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I think thats the first time anyone here ever agreed with me
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When I am served Gefitle Fish and dont want to be rude, I drown it in Chrain so its more chrain than “Gefilte”
Redleg Ive heard the real Galizaner Yiddish. I know what it sounds like. My mother sort of speaks it (Although she never speaks in Yiddish anymore as she doesnt know anyone who speaks it)
Redleg
Galizianer is Proper yiddish pronounciation, but what has happend is Jews from Galicia have disappeared along with their customs and speaking and have merged into other groups MO, Litvish , Hungarian Chassidish or just assimilated
Millers Cheese is Chalav Stam and a Hashchacha.
The onl;y daily product I would buy without a Hashcha is Milk and thats is 100% Milk and not some milk product or derivitive
The best Gefilte Fish is on someone elses plate
I cant stand it
BH
I was in Germany and the hotel I was staying at had a large contigent of people from Saudi Arabia
So I was surrounded by German AND Arabic
There are more native Spanish Speakers than English Speakers, however English is spoken as a secondary laguage far more than Spanish.
Spanish is also easier to read than english as words are pronounced as they are written.
FYI French is NO a dying Language, Besides France it is spoken frequently in Africa many times as a Languai Franca.
For all those who think Yiddish is special, you should look up the Bund and Der Arbeter Ring . Around 1900 Yiddish was the language of the hard core secular jews. The Bund was the strongest political group in Pre-war Poland. They were against religion and Zionism and belived Jews should stay in Poland
Other than the Usana Tokef there is not mention anywhere else of a Rav Amnon of Mainz who was executed by the local Bishop. No contemporary sources, no other seforim , No other Perushim not even any other piyutim. Nothing.
You can tell the stories of the Golem of Prague, There is nothing wrong with them, I happen to like them I even made a trip to Prague because of it . Just realize they may not be true.
Not all stories are Tzadikim are true
for example there is plenty of evidence the Golem of Prague never existed
There is also no evidence that Rav Amnon of Meinz (Usana Tokef) ever existed either
Soemtimes people will say since I am doing a Mitzvah Hashem will make sure nothing happens and its only a “little snow” and will drive to school.
DY
They knew about the storms but just didnt seem to care , Their attitude was Hashem will decide and there was nothing they could do about it
There seems to be some obviliusness to the weather patterns in some frum communities. A relative in lakewood had told me he didnt even bother with the Radio during hurricane Irine (There was some special radio broadcast from Israel that would go on if there was a need to evacuate Lakewood during the storm) and another didnt even bother to listen to evacuate Far Rockaway during hurricane Sandy.
I read an article about Councilmans Greenfield proposed to law making mandatory shoveling with 4 hours after a snowstorm.
A few people askes about Shabbos
I can tell you the following, When I fell not only was my shabbos ruined. 3 Hatzolahs guys shabbos was interupted (and their familys lunch was ruined) as they came on the call. My entire familys Shabbos was ruined as well.
So you lack of shoveling can affect people who didnt even walk past there
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BTW
If you DONT Shovel , you cannot be sued as its considered an act of god (Like a tree branch falling on someone) , however if you shovel and a person falls you can be sued because you didnt shovel properly.
However the City can give you a ticket for not shoveling
Most people are not physically able to shovel the whole block unless you have a snow blower
DY
On a side note, Several rabbis who know me were orginally against shoveling snow on Shabbos , but when they saw what happend they changed their opinion because of it and they realized the whole issue of Sakana is not a theoretical issue and people really can get hurt.
I am responsible for the sidewalk its the Law and in fact if the sidewalk is broken the City can make you fix it at YOUR expense and they will put a lien on the property until you fix it.
(I know people this happend to)
Where is the Asifa for Shoveling snow and making sure nobody gets hurt
People here are using every excuse in the book why they dont have to shovel , Imagine if you gave the same excuses why you missed davening.
And for the record. I fell on the Ice and Snow because someone didnt shovel , I couldnt walk for a week, I couldnt even get up the stairs in my house and had to sleep on a chair. I then limped for a month and people who know me said my walking has changed since the fall
I cannot physically shovel other peoples walks, Mine is enough for me.
Some of the neighborhood kids shovel peoples walks, I used to do it as a teen for extra money. You dont have to do it for free.
DY
I care, I make sure my walk is shoveled as soon as I can
I am amazed how machmir some are on things
But really seem to dont care or hostile to Bein Adom L’Chavro. Its amazing someone can wear Rabbenu Tams Teffilin but not care that their neighbor might fall and break a bone on the snow and ice.
Its illegal to throw snow in the street.You can get a ticket for that.I know a few people who did.
Chabad is very picky who they will send on Shiluchus. They need certain types to do it.
And if you think they never compromise, you are wrong.
And I wasnt referring to OP , I was referring to the Hillel Rabbi
In the charedi world generally people will listen to what the Rabbi says without question (assuming its an orthodox rabbi)
In the more modern and especially in the non-orhtodox world, the Rabbi needs to be more persuavie. A Hillel rabbi on a college campus cannot come off the same as a Charedi Rabbi and dictate to the students what to do, they will just leave.
It is not an easy position to be in and the example of egalitarin Minyan vs Halachic minyan is a tough one for these rabbis. You have to persuade people to come to the Halachic minyan vs the egalitarin one rather than order them.
Many here wont like this, but on a college campus there are all sorts of people and the OP might be the first frum person many of these non-religious or non-jews ever meet. Its very important to give a good impression of Yiddishkeit. coming off as standoffish or elitist is not a kiddish Hashem. The people who see this will not get a good view of Yiddishkeit.
Another halachah is that when you settle in a new community you accept its halachic norms. By not doing these things you are following a different religion from Judaism.
Where do you dream this stuff up?
Actually this is the Halacha, However I dont think it applies after World War II. Before WW II if a jew from Poland moved to Turkey he was supposed to follow Sephardic customs. I think after WW II the communities were all broken up and reformed in the US and Israel for the most post
However if you moved to Amsterdam , you can wait 1 hour between milk and meat
This was my real point here , Instead of of Poskin for myself or posting an opinion that I might think (I would have thought there was a major problem here) I asked a LOR and not a YCT (before anyone says he is) one either and its funny many here did not like the Psak .
I think the lesson here is dont assume anything, If you are in a circumstance, ASK and dont assume. Perhaps OP should have ASKED first
He did say no salad dressings. It was assumed this was for a one time event.
Avram,
When I origially asked the question, I had no idea where I was going nor was I even sure it would happen . I just asked simply I am going on a business trip (On my first day no less) with a new boss and I suspect he will take me out to dinner.
ZAHAVAS dad: I’m not sure what Rav u asked but u should certainly not eat salad in a treife restaurant. There is the problem of tolaim in greens and the utensils and knives can not be trusted to have been clean and not touched tarfus.
Did you actually ask anyone. You should never poskin yourself. Not that I should have to defend myself, but I asked an actual orthodox rabbi and not a YCT one either. Just because you dont like a Psak doesnt mean it isnt valid
I also had some pretty frum relatives who had gone on a cruise. And had ordered Kosher Food (You can order Kosher food for cruises at no additional cost – Its airline food) On the same cruise there was a Kosherica cruise (They dont buy the entire cruise just some cabins) and they spoke to the Mashgiach on the cruise and he told them the same thing about the salad.
I am not debating this particular circumstance.I am more aimed at other comments. One does need to know when to be Machmir and when to Makil.
DY: You mentioned the Salad. I once had gotten a new job and was forced to go on a busness trip with my new boss on my first day.I assumed (rightly) that he would be taking me out to dinner, Being unfrieldly and not being sociable and not going would not have been a good idea and I didnt know what to do and I asked my Rabbi and specifically said the Salad was OK as long as radishes and onions were not taken because fancy restaurants have seperate salad utencils. I had actually never heard of this before and actually was shocked by the answere.
When Rav Nissan Alpert got his job at the White Shul in Far Rockaway, he was not able to find a place to live in far Rockaway for 3 years.
Because he had no place to stay he was forced to stay and eat at the Baal Habatim in the neighborhood. Sometimes the Baal Habatim were not up to his standards and he still ate there anyway.
As told by Hanoch Teller in a biography of Rav Nissim Alpert
I am just guessing here, but its likely this Rabbis is either A Chabad Rabbi or a Young Israel type. Those are the rabbis most likely found on a Secular College campus.
You are unlikely to find a Lakewood type Rabbi on a College Campus
Let us assume the OP was talking about a real orthodox Rabbi. She didnt seem to indicate otherwise
Its also not so easy being such a rabbi on a secular college campus especially out of NYC even in the NYC Suburbs
Many of the Kashruth Standards are just chumras or just being machmir
However Kavod L’Rav is a Halacha
I can tell the tempature in my house without a thermostadt. With a little practice you can get knowledge of weights and measures fairly easy
Strawberries are Kosher
The issue they are debating is the Bugs that infest the strawberries and what is required to get rid of them since the Bugs are not Kosher and How big or small the bugs are
(Bugs you can see with your naked eyes are not Kosher, Stuff Like Protozoa which require a microscope you dont need to worry about)
Id get a blue Shirt
I have defiantly seen people be biased when it comes to things.
I have seen certain more Charedi groups not eat other others Kashruth (The OU had nothing to do with it) It was all Chassidic
FYI In the older days they actually didnt drink water much in Europe
They either drank Beer or Wine depending on the country. I think they had some idea it wasnt safe
Perkim are of Christian origin, The Jews generally accepted them during the middle ages when there were “debates” and the christian used a chapter and verse to make a point, the jewish debated in order to retort had to also quote a chapter and verse.
Thats the reason why Pashas do not match Perakim, the christians got the chapters wrong
The law in New York is there has to be at least 180 days of School a year (I think thats the number) if they add 3 more vacation days they are legally required to add 3 days to the calender
New Utrect Ave is also in Boro Park, but 13th Ave is the main jewish shopping street not New Utrect Ave
Just because there is a Kol Korea, doenst mean its Legit. Many are forgeries are signed by Gedolim who have been mislead by Kanoim. Unless you hear from a Gadol DIRECTLY you do not nessasairly have to obey a Kol Korea
AFAIK – As Far as I Know
You might be correct, the main point is there are cases where we might kill someone who many would think is immoral or innocent people
There are things in the torah that would be seen by many as immoral
Ben Sorer O’Morer or where you have to kill an entire city (I forgot what its exactly called) because of an unsolved murder
The Army doesnt want them, they already have enough soldiers and Charedim dont make good soldiers because a good soilder has to listen to his officer no matter what he says and that could include things like Machalel Shabbos (Like standing guard and writing down what you see) or eating non-kosher food (They have Survial courses where they teach you have to live off the land in case you fall behind enemy lines).
What they ARE saying is if you dont go into the army, you can work, but you wont get the government benefits. The Charedim are using the army draft argument and telling their flock about the Army. The non-chardim are telling their flock its about work.
It isnt about the Draft,the Army doesnt want them.
Its about the government programs.The charedim want to continue to get government handouts and most of the average Israelis are struggling themselves.
The Charedim are using the Army as the excuse not to work