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If you price something too high on Amazon, they block the item and it takes up to 48 hours to get it re-instated.
While too high is not really defines you probably could get away with listings a tissue box for $20, but not for $200
And what if someone actually does order your box of Kleenex tissues on Shabbos for $30/box?
Nothing
In fact on Amazon you dont even get the money until you ship the item. Its not like the B&H website where they get the money before the item is even shipped
If a buyer doesnt pay, the eBay fees will be waved
There are Frum Pharmacists?
I only thought all Pharmacies were Either rite Aid, Walgreens and Duane Reade. There arent any local Pharmacies anymore
You are allowed to sell “Experiences” on eBay meaning something like batting practice at yankee stadium
This appears to fall into that category. Its not really a Tzdekah so gofundme really wouldnt work as its not really a charity
I applaud the seller for thinking outside the box, To raise funds you need sometimes to think outside the box
The only issues I see are the following
THE SELLER WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO AMICABLY RESOLVE ALL ISSUES TO THE MUTUAL SATISFACTION OF BOTH PARTIES. ANY OUTSTANDING UNRESOLVED ISSUES WILL BE REFERRED TO ARBITRATION OF THE JEWISH COURT OF LAW CHOSEN BY THE SELLER AT THE TIME OF SALE AND ALL DISPUTES WILL BE GOVERNED BY JEWISH RELIGIOUS TORAH LAW.
This is against ebay rules, anytime there is a dispute with an eBay listing you have to go through eBay for resolution. (Its their platform, they have the right to make any rules they want and if you dont like it, dont list there)
This Is also illegal according to eBay rules, You cannot make an open auction and deny a winning bidder, its against the rules (You can make a Pre-approved buyer auction, which is what the seller should have done)
1) TALMUD SPONSORSHIP IS A PART OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE AND THUS UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME BIDDING ON THIS AUCTION IS LIMITED TO THOSE WHO ARE JEWISH BY UNIVERSAL STANDARDS ACCEPTED BY ALL JEWISH COMMUNITIES.
Is also illegal according to eBay rules
LU
In case you didnt know, online selling is how I make my parnassah so i am VERY familiar with the process and the Halachas. Ive had people ask me how it works
LU
Joseph compared a Brick and Mortar store to an online store, they are not the same. By his comment , he has no clue how online selling works
And Like I said there are plenty who say because there is no Kinyan it is not a Halachic Sale
If you use Fufillment by Amazon, you cant close it
Its not the same as a corner store
The only way to close it , is to get your stuff back which takes about 2-3 weeks.
And BTW there are other Psaks that it is not a Halachic sale since a Kinyon didnt actually take place. Espcially on Amazon where you dont even get the money until you ship the item
We didnt have large divorce rates until about the 1960’s when no-fault divorce became legal. No-fault divorce was the biggest reason why divorces have increased
Intermarriage increased when it became not only socially acceptable for a NON JEW to marry a jew, in many cases its seen as even desirable among non jewish women to get a jewish husband.
Look at both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both gave their blessings when their daughters married jewish men. That would not have happend 100 years ago, both daughters would have been disowned
He was defiantly equating the internet with intermarriage and divorce
Facebook tumah website has brought millionS of yidden to divorces & intermarriage R”L
People were getting intermarried and divorced before there was an internet
I dont know anyone who goes on vacation once a Month, Some people I know go twice a year (Once in Summer and once in Winter)
And if it is an Averiah to eat Sushi over some minced Fish dish that claims its edible , Ill gladly be a rasha
And Imported or California wine is much better than NY Wine..Too bad I cant afford the better Italian stuff (Id drink the whole bottle every week)
LU
If you are going to make a statement about a business, at least know all the details
B&H runs their own website so they can shut it off for 25 hours. Not everyone who makes money selling online has their own website and is a “slave” to the rules of the websites they are selling from.
While it can be done to run an online business from your own website, not everyone can do it and therefore must use Amazon and eBay and on Amazon and ebay you are subject to their rules and operation of the website (If you Fufill the items yourself you can put your store on vacation, however if you let Amazon Fufill you cannot put store on vacation)
And I bet if people spoke to Rav Wolfson, he would mention B&H and that they do it, It is not the same as using Amazon or eBay.
And BTW Amazon doesnt even give you the money until you ship the item, The Payment system is different than if you use your own website like B&H. Ebay uses paypal which puts the money in an escrow account and can take it back at will
Rav Wolfson said: A yid that believes that hashem can give him Parnassah is 6 days , does not need to have his online business running for 7 days.
He also doesnt totally understand how it works by that statement, you cannot turn off Amazon Fufillment for 25 hours, Which is how the real money is made on Amazon
While some people like B&H run their own website, most people use Amazon, ebay and Wal-Mart which work differently
Please tell us how there is a Yetzah Harah for “Food”
There is no Averiah to eat Kosher food
Joseph, have you ever been on a date?
A real Or lagoyim doesnt Troll
Someone with a jewish Mother or who converted halachically
I went to a secular college
I rarely had classes on Fridays and if I did it ended by noon
never had any finals on Fridays
I never had any assignments due friday night, If there was a class on Yom Tov, the professors gave you an excused abensence and never assingned any exams for that day
As far as Non-Jews. there are non-jews everywhere. If you go out and get a job you will likely work with non-jews.Deal with it. Better to learn to deal with it in College than call your boss a stupid goy
Why is it any of our business what goes into the day to day running of a gadol’s household?
The gadol did not sign up to be a rock star. If we respect him as a person, we can respect his privacy.
You should learn Gemeroah Brachot
yes and no
Yes that they have life experience
However
Older people can get jaded meaning they might not be open to new ideas especially when they are nessasary.
The Americans Liberated Buchenwald
The British Liberated Bergen Belsen
The Red Army Liberated Auschwitz
There were thousands of jews who fought with the US armed forces in the liberation of Europe. Im sure you heard of lieutenant Birnbaum
And when that wicked Supreme Court permitted burning an American flag, and saying you can not make a law against it, it was a desecration of America.
The Supreme Court did not permit anything,It was the Constitution that did.
Mixing up Chumras and Halchas can be a major error
Telling someone or insinuating that a chumra is a halacha is very dangerous. If the person finds out that you lied to them, they will question other things as well
There is no such thing as taking back anything on the internet, Someone saved it and has it somewhere
I am not a fashion expert, but I know goth when I see it
Its a whole look, wearing black doesnt make you goth, the clothes are a certain syle. They just look differnet.
ive seen women with black nail polish who were clearly not goth, Usually if a male has black nailpolish he is goth
Black Nail polish is not really the gothic look, Its black Lipstick and black all around , black clothing, but a certain type of black clothing and black hair (You can tell dyed black hair versus natural black hair)
when you see a goth, you know it
The problem with lakewood is not crime, but rather traffic fatalities. there are plenty of parts of Lakewood with no sidewalks and no traffic lights so people are forced to walk Friday night on the streets and some are unfortunatly hit by cars.
I saw somewhere it was recommended people were some sort of reflective coats to help drivers see them, but when I go there I dont see anyone wear them
Joseph
Since all jews are mishpacha, it is only proper that you give your relative a gift that will enhance my Chankah. A new Lexus will greatly enhance my simchas Yom tov and I am giving you the Zchus of enganging the Mitzvah of simchas Yom tov by letting you get me a Brand new Lexus
If you get such questions, try to minimize the answers
I sometimes get such questions and if I cant dodge the question, I answer as minimally as possible
I am going on a limb here and dont think you should give up friends from before, but others here will disagree with me
in general its best not to get into theological discussions with people who are anti-religious.
The train schedule is why standard time was created, but there are other reasons
People have conference calls all the time. And they the call is schedualed for Noon Eastern Time. You need to be exact to know what Noon eastern time is.
Halachic Noon is different in Los Angeles than it is in NY
Halachic Chatzot varies signficantly between Boston and Detroit
B&H uses its own website, if you do things via another website like Amazon, Wal-Mart of eBay it works differently you have less control
If you use Amazon fulfillment there is no way to shut it down for shabbos
The Shaah Zmanios doesnt work for modern societies because Halachic Noon is differnet in NYC than it is a Philadelphia and things like trains need to have a standard time so noon means the same thing in NYC and Philadephia so there is no confusion
Its not a big deal if the time for Shabbos is slightly differnet for both cities, but it is a big deal if a train is supposed to arrive at noon, you need to know what noon means
The more I read posts, the less I wonder why some marriages are ended
Standard time wasnt really a nessasity until people started travelling long distances in short periods of time.
Standard time zones are a relatively new idea
It used to be that noon was when the sun was at its greatest, however once railsroads came and ran on a time table, you needed standardized time to run the trains properly without causing accidents, It was the railroads that caused the creation of standardized time
People werent nessasarily happily married in the olden days either
Another factor is people are living longer. The average lifespan until about 1900 was 43. Most people live past that. meaning there is more time to get divroced (You would be surprised how many people married 20 years or more get divorced)
Alaska is actually 5 times zones, but the most of the state is in Alaska time (GMT +10 Hours)
A small section of it is in the Pacific time zone
Alot of issues that were overlooked in the past are now not tolerated.
Women who were abused physically or mentally just took it in the past because they had no way out, today its not tolerated
Lenny
Ok so you dont have to give your wife a divorce
BUT
Your wife doesnt have to cook for you, clean for you, talk to you or even be in the same room or house with you
Alaska and Hawaii are in the same longetudal areas
Alaska time zone and hawaiian time zone are the same 5 hours behind NY and 10 hours behind London
takahmamash
As I understand it
There are lines of longetude imaginary vertically line over the earth, they somewhat correspond with time zones (although not exactly) the starting time zone accepted by the world is Grenwich mean time which is zero longetude and that is in London. The international date line is supposed to be 180 degrees from London (Its approximatly with some zig zagging because some places wanted to be in a certain time zone like the Aleutian islands of Alaska , some are past 180 Degrees but wanted to be part of the rest of Alaska)
Some Poskim hold that London is NOT where the time zones should start, but rather Jerusalem is where it should start. If you move Greenwich mean time from London to Jerusalem which is east then the international date line moves east as well and the 180 degree point is west of Hawaii and Alaska which now it is east
I never understood tht until I heard the following: Souls in Gehinom get a reprieve for Shabbat. Their reprieve lasts until the last shul says havdalah.
Shabbos basically lasts 48 hours somewhere on the globe, If you start Shabbos in New Zealand which is about 20 hours ahead of NY and end Shabbos in Hawaii which is 5 hours past NY the total time is about 48 hours
There is still a Machlokes when Shabbos is for some places
Alaska, hawaii , Japan and a few other places are in areas where Shabbos is a doubt
In previous generations food was scarce and many people fasted during the week at least 1 or 2 days and shabbos was the only day they ate, not that they ate so well, but they ate decently.
Today we eat well during the week and then we pig out on shabbos. And tradional shabbos foods are fattening full of oils and other unhealthy stuff and today not only do we eat 3 meals on shabbos, many times we eat 4 meals (Some Shul kiddushes are themselves large feasts) While some will condem me for this, if I know there is a large kiddush in shul, we dont really eat lunch at home, Its just too much food
I have never been a victim of a crime anywhere except for Paris, France
I do not feel unsafe in NY, Its very safe now. I didnt feel unsafe in Israel either for the most part (I was in the old city at night and was a little at uneast, but it could have been me not the real situation)
The point only was Crime might be more of an issue in the US, but terrorism is more of an issue in Israel. Traffic accidents are an issue in both places