tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73099290591396730412024-03-19T00:38:49.253+02:00Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish IdentityDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger18112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-8686473385810145672024-03-18T21:12:00.007+02:002024-03-18T21:12:46.788+02:00Pennsylvania man sentenced for setting Midwood rabbi’s house on fire<p> <a href="https://www.brooklynpaper.com/pa-man-sentenced-midwood-rabbi-fire/">https://www.brooklynpaper.com/pa-man-sentenced-midwood-rabbi-fire/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, Karelefsky was caught on video lighting a fire under the front porch of Rabbi Jonathan Max’s East 17th Street home in the middle of the night on June 13, 2019. The fire quickly spread to two adjacent homes, forcing 13 people to evacuate, including Max and his family.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-42376724357947377482024-03-18T17:11:00.004+02:002024-03-18T17:11:52.000+02:00MAGA Reps Suddenly Face an Existential Threat: Themselves<p> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-reps-suddenly-face-an-existential-threat-themselves?ref=home?ref=home">https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-reps-suddenly-face-an-existential-threat-themselves?ref=home?ref=home</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">What nearly all of these incumbents have in common is that their opponents hail from the far-right fringes of the party. Where the incumbents are on Fox and Newsmax, the challengers are regulars on Bannon’s show, hoping to land endorsements from figures like Mike Lindell, Roger Stone, and Michael Flynn.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-20707805709471685752024-03-18T16:58:00.003+02:002024-03-18T16:58:29.419+02:00Did Donald Trump Threaten 'Bloodbath' If He Loses? Here's What Happened<p> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-threaten-bloodbath-speech-context-auto-industry-true-biden-1880300">https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-threaten-bloodbath-speech-context-auto-industry-true-biden-1880300</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">George Conway, an attorney and Trump critic, argued on social media that whether or not Trump was referring to the auto industry, what matters was his consistent use of "apocalyptic and violent language in an indiscriminate fashion as a result of his psychopathy and correlative authoritarian tendencies."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"It's a classic trait and technique of authoritarian demagogues," he said. "He catastrophizes *everything* to rile up his cultish supporters, and to bind them to him, and to make them willing to do his bidding."</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-71049573080130010632024-03-18T16:48:00.004+02:002024-03-18T16:48:59.974+02:00Zika in Halachah<p> <a href="https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/zika-in-halacha/">https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/zika-in-halacha/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">To give us a sense of the magnitude of the epidemic, according to an account from the rabbinic court of Rav Shmuel Vozner (1913-2015), over 1,000 cases were presented to the court requesting abortion. The court prohibited abortion in every single case (consistent with the general approach of Rabbi Feinstein). As a postscript, it is further reported that in all the cases, save one, no harm befell the subsequent children. As this is an anecdotal account, absent any details of the cases, we cannot know whether the women had confirmed cases of rubella, and if so, during which trimester. In any case it is a remarkable number.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-60815770568270744962024-03-18T11:40:00.001+02:002024-03-18T11:40:31.635+02:00Not everyone can be successful<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Chullin (24a)</b> If a student does not see progress in
his studies after five years, he never will. R. Jose says, After three years</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-57881458903020792902024-03-18T10:34:00.002+02:002024-03-18T10:34:25.842+02:00Wisdom and Sickness<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Tosefta (Berachos 3:5)</b> Anyone whose body was stricken with some desease, because of his wisdom it is a good sign for him. And anyone whose wisdom was stricken with some desease, because of his body it is a bad sign for him.” He used to say, “Anyone who lost his mind, because of his wisdom it is a good sign for him. And anyone who lost his wisdom because of his mind it is a bad sign for him.”</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-61849370102279532732024-03-18T10:25:00.002+02:002024-03-18T10:25:38.010+02:00Prestigious Jewish school principal in New York convicted of embezzlement<p> <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syn3nmmrt">https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syn3nmmrt</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Suffolk County District Attorney says David Ostrove diverted approximately $8.4 million of Schechter School of Long Island funds into accounts controlled by him</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-67477251933989896352024-03-18T10:02:00.005+02:002024-03-18T10:02:54.563+02:00Trump Agonistes, ‘Bloodbath’ and ‘Hostages’ Edition<p> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-agonistes-blood-bath-and-hostages-chapter-auto-industry-ohio-401bb780?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s">https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-agonistes-blood-bath-and-hostages-chapter-auto-industry-ohio-401bb780?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The real news is that Mr. Trump promised to impose tariffs on foreign-made cars, apparently no matter where they’re from. This would hurt U.S. working-class consumers by raising car prices, much as his steel tariffs enhanced the profits of U.S. steel companies while hurting other companies that use steel.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Vandalia, Ohio, Mr. Trump also repeated his frequent line that those convicted of crimes for the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol are “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots.” He vowed to help them if he wins in November, which implies mass pardons.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">While some rioters have arguably been treated too harshly, they broke one or more laws by breaching police barriers and besieging the Capitol. Police were injured. The rioters also disrupted Congress’s session ratifying the votes of the Electoral College.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I think it’s unfortunate at a time that there are American hostages being held in Gaza, that the President or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our justice system as hostages,” former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation. “It’s just unacceptable.”</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-64220545321026696462024-03-17T20:40:00.004+02:002024-03-17T20:41:31.230+02:00First-time Parent at 88: Has Israel's Fertility Craze Gone Too Far?<p> <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2024-03-13/ty-article/57-year-old-mom-88-year-old-dad-welcome-newborn-has-israels-ivf-craze-gone-too-far/0000018e-3746-df5e-a5fe-f7feb5f70000">https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2024-03-13/ty-article/57-year-old-mom-88-year-old-dad-welcome-newborn-has-israels-ivf-craze-gone-too-far/0000018e-3746-df5e-a5fe-f7feb5f70000</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Outside of Haredi society the report was received with far more criticism, and with quite a few ethical questions about the future of the infant born to such elderly parents, and the significant medical risks involved in pregnancy and birth at such an age.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-32581219491779245912024-03-17T10:27:00.004+02:002024-03-17T10:27:39.676+02:00Trump’s Bizarre Clinton Conspiracy Is a Total Acid Trip<p> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-latest-clinton-conspiracy-about-bleachbit-and-hillarys-emails-is-a-total-trip?ref=home">https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-latest-clinton-conspiracy-about-bleachbit-and-hillarys-emails-is-a-total-trip?ref=home</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Donald Trump’s unfounded new claim that Hillary Clinton used acid to delete her emails shows the former president doesn’t quite grasp how the BleachBit software program works.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“They released Hillary Clinton. She hammered her phones, she used all sorts of acid testing and everything else. They call it BleachBit, but it’s essentially acid that will destroy everything within 10 miles,” he told Newsmax. “I mean, what she did was unbelievable. Nothing happens to her.”</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-89400367363565254432024-03-17T10:13:00.001+02:002024-03-17T10:13:19.515+02:00Jared Kushner's New Foreign Deals Spark 'Corruption' Accusation<p> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushners-new-foreign-deals-spark-corruption-accusation-1879998">https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushners-new-foreign-deals-spark-corruption-accusation-1879998</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Garcia wrote on X on Friday: "Jared Kushner is back to brokering major deals with foreign governments per new reports today. We've already exposed his $2 billion investment fund with the Saudis, and we are pushing hard to ensure this grift gets the attention it demands. This is real corruption."</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-35899662787179212024-03-17T10:09:00.006+02:002024-03-17T10:09:52.067+02:00Schumer saves Bibi<p> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/schumers-anti-netanyahu-speech-strengthens-bibi-israels-war-defeat-hamas">https://www.foxnews.com/world/schumers-anti-netanyahu-speech-strengthens-bibi-israels-war-defeat-hamas</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Having seen his lowest levels of support in months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity has gotten a bounce in the polls, which some say is partly due to the Biden administration and Democrats' growing criticism against the Jewish state. </span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-88262261420492462962024-03-16T20:28:00.004+02:002024-03-16T20:29:25.564+02:00How Trump advanced Arab-Israeli peace but fueled Palestinian rage<p> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/10/trump-israel-gaza-war/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/10/trump-israel-gaza-war/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I think the Abraham Accords were incredibly important, but this disaster that we’re living through is a reminder that you cannot secure Israel simply through diplomatic work with Sunni nation-states,” said Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-47435508373022013242024-03-16T20:21:00.004+02:002024-03-16T20:21:29.287+02:00Trump’s turn against Israel offers stark reminder of what his diplomacy looks like<p> <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/13/politics/donald-trump-israel-netanyahu-diplomacy/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/13/politics/donald-trump-israel-netanyahu-diplomacy/index.html</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump’s original grievance-based analysis reflects a transactional, unorthodox approach to foreign policy that often prioritizes his own personal goals over a standard understanding of the national interest. It also highlighted a contrast with his potential 2024 election opponent. Biden reacted to the attack by using all of the tools of traditional statesmanship, including rhetoric, personal behind-the-scenes contacts with key foreign leaders and by mobilizing allies. Like Trump, Biden has had a personal and political beef with Netanyahu – but shelved his differences with him weeks before the attack and has been in constant contact with the prime minister since it occurred.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Biden is seeking to strike a balance. He has shown the most ardent support for Israel of any recent US president and acknowledged its desire to retaliate and reestablish its sense of security after the most shocking penetration of its borders and national psyche in 50 years. But Biden is also sending private and public signals to Netanyahu that Israel’s response should not infringe the laws of war and that he should consider the humanitarian consequences of an invasion of Gaza, as he seeks to prevent the war escalating into a dangerous regional conflict that could draw in the US.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-67095955751119787322024-03-16T20:14:00.004+02:002024-03-16T20:15:32.708+02:00Trump breaks silence on Israel's military campaign in Gaza: 'Finish the problem'<p> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trump did lay out a few markers in the three weeks that followed the Hamas attack. He said on Oct. 11 that a future Trump administration would “fully support Israel defeating, dismantling, and permanently destroying the terrorist group Hamas,” while telling the Republican Jewish Coalition later that month that Hamas fighters “will burn forever in the eternal pit of hell." That month, his campaign also said that, if elected again, he would bar Gaza residents from entering the U.S. as part of an expanded travel ban.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the four-plus months since, however, the former president’s once-ardent public backing of Israel has gone mostly quiet.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-76144602687409362872024-03-16T20:07:00.003+02:002024-03-16T20:07:59.258+02:00Doctors question science behind blood sugar diet trend<p> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68452019">https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68452019</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prof Kar thinks using CGMs - which are used by people with diabetes - when there's no health reason to do so can drive an obsessive focus on numbers which, in the most extreme cases, "can translate into eating disorders".</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to eating disorder charity Beat, "people with eating disorders often fixate on numbers... as part of their illness, so we'd never recommend that anybody affected uses glucose monitors".</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-73746585747322592302024-03-16T19:39:00.005+02:002024-03-16T19:57:57.660+02:00The Judge’s Ruling on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Is a Mess<p> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/judges-ruling-on-fulton-county-district-attorney-fani-willis-is-a-mess?ref=home">https://www.thedailybeast.com/judges-ruling-on-fulton-county-district-attorney-fani-willis-is-a-mess?ref=home</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Judge McAfee, at age 35, is even younger than Ito was during the O.J. trial and has only been on the bench a year. His inexperience, and perhaps his mindset as a white male Republican member of the Federalist Society, have begun to show.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Worse, at the end of all that, McAfee produced a poorly written, poorly reasoned ruling. McAfee had promised the prosecution and defense that he would have his decision out today and that “no ruling of mine is ever going to be based on politics. I’m going to be following the law as best I understand it.”</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-17907019811651523982024-03-16T19:28:00.000+02:002024-03-16T19:28:00.696+02:00Judge rejects Trump’s bid to disqualify Georgia prosecutor<p> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/15/judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-disqualify-georgia-prosecutor-00147286">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/15/judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-disqualify-georgia-prosecutor-00147286</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A judge in Atlanta ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can continue prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants for trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election if one of her top prosecutors on the case, Nathan Wade, is removed from the team.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">But Judge Scott McAfee wrote that either Willis and her entire office or Wade must step aside to prevent an “appearance of conflict” over potential financial improprieties caused by their romantic relationship. Within hours of the ruling, Wade offered his resignation in a letter to Willis.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-42700737421031675722024-03-15T14:16:00.001+02:002024-03-15T14:16:04.366+02:00The Untold Story of Zipporah, Wife of Moses<p> <a href="https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/4240317/jewish/The-Untold-Story-of-Zipporah-Wife-of-Moses.htm">https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/4240317/jewish/The-Untold-Story-of-Zipporah-Wife-of-Moses.htm</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">What were they speaking about? Rashi tells us that Moses had divorced his wife:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How did she [Miriam] know that Moses had separated from his wife? R. Nathan says: Miriam was beside Zipporah when Moses was told that Eldad and Medad [newly appointed prophets] were prophesying in the camp. When Zipporah heard this, she said, “Woe to their wives if they are required to prophesy, for they will separate from their wives just as my husband separated from me.”</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">From this, Miriam knew [about it] and told Aaron.11</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In truth, however, it was only Moses who was required to separate from his wife in order to be constantly “on call,” ready to speak to G‑d at any moment. Other prophets remained married and led normal family lives.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-2763131081052458652024-03-15T13:19:00.006+02:002024-03-15T13:23:17.742+02:00Signs<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Zohar (Balak 163) </b>It is written in the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon that there are three signs, the sign of sin is jaundice, of insanity is excessive talking and that he knows nothing is that he praises himself </span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-63048829421534917072024-03-15T11:58:00.003+02:002024-03-15T11:58:14.719+02:00As Biden impeachment stalls, House GOP turns to backup plans<p> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/house-gop-biden-impeachment-plans-00146622">https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/house-gop-biden-impeachment-plans-00146622</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">House Republicans are increasingly acknowledging that they don’t have the votes to impeach President Joe Biden, leaving them in search of other ways to antagonize the White House.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-89143290957654330642024-03-15T11:47:00.001+02:002024-03-15T11:47:08.629+02:00The New Antisemitism<p> <a href="https://time.com/6763293/antisemitism/">https://time.com/6763293/antisemitism/</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The core of this new antisemitism lies in the idea that Jews are not a historically oppressed people seeking self-preservation but instead oppressors: imperialists, colonialists, and even white supremacists. This view preserves vestiges of the trope that Jews exercise vast power. It creatively updates that narrative to contemporary circumstances and current cultural preoccupations with the nature of power and injustice.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-32571644042893145302024-03-15T10:46:00.012+02:002024-03-16T21:57:59.579+02:00Divination - when Permissible?<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chullin (95b) </b>An omen which is not after the form pronounced by Eliezer, Abraham's servant, or by Jonathan the son of Saul, is not considered a divination!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Malbim (Vayikra 19:26)</b> And in what is written in Chulin (95), that every divination which isn’t like that of Eliezer is not prohibited., there is a dispute between the Rambam and the Ravad, and in my opinion also with the Rambam and those who say that the divination of Eliezer and Yonasan were prohibited actions. In fact they were not prohibited actions because they ascribed success to G-d’s providence. Since they knew G-d was with them in this matter they set a sign that G-d would notify them what to do or not to do. There are a number of similar events described in the gemora and Zohar in which they relied on a sign from G-d and thus they are not prohibited as darchei Emori.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shoftim (06:36-37)</b> 36. And Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, 37. Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; and if the dew is on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground elsewhere, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Derashas HaRan (12:16) </b>And if one would ask: if one is forbidden to resort to these signs and is called an augurer if he does so, how are we to understand (Chullin 95b): "Rav would test propitiousness by means of a ferry" if it came towards him, he would see it as a propitious sign. What difference is there between a ferry and a deer crossing one's path? — the answer is: though Rav tested propitiousness by means of a ferry, he did not make his future action entirely dependent upon the result of that test, but only sought some indication of whether he would meet with success; and even if the sign was that he would not, he would not, because of this, abandon his undertaking, knowing as he did that the Blessed One can change everything according to His will. Augury is forbidden only to him who relies upon it implicitly, as is made clear there (Ibid): "And even so [even though the meat in question had been under constant surveillance], Rav did not eat of that meat. Why not, if it had been under constant surveillance? It must be because he had unlawfully resorted to augury and therefore banned to himself the fruits, as it were, of that augury. But did not Rav himself say that any augurer who is not like Eliezer the servant of Abraham and Jonathan the son of Saul is not an augurer?" That is: if he does not rely implicitly upon his augury as did Eliezer the servant of Abraham, who said (Genesis 24:14): "And it will be that maiden to whom I say: 'Hand down your pitcher that I may drink' — and who answers: 'Drink, and I will also give your camels to drink' — she is the one whom You have designated for your servant Isaac," and as Jonathan the son of Saul, who said (I Samuel 14:10): "And if they say thus: 'Come up to us' — then we shall go up, for the L-rd has given them into our hand" — if one does not rely implicitly upon his augury as these did, then he is not considered an augurer. And Rav did not rely implicitly upon his augury but only said: "A ferry is coming towards me — it is a good day for wayfarers." He did not say that if a ferry came towards him he would go, and that if it did not, he would not. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Shemuel (1 14:08-10)</b> 8. Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to these men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.9. If they say thus to us, Remain until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.10. But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for the Lord has delivered them into our hand; and this shall be a sign to us.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See Rav Sternbuch (1:454) </span><span style="font-size: large;">תשובות והנהגות (חלק א' סי' תנד) מפורש בכתוב (דברים יח יג) 'תמים תהיה עם ד' אלקוך', ובפירש"י שם 'התהלך עמו בתמימות ולא תחקור אחר העתידות, ואמנם נראה דיסוד האיסור הוא רק כשתולה עתידו בדבר אחר וכדאיתא בפסחים (קיג:) 'מנין שאין שואלין בכלדאים (חוזי כוכבים) שנאמר 'תמים תהיה עם ד' אלוקיך', וכ"ה בשו"ע יו"ד סי' קע"ט אין שואלין בחוזים בכוכבים ולא בגורלות [וכ' ברמ"א] משום שנאמר תמים תהיה עם ד' אלוקיך ומשמע שהאיסור דוקא כשתולה עתידו בזה ולא בעצם החקירה אחר העתידות, וא"ש לשון הרמ"א באו"ח סי' תרס"ד שכתב 'ואינו ראוי לדרוש ולחקור אחר העתידות כלל, ומשמע שאינו איסור תורה אלא הוא בגדר אינו ראוי וכ"ה בספר חסידים תר"ה דמשמע שם שאינו איסור גמור ורק שומר נפשו ירחק מזה ע"ש. ועיין בהרמב"ן בהשגות לסה"מ עשה ח' שמנה עשה זו דתמים תהיה ביארה וז"ל, 'וענין הצוואה שנייחד לבבנו אילו לבדו יתברך ושנאמין שהוא לבדו עושה הכל וכו', וממנו לבדו נדרוש הבאות מנביאיו או מאנשי חסידיו ר"ל אורים ותומים ולא נבטח מהוברי שמים ולא מזולתם ולא נבטח שיביואו דבריהם עכ"פ אבל אם נשמע דבר מהם נאמר הכל בידי שמים כי הוא משנה מערכת הכוכבים והמזלות כרצונו, ונאמין כשל הבאות תהיינה אלינו כפי התקרבותינו לעבודתו יתברך, ע"ש. ונראה דכל האיסור לבטוח בהם אבל כשינו בוטח בהם אלא רוצה לידע מזלו כדי להתחזק בתשובה ומעש"ט, אינו אסור מן הדין אך מ"מ אין ראוי לעסוק בזה וכמו שביארנו. ועיין ירושלמי שבת (פ"ו ה"ט), שכל המנחש סופו לבא עליו שנא' כי לא נחש ביעקב, קרי לו נחש ומי גרם לו שינצל לפי שבטח בקב"ה, וע"ע נמוק"י סנהדרין סוף פרק ז' ושו"ת הרמב"ן סי' רפ"ב. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">וכן במה שדרשו בספרי מנין שאין שואלין בגורלות שנאמר תמים תהיה עם ד' אלוקיך היינו ג"כ עד"ז כשתולה בגורל" העתידות, אבל כשעושה גורל להכריע בין שני צדדים שאין לו הכרעה שרי. וכעת הראוני ב"כרם שלמה" שציין להפוסקים בנקטו כן, האלף לך שלמה או"ח תס"ב חוו"י סי ס"א, תשובות גאוני קדמאי סי' ס'. ושמעתי מחמי זצ"ל שבכל דבר שהיו לו שני צדדים היה עושה לפי הגורל והיה אומר ד' מנת חלקי וכוסי אתה תומיך גורלי, ושאל לרבינו החזו"א אם מותר, והשיב לא דמותר ואין בזה חשש שאינו מקבל הדברים אלא כעצה. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">וכתבו באחרונים דכיון שישראל אינם תחת המזלות רק בהשגחה מיוחדת מהבורא ית"ש, ולכך אפילו רואים במזלות אי אפשר לסמוך אצלם אלא בההווה ולא בהעתיד, אם כן אף שיכולים לפעמים לכוון ההווה, בישראל אי אפשר בעתידות, ואם הוא מאמין בה' ומתפלל אילו משנה גם מזלו, וכמבואר בשבת (קנו:) וא"כ באופן דאין שואלים לקבל תשובת הרואים כאמיתית לסמוך אל זה אין איסור מדינא.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">לכן נראה שאין איסור לשאול ולחקור אצל המסתכל בכף היד, שיש יסוד בזוה"ק פרשת יתרו 'ואתה תחזה' שבגוף האדם בכפות אצבעותיו רמזים למעמדו ולמזלו, מ"מ עליו לידע שאצל עם ישראל הכל תלוי בתפילה ומעשים טובים, וגם נכריות אלו ידיעותיהן לא ברורות ולא מבינות בכף היד לגמרי, ומבלבלות בדברים שהם אמת ושקר יחד, וראוי שלא לשאול בהן כלל רק לסמוך על הקב"ה בעתידו, וברבוי תפלה צדקה ומעשים טובים ירחם עלינו בעולם הזה בבני חיי ומזוני ונזכה לחיי עלום הבא.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-46099369613025211552024-03-15T10:10:00.003+02:002024-03-15T10:10:54.504+02:00Outrage as Los Angeles synagogue hosting Muslim group covers up hostage posters<p> <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hk79hacta?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=internal">https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hk79hacta?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=internal</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, HAMAKOM(formerly Temple Aliyah), which also operates a community center, school and kindergarten, rented out its premises to a local Muslim organization, the Islamic Society of West Valley (ISWV), for a Ramadan event, and ordered the hostages' posters to be covered.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">"The fact that they felt the need to hide posters of hostages to make terrorists and their supporters feel more what? Comfortable? says it all. They want to bow down to those who hate us instead of standing up loud and proud in support and defense of Israel," a local community member told Ynet.</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-58620865389036975602024-03-15T10:07:00.002+02:002024-03-15T10:48:16.718+02:00Nasrallah rejoices at ultra-Orthodox threat about leaving country over military draft<p> <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjog5ol0a">https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjog5ol0a</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nasrallah referred to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's statements regarding the draft and his call to find a solution. According to Nasrallah, the issue is currently "a big problem in Israeli society." He addressed the chief rabbi's ultimatum, where he threatened that all ultra-Orthodox would leave Israel if they had to draft, and rejoiced: "Let them pack their bags and leave."</span></p>Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.com1