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Kastner was no Zionist, He was a traitor and an opportunist which is why I did not bring him up in regards to the Satmar Rebbe, he only saved the Satmar rebbe because “His train” had only his friends and family and some associates and none of them were relgious, It was more of a crony train, He got alot of flack for this and allowed some frum yidden on the train including the Satmar rebbe.
I did see yesterday one of the Rabbis in the video, however in light of all the negative publicity recently I did not feel it proper to ask him about it
since the Zionists ignored many opportunities to save Jews while the Holocaust was happening
The Holocaust was well known by the anti-zionist leaders of religious Hungarian jewery and they did nothing , they told their followers nothing and did not encourage them to do anything (The Holocaust in Hungary did not begin until 1944 when the attrocoites of Auscwitz was known)
Probably the main reason there are less dropouts from more Charedi communties as opposed to MO communities is because its just harder to leave.
Its not so easy to leave if you cant speak english properly , lack secular education and dont know social norms for the outside world.
The latest genere of OTD books are not from people of MO backrounds, but of former chassidim
This is not advice as much as a question–why does someone go off the derech, except for some dissatisfaction with Yiddishkeit
In general there is a decline in religious belifs in modern society and it affects all relgions not just judaism. The fastest growing religion in the US is no religion.
Be aware that Gateshead is like 400 Miles from London and in a pretty drab area
Hesder guys learn in Yeshiva and go into the army, Popas story could not have happend
Ive been to Europe quite a few times (including the UK) and did not see any anti-semitism and Ive been to most of the big European Cities.
I even saw a T-shirt that said Belgium stands with Israel (This was in Brussels) last summer
Gateshead, Manchester and Golders Green / Hampstead (London)
What closed minded. Do you think KJ Chosid or Joseph would have acted or said any differnetly. I know my relatives would have (and HAVE) answered basically the same thing.
There was a widely reported incident yesterday
A hesder yeshiva guy bumped into a chraedi yeshiva guy in Bet Shemesh and they began to talk, The Yeshiva guy asked if the Hesder guy recognized the protection of the learning does for the state, The hesder guy said he would, but then he asked the yeshiva guy if he recognized the protection the army does for the state (and the yeshivas) . The yeshiva guy walked away.
I hope LF you remember this quote
Zeev Jabotinsky in 1937
I have plenty of Charedi relatives and they say things like there is no difference between the catholic church and the Kennesset. Many disparaging things here have been said about Rav Kook.
When the whole country shuts down to respect the dead, the chreadim continue going on like nothing is happening.
In fact there is a post on the news area about the Israeli Flag flying at Ponovich like it does every Yom Haatzmaut and of course there is a negative comment about it.
ZD: As (I think) Rabbi Galinsky replied to this very observation, they ARE on the front lines – in a different regiment. Their contribution, input to the war / security effort? PRICELESS!! How many korbonos did they protect, safeguard, avoid? Do you know??? How many disasters did they cause to be averted??? Do you know??? Yes, the bnei Yeshivos ARE contributing.. to a different effort, area!! No, you (and no one) wants to risk doing away with that.
How much security did the yeshivas provide against the Nazis. Yes learning is important, but so is also fighting for your right to exist with a gun. Sometimes you have to learn and other times you have to fight.
akuperma
After the Miracle of the 6 day war, the Satmar rebbe said it happend in spite of the zionists.
Rav Yaakov Kammentzky then said that Hashem doesnt need the Satmar Rebbe’s permission to do a miracle
Its easy to send someone elses kids to protect you
Wait til the video for that one comes out, depicting how boring chulent is,
You may find this hard to belive, but not everyone likes Chulent
After the expulsions of 1492 and the Chelminski Massacares the Jews were really begging for a messiah. Someone named Shabbtai Tzvi jumped on these hopes and the rest is history
There are many many halachos about how to tell Loshon Horo which is ltoieles, and “Wall of Shame” is definitely not something the Chofetz Chaim would have approved of. Let that statement suffice.
The Chofetz Chaim would not have approved of abusers either
Although said woman is quite clearly an idiot, I don’t know if there would be enough of a risk of real danger to the child (she did say she’d be back in 15-20 minutes) to permit meira.
But as always, for a real answer #AskARealRovNotAnAnonymousInternetForum
Good grief
And I bet if she wasnt caught and the baby died everyone would be saying how this was a “Message from Hashem to do Tshuva ” or “Increase Tzniut”
If someone was suspected of being an abuser, I assure you that you would want them far far away from your kids and anyone elses kids for that matter.
even if you belive this, and the person is being punished for sins in a previous life, why should the parents, grandparents and siblings be punished as well
You can make one yourself, Hebrew Books.org was just started because someone saw a need.
It probably wouldnt be that difficult as its not a spoken language and you dont need to figure out things like idiomatic expressions , indirect references and other hints and indirect references that a speaker knows, but a computer cannot figure out unless its told directly
It takes a long time to heal from burns and if 3rd degree burns they could be permanantly disfugured (I think they had 3rd degree burns over some of their bodies)
Online college degree arent worth the paper they are printed on, they are not accredited and they are super expensive
I do not wish to say which ones, but its possible for people to figure it out not too difficult. I am not going to go to both of them, just one of them, I dont want to bother both of them with this video
I don’t see the justification for following the leniency. “He is reliable” isn’t enough
If Rav Oelbaum, Rav Steinberg or Rav Nevensaul muttar it, they are reliable (Like I said I dont think Rabbi Mizrachi was endorsing the product)
Not that anyone would belive me, But I have direct access to at least 2 of the Rabbanim who are on this video.
I am going to find out if they really endorse the product of its just fancy video editing (At least one of the people on the video I belive did not endorse the product and was just there via video editing)
This switch blocks something. (If you watch the video) the plastic does nothing except cover something from going across. but the item is still going. That is basically how the Shabbos lamp works, you are blocking something
I saw the video for the switch and it seemed to be working similar to the Kosher Lamp.
Either they have Rabbi Oelbaums endorsement or they is using video editing to make it seem like he is endorsing it.
Is there really a differnce between not wearing buttons or baking this Challah?
I am sure to those Chassidim who dont wear buttons there is a reason for it
if we were to question every aspect of our elders, previous generations before drawing our own (arrogant) conclusion, we’d have no YiddishKite.
You are not destroying yiddishket because you decide to wear a shirt with a button instead of a draw string shirt
If one had a Minhag to use an Outhouse should you keep that?
If one had a Minhag to have a baby sleep in a Draw (instead of a basinet or Crib) should you keep that Minhag
Some have Minhag not to use Buttons and use draw strings for shirts, Should one abandon that minhag?
People dont report people unless they know the victims directly.
While it may be true that in NJ everyone is a mandated reporter, you really would have to know specific information like a doctor for example who sees welts and bruises on a kid. Or a teach who sees similar marks.
Also emaciated kids is another sign the kid might have been abused.
You just dont report someone for being an abusder, you need intimate knowledge
DY
If Daas Torah says the victim is not to belived and the Perp goes free and is moved to another community, would you accept that Daas Torah (Assuming the Perp really is guilty)
There are Anglo names that are also Jewish names
IE Molly , Isodore (Izzy) , Wolf
Besides most peoples last names are jewish even if they are anglosized. Goldstein or Steinberg might be anglosized, but they are clearly jewish.
Someone with the name Christina Goldstein would clearly make you think they might be jewish (or at least have jewish blood in them)
Unfortunatly many Bais Dins have proven themselves either unable or incapable of dealing with abusers
Yeah it was anti-semitism that people complained that people were hanging out at the 9/11 memorial in Haverstraw and treating it like a Jungle Gym
If you are rude and treat your neighbor as a subnhuman, Dont expect them to be so nice to you and if they are rude, Dont call it Anti-Semitism
Its amazing how many chumras and protections one will go to not to eat trief, but are willing to be real Makil when it comes to an Abuser they are “Willing to give them the benefit of the doubt”
If someone was a butcher and “accidently” sold trief meat, would you be so forgiving?
There is no way to say definatly the abuser will never do it again, no matter how much he says so or anyone else says so
Many asians for that reason get anglosized names like “Jimmy” because their real name is unpronouceable to most americans
Pro- Some jewish names are hard to pronounce like Chaya or Chaim for english speakers. Also some jewish names might sound funny in english and have a different meaning (to someone who doesnt speak Hebrew or Yiddish)
But if I was your Posek, I would say you must also have a blacklist filter to stop you being ????. And you should use Adblock, etc., to “Kosher” the
You are not my posek , nor anyone else’s posek for that matter, You cannot make blanket statements on halacha from the internet.
You have no idea what I do exactly for parnassah (except it has to do with commerce on in the internet) you cannot make any statements about adblock. No I dont go to Prizus sites, but I defiantrly need access to sites like youtube and technical forums where people ask and discuss technical questions. No way to white list sites if I dont know what they are
You do not know how many people need to phone for business (which is most people nowadays)
DY
I cant speak for anyone else, but everyone I know unless they are in kollel or manual laborers needs constant connectivity for parnassah. Its just the way of the world. E-mail, Instant messaging, Social Media are ways people do business. I myself have obtained several multi-million accounts via linkedin (Used properly it can help obtain proper contacts)
DY
You missed my point then, In life we can only fight so many battles. We do need to pick and choose which ones to fight. Choosing to fight all battles means we will be tapped out and lose energy . There is not unlimited energy and resources to fight every battle.
Around the time of the Asifa, this website and another one like this who are well known in the frum velt came up by name and I heard from more than one Rav, about it.
Not that is any of your business, but I make my parnassah from the internet and smart phones. I am constantly in need of looking up stuff to see if I should buy or sell and need to answer questions. If you are willing to take over my income then we can talk. And I do have close family members who are poseks and they know exactly what I do for a living and they have no problem with it.
It was an insane comparison, its easy to get a smoke detector and it saves lives. And if you dont want a smoke dector, then dont get one. And if your house burns down and people die because they didnt know about the fire, dont blame anyone but yourself.
And if you are so against smart phones, why are you here? I have heard specifically from some poskim not to visit this very website (they have mentioned it by name).
I am saying its best to put your efforts in battles that you will either win a real victory or a moral victory.
IE for example A decree was that there would be no more get witholding agunahs for money and it was publically declared that anyone witholding a get creating Agunahs for 5-10 years will be punished. Even if the battle fails There will still be a moral victory.
However one could protest CHilul Shabbos ie and not only not get people to stop chilul Shabbos, but they will get hostile and perhaps declare war on you. How many people have become Shomer Shabbos because people yelled at them driving?
Yekke
In life you cant fight every battle, you have to pick and choose them . You have to pick which battles you think you can win and which you might lose (but still win a moral victory) and those which you fight that you will lose more than you gain.
A Bochur once wanted to go to a mixed (seating) wedding of a relative, and asked permission from R’ Leib Lopian zt”l. R’ Leib asked him how he could go to such a place? He replied that he was going to sit separately with a sefer, and he ‘wouldn’t look’. R’ Leib smiled at him sadly: “I’m 80 years old and blind in one eye, yet I am scared every time a walk in the streets that I’ll see something I shouldn’t. You are 20, young and impressionable, and you are going to walk into a matzav of nisayon like that?”
There was a story of I think Rav Moshe, (It was an american Gadol from that time period, so I could be mistaken, but it was a well known Gadol). He was at some dinner honoring a big baal chesed. One of his talmidim came up to him and asked. “Rebbe , how can you attend an affair with mixed seating” . Rav Moshe (or whomever it was) said. The Honoree was a big Baal Chessed and warranted the Kavod of him attending the dinner honoring this person. Rav Moshe then sat next to his Rebbitzen.