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  • in reply to: Dreaming About Listening to Music During the Three Weeks #2208756
    WolfishMusings
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    I can’t figure out if you are joking or serious about the tattoos.

    Serious. Just six dots. It’s needed for medical treatment.

    The Wolf

    I assumed such but hoped I was wrong. Refuah Shelaima

    in reply to: Dreaming About Listening to Music During the Three Weeks #2208610
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Having such dreams and being even mildly bothered by them shows that you have true yiras shomayim.

    While I thank you for your kind words, I wouldn’t go that far. I did, after all, also get six tattoos this past week.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Any pet owners here? #2203870
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    When I was a kid, we had two dogs.

    As married adults, my wife and I had hamsters.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Crowns. #2203869
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Hi Wolf, How are you doing? Besoros Tovos.

    Doing fine, thank you.

    i guess you’re referring to crowns on shaatnez getz. Why is haman’s “single” and yeraushalyim’s “solitary?”

    That’s correct. Just a choice of term.

    Wuh….?

    See above.

    The Wolf

    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    No, my daughter does not have a school yet. But then again, my daughter is more than 25 years old.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Kol HaTorah Kula #2194883
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Before you can define “Kol HaTorah” you have to define the word “Torah.”

    The way it’s used, it usually refers to one of two things:

    1. The first five books of the Tanach.
    2. The entire corpus of Halachic/Aggadic literature.

    Any other definitions are just arbitrary decisions made by the person making the statement.

    Also, why is this thread tagged with “Apikuris?” Was the OP hoping I’d respond?

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Takanos Chazal #2194884
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    halachically not be engaged

    What does it even mean (in the absence of tenaim) to be “halachically engaged?”

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Bridging the Gap Between The Torah World and MO #2194877
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Just “appreciating” the fact that, according to the OP, the MO isn’t considered part of the “Torah world.” I shudder to think what world they do consider them to be in.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Did we really go to the moon #2191181
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    So many logical and factual errors…

    1) The flag is waving in the wind. There is no wind on in the moon.

    The flag didn’t wave. It moved when Armstrong and/or Aldrin moved the pole it was attached to.

    2) Any slight degree of deviation of target in 238,900 miles, would result in missing the moon by hundreds of miles. There was no such powerful computing power in 1969 to do that. A cell phone today has much more computing power than a computer the size of a large building had in 1969.

    You are correct that today’s computers are far better than what they had in 1969. But so what? How does that prove it was impossible to do in 1969?

    That’s like saying today’s ovens are much better than they were a century ago, so my great-grandmother must not have been able to bake a cake.

    3) Every video tape today of the first moon landing is proven to be a copy, not the original tape. If cutting and pasting was actually done (to produce a forgery,) it can only be proven on the original. The original is gone. Nasa says they accidentally taped something else over the original video tape. What was this? Someone’s bar mitzvah video that someone accidentally taped a football game over it?? It cost 355 million dollars, and billions in today’s money, and they weren’t careful???

    I don’t know if this is true or not, but so what? Because someone may have done something stupid with the tapes after the fact proves that it didn’t happen?

    If I tape over my wedding video to record a football game, does that prove that I was never married? After all, who would do something so stupid?

    4) President Kennedy vowed to beat the Russians and that the USA would land on the moon before the end of the decade. They had to show something by 1969. The pressure was enormous.

    So, the argument here goes: Kennedy promised something, they had to get it done, there was pressure to get it done, so therefore it wasn’t done and the whole thing is a fake???

    5) They were no where near the technology in that time to do this.
    This is a repeat of the argument above in #2. And completely without evidence.

    6) Everyone involved in this hoax on the world, including the 3 original astronauts, could never ever reveal it, without becoming the most hated charlatans in history.

    So, the proof of the hoax is that no one ever snitched?

    One would wonder, however, if it were fake, why didn’t the Soviets scream it to the heavens? Or were they in their arch-rival’s scheme?

    7) There was never evidence found of a USA flag post left on the moon.

    I don’t know what evidence you’re looking for. None of the landing sites have been revisited, and none of the satellites in orbit around the moon can resolve an object as small as a flag.

    However, satellites in orbit have been able to resolve larger items, such as lunar rovers that have been left on the lunar surface. In addition, mirrors attached to the lunar surface by Armstrong and Aldrin are used regularly by scientists.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Did we really go to the moon #2190893
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    It’s a well known fact that the “moon landings” were filmed and directed by Stanley Kubrick, the award-winning director.

    However, Kubrick, who was known as a perfectionist and always insisted on every detail being correct, demanded that they be shot on location for authenticity.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Boycotting Companies #2188415
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    “Rabbi Yisroel Reisman [a very respected Orthodox Rabbi] spoke out against those Jews who plan their vacations for locations like: Switzerland, France, or Italy where the people hate Jews.”

    [He said:] “It would be better to visit the Land of Israel to benefit from its holiness and help our brothers economically.”

    SOURCE: Flatbush Jewish Journal, 2010/6/17, page 32

    I can’t speak to those places (and I would probably agree with the sentiment), but I can say that I was in Iceland twice and walked around with a kippah only (except when too windy, in which case I put on my baseball cap, but that wasn’t too often) and had no problems whatsoever.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Not for Women Only #2187934
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Thank you for posting. I’m glad you were able to get this taken care of early.

    Wishing you continued health.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: A Chief Rabbi Attends the Coronation in a Church? #2187928
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Didn’t we have this argument during the funeral for Elizabeth II?

    The Wolf

    in reply to: You should get a dog. #2187289
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    i prefer a wolf

    Thank you very much. 🙂

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Exciting Facts that we’ll have by Geula #2185598
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    However when moshiach comes, and techias hameisim happens, we will have the greatest minds of all times so we’ll be able to review everything Halachically according to the new circumstances. Hence we will rule according to Beis Shamai etc.

    The greatest minds of all time do not have the power to completely nullify a Torah commandment.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Time to demolish orthopraxy #2185597
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    says that apikorsim are from zera of male and female demons.

    And here I thought I came from my parents. Do you mean my parents lied to me when they told me that I was born from them?

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Early Shabbos minyan Brooklyn #2185152
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Sha’arei Shalom (Ave P and Madison — not too far away) has a Mincha minyan at 7:00 pm.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Exciting Facts that we’ll have by Geula #2185106
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    The most exciting thing I’ve learned recently is that I’ll be able to enter the Kodesh hakodoshim as long as I’m at that spiritual level, any day, when moshiach comes.

    I have always found claims like this to be very theologically troubling. Another example is the claim that when Moshiach comes the Yomim Tovim will be disestablished.

    My understanding is that the mitzvos are for all generations, including those after the arrival of Moshiach. Indeed, it is one of our ikkarim that the Torah will not be changed.

    I’m well aware that the origins of this belief (at least with regard to the Yomim Tovim) come from among our earliest rabbinic writing (the Midrash) and are spoken about by the Rishonim and Acharonim. And yet, I still have *serious* reservations about such lines of thought. We believe in the eternity of our Torah. There is nothing there that states that any of the mitzvos are due to be completely annulled at any future date.

    (I know, I know… I’m an apikorus for even having such doubts…)

    The Wolf

    in reply to: King Charles and Queen Camilla #2185104
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    “100% , cannot and will never be a queen of any kind”

    And yet, she *is* the Queen.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Shabbos dips #2184813
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Dips are only allowed on Pesach.

    “On all other nights, we don’t dip even once…”

    The Wolf

    (Yes, it’s a joke…)

    in reply to: what is Zaphod Beeblebrox???? #2182944
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Zaphod Beeblebrox was the President of the Galaxy. He was born on the fifth planet orbiting the star Betelguese. As President, his job was to draw attention away from the true rulers of the universe. In this he was very successful. He is easily identified by having two heads.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: King Charles and Queen Camilla #2181645
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    The official website of the Royal Family (which, I think, is as good a source as one gets on British royalty) has her listed as “The Queen Consort.”

    If her title is officially changed after the coronation, I’m sure they’ll update the website accordingly.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Once Again, I Will Not Be Getting Drunk on Purim #2172403
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Didn’t think your allowed to fast past chatzos on a Yom tov unless it’s for medical purposes?

    That’s exactly what it was for.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Once Again, I Will Not Be Getting Drunk on Purim #2171904
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    So, in the end, not only did I end up not drinking on Purim, but I ended up fasting most of the day (until about 3:30PM). Funny how the world works.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Remember the Old Timers? #2170157
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    wolfishmusings

    I’m still around.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Pruzbul Time #2128062
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    No offense, sir, and said with the greatest brotherly love, but I believe you have not issued this “septennial reminder” seven or fourteen years ago, even though you were active here in both those timeframes.

    Okay.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Thank you for your love, best wishes and prayers #2122927
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    I’m so sorry to hear this. Baruch Dayan HaEmes.

    May your memories of her be a source of comfort to you and your family.

    HaMakom Yenachem Eschem B’soch Sh’ar Aveili Tziyon V’Yerushalayim.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: how do u accept compliments? #2109976
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    “Wolf: Thank you for sharing your wonderful thoughts on this subject. It adds to our collective understanding of this topic.”

    You’re welcome.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: how do u accept compliments? #2108893
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    I find it very difficult to accept compliments.

    Criticism, on the other hand, I accept readily, provided it has some basis in reality and it’s something that I can use to improve.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: The solution to the shidduch crisis in one easy step! #2102420
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    I’m reminded of the old joke:

    Q: What’s the punishment for polygyny?
    A: Two wives.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Word press #2102419
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Wolf, why do you always end off with The Wolf?

    Because I like doing so.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Word press #2102171
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Yes, and ????

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Time Machine #2101864
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    alternate possible other children

    Ugh… I used four words when one would have been enough. I need to better edit myself. 🙂

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Time Machine #2101858
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Maybe current neshamos are some substitutions for the ones that were lost? Maybe the originals were better?

    We don’t make those decisions. We don’t decide whose blood is redder. And we don’t knowingly sacrifice existing lives for other potential life.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Time Machine #2101857
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    What are you saying, isn’t the opposite true, most of the Jews not alive today would have ended up existing?

    That’s absolutely true. But I’m not convinced that it’s morally and ethically good to sacrifice the millions of people that currently exist for the millions of people that could have existed.

    Were that the case, you could never make a marital decision in your life. Sure, marrying my wife helped my kids come into existence, but it also precluded the large number of alternate possible other children that might have existed had I married any one of the thousands* of other available women. But we have to make choices in the here and now and cannot be concerned about the unknowable possibility of lives that might come into existence if we took a different action.

    The Wolf

    * Not that there were thousands of women who would have wanted me, but you get the point.

    in reply to: Time Machine #2101558
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    WWI contributed to WWII, Germany and Hungary wanting to get back the territory lost and reparations to pay. They attributed it to the Communists and Jews. See Treaty of Versailles and Treaty of Trianon.

    Yes, it did. That was my main point. If you stop WWI from happening (and to be honest, I’m not sure that saving the Archduke really prevents WWI) then WWII probably doesn’t happen (or, at least, almost certainly not in the same way) and most of the Jews alive today never end up existing.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: BEDTIME #2101536
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    My kids are adults, so we don’t enforce bedtime.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Time Machine #2101533
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    I would go to Sarajevo, June 28th 1914. Would park my horse on Archduke’s path to the assassination, possibly preventing terrible WWs. Nobody would say thank you, but that’s ok.

    Doing so would probably erase a majority of frum Jews who are alive today from existence.

    Survivors of the Holocaust who moved to Israel and America would probably still be Europe today had the Holocaust not happened. As such, many of the marriages that took place in the post-Holocaust years would not have happened (as these spouses would have never met in the DP camps, America, Israel or wherever else they moved to). Their descendants — their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, would not exist today. They would be replaced with an entirely different population.

    Oddly enough, I would probably still be here, as all of my great-grandparents were already in New York City by 1915. However, my wife wouldn’t be here, nor would our children.

    I’m not saying, God forbid, that the Holocaust was a good thing. Of course not. But I’m not convinced that undoing it at the expense of millions of lives that currently exist is a moral and proper thing to do either.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: WhatsApp #2083925
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    You should however, avoid groups containing anybody and everybody.

    You mean like an Internet message board?

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Unusual occupations for frum people. #2083491
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    skydiver

    Lend someone a plane, he flies for a day.
    Push someone out of a plane and he flies for the rest of his life.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Unusual occupations for frum people. #2082997
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    @wolf, because I know you do some photography in the national parks.

    That’s true. But I’m certainly no park ranger.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Unusual occupations for frum people. #2082955
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    @Wolfish, someone told me they bumped into a frum park ranger.

    OK. I’m not sure what that has to do with anything I said.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Amen to women’s bracha #2082925
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Wolf, אין אדם משים עצמו רשע, a person should not consider oneself a rasha.

    You do realize that that is strictly an evidentiary rule that has applicability only in the context of testimony, right?

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Unusual occupations for frum people. #2082924
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    I thought you were a full time blogger 🙂

    No. Nor am I a full time landscape photographer.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Amen to women’s bracha #2082926
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Wolf: Your apikorus shtick is old and stale. Try something new for the next five years.

    I’m sorry if you find my self-opinion “old and stale.” I’ll try to find new ways to think negatively about myself.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Unusual occupations for frum people. #2082861
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Landscape photographer.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Amen to women’s bracha #2082853
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Except for a wife (אשתו כגופו)

    If that’s the case, then I’m still an apikorus, since one doesn’t answer “amen” to one’s own b’rachos.

    In any event, I’ve also said “amen” to the b’rachos of my daughter, sister, mother and nieces as well. So, I’m still a complete rasha.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: Gas Prices #2082854
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Bidens fault for sure.

    The President of the US, whether he’s a Democrat or Republican, has very little effect on the price of gasoline. None of this is Biden’s fault or Trump’s fault.

    If it makes you feel any better, feel free to blame me.

    The Wolf

    in reply to: 2 Luchos on Shovuos? #2081120
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    And (related) was Moshe lefty or righty?

    I’d say it’s far more likely that Moshe was a righty simply because the vast majority of humans are righties.

    (Yes, I know that I’m an apikorus for relying on stupid things like statistics…)

    The Wolf

    in reply to: 2 Luchos on Shovuos? #2080878
    WolfishMusings
    Participant

    Reb Zev, you’re also happy about the drawings of Moshe Rabbeinu wearing a shtreimal, right?

    Personally, I don’t care, provided it’s meant for children and not meant to be historically accurate.

    The Wolf

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