tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post7314266385924969668..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Rabbi Michael Broyde: Is his attribution to Lubavitcher Rebbe genuine?Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-17947700572473992632013-05-24T17:54:40.354+03:002013-05-24T17:54:40.354+03:00This is certainly false, as the Lubavitcher Rebbe ...This is certainly false, as the Lubavitcher Rebbe never issued halachic rulings in his letters, and even after presenting all the sources / rationale will explicitly state that what he writes regarding halachic questions is "lehalocho velo lemaaseh". Anybody even remotely familiar with his writings (which Dr. Broyde obviously was not) will know this.<br /><br />Ps. Just one example can be seen in the LR's letters vol.6 p.268 where, in response to a Rov's question regarding a heter for a man to dye his hair, the rebbe clarifies the issue lehalocho, outlines the possible ways to categorize it halachically, and then writes that the reason he is not citing sources from shas and rishonim is because he does not write to rule halachically "b'shum offen" (before going on to cite references to many major poskim where the Rov in question will be able to rule from on his own).Chaim Yankelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-40358326548029157842013-05-02T17:34:03.993+03:002013-05-02T17:34:03.993+03:00This discussion shows the dangers of paskening bas...This discussion shows the dangers of paskening based on hearsay that can't be authenticated, or, if authenticated, fully understood.RAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-32329900350706848182013-04-30T20:34:26.396+03:002013-04-30T20:34:26.396+03:00there is a story that RYBS allowed a student to at...there is a story that RYBS allowed a student to attend class on shabbat, no writing,no chillul shabbat. but this is a foolish entrance exam.<br /><br />i heard the rav silver story. also, note, in the 80s, SUNY / buffalo was caught doing something similar to an applicant . it was pointed out that NYS had / has a specific law requiring exams to be given on days other than shabbat (or other religious observance; dont take advantage of this on purim or other "minor" holidays.)<br /><br />my mother tells me in hungary, all jewish students (including the rebbe's children) attended public school on shabbat. arrangements were made for after davening, etc, and no writing or other chillul shabbat.MiMedinat HaYamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-28413358775138709872013-04-30T03:24:43.414+03:002013-04-30T03:24:43.414+03:00This is baloney. The Lubavitcher Rebbe never wrote...This is baloney. The Lubavitcher Rebbe never wrote such a letter.Ma Rabbinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-6669713861790814792013-04-28T22:03:32.627+03:002013-04-28T22:03:32.627+03:00R Eliezer Silver of Cincinnati had a son who atten...R Eliezer Silver of Cincinnati had a son who attended the medical school there. When an exam was scheduled for Yom Tov and he refused to take it the professor called him into his office and suggested that he needed to chose if he was going to be a doctor or a " rabbi"<br />When Rav Silver was told of the confrontation he asked his close friend Senator Taft to intercede The exam was rescheduled and the professor reassignedcousinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283725064787829725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-51392024055604906632013-04-28T19:11:45.049+03:002013-04-28T19:11:45.049+03:00Sounds veeeery fishy. To begin with, the Rebbe was...Sounds veeeery fishy. To begin with, the Rebbe was not exactly a proponent of college / university. Add to that the fact that the Rebbe never ever gave halachic advice and that he was extremely machmir with pretty much everything. This " letter" smells very fake. Broyde knew if he says it in the name of the Rebbe that some will dismiss it as a crazy lubavitch thing and others will follow it blindly not knowing better. The sheer volume of responds from the Rebbe would make it extremely difficult to locate that one letter especially if it wasn't published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-24001502189030435522013-04-28T14:20:37.390+03:002013-04-28T14:20:37.390+03:00I think it is very unlikely that such an opinion w...I think it is very unlikely that such an opinion was ever expressed by Lubavitch. I am not fan of Habad, but the rebbe was very close to the previous rebbe , his father in law. R Joseph Schneerson was so strict on shabbat laws, that he (mistakenly IMHO) attacked R' Aaron Kotler for saving Jews in Europe by breaking shabbes. I hardly think that the successor would permit breakisn shabbes to pass a medical exam!<br />Also note the absence of any reference for this claim, even when pressed by the writer of the post.Ben MIkrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122937371918515052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-15783551227822974862013-04-28T11:23:48.639+03:002013-04-28T11:23:48.639+03:00My father-in-law, a well known dentist in Williams...My father-in-law, a well known dentist in Williamsburg, recounts that when he was a student in NYU's dental school in the late 50s, there were quite a number of 'Orthodox' students who took the exams that were often given on Shabbos.<br />My father-in-law, a relatively new ba'al teshuva at the time used to say, "I don't know if Hashem wants be to be a dentist or not, but I do know that He wants me to keep Shabbos." <br />Eventually, due in part to his efforts, NYU stopped insisting that the tests had to be taken on Shabbos.<br />Many years later, I found out that my father-in-law finished off a fight that had been started decades earlier by a great-uncle of mine, who was also a dental student at NYU.Yehuda Z.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-39754062770481890122013-04-28T06:45:51.777+03:002013-04-28T06:45:51.777+03:00I have never heard of it and it sounds rather susp...I have never heard of it and it sounds rather suspicious. The Rebbe never gave such advice. When a question involved a halachic matter he ALWAYS told people to speak with a Rav. The Rebbe almost never gave halachic advice.Druidnoreply@blogger.com