tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post2686385997768793154..comments2024-03-29T01:21:09.549-04:00Comments on YGB - יג"ב: Reflections on Social Distancing from my friend, Reb Yitzchok SperkaYosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-89744872378930680162020-03-30T07:11:58.817-04:002020-03-30T07:11:58.817-04:00Hand matzot. None are made according to shulchan a...Hand matzot. None are made according to shulchan aruch. I doubt if anyone making them or the mashgiach has ever even looked there. Imagine taking a shochet who hasnt learned the dinim. For a start the whole gemoro doesnt talk about 'cleaning' at all (I suppose it would be botel) but heat. Even the mayim shelonu has to be as cold as possible. One must not put one hand in it. Today no one leaves his hand in cold water before the start till it gets really cold. Washing it isnt enough. The kitsur says one should distribute all the dough straight away and if not enough workers make a smaller dough. No one keeps this. One can see on the finished matsot 'lines' which shows there were once kefulos this is not right to make kefulos and then iron them out. Also the edges are not round but very jagged this all shows that although they charge a lot for them they are made by inexperienced people. There are more things. newcomerhttp://newcomer.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-76214023357653844112020-03-30T07:03:36.172-04:002020-03-30T07:03:36.172-04:00Kesubos. In my opinion are all posul. The idea of ...Kesubos. In my opinion are all posul. The idea of a kesuba is what is termed a chiyuv and without knowing what is written there one cant make one. The amount in our printed kesubos is reckoned in 'zokuk' which is an old German deutchmark of maybe 1000 years ago. This was made of quite heavy silver. Unless one knows the total amount of silver involved the kesuba is posul. Like any shtar if you dont what is written there especially since you dont sign it yourself and not you or the eidim who do knows it what it is, it is posul. newcomerhttp://newcomer.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-34010867361977674812020-03-30T06:58:21.731-04:002020-03-30T06:58:21.731-04:00Chomets has to be sold and sold properly. The only...Chomets has to be sold and sold properly. The only way to sell it is to follow the kitsur a well known sefer written by one of his gedolim in his time and no one argues with him. He has a copy there of a shtar mechira what he wrote or what it should look like. Each item is itemised with its value and a deposit depending on the value of the total given. Which rov has ever done this. I must mention the chayei odom says the same. newcomerhttp://newcomer.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-54991689913479773872020-03-30T06:54:13.120-04:002020-03-30T06:54:13.120-04:00I now notice you are not moderated. Please do not ...I now notice you are not moderated. Please do not delete my comments although of course you are welcome to 'comment' on them. Taharas hamishpocho, and I mean kesomim. They can only be tohor if there was no hargosho. To know what real hargosho is and why, one has to look at the internet under what does a woman feel during menstruation. No rov does this and is mattir kesomim even though there could have been hargosho which would make her a nidda d'oraysa. Every kalla teacher has to look at the internet and find out what hargosho is and teach the kalah. Without knowing this she cannot lead a Jewish life. newcomerhttp://newcomer.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425001.post-65200381596957093382020-03-30T06:48:07.593-04:002020-03-30T06:48:07.593-04:00I hope you dont mind me commenting again. Hashem d...I hope you dont mind me commenting again. Hashem doesnt want our t'fillos and learning at the moment that seems obvious. My reasons are that we dont keep mitsvot properly. If anything hardly any mitsvot are. If this passes your moderation I can list quite a few and why. They include all the main mitsvot shabbos taharas hamishpocho and now chomets. Instead of telling us t'shuva t'filla t'sdoko we should be concentrating on doing mitvot properly. We all think 'sholom olai nafshi' we never do anything wrong and certainly keep all the mitsvot properly or at least to the best of our ability. This is our mistake. We just dont and more important we dont want to improve. The attitude is if we were ok till now so be it. newcomerhttp://newcomer.netnoreply@blogger.com