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Many jews escaping Europe also went through Antwerp. In fact there is a museum there dedicated to emigration from Europe to the US (The opposite side of Ellis Island)
Do you have a source for yiur reason, and for this chumra that a Yisroel or Levi should keep the dinim of a Kohen?
Should we ban people from marrying divorcees as well?
You can marry a reform or conservative (assuming mother is jewish)
you cant marry a Secular Humanist or Worshipper of Gaia (Unless mother is jewish which is less likely)
Chabad doesnt seem as much concerned with Yichus as others.
Their Rabbinical structure also seems different than other groups, meaning you become a rav when you go out on Shiluchus and start your own chabad house as opposed to others who basically stay put. I am not so familiar with Chabad hirearchy so I cant say for sure, but it does seem that way.
If you ever go to Crown Heights you will see a greater hodge podge of jews from lots of places than almost any where else
Joshua married Rachav who was likely forbidden to Cohenim too
From Wikipedia
[3] Since then, the Jews of Khaybar traveled around many areas throughout the Islamic Empire as artisans and merchants and maintained a distinctive identity until the 12th century.
Im not sure what this has to do with anything though
Have you joined NCSY, they have shabbatons in alot of places
You are probably quoting the King James version of the Bible. Im not sure they have the same holiness as a Hebrew quote
They are accepted everywhere. Its marrying them and changing the color of your children to a different color from the old country that is what many people dont wish to do.
Chabad not only accepts them into the community , they marry them
You can find more jews of color in Crown Heights and Lincoln Square Synagouge.
They tend to be more accepted there
Most people from differnet backround who get married work out their differneces its just takes compromise. If you are willing to work things out a marriage to a Satmar or a convert will work out fine. However if you are not willing to work out compromises neither will work
I am sure many would not have let their sons marry Ruth or Naama
The critera for marriage should be more than just Yichus.
There is usually a contract that forces you to take the chometz back or there are penalties
In non-traditional shidduch dating like at singles events where singles meet directly , Its more like a convert will be able to meet someone than from a SHadchan (Unfortunatly)
Unfortunalty many would not date a convert of any kind, even if they were of caucasian.
Id recommend she move to israel. it seems there they are more open to such dating than here in the US
You need to put your songs on some sites (I dont think itunes takes everyone, but other sites do)
and then PROMOTE PROMOTE PROMOTE and get people to download your song
Be aware the market for jewish music is small and most of the money is made on the “simcha Circuit” meaning weddings and Bar Mitzvahs etc.
The only musician who really made it from the jewish music was Matisyahu. People like Avrham Fried makes his money from the simcha circut, not his CD’s
I heard people were running to the Pizza stores too. Alas the ones here were not open and you have to wait until today to get the Pizza.
Only a few pizza stores were open last night I think mostly in Manhattan
” I am truly sad that Pesach is over.
We rushed to get Dunkin Donuts last night.
I’ll note that you haven’t yet answered my simple question: do you think the people who have a minhag to eat gebrokts should abandon their minhag?
If a minhag is done without affecting other, Gezen De-Heh eat all the non-gebroachs you want. However if you are affecting others, maybe you should re-think
And just an added fact, many people took upon themselves the minhag/chumra of not eating Gebrachs very recently (After WW II). Many people became more frum than their parents etc and took this upon themselves so its not like other minhagim
You proved nothing, You just proved you had a differnt opinion than me and saw a differnt outcome and that you saw things differently
I have never given up on my opiinon, however there comes a time where arguments go in circles and its pointless to continue any further. Nobody is going to change their minds
but if in-laws are so selfish that they won’t accommodate their children’s minhag
Why do you assume the in-laws are the ones who must do the accomodation. Maybe the children are the ones who should do the accomodating
It also helps this website is moderated, as there is one individual who i would have a very differnet reaction to if it was un-moderated or would simply block if there was an option here to do that
SY
I am aware this is the internet and trolling each other is part of the game. It actually doesnt bother me
we should all be buying only Empire/OU chicken, or maybe Nathan’s or whatever because all our chumros regarding hidurim in Kashrus for chicken are driving up the cost for other’s that can’t afford it –as the Kosher market isn’t all that big. And if we all patronized the cheaper brands they would have a larger market share and could presumably lower their prices even further.
I couldnt have said it better myself. Cheaper prices mean more people will be able to keep the halachas.
Truth is, I don’t think anybody else here believes that the keeping gebrokts is affecting anybody else in any discernible way.
And that is really sad. That people think they dont live in a vaccuum and that their actions do not affect other people
Its one thing of someone has a personal minhag that doesnt affect anyone else Its quite another if your minhag or chumra does affect others especially if it might have negative consequences on others.
I will repeat the following story. There was a woman on line at the grocery store for pesach and she had a bunch of items. She clearly wasnt well off. One of the items was bounty paper towels (or similar non jewish brand, I forgot) SHe then remembered that the Blumenkrantz book said not to use these towels because the glue on the cardboard roll was kitniyot. She then proceeded to return the bounty paper towels and get a Kasher L-Pesach paper towels and because it was more money had to put back some food all to keep a chumra.
Not everyone knows how to bake. Most people probably dont
Be careful any story about a Gadol, you never know if they are true or not even if the reporter claims they are
The Potato Starch ones were Oberlander, The Gebrachs I forgot. Each was about 12 oz. The Gebrachs came in a bag not a box. They were chocolate chip cookies
A quick check as I just got back from the store
the Potato starch cookies costed $9.99, the Geborachs cookies costed $3.99 each
and in case you were curious, the Quinoa sushi started at $8.50 each
And If I see something obvious;y wrong, you look or if its something questionable you also look. THe common stuff that you know, is something else. Most things I know its like anything else you go to the store enough, you know what to look for.
If you would shop and purchased similar items on a normal basis, you know the Hashsghcas without even looking (I dont need to look at a coke bottle for a Hashghca) , yes Pesach stuff is different than regular stuff, but I usually try to get stuff I am familiar with and brands that I know so its not as hard as you think
I have no obligation to lower the prices for your Chumra, especially if I dont belive in it. I didnt call it silly or mock it in any way. I just I didnt belive in it and refuse to support it in any way . You need to prove to me to support your Chumra, not the other way around
And I never said I was upset I saw the Matza bags, I was just commenting that I though it was nonsense that such a product exists especially when one can bu Zip Lock bags for cheaper if you belive in such a chumra
I can tell you what not to do
DONT GET ANGRY and yell
Its likely the person is not religious and maybe is on a journey to frumkite and really meant well. Best to quietly dispose of the cake and explain nicely and calmly why it was wrong
I didnt see anyone purchase the matza bags. I think it was no different than Zip Lock bags except someone called them Matza bags
I rarely shop at regular stores anymore so I didnt see anyone buy chametz on Pesach and If I was driving past such a person walking into the stop and Shop or key food, I wouldnt have known they were jewish
By causing people to purchase more expensive non-gebrachs you are taking food away from poor single mothers with kids money for food to support your chumra. Chumra arent in a vaccuum, Kol Bnei Yisroel Arevim Zeh Lo Zeh and you are causing these people to starve
SY
I would ask your Rav, there might be a heter for you to eat Kitnyot
But seriously, if you honestly expect everyone to follow the most lenient opinion on everything just to give companies an incentive to make better/cheaper food for you, I have nothing left to say to you. We clearly do not share enough common assumptions and attitudes to be able to have a real conversation.
Eating Gebrachs is not a “Lenient Opion” its a chumra for some.
I have as much right to better/cheaper food as someone has the right not to eat Gebrachs
I should have added, the host who has the bocher over, makes all his guests also eat matza from the plastic bag (I get it that it is his house and he has the right to make his own house rules)
I wasnt forced to buy that
I know some older Bochrim who really dont have many places to go especially for Pesach as many people are away.
One of the people he can go to eats Matza from a bag
(We could not have them over as we were not home because we went to family)
The reason pigs arent milk is they are not domesticated like cows and do not like being milked, they are alot more wilder and the udders are alot stiffer than a cows udder making it more difficult to milk.
The only non-kosher animals who is sometimes milked is a camel, but you dont really see that in the US, but you might see it elsewhere
When I was shopping in the store, I saw MATZA BAGS, meaning plastic bags you put the Matza in to eat it
There is also a minhag among some not to eat ANY matza the last 6 days of Pesach for fear of Gebrachs, they only eat it the first 2 days because its a mitzvah
Do you also promise to put your iPad in Shaimos when it becomes unusable? If its full of Torah then it needs to be buried with Shaimos
According to Rav Ovadiah Yosef items stored on a computer are not STAM.
Any Alef you see on a computer is not really an Alef, but a computer representation of an Alef, so there is no need for shamos for computer equipment that might have shaimos stored on it
If I wanted some desserts I had to buy it and there were some other products I bought that were also super expensive because they were potato starch items rather than matzo meal items.
I dont even think my local store even has Matzo meal items anymore, I can only get them if I go to a store out of the neighborhood that is a more general store (Stop and Shop) as I prefer to shop in my local store which has a larger selection, I was forced to buy what they had to sell
Matzo Meal products are cheaper than Potato Starch products
Look at the price of matzo meal cookies and cakes vs the price of Potato Starch cookies and cakes
I paid $8 for a box of 9 Oberlanders cookies which is about double the price of the matzo meal cookies which i can barely even find anymore.
I didnt even attempt to purchase a Potato Starch cake, it was $30
maybe the raw potato starch is cheaper than Matzo meal, but the finished products are defiantly more money
Its one thing if someone keeps a chumra and it doesnt really affect anyone else. However in the Gebrochts case since the market for Passover food is small and short (People dont even want passover food after pesach even at a discount) so companies are forced to make only non-gebroachs items and make every else pay.
While the market for non-gebroachs may only be 20-30% of the passover food market, the market is so small its not really worth ignoring it.
I am forced to pay extra for this chumra no matter what I think of it. You cannot really avoid keeping this chumra even if you choose not too
This might have changed in the last few years, but in the US the major hashghcahs did not give them on Kitiyot as a policy to avoid confusion. So you would never see a O-U P or Star-K P. This might have changed very recently but Im not sure
Ive shopped in both. They do not clearly mark Kitniyot like they do in the US. Nobody checks every package. Its not possible. Ever try shopping with a bunch of screaming kids or the store being so crowded you can barely move
(I am the only driver in the house so I do the food shopping because its easier)
In the US many stores do not carry Kitnyot. I dont think you will find much Kosher for Passover Kitinoyt in Borough Park or Williamsburg.
Stores that do sell it have a big sign over the entire area saying Kiniyot where you cannot miss it.
They do not do this in Israel making it more confusing. Especially when you buy lots of stuff for Pesach, you really cannot check every product otherwise you will never leave the store. The part that says Kiniyot might be in very small print that many cannot easily find or see
Neville, must one be a millionaire to live in Williamsburg, Marine Park, Flatbush, Monsey or Lakewood?
In Brooklyn for sure you need to be a Millionaire unless you want to live in a dumpy basement. Anything decent costs a fortune.
Lakewood is a bit cheaper and people are leaving brooklyn for Lakewood for that reason
DY
In AMERICA its not so difficult to avoid Kitnoyot, Its in Israel that it is a problem