tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post2896806885266487624..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: post pesach blues, justice, and something on the parshaChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-66113759262123488792011-05-01T10:51:57.430-04:002011-05-01T10:51:57.430-04:00re anonymous:
I have a mesora in the name of R'...re anonymous:<br />I have a mesora in the name of R' Yisroel Salanter that the brochos of l'malshinim and al hatzadikim can be referring the same person.<br />[I don't think he meant that literally. I hope...]great unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-26421581332917344502011-04-30T23:42:31.039-04:002011-04-30T23:42:31.039-04:00is it not too easy to claim "sham"?
peop...is it not too easy to claim "sham"?<br />people can be very uneven, selfless<br />bein adam l'Makom, selfish bein<br />adam l'chaveiro...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-72790748873869540482011-04-30T21:24:58.096-04:002011-04-30T21:24:58.096-04:00>>>If the family refuses to respond, he i...>>>If the family refuses to respond, he is within his rights to expel them from the kehillah.<br /><br />You can't be serious. If we put on one side of the scale the number of times a Rav has expelled a ba'alei bayis (b'frat a wealthy or important one) from a kehila and put on the other side the number of time that ba'alei batim have expelled their Rav, do you have any doubt which will win?<br /><br />I did not mean to suggest that small claims is not effective at all -- just that if you have no clue where someone does their banking or is hiding their assets, not much you can do. It's still better than nothing.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-20331408326204884532011-04-29T16:18:19.538-04:002011-04-29T16:18:19.538-04:00In a recent Mishpacha, they had a story about the ...In a recent Mishpacha, they had a story about the Chazon Ish's nephew, who heads a Beis Din in Bnei Brak, where they dayanim are paid nothing, and there is no fee for bringing a case, and the typical case is resolved quickly.<br /><br />In the case of the $20, how about going to the local Rav? If the family refuses to respond, he is within his rights to expel them from the kehillah.<br /><br />(BTW, what you say about Small Claims Court is not true. I was recently involved in a Small Claims Court case in NJ involving $2000, and the local sherriff in NJ went out to collect the judgment from several banks in which the defendant had funds on deposit. There was some paper work involved, and some modest fees, which are collectable as part of the judgment. After less than a year, the plaintiff collected almost the whole judgment.)Tal Benscharnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-68880133336311532912011-04-29T11:12:16.310-04:002011-04-29T11:12:16.310-04:00re your point that you can live with matza- I had ...re your point that you can live with matza- I had written about the odd distinction between the din of al hasova by Kodshim/Pesach and the requirement of l'tei'avon by Matza, and someone wrote back that it makes perfect sense, because the only way he can get himself to eat matza is if he's really hungry. This reminded me that true hedonism requires discipline. If you just eat all the time, you don't really enjoy it. You have to get really hungry in order to thoroughly enjoy what you're eating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-4186535560333658252011-04-29T09:58:45.653-04:002011-04-29T09:58:45.653-04:00Re: the pathetic story on "yashrus." Oc...Re: the pathetic story on "yashrus." Ochain Noda Hadavar. I refer you to the hakdama of the N'tziv to Sefer B'raishis.<br /><br />As far as a ehrliche din torah with teeth is concerned, I can only speak of Baltimore thirty years ago; I hope the same applies there today.<br /><br />Illustrative of the attitude there is a story told me at that time by a Posek in Baltimore involved in such a din torah. He was speaking to a chaver from yeshiva who was now a dayan in NY, and the latter mentioned [30 years ago] that he made several hundred dollars a day for sitting on a bais din.<br />Asked the posek, "That's your schar batala? What do you do in civilian life, sell drugs?"<br />Countered the chaver, "Don't tell me you don't get paid for sitting on a din torah!"<br />"Let me tell you what a din torah is like here," said the posek. "Last week I was in one where one yunger man had purchased a dishwasher from another, and now claimed it didn't work. Rav Heinemann, who was the head of the bais din, decided to examine the evidence, and we all went to the purchaser's house to see. He took a close look at the dishwasher, got down on his knees and made some adjustments, and presto, the dishwasher was now working as good as new.<br />"Not only did we not get a dime for being dayanim, but Rav Heinemann didn't even charge for the repair job."<br /><br />BTW, when you said "make my day," I was thinking of you brandishing a .44 magnum revolver. For what it's worth, a .357 magnum is much more practical.great unknownnoreply@blogger.com