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ANYTHING can be used badly
Should we assur cars because they can kill someone or be driven on Shabbos and it can be addicting to drive.
How about Food?
Food addiction is a serious issue, Many people are overweight or suffer from Anorexia
One a side note about Beged Ish/Isha
Until recently Men wore Heels, not women, I am not sure when it changed, but certainly in the last 100 years
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In businesses more and more are using IM because you can talk to more than one person at a time with fairly quick response and there is a paper trail so there is no He Said/She Said and you can do it while doing something else
Seriosuly from what I know about gatesheads, its very dreary and drab there especially in the morning (Ive only been to London , not Newcastle) and I can see that affecting someone in the morning
totally OT, I never thought Gateshead jews would call themselves a “Geordie”
I didnt think they wanted to associate themselves with the rest of Newcastle
The real picture of the Choftez Chaim appears in the top line of YWN.
There is an entire book of photographs of Gedolim, I think it took the author 10 years or so to do it
Actually its harder now-adays.
In the old days, you prepared all your own food, today most things are processed.
Also in the olden days people ate simpler, You ate a potato and you were happy. Todays kids cant go 2 days without eating some Pizza or cereal
Rav Moshe could have been talking about a Die hard Atheist vs someone who has doubts whom the OP is referring to.
I am sure hashem knows the difference
I know a few people who went OTD and most of them seemed to celebrate Purim.
Dressing up, eating Hamentashem and getting drunk dont seem to be objectionable to them
THE NOTORIOUS king Louis WHO USED it as his coat of arms.
When you discuss “Notorious” King Louis of France, either Louis XIV who build Versailles and was the longest reigning monarch in wesern history or Louis XVI who was beheaded during the french revolution, Neither had much to do with jews (Although jews were allowed back in France in 1789)
The elected official is only “Sorry” because its all over the news. If his son did not post a picture of it FB nobody would have heard about it and he would not be sorry
Nobody should be dressing up this way.
There was a parade in Broad Channel a few years ago where one of the Floats was “Hassidic Park”. What if Al Sharpton decided to dress up for halloween as a Hassid in “Jewface”
this is what you are worried about when all the newspapers are busy writing about one of our elected officials who dressed up in BLACKFACE. we look pretty bad based on what he did. hopefully there will not be any repercussions
Ive seen other people dress up this way (not famous people, just people in the street whom I did not know) Just saw the costumes
In the Chofetz Chaims time taking a picture was a big deal, people would dress up and go to the photograher. Video was even a bigger deal.
Today its nothing, almost everyone has a camera / video camera in their pocket and it costs nothing to show it as you dont have to develop it
The list of Kitniyot grows every year . Mustard seeds and Aspertaine (A Kitniyot derevative)
Maize (American Corn) was not even known to the Europeans until after columbus as was Potatoes as both were bought back from the americas
Quinoa doesnt taste very good, I was excited when I found out it was ok for ME to eat (I am not poskening here, My Rabbi Permitted it, but I know plenty who dont permit it)
When you are drunk you cannot totally control yourself
You cant do anything, He needs to admit there is a problem and then seek help.
You cant help someone who wont admit to a problem
Among the frum in Borough Park is there an substantial population of women that do not cover their arms? </em >
Probably not anymore as most of the non-charedim have left.
I have never been there, but who attends the Young Israel/Temple Emmunel of Borough Park?
Of course it tastes better, but when there are 8 kids including some big hungry teenagers and 2 adults, thats alot of Matza. People spend over $1000 on Matza along. Cutting those costs in half can mean alot to alot of people.
At least in the US except for maybe Williamsburg and Kiryat Joel, there is no monolithic community. Even in Borough Park there are many types of Chassidim and Yeshivish people. Certainly in Flatbush and elsewhere.
The term “community standards” would not apply and Im not even sure it would in Williamsburg either as I think there are others who live there as well.
I see more and more people only eating the Hand Made Shumrah for the entire 8 days. That stuff is at least $10 a Lbs
you only need to eat Shumrah for the Sedar, its a chumra otherwise, but even if you want to eat Shumra the entire pesach, there is machine shumra which at least 1/2 the price and it can be used for the Seder too.
Sometimes in life you pick your battles
Most people arent dressing up as a knight. Most either dress up as something from the Megilla or a Pop Culture icon Like Superman, power Rangers or disney princess, these costumes appeal to very few people.
If you are going to say there is a cross, why not ban the Greek Cross , otherwise known as the Plus Sign or the St Andrews Cross otherwise known as an “X”
There is a differnce between Chalov Stam and Chazar.
The Shatark part of my family Will eat the homes of non-chalov yisroel members (assuming they are given Chalov Yisroel) They are quite yeshivish
I am sure those who disagree with Rav Moshe dont say that Chalav Stam is Trief
You just mentioned about heating up Pork for a non-religious jew and you didnt know what to do.
I am not sure how you got into that situation (since I dont know your job desricption)
Reread the story before this goes off topic. It did not mention heating food.
When you work in an enviornment with non-jews and non religious jews, you have to be very careful not only how you act and speak , but also how you respect others. I am not saying this from a Halachic point of view, but from someone who has usually (but not always) worked with non-relgious and non jews.
You will meet all kinds of people and some do things you dont like, or even against he torah. Dont preach unless the person wants you too. An unwanted rebuke does more harm than good. A simple example is a co-worker is a toeivah jew.
If you cannot work in such an enviroment, it might be best to look elesewhere
There is an old saying
there are Lies and Statistics
You can make statistics say anything to support your position
I am not retracting anything.
there is a well known bulletin board website where people sell things , and there is a personal ad section as well, search for the word frum on it.
If you are happy in your life you are not seeking satisfaction elsewhere. I stand by 100%
Some here are symptons of many things, however none of them are in my personal life
I love to interact with friends like Nisht.
If someone is happy in their life and marriage, they are not looking elsewhere for satisfaction
Its easy to put the blame on facebook, the internet, Tzinut, etc for things, Its takes the blame off more fundamental problems that are the real cause.
These are just the symptons
What about the mixed shmorgs at all the litvishe weddings lets start there!
Not all Litvish Shmogs are mixed. Ive been to plenty when it wasnt
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A solar year is NOT 365 days
Its 365 Days 5 Hours 49 Mins 1 Sec,
The extra is why we have a Leap Year (Feb 29) and why the Jullian Calender was off, Its not exactly a 1/4 of a day extra. Its a bit less
Jews were subserviant in Eastern Europe and basically did what the masters said, and the Nazis still came.
Jews were subserviant in Arab countries and there were still pogroms
ZD, no they’re not putting in pig’s milk on the farm. I am no nearly as confident that they don’t switch to non CY milk, though.
Chalav Stam is not trief like Pigs Milk
BTW I think on of the reasons regular Milk is ok, is because its not Chalav Akum, but rather Chalov Machine.
I dont think even in Chalav Yisroel does a jew milk the cow, Its probably the same machine in the same dairy farm (Likely a special run where someone just watches the process)
ZD, it is indeed unlikely that milk from any other animal is mixed in. The issue, though, revolves around understanding the nature of the gezeiras Chaza”l, which still applies despite the stated reason no longer applying.
People here arent debating if their Rav says the Gezera applies or not, they are giving scare tactics about Dunkin Donuts mixing milk or milking a pig on a dairy farm.
yehudayona – While in Saudi Arabia and other countries they do. I remember reading about this Frum chaplain that almost added the milk -thinking it was Cow’s milk to his coffee. In the nick of time he found out that it’s camel’s milk, but they pass it off as cow’s milk – so the american soldiers will drink it.
Thats was Saudi Arabia, not the United States, its not clear to me If you can drink Chalov Stam anywhere else except the US and Canada. I havent even gotten a straight answer about it in Western Europe (England for example)
You need to go to a Dairy farm and see how cows are actually milked. You will realize its almost impossible for anyone to mix milks there.
It isnt like the worker in Dunkin Donuts switching milk containers.
You must think that a milk maid sits under the cow and milks it, If that was done then it would be possible to mix it up. But thats not how its done.
You cant lie and hide something, there is no easy way to put anything in it. The Milk is basically unexposed to the air until you pour it out of the Milk Carton. Its all done by machine.
A Machine Milks the cows, The Milk is put in a large vat where its pasterized and Homegized. The milk is then pumped into a large truck (That looks like an oil truck) and trucked to the packaging factory, The milk is then pumped out of the truck into the packaging machine where the milk is poured into the Milk Cartons,
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You probably have never seen a Milk farm before. You actually cannot easily mix pigs and cows milk there.
Nobody milks cows by hand anymore, they heard the cows into a milking barn , attach some apparatus to the utters and some machines milks like 10-15 cows at once. Technically its not Chalov Yisrol or Chalov ASkum, Its Chalov Machine.
The milking apparatus only fits a cow utter, it doesnt fit a pigs utters (Or any other animal) . Its all automated today
Many jews hated anti-semitism, thats why the left for the US as soon as they could. Many joined the Haskallah, The Bund (secular socialists) was the largest political party in Pre-war Poland. Most of the early Bolshevicks were jewish.
Does that mean that Birchas Hachama (every 27 years) is off?
Yes
Charaidim don’t consider themselves “citizens” of Israel. Most of them (even those who take money) would be just as happy if the Arabs took over, as long as there would not be a subsequent massacre.
I think most chardim even in the US would prefer to live in a place where there was overt Anti-Semitism and discrimination as long as nobody was killed.
The First Lubavicher Rebbe when Napoleon was conquering the Europe started to give the jews freedom and liberty. The Alter Rebbe went against Napoleon (and was jailed and had to flee) because he felt freedom and liberty was bad for the jews.
The first day of Spring (According to the Jewish Calender) is Tekufat Nissan , which is April 4. Pesach must be in the Spring, however in this year Peseach occurs before Tekufat Nissan
Its not excactly 19 years because of Secular Leap Days.
Also the Jewish Calender is slightly off.
The Earth Revolved around the Sun in 365 Days 5 Hours 49 Mins
The Jewish Calender assumes the Rotation is 365 Days 5 Hours 55 Mins.
Which adds about 5 Mins to every year , Over 1700 years its about a week off
No more summer camp for most.
The School year is being expanded longer and longer, many times into July now. It also starts earlier in August. So there is no time for camp anymore.
Summer vacation is now about 4-6 weeks
I saw the text of the sign
There is no way there is any merit to the case
It says
Dress Code for the Store
No Shorts
No Barefoot
No Sleeveless
No Low Cut Neckline
Allowed in the Store
It also has the rules in Spanish
I cant even see how this is aimed at women
“Mammele” who said “Williamsburg fanatics out to convert the world.” — NO, they wish to be left alone. They don’t insist that that men wear long pants or that women conceal the “cleavage” – they only don’t want to look at it. The only hasidic group that is out to “convert” anybody is Chabad and maybe Breslov (the ones with the dead rebbes).
I took Mammele statement to be sacarstic
Good question, Where is the line drawn
Is the line drawn at a woman wearing a Sheital , A hat, Long sleeves, , A skirt down to the floor, , stockings and flats
Or is it of for a woman (who is not religious) to wear moms Jeans, a short sleeve shirt (not a tank top) and normal hair