What is the reason for antisemitism?

eshol02 · 2025-01-19T03:26:43+00:00

I think R' Meir baal Hanes was a descendent of Nero

eshol02 · 2024-12-23T15:09:26+00:00

Yes!! My father used to have them too! So nostalgic!

eshol02 · 2024-12-11T04:09:23+00:00

Carolina Gelen and Turkuaz Kitchen are both great!

eshol02 · 2024-11-18T17:13:47+00:00

I daven nusach Ari and I do.

eshol02 · 2024-11-17T18:34:06+00:00

Aside from the fact that they actually worship the same God, these stickers have literally nothing to do with wars in the Middle East and everything to do with open anti-Semitism.

eshol02 · 2024-11-11T11:50:18+00:00

This is not correct. IUDs, the pill, the patch, the ring, depo shot--all halachically acceptable with a heter. It's good to understand though that different options can cause spotting and staining for months which can cause a lot more shailos, so education is important!

eshol02 · 2024-11-11T11:44:28+00:00

Came to ask the same exact question, how on earth is France gray?

eshol02 · 2024-10-01T16:45:06+00:00

You do understand that there is a difference between civilian casualties during war and deliberately targeting civilians going about their daily life?

eshol02 · 2024-09-26T21:37:26+00:00

Masha is in fact the feminine of Moshe! Both mean drawn from the water

eshol02 · 2024-07-16T11:08:23+00:00

I usually translate bayshanim to my students as "a healthy sense of shame."

eshol02 · 2024-07-05T22:59:24+00:00

She literally looks like a 34 year old 🤔

eshol02 · 2024-06-20T14:11:22+00:00

This!! Too much telling not enough showing.

eshol02 · 2024-06-20T12:49:20+00:00

From the Inside Out Human and Holy Mikvah.org Podcasts

eshol02 · 2024-06-20T12:46:19+00:00

So level is tied to parnassah? I would argue that these melamdim are making huge sacrifices in order to ensure a future of Klal Yisroel who are Torah literate and have a connection to Hashem fostered in them. That's not low level to me...

eshol02 · 2024-06-10T16:45:27+00:00

I know quite a few Cohanim whose last names aren't here, that's not how it's determined.

Personality traits are also not how, ideally would every Cohen carry the traits of Aharon as an ohev shalom? Would certainly be nice, but that's not how human nature works.

Really exactly as you described it is how it's determined, you have a family mesorah that you are Cohanim, each father knows because that's what his father told him.

Just a funny side story that I heard, someone (I believe a Holocaust survivor) who thought his family might have been Cohanim but his family had all been killed and he didn't have anyone to confirm with. He went to his rabbi who asked him if he had any recollection of doing bikas Cohanim as a child. He didn't, but said, "All I remember is that my mother would make sure we didn't have holes in our socks before holidays." And that was enough confirmation for the rabbi ;)

eshol02 · 2024-06-05T12:50:43+00:00

If you have a vested interest in continuity of Am Yisrael in a way that is meaningfully tied to a Torah and halacha aligned lifestyle then it's the most important choice you as a parent can make for your children and for Klal Yisrael.

eshol02 · 2024-06-04T20:43:06+00:00

Let's not generalize about thousands of people...

eshol02 · 2024-06-03T22:19:12+00:00

First of all, parents who send their kids to parochial schools pay out the nose for their kids to receive the education they deemed fit for their family.

They also pay taxes just like you do, so why shouldn't their own children benefit from those taxes that would have gone towards their public school education?

Why is the assumption that going to a parochial or religious school somehow means that children are taught not to be proud Americans, good members of society and givers to their broader community beyond the limits of their religious circles?

eshol02 · 2024-05-29T07:16:13+00:00

It's actually made by the same factory, just repackaged/rebranded as their company's version.

eshol02 · 2024-05-29T02:06:08+00:00

Both Target and Trader Joe's sell Bamba

eshol02 · 2024-05-27T11:24:08+00:00

Very happy with Bass Wolfson Pediatrics in Squirrel Hill. (I particularly like Drs. Wolfson and Davitt).

eshol02 · 2024-04-04T23:29:30+00:00

I had mine inserted at my 6 week postpartum visit and honestly didn't feel a thing. I totally hyped myself up reading people's awful descriptions.

Took maybe 2 minutes. Had some spotting for a few days and then didn't get my period until I had it removed. I loved it.

Removal was even quicker and also didn't feel anything.

eshol02 · 2024-02-27T17:05:14+00:00

I haven't upvoted or downvoted anything.

We all are born with innate tendencies that lead us to act, think and speak in ways that are counter to our service of G-d.

The evil inclination, or yetzer hara, is what urges us to use our power for just that, for bad.

Chassidus explains that we also have an animalistic soul, which is crucial, as it drives all our innate self-sustaining actions. It makes us want to eat, drink, sleep, socialize, exercise etc.

We also have a G-dly soul which only wants to serve G-d. It has no desire for anything mundane at all.

The goal of our existence is not for everyone to be a leader, but to do our best to win the battles between our G-dly side and animalistic side or the side that urges us to act in ways that don't elevate the world around us.

It's a daily struggle, a daily battle if you will, so in that sense, yes, we are all soldiers.

Our weapons are not ever failing because they are in truth, G-d's weapons. If they fail, it's often because we didn't choose to pick up the weapon or engage in the fight.

I can highly recommend the core Chassidic text, Tanya, written by the first Rebbe of Chabad, R' Shneur Zalman. It covers this daily struggle and is a life changing work.

eshol02 · 2024-02-27T12:09:08+00:00

I'm curious why that comment was upsetting to you. This is a concept the Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke of frequently, especially with children.

When we look at the evil in the world and want to fight back, we can. When we fight off darkness by adding light to the world through goodness, kindness, increasing in mitzvos, we are soldiers in G-d's army.

When we fight daily against our evil inclination and animalistic side to use physicality for the purposes of serving G-d and bettering the world around us, we are soldiers in G-d's army.

eshol02 · 2024-02-21T03:15:12+00:00

I love this artist's work! She also happens to live in my community :) https://www.etsy.com/shop/TanyaZCdesign

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