Joseph

ZG, you know nothing of which you speak. You invent “facts” as you go along. What I stated earlier is a very accurate estimation at men in the 90%s driving.

That’s aside from places like MS, KJ and NS where men are virtually 100%.

When should husbands tell their father about the pregnancy? Before the mother-in-law is told?

While Muslims are non-idolatrous, the Christians (see the Rambam) and virtually every other goyishe religion is idolatrous.

From laskern:

The Rambam’s view Hilchos Daios (6,8) is that by Ben Adam Lamokam, if one does not listen when admonished privately , can be ashamed publicly. The son of the Shlah follows this ruling when it comes to talking in shul.

Talking in Shul

Regarding the Sheitlach mentioned by 613. She is most likely quoting from a Chabad posek. In Chabad they are makpid to go with a wig and not with a tichel. They hold a wig is more efficient (and so did Rav Moshe) then covering with a tichel.

Chabad is the only place I know that has a halachic preference for wigs. An interesting question is what to do if a Chabad woman goes to a place where they pasken that wigs are halachicly prohibited (and no woman there wears only a wig in public.)

Gamanit:

In fact it has become less and less common over the past several decades as Boro Park has become far more Chasidic than it used to be. BP used to be a real mix of Litvish, Chasidish, Yeshivish, and even MO but now Boro Park is 90+% Chasidic. And Boro Park women who drive are a small minority.

In any event, no one disputes that the frum in Williamsburg, KJ, NS, Meah Shearim and all the Chareidi areas of Eretz Yisroel have a virtually absolute Minhag Hamakom that women are not permitted to drive. So while you can nitpick about Boro Park, no one will deny there are Yiddishe Kehilos and neighborhoods where this issue does apply. So this is a relevant point and discussion regardless.

Phil, 95% of the drivers in Boro Park are men. And of the 5% women, a good portion are coming from outside the neighborhood or are not frum, goyim, etc. Only a very small minority of Boro Park women drive. In Williamsburg it is virtually non-existent among the frum. Same in Kiryas Yoel, New Square, Meah Shearim and other Chareidi places in Eretz Yisroel.

A yid who is visiting eretz yisroel for yom tov still keeps two days of yom tov due to the minhag hamakom of where he lives.

In private. In public someone from Eretz Yisroel visiting chutz la’aretz cannot violate the second day of Yom Tov.

A woman from Meah Shearim visiting Brooklyn continues to wear her shawl even though it is not the minhag there.

There’s no minhag against wearing a shawl in Brooklyn.

You probably misunderstood him. Or he wasn’t talking about when in public in another kehila.

“If someone didn’t have a hat for davening, would the Mishna Berura hold that he should put on another yarmulke? Or cover his head with his shirt sleeve?”

Yes.

Curious1000: The reporter is Yechiel Spira. It used to have his byline but for a while now there’s been no byline on his stories here.

Who said it is unhealthy?

Rav Avigdor Miller on Daas Torah

Q: In the story where Yoshiyahu Hamelech did not allow Paroh Nechoh to pass through Eretz Yisroel and as a result, it led to his death, what wrong did Yoshiyahu commit by not consulting Yirmiyahu, if he used his own judgement to make his decision?

A: To come to a decision in Torah or a decision in public policy, you must use all the facilities at your disposal. Suppose a person is lost. He’s sitting in his car. He’s lost. So, the common sense procedure is, the first gas station or the first policeman he meets, he asks directions. To ignore such a simple expedient means that this man is reckless – he may wander lost the whole day! 

Now, in Torah matters it’s common sense that the great Torah authorities are the ones most competent to guide the people. But here we have to add, not only in Torah matters, but in all matters of public policy, the gedolei yisroel are the ones most fitted for this function. 

People don’t understand that. The gedolei yisroel are the ones who should make public policy!  People think, let’s say, that Rav Kamenetzky in Monsey or Rav Moshe Feinstein on the East Side, they are good for asking them a question in halacha, especially when you want a kulah, a leniency. You call them up and he says yes, so now you can say “Rav Moshe Feinstein said it’s muttar.” That’s all you need. But to ask him about a matter of public policy? Not necessary, you think, because my head is as good as his head. 

But that’s a fallacy! Because these people have have tens of thousands of precedents that they are studying. The Torah is full of precedents, the Gemara is full of precedents. Each precedent teaches a lesson. Now, even if they don’t think of the source; let’s say you ask Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky, “Should the State of Israel do this or that?” so even though he doesn’t think of the blatt gemara, or the chapter that it is, but he has patterns in his mind. The Gadol has patterns in his mind, established according to the precedents he studies. So, automatically, when he advises, he’s following the patterns in his mind, Torah patterns. And the Torah is the ultimate source of wisdom. 

Of course, if you want to ask how you can repair your leaking radiator, don’t go to him. But if you have questions relating to matters of public policy, of behaviors of communities, or of how to deal with people, there are so many precedents in the Torah, that a Gadol automatically knows what to do. But if you ignore the opportunities, it means you are reckless, because it means that you disregard the Torah as the real source of advice. By disregarding the Torah as the true source of advice and relying merely on your own inferior abilities, that’s considered a refusal to listen. Because listening means to listen to the ones who are most competent.

Tape # 24 (May 1974)

Hundreds of thousands of Jews were murdered during Tach V’Tat, the Tosfos Yom Tov says, as a result of the widespread talking in shul.

“One should also note that large payments in cash can be illegal in some places”

Not in the United States.

It would be an optional feature any user could choose to utilize or not.

The CR needs an “ignore” list option.

Barter. That’s what I always do.

“Joseph can you explain exactly what a bal nefesh is?”

Someone who cares about his neshoma.

The teshuva that says bshas hadchak is in the Igros Moshe.

A Ben Torah isn’t only a Ben Torah when in Yeshiva.

Could you imagine Rav Moshe or Rav Chaim in a blue shirt?

Rav Moshe says a Baal Nefesh should not use Cholov Stam. And even a non-Baal Nefesh can only use it bshas hadchak.