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I said I saw it elsewhere not just the 5 towns news and I posed more information about the group from the “elsewhere”.
The newsource that first reported it was a secular israeli site (I think). not the 5 towns or the “failled” site
What is the lie or fool
It wasnt just in the 5 towns news.
A charedi group is upset that they are taking control of the Kotel area from them.
The name of the group is Edah Haredit.
I saw the article too.
Reminds me of the following statement, How many people became shomer shabbos because a stone was throne at them
People are assuming OP is talking about Triangle K to say an O-U
What if the OP is talking about the OU and changing it to a CRC or Badatz . Plenty of Charedim dont think the OU is Kosher enough
DY
I first heard about modern Karaties in a book about The founding of Israel. I had heard of them of course in school but thought they disappeared.
In the book it talked about the founding of the state of Israel and how many jews from Sephardic countries wanted to emigrate there. The Karaties came from Sephardic countries and also wanted to emigrate. And the book also discussed other Safek jews like the Bnei Israel and later the Ethiopians. With the law of return the issue of who is a jew is not only a halachic one , but a political one as only jews can immigrate to the state of israel.
The Book said that rabbis at the time decided that Karaties where jewish but the issue of marriage , divorce and manzer was an issue and never answered it (It never mentioned Patralineal decent).
For those who say some dont consider them jewish, there are those who dont consider many AMERICAN jews jewish, especially those that came before WW II. In order to marry in Israel you need to prove you are jewish. Most american jews who came before WW II cannot prove this to easily. Think about it, How do you prove you are jewish, Other than you were told you are, you dont have any other physical proof. Even proving your maternal grandmothers maiden last name sounding jewish hasnt been enough proof (Thats about the best proof most people have)
At least the Russian jews had either a Jewish Star or Zhid stamped in their passports so they had some proof.
Rav Ovadiah Yosef says they are jewish and its permitted to marry them.
The Rambam, Rav Ovadiah Yoseph and Eliahu Bakshi-Doron
They recently opened a Karite Shul near San Francisco. They were ruled jewish, There are about 45,000 today
It amazing some people want to live in a bubble
When you are married there are little things like the toilet seat up or down that can really bug people and there are big issues like Money, kids, and other issues not for this forum.
Some of these issues are solveable and some are more intractable (Money is always the toughest)
To say they dont exist is to live in a vaccuum, you try to make them work and do the best you can.
Not everyone at 18 is ready to get married, Its ok to wait a while until you are more ready.
Dont feel rushed, Take your time
If there was a restaurant that you wanted to go to , and nobody you knew had eaten there
Wouldnt you want to know if it was an overpriced roach motel with Bad food and rude waiters.
People arent reading Yelp reviews because of L’H, they are reading them because they want to eat at the restaurant
PBA, I think its just a generational thin.
Some people are comfortable on the internet sites like Yelp and tripavisor and some are not.
The younger people I know are comfortable with this , but the older not so much
If you saw a person go into a restaurant on Shabbos who you knew was the owner and turned on the light
Later a friend asked you if that resturant was Kosher, would you tell them what you saw or not
Now lets say you were at the same restaurant and you saw roaches on the wall and a friend asked you what you thought of the restaurant.
Is it OK to tell people about the Mechalel Shabbos but not about the Roaches
And FYI on places like Tripadvisor and yelp smart businesses monitor the site for reviews and if there are bad reviews take it as Chizuk (you can usually tell if the gripes are legit or not) and try to do better next time
If someone wanted a New Car and asked you about a certain dealer, That you knew to be a crook or dishonest. Its not Loshon haroh to tell the truth
The same on Yelp , if you know a certain restuarant has bad food and the service is lousy you are allowed to tell someone who asks.
Someone browsing on Yelp is just asking people what they think of the place and just like you tell about the New Car Dealer, you tell about the restaurant with lousy food and lousy service
Keep the snow there and let it be in he 50’s everyday here
From the second cross-currents
There was another blog entry on Cross-Currents by Yitzchok Adlerstein taking a different position. Seems they played both sides of the fence
Read this YWN article regarding the Druckman conversions
It wasnt the Langer case, But some of them had to do with the Russians.
I forgot the Rabbis name, but there was a Rabbi (Orthodox) in Israel who was converting Russians and Rav Elyshiv invalidated all the conversions (It was lot). and put many people in limbo
It wasnt just Chief Rabbi Goren, It was also Rav Elishev.
The issue came before Rav Moshe in a case where it seemed the local Rabbi was pressured to do the conversion and he refused to invalidate the conversion.
While not knowing he specifics of he Langers, In general in previous generations Rabbanim were loath to label people Mamzers even if there was evidence that they were
That’s a Very Good question!
E/o has Taivahs in this world, but most of us Try to control them!
I know someone who married such a person and they had to get divorced. It isnt fair to the wife if her husband is that way. A woman wants to be needed , wanted and attracted by her husband. Why should the wife and possibly children be affected by such a person
When did the period of “Achronim” end? Or are we still in the Achronim period today? If not, what are we in?
Some say the Achronic period ended with WW II and we are now in the Gedolim period.
Rabbinim who were born in Europe (Like Rav Moshe) would still be considered Achronic rather than Gedolic since he was from that generation
5) As a Charedi I will tell you, I have a couple of friends who are Gerim, I do not by any means look down upon C”V, nor do I invalidate any geirut, for anyone who does, is NOT a Charedi Jew! He is going directly against an explicit verse in the Torah! (quite a few actually…)
I think you need to read up on some trends, Geirut has been retroactivly invalidated by some major Gedolim
Actually they dont sing at the Parade , Its piped in music and they Lip Synch
The disney characters like Minnie Mouse are not allowed to talk to the guests
You can go to Disney without seeing the Parade, I saw lots of frum people there including Chassidim (And they were at the Parade)
I stand by my statement you need to ask a Rav.
having a jewish father does not make you jewish, only a jewish mother. You could be baptised but as long as your mother is jewish you are jewish
Just out of curiousity
What was the Shaila about Catsup on Chicken
If one wanted to follow a Chumra , almost nowhere could be considered a “Kosher” vacation except maybe Jerusalem
Kosher food or Minyanim can be sparse in most places and I know people who assur Disney (Kol Isha at the Parade?)
If you order Kosher Food on a cruise, they will give it to you, Its Airline food
So have I
I dont wish that on anyone
One is required to die rather than committ A’Z even inadverant A’Z or something you consider disgusting (Like Baal Peor where you defecate on the idol to worship it)
Just getting out the way for the Dalai Lama could be considered worshipping him
If a Yeshivish person would go into an Amish area and hang with the Amish, Other than the Musctache it might be hard to tell the 2 apart
What about Khaki pants and a normal shirt with a collar and 3 buttons near the neck
There have been plenty of protests by Gedolim about the IDF draft and Metizah B’Peh and cemetaries
You would think defilement of the Kotel area by an Idol would rank in importance as Metizah B’Peh
It was Rabbi David Neiderman president of UJO in Williamsburg that said in Mispacha would said that Poverty was the greatest threat to Satmar
Also census Satisics have labeled Kiryat Joel the poorest city in americs
another issue to publically mock someone whom many consider a great person even if they do not follow his beliefs or belive he is a god
I don’t agree. It is a mitzva to mock avodah zara.
Doing a quick google, it seems the Dalai Lama has been to the Kotel at least twice in 1999 and 2006 (He was probably there before as well, but I couldnt find it) and prayed (With a Kippa no less) at it.
I tried to find if there was any Protest against this by the Rabbanim and I couldnt find any, I am not saying there wasnt a protest only I didnt see an article and Im fairly certain if there was a protest, it would have been published if only in order to make certain people look bad.
Poverty is greatest in Chassidic communities and the head of Satmar said in an article in Mispacha magazine that in his opinion poverty is the greatest threat to Satmar.
When you get married at 18, Your oppourtunities to earn a living enough for 12 kids just isnt there
The children of a jewish mother and non-jewish father are NON Mamzerim.
Halachically a Non-Jewish father is not a father
You need to speak to a RAV , this is not the place for an answer
Thats a very different issue than if the person is a Buddaist for whom I can buy from but for whom I dont have to have the same business dealings and someone else and another issue to publically mock someone whom many consider a great person even if they do not follow his beliefs or belive he is a god
Since the government is paying anyway why not have a private tutor teach the boys in the appropriate school. The Boys school could let him enter and give him a rebbe in a class just for the sons and nobody else
A haircut for the most part doesnt stand out unless you have green hair with a Mohawk.
The Peyos like the Chassidim wear does stand out
I stand slightly corrected on Rav Ovadiah Yosef, I looked at some pictures and it is a Black hat, but its not the same hat worn in Yehsivas. It seems similar to a hat the Famous Rambam Pictures have
OP didnt steal it . It accidently fell into his posession. Also its possible the store owner doesnt want it back either
Today there is no “Jewish Clothing”
If you are chassidish a Streimel and a Becasher would be part of the clothing, If you are Ashkenzic Yeshivish a Black Hat would be part of the dress, if you are Sephardic whatever Rav Ovadiah Yosef wears (I dont think Sephardim wear black, they think its bad luck) I dont know what his hat is called
A serious Halchic discussion and not a troll post would realize the lid probably has little value (Less than a Pruta)
Whatever one thinks of the father, It served no purpose to further humilate them . Humilate the father not the kids