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Subway headquarters while initially open to the idea of Kosher franchises did not help the frnachisee’s in their concerns (Like still making them pay for the $5 footlong advertisements even though they could not offer it)
<en> 1. Why pay for a fancy goyish name when there are other restaurants that are just as good with familiar food, and cheaper. Remember you have to pay a franchise fee to be a “Subway”.
Perhaps in the more Charedi communties this was a negative, but in the more modern ones it wasnt. They may have wanted a “treif” atmosphere and familiar food to them was more american style than hemish style
The kosher ingridents costed more so they could not offer the $5 footlongs, they would have lost money
The only reason Satmar has survived is because of the high birth rates. It is not usually attractive to people who were not born Satmar
Let him have a little fun, one is never too old to dress up
They have done research into this and found several answers.
The food was not good quality and kind of Chinzy. The franchises were not able to give the specials like the $5 footlongs so the non-kosher customers would go in and get upset that the prices were too high and were confused why they could not order cheese on their roast beef sandwiches . The franchiese were forced to pay for ad campaigns that they could not participate in and get benefit for so they lost money on that.
Subways did alot better (and still survive) in places where there were less kosher options and did not get non-kosher customers (Like in JCC’s) in places like Cleveland
I gave this story once before. I was in Monsey and the people I was with held by the greater Monsey Eruv, but we passed by a Viznitz enclase and their eruv was down (The greater Monsey Eruv was up) The chassidim yelled at us, Eruv G’Broken . Eruv G’Broken
The Dutch jews wait 1 hour between milk and Meat and the Yekkis 3 hours
There are Mohels that will try to asertain what the families feelings are will do the Bris accordingly.
Most people dont touch babies in certain areas and that is what people are concerned about.
Secularazation had nothing to do with Zionism, it started in Europe with the Englightenment and the Haskallah , which was the jewish englishtenment in the early 1800’s
Zionism wasnt really a realistic option on the map until the 1890 with Hertzel. The Haskallah occured long before that
Its never a good idea to make such a deal, What if you get sick or break a limb or other things what will happen then?
If Yom Haaztmaut is a sad day, I can only imagine what a day of Simcha is
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By that standard Yiddish is also a dialect. Just because it uses hebrew letters as opposed to latin alphabet doesnt change that fact.
How do you know most jews could not read Latin or Cyrillic. I remember hearing stories of people speaking “Goyish” meaning Polish
In alot of Europe its quite common to see people speak several languages, I saw someone in Belgium speak 7 languages one after the other (This is more common of speakers of less common languages like dutch or Danish)
And to show how statements can lead, I heard a rav say one should not Bar-B-Que on July 4th because it was “Derech Ha’Goyim”
These terms can mean anything to anyone
The problem with that statement and other statements, you can use that to ban almost anything. Its like the term “Its not Shabbosdick” You can use that for almost anything
At the present time in the NYC area except for Dunkin Donuts there are no general Franchises that have kosher stores. There are Kosher Subways elsewhere in the US, but not NYC area anymore
There is a differnece on Say Shabbos between no Melacha (Like riding a car) and Hashkafas like No secular talk or secular reading materials
Judaism is not rules and regulations. It’s a way of life.
Who knows how to live life better than the One who created it?
This statement came from Rabbi Zechriah Wallerstein at the Augudah Convention. you can listen to the exact speech.
If you ever read the business section of the newspaper, you will always see about growth. Anaylists of businesses expect growth, they ask how much growth is a business doing. If you also know business, sometimes growth can be a bad thing. If you grow too much you can take on more than you can handle. You might get too many orders and the business cant handle it, Or you might expand into an area that was a mistake. Business expansion and growth doesnt always work and sometimes backfires (More than you realize).
There is a Kosher McDonalds in Buenos Aires, Argentina
We have a big OTD problem and many kids when asked by Rabbi Wallerstein what they thought of Yiddishkeit , they said it was just a bunch of rules and regulations. In Yeshiva the only vice the bocherim are allowed is Coffee and Ciggarettes. the girls have to either say tehilim or do Chessed. And you wonder why people are leaving. They are deciding that all Yiddishkeit is a bunch of rules and they hate them and the vote with their feet.
Giving people a little space to do their own thing is not Anti-Yiddishkeit, Its pro-Yiddishkeit, It allows them to blow off some steam and then get back on the proper track.
Why should someone be forced to do anything for anyone to escape, you escape for your own down time.
If you feel relaxed sitting home reading a book or listening to some music that is fine, not every activity needs to be some sort of Mitzvah or Chessed. How about chessed for oneself , thats a good idea too
Op why not speak to someone who knows you rather than anonymous people on the internet or as they say ask LOR, Not every dereach is proper for every person.
And there is nothing wrong with escapism as long as its done in moderation, In fact its healthy for you , Why do you think people take vacations, to escape from reality for a short period of time
It is unclear what OP meant by “Inapropriate” I would agree that R Rated Movies are inappropirate. I think we all can agree there is nothing wrong with Bambi. Now we just need to figure out where the line is .
I should hope the OP is not seeing the top movie in America today, that is totally inappropriate
If one goes to the Movies at Sheepshead Bay on a Motzei Shabbos in the Winter you will see lots of young frum there (Flatbush types, not Borough park types)
Clearly they are all not doing averiahs, you will never see such a crowd at a Mcdonalds. For these people their Hashkafah allows it. I am sure their parents know where they are. (Or should know where they are)
DY where we disagree here, Is whether this is a Halacha or Hashkafa issue.
There are Hashkafa’s where its not assur (Maybe it is for your Hashkafa).
There are plenty of frum people who go to the Movies.
OP do whats best for you. You can ask your Rav what he thinks , He knows you better than some anonymous people on the internet.
What if you fight the Yetzer Hora and Lose and get frustrated with the fight. You have lost more than you gained
I am in the minority here and think you should take upon yourself those things you think you will succeed at. It is not growth if you take upon yourself things that you cant or will become bitter because of it.
If someone was motivated to learn Gemorah and you gave them a Gemorah and they try and try and just cant do it. They are motivated to learn that Gemorah, but just cant. Some people will keep trying and Some will give up. Of those who give up some will give up just that gemorah and some will give it up entirely
The problem I have with certain struggles, is if you make them too hard (Hard for them, not hard for you) and that person fails, they might give up the struggle
If someone was born Yeshivish and wanted to watch movies thats one thing, but I think the OP is a BT from a much more modern place (Guessing from previous posts) .
Shabbos and kashruth are not the same as Movies or Learning
I saw a very sad story a few months ago, it was floating around, there was a woman who was a BT and slowly became Yeshivish. As she became Yeshivish many of the things that she liked before became assur (I dont mean things like Pork, I mean Stuff like Music and TV) she became more and more miserable and finally gave up being frum because she was so miserable. She asked why are these things prohibitted and she was told, that it wasnt done in our community (The Yeshivish community). Most likely had she been given some room she would have remained frum
Not every Chumra or Hashkafa is for everyone. What might be appropriate for you is not for someone else.
As far as I know there isnt any Kosher Pizza store in Austin, TX and there are very few Kosher restaurants of any kind there
Take Airtrain NJ transit from Newark to penn Station, $12.50 a ticket
Take Subway from Penn Station to Brooklyn $2.50 a ride
total $15
What he does in his personal life is his business. As long as he leaves his personal preferences at the door leave it at that.
Besides it seems you heard about his donations from the newspaper or some outside source and not from him directly
And do not in any way preach even indirectly to him, Just like you are entitled to your freedom of relgion, so is he
In Chazals time parnassah was obtained very differnt than now, It was an agricultural society and people were generally more self sufficient and did many things themselves (Like make their own clothes) . Today we do not farm for out own food on generally rely on other people for income (Even if you are you own boss you need customers and you rely on them)
Lior: That’s absurd. Until you can trace your use of the flush toilet back to Moshe Rabbeinu, I expect to hear from you that you use an outhouse from now on.
Before you think thats a silly statement, I belive there are chassidim who will not wear shirts with buttons . Only tie strings because buttons are too modern
No Mesorahs go back to Moshe Rabbenu, they all started at some point.
DaMoshe: A mesorah doesn’t start with your grandfather. Did your great grandfather and any of your great great grandfathers go to college?
One could say the same thing about Kollel
Online degree programs currently are not really accredited by the accediting organizations so a degree from the Univeristy of Phoenix really isnt worht the paper its printed on
The cashiers are generally personally responsible for any shortfall in the register, Obviously if its under $1 they dont care and the store doesnt dock, but if the amount is significant they do dock
In College I have both a science and Liberal Arts degrees and I went to a secular college here in the US. Except for one Professor who was a reconstructionst Rabbi who once said something negative about Chazal Kefirah was never spoken and I took many classes (I did not take Philosophy as I find that boring)
I think most people think you meant dogs for the blind so the trolling failed here
It was Rav Moshe who allowed guide dogs in Shul
The Rav asked because He did not want to Shuls to seem unwelcoming to the disabled and other places were welcoming to the disabled and he probablt knew about the ADA as well and wanted to know if those places were obeying the ADA law
I am not 100% which Rov it was, but I think it was either Rav Pam or Rav Dovid Cohen. He was asked the Shaalah of service dogs and he asked if they were allowed in other houses of worship and he was told they were. He allowed them.
Some shuls do allow it, but its actually the law that someone can bring them to shul (ADA)
History is not Shtus, In fact Yosephon (Josephus) is an actual sefer Ive seen learnt
Liquid cash means you have the money to spend now, illiquid assets means you own something valuable but you cannot easily get the cash for it (ie Real Estate)