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Better to eat Falafel than eggs
If one is getting stressed out over college, how will it be handled in the real world like when a client demands something in 24 hours or you will lose the account.
You need to learn how to handle stress better
There are plenty of people with no degrees who make good money and there are plenty of people with a degree who dont make any money
However if you take 1000 people. More of the ones with a degree will be making more money than ones who dont
You will be blue after spending $150 for the Bottle of Johnny Walker Blue
I would agree about the grades, unless you are going to grad school you really dont need A’s
But for the life of me I cant tell the difference between Johnny Walker Black and Johnny Walker Blue
You can easily tell the differnce between Concord Grape and a Chardonnay
I am not a navi, But for those who say “Hashem will provide” I can pretty much gurantee you will not be getting a job as a Brain Surgeon without a medical degree.
Many good jobs will not let you in the door without a degree. its true you might not use the degree, but without experience you need something to open the door and the degree is it. You need that BA to get the door Ajar so you can get it.
And to play devils advocates lets take worse case scenerios. Once you get the degree you always have it , it never goes away. maybe today you dont need it, but you never know about tommorrow and many jobs give you pay increases with degrees
As far as I’m aware, none of the members of the American Moetzes have ever assered the Internet.
One of the Rabban listed previously is Rav Malkiel Kotler. He was one of the Rabbanim behind the internet asifa.
I dont know if he is behind this event or not since it was only posted here by an anonymous poster
The Charedim joining the army is a red herring, the Army doesnt want them
The whole issue is about Working and government Handouts.
This tehillin is a prayer against working and contiuning to get government benefits
All I can say is if the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah support the Atzeres Tefillah we must go because if not we are going against the Gedolim which is big aveira. If you have an issue with this than go visit the Gedolim on the Moetzes & discuss this issue with them privately. Hashem gets very angry when people rip Gedolim.
The Gedolim also told you to get off the internet and you did not listen.
People change their mind in college all the time, What might interest you now might change later.
You dont have to make a firm decison now,
If this photo is 10 years old as has been suggested. It would seem that this is not the Halacha as it was not repeated.
As suggested this flight was detoured to pass over the cemetary, I am sure this has happend again in the last 10 years yet nobody has worn a plastic bag over their head
I will predict what will happen. The secular media will have mixed reviews. The Jewish Week, et al, will say how bad the chareidim are. The Yated, Hamodia, et al, will say what a kiddush Hashem it was.
There will be at least three threads about it in the CR, with many saying what a chillul Hashem it was (fill in the names of your favorite cynical, MO leaning posters), and many saying how wonderful it was (fill in the named of your favorite frummies, most of whom will be Joseph).
I agree 100% with this observation, except all the non Charedi will call give it a bad name and the Charedim will call all the critism Torah Hating Anti-Semities who want to destroy torah from the world
hey guys, the ones speaking out against this tefila gathering or its venue, are speaking out against the greatest gedolim in america who called for it. are you aware of this point?
That is no argument, Which Gedolim are for this event?
And I am sure there are Gedolim who are against this event as well.
They want it covered by the Media. If they did not they would have told Rabbanim privaely for everyone to say Tehillim in their own Kehillas at the same time (Perhaps via Phone or Simulcast).
By Getting a Permit and having a large outdoor event it will be covered by the media.
When one sits in a Succah when its Pouring, Its considered to be a Chassid Shoteh. So one doesnt have to go to such extremities to be a Chassid Shoteh
Many here do think this is a Chilul hashem are saying this man is a Chassid Shoteh. Its certainly within Halacha to say someone is a Chassid Shoteh especially in a case where most agree this was a little extreme
Are you even willing to consider the idea of Chassid Shoteh.
What would someone have to do to be a Chassid Shoteh?
Is it possible the man is simply a Chassid Shoteh and misunderstood what Rav Elyshiv said.
Its certainly possible that Rav Elyshiv said the plane is not good enough to avoid tumah and some sort of personal ohel is needed. Its also possible that he did not mean covering oneself in a plastic bag and that was this individuals “solution”.
If you want to work at a decent job, you will need to be close to NYC. There are some jobs in lakewood, but many commute to the City. The commute is shorter from Brooklyn
Most seforim are Self-Published meaning the author pays all expense related to publishing the book . if the publisher had paid for the expenses alot less would be published.
Many other times like Feldheim will publish the book for free, but the author gets no money. I dont know about CIS or Art Scroll. I had a relative who had a book published by Feldheim and I was shocked they were not paid.
There are too many out there as the market is somewhat limited for them There are only so many people buying these books and there is only so many book these people want (How many inspirational books do most people have in their libraries)
Definition of I Made things up
I created a work of fiction and passed it to Haaretz, the Gothimist , All the “anti-Semeic ” Blogs and the many other posters who who also seemed to think it was based on a Tshuva by Rav Elyshiv (or maybe his son as suggested)
I am so amazing, Its amazing all the falsehoods one anonymous poster can come up with on a blog
limeylkwd
So why is it a problem in Israel , but not a problem at LaGaurdia Airport, Plenty of Charedim use LaGauadia Airport (It might be a problem at JFK too, but im not sure) . The Flight patterns over LGA go right over several jewish cemetaries
Why is this only a problem in Israel?
Why isnt a problem in NY
There are quite a few cemetaries in Queens near LaGaurdia Airport and the airplanes go over them
There might be others elsewhere as well.
At one point does someone become a Chassid Shoteh?
There has to be a hole in that bag otherwise someone could die
I am sure it has to be a decent hole otherwise there isnt enough air
Perhaps that hole would make the Plastic bag not work anyway
Ferd are you questioning a Psak of Rav Elyshiv?
Supposedly he is following a Tshuva of Rav Elyshiv that a Cohen cannot fly over a cemetary and the only way around it is to make a personal Ohel
The Yom Hashoa BBQ has been debunked in the secular media as Anti-Charedi incitement
I posted that price a year ago…
There is no primary non-jewish source for the Golem of Prague.
One might be joking but the reality is people are saying “Bring Joy to Torah and Mitvos” and come up with all these ideas.
But all it takes is one YOU ARE LATE FOR DAVENING , NO PARK FOR YOU
or you cant play with your friends because you have to watch your baby brother
Or the kid plays with his favorite electronic toy on Shabbos , gets yelled at and has it taken away for all your efforts to blow up in smoke
Dont make things like shabbos a “punishemnt” yelling at them SHABBOS SHABBOS for example
and that Hashem is going to send you to Gehenim for every minor infraction.
Dont overly force them to do things. Its not terrible to go outside and play instead of learning 12 hours a day
I do know that Rav Yaakov wanted to see the Moon landing on TV and see if the Rambam was correct or not about the moon being a phyiscal place.
I dont know where he watched it though
People like to live with like minded people. People who have the same general outlook on things . While they may not agree 100% on things, they generally will agree. People you will go over to each others houses, Have your kids play with their kids etc.
It is sinas Chinam to say I wont live with THOSE people. Like the poster who said If you want to live like a Nochri move to Teaneck. However its NOT Sinas chinam to say I want to live with these people. ie I want to live in an area with lots of Chassidish velt, lots of Shteibels. Yiddish widely spoken. etc.
Decide who you want to live with, not who you DONT want to live with
No
But I have friends who are.
I did not cut them off when they went off
IMaof3
Do you mind me asking how much contact you have with your son
I know some that have cut off completely their OTD children and others that have kept minimal contact or treated them like second class citizens
BDE
I disagree with those some who do not observe Yom Hashoa
However I do not belive that video tells anything or if it even occured on Yom Hashoa. It was likely done to inflame Anti-Haredi Sentiment
Actually I do , I some some who were thrown out and I know some Poskeks who poskim to throw them out
There is a big differnce between The Churban Bais Hamigdosh, The Spanish Expulsion, Chelmiski and the Holocaust.
The diffence is nobody rembers or knows anyone who was a victim of the former tradgeties, but most people know survivors of the Holocaust and there are picures as well.
When you say something every day it unfortuantly gets Jaded. If we leave one day a year to remember, It becomes somehing more thought about.
There is some Halcha just like you cant get a tattoo, you are not supposed to get it removed if you got one either before you were religious or R’L you got one forcibly in the camps.
Once you have it , its considered part of you
What if someone was a Baal Tshuva and got it before they were religous. You are not allowed to have it removed
Despite the scary warnings about fines and jail for evaders this has never occurred. They can’t prove that you got it and they don’t try.
They do try and you can go to jail and get fined if you get a “Must Serve” notice
They have a special Judge who doles out punishments for Jury Duty evadors
They Picked this day because It has something to do with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising which began on April 19, 1942
I think the Hebrew Date for that day is not available so they did it the week before
The Maharal Im sure was a great Anuv. What do you think would be his reaction if he could come alive today
He is probably the most famous Rabbi of the Central/Eastern European Era. He is not famous for any Sefer or Pshats, He is famous for making a Golem. He is one of the most famous residents of Prague, In fact so famous there is a statue of him in the City hall, Probably the only Rabbi to have a Statue in a European Capital City Hall.
What would be his reaction?
Many of the Medrashim cannot possibly be true. Many are contradictory .
Many were written in a code so that outsiders could not understand.
Many were also subject to censors as well
You have to agree what those Halachos are . Sefard, Ashkezaz, Edudut HaMizrath etc
In Prague the Golem has become big business. They sell statues of the Golem everywhere, they give Golem Tours (Its a Ghost / Haunted / Golem Tour) and there is even a treif restaurant with the name Golem.
If they would ever open up the Attic to the Starnova Synagogue they could charge huge sums to visit and it would sell out
It might very well be true that Ravs Kook view on womens is closer to Satmars than Dati Leumi (for example), but thats irrelevant in the debate as once you bring up his name only one issue matters and thats all that most think of his opinions