The world’s largest 3D printer is building cozy homes from wood

 https://edition.cnn.com/style/worlds-largest-3d-printer-homes-maine-hnk-spc-intl/index.html

The new printer can produce objects as large as 96 feet long by 32 feet wide by 18 feet high and can print up to 500 pounds per hour. Dagher says that the goal is to be able to print 1,000 pounds of material in an hour. At that rate, it could reproduce the BioHome3D in 48 hours, he says.

If they can reach that target, their 3D-printed homes will be “very competitive with current housing construction costs,” he adds.

But it can be difficult to process wood materials at such a high speed. Even ASCC’s record-breaking printers sometimes jam. While printing BioHome3D, for example, the printer stopped working due to a dust buildup. “Nobody’s ever done this before with these kinds of materials,” says Dagher.

Commonsense Torah Conflict

 The question was raised since commonsense, and Torah provide guidance what to do when they conflict?

Additionally, the Torah says to listen to Sanhedrin Right and Left. There is a dispute between the Yerushalmi and other sources whether that means even when they say right is left

Finally we know that saying something which isn't true is bad. Are there times when it is good?

The answer is simple. If there is an actual conflict, then Torah is followed

For example commonsense might say homosexuality, adultery or pedophilia is good but Torah says otherwise so we follow the Torah

The issue of Sanhedrin or Gedolim is more complicated with some claiming that they must always be followed while others say that they sometimes err so when they err do not listen to them.

Rav Yakov Kaminetsky says Truth is that which is desirable to G-d and not whether it is factual

To tell a rodef where his intended victim is hiding, while being factual is undesirable

Similarly lies can be told to save lives or preserve the peace and other reasons

However the Ramban says even if beis din tells you to kill someone you know is innocent or to eat food you know is unkosher - they must be believed.

Others claim the survival of society requires obeying authority even when wrong. 

Chazon Ish notes that commonsense tells you that if a school has a teacher who has served the community well for many years not to replace him with a new teacher who is more successful but the halacha is otherwise.

A woman might claim she will commit suicide if she is kept from adultery or abortion while Torah prohibits.

A doctor might encourage suicide in cases of age, suffering or mental illness. while these are obvious from commonsense the Torah prohibits

Commonsense says a woman should not be stuck with a husband she doesn't like but the Torah says that doesn't end the marriage without a get.

This is summarized by Rav Soloveithik who said the Jews sacrificed their seichel at Sinai.

There is no statute of limitation for crimes in halacha!

When one flips a light switch there is an immediate appearance of light. The cause and effect is obvious. If someone steals money and the next week he  is caught and jailed - we say justice is done. 

However if someone robbed a bank as a twenty year old. And has lived as model citizen in his community for 30 years, happily married and has family  - there is a feeling that somehow the past should be forgotten. (There is a bit more problem of a concentration guard who killed and tortured hundreds of people - we don't forgive so fast even if he has lived an exemplary life for 40 years.)

If a person committed crimes but he was never caught and then he died  - should the discovery of his criminal past be mentioned or allowed to be forgotten.

 All this is leading up to the question of sexual abuse. It is not rare but rather typical that there is a significant passage of time between the crime and the complaint and punishment. This is primarily due to the psychological trauma resulting from the crime.

We typically hear, "Why did it take so long before they complained?" "What good is it to put an 80 year old grandfather in jail for raping kids when he was 25 years old." There is much that can be said to explain the psychodynamics but that is really not relevant to the question.

It is generally perceived that by having a delay of years or decades between the crime and reporting and punishment - is inappropriate or even immoral.  However there is no such idea in halacha. 

What about the claim that the person has done teshuva and thus doesn't have to be further punished? The simple answer is that teshuva is not complete without punishment. There is no concept that teshuva erases a crime - whether it is theft or murder.

In sum, a passage of time - no matter how long between crime and reporting - has absolutely no relevance in halacha. If you have any sources that contradict this conclusion I would appreciate being enlightened.

Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape

“This was a rape claim, this was a rape case all along, and the jury rejected that — made other findings,” his lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said outside the courthouse.

A judge has now clarified that this is basically a legal distinction without a real-world difference. He says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood.

Hunter Biden Prosecutors Might’ve Already Lost the Jury

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hunter-biden-prosecutors-mightve-already-lost-the-jury

 The government’s assertion that Hunter Biden “would not be here today if he was just a drug addict” shouts the quiet part out loud—as Hunter Biden is clearly not “just a drug addict.” He is the son of a sitting president and, by this statement, the prosecution all but invites the jury to wonder if any other drug addict would have been charged in these circumstances. That’s how you nullify juries.

Canada is no longer the safe haven it promised to Jews

 https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-804994

Twenty-five years ago, my parents immigrated to Canada from Israel. Throughout our childhood, my sister and I would ask them why they moved when they spoke of their homeland with such love and longing. When we grew older and became familiar with Israel ourselves, we asked them again why they moved, why they left such a beautiful, lively country for clinical Canada. Each time we asked, our parents gave us the same answer: Life is easier here and we wanted you girls to be safe.

This is not the life my parents envisioned for my sister and I. This is not the Canada we were promised, nor the Canada that continues to be promised to others. The hatred is here, and we cannot pretend otherwise. Today, it is Jews or, as they say, “Zionists,” but tomorrow it may be someone else. 

‘Morning Joe’ Skewers WSJ Over ‘Shocking’ Biden Mental Acuity Story

https://www.thedailybeast.com/morning-joe-skewers-wall-street-journal-over-shocking-biden-mental-acuity-story?ref=home 

The MSNBC pair further took issue with the article’s sourcing, claiming it relied mostly on partisan Republicans like former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and associates of current House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“Why didn't they just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene to weigh in?” Brzezinski scoffed. “And Lauren Boebert.”

Commonsense and Torah

 Toras Avraham (Toras HaSeichel HaEnushi #2): … Intellect (seichel) which characterizes man is not simply a means of knowing and understanding data. In fact the intellect is a moral faculty to know what is truly straight. G d created man with this faculty in order to teach him the path of life. Therefore it is obligatory for man to use it to know what is right and wrong and not to distort his straightness and wholesomeness. It enables him to be a moral judge to understand things in full. Thus man is obligated to keep things which he knows are right - as well as that which he has been commanded directly by G d. Both obligation serve to direct him properly…

Rabbeinu Nissim Gaon (Introduction to Talmud): The reason that there is punishment for activities not specifically commanded is because all those Mitzvos which are derived from commonsense are obligated on everyone from the day that G-d first created Adom HaRishon. Not only him but also all his descendants afterwards for all generations. 

Rambam (Moreh Nevuchim 3:17): A person is rewarded for any good deed and punished for sin - even though these activities were not commanded by a prophet. This is because a person is held accountable for those things which are dictated by commonsense.

Ramban (Bereishis 6:13): The generation of the flood was punished for theft because it was an obvious sin. Our Sages (Sanhedrin 108a) say that this sin sealed their fate. That is because it was commonsense that it was a sin, there was no need for a prophets to warn them. Furthermore it was evil to both heaven and man.

Eruvin (100b): Even if the Torah hadn't been given it would be possible to learn proper conduct from observing animals.  Modesty from the cat, avoidance of theft from ants, avoidance of adultery from the dove and sexual conduct from the rooster.

FDA panel rejects initial MDMA therapy for PTSD

 https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/h1wxtatn0

Key concerns raised by the panel included the study design, potential for drug abuse, risks outweighing benefits, lack of diversity in trials, missing patient data, and potential bias from therapists and facilitators.

Tzadikim punished for Pride

 Bamidbar Rabbah (21:12) AND MOSES BROUGHT THEIR CAUSE. Some hold that the law was hidden from Moses. There are cases where righteous men have boasted of some matter connected with a precept and G-d weakened their power. You find that David boasts: Thy statutes have been my songs, as much as to say that they are easy and familiar like songs. Said G-d: ‘By your life! You will in the end err in a matter that children read in the Scripture! When he brought up the ark he erred and put it on a cart; as it says, And they set the ark of God upon a new cart. The ark suspended itself in the air and the cows beneath it slipped. Uzzah drew near to support it, And God smote him there for his error, for an error in learning amounts to presumption. And David was displeased, because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah. G-d said to him: ' Did you not say, "Thy statutes have been my songs"? Have you not learned: But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the holy things belonged unto them: they bore them upon their shoulders? David began to reflect: The Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought Him not according to the ordinance. It was the same with Moses. Because he had boasted: The cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it, He diminished his mental powers. When the daughters of Zelophehad, however, came, He concealed the law from him, AND MOSES BROUGHT THEIR CAUSE BEFORE THE LORD. THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD SPEAK RIGHT. This, He meant, is the law! G-d said to him: ' Did you not say, "The cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me"? The law with which you are unacquainted is decided by the women! '

Grabbing Bargains

 Shulchan Aruch (CM 237) Someone who is trying to buy or hire something and another person comes and makes the deal first. That second person is called wicked. The same is the case if someone applies for work., There is another view that if the object being sought is ownerless or is given as a present that the second person is not called wicked, because it is not something that he can readily obtain elsewhere. And similarly If involves property which is adjacent to his, he can buy it first and is not called wicked. Since it is a unique purchase. (the view of Beis Yosef citing the Mordechai). Also if it is cheaper than elsewhere, then it is a bargain and the second person can acquire it as long as the first one hasn’t.  Others say it doesn’t matter whether it is unique or a bargain Rema: The first view is the halacha and this is only regarding poor people unless it is clearly a unique bargain. Furthermore the problem occurs only when the first one has already established an agreed price and it only lacks kinyan. If the price has not been established. Than another can buy it first. There is a view that there is a cherem from Rabbeinu Gershom or custom  concerning renting houses from non-Jews.

Aruch HaShulchan (CM 237) The case of a  poor man who is turning an object and another person comes after and takes it away is called evil. Some of our rabbis say this applies only when the first is tring to buy or rent or hire himself to another or rent out his house or field. Why should the second take from the first when he can obtain it elsewhere. However if it is obtaining something ownerless or receive a present the second is not called evil since it is a unique bargain. There are other authorities that don’t make this distinction. The Rema rules like the first view. Thus any unique bargain is permitted as long as the price has not been set and the only thing lacking is the act of acquisition. The Shach says no distinctions are made in sales and it is prohibited to buy before the first one and this is the halacha and it seems this is the view of the Yerushalmi. The custom in many places is that if someone is trying to acquire something in the market that another person doesn’t try to get it first. This is a good custom and deserves blessing. The Perisha says this prevents hasagas gevul.

Igros Moshe (E.H.1:91 page 239). Concerning the case of someone who is engaged to a young lady. Is it permitted for another man to try and become engaged to her with her consent? Is this a case of Ani Hehapech becharara? It is clear that if the first couple has not yet decided to finalize the engagement there is no problem. However if they have decided but are still lacking the customary kinyan there is a dispute among the poskim whether it is permitted. Once the kinyan is made there is a cherem against nullifying the engagement

Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Hefker 10-11) If a  poor person is engaged in acquiring something and another person comes and takes it from him the second person is called evil  Some say this applies only to to hiring since he could readily obtain it elsewher with some effort. In contrast if it is a unique bargain. That is the halacha. Neverthelesss a pious person should be more stringent. If someone is trying to buy something whether land or object and a second  takes it first the second one is called evil since with effort he can purchase it elewhere unless it is very cheap and thus a bargain. However if the buyer and seller have not agreed to a price, then there is no problem for someone else to buy it. Some claim that there is a cherem of Rabbeinu Gershon when renting houses fron non Jews even when the price was not settled

Breaking an Engagement

 Igros Moshe (E.H.1:91 page 239). Concerning the case of someone who is engaged to a young lady. Is it permitted for another man to try and become engaged to her with her consent? Is this a case of Ani Hehapech becharara? It is clear that if the first couple has not yet decided to finalize the engagement there is no problem. However if they have decided but are still lacking the customary kinyan there is a dispute among the poskim whether it is permitted. Once the kinyan is made there is a cherem against nullifying the engagement.

What Trump really thinks about the war in Gaza

 https://www.vox.com/politics/353037/trump-gaza-israel-protests-biden-election-2024

Former President Donald Trump hasn’t said much publicly about the war in Gaza, despite implementing hardline pro-Israel policies while he was in office. But what he has said has put him squarely in line with a GOP base that is beginning to lose interest in the war, even as it maintains support for Israel.

And recently, he’s begun taking an increasingly hostile stance against Palestinians and their supporters in the US.

Trump’s turn against Israel offers stark reminder of what his diplomacy looks like

 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/13/politics/donald-trump-israel-netanyahu-diplomacy/index.html

Trump criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lauded Hezbollah militants as “very smart” and sought political gain from the attacks that killed 1,200 people by claiming that if the last election was not “rigged,” he’d be the American president and they’d never have happened.