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Chag Hanukkah Sameach and Chodesh Tov, 

Thank you for answering my question on Thanksgiving. Please just read these comments in full without commenting.

I don't believe Thanksgiving is celebrating being in America but rather thanking G-d in general. Some people say it is to thank America but it is idolatry to thank someone other than in G-d if it done as a religious holiday like Thanksgiving and we are really thanking G-d no different than Sukkot. Some religious Jews in Israel still celebrate it even after making aliyah and some celebrate it on Friday Night rather than Thursday and combine it with Shabbat by having a turkey dinner for Friday Night kiddush.

Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim,
Chief Administrator.

TorahZionist:
Yacov asked me to post this for him. He requests that you read the whole comment outloud on the program and take action to make the requested changes.

I think the link on JTF.ORG to Noam Federman's JTF site should look like this: 



The one that looks like this is too old fashioned:



Also, the link to Noam's page under the section to write to the Israeli authorities on his behalf is broken because the old link no longer exists as a result of changing to the new Hebrew site URL. The whole English site is too outdated and Oz even said on the English admins section that it is less than amateurish. I agree with him on that. When Jeffguy comes back, he should redesign it.

I also think the link to Noam Federman's show on the Herbew website should say "Federman LeLo Tzenzura", the name of his program, and not just "Tochnito Shel Noam Federman" just like the others shows have their names listed.

WestCoastJTF:
"Cabbalism" has become trendy among Hollyweird types like Madonna and Britney Spears.  I am a gentile and was taught that (a) you should not read the Cabala if you're a gentile, and (b) even Jews are not supposed to read it before a certain age (35? 40?)  Is this true and if so what is the danger in reading the Cabala?  What do you think of these Hollyweird "Cabbalists"?

Dr. Dan:
Chaim the Righteous, (that will be your new name)


I hope all is well...

I would rather orphans be adopted by a loving family that happen to have homosexual parents than have no parents at all.

I should add, however, that straight parents who are loving should be higher on the list than homosexuals who want to adopt children.

Now, Chaim, we live in evil times. Set me straight! :)


Thanks as always. 


Dr. Dan

VIVA KAHANE:
Chaim:  Can you explain the SHITTACH process?  Must frum Jews meet and get married in this way?  Is it halachically prescribed or just traditionally done?  I heard on Dov Hikind's show, an interview with a charedi woman who knew her husband for a total of just 45 minutes before she married him; he turned out to be a compulsive gambler who bankrupted the whole family.  Domestic violence, compulsive gambling, closeted homosexuality, drug and alcohol addiction, other chronic mental illnesseses, etc., are being reported more in the frum community.  Isn't a longer period of chaperoned acquaintainceship before marriage indicated in these complex times?

 

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