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They give BA for science and Math. I have a BA in a Science
The curriculum for a BA is pure shtisim. Saying this from personal experience.
As someone with 2 BA’s , It is very unhelpful when people say that and then people cannot get decent jobs.
My minhag is not to eat Matza after the 23rd of Nissan
Alot of the hotels that are offered are not really such exotic locale. NJ isnt exactly on my list of places I want to go. People who go to Hotels locals to NYC are not going for a fancy vacation, they are going to avoid cooking and cleaning
Do you accept guests from people on the Internet for Pesach?
Im going to your house
Just for the record, I am not going to a hotel for Pesach and have never gone to a hotel for Pesach
I actually think more people would spend Succos at hotels too if it weren’t for one teeny little detail: you have to eat in a sukkah on Sukkos.
The Hotels could easily build a succah, many already have outdoor gazeebos and could turn them into succahs.
In fact in Brooklyn or Manhattan for many eating in a succah is actually not so easy as they live in Apartments and there arent open spaces to put them
(Some put them on balconies or Roofs if they are allowed) and in Williamsburg Ive seen them on the Sidewalk, but for many a Succah is not really possible
Pesach hotel vacations are a consequence of our descent into rampant gashmius.
While some people do go away for Succahs, its not as a massive scale as Pesach. its because Peseach has become too hard to make at home for many
The Hotels are a unintended consequence of the massive OCD on pesach
people just decide with all the cleaning and cooking and being overworked, its just easier to pay to go to a hotel. Perhaps if the OCD on preparing for pesach was loosend a bit, less people would go to a hotel
I know plenty of people who never went to college, They have trouble supporting their families and if it wasnt for tzdekah and government programs they would probably starve on the street
ZD: How do you know any asked a shaila? Just because they did it, doesn’t make it right.
I do know people who did ask a related shailas and they were allowed. These psaks were not given publically.
Sometimes there are different psaks for different circumstances
I dont have a source, but I have seen it done by frum people.
I dont know if all asked a Shailah, but Im sure some did
I think we can agree that inviting a non-jewish male spouse is not the same case as inviting an average non-jew who might be your friend and its not the same as a home health care aid whom you might need to feed in order to get them to take care of your eldery parent
Think about which religion you want to be mekarev them to, and whether your actions are consistent with that religion.
So in other words if you have a family of 4. 2 parents and 2 children and the only non jew is the father, it is not consistant to try to mekarav the 3 jewish members.
You dont think chabad deals with this all the time especially in places where there are many non relgious jews many are intermarried?
The Shulchan Aruch (512:1) rules that one may not invite a gentile to one’s home for a Yom Tov meal. Although Halacha allows cooking on Yom Tov, one may cook on Yom Tov only for Jews; it is forbidden to cook food on Yom Tov for gentiles. The Sages therefore forbade inviting a gentile to one’s home for a Yom Tov meal, as he might then prepare food for him in violation of Halacha. Whoever says otherwise is arguing on the Shulchan Aruch.
What if there is a mixed couple and the wife is jewish and the Kids are jewish. You want to try to mekarev them, but the only way you will get them to come is also invite the non-jewish husband.
There are people especially older ones who might have trouble reading smaller print.
Large Print books are someone scarce so Audio books are a solution for those people
Since you only really need to give 2 gifts to one person. make that one different things and send everyone else A bottle of Johnny Walker and Absolute and everyone will be happy
What is the law for someone who steals financially by using someone else’s American airlines card or Costco card to save himself money? Both pure corruption and stealing. Your Costco card includes you, your spouse and your single children.
I dont know what the law is, but I do know that Costco can cancel your account if they catch you using their membership against the rules that they decide
Biala merged with Chortkov
It is not a crime to Jaywalk, its a Petty Offense meaning they can fine you but thats all and it doesnt go on your record
If you are convicted of fraud, it does go on your rap sheet and stays with you forever unless the president pardons you
Kol Beni Yisroel Ervein Zeh L’Zeh only seems to apply when some refer to Tzniut or Internet or not keeping every Chumra, but when its brought up in relation to dishonestly or stealing from the government, People need to get off their “high horse”
Just a litte clarification for those who need it
ZD, instead of criticizing those that have a Nisayoin of not stealing why not look at yourself and you will discover you have many imperfections just like the rest of us. Work on yourself before trying to perfect others
Kol Bnei Yisroel Erevin Zeh L’Zeh
If Someone had A Nisayon to eat Pork or to watch TV on Shabbos, would you say the same thing?
People who are so obsessed with keeping the Halacha to the technical letter of the law, seem to want to look for every excuse not to obey the financial laws of the United States which are not Anti-Semetic laws and apply to everyone equally, not just jews
So what? that doesn’t make it ok for you to cheat the State of its’ USE TAX!
I dont buy online, I SELL online and I pay income tax on that money.
I find it hilarious that people would even think of comparing buying something online and not paying the sales tax vs stealing millions of dollars from the government
Zahavasdad, I am sure all your Tax Returns are squeaky clean. You do not pay your cleaning lady off the books, report every cash earning to the IRS. , otherwise you wouldn’t be criticizing those that are not straight
Some of us cannot afford a cleaning lady , And I only work for people on the books. Belive it or not, Most jobs pay people on the books.
And even if I did cheat on my taxes, that is not an exuse for anyone else to cheat on their taxes. If 2 people are driving 100 MPH in a 25MPH zone and the cops only catch one of them, you cannot claim as a defense, well the other guy did it
And for the record, both Amazon and Paypal file 1099’s with the IRS
Do you similarly consider going 56 in a 55 zone the same as doing melachah one minute after shkiah on Friday evening?
driving 56 in a 55 IS illegal, however they dont usually give you a ticket for it because they allow for the radar gun to be off a bit or your speedometer to be slightly off.
You could certainly say the same thing for a clock and perhaps your clock is a minute or 2 off and Shikia is not exact (Like you get the Shkia time for NYC (Manhattan) and you live in Brooklyn, there could be a minute or so difference
You might be able to claim losses from madoff on your taxes as losses from a crime
For the record, Pollard was actually a plea deal. There never was a trial in his case.
A traffic violation is not the same as possible embezzlement. A traffic offense is legally called a petty violation, basically there is a fine and thats all and the bar to commit one is quite low, Technically going 56 mph in a 55 zone is breaking the law and there are extenuating circumstances why one might speed, like you were going down a hill and acceleated.
So plea bargining for a petty offense isnt hard to fathom
However you really have to go far to be possibly accused of taking millions of dollars. If you were accused of taking a dollar or two, it would make sense to compare to a traffic violation, but we are not talking about offenses that could occur by accident like stealing a dollar or driving 56 MPH (in a 55 zone). This here is more like going 200 mph in a 30 zone.
Funny those who wag the finger the most suddenly claim we should seek the best in all when the finger is wagged at them
My understanding is that halacha recognizes Bais Din as having jurisdiction even on a dispute between a Jew and a gentile
It doesnt matter if halacha says this or not, There is no way the Government will accept this position. You can get every gadol to agree with you, but the DA will never agree to this and there is nothing you can do about it. And this is not a dispute between a jew and a gentile, Its a case where the government accuses a jew of breaking a law. That was not aimed specifically at jews, Everyone has to obey this same law.
The government doesnt care what the Halacha is for stealing from a non-jewu. I can pretty much gurantee they are not using Choshen Misphat to decide how to punish these people
Part of the philosophy of punishment is not only to make the guilty pay for their crimes, but to deter others from doing similar crimes
They stole from the government, And we do not know who turned them in. Maybe it was just a government audit that discovered it or some reporter.
If someone stole $5 million dollars and the halacha says you have to pay back 4 or 5 times, that is $20 or $25 million dollars. If he doesnt have the money there is no way to pay it back. Even if you sell yourself into slavery, you cannot earn in 6 years $15 million dollars, you can never pay it back
Even if you stole the $5 million and spent the money and you dont have it anymore, you cant work off the money in 6 years
It may be pattur bidinei adam but it might be chayuv on dinei shamayim. If He deserves some form of punishment HASHEM knows how to deal with it.
If you are going to say that, why have any police or jails, since only hashem can mette out punishment. We can live in a lawless society. hashem will take care of it
DY
You can call the police and have the car towed
If he blocks my car for an hour and I am late to go somewhere, but no monetary loss (Ie family Simcha) there really isnt a halchic recouse and even if a Beis din would rule in my favor it would be pointless since the family simcha is long over and no amount of money would get it back.
Halacha punishes theft with a financial penalty. Rav Moshe in Orach Chaim 5-9,11 and Choshen Mishpat 1-8 says you can’t support or have a Jew punished by the secular authorities because they administer a punishment in excess of halacha.
So in other words if a Jew parks and blocks my drive way, I cant do anything since there is no Halacha punishment for blocking my car in my driveway with his car since any punishment is in excess of halacha
Please tell us what Averiah according to the torah Bernie Madoff did. Are you praying for his unjust jailing? he has gotten beat up in Jail and he is an older man. You should protest his unjust jailing?? he could get killed there.
Or are you just in favor of letting “Hemish people” do crimes and get away with it.
When Bernie Madoff did the same people say we should worry about his family after all he was a “Tatty” too and we should pray for him ? (I am not saying I would have done so, but if you are going to ask to pray for jews who did the wrong thing, why stop at residents of Kiryat Joel, How about other jews who did wrong)
Did the same people who say we should not condem, give tochcha to the families of the murdered boys while the parents were sitting Shiva? Was any mercy shown to their families whose “Averiah” was being in the wrong place?
Loving your brother does not mean enabling him, Some times tough love is the best love to give. If your brother was Mechalal Shabbos and went in and out as his pleased in your house and did all sorts of things wrong, would you let him do it or would you give tough love?
This is not new news, it was not broken to the public by the “Mesiras Forward”, its been in the news for some time, Ive already seen it in the larger NYC newspapers a few years ago. The only difference now is they are actually arressting people instead of just reporting the news.
The real Chilil hashem here is not what was done, In every group there are always people who do the wrong thing and nobody can really be responsible for wrong doing by others
The Chilul hashem is the cover up and the denial of the wrong doing. Harboring such people makes everyone else look bad and like they did the same things wrong. People will associate the whole community with these people and assume everyone else are doing the same thing.
It would be better off if you would admit they did wrong and tell those people the same thing you would to someone who had unfiltered internet in their house or drank Chalav Stam and throw them out.
ALL Mitzvahs and Averiahs apply to all yidden equally. Secular, , Reform, Conservative, OO , MO and Hemish people.
There are security cameras everywhere already, you dont need a drone for that. You are being taped on Shabbos already
True, some people feel that as soon as kids are old enough to ride a bike without training wheels, they’re old enough to get married.
People will always bring up extremes to try to disprove a point, Im sure there are some people who will say that you are not mature until you are 50, but thats also a silly comparison. Use your proper judgement and dont use extremes
As far as I’m concerned, if you’re old enough to drive, you’re old enough to get married
every person is differnt, There is no way to make generalizations about anyone, some might mature enough to be married at 18 and some mature later and 24 or more is a better choice
In the regular world people have be accused of gashmuius when it comes to dating and marriage and in many cases its true, but unfornatly in the frum community the same has occured , but for different reasons.
Outsiders have been accused of shallowness for wanting to know about looks or other things, but is this any better or worse than telling an older woman who has trouble walking, not to use a wheelchair in front of certain people as not to damage her grandaughters shidduch chances (This happend to a family member) or hiding disabled siblings as not to damage a shidduch or just caring what challah board someone uses.
There is shallowness and gashnius in any system, it just shows up in different places
Devils Island, French Guadalupe
Where Cpt Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly imprisoned
P.S. I heard that you are not supposed to call cities other than Yerushalayim, Ir Hakodesh.
People need to lighten up, Dont always take things so seriosuly, Making jokes is perfectly fine and healthy. Nobody really thinks Lakewood, Brooklyn, Monsey or anywhere else is really as holy as Jerusalem
nfgo3, of course not. I am sephardic and i am actually looking for chasidish style white or grey rekel for shabbat because Al PI Rabbenu Ha’Ari ZL’s shita you should not wear black on shabbat rather you should wear white (because of the Ari zl’s shita Ben Ish Hai says also the same).
I am not an expert on chassidish clothing, so this is only from what I see around, Chassidish clothing is not monolithic however most wear black not what although Toldos Aharon wears another color (Not sure of Toldos Aharon is considered Chassidish or not) and also the Rebbes of differnt groups sometimes wear a different color