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The “hearings” are just a dog and pony show.
er: That’s like advocating you cannot have an opinion on Hitler unless you read Mein Kampf. This Democrat garbage is no different.
er: That’s like advocating you cannot have an opinion on Hitler unless you read Mein Kampf. This Democrat garbage is no different.
This is pure Democrat political theater. Virtually the only networks carrying it are Democrat aligned and/or left-wing so-called “news” outlets, such as NBC/ABC/CBS/PBS/NPR etc., all having been spouting far left garbage for the last 60+ years.
Orban is doing great in Hungary. America needs its own Orban.
“just don’t take wives that did not finish high school/seminary yet.”
Those wives are the most wholesome, temimusdik, happy, Yorei Shamayim and best mothers.
mentsch1: Why are you assuming that the divorced women’s children will need to be supported by the step-father (her new husband) rather than by their natural father (her ex)?
The so-called “hearings” are simply political theater. It is worthy of airtime only on Comedy Central.
Who is discouraging exhalation valves? (And what is their reasoning for doing so?)
“Why would I sit shiva for someone I don’t know”
Because Hashem said you should.
“I was at a lost for words when he looked at me expectantly.”
You need to wait for the avol to start the conversation. You should not.
mentsch1: I’ve mentioned earlier that this inyan will mostly be applicable to wealthy men.
“it will magnify the divorce crisis”
I don’t think so. What I do think is that it’ll make it easier for divorcees to remarry.
“most kesubas explicitly have a clause that the husband won’t take another wife.”
And most marriages will remain monogamous. This’ll only be for a minority of marriages.
Only the Teimanim held of polygamy in recent history.
Moroccans and other non-Ashkenazim have living Jews who practiced it. It isn’t only Teimanim.
So yes, “exceedingly rare” in the sense that it was something practiced by a minority of one single Jewish ethnicity.
That is a mistaken notion. Au contraire. Enforcing monogomy is what’s practiced by a minority of one single Jewish ethnicity — namely, Ashkenazim. All non-Ashkenazic groups permit plural marriages. In fact, Chacham Ovadia Yosef zt’l was a very vocal supporter of it, and several times, on the record and available on recordings from his famous Motzei Shabbos shiurim insisted that Sephardim today should be permitted to have multiple wives. He was upset that the secular state outlawed it outside any binding halachic process. Indeed, the only reason it tapered off among non-Ashkenazim in general, is because the goyim/secular states most non-Ashkenazim move to in the last number of decades prevents them from engaging in it. From a purely Torah perspective it is fully permitted. If, as today seems very plausible if not likely, the various non-Jewish governments no longer pursue preventing plural marriages, then there’s every reason to believe non-Ashkenazim will immediately re-engage in their natural right they enjoy al pi halacha, already. And as has been pointed out, even for Ashkenazim Cherem R”G was initially setup with a built-in expiration date. Even though it was extended by later Rabbonim, current Ashkenazic Gedolim could decide it has outlived its usefulness and recognize that Rabbeinu Gershom himself set for the Cherem to expire and thus once again permit it.
I explained it’s infrequency, despite legality, above. Another obvious reason is mathematics. That said, I wouldn’t characterize it as “exceedingly rare”, with Teimanim being Exhibit A. It was not that rare among Teimanim, even in the current modern era. Some even had more than two wives.
Reb Eliezer, there’s a similar story of the Klausenberger Rebbe zt’l giving his socks to a girl in the DP camp, after the war.
Zvei Dinim: Do you happen to know the Maare Makom for Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg or more detailed context of when he permits it?
Yaakov: The Fundamentalist Mormons openly practice it in the United States for the last 100+ years without legal issues (as long as it doesn’t involve underage spouses.) Furthermore, Supreme Court precedence from recent years makes clear that the State cannot interfere in such marital/religious rituals.
Interjection: Even if practiced, only a small minority of men and women would actually desire to engage in such marriages, out of both economic considerations and personal preferences, so it is unlikely to cause a reverse Shidduch Crisis. I don’t foresee a groundswell of women signing up to be a second wife, unless they’re part of the Shidduch Crisis of those previously unable to find a husband.
Dr. Pepper:
Yidden in Europe having guns, big or small, in the 1930s would NOT have helped one iota. Do you seriously think we could have outgunned the Nazis ym’s?! Who are you kidding. If we were to shoot our enemies they’d have come with 100 truckloads of Gestapo and SS men to simply gun down every Yid within 100 miles of the gunfight. It would have been counterproductive and resulted in far more Jewish deaths.
For non-Ashkenazim (Sephardim, Teimanim, Italkim, Moroccans, Persians, etc.) it doesn’t need to be reinstated since it is perfectly fine to engage in today, as it was never stopped.
I once saw a Rabbi give someone a heter to take a car service home from the hospital after she was discharged (and healthy). I didn’t get any of the details why he gave that heter.
She’s a soccer mom. She posts between games.
The shadchan is telling you (or the girl is telling your son) that she liked the boy from 3 dates ago better than your son so she’s not interested in your son? Otherwise, how are you concluding this?
mentach1: Do the Jews who owns it fully keep Shabbos and Kashrus or are they Mechallel Shabbos and treif eaters?
It isn’t worth giving up even 60 seconds of Limud HaTorah for this purpose, even for a “moment of silence”.
Which is why I earlier says a safek mamzer cannot marry anyone. Unlike a mamzer, who can marry certain people.
All-h simply has the same meaning as G-d.
When the shochtim in Eretz Yisroel shechted meat for the Arabs, they’d make a Brocha using the name All-h.
Hashem has 72 names.
As far a referring to Him, as you cannot call Him by his name outside of Tefila, there’s
Hashem
Aibeshter
Ribono Shel Olam
Bashefer
Hakodesh Boruch Hu
Tatte
Guttand a number of others.
Please define who is, and what makes one, a “Litvak”?
There aren’t too many around.
Yseribus: I’m against the NRA as anyone. But how are they antisemitic?
Wolf: Your clarification is still pending.
Syag, the 18 year old Texan who shot the school last week had zero known mental health issues.
besalel: In this instance, walking around with a Yarmulka in Jerusalem doesn’t trigger the goyim to form anti-Jewish riots; parading around waving the zionist flag, does.
I was always more of a Talmid of Moore’s Law.
What was so shlecht about King Henry VIII?
Harryyid13: Excellent OP.
Thank You
Repeal the Second Amendment.
P.S. Excellent OP.
No. According to the age gap theory, almost all the men get married, but there are very many women who don’t.
Hadorah: You have police parked outside your shul three times a day, seven days a week?
While all politicians do this, it is a Democrat Party specialty.
“Secondary”.
Reb Eliezer, do you ever cross the street on red if the road is completely empty on both sides, perhaps at night time or any other time, or do you ever jaywalk by crossing in middle of the (empty) block rather than going (all the way) to the corner (on a long avenue) as the law demands?
Or are you truly the tzadik who is concerned about Dina Dmalchusa and would never walk across the street on red or cross in middle of the block?
Don’t parse a legal letter from Rabbi Zweibel Esq. like a Chazal.
Actually, doctors use a looser description of life at risk than poskim.