Reb Moshe re: Gay rights bill

Alert: pre-checked / pre-washed fruits & vegies re: infestation

Re: pre-checked / pre-washed fruits & vegies re: infestation

Every kosher certifier & Rav Hamachshir should be completely transparent in stating clearly,what percentage of product is physically checked, If it's checked prior to washing, after washing.

If they are NOT willing to be transparent in that information, we would not use their product.

Very small insect- Rav Shmuel Wosner, Z"L

לכבוד הרבנים שליט"א

רצוף בזה הקלטה מתוך שיעור על יור"ד סימן פ"ד של בעל שבט הלוי זצ"ל (שהופיע במערכת קול הלשון) אשר בו הסביר ביתר ביאור עומק כוונתו בתשובה המפורסמת בחלק ז' סימן קכ"ב אודות נקודות שחורות שעל הפירות. דיש שהבינו מתוך התשובה שהתיר גם תולעים שהיו ניכרים פעם ע"י רחישתם כיון שעכשיו אינם רוחשים עוד ואינם ניכרים כעת בלי זכוכית מגדלת, ומתוך דבריו פה יבואר שלא לכך כיון.

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בכבוד רב

Making an affair, Wedding, Bar-Mitzvah

Dear Rabbi Shain,

I just married off my last child and am very happy. The problem that I have was and still is the catering hall. and the Rav Hamachshir.

The chosen's parents insisted on this hall and we did not object. I asked the caterer for the phone number of the Rav Hamachshir. Six weeks later, I asked, again for the phone number. A few days later, the Rav Hamachshir called me back and left a message on my phone. He said that he cannot talk, it was erev Shabbat and he would not be answering the phone number. I finally touched base with him the next week.

 

The place the chosen's parents chose was a treif place that had a kosher caterer in it. I told the Rav Hamachshir that I am not comfortable with him using treif glasses in a Kosher establishment. I wanted new glasses for my simcha. He cited me the Shulchan Aruch, about the difference of opinions between the Rama and the Mechaber. I told him that I am not Sephardi and I hold from two sets of glasses in my house. He told me that there are many poskim that hold from using glass for both and he ridiculed me for not listening to them. I reminded him of the g'morra in Chulin that prohibits someone for making fun of someone because he holds from a certain halachic position.

I told him that I cannot hold by a catering hall that has less standards than my own house. I will never bring in a treif or milchig glass and put it into a soapy basin with meat dishes, or put it into a dishwasher with fleishic dishes, like he does. He refused to listen. Afterwards, he called the caterer. The caterer then called my wife and told her that I or anyone else was not allowed in the kitchen.

I spoke to my Rav. He called up the place and spoke to them. The owner refused to budge and told my Rav, flat out, that no one goes into the kitchen and that 'either you trust the Kashrus or you don't'. 

I spoke to a number of other Rabbonim afterwards. I am fully aware that the soap in the dishwasher makes in pagum and there might be a heter to use it, but none of the Rabbonim that I told would do the same things in their house. All the Rabbonim that I spoke to left after the Chupa, after telling me previously that they would stay until after Sheva Berachot. I could not tell the guests what I did, relying of different psak halachot, but I did not eat anything at the wedding - I brought my own food, drink and cups. I did not want to stop the chaseneh.

I spoke to the Maitre d during the affair and asked to see the mashgiach. He refused.

I am heartbroken at what happened. The Rav Hamachshir is a tremendous name and the hall is a well known hall. I was there many times previously, based on the name of the Rav Hamachshir but personally witnessed multiple affairs happening there, both Kosher and treif, at the same time. Never did I think that they used the same cups.

People have to know that  places that are treif should not have a Kosher caterer, unless there are separate glasses, at the very minimum. If they are really smart, they should insist to use only Kosher caterers.

I had a conversation with the Rav Hamachshir a few years ago he probably does not remember it. . He claimed that he only bought items that he personally checked out, and it has a chassidic or heimishe hechsher. I asked him about Coca Cola. He started yelling at me, saying that I was not allowed to ask that or question what he does.

How much worse is it?

REB MOSHE VAYE, SHLITA ON CHECKING FRUITS AND VEGIES (HEBREW)

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Costco Non-Kosher alert

Non-kosher Gelatin.

Buy one get one free

Don't ever alienate the children from a parent.

Teachers-Read it till the end

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a
little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant.

It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Rav Avigdor Miller on Nachal Chareidi

Q:
There has been talk in Eretz Yisroel about the frummeh agreeing to join the IDF in separate regiments called nachal chareidi. What does the Rav think about this?

A:
Some people are proposing to take frum boys into the army in frum regiments. You should know that it's a shtus, a complete foolishness. The army is made lichatchilah for the purpose of changing the minds of the boys while in the army. The purpose of the army is to make the youth into Israelis. This is something that their leaders have said long ago. And it's well-known by those who understand things. And we don't want our children to become Israelis. We want them to remain Jews.

All this talk is only a ploy that they're using now to deceive the frummeh into entering the army. The truth is that the Am Yisroel has to keep out of the army. We have to maintain our privilege, as many other countries maintain, that Rabbinical students are patur from the draft, that they should be exempt from the military draft. And let's continue to fight for that, and not to yield and not to listen to the meisisim and meidichim who are talking about frum regiments for the frum boys.
TAPE # E-253 (January 2001)