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Isn’t it Raziel Ha-MALACH? Or have I been mispronouncing it all these years? I’m serious.
My family and I like to anglicize our Hebrew names like they did a hundred years ago, so as a joke I go by Judah Zwi.
Rabbosai:
I am extremely makpid one way when it comes to gebrochts (won’t tell you which way, but I’m sure you can guess by my posts). My best friend does the opposite. Who cares?
We are a Holy Nation! Baruch Hashem this should be our biggest machlokes!
Let’s consider how many Yidden out there don’t know of Pesach or Matzoh at all. Let’s consider the Jews who are the product of Jewish moms and non-Jewish dads who are being raised as non-Jews (like my cousins). They will be in Church on Sunday for Easter (R”L).
On my other side, my relatives in Israel live on a HaShomer HaTzair Kibbutz. One said to me: “B’Pesach yesh lanu matzah v’gam lechem b’shulchan. Zeh cherut!”
Gebrochters: enjoy your dipping. Non-gebrochters: enjoy not dipping. May this Nisan bring us Geulah and let Eliyahu haNavi tell us which way is right.
Chag Kasher v’Samayach!
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Um, as a Chozer BTshuvah I need to ask: What is mesira? This is the first term in many many years that I do not understand and I’ve been frum for 25 years.
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“My cat’s breath smells like cat food.”
Yekkes, being from an industrialized country – Germany, are makpid on machine matzos because there is less chance of human error.
“Bourbon is a byproduct of Scotch production.”
Um, actually the exact opposite is true. Scotch is aged in old Bourbon barrels which impart the Bourbon flavors into the Scotch.
Come on, yitayningwut…
Scotch and Bourbon are both Whiskeys. Bourbon must be from Kentucky, be at least (i think) 50% corn and aged for a minimum of three years in a NEW charred oak abrrel (which cannot be reused). If it is made outside of Kentucky, like Jack Daniel’s, it is called Sour Mash. If there is no oak barrel or aging, it is called Moonshine and is illegal because it doesn’t follow the above.
Scotch is a whiskey that has to be made in Scotland. They do not have the same laws regarding new oak barrels, so they typically will purchase old barrels from American distilleries. i.e. The Lagavulin Scotch you may be drinking could very well have been aged in an old Jim Beam or Jack Daniel’s oak barrel.
The problem with some scotches is that they are aged in barrels that have been used in countries like Spain for sherry and wine. I won’t go into the halacha here. Ask you own LOR about kashrus.
Vodka is clear alcohol usually distilled from potatoes and it is not aged or placed in barrels (hence it being clear). It is not a whiskey at all.
Artistic types work like this. Work for twenty minutes on, five off. That’s how I work unless I’m on a roll.
They are actually very strict when it comes to kiddushin, hence possible mamzerus when they divorce and remarry.
“There’s supposed to be a karaite temple thingy in the old city, with a klala theyd never get a minyan. They have nine men, and whenever they give birth to a boy one of the men dies.’
Why would they need a minyan?
Secondly, the Karaites petitioned the Nazis to not include them as Jews. They claimed that they were Tatars from Russia and not genetically Jewish. Te Nazis accepted this and there were even Karaite guards in the death camps.
“They are considered Kosher Jews.”
They are not strict with gittin so there is a problem with mamzeirus.
Not a fan of Shmuley B., but I thought he handled the situation well and came off as a kiddush Hashem. This woman was a non-issue and even Dr. Phil had no practical advice. She came off as complaining and unlikeable.
What are the Gemara sources supporting the eating of Gebrochts?
Muhammed bdavka made it five times to outdo the Jews. Jews pray three times a day and four on Shabbos, that’s why he made it five for Muslims. Yes, their prayers are very short, so time-wise, we pray much more then they do.
I certainly feel your pain.
Take a deep breath. Ain Od Milvado. I know it seems very hard now, but we are living in a time when people need to batul themselves. Trust me. I have gone from a XXX,XXX dollar a year job to being disabled, in constant pain and living hand to mouth (asking for help from in-laws, etc.). It;s all from G-d and you need to understand that it’s not the nisayon that matters but how we deal with it. This is NOT easy. It is nearly impossible. Just try and remind yourself that you are not in control. Hashem is and He knows best.
Talk to the yeshivah and say that you need help. Talk to those you borrowed from and ask for an extension or to make realistic payments over a longer period. Ask a local girls yeshivah if they have a chessed program. They usually do and will send a few students over to help with the housework and your wife. Just do your Hishtadlus and Hashem will take care of the rest.
Lastly, you need sleep. You are no good to anyone, especially Hashem and yourself if you are about to break. Leave the chores until tomorrow and get a good night’s sleep.
Thank G-d every day for your children. Many cannot have them. thank G-d every day for your wife. Many can’t find shidduchim or have R”L lost their spouses. Thanks G-d every day that you have a home, are alive, live in a free country and are a Yid.
Hug your kids and tell them why they are special and that you love them unconditionally. Tell them that sometimes tings get stressful but that you don’t mean to take it out on them and that it’s nothing they’re doing.
Good luck and keep us posted.
In Xtianity it’s the first. In secular/business world it’s the seventh.
I actually asked the question years ago to Rav Sheinberg in Yerushalayim. A maker of Biblical clothes challenged me to ask the Posek if he wears Techeilis. I asked him if I could wear Techeilis and he said: “Don’t do it.” I then asked he wore Techeilis and he said: “Don’t do it.”
So, I used to wear Techeilis when I became Chozer B’teshuvah but I no longer do because a Gadol told me not to.
MODS any reason you didn’t allow my last two posts?
“so thats it? the world is split into frum people and the mentally ill?”
No. Apparently some are both.
rubberbands: nail on the head.
“This poor girl seems mentally ill.”
so thats it? the world is split into frum people and the mentally ill?
**Don’t think I said that. Nice assumption though.
“I don’t understand why people couldn’t just reject the rigidity of Satmar and the like and just become frum Jews.”
because its not a matter of religion its a matter of society, community, and acceptance.
** That is exactly my point. If she hates not driving, marrying a man she just met and shaving her head… leave Satmar, not Judaism. I ask again, I don’t understand why people couldn’t just reject the rigidity of Satmar and the like and just become frum Jews. The fact that she gave it ALL up proves that her taina is not with Satmar it’s with all Judaism.
” not just Chassidus. if she was, she would just become a regular religious Jew.”
the third time youve contradicted yourself
** Don’t think I have even once.
“shkoyach. so you are the perfect parallel. you didnt go from being irreligious to being ever so slightly religious and stay there, you became frum. why go all the way?”
** While don’t appreciate your patronizing attitude I will still answer the question. I, in fact didn’t “go all the way.” I was brought up anti-religious and leftist Democrat. When I became Frum I adopted the RELIGION and not the SOCIETY… i.e. I am still a Democrat, left on many social issues, etc. I didn’t buy into the no secular music, no jeans, black suit, black hat because those are all CULTURAL things that I reject. AGAIN she could have REJECTED THE CULTURE without REJECTING THE RELIGION. Many people leave the world of the Amish (a culture) to live as good Christian Mennonites (a religion). Most don’t chuck it all and become Buddhist or Jewish.
“do you thing you would have been accepted by your community had you not gone all the way?”
** I don’t really care. I am who I am. I love G-d and follow His Torah. If someone doesn’t like the fact that I am not black hat Yeshivish I say who cares? My wife wears a tichel only and refuses to wear a sheitel because she thinks it is contrary to the way a Jewish should look. That’s her choice. My Rav didn’t wear a black hat because his Yeshivah (Chofeitz Chaim) taught, back in the day, that black hats were haughty and people wore them only to say… look at me! I’m frum! That’s his choice. FYI- My wife’s family were Satmar (directly descended from the Baal Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in Ungvar Hungary. None of them are still Satmar but they are ALL FRUM. Guess you don’t have to go “all the way” do you?
“She was seemingly always “off the derech” as she did not have or retain a love for Hashem and His Mitzvos. It’s a prime example of culture clash and has little to do with religion.”
which shows that you understand the difference between religion and society, and begs the question why you dont understand why she renounced her judaism.
** You are making no sense. Last I checked, Judaism was a religion. She left it all… Chassidus and Judaism. She could have just left Chassidus.
“The frum world, from MO to Yeshivish should be open and accepting of those off the derech and be available to them to find the proper road back.”
so now youre completely recanting everything you said, and are criticizing frum jewery.
** Are you high? How do you get that from what I said?
“I would gladly have her, her son and her non-Jewish boyfriend over for Shabbos.”
have at it
** Do you have her number?
Sorry for the horrible grammar. Just got back from the Drs office and didn’t proofread my post.
This poor girl seems mentally ill. I don’t understand why people couldn’t just reject the rigidity of Satmar and the like and just become frum Jews.
She was seemingly always “off the derech” as she did not have or retain a love for Hashem and His Mitzvos. It’s a prime example of culture clash and has little to do with religion.
As for those who are blaming her, why? Do we want this type of person within frumkeit? She is rebellious against G-d and His Torah, not just Chassidus. if she was, she would just become a regular religious Jew.
I too was rebellious. I gave up eating trief, dressing immodestly and dating gentiles (all accepted and expected in my family). Maybe I should write a book!
The frum world, from MO to Yeshivish should be open and accepting of those off the derech and be available to them to find the proper road back. I would gladly have her, her son and her non-Jewish boyfriend over for Shabbos.
“People emigrate, so it’s possible to have Shapiros and Narbonis that are Sephardim. There is also a variation called Shapira which is close to the Hebrew word Shafra (as Y.T. said). Shafra means beautiful (as Y.T. said) and is found in Tehillim, Chapter 16, Verse 7”
Shapiro and Shapira are both spelled with an Aleph at the end as in Shufriah, not a Hey as in Shafra.
Great Bear: “Ari = ADONENU Rabbi Itzhak or ELOKI Rabbi Itzhak but certainly not Ashkenazi!!!!”
Disagree. I was alway taught that ARI stands for Ashkenazi Rav Yitzchak.
“As for Shapiro; my understanding is that it comes from Speyer; one of the original 3 cities along the Rhineland in Germany during the time of Rash”i and Tosafot. That might explain why there are Shapiros who are Cohanim and Yisroelim. (I haven’t met Leviim with that last name).”
I know a prominent Shapiro family and they say that the name does not come from Speyer but from the Aramaic Shufrayah (meaning beautiful). There are also Sephardic Shapiros so I would have to concur that it can’t be from Germany.
Kahn
Cohen
Kagen (as in the Chafetz Chaim. It is an Eastern European way of saying Kohain)
Kaplan (for Ashkenazim. In Turkish Kaplan means “tiger”)
Rapaport/Rapoport (One of the most distinguished of priestly families. The Gra was “podeh” himself by every Kohain he met until he met a member of the Rapaport family. Supposedly they have a shtar yichus [family tree with all the names] going back to Aharon)
Shapiro (some, not all. I heard it has to do with the grandson of the Maharal who was last named Katz. He married a Shapiro and took her name because she had no brothers. Anyone else hear of this?)
Kahane (Aramaic for Kohain)
Kahana (variation)
Maguri, yemenite family with Shtar Yichus.
If man is descended from apes, why didn’t all apes evolve? Are red heads from Orangutangs and brunettes from chimps?
We share upwards of 99% shared DNA with apes but science has proven that apes cannot and never will evolve into a being that can have critical and logical thought. They are purely instinctual creatures. Just saw a wonderful documentary on this (Nat. Geo?).
I absolutely HATE that (the Theory of) Evolution (and it is a theory) is taught in Yeshivos. My kids not only have to learn that, but they also have to study Greek Mythology, Islam, Xtianity and other philosophies that are untrue. If it is a state requirement that this garbage be taught at least have the Rabbeim debate why these philosophies are contrary to Judaism!
“chodesh Teves is mentioned in Esther.” Because they were in Paras. Everywhere our current month names are mentioned are Post-Golus Bavel. In the PRE-Golus Bavel we have:
EXODUS 13:4 – This day came you out in the month AVIV.
EXODUS 23:15 – You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed in the month AVIV; for in it you came out from Egypt; and none shall appear before me empty;
EXODUS 34:18 – The Feast of Unleavened Bread shall you keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month AVIV; for in the month AVIV you came out from Egypt.
DEU 16:1 – Observe the month of AVIV, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God; for in the month of b the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
1 MELACHIM 6:38 – And in the eleventh year, in the month BUL, which is the eighth month, was the house finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. And he was seven years in building it.
1 MELACHIM 8:2 – And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month ESANIM, which is the seventh month.
And so forth…