tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post4604699714310940500..comments2023-10-23T10:15:44.618-05:00Comments on The Real Shliach: Pinnie the Pooh-by M. M. FarmilntJust like a guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-76311340600507338222009-05-01T11:03:00.000-05:002009-05-01T11:03:00.000-05:00What makes a finite being qualified to interpret t...What makes a finite being qualified to interpret the Will coming from the Essence of the Infinite Light? As one Russian poem goes, “oftentimes, simple things seem silly”.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-29010726613674980272009-05-01T10:23:00.000-05:002009-05-01T10:23:00.000-05:00He was qualified but not certified. Since today's ...He was qualified but not certified. Since today's smicha is basically a "we the bes din trust you and therefore everyone else should too" document and he got smicha at age 80+ from a talmid in his yeshiva, he would be considered certified by popular acclaim with no need for a bes din.Modeh B'Miktsasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-41975185572815204182009-04-30T22:59:00.000-05:002009-04-30T22:59:00.000-05:00In what way is Mishna Brura Halacha? Nothing he wr...In what way is Mishna Brura Halacha? Nothing he writes there can be authoritative, since he was not qualified to give psak din. Of course, it’s a very valuable work for those learning Halacha, since it talks <I>about Halacha</I>.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-63946833448539890392009-04-30T17:58:00.000-05:002009-04-30T17:58:00.000-05:00Hello! There's nothing wrong with non-Jewish kids ...Hello! There's nothing wrong with non-Jewish kids playing with non-kosher animals--they can freaking eat the non-kosher animals. So why would the Rebbe have a problem with a character who's meant for non-Jews?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-53865054437779328892009-04-30T17:27:00.000-05:002009-04-30T17:27:00.000-05:00This is the worst aspects of chassidus? Trying to ...This is the worst aspects of chassidus? Trying to be mechanech our children al taharas hakodesh?<br /><br />And if you'll watch the sicha (it's on the most recent Living Torah DVD) you'll see that the Rebbe really didn't have a problem with mickey mouse. I don't know where you got these ideas from. Alternatively, you could learn the sicha-it's in hosafos somewhere, I don't remember where.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-65637596683350146772009-04-30T16:42:00.000-05:002009-04-30T16:42:00.000-05:00The litvaks have been increasingly adding to their...The litvaks have been increasingly adding to their culture the worst aspects of chassidus while at the same time leaving the best and discarding teh better aspects of snagginess.<br /><br />And if the rebbe disliked mendel it was obviously because it was an imitation of mickey. therefore he probably didn't like mickey either.Modeh B'Miktsasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-27235805203894694682009-04-30T10:08:00.000-05:002009-04-30T10:08:00.000-05:00Modeh: from what I've heard, actually, nowadays in...Modeh: from what I've heard, actually, nowadays in bnei brak and other such bastions of chareidism they are careful about this sort of thing. <br /><br />And anyway, the Rebbe had no problem whatsoever with mickey mouse. The problem was with Mendel the mouse.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-1493845916773634592009-04-30T08:46:00.000-05:002009-04-30T08:46:00.000-05:00CA: more accurately the mishna brura is halacha an...CA: more accurately the mishna brura is halacha and the beur halacha is about halacha. The alter rebbe's shulchan aruch is halacha, Teusday's hayom yom was about halacha or more accurately minhag.<br />TRS: no one else has a problem giving their kids a teddy bear. All this because the rebbe didn't like mickey mouse.Modeh B'Miktsasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-64971310083868058522009-04-29T17:35:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:35:00.000-05:00Seems to be very clear. Mishna Brura is a book abo...Seems to be very clear. Mishna Brura is a book about Halacha. Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch <I>is</I> Halacha.<br /><br />If someone expresses an original or an authoritative thought vs. when someone discusses other people’s thoughts. OK, I agree, sometimes there is a grey area. But you can also think of whether it is written for popular audience or for people who want to seriously study the subject on a professional level (which doesn’t mean they are professionals — they just want to know the subject on the same level).Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-32494719629478572772009-04-29T17:30:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:30:00.000-05:00great! I'll get the real thing.
BTW, a set theori...great! I'll get the real thing.<br /><br />BTW, a set theorist would go nuts trying to categorize books as "about" something or "of" something.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-78487679333088909192009-04-29T17:24:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:24:00.000-05:00Never heard of it. My plan is to start reading boo...Never heard of it. My plan is to start reading books about Yiddishkeit after I am finished learning all of Yiddishkeit.<br /><br />In general, there are very few good books “about” anything. I am yet to find a good book about Neuroscience, which is not a textbook or a journal. My friend says the same thing about music.<br /><br />But I didn’t say this book is about appikorsis. This book <I>is</I> appikorsis.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-55032908686985263072009-04-29T17:19:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:19:00.000-05:00Ha! There were books about Yiddishkeit which led m...Ha! There were books about Yiddishkeit which led me to apirkorsus in a backhanded way. For example, "Playing with Fire" by Tova Mordechai.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-35591536581951109712009-04-29T17:17:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:17:00.000-05:00OK. It was another book full of appikorsis that le...OK. It was another book full of appikorsis that led me to Yiddishkeit in a totally “backhanded” way.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-85039300751651584932009-04-29T17:12:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:12:00.000-05:00foucault's pendulum sounds interesting. I requeste...foucault's pendulum sounds interesting. I requested it from the Brooklyn Public Library.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-24178416962639561412009-04-29T17:03:00.000-05:002009-04-29T17:03:00.000-05:00Look him up. Or his book, Pendulum Foucault.Look him up. Or his book, <I>Pendulum Foucault</I>.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-39518943439036842362009-04-29T16:56:00.000-05:002009-04-29T16:56:00.000-05:00who is this character whom I might like?who is this character whom I might like?ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376537400767851942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-25910080073661701092009-04-29T13:50:00.000-05:002009-04-29T13:50:00.000-05:00Nobody that a bochur should know about. e may like...Nobody that a bochur should know about. e may like him, though.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-41495719321184071652009-04-29T13:24:00.000-05:002009-04-29T13:24:00.000-05:00CA: who is umberto Eco?
Modeh: it's not chassidis...CA: who is umberto Eco?<br /><br />Modeh: it's not chassidish, it's Jewish.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-12224052961562437472009-04-29T12:49:00.000-05:002009-04-29T12:49:00.000-05:00At locusts.At locusts.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-4482455381939055622009-04-29T12:05:00.000-05:002009-04-29T12:05:00.000-05:00Oy vey. The chassidish obssession with removing al...Oy vey. The chassidish obssession with removing all vestiges of beheimos tmaios from speech has to stop somewhere.Modeh B'Miktsasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-28004594340392849672009-04-29T11:41:00.000-05:002009-04-29T11:41:00.000-05:00Jewish Umberto Eco you are.Jewish Umberto Eco you are.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-36795793786716772562009-04-29T09:47:00.000-05:002009-04-29T09:47:00.000-05:00Mottel: no, I have to stop hanging out with Hungar...Mottel: no, I have to stop hanging out with Hungarians from monsey. <br /><br />le7: thanks. I figure he's a bt.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-32242532421266960462009-04-29T08:29:00.000-05:002009-04-29T08:29:00.000-05:00Seymour - Good choice.Seymour - Good choice.le7https://www.blogger.com/profile/08982516647753962603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-51931043413535238362009-04-29T06:53:00.000-05:002009-04-29T06:53:00.000-05:00The point is that TRS needs to stop taking Matzo B...The point is that TRS needs to stop taking Matzo Balls laced with Acid . . .<br />Winnie the Pooh just feels wrong like this!Mottelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1956851062928470828.post-76937768819144420492009-04-28T23:18:00.000-05:002009-04-28T23:18:00.000-05:00Ahh, you are one with the zen. Good doggie!Ahh, you are one with the zen. Good doggie!Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.com