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  • in reply to: BJX Kabbolas Shabbos #2029482
    ujm
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    Can anyone tell me how much is accomplished by the annual Shabbaton, where the idea is to invite a frei neighbor for Shabbos? How many Reform/Conservative/secular Jews actually show up on that annual Shabbos? And how many of those become observant?

    in reply to: Where Klal Yisroel will be in 100 years from now #2029476
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    CA: The women and girls will be davening all day?

    in reply to: The most famous coffee room members are #2029419
    ujm
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    sam4321
    PM / hello99
    rabbiofberlin

    in reply to: When will all Yidden finally have Achdus? #2029394
    ujm
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    People can and appropriately do judge which are the greater rabbonim.

    in reply to: #Lets List It #2029392
    ujm
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    Dr. Pepper, mbachur is now coffee addict.

    in reply to: The most famous coffee room members are #2029374
    ujm
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    feivel
    I Can Only Try
    Moderator 42
    ames
    kapusta

    in reply to: Nusach Sefard #2029221
    ujm
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    Reb Eliezer, Mattersdorf/Yeshiva Chasan Sofer davens Nusach Ashkenaz?

    in reply to: The most famous coffee room members are #2029151
    ujm
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    YW Editor

    in reply to: Nusach Sefard #2029139
    ujm
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    In Yeshiva Chaim Berlin they wear a gartel and daven Ashkenaz.

    in reply to: Controversial topics list #2028973
    ujm
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    Papa is still angry at me for arguing in favor of parents and rebbeim giving children petch.

    And for stalking him.

    in reply to: The most famous coffee room members are #2028962
    ujm
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    Popa Bar Abba
    Squeak

    in reply to: Torah voDaath and Shaar HaTorah #2028955
    ujm
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    WB RY.

    in reply to: When will all Yidden finally have Achdus? #2028952
    ujm
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    Daf Yomi certainly is one of the major accomplishments of modernity.

    in reply to: Giving Your Child an English Name #2028949
    ujm
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    Reb Eliezer, many people are named both, like: Yehuda Aryeh Leib.

    in reply to: Republicans are cool now #2028939
    ujm
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    Yseribus: True. But the Republicans are, 99% of the time, the lesser of the two evils.

    in reply to: Where Klal Yisroel will be in 100 years from now #2028874
    ujm
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    “I thought ימות המשיח we’ll have servants do everything for us”

    CA: So what to the women and girls do all day?

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028857
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    Benignuman: “although the Beta Israel believed themselves to be Jewish it is not clear whether (a) the founders of the community were actually Jews (according to one tradition they are descendants of a son of Shlomo HaMelech with the Queen of Sheba and Shlomo slaves) or (b) the conversions they conducted over the years were halachically valid.”

    If it isn’t clear the founders of this community were Jewish, and we know they definitely didn’t conduct a proper halachic life, and they accepted “converts” into their community for marriage, which clearly wasn’t done halachicly, some kind of legend that they descend from the Queen of Sheba does not a Jew make.

    in reply to: Where Klal Yisroel will be in 100 years from now #2028800
    ujm
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    The men and boys will all be in the Beis Medrash learning Torah all day.

    The woman and girls will be ensuring the men and boys have everything they need to learn Torah all day.

    in reply to: Women Doing Men’s Jobs #2028772
    ujm
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    AAQ, hopefully your life revolves around ruchniyus not gashmius. As such, you should be giving your wife and children direction on how to conduct their ruchniyus daily living.

    in reply to: Where Klal Yisroel will be in 100 years from now #2028768
    ujm
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    Moshiach is coming this year. No need to ask about 100 years from now.

    We’ll have a Sanhedrin enforcing full Torah Law compliance.

    in reply to: Nusach Sefard #2028746
    ujm
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    The Divrei Chaim paskens you can switch from Ashkenaz to Sefard but you cannot switch from Sefard to Ashkenaz.

    The Igros Moshe paskens you can switch from Sefard to Ashkenaz but you cannot switch from Ashkenaz to Sefard.

    in reply to: Nusach Sefard #2028733
    ujm
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    Reb Eliezer, the Arizal was an Ashkenazi.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028714
    ujm
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    Benignuman:

    1. How do you explain the poskim that oppose accepting their claims to being Jewish?

    2. How do you explain even those that are accepting, still demand they undergo a formal conversion?

    3. How can you know that the contemporary group known as Beta Israel has any viable connection to any historical group of Jews that lived in Ethiopia many hundreds of years ago?

    4. How can you ascertain the veracity of any historical writings of Ethiopian Jews that you reference?

    P.S. Your EB quotation didn’t make it into your comment.

    in reply to: which jewish community to live in #2028671
    ujm
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    CTL: What’s so shlecht about Waterbury?

    in reply to: Nusach Sefard #2028669
    ujm
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    If you daven Nusach Sefard then you’re Chasidish. You just need to understand that.

    in reply to: Controversial topics list #2028657
    ujm
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    The obligation to get drunk on Purim
    The obligation to have available the use of corporal punishment for child discipline
    The contemporary Mitzvah to kill Amaleikim
    The order to save the lives of a Cohen before a Yisroel, a Talmid Chochom before another person and a man before a woman
    The obligation to give Tochacha
    Jewish superiority
    The mitzvah to mock apikorsum

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028604
    ujm
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    Benignuman: Where are you obtaining your information regarding how the other Ethiopian tribes treated the Beta Israel or that they “sacrificed for thousands of years”? Their history is hardly documented anywhere remotely close to that long. And from what little history is documented and known, there’s no documented time that they had the original Torah Shebksav or that they ever practiced authentic Judaism. I’m not sure where you found that they were killed in large numbers, but either way we know that Christians and other religions have had religious wars between themselves and/or otherwise willingly dying for their religion.

    From what is known, they were treated the same bad ways all the many African/Ethiopian tribes treated other tribes during their never-ending wars and persecutions of each other, depending whenever whichever tribe has power on a local or regional level, in the areas.

    Additionally, it should be noted, that European Jewry were persecuted for thousands of years far far more than any other (real or purported) Jewish group and heroically laid down their lives rather than surrender their Torah.

    Please note that throughout history, from ancient times down to our own contemporary times (Hello Black Hebrews in Manhattan) there have been numerous gentile groups claiming to be Jewish and practicing some form of crypto-pseudo Jewishness.

    Regarding your comment on the DNA analysis, you appear to be arguing that the at-large Ethiopian non-Jewish population is as much genetically Jewish as the Beta Israel, since the rest of the surrounding Ethiopian population of tens of millions also has (an equal) amount of Jewish heritage. That sounds quite fantastical.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028578
    ujm
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    The so-called Beta Israel have little to do with Karaism. They simply practiced a completely different religion, with no Torah and not even any Hebrew.

    That said, even the actual Karaites (from Europe, Egypt, etc.) are an issue because they never had valid Gittin, so there’s mamzeirus that’s now untraceable (due to the passing centuries). Aside from that, the Karaites at different times in history accepted converts, who halachicly remain Goyim, that they intermarried with.

    The Falash Mura outright practiced Christianity.

    in reply to: Torah voDaath and Shaar HaTorah #2028473
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    CS: Have you ever seen a comment that isn’t a troller?

    in reply to: When will all Yidden finally have Achdus? #2028430
    ujm
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    They Lubavitcher Rebbe was definitely one of the top three in Kiruv.

    in reply to: Giving Your Child an English Name #2028431
    ujm
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    Reb Eliezer, do you know what the Barditchiver chose?

    in reply to: If you went OTD… #2028337
    ujm
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    This is a despicable question and thread. Is the next thread going to be if you kidnapped your neighbor’s baby, what would you do with him?

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028279
    ujm
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    What do you attribute their practicing a religion different than Torah Judaism, missing parts of the Torah, not knowing Hebrew and rather only using holy books in a foreign language, among other large variances greatly differentiating their practices from Judaism?

    And their marriage regulations weren’t limited to only marrying each other — they married outsiders as well. They didn’t have any “halacha” counting only maternal descendants as part of their tribe.

    in reply to: Controversial topics list #2028280
    ujm
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    Rabbosai, it is easy to start a new thread. You folks are offering lots of ideas… go for it!

    Like Foggie would tell you, there’s a “Create New Topic” option on bottom of the main CR page.

    in reply to: Cameras Under $35 #2028282
    ujm
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    A generation ago there used to be disposable cameras; one-time use, develop the film and zeh hu. They weren’t really a wise economical choice despite their relative low cost. But there were always decent low-cost 35mm and 110 cameras. Once digital got rid of film cameras, this seems to have evaporated.

    N8LA, I don’t see anything less than $100 of Canon’s refurb site. DY, thanks. I’m wary of Vivitar as the company went out of business and the name was bought by a low cost outfit.

    in reply to: Penniless #2028281
    ujm
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    AAQ, if you can recall that, you must be a longtime AARP member…

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028244
    ujm
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    huju: Putting aside genetics for a moment, even if we’re to only consider race, how can it be that all segments of Klal Yisroel are essentially the same race, but one group that at best has a very tenuous claim to Jewishness, despite not having practiced authentic Judaism, is of a completely different race than virtually all other Jewish groups?

    in reply to: Controversial topics list #2028243
    ujm
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    The Sukkah thread was pinned due to an odd technical issue that prevented it from appearing on the main CR page even when it had new comments.

    Avira, nu, redt mit ah bissel Yiddish.

    in reply to: Cameras Under $35 #2028240
    ujm
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    It’s for children. They aren’t getting a smartphone.

    Thank you N8LA. Will look into that.

    And still open to suggestions.

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028219
    ujm
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    AJ: There’s a number of them. But here’s just a cursory quote:

    “A study of Lucotte and Smets has shown that the genetic father of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) was close to the Ethiopian non-Jewish populations. This is consistent with the theory that Beta Israel are descendants of ancient inhabitants of Ethiopia, not the Middle East.

    Hammer et al. in 2000 and the team of Shen in 2004 arrive at similar conclusions, namely a genetic differentiation in – other people in the north of Ethiopia, which probably indicates a conversion of local populations.

    A 2010 study by Behar et al. on the genome-wide structure of Jews observed that the Beta Israel had similar levels of the Middle Eastern genetic clusters as the also Semitic-speaking Ethiopian non-Jewish Tigrayans and Amharas.”

    in reply to: Black Ethiopian Jews #2028168
    ujm
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    Genetic studies show shared ancestry between all the groups I mentioned, other than Ethiopian Jews.

    in reply to: Cameras Under $35 #2028169
    ujm
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    I’ve searched online and come up, pretty much, empty handed. Perhaps you can share what you’ve found for this.

    in reply to: Controversial topics list #2028128
    ujm
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    Avira, please start a thread on it. I’m interested in your opinion on the subject.

    in reply to: Tznius and kosher pastimes for teenagers #2028099
    ujm
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    Here are some kosher pastimes ideas:

    Puzzles
    Sewing
    Baking
    Coin collecting
    Stamp collecting
    Candle making
    Card playing
    Chess
    Doll collection
    Drawing, painting, art
    Genealogy
    History studying

    in reply to: Newspaper coverage of Rav Shaul Alter’s visit #2028094
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    Is the American Hamodia completely different than the Israeli Hamodia, in the same way that the American Yated is completely and radically different than the Israeli Yated (to the point that they have extreme disagreements and different viewpoints in virtually every subject)?

    in reply to: Penniless #2028081
    ujm
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    The U.S. used to have a half-cent coin.
    ________________________________________
    Another consideration America has had discussions over the last few years is to eliminate the $1 bill and replace it with the $1 coin.

    in reply to: Klal Yisroel Needs an Official Central Yichus Registry #2028085
    ujm
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    No one should imagine that faking Jewishness, like this story, is a one-off:

    LISTEN TO IT: Interview With Muslim Lebanese Man Who Deceived Syrian Jewish Girl Into Marrying Him

    in reply to: which jewish community to live in #2028002
    ujm
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    If you choose Passaic, send regards to squeak; if you choose Chicago, send regards to Syag.

    in reply to: Giving Your Child an English Name #2028036
    ujm
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    Is the name “Gil” a secular/non-Hebrew name (perhaps short for Gilbert) or is it an Israeli-Hebrew secular name (as the secular Israelis have a habit of coming up with names heretofore unused) or is it a Jewish name that’s been in common use over the last number of centuries?

    in reply to: Post Covid Effects #2027893
    ujm
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    The medical term is “Long Covid”.

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