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I did see the Police drop off the barricades for a bon fire on Shabbos for a bon fire that was after shabbos.
I am going to Israel
Many people in universities have at least part time jobs that pay real money
Most people (not all) in universites are single people without any children and therefore alot cheaper to maintain
Do we have a Mesorah for it?
Ive almost always seen people use smartphone siddurs in places where there is no siddur available like a workplace minyan or a hastily formed minyan like in a wedding hall. It not always possible to carry a siddur with you
Ive only rarely if ever have I seen it used in a shul
You might be thinking of Nero, the Gemorah in Brachot (I think) says Nero converted and is an ancestor of Rabbi Meir
Do you mean Aristotle or Nero?
DY, you are correct a typo on my part
For real people do own bugs as pets, Ive seen people with a giant Millipede or a tarantula as a pet. I think people sometimes have this giant Beatle (Its like 6-8 inches big) as a pet too
Belive it or not there are records from the Greek and Roman Empires and other empires Like the Byzantine which account for most year. They were not illeterate fools.
You should read the current piece by Berel Wein
So I guess we should not disucss about the owner of the LA Clippers who is jewish. After all he has a yiddishe neshama too
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Half-Shabbos refers to a practice especially among teens who text on shabbos R”L and claim they are observing “Half-Shabbos”
Some of the Dunkin Donuts have Hechshers, Av en J and Ave M do and I think there is one on Coney Island Ave that does too
Perfectly Muttar and if you see someone being Mechalel Shabbos you can throw it at them
There is opinon that I think Yermiyahu or Ezra (I forgot which one) brought members back from the “lost tribes”
Also Shimon was basically destroyed after Baal Peor and ceased to really be a tribe and Banjamin was destroyed at the end of Shoftim because of the Pelegesh
I do know of a Shul that has posted on part of the building a Notice from the Buildings department Not to enter . Every building in NYC is required to have a C/O (Ceritificate of Occupancy) in order to be used. This shul apparently built in a place they were not allowed and had this sign slapped on a portion of it.
I suppose if you did not know the shul was illegal you could daven there as you would not know it was illeagal, but if the building had this notice from the buildings department Do Not Enter it might be very different
I seriously doubt many rabbanim read the FCC rule books, its thousands of boring pages. I doubt many even heard of WALK before this broke. Likely some Askanim came to them as told them they wanted to put some Kosher radio on and they said it was a good idea and they gave thier blessing.
The FCC Makes the rules how far a signal has to be free for a radio station. Even if you claim its not stealing, its still Dinah D’Malchusa Dina and would then fall under the same category as running a red light , blowing a Stop Sign because you are late to minyan or Disobeying zoning laws to build a yeshiva.
FYI there is something called low-power radio . Which allows very low power (Like 1 Watt broadcating) without much ado about getting a license it does not cost in the millions to get one. Several such stations operation in Brooklyn and the broadcast area is about a mile. They would give you a differnt frequency than 97.5 . perhaps one like 97.6.
Also there is digital radio which allows the 97.5 frequence to be split up into I think 5 subfrequencies without interferring with WALK
Operating a station without a license is Genevah. You might say it doesnt infere with WALK, but that is not your decision, its the FCC decision. They have rules how far stations with the same signal can be apart.
Its interesting when some quote Psks that they like (Like the Rav Wosner one) the response is Rav Wosner said it and you’;d better listen, but when someone quotes a Psak that actually is easier to verify the response is very different.
Rav Dovid Cohen has worked with recovering Anoxerics and Bullemics for years (among other people he has worked with). One never really fully recovers from anoxeria or Bullemia
I just wanted to add that Rav Dovid Cohen forbids people who have had eating disorders from fasting on Yom Kippur as he considers them a choleh
1) It is absolutely Ossur to talk in Shul. (2) Rav Wosner may say what he wants as Posek Hador – in Shomayim they listen to him – so should we
Rav Wosner issued the Psak at the Asifa banning the internet
NK is in your face according to many.
There is a differnce be non-zionist and anti-zionist and there is a difference between non-religous and anti-religious
You asked if I thought they were Rashaim and I answered you that unless they deliberatly broke the law and were in your face about it (as opposed to ignorance) I said no.
I can tell you the following, If someone grew up non-religious and went to public and at some point in their life came into contact with religious people and the religious person wished to maybe Mekarev them. Calling them a Rasha is not the way to do it.
If a Chiloni would drive to the house of Rav Shteinman on the First day of Pesach and ate a ham and Cheese sandwich THEN they would be a Rasha and comparable to NK’s , otherwise they are Tinok Shenesba
There is a difference between a murderer and someone who doesnt Daven or Keep Shabbos. Nobody is advocating to treat a murderer with respect, Although Chabad runs an organization called the Alef Institute which helps jews in US Prisons including Death Row, but that is the exception not the rule.
I belive even the Satmar threw out the NK from Williamsburg after the Ahmadinejad meeting. They are certainly not Zionists,but they do know what the Nazis did to the Satmar Rebbe. Meeting with Holocaust Deniers doesnt go over very well with the Satmars
Just out of curiosity, would you consider somebody who never davnes, wears teffilin, or keeps shabbos a rasha? How about somebody who is oiver on gilluy arayos? Shvichas dumim? Or is it just the NK?
There are many Gedolim including Rav Moshe (I think is one of them) who consider those people Tinik Shenoba
One can daven 3 times a day wear Teffin keep Shabbos and Kosher and still be a Rasha.
Get them a license with the FCC
There was a story a few months ago that Rav Chaim said anyone owning an iPhone could not be an Eid. Many have commented on this “psak” and the consensous seemed to be that the statement was misunderstood. It was likely the asker did not properly either ask or understand the answer.
It is likely the same happend here as well along with the fact we dont have any evidence this was actually said other than an anonymous poster on the internet, but even if it was said, who is to say it was made to a specific person or the general population as well.
I heard over Yom Tov someone happy that the local Young Israel was slowing closing due to declining membership.
I have had heard those who keep Gebrocks or Chalav Stam (Less than Frum)
Why are people from the more leftist view are always told to be more tolerant of those rightist views , but you rarely see people the other way around.
And please dont say one is defending the Torah. One who eats Gebracks or Chalav Stam is not doing an Averiah of any sort (We are talking about real kosher for example)
How do those who dont eat Gebroachs eat Korech. Between the Juice on the Lettuce and the Wine/Grape Juice on the Charoset, The Matza is bound to get wet
If the Rebbe told the soccer story to a certain Bocher who can easier learn (and the Rebbe knew that) That is one thing, however this story was told to everyone. Some of whom can learn 12 hours and some of whom can only learn 6 hours a day. The point of the Bein Hazamin story was these boys needed a break and to compare a bunch of bocherim who went to a game Bein Hazamin to a bocher who smoked and did drugs at the yeshiva during the zman is not the same. Clearly it is not an averiah according to many major poskim (Like Rav Moshe Feinstein)
A Rebbe is supposed to know each Bocher and whats is appropriate for him, Not what is good for the Yeshiva and its “reputation”
I know of the true following story
during Bein Hazamin a bunch of boys went to a game,Somehow the rebbe found out about it and when the new Zman started called them all into his office and expelled them from the yeshiva. at least 2 of them are no longer religious and dating non-jews.
in my humble opinion such a tactic just makes the rosh yeshivos look out of touch to their talmidim
There is famous story when Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky was 6 years old. He was walking to chedar and was asked to get something for a Bris. Because of this he was late to Chedar. When he got to Chedar ,his rebbe said to him Yaakov, Why did you stop by the construction site and watch the machines and then slapped him hard across the face. Rav Yaakov never forgave his Rebbe for that. Not all Rosh Yeshivas are looking out for their Talmidim.
Perhaps the Talmid who watched the Soccer game was burned out from Learning from 7am to 9pm and needed a break. Not everyone can learn like that and those that cant are an issue. Maybe the Rebbe was wrong and should have realized the Talmid was burning out and a break of a soccer game is what he needed. And dont say Burning out doesnt happen. We all know that it DOES happen
I think Charedim came up with that term Charedim. not Sonei Torah. Sonei Torah use the term Ultra-Orthodox
Charedim is more inclusive than Yesivish as it includes Chassidim as well
Actually you will find some who are against going to the Mall or going to Macy’s.
I saw a Pashkavil asking people not to go to Macy’s to shop
What does “Walk in the way of the Goyim mean”?
Can you go to the Mall and shop at Macy’s or must you shop on 13th Ave in BP?
Does it mean if you can ride the Subway?? Goyim ride the Subway
YG mentioned the museum, lots of Goyim go to the museums or the Zoo
It really means whatever you want it to mean
My Rebbeim explained that to make a Kiddush Hashem, you have to show that the Jews are different from everyone else. If you show people that you are different and do things in a different way, then people will respect you. It sounds like you’re doing the best you can.
Another opinion is that if you show them you are different, People take that as standoffish and rude. If you are in an office and work with lots of people, Showing that you are “Better than everyone else” is not a good way to get along with people especially in the workplace where you might need other workers to get the work done and everyone to succedd.
And I can tell you from personal experience its NOT a good idea for people to think you are standoffish , rude and better than them.
Chabad Houses generally have the same policy about Mechalel Shabbos people. When you have people who dont totally follow everything you have to be careful. If you boot them they may never come back and you have to decide which is worse. At least if they come they might change their ways, but if they dont come its a lost cause
What is left?
You have banned Beaches, Waterparks , Amusement parks,Sporting Events , The Mall ..And other things that werent mentioned but Im sure they are not good either
basically almost all you have left is the Yeshiva and your backyard
If you’ve ever been to a baseball game, you’ll see that it’s NOT the most clean place entertainment you could possibly get
Since you yourself said you had only been once, How do you know what goes on there or who goes. And I am telling you on Sunday afternoons its mostly families.
I think someone Hijacked Akuperma’s account!!!
The New York Giants have 2 jewish players Mark Herzlich and Geoff Schwartz.
The New York Mets have Ike Davis. grants none of these men are frum jews , but they are not Goyim either.
There was also a player for the Cowboys and Packers who became a Baal Tshuva and does speaking for Chabad (Alan Veingrad)
Would you make part of your religious community someone who drives on shabbos? No.
Someone who publicly steals? No.
Someone who publicly eats pork? No.
Someone who publicly molests children? No.
How about someone who cheats on their taxes?
How about somone who cheats the government for benefits?
You would never allow it for someone who drives on shabbos; why do you allow it for someone who texts on shabbos?
And you dont think there arent charedim who text on Shabbos.
Not all football has Cheerleaders,Only certain teams do,The Giants do NOT have them (The Jets do have them).
The whole idea of Chukas Hagoyim can really apply to anything, Theorectically it could apply to the Mall.
If you dont want to go, you dont have to, but its clear many do go and many go with their kids.
The reality is very few Pareve outlets are allowed anymore. One does need breaks. Sports generally is as pareve as it gets
Maybe they say they wont got to a game to you, but they are going.
And Ill tell you a secret..They are also going to Hockey Basketball and Football games too.
If you go to a baseball game on a Sunday Afternoon, Its mostly families with Kids C’V people should be at such a place