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On a more contemporary basis, I know people who ignored news about Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Sandy and after the Hurricane were in trouble
There is plenty of reason to know about news. Lots of factors are out of your control but you need to know about them and how to react.
Many were really unaware about the Nazis and told people just to stay put when the Nazis came into their towns and villages
St Louis doesnt have the Kedushah of Brooklyn Eir Hakodesh
There is likely more torah in Brooklyn than anywhere else in the world (Maybe even more than Jerusalem)
Actually I think Sephardim usually use the term Chacham, Its really Chacham Ovadiah Yosef not Rav Ovadiah Yosef
WOW
Has your son gone into the Army yet?
Brooklyn
Most are in china, but some arent
Xenia, OH , Xochomilico, Mexico
Xanthi, Greece
There are plenty of Places that begin with the letter “X” go find them
Appomattox, Virginia
The “Smicha” today is not the real smicha .
I dont object to you calling Jerusalem, Yerushalim especially if you use more hebraisms.
Ill admit It can be confusing, I was once trying to get to Antwerp and the train said Anvers. I didnt know that Anvers was the french word for Antwerp
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For those of us who are english speakers, We tend to use Israel over Eretz Yisroel just because thats they way we speak. We also usually say Jerusalem and not Yerushamlim
I am sure most Israelis say Artzoat Hbris and not United States
Nobody has smicha anymore
You can have a decent house, but still want something nicer
You can live in Borough park and want to live on Bedford Ave
If you have alot of money it will change your life.
If you live in an apartment and suddenly win the money, you mean to tell me you arent going to buy a decent house . You are going to buy a decent car as well and you will likley eat alot better as well
If you intended to leave Lakewood, the biggest drawback is the Garden State Parking Lot
I make money selling online on eBay and Amazon.
you go to trade shows and hit the pavement to get products
None were stabbed, but they were prisoners in their own Home
A Jew was also recently Stabbed INSIDE 770.
By America, I don’t mean China town or Harlem, sir. There is no fear or homicides in the heimishe areas.
The Hemish part of Baltimore was on lockdown last year after Protests due to a police shooting
Bloomonsburg was Open land which is not the same as individual houses
A developer tried to buy the land in Blomingsburg and could almost immediatly transform the town by building high density housing.
If a person buys just and individual ready made house it takes alot longer to transform a community as some houses rarely if ever go up for sale
The OU was asked by someone to put a Hechsher on Dog Food. They refused because they felt it would have made a mockery out of Kashrus
I would have changed my phone #
Sometimes people dont sell to the highest bidder, they sell to whom they want to, And do you really think Jews are always willing to overpay for real estate?
As far as other areas refusing to allow religious Jews in, you do know that that it is against the law.
It is against the law for a realtor to discriminate against certain groups
It is NOT against the law for an individual seller to discriminate and refuse to sell or rent to people (As long as you have less than 3 apartments in a building)
If a realtor brings to a seller a legitimate buyer with a legitimate offer, the seller has the right to refuse for any reason
I have spoken to many people in both the modern and Yeshivish world and they really had not heard of Nittel.
The yeshivish people I know certainly do not rip toilet paper or play chess nittel. They learn
Nitul is a chassidic custome. In fact many if not most non-chassidim never ever heard of it until the internet came around and chassdim and former chassdim mentioned it
There are Lies, Darn Lies and Statistics
…………………………………..Mark Twain
Oy R’L I should be cursed winning the Powerball
Bunch of cheapskates, You win a billion and can only spare $10 mullion to Oorah?
And what makes you think they will remain religious in France?
You dont think there isnt assimilation in France?
In general Sephardic “non religious” keep more than Ashkenzaic “non relgious” and tend to respect their gedolim even if they are not relgious themselves, which is not the case with Ashkenanzim. So they will not be as non-relgious as is made out to be in this article. It is easier to be a jew even if Non-relgious in israel than in France. And it is more likley they will be lost in France than in israel. Its much harder to intermarry in Israel than it is in France
Can your parents afford the tutition?
Thank you for translating for us
Most French Jews are Sephardim , not Ashkenazic and would not likely be interested in Ashkenazic charedi schools
There are about 600,000 jews in france and most of them are sephardic. I really doubt the kaliver Rebbe met with 75,000 of them.
Di Tzeitung is a Satmar paper, they are not in favor of people making Aliyah and would write such things
Dont belive everything you read.
What could be however is some people remain relious in a place with anti-semitism as they are reminded they are jewish and when they move to a place where there isnt any anti-semitism they stop being religious.
There is a lottery Kiosk (Might be many, but I saw one) in Meah Sharim and it was manned by a charedi yid.
In the Rebbitzen Kanivesky book, it mentions they won some sort of lottery and used the money to buy a refridgerator
The Kaliver Rebbe was subject to brutal experiments by the Nazis and cannot grow a beard because of it. Most people know this, but there are lots of people who cannot grow a beard for various reasons and they are not broadcast
A grad student earning doctoral degrees usually is required to teach courses or run labs at the university, so they are working. Most Kollel people do not give shiurim or teach at yeshivas younger students
A legitimate use of Public benefits is someone who temporarily lost their job and is in need of temporary support for a limited set period of time (Welfare benefits are limited to 5 years lifetime). Another legitimate need is someone who cannot work (like incapcited people) or someone who works, but is underpaid and cannot find a job to make ends meet.
It is really a shame her that for many when given the economic argument against Kollel, use the argument “Well others do it, we should too” We are an Am Kodash and Or LaGoyim. An Or Lagoyim should not take government benefits when we can work just because its done in the ‘hood that way
There is more than enough to make a minyan with room to spare.
One of them when she was dating was read a shidduch from a guy who could only promise to learn for 10 years because he didnt know the future, she refused and instead married a guy who promised to learn indefinatly
I think many are in kollel for just a year or two. They feel it’s important to start marriage that way to set the tone for a home where Torah is central, but aren’t in it long term. These are the ones who are often (not always) less dedicated and learn fewer hours.
I have quite a few family members in Kollel, they are not in it for a year or to. They are in it for the long haul
Trump, a BILLIONAIRE, openly brags about taking advantage of the system legally for his benefit. But I dont see you complaining about him, only poor kollel families. If they are putting pressure and guilt on individuals for support thats one thing, but dont feel bad for the system. Take your gripes to the politicians and law makers not the poor kollel families.
So L’Havel we should stoop to the level of trump? We are better than that
Is it legitimate to claim government benefits so a person can raise a family while going to grad school?
Just because others are doing something wrong, doesnt mean we should copy them. We should be on a higher level
If one has never worked in one’s life and then suddenly has to get a job, the transition is much more difficult than you think and there arent many jobs you are really qualified for especially ones that pay enough money to support a large family
Not all crimes are the same, the crime of speeding is not the same as fraud. Speeding nets you a slap on the write (A fine) or if a repeater loss of license. Fraud can land you in jail
We are not talking about unwarranted assistance, but rather legally received assistance that you happen to have a problem with simply because the recipients are Jewish and in Kollel.
Government benefits in the US are set up for temporary assistance , not a permanent lifestyle (Although some think its a permanent solution).
And If people (not the frum olim) knew that there were people who refused to work, spent time studying all day and took government benefits for an indefinite period of time, Do you think the majority of Americans would be in favor of their tax money going to this?
Can the Sanhedrin punish someone who committed a murder, but was not given a warning and seen by 2 witnesses
What if I decide one day that Kollel people shouldn’t drive red cars on Interstates, because people who buy red cars must be speeders. Just doesn’t pass the smell test
Look we all know what the real knock on Kollel people is and its about money. The realiity is people need money, they have to pay for housing, Pay for food, utilities and other things to people who really dont care about your learning and have their own expenses and need to earn a living too. It is not worshipping money to realize you need a roof over your head and its not free to get that.
Nobody really knocks people who speed, however you hear alot about people who get unwarranted Food Stamps, Section 8 and other government money.
And I said a Nice car not a car. You posted before about a Honda Odeyseey. That is not a nice car. people need a car to get around. Now if you said a Lexus. Then they Kollel person should not drive a late model lexus and many people can tell the difference between a 2000 Lexus and a 2015 lexus
Of course everyone should be honest. Unfortunatly sometimes excuses are made because of financial situations.
People who work and have decent jobs would not likely be in this situation except if there was some sort of an emergency (Like a medical emergency).
Obviously you dont get my point, A person who is a Kollel person should not just study torah, he should live torah and people should be able to look at them and say What a Kiddush Hashem they are.
When people have to do things to surive to learn in kollel that are bordering the fence between legal and illegal it does not create a kiddish hashem .
A kollel family should not just keep the torah to the letter of the law, they should go above the law and not even come close to the greyish area. They should be examples to the community and the world as a whole.
The ‘Smell good” term was used to describe this greyish area of legal vs illegal
matisyahu had a significant non-jewish following