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Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
On the last show you we kind'ov put Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita and the Satmer Rebbe as having the same opinion. From what I know and hear, is that Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita is agains't giving up land now, and their was even a video I saw (Yesh Din VeYesh Davin) where they show Rav Ovadia Yosef Shlita saying that Kush Katif was a horrible thing and that Sharon is cruel to Am Yisrael, and that "he should fall and not get up" (or something like that) which was said like a month before Sharon fell into a coma. And I dont agree, or see how he holds that it is a sin to be in the army (theoretically, but maybe in some ways it is- like many including Kahanists say- like the mixing of girls, following bad order, etc.- its a debate of good and bad to join). Also most of the people who support and follow the Rav are in the army, except for a small click of the top Talmidim.
We all know the situation today- that for sure giving up land, creates more terror, and only makes our enemies stronger. Rav Ovadia Yosef said that IF giving up land will bring security and peace, then it is okay. I argued with a guy who learns Torah the whole day, some time ago. About these type of things. Hes not a leftist anyway, but I did mention the Mitzva of Milhemit Mitzva, he said yes their is it, BUT that the nation is not ready becuase most Jews dont keep Shabb-t and dont do other things, so even if we wanted no one would follow. He also said that things like the thing that Baruch Goldstein ZTL HYD was not good becuase now we have a widow and fatherless children (the Jews).
So to kinda sum up- would their be a dilemma- If in reality their would come a time that giving up land would actually bring peace (lets just imagine, theoretically). And with that said, would you think that giving up land would be justified if we knew for sure that it would bring better stability and better security for Jews?
muman613:
Shalom,
Many of the questions here can be answered by looking at any of the ask the rabbi sites out there.
I use http://www.askmoses.com which is a Chabad site. I also like http://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/eng/ which is the Beit El, Israel yeshiva ask the Rabbi site...
muman613
PS: for an answer to the question about wearing shorts for davening there is this answer:
http://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/eng/?cat=505
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Category: The Jew's Person and AttireGeneral Questions
Question:
Is there a problem for a man to wear shorts, is it written somewhere specifically. If it is within the Halacha to wear them is there some posek who permits to pray or make a bracha wearing shorts. What is the way for men to wear clothes that its tzanua (modest).
what are the sources?
Answer:
1. In regards to prayer, one should dress in a fashion one would meet an honored person. This also depends on the locale. At a summer camp, for instance, campers might greet a visiting senator in shorts, while at school they probably wouldn't. On a kibbutz where short pants are standard dress. it would be permittted to wear shorts to shul, but in a place where you wouldn't wear shorts to a formal gathering, they should not be worn to or prayer. (See Orach Chayim 91, Mishna Brurah 12,13, also Beit Yosef that it depends on locale)
2. As for tzniut for men, though the guidlines are not clear, the idea should be that clothing that is provocative or demeaning is out of bounds. As indicated above, this depends a lot on the locale. It is true that there is a great deal of emphasis on tzniut for women and not enough for men. I know that some women (maybe many) are uncomfortable seeing men in shorts, and this should be a consideration.
Additional answers of Rabbi Chaim Tabasky
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--- Quote from: muman613 on September 03, 2008, 05:37:39 PM ---Shalom,
Many of the questions here can be answered by looking at any of the ask the rabbi sites out there.
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This post is not for the show, / not for reading out.
This is for Muman, but it is relevant to others reading.. if they also are not experienced or haven't absorbed judea's programs properly.
Muman. This thread is for asking judea questions.
I have had to break this general rule to respond to you, because you've been told before and you've continued..
judea is a student of rabbi daweed bar hayyim whose focus is religious zionism, and related issues. And also problems with charedi hashkafa, and the way judaism is kept today, and various controversial issues..
I don't want to embarrass him by over praising him, so I will try not to overdo the praise. But judea is very scholarly, and he would have his own answers, where he is often willing to state his disagreement with other peoples' application of halacha. And people more experienced than you muman, are asking judea the question to get an answer from judea.
And if you were more experienced and wise, or if you had just listened and absorbed the last show, you may even realise that the issue of modesty is something which some haven taken very far.. A question like that is ideally suited to judea's unique specialities. Now stop telling people far more experienced than yourself, to look elsewhere for answers. People understand alot more than you do when they ask judea a question.
Nevertheless, it may be that judea might choose to find something worthwhile in your post and comment on it i.e. comment on the rabbi's answer that you quoted. But clearly that was not the intention of your post. This thread is not a jungle, keep the posts to being questions for judea.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Dear Judea,
What is Rav Bar Chaim's opinion in general about kiruv to non-religious Jews and does he have a relationship with any of the BT yeshivot or roshei yeshiva? Does he find these types of yeshivot effective/worthwhile or lacking in any way. Do any yeshivot (non-bt included) have a comraderie with your Rav or similar hashkafot or at the very least recognize his Torah? I presume that the likes of "edah haredit" etc would try to ignore/shun real Torah like they did to Rabbi Kahane... But maybe I'm wrong (I hope so).
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Judea, did you see that Muslims desecrated the Cave of Machpelah during the ramadan holiday while the police left them to their devices? One of the ingrates even urinated near a Torah scroll.... Why don't the haredim riot over this? Howcome the Satmars get so angry about a secular woman strolling through the neighborhood if her dress is down to her shins instead of her ankles, but they couldn't care less about our holy sites. Why does edah haredit say and do nothing. I mean really, what is wrong with these people? It makes me sick.
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