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  • in reply to: TRUMP #1661671
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    The former councilman wasn’t too astute regarding national politics.

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1661669
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    AJ: Get over it. You need to read the comment in context. What I’m saying is that the standard of that particular heimishe hashgacha is to not rely on trusting a non-Jewish food producer such as Twizzlers without a mahgiach observing the process for its full run. OU doesn’t have that standard, which is fine. But the second hashgacha for the limited run indicates a different standard of kashrus was applied and observed for that run that has the second certification.

    Kapish?

    in reply to: Humor me #1661625
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    Who is able to determine when a post is said in jest rather than in all seriousness?

    That’s the better question.

    in reply to: Shidduch Crisis: Women who earn too much #1661624
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    Winnie: Even if we fully grant your theory as being correct, your attribution for the cause still indicates that women pursuing a higher education/high paying field, and the time of their life invested in that pursuit at the expense of seeking marriage, often leaves them left at the altar unmarried.

    Often by time they choose to focus on getting married rather than focus on their future earnings potential, their best (if not all) opportunities to get married has already passed.

    Note that often these older girls started pursuing their higher education shortly after high school, when many other girls were instead focusing on marriage rather than career.

    in reply to: A Serious Question for Jewish Democrats #1661622
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    ” I intend on voting for her in the primary tentatively.”

    Why are you a Democrat?

    The better shaila is whether it is permitted to vote for a woman

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1661578
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    “I’ve seen it on salads that the Star-K deemed too infested to certify. That’s the case when there’s no Star-K inkjetted near the date code on salads that normally have the Star-K.”

    I don’t believe that your assumption that the Star-K deemed those packages too infested is accurate. The lack of their inkjet does not indicate such; they didn’t inspect it altogether because it was known the other hashgacha would inspect those batches.

    in reply to: Shidduch Crisis: Women who earn too much #1661575
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    CS: Where does that leave frum women who aren’t looking to marry a Kollel guy (or there aren’t any Kollel guys available for them)?

    in reply to: A Serious Question for Jewish Democrats #1661266
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    Avi: It’s better for Jews not to become politicians and rather support non-Jewish politicians who will support them.

    in reply to: 66% of Muslims in the US are Democrats #1661208
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    RY23, the Iranian slogan is “Death to America, Death to Israel”. Are you saying that they they only mean death to Israeli politics but not death to Israeli people?

    in reply to: Yeshiva Fundrasing using Cigar Rolling and Wine Tasting #1661017
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    I heard the next Yeshiva, to make an even bigger splash and get even more donor attention, will be having their annual dinner in Vegas at a top rated venue.

    in reply to: Yeshiva Fundrasing using Cigar Rolling and Wine Tasting #1660684
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    Is this being done at the local bar?

    in reply to: The Southern Wall #1660657
    Joseph
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    DACA people can’t legally vote.

    in reply to: Driving Like A Policeman #1660446
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    Exactly! Do you think getting a VAS plate and lights and sirens could help?

    in reply to: Driving Like A Policeman #1660384
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    If someone wanted a gun permit in NYC (something otherwise close to impossible to obtain), could he become a police officer and then resign after a month, thus allowing him to own a firearm in NYC as a retired police officer?

    in reply to: Question for Jewish Democrats #1660192
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    RY23, that’s exactly how I like it.

    in reply to: Question for Jewish Democrats #1660078
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    RY23: Non-Whites are appropriately taxed.

    in reply to: Who said it #1660002
    Joseph
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    Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz.

    Right?

    in reply to: Is Simcha spot mutar? #1659230
    Joseph
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    It has pritzus on it. It’s assur.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1658993
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    Milhouse, your comment may be factual but there’s a difference. No one says their aveira is okay “because I’m Chareidi”; otoh, you will *often* find those that attribute their being MO as a justification as to why its okay for them to do their aveira, and why their aveira isn’t even an aveira because it’s the MO custom or the MO way or okay to do since they’re MO and they don’t subscribe to Chareidi shittos.

    There’s many examples aside from eating at non-kosher certified restaurants, which is less common than other things such as mixed swimming (“we’re an MO bungalow colony”), ignoring shomer negia, etc.

    in reply to: Any Recommendation For A Good Dentist In Flatbush #1658947
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    11210: If you have UHC Community and you have a dentist and you like him, you have a dentist that takes that plan that you recommend.

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658948
    Joseph
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    How do we know you’re Jewish? Your claiming so doesn’t make it so.

    in reply to: Question for Jewish Democrats #1658892
    Joseph
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    How could a Jew be affiliated with the Democrats?!?

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658893
    Joseph
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    I said nothing of the sort. I simply explained that there’s a higher level of full time supervision. OU doesn’t supervise full time.

    Case closed.

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658839
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    AJ: So why any hechsher at all is needed for Twizzlers, per your argument? Just eat it without any hechsher altogether, per your position.

    Twizzlers advertises vegan, so you can assume it never comes into any contact with any utensils or machinery that contacted dairy, meat or other non-kosher food. No supervision whatsoever needed.

    They advertise vegan.

    in reply to: Any Recommendation For A Good Dentist In Flatbush #1658844
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    11210: The OP specified United Healthcare Community Plan (formerly Americhoice), which is a specific NY Medicaid carrier.

    in reply to: Nittel #1658614
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    Yseribus: Yes, in writing multiple times published in his voluminous sh”ut seforim easily found in butei medrashim all over the world. Or you can speak to him directly and very easily in his shul in New York. And, no, he isn’t outnumbered whatsoever. In fact you haven’t cited a maare makom for anyone else who says otherwise.

    Nitei Gavriel Nittel, Nitei Gavriel Chanukah p. 385, Nitei Gavriel Luach Dvar Beito, Nitei Gavriel Chanukah p. 410,

    Small sample of other maare mekomos: Darkei Chaim Veshalom 828, Chasam Sofer 7:31, Makor Chaim of Chavos Yair 155, Igros Kodesh 13:120, Hayom Yom 17th Teves, Likkutei Sichos 14:554; Igros Kodesh 13:120; 14:351; Reshimos Hayoman p. 365, Hisvadyus 5750 2 p. 49; Reshimos Hayoman p. 365, Shaareiy Halacha Uminhag p. 179, etc.

    Small sample of Achromim who held of nittel nacht themselves: Rav Yonason Eibashitz, Rav Yaakov Emden, Rav Yisrael Salanter, Maharsha, Maharam Schick and others

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658579
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    AJ: To insure that Twizzler doesn’t cheat when the OU mashgiach isn’t there.

    in reply to: Nittel #1658533
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    Yseribus: The Nitei Gavriel.

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658454
    Joseph
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    The Blooms and Liebers Twizzlers has full time masgichim watching its full run.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1658414
    Joseph
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    … or if you eat at non-certified vegetarian or non-meat restaurants.

    in reply to: Nittel #1658404
    Joseph
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    Yeseribus: 1. Minhagim don’t get revoked willy nilly 2. You should ask mechilla from the Achronim you accused of being “semi-serious” 3. You should defer your own views on what is or justifies Bittul Torah to those of our Chachomim 4. Changing Christian calendars has no bearing on the continuation of this Mesorah.

    in reply to: Any Recommendation For A Good Dentist In Flatbush #1658310
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    Dr. Martin Bienenstock

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1658199
    Joseph
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    Yes and Yes.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1658143
    Joseph
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    What does tuition cost in those towns you keep mentioning, CAD?

    Actual dollar figures, please.

    in reply to: Nittel #1658144
    Joseph
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    Rav Moshe is the posek hador. I hope all abide by his psak.

    in reply to: Nittel #1657985
    Joseph
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    Is everyone observing the restrictions tonight?

    in reply to: Is It Assur To Go On A Cruise? #1657931
    Joseph
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    Some folks don’t like hearing or knowing something is assur.

    They’re going to do it anyways. And they would rather do it not knowing it’s assur than doing it knowing it’s assur.

    in reply to: Is It Assur To Go On A Cruise? #1657904
    Joseph
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    All of the above.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1657718
    Joseph
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    The Sefer Aim HaBanim Semecha doesn’t contain anything new. It’s a collection of all the old Zionist arguments that have long been disproven. The truth is, his position stood no chance to begin with, because even though Rav Teichtel was a Talmid Chacham, he was opposing the collective Torah knowledge of the greatest Torah giants, including but not limited to Rav Chaim Brisker, Rav Samson Raphael Hirsh, The Chofetz Chaim, the Rogachover Gaon, The Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rashab), the Belzer Rebbe (R. Yisachar Dov), the Chazon Ish, the Brisker Rav, Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzensky, all who were opposed to Zionism and the creation of a State. So he was really quite outgunned from the start. The most extensive work on this topic is of course the Satmar Rav’s Vayoel Moshe, which disproves just about every Zionist “proof” ever conceived.

    Aim HaBanim Semecha is not even taken seriously outside of Zionist circles, because it is mostly emotional sermons and droshos, rather than a serious Halachic analysis. It’s an emotional outcry in response to the holocaust (he dates the introduction Parshas Tetzaveh 1943) and its clear that he was talking out of desperation for finding a safe haven for Jews, which many felt Eretz Yisroel would be. He confuses his personal feelings with Halachic methodology, Rebbishe vertlach with Halachic rulings, and so is not at all compelling.

    Rabbi Teichtel’s sefer comes without any Haskomos form anybody. But he did want Haskomos, so what he did was – I am not making this up either, I promise – he took Haskomos out of another sefer, and printed them in his sefer, saying that the Haskomos would certainly apply to his sefer too, since the 2 seforim generally say the same things. But none of the rabbis of his time – not a sngle one – wrote him a haskama.

    Another note: Aim HaBanim Semechah speaks basically about building the land. The topic of creating a sovereign state – which was the major objection to Zionism – is almost completely ignored. Perhaps this is what the Lubavitcher Rebbe meant (told to the author’s son, quoted in the introduction, p. 21 ) when he told the son of author to “publicize that your father was a G-d fearing Jew who was far away from Zionism”. I would think this is because in his sefer he never argues in favor of a Jewish State, but rather in favor of building up the land.

    in reply to: Which Heimishe Hechsherim do you trust? #1657535
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    Central Rabbinical Congress – (CRC) – Hisachsus HaRabbonim

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1657468
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    On page 147 of Aim HaBanim Semecha he addresses a powerful statement in Ahavas Yonason by R. Yonason Eyebuschitz ZT”L that it is absolutely prohibited for Jews to take over Eretz Yisroel before Moshiach, even if all the nations want them to, which is kind of a problem for a religious Zionist like Rabbi Teichtel. This is his response: “You should understand that the words of Rav Yonason only apply when there is no sign from heaven that we should all abandon the lands of Chutz Laaretz, meaning, when Jews can live peacefully outside of Eretz Yisroel … but not nowadays, when the words of the prophet came true, [that Jews will be hunted down by goyim]. So when the nations give us permission to return to our land, can there be any doubt that it is the will of Hashem that we return to Eretz Yisroel? I am certain, that if Rav Yonason Eyebushitz was living with us today and saw the terrible golus that we endure, he himself would say to us: ‘Brother Jews! The time has come for you to go to Eretz Yisroel, for this is the will of Hashem, for it is not coincidence what has happened to us in Golus, but rather it is the finger of G-d pointing to us to rise from golus…”

    Ok. Now, of course, even in the days of Rav Yonason (about 250 years ago) Jews were persecuted, and all throughout Golus they were, too. Yet Rabbi Teichtel decided that he knows how to quantify the measure of suffering that Jews are expected to tolerate in Golus, and what on the other hand is a “sign from Hashem” for them to return. He decided that he can read Hashem’s signs and that this, for sure, is what our suffering means. Where did he get this scale? Nowhere. He decided it on his own. He and only he decided that this “sign from Hashem” tells us that the Golus is over.

    Well, he can read whatever he wants into “signs from Hashem,” but this “sign from Hashem” has no Rashi or Tosfos to tell us how to interpret it. Nor did Hashem tell him how to read history, nor does he have any sources that his is the proper reading. Since when do we pasken sheailos based on personal feelings? It’s a nice sermon, but Halachicly it means nothing. Yet to him, not only is it Halachicly binding on everyone, but it “there is no longer any room for doubt”.

    And it gets much, much, worse. This attitude that “everyone has to interpret the world the way I do” often passes the line into the realm of the absurd. On page 98 he deals with the Minchas Elozor, who was a vehement opponent of Zionism. He was vehemently critical in general, actually, when it came to protecting the Torah. And nobody was beyond his scrutiny. Here are some quotes:

    “ ’Whoever becomes an leader in this world becomes evil in the next world’ (Rambam, Tur). The world explains this to refer to the lay leaders, like presidents of congregations, which in many congregations this is true. But if we’re going to talk about our generation and our days, it can be referring to the Rabbonim as well, unfortunately …” – Divrei Torah III:47

    “ ‘Whevener there are Reshaim in the world, there is suffering in the world. Who are Reshaim? The robbers.’ (Sanhedrin 113b). This is referring to the fake leaders who “rob” the truth form the people, because they act like Tzadikim and act for their own benefit. They prevent the redemption. Hashem should save us from them.” – ibid 58

    “There are Rebbes (“admorim”) who are fakers, they make believe they are Tzadikim, are meyached yichudim, and dress like Rebbes or rabbis. This is all the doing of the Satan in order to bring the public (followers) to sin” – ibid V:82

    “The reason why Jews in Germany can learn heresy and still remain religious is because they are like the people who are immune to poison because they are used to drinking it and so have so much of it in their system. So too the German Jews, they are soused to the poison of secularism since they are habituated in it from childhood little by little, that this does not hurt them. That is why they are immune to the bad influence of the Mizrachi and the Agudah as well.” – ibid IV:93

    “’And you shall love your neighbor like yourself’ – this means, just like there are different parts of you that you care about more – for instance, you care more about heaving your head than your feet – so too we love the Tzadikim more than we do others. The lowest level is those who are like our fingernails, also part of us, but we clip them off and discard them. These people too are like fingernails that need to be separated from the rest of us, and this is for the benefit of Klall Yisroel.” – ibid II:39

    Anyway, the following is Rabbi Teichtel’s explanation of why The Minchas Elozor was against “Yishuv HaAretz”. I promise I am not making this up:

    First, he tries to establish that whether the redemption will come miraculously or slowly and naturally depends on whether Moshiach’s coming will be because we “deserve it” (“zachah”) – in which case it will be miraculous, or because Hashem sent it to us despite our not deserving it, in which case it will be natural. Then he says, quote:

    “And with this we have an open response to the entire objection of our master and rebbi, the holy scholar, the Minchas Elozor ZT”L of Munkatch, regarding being involved with building the land. For I myself was one of his group, and I knew that his entire objection was base don the fact that the redemption is going to come miraculously, not naturally … But his honor remains intact, for he on his high level believed that the entire world is on the high level where they deserve Moshiach, like he was. But the truth is that this last generation, unfortunately, not deserving of Moshiach, and therefore the redemption will come couched in natural methods.” – Aim Habanim Semechah p.98

    I promise I did not make that up. In other words, the Minchas Elozor mistakenly and naively thought the whole world was Tzadikim like he was, but in reality he didn’t understand that the world doesn’t really deserve Moshiach.

    Now never mind how Rabbi Teichtel decided he can judge the world and decide whether they deserve Moshiach or not; never mind that he has not one Halachic shred of evidence to back up this position of his; but to say that the Minchas Elozor naively looked at the whole world as much more righteous than they actually are, as deserving of redemption when in fact they don’t deserve it, is beyond ludicrous. It’s downright absurd, and for anyone who knows anything about the Minchas Elozor, totally dishonest. If there was one person in the past hundred years who we would say is not guilty of over rating the world, it could very well be the Minchas Elozor. If he’s not first on the list, he’s second. And to attribute such an attitude to him of all people, is nothing less than the stuff of la la land. And that’s besides the arrogance of saying that he is more able to discern how deserving Klal Yisroel is of greeting Moshiach than the Minchas Elozor.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1657466
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    There are guys in Lakewood who don’t wear white shirts on weekdays.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1657345
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    anon1m0us: You’re the one who brought the tefila for the local government argument into this discussion.

    In and event, since you now are arguing “about a teffilah for our brothers in harms way”, I’m sure you’ll be pleased to learn that virtually every Chareidi Yeshiva and laymen make such tefilas routinely. In fact, whenever there’s an eis tzara in Eretz Yisroel, whether c”v a war or terror attacks, the Chareidi yeshivos both in Eretz Yisroel and in chutz laaretz make special tefilas and tehilim for the situation aside from their regular tefilas they have on more routine times.

    So you can now rest assured that this issue is in fact a non-issue.

    in reply to: The Killing of Nahal Haredi Soldiers and the Anti Draft Protests #1657208
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    anon1m0us: Then, at most, your taaina against Jews in Israel who don’t say a prayer for the government is the same as your taaina against American Jews who don’t say a special weekly or daily prayer for the American government.

    Instead of focusing this complaint specifically against Yidden in Israel, make your complaint against Yidden anywhere in the world for not saying a tefila for their local government.

    There’s nothing more special about the Israeli government than the American government or Australian government. As an aside, not necessarily directly relevant to this point or discussion, America is a greater Medina Shel Chesed for Yidden than the Israeli government. Additionally, due to the violation of the shalosh shavuos and/or a government of Jews who trample Halacha, many have the strong shitta that the Israeli government is more illegitimate than other governments. For them there’s even less of a taaina that they don’t say a tefila for the Israeli government even if they would do so in America for the American government.

    in reply to: Government Shutdown #1657226
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    I’m hoping this lasts forever so we can have a 25% payroll reduction in the Federal government. A quarter of the government has been closed for almost a month and life goes on. We can save the money by cutting so much governmental fat.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1657211
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    Neville: From the perspective of a kosher keeping, tuition paying Orthodox Jew, Teaneck is much more expensive.

    Especially especially tuition. But housing too.

    Joseph
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    Make an Online Yeshiva.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1657162
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    CAD: The OP is coming from wearing a black hat and only white shirts living in Lakewood. He said he wants something more like Brooklyn where he can wear colored shirts, etc., but not be as expensive so Brooklyn.

    Teaneck and the other towns in that comment are thorough and through MO, something the OP isn’t seeking. Teaneck in fact is the prototypical MO town, not to mention far more expensive than Brooklyn.

    in reply to: Apple stock🍎🍏?????? #1657125
    Joseph
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    Short.

    in reply to: Alternative Communities in New Jersey? #1657079
    Joseph
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    How big is the Orthodox community in Edison/Highland Park? And what proportion of that is yeshivish/black hat?

    Elizabeth, Teaneck, Hillside and Linden are, if I’m not mistaken, MO. Which isn’t what the OP is looking for.

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