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@CharlieChemtob What’s Ashkenazi about this issue?

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@JYuter Im pretty sure there’s no pesach sheni if the pesach rishon could have been brought btuma and wasn’t

Opinion: You can say this is a "bad idea" all you want, but it's not a "Hillul Hashem" / desecration of God's name to try to fulfill a commandment.* * Assuming they're correct in their assessments.

@TorahJews What’s the kasha? Where’s your yideshe kop

But isn’t Zionism 3,000 years old?

@cryptorebel_SV @jawboneofsamson What about here where G-d just outright fudges what Sarah said when reporting to Abraham? Lying is bad, but G-d disagrees with Kant — that that’s always necessarily true — in your own Bible. It’s not a Talmud thing. How else does a thoughtful person closely read the Bible?

@cryptorebel_SV @jawboneofsamson Okay let’s try this: this is in your Bible too. Do you deny that this is what G-d said to Samuel?

Judaism does not allow lying to outsiders. This is, ironically, a complete lie.

@MyNameIsAviJ @VaadHaBadchanim I have! Was this one on his list, I don’t remember. This is a personal pet peeve. My favorite from RAL is the pause between ארך and אפים. “G-d is tall…and angry”

@NeoLitvish @VaadHaBadchanim YES!! Have you heard Rav Lebowitz’s TMH shiur on these kinds of mispronunciations?

Your annual Lag BaOmer songs reminder: “Elo-KEE” – Doesn’t rhyme so well with “Yochai”, but isn’t kefira “Elo-KAI” – Rhymes perfectly with “Yochai”, but is absolute kefira.

@jcsalomon @rabbidanielrowe @Saul_Sadka This!!! I was screaming at my phone trying to get Saul to appreciate the irony in what he was saying given what he had said 30 minutes prior! And he almost got it

@rabbidanielrowe @Saul_Sadka In 2,500 years, when Saul Sadka’s account of the war is all that archaeologists have unearthed, his tale of Operation Grim Beeper will be dismissed as obvious fiction, modeled on the Book of Esther, with an equally artificial dramatic turning point.

Is the Judaism practiced today the same as Biblical Judaism? Rabbi Daniel Rowe sits down with Bible scholar and geopolitical analyst @Saul_Sadka, sometimes called “the man who rewrote the Torah”, for a wide-ranging conversation and debate. While respectful in tone, the discussion brings out clear differences in perspective on key issues like biblical authorship, the origins of Jewish law, and how Judaism has evolved over time.

@kaizen000000000 Dawkins here is just describing a different religion

Piers Morgan thinks that “i dont get it” is an argument against modern physics.🤭

@ModernBoethius He’s saying Catholicism is more similar to Judaism than Protestantism is similar to Judaism.

“Catholicism is more similar to Judaism than Protestantism.”

@ryxcommar Wow you guys are so smart wow

@sambloomq62v @Grossed_Out @FrumTikTok Come again

@NeoLitvish @Grossed_Out @FrumTikTok That fraud and cheating on your wife

🚨🚨🚨THE LAKEWOOD CHEESEBURGER SAGA: Lakewood Resturant Mix-Up Ends with Frum Kids Eating Treif. A troubling incident in the Lakewood–Toms River area has raised major concern after three young children mistakenly ate non-kosher food due to confusion between two similarly named restaurants. The incident unfolded while the children’s parents were out of town. A frum babysitter ordered dinner through Uber Eats, intending to order from a kosher restaurant. When the food arrived, the three children sat down to eat. “Three frum children sat down and ate treif,” said a source who spoke with the family. “Only later on, when the older sister came home, did she realize what had happened.” The confusion appears to have stemmed from the similarity between “Smash House Burgers,” a newly opened kosher establishment in Toms River that opened just the week before, and “Smashburger,” a non-kosher chain. The kosher restaurant, which recently opened in the area, offers items that had not previously been widely available locally, including kosher versions of cheeseburgers. According to the report, the kosher establishment was not clearly labeled as “kosher” on Uber Eats, unlike many other eateries, making it even easier to confuse with the non-kosher chain. Many described the broader concern, with one commentator noting that “the Lakewood area was introduced to a food item that has never been offered locally, and within a week a terrible michshol happened.” The incident has since sparked widespread discussion within the community, with many weighing in on responsibility and next steps. Some have raised concerns about the types of items being offered, which are similar to non kosher foods. Others focused on additional practical solutions to prevent similar incidents, including ensuring clearer labeling on delivery platforms. “Clearly mark yourself as kosher on Uber Eats,” one online commenter urged. “Every kosher eatery says ‘Kosher’ on Uber Eats, but Smash House Burger does not, so it can easily be mixed up with the treif Smashburger – and that’s most likely what happened to this poor frum baby sister,” he added. At the same time, some pushed back against placing blame on any single party. As one community member put it, “Is it the babysitter’s fault? Is it the store? Is it the children? Everyone is pointing fingers, but if these were your children you would be talking very differently.” “The leaders of Lakewood and Toms River need to move quickly, along with the owners of this food establishment, to make sure this can’t happen again,” he added. Following the publication of this story, the kosher restaurant renamed itself on Uber Eats as Smash House Kosher. This will help someone who is comparing both restaurants, but not one who is looking just at the unkosher one. The Kosher store has also removed the name 'cheeseburger' from its menu. Watch an interview with Benji, the owner of the new Kosher Smash House below, and further in the thread listen to the exclusive podcast interview with the father of the child who ate the non-kosher cheeseburger:

@sol_sports @reluctantzion @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ Are you going back and forth between accounts? Otherwise, no one was talking to you

@NeoLitvish @reluctantzion @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ Im done here. No use going back and forth

Should yeshiva students go to the army? - Rabbi Meir Kahane HYD

@reluctantzion @sol_sports @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ I see. If we’re only talking about them, I’d point out silence on the Satmar issue is different than loud opposition which omits analysis of a seemingly important topic.

@NeoLitvish @sol_sports @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ Mostly a different milieu. I have in mind the gedolim of degel hatorah, the mainstream litvak world. If you had asked rav Chaim Kanievsky, he'd have told you "you can vote; don't enlist" but there's no משנה סדורה on either, addressing all the alleged severe halachic problems

@reluctantzion @sol_sports @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ They exist. Rav Kasher, Rav Soloveichik, Rav Henkin, Rav Zevin….

@NeoLitvish @sol_sports @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ I don't know of any, either, and I agree that it would very nice to have one. But I don't know of a standard Litvak rebuttal to ויואל משה, either. I just don't think it means they concede the Halachic case and do whatever for political reasons.

@reluctantzion @sol_sports @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ I’ve never seen any tshuva by the chareidi leadership that analyzes and addresses the halachic issue. I’ve seen plenty addressing the pragmatic (maybe political is the wrong word) issues of sending their young men to be assimilated. I’d be happy to be proven wrong.

@NeoLitvish @sol_sports @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ Well, I'm no posek. It seemed to me, but I could be wrong. And from the POV of a bachur, the assumption can't be that the poskim are politically compromised (if that's the case, the correct move isn't just to enlist; it's to exit the Haredi world entirely).

@sol_sports @reluctantzion @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ So I and the other person can respectfully debate the best conclusion based on the Rambam etc and you don’t have to show up and say actually we should discuss a totally different thing.

@sol_sports @reluctantzion @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ Your “opinion” was I’m not supposed to discuss this, I should discuss Israeli economics and wait to be told what the right conclusion on draft issue is by “rabbanim”. There are differing Torah communities of rabbanim that say different things. No undisputed daas Torah.

@sol_sports @reluctantzion @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ How do you decide how to apply your appeal to authority? Leave all discussions of Torah to “rabbanim” (which? Who?), but also leave all discussions of chareidi impact on the economy to the politicians. Or let people talk about all issues and let good ideas form

@sol_sports @reluctantzion @D3Shabat @Lekoach_ If you’d like to limit your own ability to speak freely on issues, go for it. But please don’t impose a ban on voicing my opinion on me when I have a principled, source-based position. I’d prefer someone with a good counterpoint push back on me over you attempting to muzzle me.