Showing posts with label takanos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label takanos. Show all posts
Nov 7, 2022
no friends at the wedding
The Admot of Toldos Ahron is concerned over too much bittul torah. To that end he has decided to prohibit students in the Toldos Ahron yeshivas from attending the weddings of their fellow students.
Any change of societal norms has a ripple effect. If 20/50/100 boys dont go to a friends wedding to dance and bring joy to their friend, the effect might be that the wedding might not be a particularly joyous event - some relatives and friends will surely come and dance, but it wont be the same as a slew of yeshiva bochurim and the chosson's friends bringing their energy. So, the Admor added to his decree the formation of a group of people who will go to weddings and be leibidige, bring joy, dance with energy, and make up, somewhat, for the lack of friends from the yeshiva.
The Admor did stress that people should not rely on the "mesamchim" group to be responsible for bringing joy to the chosson - that is an addition, but the family and older friends should make sure to do their part in bringing joy to the married couple at their affair.
According to Kikar, similar rules are already in place in several other Hassidic groups. And, in addition to bittul torah, another issue is that the young men form yeshiva coming to dance often seem to take over the simcha and the family and friends get pushed aside as if they are acquaintances and guests.
Without commenting on the decree itself, it is somewhat sad to think of people getting married and their friends not being able to attend and dance. Let's be honest - us old people dance, some more some less, but the real energy is brought by the younger people. The chosson will probably be bored with just a bunch of old people shuffling around a circle for a bit.
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Jul 6, 2016
chassidic kids cant sit next to people on bus with smartphones
Behadrei is reporting on another technology conference by the various hassidic groups. This was directed specifically for the yeshiva bachurim.
A list of takanos was announced, and bachurim not adhering to the takanos will be tossed from their yeshivas. The takanos include not having even a kosher phone. As well they are not allowed to sit on the bus adjacent to someone with a non-kosher phone.
This will leave more room for us. I'll have to make sure to keep my phone out of my pocket while on the bus so affected bachurim will know about it and not sit next to me. I am not sure who they think they are punishing by forcing these kids to stand (if no other seats are available besides for next to people with non-kosher phones).
Maybe they should devise new mehadrin bus arrangements with four sections - a section for men, another for women and then 2 more for men and women with smartphones.
A list of takanos was announced, and bachurim not adhering to the takanos will be tossed from their yeshivas. The takanos include not having even a kosher phone. As well they are not allowed to sit on the bus adjacent to someone with a non-kosher phone.
This will leave more room for us. I'll have to make sure to keep my phone out of my pocket while on the bus so affected bachurim will know about it and not sit next to me. I am not sure who they think they are punishing by forcing these kids to stand (if no other seats are available besides for next to people with non-kosher phones).
Maybe they should devise new mehadrin bus arrangements with four sections - a section for men, another for women and then 2 more for men and women with smartphones.
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Jan 11, 2007
the Bais Yaakov edicts in America
Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein has posted a good article on Cross Currents questioning whether the recent "Bais Yaakov edicts" coming from the gedolim in Israel are appropriate for the Jewish community in America or not.
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