available for the war.

    in reply to: shidduch probability #2039473
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    Avira, why is half Sefardi, via the maternal side, a hindrance?

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2039467
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    DaMoshe: What your basically describing is that RJBS was the head kiruv rabbi for America.

    Regarding your points about YU in general, in fact they’ve gotten much worse over the last 25 years, with their student body as well as some faculty, including some of the rabbinic faculty in RIETS, literally offering open support for practitioners of toeiva.

    in reply to: Plastic surgery and Yiddishkeit #2039465
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    CS: Cold milk, hands down. Hot coffee is good afterwards, especially on Shabbos morning.

    in reply to: Tanach in Yeshivos #2039443
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    We can be meshadech MB with KC…

    in reply to: Plastic surgery and Yiddishkeit #2039413
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    It is a hiiddur mitzvahfor the kokosh to be rich in chocolate and eaten while warm.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2039289
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    When one student claims RJBS supported wome egalitarian minyanim whereas another student claims he was deadset against them, y’know there’s a problem.

    in reply to: Kiddish/Chillul Hashem #2039211
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    “Why can’t it just be neither?”

    HaLeiVi: If following a halacha is ultimately angers goyim it is a Kiddish Hashem; of violating a Halacha makes the Goyim happy with us, it is a chillul Hashem if done. It isn’t neither. Why would you question whether it isn’t a Kiddish/chillul Hashem?

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2039206
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    Reb Eliezer, in what context did the Mattersdorfer bring up Reb Yoshe Ber? What reason did he have to discuss him?

    in reply to: Zoom Solution to the shidduch crisis (not dating) #2039170
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    N0m: If you were correct, then working/non-learning boys would be remaining unmarried. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2039168
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    MDG: That was his own fault. He, during his lifetime, let everyone think he meant something what. Hence, two students can cite him as supporting completely polar opposite positions.

    in reply to: Non jewish isreilis #2039145
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    I’m sure they should not be called Jewish.

    in reply to: Non jewish isreilis #2038966
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    AAQ: I’m mainly (though not exclusively) referring to the so-called “conversions” of Russian gentiles in Israel, most of them too old for army service.

    in reply to: Public menorah lightings and rooftop menorahs #2038965
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    Avira, in fairness, I not infrequently hear Litvishe Bnei Torah refer to their Rosh Yeshiva as “the Rosh Yeshiva” even when speaking to people or groups of people not affiliated with their Yeshiva.

    in reply to: Why Do People Knock Agudath Israel? #2038963
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    RE: Now that you got both Pfizer and J&J, please let us all know which of the two is the better shot.

    in reply to: 80 Years Today of Pearl Harbor Invasion #2038962
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    Your parents weren’t freed yet on December 7, 1941.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2038961
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    Reb Eliezer: What was your rebbi’s opinion of him?

    in reply to: WILL HASC CONCERT TICKETS GET CHEAPER THAN FIVE HUNDRED MEYOS??? #2038820
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    Jews are halachicly obligated to protect their own home’s privacy and to not invade others privacy

    in reply to: How to end a first date when there’s no shadchan #2038802
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    “Does anyone use non-professional shadchanim? Parents, friends, teachers – people who know you.”

    Of course! Those are the best Shadchanim. They’re much better than the so-called “professional” Shadchanim.

    in reply to: Public menorah lightings and rooftop menorahs #2038636
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    WB, ZD!

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2038624
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    I’m not sure which many people you’re referring to.

    And just as RJBS found his two initials endearing, as ubiq said, there’s nothing that changed posthumously. As long as you include that title Rabbi in front, it is not only perfectly correct but it is exactly as he himself preferred.

    in reply to: Balabatim, how do you learn? #2038622
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    The Rambam says that a working person, a Baal Haboss, should work three hours a day and should learn Torah eight hours a day.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2038538
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    Mesivta Bochor: The general frum world (non-rabbis) generally referred to him during his lifetime as “Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik”.

    in reply to: WILL HASC CONCERT TICKETS GET CHEAPER THAN FIVE HUNDRED MEYOS??? #2038403
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    Then how do people charge for Shiurim (as they did in Hillel’s time)? And how was Hillel allowed to try to bypass the fee?

    Halachicly, anyone able to listen to a voice/sound isn’t obligated to pay for hearing it.

    in reply to: WILL HASC CONCERT TICKETS GET CHEAPER THAN FIVE HUNDRED MEYOS??? #2038332
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    Do what Hillel did — climb on the roof and listen in for free.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2038323
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    YO: I must congratulate you on becoming a baal teshuva, by switching counting from the years of Yushke to counting the years from when Hashem created the world!

    in reply to: Zos Chanukah #2038188
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    Zos Chanukah!

    in reply to: Airline lawsuits #2038179
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    D) This site realizes such a story is great click-bait for the clientele that frequents here. As such, publishing such stories results in good ad revenue.

    Also, America needs tort reform. We are too litigious a society. Every stupid mistake (I’m not referring to any particular story) shouldn’t result in a lawsuit.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #2038124
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    “Why make a song which only applies to half of the population when you can make one which applies to everyone?”

    The singers make songs regarding the Kehuna. And Kohanim represent much less than half the population. Making a song applicable to a subset, in no way precludes making songs for other subsets or songs which applies to all.

    “rather than trying to offend”

    Your implication is that the Brocha is offensive.

    “you would have asked about שלא עשני עבד as well.”

    I could have. But I only needed one example. There was no need to make the same point twice. Would you, similarly, view asking about שלא עשני עבד as being offensive to עבדים?

    in reply to: Kiddish/Chillul Hashem #2038129
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    The biggest Kiddush Hashem, and what should be the goal of us all, is to die Al Kiddish Hashem. See Brochos 20a, Sanhedrin 74a.

    in reply to: Kiddish/Chillul Hashem #2038097
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    1. Kiddish Hashem: Doing a Mitzvah in front of three or more Yidden.

    2. Chillul Hashem: Doing an averia in front of three or more Yidden.

    Example of 1: Mocking an apikorus.

    Example of 2: Eating in a treif restaurant.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #2038078
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    CA: 1. Kol Isha would preclude them singing it in public. In private, they can sing any other song; there’s no issue if there’s one song that isn’t relevant to them. 2. Why would anyone object to a man singing a Brocha that he makes seven days a week? It wouldn’t be any different than singing any other Brocha that is used as a song.

    in reply to: Jewish Celebrities #2038079
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    That isn’t any better than every random guy in the street shaking a lulav from a Chabad kiruv worker.

    in reply to: Shelo Asani Isha #2038025
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    Philosopher: Is one Brocha that Hashem gave us inspiring while another Brocha that Hashem gave us not inspiring?

    in reply to: Tanach in Yeshivos #2037991
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    But it doesn’t mean that the generation as a whole looked better.

    It is pretty much common knowledge that Torah is more widely learnt today than ever before.

    HaLeiVi: Whilst it may be the case that there’s more learning today than ever before, that in no way shape or form, for many clear reasons, indicates that the contemporary generation aa whole is in better shape than any of the previous generations — whether comparing to our Zeidas generation or earlier.

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2037943
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    smerel: How are you applying Rav Yaakov’s point to this conversation?

    in reply to: Denigrating Gedolim #2037734
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    CTR: Rav Aharon Kotler ZT’L, and Rav Schneur ZT’L after him, would under no circumstances even walk into YU. Rav Elchonon Wasserman ZT’L also, when he came to America in the ’30s, was invited to speak in YU, and he refused to even walk in to the place. (The fact that Rav Moshe went into YU does not show he was not opposed to it, but rather that even if he is opposed to it, that doesn’t mean he may not enter it. Different Gedolim had different ways of expressing themselves in these issues.)

    Rav Aharon Kotler ZTV’L, in Mishnas Rabi Aharon (Vol. 3, Hesped on the Brisker Rav) states that the essence of Modern Orthodoxy is the same as the Reform and Conservative. That is, change Judaism into something that more people will be willing to accept.

    Rav Shimon Schwab, Mitteilungen, Bulletin of Khal Adas Yeshurun April/May 1989:
    “Sometimes the Modern Orthodox halachic foolishness which is flirting with the anti-Torah establishment, may border on heresy. This is all part and parcel of the spiritual confusion of the dark ages in which we happen to live”.

    “However, in addition to the legitimate shitos we have discussed, there is yet another, more modern version in vogue called “Torah Umaada”. Apparently this is identical with Torah Im Derech Eretz, especially since both claim a belief in the priority of Torah over maada. Both seems exactly alike, but like two left gloves which cannot be worn together, they don’t fit!

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