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In general in more MO shuls, the board of directors controls the shul, not the Rabbi. He is an employee. Most charedi shul (NOT all) the shul is a shteibel type where its the rabbi’s shul and he has more control.
Honestly I dont think any charedi rabbi would refuse membership to someone who didnt keep halacha, unless they were blatant about it (Like driving to shul on shabbos and parking in front of the shul) If someone was known not to be as religious as others, outside the shul, but not blatantly, I think most charedi rabbis would let it go, or gently try to get them to keep more.
Beating up people for Gets, in the USA , Is a Chilul Hashem. Its one thing if its quiet and nobody knows about it, but when it goes to the mainstream press, it is a BIG problem
anyone can google stuff nowadays, better they hear it from you, than from googling
Emergency lights is actually the law for shuls. If a shul doesnt have one, go to another one.
Where do you think the Gedolim get their news from?
Do you think they turn on their laptop on go to YWN for the latest news story?
Do you think they turn on the Radio to 1010 wins and get the news or turn on Fox News to get the news?
Do you think they read the New York Times Daily for the news?
No they get the news from the Askanim , who “tell” then what is going on
I do find it fascinting with the frequent news stories in the mainstream media of Get Refusal and the tremoundus Chilul hashem such articles cause, the more charedim, dont dont anything and dont seem to care
They cannot enforce anything, however the Rabbis who perform the weddings can tell the people that they will not perform the wedding without the pre-nuptuals. If the people seek a civil marriage or “living in Sin” there is nothing the Rabbi can do.
The RCA cannot force dress codes on their communities.
Kiddiushin and Get isnt the problem by itself. The problem is the Torah and Chazal put safe guards into the get that would have avoided using the get as a weapon. However in the US in 2016, these safeguards are not availble. Its against the law to beat someone up and even community pressure doesnt always work as in a case I heard of where the man civially divorced his wife and then married a non-jew (Meaning he doesnt consider himself part of the jewish community anymore, so community pressure is non-existant)
Calling a Rav Infallible is really disrepectful for the Rav. When you say or insinuate that a Rav is Infallible, someone who is looking to find a mistake he said, will usually find it without looking very hard. and then others will say the Rav is a phony causing people to disrespect the Gedolim.
better to be honest that gedolim are special people, who are not infallible and do make mistakes and people will respect that. Nobody expects them to be perfect unless they are put on a pedesel as and said they are.
Rather than Tzdekah, you should look into Medicaid or some other kinds of private insurance (Private insurance might not pay). Tzdekahs can only raise so much money especially with costs for mental health could be in the $100’s of thousands of dollars, that is really hard to raise
Satmar and Brisk, like it or not , DO take from the government, just not direct aid.
They use the Police, they use the roads, they use the public transportation and other government services.,
They probably also use Kupat Cholim (Although I dont know this for sure)
In my shul, we do not have a landline and the phones are carried by the doctors.
Jammers have nothing to do with siddurs apps, they will work without internet
Some people dont know the differnce between carrying a phone , turning off the ringer and checking it every 2 minuets. And no not everyone needs to carry it on shabbos, but at least 2 people in every shul (Usually doctors) should have access to one in case of an emergency. Like I said, Ive seen it happen more than once.
And Once it looked really scary. Thankfully one of the doctors was there , and was able to call Hatzolah
They are not legal in Israel either.
And its not true you cant use the phone on shabbos, You can use it for an emergency which I have seen more than once and Hatzoloah had to be called
Not every shul has a landline and even if it does, it might be in a place that is not easy to get to (Like a locked door) or the doorway is blocked for some other reason ie the stabber is right in front of it
Why don’t you ask why Rabbanim don’t speak out against drug dealers, thieves and murderers? Whatever reasons you can come up with, apply here as well.
Most drug dealers, thieves and murderers do not come from their communities and therefore whatever they say really has no effect on them
Yes, the haf Nof Shul had cell phone jammers, it came out in several news sources
If someone is coming into the shul stabbing peple, its not rude to use it
Also unfortunatly there have been incidents in my shuls where Hatzolah needed to be called (A few doctors carry their phones 24/7)
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Pretty much so
They are illegal in most countries
There was a terrorist attack in jerusalem a couple of years ago. I think 4 men were stabbed by the terrorist. It seems the shul emnployed a cell phone jamming device and people could not call for help.
Because people were running for the door, it created a log jam of people trying to get out and it took longer for help to come and the terrorist was able to inflict more damage.
$25,000 sounds like alot, but it really isnt. Especially if their business model was having people hang around and order stuff for hours while watching the football game
People are willing to condem Rav Kook for not seeing that a real torah state does not currently exist in Israel, but how many are willing to condem those who said torah could not exist in the US or Israel? and their unwillingness to see that it could probably helped exaserbate the sitation today. had more yeshivas been built in NY before WW II, and even WW I the yiddishkeite situation would likely be differnet than it is today
Not getting into the issue at hand, (how I wish I had the time I used to… the place here would ROCK, SHAKE & QUAKE!!) he knew what he was talking about.. he had open Nevuah.. it’s not a secret
JMO but it really does give lack of Kavod to the Rav to give him Nevuah. Rav Wasserman was one of the greatest gedolim of the previous generation. However to credit him with Nevuah, leaves him open. It leaves the question open, if he had Nevuah, why didnt he tell people to get away. It causes people to lose emunah chamachim. People will ask if he knew why didnt he tell people and there is no way out.
You obviously missed the point
It has nothing to do with modern, things DID change after the war. Almost every gadol forbid leaving Europe for either the US or Palestine that is not an opinion. They all said one should stay in Europe. That is a fact.
After the war it was impossible to stay in Europe, that is also a fact. Not being modern , It is a fact.
Of the few Gedolim who survived the war including the Satmar Rav who clearly before the war forbid people to leave Europe, even he left forst to Palestine and then settled in the US, which he expressly forbid before.
Of all the Rabbanim who survived the war, how many stayed in Europe after?
Things did change, whether you want to admit it or not. The future of yiddishkeite no longer was in Europe, but in Palestine and the US.
And finally let us not forget communism, most of the jews lived before the war in countries that would become communist and religion would become forbidden there. The jewish community did not get back the Building for Yeshiva Chamei Lublin which was finished in 1930 and closed in 1939 until I think 2004. And it is STILL not totally a yeshiva, its partially a hotel
aliexpress is a part of Alibaba which is a chinese type eBay. Its a way for chinese sellers to sell to the rest of the world
All that i said was that in the 2016 Presidential general election it is assur to vote.
Assur according to whom?
Please name some Rabbanim who claim its assur to vote in the US
Actually the anti-zionism comes from the Muncatcher Rebbe. His son actually left Muncatch after the war because he felt zionism was the only answer after the war.
It is foolish to quote Rav Elchanon Wasserman. While its true before the war he was against Zionism, and he was against going to the US as well, we do not know what he would have said in 1945 had he lived and staying in Europe was not a possibility anymore
I belive Aliexpress is a chinese company and most of the sellers are in China who might not be aware of the symbolism
Which is a worse Averiah watching the football game while drinking beer or telling someone else Lashon Harah that someone did it
The problem with the Satmar Rebbe’s postion was he felt a jew should not leave Europe, however the war changed that reality and the jews who were left could not stay in Europe anymore.
He also banned going to the USA and of course he changed his position
Besides being creepy, taking photographs of people entering an establishment and passing the pictures around might very well be Loshon Harah and therefore against halacha
Rav Shteinman may have been in favor of the army at some point
Most gedolim rarely leave the Beis Medrash, they dont read the news and dont really know what is going on unless Askanim tell them.
They probably dont know about this as the Askanim dont tell them
Nobody forces anyone to go to any establishment. if a McDonalds opened up on Route 59, nboody would go and it wouldnt be a boycott either.
If nobody would go to this sports bar, it would close up and no need for a boycott
I dont live in the 5 towns, but I do know there was a dispute with a place and the Vaad. Im not exactly sure what the dispute was about, but it did seem clear it wasnt about Kashruth, but more likely about money.
There was also a dispute there about some wanted the vaad to put on the store that the owners were not Shomer Shabbos (The store was closed on Shabbos and had a Hashgacha, but the owners were not religious). That dispute almost split the Vaad
What do you think would have been result if a Sports bar opened in Monsey proper, but not under a Hashgha and open Friday night somewhere along Route 59 near a shul.
And people went near it to protest the opening of an establishment in “Holy Monsey”
Im not sure the leaders can be prosecuted to actions related to adults. However they can be prosecuted for neglegence for children
I stand by my statement, if you dont like the establishment, dont go. It will likely close anyway due to the business model not working
The Kosher stands at the ballparks sell Beer
Ultimately it will be market that will decide if this place should be there or not, not some Kanoim, and likely the market will decide there just isnt enough business. However when Kanoim get involved they make the business more sympathtic and actually hurt their own cause.
Better say nothing and let the business shut by itself, it likely will not re-open , however if Kanoim “close it” someone else might try
Ive been to Europe a number of times and I saw there that many of the Kosher restaurants serve Alchohol much more than they do here. It was a little shocking to see people having a beer with their meal at a restaurant , something I rarely if ever see here.
Even Wine I saw much more common there than here (Wine or Beer depended on country. The Netherlands served Beer, Italy served Wine)
A few years ago Mendy’s opened a Sports bar on the upper west side. It didnt last very long and it wasnt because of Kanoim, the business obviously wasnt there.
I suspect if nobody had said anything about the one in Monsey , it likely would have closed too. People do not go to sports bars on Tuesday night, they go on Friday NIghts and Satudays when there are sports events going on and the Kosher sports bars wouldnt be open.
Jews also tend not to drink alot, even if they drink, they might have 1 beer and at most 2. Many people who go to sports bars might drink 5 or 6 beers
I dont know the exact store or the story, Only what was posted here
But most likely it was the Hasghcha who told them to take them out
The people who are “Boycotting” likely wouldnt go to this place in the first place
There is no constitutional rights to free speech on private property, otherwise someone could walk into a shul and preach that if you dont accept “Him” you are “going somewhere” and claim free speech
Who is making the threats?
Is it the Kashruth agency or just some Kanoim?
The Kashruth agency might have a point, the Kanoim should be arrested for tresspassing and harassment
you can walk on the boardwalk in Atlantic Beach or the Prominade in Rockaway
There are people without Health Insurance. Is it a lack of Bitachon not to have that either?
Better to have insurance than C’V something happens and your spouse and children need help. There is no reason to raise Tzdekah if there is an easy way to solve the problem