Achdus Yisroel Resolution

We all know that the recent horrific murders require a response of avodah against sinas chinam. As my own attempt to work on this terrible phenomenon, I am mekkabel al atzmi bli neder that from Tisha b'Av until Roch Chodesh Marcheshvan 5772, I will bli neder avoid the use b'ksav and b'al peh of the divisive terms "Charedi" (aka "Haredi"), "Modern Orthodox (aka "MO") and "Centrist Orthodoxy." I am willing to entertain refraining from other terms as per any suggestions.


If you think this might be a good avodah, please spread the word. Add a comment here, write about it on another blog, sign up to the FB page (and Google+ if I can figure out how to do it) I hope to make on this topic.

ונזכה לראות בנחמת ציון וירושלים במהרה 

SoMeHoW Frum: Reminiscing Remembering Reminding Reflecting

SoMeHoW Frum: Reminiscing Remembering Reminding Reflecting

Rabbi Bechhofer Live Web Shiur on Tisha B'Av (1)

Rabbi Bechhofer Live Web Shiur on Tisha B'Av (1)\

Sunday night, 8:00 pm EDT

Eruvin on TV!

The Good Wife: Unorthodox, From a Rabbi / Law Student Perspective

The "Side Top-Wire" Issue

This is a classic eruv "top-wire" pole:

This is a variation on the theme:

This, let us call a "side top-wire":

This a variation on this theme:

Rabbi Herschel Schachter shlita has opined that "side top-wire" is the same as "top-wire" - i.e., that it does not constitute tzuras ha'pesach min ha'tzad. Although afar ani tachas raglav, I don't understand his position.

Has anyone heard of any other opinions pro or con in this issue?