tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post7945264445919752884..comments2024-03-28T21:53:53.990+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: A Day of Strange NewsRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-68295236982821520692009-08-12T08:42:16.998+03:002009-08-12T08:42:16.998+03:001 according to rabbi b wein ,the falashas are dec...1 according to rabbi b wein ,the falashas are decendants of SLAVES of bnei dan.<br />2. Daas torah blog brings what dwek did might be mutar.Tzuki kadaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-26061108065141858472009-08-12T03:03:15.826+03:002009-08-12T03:03:15.826+03:00the $1Million question is- is Dweck telling the tr...the $1Million question is- is Dweck telling the trth about the FBI forcing him to do it?<br /><br />Not so much for 'blaming' or 'unnblaming' Dweck - but how much of a stake did the FBI actually have in targeting a prominent Jewish leader like Rabbi Kassin and other Jewish Rabbis?<br /><br />If I was an AMerican Jew this question would scare the pants off of me.<br /><br />I am surprised no one is talking about it.garfieldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-66124537704789347382009-08-11T20:37:13.681+03:002009-08-11T20:37:13.681+03:00Im posting about the Ashkenazi / Ethiopian rav sto...Im posting about the Ashkenazi / Ethiopian rav story as well (soon, when I get home :)<br /><br />Shas didn't want a Ethiopian Shas Rav, but a Sephardi Shas representative.Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-42167315799011966352009-08-11T11:08:35.257+03:002009-08-11T11:08:35.257+03:00addendum: rav ovadia is one of the last people for...addendum: rav ovadia is one of the last people for whom contemporary liberal sentiments are a factor in anything.ben waxmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-34155809072895949702009-08-11T11:05:36.388+03:002009-08-11T11:05:36.388+03:00anonymous
if Rav Ovadia feels that the ethiopians...anonymous<br /><br />if Rav Ovadia feels that the ethiopians are jewish, thier acceptance very much comports with halacha. <br /><br />there is no reason to say "well if the badatz doesn't agree, then its problematic".ben waxmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7325283589013791622009-08-11T09:27:55.508+03:002009-08-11T09:27:55.508+03:00loz, you understand that accepting the ethiopians ...loz, you understand that accepting the ethiopians as jews is highly problematic, from both a historical and jewish perspective. that sefardim accepted them more easily may appeal to certain contemporary liberal sentiments, but does not necessarily comport with halakha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-12101535621272826222009-08-11T03:40:18.297+03:002009-08-11T03:40:18.297+03:00well certainly within the religious camp, the seph...well certainly within the religious camp, the sephardim were more willing to accept the ethopians as jewsLion of Zionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342299133387602141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-56536349041320320522009-08-10T17:22:11.699+03:002009-08-10T17:22:11.699+03:00Finkel,The butcher of monsey ( now in rehavia,jer....Finkel,The butcher of monsey ( now in rehavia,jer.)also asked for forgivness.the answer was a very harif poster.(can be found on CIRCUS TENT blog.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-78678138078639529632009-08-10T16:15:07.735+03:002009-08-10T16:15:07.735+03:00Sounds like עונת המלפפונים to me!
:-)Sounds like עונת המלפפונים to me!<br />:-)Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-76996742264860538902009-08-10T16:04:00.117+03:002009-08-10T16:04:00.117+03:00Your comments about whether Ethiopians are closer ...Your comments about whether Ethiopians are closer to Ashkenzim of Sfardim reminds me of when I was a Madrich at an Ethiopian absorption center about 15 years ago.<br /><br />During a break, the Madrachim (who came from various Yeshivot) were discussing amongst ourselves a Halachic topic with different rulings for Ashkenzaim and Sfardim. <br /><br />When one of the kids (maybe 7 years old) walked in, jokingly one of the Madrachim asked if she was Ashkenaz or Sfardi. She looked back at the Madrich and said "Neither - I'm chocolate" (it sounded better in Hebrew).Michael Sedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684514303911193073noreply@blogger.com