Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on Jews in a Non-Jewish World

 https://hakirah.org/vol27Shapiro.pdf

A book review by R' Hirsch, previously not translated and referenced by only a few people. The review addresses the subject of Christianity, which R' Hirsch viewed as having some positive aspects that it drew from Judaism. Translated by Marc Shapiro

Letter from a frum lady about life in Israel

 Being a proper chareidi means kosher phone only, no text, no camera, no WA, no internet.  And best not to be on the internet at all (although nearly everyone is to some extent).

You can get WA on your computer, but it will confuse people b/c they will think you are on call constantly and will see your messages immediately and that you have the ability to snap a photo and send 1-2-3.

And if you want to buy a refrigerator, you have to get one from a frum store that has installed Shabbos mode, as the technology today (not just in Israel) has gotten so complicated that there is not just one light bulb to unscrew to use the fridge on Shabbos but rather someone has to install a complicated computer on the back of your fridge to allow it to switch off all the lights/settings that would cause someone to violate Shabbos upon opening the fridge.

So you go to a store in a very frum neighborhood like RBS B, buy a fridge.  The sephardi guy working there has a smartphone but he understands the customers mostly do not.  Yet somehow, he never answers a phone - the only way to reach him is by WA - so if you don't have WA, you have to go there when the store is open.  And like a typical sephardi, opening hours vary between 5 pm and 6:30 and there's always people waiting.

So you buy your fridge, after waiting something like an hour (at least he's nice).  The fridge comes later that day, all is well.  Then some problems occur and now you have to deal with the non-religious fridge company (Shabbos mode apparently was put in by an outside service company).  They NEVER answer their phone and if they do, it's to take a message that is not returned.  Then you find them online and make an appointment but since your hebrew is not so good, you found their sister company and the tech won't do the repair.  Then you finally find the company's WA number and reach them, to be dragged around for about a week before convincing them you bought one of their fridges and there is a problem and it's under warranty.  Then the tech finally comes and says the problem is the Shabbos mode and detaches it.  Then you call the Shabbos mode people who give you a hard time and insist you use your smartphone to take a photo of the Shabbos mode and WA it to them.  You explain you have WA only on your computer but they do not understand until you have explained it 7 times.  Finally your Hebrew speaking teenager manages to get the to agree to come and they say they can come only within 10 business days which means your fridge will be unable for at least 1 Shabbos.

Lesson - do not move to Israel if you are Chareidi.  You have to have a smartphone to manage.  Maybe if you are from a gigantic heimish family who know who to ask for help and who can have you for Shabbos when your fridge is not working, fine.  But for us BT Americans with no family around, no go.

Even the Shabbos mode people do not understand what this is a kosher phone!!!

Vaccine-Injured Pharmacist Breaks Down Into Tears Testifying Before Ohio State Senate

 https://vigilantfox.news/p/vaccine-injured-pharmacist-breaks

“I was a father, a husband, a pharmacist, and a healthy person prior to being coerced into receiving the COVID vaccine ... I would never have taken the vaccine voluntarily,” declared Mike Yoha, his voice trembling with emotion.

Yoha, a once vibrant and healthy pharmacist, suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a severe neurological disease that left him paralyzed after being coerced into taking the COVID shot. His testimony before the Ohio State Senate was a harrowing account of personal loss and violated freedoms.

“My liberty was violated when vaccine status discrimination forced me into taking a medical intervention that almost cost me my life,” Yoha lamented. “If we do not have the right to decline a known risk of death without facing discrimination or loss of employment, then we are no longer free. I implore the committee to vote yes on HB 319.”

Ohio House Bill 319, also known as the “Conscientious Right to Refuse Act,” aims to end “no jab, no job” policies for good. The proposed legislation is a beacon of hope against future violations of bodily autonomy.

The bill states unequivocally that businesses, employers, health care providers, and other institutions CANNOT deny or terminate employment, deny services, or otherwise treat individuals differently based on their refusal of any biologic, vaccine, pharmaceutical, or gene-editing technology for reasons of conscience.

Ohio needs to pass this bill, and Mike Yoha’s testimony is a powerful reminder of the stakes. Thank you, Mike, for your courage in speaking out.

Shiur #03: R. Lipshutz's Attitude towards Non-Jews www.etzion.org.il

MODERN RABBINIC THOUGHT

 

Shiur #03: R. Lipshutz's Attitude towards Non-Jews

 

By Rav Yitzchak Blau

 

 

While the Torah's ritual law applies mostly in an exclusively Jewish context, ethical obligations bear a more universal quality.  Pirkei Avot, a tractate dedicated primarily to ethical responsibilities, thus may address the gentile world as well; ethical maxims in Avot might provide guidance for non–Jews along with Jews.  Additionally, the ethical demands made upon Jews can also apply to their social interaction with gentiles.  No rabbinic commentator developed this theme as extensively as R. Lipschutz.

 

Some background will provide a linguistic frame of reference for R. Lipshutz's comments.  R. Shimon bar Yochai taught that non-Jewish cadavers do not convey ritual impurity to other items or people located in the same building with them (tumat ohel).  The biblical verse about cadavers conveying impurity in this manner speaks of "adam" (Bamidbar 19:14), a term that excludes gentiles.  The Rabbis, however, disagree with R. Shimon (Yevamot 61a).  

 

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