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Of course, what’s most interesting about Joseph’s post is that he takes an incident that should be a wonderful lesson on the power and importance of Emes (that, to preserve his statement as truthful, he voluntarily avoided gebrokts the rest of his life) and, by leaving out the most important part of the story, he gives the impression that R. Yaakov held the exact opposite of what he did, he perverts that powerful message. He lies by omission about a wonderful story highlighting the importance of Emes.
The Wolf
Bottom line: I plan to eat gebrokts this Pesach and every subsequent one. If you think that means that I’m eating chometz on Pesach… well, so be it.
The Wolf
Wolf: His family minhag was and is to eat gebrokts. He personally did not as he one time did not want to eat in someones house and stated he did not eat gebrokts.
Yes, I know. That was my point. He wasn’t avoiding gebrokts for the fear of uncooked flour. His opinion was that there is nothing wrong with eating gebrokts, as his family ate it. Joseph’s leaving that fact out makes it sound like he held that gebrokts is a problem, when, in fact, his opinion was the exact opposite.
The Wolf
Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky didnt eat gebroks.
And you know full well that that actually had nothing to do with the concerns upon with the minhag was founded.
The Wolf
The wifes salary belongs to the husband.
Only if she wants. She is also able to say that she will feed herself in exchange for her salary.
The Wolf
Chofeitz Chayim predicted that 25 Years after WW1 there will be WW2.
Furthermore, he predicted that 75 Years later there will be a WW3 and then Moshiach will come.What do you think about this?
Nothing.
Seriously, enough predictions have been made about when Moshiach will arrive that have passed without his arrival that, for practical purposes, I don’t pay attention to any of them anymore.
I simply await the day of his arrival. If he arrives on the day someone predicted him, then good and well. And if he doesn’t arrive then, then I will await the day he does arrive without worrying about anyone’s “predictions.”
The Wolf
Why is that a silly argument?
It wasn’t an argument at all. It was a question asking for evidence.
The Wolf
maybe you wouldve had the power to persuade Chava not to eat from eitz hadaas. Then we couldve avoided all the forthcoming issues
Well, if you did that, then you would very likely not exist.
Likewise, if you found a way to prevent the Holocaust, you would (especially if you have ancestors who came from Europe around then or afterwards) likely put yourself out of existence as well.
The Wolf
I’d go back in time and tell my teenage self not to give my parents such a hard time.
Yes, it’s selfish. Yes, it’s not the “Jewish” answer that you were probably looking for. Nonetheless, that’s it for me.
The Wolf
Sorry, Wolf I misunderstood. You were clear.
No problem. Heaven knows that I’ve done that quite often. If I had a dollar for every sentence I misread, I’d be a very rich wolf indeed. 🙂
The Wolf
Wolf, why did she want to keep her maiden name?
No. Either you misunderstood or I was not clear.
She did not want to and in the end did not. But had she wanted to, it would have been fine with me – and I would not have required any explanation or reason.
The Wolf
A man will not have anything to do with a woman having another mans surname as long we apply the prefix Mrs.
That’s not true. I know quite a few men whose wives did not take their last name. In fact, when I married Eeees, we discussed the matter and I told her that I would not mind if she wanted to keep her maiden name. She did not, but had she done so, that would have been fine with me.
The Wolf
No, because each will be talking about his own concerns.
And if they’re all discussing the same topic?
The Wolf
Look at the Zohar Parshes Terumoh, unity creates sanctity. Hashem rests where there is sanctity. If someone talks in shul, he breaks up the unity and drives out Hashem.
Not that I’m defending people who talk in shul (that’s one my pet peeves), but if *everyone* talks in shul, then aren’t they still in a state of unity?
The Wolf
A tzadik, by connecting himself to the power of Hashem, is not limited by nature, and can do the impossible.
Can a tzaddik make a triangle with four sides?
The Wolf
Sigh.
I’m just utterly amazed at the arguing over whether or not wearing a colored shirt makes you a better Jew, a ben Torah or anything else.
My yiras HaShem, my avodas HaShem, my Shmiras HaMitzvos and my emunah are not affected by the color of my shirt. My emunah does not grow when I wear one of my white shirts. It does not shrink when I wear one of my blue shirts. The mitzvos I observe does not change whether I’m wearing white, blue, teal, maroon or purple (and yes, I own and wear button down shirts in all those colors). I don’t learn any more or less Torah based on the color and the quality of my learning does not change. My connection to HKBH is the same regardless of what shirt I’m wearing.
If you want to think less of me because I wear colored shirts (or more of me if you see me wearing a white shirt), that’s your problem, not mine — and it’s really a silly thing to judge a person’s worth upon.
The Wolf
Like 75 dollar fruits?
So, don’t eat them.
Seriously.
There is no chiyuv to eat fruits on Tu B’Shvat.
And even if you have a very strong minhag to do so, you can very easily find dates and grapes at *much* lower prices.
The Wolf
Shoes come off my feet pretty much the minute I get home.
The Wolf
I myself was asked in Antwerp to sign a kesuboh with my name plony ben plony and add my surname.
I was a witness for tenaim recently at a wedding in Brooklyn. I was specifically instructed to sign the sh’tar tenaim with my surname.
The Wolf
So we see that a Jewish woman, upon marriage, her name changes from that of her fathers to that of her new husbands.
Except that it doesn’t, of course. She’s still referred to as “Bas [father’s name]” for anything that needs doing.
The Wolf
The whole last name concept, from A to Z, is goyish. Yidden, both him and her, traditionally never had a last name in the first place.
No one’s stopping you from changing your last name to “Ben Moshe” (or whatever your father’s name is).
The Wolf
iac & Wolf: What is your rate?
I don’t have one. They are free to give me whatever they want. And if it’s 0, that’s fine too.
The Wolf
Are you kidding? How could anyone afford a Bar Mitzvah teacher after all those expenses?
I’m willing to bet that, with a little work (assuming you are in a large enough community), you can find someone to teach the Haftorah (and maybe even the laining) on a reduced-fee (or even free) basis.
The Wolf (who, in almost thirty years of teaching has never turned away a student for lack of money — but do you really want an apikorus like me teaching your twelve year old?)
Do blind people have dreams? if yes, then do they dream about being able to see, only to wake up in a cold sweat and realize that it was just a dream? what about someone who is blind from birth and thus, does not know what it means to be able to see? are their dreams visual or only auditory?
Yes, blind people dream. As to what they dream and what they can or cannot see in their dreams, that may vary from person to person depending on their degree of blindness, when they became blind and other factors. A simple Google search will give you the answer.
They say that if you hear absolute silence for a couple days, then you will go insane. How then do deaf people survive? do they hear somewhat?
Who is “they?” Are you sure that the premise of your question is correct?
Could a publisher publish his own book?
Why not? Many people self-publish.
could a judge sue a defendant from a previous case he ruled? how a bot vice versa? it would be quite ironic
Of course they can. Why should they not be allowed to (especially if it’s unrelated to the case)?
The Wolf
WolfishMusings, it is logically impossible for me to fly,
No it’s not. It’s *physically* impossible, but not logically impossible.
but Hashem can make me fly. Thats why I called it perfection. Also, when I was explained these concepts in a shuir given at aish, he called it perfection.
Perfection does not rely on doing the impossible. We don’t say that a perfect circle is imperfect because it doesn’t have corners and a perfect triangle is imperfect because it doesn’t have four sides. Perfection does not rely on the ability to do the logically impossible.
The Wolf
Can He add to infinity?
Yes, He can – simply because some infinities are larger than others. The set of whole numbers is larger than the set of even numbers, even though both are infinite.
The Wolf
Is it unrefined for a Ben Torah to walk in the street from the pizza shop to his home holding a box with a pie of pizza?
Why is it any more unrefined than carrying home a bag of groceries? Or a box of apples? Or a tray of fish?
The Wolf
Shopping613 perfection is just a concept that exists in our minds. Hashem is not limited by concepts.
He is limited by logic. He cannot do that which is logically impossible.
He cannot create a triangle with four sides since, by definition, such a shape is not a triangle. He cannot create a rock that He cannot lift because such a rock can no more exist than a four sided triangle.
The Wolf
Old Testament
Just as a point of note, it’s probably best not to use the term “Old Testament” in reference to the Tanach, as the term implies a “New Testament” which we, as Jews, don’t accept.
A far better term to use would be “Tanach” or, when speaking with those who would not be familiar with that term, the “Hebrew Bible” or “Jewish Bible.”
The Wolf
And the Halachas tell us to exclude them.
Where does halacha say to exclude a shliach tzibbur who is unmarried? Even for the Yomim Noraim, it’s only a preference, not an absolute requirement.
The Wolf
It is brought down that, for the Yomim Noraim, the Shliach Tzibur should be married. It is not an absolute requirement, but highly preferable.
For the rest of the year, there is no such restriction.
The Wolf
Anyone would be lucky to get your blessing, Wolf.
If you wish to be wrong, so be it.
The Wolf
Any Yid can bless anyone else.
True. But I feel sorry for anyone who values my blessing.
The Wolf
Ah! Onions! What would this world be without onions?! Without onions, what is the world?! Its not a world!
I suppose the same could be said about passenger pigeons, dodos, Tasmanian tigers and aurochs.
The Wolf
for those people who believe gedolei torah should be consulted on all questions, even non-Torah ones, or who else believe that basically every question is a Torah question
Nobody believes this.
The Wolf
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
True. But neither is it an argument in favor of existence.
The Wolf
Would you use Dropbox to store your private and vital records and/or family documents?
I probably wouldn’t put a scan of my driver’s license and social security card on there, but for stuff that’s not super-secret sensitive, probably.
I do have some genealogical stuff in my cloud account, but it’s the type of stuff (pictures, scans of census pages, etc.) that would likely be publicly available to anyone who searched hard enough anyway.
The Wolf
Yes, I do. Pictures take up a lot of space.
I’m using Dropbox.
The Wolf
Who is considered to be greater between the Baal Shem Tov and the Vilna Gaon?
Is this really necessary? Are we *really* going to get into “my gadol is bigger than your gadol?”
The Wolf
Sorry for misunderstanding. My comments were not directed at you,
No problem. My apologies for the misunderstanding.
(As an aside, this is why I always either quote what I am responding to or address the person I’m responding to by name.)
The Wolf
mosherose
No, not him.
The Wolf
Why dont you try not talking out of both sides of your mouth for once.
In what way do you believe that I’ve been talking out of both sides of my mouth? Have I said something that is self-contradictory?
Lubavitcher chassidim believe The Rebbe is Moshiach because The Rebbe teaches that The Rebbe is Moshiach. Period and of sentence full stop.
Has the Lubatvicher Rebbe, of blessed memory, actually made a clear, unequivocal statement that he is Moshiach?
And, of course, even if he has, he still has not fulfilled the requirements of Moshiach as laid down in the Rambam.
Stop obscuring The Rebbes torah by pretending like you dont understand simple logic and that chassidim made up that The Rebbe is moshiach because chassidim are supposed to feel that about their rebbe etc.
So much to cover here.
Firstly, I make it a personal point to never ascribe to malice that which can be ascribed to ignorance. How about if, instead of accusing me of faking ignorance, be dan l’kaf z’chus and assume that the questions I ask are asked at face value. I promise you, that’s how they’re meant.
“Made up?” Are you implying that the their belief is fictional? Obviously that’s not right and either you’re not being clear or I am misunderstanding. Can you please clarify what you mean by “chassidim made up that the Rebbe is Moshiach?”
In any event, Is that really true that chassidim are supposed to feel that way about their rebbe? Do Belz chassidim believe that their rebbi is Moshiach? Do Satmar chassidim believe that their rebbe is Moshiach? Certainly the Breslov chassidim don’t. In fact, I’ve never heard any chossid, aside from a Chabad chossid, proclaim their rebbe as Moshiach. So you certainly can’t say that it’s universal that chassidim are supposed to believe that their rebbe is Moshiach.
The Rebbe said clearly that the Nasi Hador is Moshiach, and very clearly referred to himself as such.
First of all, it must be pointed out that Moshiach is NOT the Nasi HaDor — Moshiach is a king, plain and simple. But that’s really beside the point. Simply because the Lubavitcher Rebbe proclaimed something to be so does not mean that it is so — certainly for those of us who do not believe that everything the Rebbe, of blessed memory, says automatically defines reality. If you’re talking to people who aren’t Chassidei Chabad, you can’t just assume that they will accept that what the Rebbe says is.
The Wolf
FWIW, I have an English name that I use for work and a Jewish name that I use for everything else.
Yes, by all means, tell me that I’m preventing the geulah by doing so (lo shinu at sh’mum…). You won’t be the first one.
The Wolf