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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-82731089740423955672016-02-21T01:23:00.000-08:002016-02-21T01:23:32.932-08:00The Year in Defending the Honor of the Torah: Checking in on UTJ<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p>It's been a year since </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Yahadut Hatorah (UTJ) joined the government, thus accepting upon themselves the yolk of </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">defending the honor of the Torah. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Have they been doing their job? Let’s check out 5 legislative issues and see how they have been doing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Issue #1:</strong> Supreme Court rules that Rabbanute Mikvaot have to
open for Reform converts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Response</strong>: R. Gafni announced that he will advance a bill designed
to <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.703091">overturn the ruling</a>, calling it a “serious breach” and saying “the High
Court of Justice has declared war on the Torah of Israel.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Analysis</strong>: The reason for opposing the ruling is self-evident: If a
reformer dips into a mikvah, it probably makes the whole mikvah passul somehow.
But R. Gafni did not go nearly far enough. Because while he may stop the
reformers from frequenting official rabbaute mikvaot, what about all the other
places they can go? Every ma’yan in the country has to be guarded to prevent
such desecration. Not only that, but since according to Igros Moshe <span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“</span><span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bathing in the
sea or the large swimming pool that are built in hotels and resorts, since the
majority of them are not posul doreissa therefore the tevila is kosher min HaTorah,”
R. Gafni should be passing a law that all swimming pools, as well as all the
beaches from Rosh Hanikra to Ashdod must be shut down (of course, this only
applies to the mixed gender beaches- there is no concern that a reformer would
ever go to the separate beaches). R. Gafni, propose this
ban immediately, the waters of Eretz Yisroel depend on you!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Is the Torah’s Honor Defended?</strong> No.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Issue #2: </strong>Bill put forward by that provides for at least one
female representative among the kadis (judges) serving on the courts that rule
according to Islamic law<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Response:</strong> <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.690818">R. Litzman threatened that the UTJ use theright of veto</a>, due to concern that the bill would create a precedent that could
be applied to rabbinical courts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Analysis:</strong> Clearly this law is dangerous. If we allow to
serve on their courts, than Jewish women may serve on ours, which would mean
that UTJ ministers would have twice as many relatives asking them for
positions. But once again, they stopped short of what needed to be done. What
about other Islamic practices that could creep into Judaism? The Shahida (<span style="color: black;">“La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”), which is
<a href="http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/204/how-to-convert-to-islam-and-become-muslim/">all that is needed to convert to Islam</a>, requires no lengthy classes,
tests of arcane knowledge, or full kabbalas ol mitzvos. If we allow this continue, the
next thing you know the Tzohar rabbis will be allowing Jews to convert with a
simple statement in recited in Arabic as well. We need a kollel dedicated full
time to studying sha’ariah law, to see which other rules may pose a threat to
the Torah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Is the Torah’s Honor Defended?</strong> No.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Issue #3:</strong> Bill put forward that declares “the State of Israel
is the national home of the Jewish People, in which it realizes its aspirations
for self-determination according to its cultural and historic traditions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Response</strong>: UTJ stated they <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/MK-Dichter-revives-Jewish-State-bill-429744">will oppose the bill<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Analysis:</strong> Obvious. No mention of Lakewood, Borough Park, or Monsey anywhere in the
bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Is the Torah’s Honor Defended?</strong> Yes! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Issue #4</strong>: T<span style="background: white; color: black;">he
High Court of Justice ruled that there cannot be any “deputy ministers with the
status of a minister,”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>
(<span style="background: white;">UTJ traditionally has not allowed any of its
MKs to go by the title “Minister”, in order that it not be seen as party to government decisions the party believes run counter to Jewish
law, rather have called themselves “Deputy Ministers” when they run ministries,
which obviously solves that problem.<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Response</strong>: <span style="background: white; color: black;">The Council
of Torah Sages <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/UTJ-Council-of-Torah-Sages-allows-Litzman-to-become-health-minister-413496">decided to permit</a> R. Litzman to join the cabinet and accept the
title of “minister”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Analysis</strong>: The
seculars thought they could stop R. Litzman from running the ministry by making
him take this title, which for the past 60 years has been considered assur. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that was before it would cost UTJ a
ministry. But now it is mutar! Why? Because the moetzes says it is! That is
keen analytical skills that we spend years in yeshiva honing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><strong>Is the Torah’s Honor Defended</strong>? Yes! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Issue #5:</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bill passed by the previous government
limiting hareidi army exemptions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Response:</strong> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Israeli-parliament-approves-law-exempting-ultra-Orthodox-from-army-service-435147">Put forth a bill</a> delaying any measures that would increase chareidi army service.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Analysis:
What? Why didn’t they call me about my <a href="http://mdstprpsl.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/draft-exemptions-modest-proposal.html">great reality tv show idea</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Is the Torah’s Honor Defended?</strong> No. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-2369422926213363762015-11-13T02:04:00.000-08:002015-11-13T02:19:17.413-08:00But Who is Watching my Cheese?: An Expose’ into the Current Dairy Crisis within the OU<br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Push the Button!<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Rabbi S. remembers the exact day when he realized that there
was a problem. He was on a day off from his job as Assistant Supervisory Advisor
to the Undersecretary of Field Mashgichim (Dairy Division) at the OU, when he noticed
something odd on his computer screen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">At 9:30, his longtime coworker from the daily division,
Avrohom Gordimer, posted a blogpost to Crosscurrents. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">At 9:32, Gordimer <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>responded to a comment on the blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">And again, at 9:34, and :9:35, and again every few
minutes, until noon, when he posted yet another blog entry. Each of the entries
exceeded 5000 words. Rabbi S. recalls feeling concerned, for Gordimer had been
dispatched that day for a very important job:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>to activate the rennet feeder for over 3 vats at a cheese factory. If
Gordimer was online all day, who was pushing the “on” button on the rennet vat?
If he did not do it, the cheese may fall into the category of “gevinas akum”
(according to some rishonim). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Around 300 pm Rabbi S. was relieved to see that an entire
hour went by without Gordimer posting. But as he soon discovered, Gordimer was
in fact not turning on rennet feeders, rather he was getting his makeup touched
up for a photo shoot for a glossy Hareidi magazine. Rabbi S. later determined
that the button on the feeder was indeed never touched by Gordimer’s unassailably
Jewish hand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">That there had been issues with the cheese supervision
within the OU for some time now is something of an open secret around the mashgiach
community, but nobody has spoken to the press about it until now. After days of
reporting and a prime number of interviews, a complete picture of unboiled parmesian
cheese lines, calf stomach linings, and unpressed buttons appears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The Cheesehead<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Avrohom Gordimer was known for years as one the top 20
cheese mashgichim in the Greater New York area, earning him such nicknames as “The
Cheesehead,” “Gevinas Da’as,” “The Munster Rebbe,” “The Big Cheese,” and “Avrohom
Farve.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">“He could do hagala on a cheese line like nobody’s
business” Rabbi W., a mashgiach, told me. But even years ago, according to
Rabbi W., Gordimer displayed some questionable behavior. Gordimer had a lot to
say about non cheese related issues, and was desperate to get his message out. Numerous
Kosher cheese consumers lodged complaints with the OU when they found, included
with their cheese, hand written screeds against the Nishmat Yoetzet Program,
Philosophy professors in Yeshiva University, and Carlebach minyanim. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The OU looked the other way. After all, how
many notes could one guy write? But that was before the fateful day that
Avrohom Gordimer discovered the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">CrossFire<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">According to many reports, Gordimer was hesitant to blog
at all, as none of his rebbes did so (and certainly not the tzaddikim from
previous generations). But after much pressure from the Crosscurrents blog, he
wrote his first post, “Women Belong in the Kitchen, Unless it’s a Big
Industrial Cheese Kitchen, In which Case they are not Allowed and Doing so
would Violate the Mesorah.” It was not long before an angry comment by a famous
radical open orthodprax feminist was posted on the site. Gordimer replied. The
feminist replied. And his cheese supervising skills were never the same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">“I remember the day when his name rose to the second most
popular option on the google search autofill for ‘Avrohom.’” Rabbi F., another mashgiach
told me. “He threw such a party. Empty cheese spray containers were everywhere.
But tell me, whose signature appeared on the packaging? Who wrote the letter on
the cover of each individual batch? Who applied the special coded insignias
unique to the mashgaich and kashrus to the cheese?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">One oft told story, though yet to be confirmed by hard
evidence, tells of a pile of young goat stomach linings in one of the factories
for which Gordimer was responsible. Another has the OU being placed on Kraft’s “Bacon
Flavored Cheese with Real Bacon Flavor”, whose source was a factory that Gordimer was responsible for
“negative supervision”, in which mashgichim are sent to visit the cheese plant
when it is making its regular, non-kosher products, to assure that kosher
labels are not applied at such times. (Negative supervision is needed for all
non-kosher facilities which schedule special kosher productions, but it is more
critical in the case of retail cheese manufacturers.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">“I personally have stayed fleishig for over two years straight,”
Rabbi W. told me, “Just so I could avoid eating cheese without anyone realizing
the real reason- that I cannot trust its hashgocha.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Closed Orthodoxy but Open Cheese- odoxy?<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">No one can possibly find fault with Gordimer’s persistent
attacks on the open orthodox kofrim with their mishkav zachar and semichas
nekeiva. But at what cost? Who is watching my cheese? I am more than happy to
expunge evil from the community, but not at the cost of affecting my diet in
the slightest way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">As Gordimer puts so clearly in his voluminous writings,
Hakadosh Baruch Hu has a specific tafkid for everyone, and it is not for us to
step out of our roles. You, Avrohom Gordimer, have clearly been put on this Earth
to watch cheese. Please do us all a favor and resume your proper role. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Two orthodox Jewish
programmers saw a need. “There are a lot of frum Jews who want to create
halachically problematic apps, but feel maligned by the community when they do
so,” says “Ch,” (who wishes to remain anonymous).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“There are plenty of
programmers who are helping facilitate for people do all types of issurim, but
who is helping the programmers themselves?” adds his partner “Sh” (who also
wishes to remain anonymous).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For this very purpose, Ch.
and Sh. have created the “Moreh Heter App Creator” app, which, they claim,
allows programmers to create their own problematic apps in a halachically
preferable matter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The גרמא function,
which enables a 5 second pause between uploading their app to the itunes or
android store and its actual appearance there is only one of the features,” Sh.
told us. “We also have the </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עיברי דנהרא </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> ח</span>ד feature, which makes their app available in
multiple versions so that they will not be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עובר </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While
Sh. and Ch. hope for some financial success from their app, they are primarily
doing it to help those in need.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“All
because someone wants to break halacha, “Ch. said, “is no reason to make them
feel like they are breaking Halacha”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-6331649773376412332014-03-02T00:34:00.000-08:002014-03-02T00:36:16.568-08:00COURAGEOUS MODERN ORTHODOX BLOG POST GENERATOR<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-27554187080663918232014-02-22T22:31:00.002-08:002014-02-22T22:34:48.173-08:00תפילה לפורים בית שמש <div style="text-align: right;">
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">א</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">שר הניא עצת זייפנים</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ויפר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">מחשבות ש"סניקים</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ב</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">קום עלינו בן אדם כמו כולם</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">לשלוט עלינו מעל הקניון</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><br />
</span><b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ג</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">זר </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: HGSHeiseiKakugothictaiW3; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">להחשכיך אורינו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ד</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ימה לנפשו לשלוט לעוד חמש שנים</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">וסיבב בעיר למצוא את ריעיו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ה</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">וא אמץ כח ומצא חן</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">וגם לקח את האגודה בידיו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><br />
</span><b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ו</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">גם ידידי מאיר עקבו אחריו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">כי הזמינו אותם למסיבת </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">"</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">האח הגדול</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">", </span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span><b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ז</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ממו כולם להוסיף
קולות</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">וגילו פנים שלא
כהלכה</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ח</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">יברו חוברות לתמוך באבוטבול</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ומחבר ספר</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/77486737/Sucker-Punched-by-Rabbi-Malinowitz"><span dir="LTR">Sucker Punch”</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>"</span></a></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> גילה את דעתו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ט</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">מן בליבםּ שאין בהם כח לפני ההמון</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">אז הוסיפו חטאים על חטאיהם ואומרו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">י</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">חזיקו שמות של שֶׁבַע</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">אנָשִׁים</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">בּדירה אֶחָת</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">לא צריכים לגור שם רק יקרא שמנו
ברשימה</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ל</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">קחו מהקנאים תעודות</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">והסתירו את פניהם במסכות וב</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">זקנים שירדו ליעד <span class="st">ברכיים,</span></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">מ</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">סרו את התעודות להמשקיפים</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ואמרו </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HE;">שאביהם ואמהם לא</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ראו ואת בנהם לא ידעו</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><br />
</span><b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">נ</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">ץ פרח ממטה אהרון</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,
</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">כהן צדק לשרת בקדש</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"><br />
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בית משפט נלך, ואלי כהן לא וויתר</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt;"></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-1358073574067448302013-02-18T08:28:00.001-08:002013-02-18T09:06:06.154-08:00Draft Exemptions: A Modest Proposal<br />
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“According to plans promoted by Lapid, only 400 of the
top scholars in yeshivas would receive exemptions from<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; cursor: pointer !important; float: none;"><span class="ilad"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">military
service</span></span></span>. Everyone else would have to serve<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span></span><span id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 50%; background-repeat: repeat !important; cursor: pointer !important; float: none;"><span class="ilad"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">in the army</span></span></span>,
or at least national service. Lapid has repeatedly said that he does not intend
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There are obviously numerous problems with this, besides
the fact that it is a plan concocted by <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/165050#.USI2TSpXvXh"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt;">a contemptible man who
hates yeshivas</span> together with the Jewish home for goyim</a> and that such
a plan would result in an increase in <a href="http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/Israeli+News/156449/Moses-to-Lapid%3A-We%E2%80%99ll-All-Go-to-Jail-with-Bnei-Yeshivos.html">ba’alei
teshuva</a>. Most notably, who is to decide who are these top 400 yeshiva
bochurim who get the exemption? What is to stop the politicians from handing
out he exemptions to their friends are relatives and not the top learners?
Furthermore, what constitutes a top learner? <i>Bikius </i>or <i>iyun</i>? <i>Halacha
l’meisah</i> or <i>lomdus</i>? </div>
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This is where we are fortunate to have a TV personality
in such an important role in our government, as someone with his background
should have the vision to carry out the following plan. It is clear that the
only fair, transparent way to determine who is worthy of not defending the
country is to create... </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> A </span>NEW REALITY SHOW!</div>
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Imagine this: 3 <i>yeshiva bochrim</i> get up in front of
an audience to answer questions in learning. Think “Jeopardy!” but instead of only
money being on the line, it’s your chance to get out of the army! </div>
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Shall we call it “Who doesn’t want to be a <i>Milluimnik</i>?”
“Are you smarter than a <i>hesder</i> student?” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For now, let’s call it … “You Bet Your Life!<b>”</b></div>
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This would be the best show ever. The drama would be
great- the stakes couldn’t be higher. It would show the country the brilliance
of the top <i>masmidim</i> and expose Israelis to <i>gemara </i>more<i> </i>than <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktDfdxLcUtk&sns=em">Ruth Kaleron</a>
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To account for different individual strengths, YBYL will
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<i>Lomdus</i>: 2 <i>Rambams </i>are chosen at random,
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contradiction.</div>
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<i>Asheknazi vort</i>: Contestant given random medrash,
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<i>Sefardi dvar torah</i>: Given random topic, contestant must
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At the end of the show, the winner is congratulated as
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-34180435755404516282012-04-21T23:52:00.000-07:002012-04-21T23:52:05.980-07:00Petition for Increased Achdus at the Siyum Hashas<br />
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As the siyum hashas approaches, I would like to make an
appeal for achdus and for the righting of a wrong that has occurred at the
previous siyumim.</div>
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The main siyum hashas celebration that is set to take place
at Metlife Stadium will be a celebration of learning that will be attended by
all sorts of Torah Jews. Yet one great Jewish leader, who has done much to
spread Torah among Jewry, will be excluded from the celebrations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence I am starting a petition that the siyum
hashas allow Rabbi Menachem Mendel Shneerson on the dais.</div>
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To be clear, I am not a chabad chassid. But I often daven in
the chabad shul near my house and I have heard many inspiring stories about
this great leader. Just the week before Pesach I attended a <a href="http://www.chabadi.022.co.il/BRPortal/br/P102.jsp?arc=55688">birthday
celebration for the Rebbe</a> (as he is called by chabad Chassidim) at Yad
Eliyahu Stadium in South Tel Aviv. In the live feed video from 770 the Rebbe
spoke clearly and passionately about the importance and Troah learning. (Minor
mistakes, such as calling the current Prime Minister of Israel Yizchak Shamir
could be forgiven for a man celebrating his 110<sup>th</sup> birthday).</div>
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I have asked a number of chabad chassidim<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>why the Rebbe is not invited to the siyum
(not even on the secondary dais for <a href="http://haemtza.blogspot.com/2011/02/daf-yomi-siyum-hashas-and-achdus.html">second
rate rabbis</a>) and have received a number of answers . Some claim that the
Rebbe’s teaching that one should do a perek of Rambam a day causes friction
with the Bavli loyalists in the Daf Yomi circles. Others point to the
publication of the Chitas, whose daily learning cycle contains chumash,
tehillim, and Tanya, yet no gemara. Whatever the reason, I find it inexcusable.
One of the greatest contemporary Jewish leaders should not be excluded from
such an event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Having the Rebbe speak a Metlife stadium<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would be a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“home run” and not a “strike out”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and it is not much of a “sacrifice” so don’t hit a “foul” and “steal”
mitzvos from the suttun and don’t “balk” at the opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Zorgenman Shlita, the head mashgiach of the Badatz Eidah Chariedis, agreed to
sit down with me for a few questions. I have transcribed the interview below-
Yonoson Swift. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: Gut moed. I would like to thank the
Rav for taking time out his busy schedule to talk to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: You’re welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: Let us begin with issues related to
Pesach. A lot of people have voiced complaints that the badatz has given
hashgacha to products to that do not really need one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ:
I have heard this claim before. What these people do not understand is
that we represent a certain tzibbur and we do our best to serve their needs.
There may be certain products that the general public does not need a hashgacha
on because they use it in a certain way, but our tzibbur uses it differently
and hence needs a hashgacha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: I don’t understand. Take bleach.
Nobody ingests bleach. Why does it need a hashgacha for pesach?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: That is a perfect example. If one
only uses bleach for cleaning bathrooms or washing clothes, I can see why one
would say it does not need hashgacha. In our tzibbur, however, bleach is
primarily used to throw on women who dressed not tznius. Now let’s say the
thrower’s aim is a little off and the bleach hits the woman in the mouth. If
there is chometz in the bleach the thrower could be in violation the issur of
lifnei iver by causing this prutza to eat chometz. Our tzibbur throws bleach to
minimize issurim, not to increase them, chas v’shalom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: I see. What about shoe polish?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: Same thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: Contact lens solution?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: What is that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: I understand that some brands of
toilet paper include starch. But who eats toilet paper?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: Obviously you’ve never craved a
midnight snack on <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2009/12/holy_night.html">Nittel
Nacht</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: Another pesach question. There are
other areas where many people feel the badatz is overly machmir, such as not
giving hashgacha to canola oil. It is an oil that is derived from a flower. Why
is this assur?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: Do you know what else canola oil is
called? Rapeseed! We cannot have such words on our Pesach table. The last thing
we want is children to start asking questions about these things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> YS: Let us move away from kashrus. Many have
expressed anger that the eidah does not condemn acts of violence against
non-chareidim, such as the attacks on the girls of the Orot Banot school in
Beit Shemesh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: We cannot condemn everything in the
world. A panel of rabbonim have met and delineated very clear criteria on which
acts we are to condemn and which ones we do not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: What is that criteria?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: We only condemn acts that we
disagree with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: Any parting words?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ROZ: We would like to thank everyone who
has contributed to making the phrase badatz eidah chareidus synonymous with
kashrus in Eretz Yisrael. Anyone who buys kosher products in this land supports
not only our mashgichim, but our educational and <a href="http://www.google.co.il/imgres?q=%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D+%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%94+%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%90%D7%94&hl=en&sa=X&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4SNYR_enUS324IL328&biw=1517&bih=812&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsfd&tbnid=TqNsKUt6Fdx9LM:&imgrefurl=http://www.glo">youth
programming</a> as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">YS: Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7946810080664364478.post-83649189836354104722012-03-25T08:10:00.002-07:002012-03-25T10:23:29.586-07:00Haggadah Roundup<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Haggadah Roundup<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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With Pesach upon us, I’ve decided to put out summaries of
just a handful of the many new haggados that are coming out this year.</div>
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I’ve included a short blurb about each haggadah
as well as link to a page that I scanned in. </div>
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Chag Kasher v’Samaech! </div>
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THE SHIURIM HAGGADAH</div>
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Author: Rabbi Ozer Chaim Dublovsky</div>
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Hardcover, 1764 pages</div>
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Need help with knowing how much matza to eat or wine to
drink? This haggadah is dedicated to painstakingly detailing every shita to
help make your seder experience as exact as possible. Check out a page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/86650593/The-Shiurim-Haggadah">here</a>.</div>
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THE NATURAL SELECTION HAGGADAH</div>
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Author: Rabbi
Natan Slifkin</div>
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Hardcover, 176 pages</div>
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This Haggadah focuses on the zoological and scientific
aspects of the seder. Check out a page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/86650862/The-Natural-Selection-Haggadah">here</a>.</div>
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THE HUNGER GAMES HAGGADAH</div>
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Author: Rabbi Isaac Pander</div>
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Softcover, 41 pages</div>
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Have a teenage daughter who thinks the seder isn’t
“cool”? Get her excited with this Torah lessons in the haggadah based on the
very popular book and movie. Check out a page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/86650944/The-Hunger-Games-page-6">here</a>. </div>
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THE AGUDAS YISRAEL HAGGADAH</div>
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Author: Rabbi
Shimshon Sherer</div>
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Hardcover, 176 pages</div>
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Learn the Torah values of the Agudah in this new
haggadah. Check out a page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/86660598/The-Agudah-Haggadah">here</a>.</div>
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THE YEAR IN ISRAEL
HAGGADAH</div>
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Author: Rabbi Shem Tov Culter</div>
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Softcover, 414
pages</div>
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Yehishiva students in the middle of their intense growth
experience are often ripped out of it and forced to return to their families
for Pesach. This haggadah includes divrei torah to give chizuk to the bochurim
as well as 500 commonly asked questions, along with answers, so they can clear
up any confusion about their new lifestyle. Check out a page <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/86657279/The-Year-in-Israel-Haggadah2">here </a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5