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Ajax Amsterdam has a similar thing, part of their aura is an Israeli flag
Frummer than Thou
Rav Schacter is not the final Arbiter at the OU, He personally thinks its kosher (See Dvrei Harv 192) He says he heard it from Rav Solevichik
Its not so clear Swordfish isnt Kosher, Rav Shechter says it IS kosher
Chaim Witz
Does going into a Hindu Temple in NYC and destroying all the Idols a Kiddush Hashem or a Chilul Hashem?
Neither Lenin or Stalin were jewish however many of the other early Bolshevicks were
Trotsky was Jewish
Zinoviev Was Jewish
Kamenev had a jewish FatherJoseph is under the impression that yeshivas have people who gives millions of dollars a year to the yeshivas, that just isnt true
Nobody who posted here was there and even if you were there, you likely dont know all the facts
ZD, I think everyone says going into the actual sanctuary is a problem, some are meikil on other rooms in the building.
At least once I was at a wedding at one of them with Orthodox Hashghca and the wedding itself was in the sanctuary with seperate seating. if you didnt know beforehand that it was conservative you wouldnt have known it then except for the prayer books that were left in the Pews (They were not used for this wedding)
It is forbidden to even enter a Conservative or Reform temple.
Then how do you explain some conservative temples having Orthodox Minyans or Orthodox Catering under very good hashghcas
And BTW I know of A YESHIVISH Minyan in a conservative temple
Koffee, Not exactly true
Some conservative synagogues have glatt kosher caterers, with excellent Hashghas, so they obviously have Mashgiachs
Also some Conservative synangogues have Orthodox Minyanim with an orthodox rabbi
One needs to be careful spreading these stories of Gedolim, Firstly they might not even be true and even if they are true , they might only apply to the direct people involved (as opposed to everyone) and lastly they might be taken diffrently by different people, Some people might see these as as the greatness of a Gadol and others as a negative in some way
A territory of only learners could not survive. Some people would need to work, Some to be garbage collectors, Policeman utility workers, Farmers. Without some sort of income it would collpase
I know a posek who answers questions every Erev Pesach about parents giving their children some sort of sleeping pill so they will sleep during the day and will be up for the Sedar
There are many reasons why people go OTD, each case is different, but one of the more common causes is Spite or youthful rebellion . If these are the reason , showing unconditional love will usually have better results and you are more likley to getthe results you want if you are patient
Most OTD people didnt leave, they were pushed out. When you push someone out its not so easy to get them back
I am not defending anything here, but you have a problem , the Yeshivas need the tutiton to pay expenses and the parents cannot pay the money. At some point the system is going to collapse unless other sources of funding are found
I do not know the motivations of the father, however I do know there are some people you just dont debate religion with and even if you are correct, you dont want to make this debate over someone with a disability
I hope you got much Nachas
Its likely this article was not aimed at the Charedi community. The people who read this magzine are probably from more modern communites
There are no real statistics done how many people go OTD, nobody really wants to know the answer (Because its probably higher than anyone wants to admit)
Im not totally sure this falls under the same as Loshon Harah
1) Yelp reviews can be written by ANYONE Jews, Non Jews , even people who havent even gone into the place
2) Most real reviews (You can tell which ones are revenge vs which ones are constructive critism) can help the owner. Posting such things as the service took too long might help the owner speed up the service before customers walk out
3) Frankly JMO nobody is entitled to your business, if the food is lousy and the service stinks, other people do need to know about it and should have the same right to avoid
You do not have a Constitutional right to block my access to public property, not my sidewalk, street, shuls, etc.
They cannot block you from entering, but they can protest in front of it. There have been for example protests at peoples houses for various reasons (like get refusal), The Westboto Baptist church once had a protest once in front of Torah Vodass (Without a permit, they dont belive in Permits)
Protesting by making someone elses life misreable rarely works, The other side can have the police, guns riot gear , jails and more, they can make your life miserable. Im sure the protestors are motivated, but if you get thrown in a dark damp dingy jail with minimal food and water for a few months most people will break down, Some wont of course, but many will
You want to get the other side to break down, not your side
When you have a protest, part of the goal is to convience others not part of your group that your cause is correct. This can be a hard thing to do epsecially when you are inconveniencing others.
If you cannot convience outsiders that your cause is correct, your protest has failed and you just become a blocker of traffic making people late to work and conviencing people that your cause is correct is YOUR job, not the people who are on the outside. Nobody said its easy.
Using the block party analogy, Blocking the street for a block party is actualy not so popular anymore, but if you invite people to your party, they might be convienced to change their mind
The protesters in Israel need to learn how to convience outsiders that their cause is correct and that includes not only blocking the streets, but have people on the sidewalks giving and flyers and talking to people why they are correct, going on the TV news or whatever and giving interviews about their cause.
One can learn from the upcoming “parade” this weekend. This “parade” started as a riot at the stonewall inn by a bunch of men dressed as women. Some people attacked cops at the stonewall Inn in NYC, I dont think they were very sympathetic to the rioters in those days, It took decades but those people managed via pr to convience others that they were correct . A good PR helps any protest and thats what the leaders of the Hafganaos in Israel need to learn to do. If a bunch of rioters dressed as woman attacking policeman can win a PR campaign , anyone can. It just takes good PR and patience
Anyone can post on Yelp and its a problem for kosher restaurants as Ive seen reviews of them and some werent fair.Non-Jews can review Some complained about the price, others complained about not being able to get Bacon or about the place being closed Friday night.
Jews do need to post on Yelp otherwise all the reviews will be bad for unfair reasons
I dont know about Israel, but in the US pretty much of you apply to have a protest the government has to give you the permit to march due to free speech issues. If Neo Nazis wanted a permit to march down 13th ave in Borough park, there isnt much the city could do to stop it.
The Westboro Baptist Church doesnt even get permits, they just protest and there isnt much that can be done, most protest groups get the permit in order to be a “good citizen” something the westboro baptist church doesnt care about
You need a permit to have a parade and the government can work around it knowing its happening so emergency vehicles can operate. An protest without a permit cannot allow emergency vehicles to get around as the government doesnt know exactly where it is
What are you waiting for? For Hashem to chase you out of America?
Some people have responsibilities here, like family members who cannot move (ie Elderly parents, divorced parents with shared custody) parnasah issues etc
Jews started moving away from the Shtels around the time of Napoleon when they became emacipated in many countries. Vienna went from a city of about 10,000 jews in 1800 to about 150,000 jews in 1939
The Javits center, MSG or the Barclays is not big enough. Met Life stadium holds almost 90,000 people
Chicago isnt for me, I hate the cold. I can barely stand NYC cold, Chicago cold is unbearable
Jews control the weather…I am not worried about it
Plenty of Litvaks survived the war in Shanghai and the largest group of Holocaust surviviors was people who went east beyond where the German army ever got (Over 1 million jews survived this way)
Chabad might be the largest chassidic group and they are from Galacia, not Oberland
It is very sad that the American Frum Community (or a very large percentage of it) speaks only English, a language foreign to yiddishkeit,
Languages fall into disuse all the time, I mean how many jews Speak Aramaic?
” since most hungrians probably dont speak Yiddish, but rather speak english”
I’m not sure what you mean. Rest assured you will not find a public speech in English in a Satmar, Spink, Viznitz, munkatch etc Shtibel.
Not every Hungarian jew comes from those communites, plenty do not. Technically you could call me Hungarian and none of my family had anything to do with any of those Chassidic groups (That part of my family comes from Romania which is considered Oberlander)
The Chasam Sofer had a halacha that Drashas should only be given in Yiddish
Not all Charedim speak Yiddish, The Yeshivish world is so so on Yiddish.
As far as the Hungarian Takanah, that probably doesnt apply anymore since most hungrians probably dont speak Yiddish, but rather speak english and its not a Hungarians event anyway
The Siyum is a Jewish event, not an Ashkenazic event (even though Daf Yomi started in Lublin) . therefore Sephardim are part of the Simcha and yiddish is not their language
I figure when I am old I am moving to Florida with all the other old jews
We don’t see such artificial divisions among Sephardim. Why not?
has to do with the way Europe evolved in the 18th and 19th century , especially after Napoleon vs the way Sephardic countries were (They didnt change like the European countries did)
As long as the wages are above minimum wages, It legal (It might be very bad employee relations though)
If this had happend to me, I would be looking for another job
BTL is generally worthless in the secular world
In the non-charedi world the lines between Ashkenzim and Sephardim are being erased because they are marrying each other (Marriage between Chaedi Sephardim and Ashkenazsim are much rarer)
Joseph would never move to the Zionist occupied country until Moshiach comes
Each park has one restaurant where they serve Kosher double wrapped Airline food. Ask guest services which one it is
Shulchan Aruch is a Sephardic Sefer, as is the Tur and the Rosh
The Meom Loez, while more popular in English is also a very well known Sefardi Sefer and in most libraries