tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307041972024-03-07T22:30:58.627-05:00VinTage FrumTeens (aka "The Mod Squad")Mivchar pninei maamarim u'teshuvos from the Moderator - compiled by a talmid (with permission). All material taken from the wildly popular frumteens.com
(For the most part, posts have been spell-checked & broken into more paragraphs & I have omitted those "non-moderator" comments & q's which the Moderator does not address.)amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.comBlogger520125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-48960348339571855022010-10-03T14:30:00.002-04:002010-10-03T14:36:15.997-04:00SCHAR V'ONESH-----video of my life?Lsheva Posted - 23 September 2003 13:28 Ok, i know hashem is all good and everything. But then how could it be, if the worst thing in the world is to embarrass someone, that when we go to the heavens after 120 that Hashem shows every one your whole life and all your avierot? This is beyond embarrassing and painful. I know it’s probably not totally accurate but it must have some truth to it amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-72011828261878199422010-08-11T18:05:00.002-04:002010-08-11T18:10:39.445-04:00FACTIONS-----tide and r hirsch 2Alexander Posted - 18 March 2010 0:56 Dear Moderators: Could you please unambiguously clarify the following? 1) Satmar Rav's position on working. Why? For Whom (only Satmar or suggestion to Klal Israel in general), Based on what sources? 2) Philosophy of K'Hal Adath Jeshurun "KAJ under Rav Breuer and his successors continues to adhere to the philosophy of "Independent Orthodoxy"whichamolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-57784401203564738562010-04-23T14:05:00.005-04:002010-05-03T18:01:26.514-04:00ZIONISM / ANTI-----r henkin 2Ary Posted - 22 April 2010 22:23 Listen!!!!! I can’t believe that you represent the view of Gedolim like this! Your quotes represent R" Henkin's view BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. If you look at R' Henkin's view AFTER THE ESTABLISHEMENT he actually says in his teshuva that ONE SHOULD THANK HASHEM FOR THE MIRACLES THAT HE DID FOR US WITHIN ERETZ YISRAEL. He states that amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-22171884533022363802009-12-13T12:50:00.001-05:002009-12-13T12:52:24.058-05:00MISC----losing olam habaProudlyJewish Posted - 12 May 2009 15:22--------------------------------------------------------------------------------I was learning Halacha, and found that if you embarrass someone publicly, you lose your share in olam haba. Is there anything you can do to repent? Does this sin go away on Yom Kippur?There are SO many sins that cause you to lose your olam haba, it seems hardly anyone would get amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-81938735524612043102009-09-16T17:35:00.002-04:002009-09-16T17:40:14.323-04:00MISC-----authority of rabbistanteePosted - 03 March 2009 13:10O.K. Here goes.I hope that I can get this issue clear once and for all.What is the Authority of a Rav?What makes someone a "Gadol"?In what situation are we meant to listen to them. Is it only in inyanei halacha?If a Rav gives someone advise, does that mean that he has to listen to it.Are the Gedolim the Manhigei hador?What is the authority of Rav Elyashiv? What amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-70151787931329660252009-07-09T17:13:00.002-04:002009-07-09T17:17:43.155-04:00FACTIONS-----GRA vs Baal Shem Tovsatinsword13 Posted - 16 June 2009 18:17--------------------------------------------------------------------------------A question that bothered me for a while:If the GRA was the gadol hador at the time of the baal shem tov, and he came out so absolutely strongly against chassidus, so much so that he wanted to put them in cherem, how come we can even consider going near it? I say this not out of amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-20298433865650165052008-12-07T10:40:00.001-05:002008-12-07T10:42:29.487-05:00FACTIONS-----modern orthodox / the bottom line(revised 12/7/08)trying2shteig Posted - 28 August 2008 9:51I was reading the thread LINK and it just got really long and too tough to follow.So I didn't really see if there is a "definition" of modern orthodox. could the mod give a simple yet encompassing definition of Modern? I’m curious to see if it's the same as mine....MODERATOR Posted - 28 August 2008 10:07There is no definition. It means amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-88176283538203650612008-11-19T18:07:00.004-05:002008-12-07T10:36:32.973-05:00HALACHA-----beards payos and shavingjj Posted - 12 January 2001 15:17________________________________________Hi, I would like to ask two things.1) could you please tell me the different shitos regarding shaving and trimming why some people don’t do it at all etc. and2)if the whole point of having payos is that al pi kabala you should never cut it, then why do yeshiva bochrim have payos behind their ears? they should only have like amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-8181849003583348212008-08-06T17:13:00.002-04:002008-08-06T17:16:02.907-04:00CHIZUK-----worth living for 1 mitzvaElchonon Posted - 05 September 2004 15:30 I'm sorry if I sound blatant but-Why get up in the morning? I feel no desire to. I probably do 80% aveiros and maybe 20% mitzvos. So why get up just to make Hashem disappointed and anger Him? The only reason I get up is because I have a chiyuv. I must daven. But if I didn't have a chiyuv I might not have gotten up some days this summer. Why amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-57919656553588442682008-08-04T17:19:00.002-04:002008-08-04T17:28:04.033-04:00ZIONISM / ANTI-----agudahMatisyohu28 Posted - 31 July 2008 8:24 Mod - the Agudah voted to be for the creation of the medina??? This is all news to me...and what kind of regular Rabbonim would have the chutzpah to vote against Reb Elchonon and Reb Ahron??? What do they think this is, America? MODERATOR Posted - 31 July 2008 10:11 No, they didn’t vote for the creation of a Medinah, c"v. they voted for amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-68519133477150058032008-07-28T17:15:00.004-04:002008-07-28T17:25:08.704-04:00FACTIONS-----chasidim and their hanhagosAharon Shmuel Posted - 05 December 2001 15:56 I have a few questions mabye this has been discussed in several sections. As a BT who has learned much about yiddishkeit from all different types of Chassidishe groups (I have had very little exposure to the litvish communities) I noticed that I do some things quite differently that it seems only Chassidishe people do and I don't really amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-24850047333126799452008-07-21T17:28:00.002-04:002008-07-21T17:34:09.688-04:00ZIONISM / OATHS-----the binding natureMODERATOR Posted - 15 July 2008 7:44 Thanks fo"f. Also important to note is not only the fact that the Shevuos are quoted l'maaseh in Chazal, Rishonim and Achronim and have been used throughout the ages, but also that there has been nobody who disagreed with them or their binding nature (until the Zionists came and, as they have done with Jewish history (see Israel's Declaration of amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-59519615931467871222008-07-16T17:51:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:52:17.024-04:00HALACHA-----summer halachosMODERATOR Posted - 16 July 2008 13:45 1) Summer vacation presents a rare opportunity to learn Torah for those who are normally occupied with making a living or in school. Every man is obligated to set aside at least two times for learning each day - one during the day and one during the night. The halacha demands that any extra time we have be used for learning Torah. 2) Spending time reading amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-89606063352941593512008-07-16T17:14:00.002-04:002008-07-16T17:16:53.215-04:00WOMEN-----learning torah VIIsandythedog Posted - 16 July 2008 10:32 I know that there are debates and discussions on what women can learn. This is what I have understood from other posts:-not gemara/torah sheb'al peh -rashi might be okay, bc it explains torah -and if for learning halacha, something that a girl should know, that's okay. So a girl could look up something in the gemara, such as halachot of davening, amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-14953949846598384572008-07-07T17:12:00.002-04:002008-07-07T17:15:29.321-04:00CHUKAS AKUM-----4th of julykuriyus Posted - 04 July 2006 14:26 Are Jews allowed to celebrate the 4th of July? like putting out a flag? MODERATOR Posted - 04 July 2006 15:14 yes, you are allowed, and yes, you should celebrate the 4th of July. You’re not obligated to put out a flag, but it is a good thing to do (Rav Avigdor Miller ZTL and Rav Pam ZTL used to do it every year). We should have gratitude to amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-26450070785584152642008-07-07T17:05:00.004-04:002008-07-16T17:42:05.309-04:00BITACHON-----hashgacha pratis vs. klalisMistakesHelp16 Posted - 06 July 2008 15:46 A few years ago I learned a k'li yakar in Chumash class, and it was about hashgacha pratit. I may be wrong, but I distinctly remember learning that not everyone merits hashgacha pratit...only the tzadikim. Nonjews and Jews who are not tzadikim only merit hashgacha klallit. Is this true, or did I totally misconstrue the whole k'li yakar?? If amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-59349789099318251532008-03-10T17:13:00.009-04:002008-03-10T17:31:05.996-04:00HALACHA-----halacha vs chumra Yoredes Posted - 08 May 2001 20:28 We had a discussion in class about my Chumrah vs. Halacha issue a little while ago, before I even knew about this web sight. I also spoke to a teacher I respect about it, but it didn't help. One of the main recent examples is T.V. and Internet. My teachers claim that they are ASSUR, but I know that that can't be so. I think that for sure T.V., and amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-75026992216729512052008-02-29T14:18:00.002-05:002008-02-29T14:21:36.118-05:00LUBAVITCH-----rambam yomiMODERATOR Posted - 28 February 2008 12:43 The issue with the Rambam Yomi is quite simple. The Rambam can be learned 2 ways: 1) As a halachah sefer2) as a commentary on the Gemora If you learn it as #2, then you shouldn’t follow the order of the Rambam but rather the order of the Gemora and then see how the Rambam understood the Gemora to reach his halachic conclusion. Unless you’re amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-2164755143487307172008-02-25T17:16:00.001-05:002008-02-29T14:23:42.466-05:00ZIONISM / ANTI-----r henkinMODERATOR Posted - 24 February 2008 16:16 Flippedoutfish posted something about some Zionist book out there that claims that Rav Henkin was a Zionist c"v or something like that. I didn’t see the book but I’d bet that they are recycling the old statement from Rav Henkin about something he saw in HaChomah - a Neturei Karta EY magazine, where he says not to pester the Israeli government amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-16689444439690995122008-02-18T14:13:00.001-05:002008-02-18T14:15:24.703-05:00ZIONISM / RELIGIOUS-----the true motivationFS613 Posted - 14 February 2008 12:48 Rabbi Moderator:I understand why secular Jews don't understand that Zionism is wrong, according to the Torah;but why don't religious Jews understand that Zionism is wrong, according to the Torah? The evidence is very clear, that it's against the Torah and the 3 Oaths, besides the fact that Jewish life is governed by the Torah, not by the amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-52918245974168821492008-02-08T13:39:00.000-05:002008-02-08T13:40:49.196-05:00WOMEN-----zimunMODERATOR Posted - 07 February 2008 19:12 There is a machlokes whether women who eat by themselves are obligated in zimun. Green decided to pasken like the GRA, who says they are obligated, but Rashi and Tosfos (Brachos 45b) and the Shulchan Aruch (OH 199) hold they are not. The Mishna Brura says that the prevalent custom is not like the GRA. The Mishna Brura explains that Chazal never amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-15671614832453936672008-02-08T13:33:00.000-05:002008-02-08T13:37:40.123-05:00ZIONISM / RELIGIOUS-----propagandaFlippedOutFish Posted - 06 February 2008 19:44 Did you receive my email? That’s why I wanted a consensus of all poskim on these issues. MODERATOR Posted - 08 February 2008 7:55 I got your email. I will answer bli neder, but I can only do it when I have some time to breathe. I will explain at length, but what I said before is still true - what you are asking for will not help.amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-47099422972742572008-01-18T14:20:00.000-05:002008-01-18T14:22:50.402-05:00HASHKOFO-----mesorahMODERATOR Posted - 11 January 2008 10:08 Hi flipped, I noticed that on more than one place on the site (Zionism and secular studies come to mind) after an entire discussion of the issues, you ask for or mention the need for some kind of rundown on every godols' opinion on the matter. Two things about this: 1) Of course its good to know what relevant people hold about an issue, but if (amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-50794367739684222442008-01-02T17:49:00.000-05:002008-01-14T17:08:19.806-05:00ZIONISM-----eilu v'eilu? 3 (updated 1/14/08)FlippedOutFish Posted - 02 January 2008 9:09 The Mod has quoted the Pardes article repeatedly about Rabbi Wasserman, Rabbi Kotler, Rabbi Rottenberg from Antwerp, and rabbis from Czechoslovakia and Hungary were unanimous in rejecting any proposal for a "Jewish State". Accepted But how do you explain the view of the other Rabbanim as stated:"Admo"rim from Boyan and Sadigora, Rav Tzirelsonamolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704197.post-16174686940646695952007-08-02T17:44:00.000-04:002007-08-02T17:47:44.421-04:00BECHIRAH-----if hashem knows the future...? 2st5785 Posted - 12 December 2001 15:47 I have an interesting question that i never got an answer to! How can we be given a choice to do something if Hashem know what we're going to do? And how can we be punished for something we did, well Hashem knew we were going to do it!!! MODERATOR Posted - 13 December 2001 15:32 Just because Hashem knows what you’re going to do amolamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07014058644814822833noreply@blogger.com0