tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.comments2024-01-18T18:37:20.986+02:00Zoo TorahNatan Slifkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04488707201313046847noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-84254063047511422782013-06-26T13:29:08.358+03:002013-06-26T13:29:08.358+03:00Yeah, I saw one in my backyard a week or two ago. ...Yeah, I saw one in my backyard a week or two ago. However, that one had unfortunately been strangled and left to die in my yard. Thankfully a neighbor took it away and disposed of it.Eliezerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090842897478724260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-7860879505701706182013-06-26T08:36:37.245+03:002013-06-26T08:36:37.245+03:00Enjoy. With the massive building expected in Beit ...Enjoy. With the massive building expected in Beit Shemesh, local wild life is headed for a tragic future. Avraham1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-15810383837812401422013-06-26T03:52:09.132+03:002013-06-26T03:52:09.132+03:00Those noises can lead to vulpine mixed dancing.......Those noises can lead to vulpine mixed dancing....... where is the RBS Mishmeres Hatznius (Fox division)??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-78886908578338939572013-06-14T18:14:40.380+03:002013-06-14T18:14:40.380+03:00Guys, it's just a funny picture (I took it), l...Guys, it's just a funny picture (I took it), let's not start criticizing BT's. As it is, I think it is pretty clear that most BTs would tend to dress to conform with the movements who influenced them to make that step.Elinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-10588650469498353722013-06-14T11:49:01.830+03:002013-06-14T11:49:01.830+03:00why do the BT's always think they have to go f...why do the BT's always think they have to go full penguin? Be MO and put on a pair of jeans!full hognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-38508644722449383262013-06-13T20:40:53.861+03:002013-06-13T20:40:53.861+03:00Nah! He's not wearing a hat.Nah! He's not wearing a hat.Uncle Shimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451583028606166322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-58553961226752087542013-04-15T19:33:15.160+03:002013-04-15T19:33:15.160+03:00That's a strange comment. Before eating locust...That's a strange comment. Before eating locusts, I asked a shaylah to a charedi posek, who said that it was fine.Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-5959638212960342132013-04-15T18:49:02.461+03:002013-04-15T18:49:02.461+03:00Just seen this post quite by accident as i was doi...Just seen this post quite by accident as i was doing some research for a lesson. I feel disgusted.<br /> With all your heterim you made for yourself to eat locusts, i do not feel you were really interested in eating locusts rather it was a way of showing the world that you dismiss the authority of the Charedi Poskim which means YOU are the one breaking with tradition.<br />After all traditionally when a jew would have a shaila in halacha he would ask the Shach and Taz not Spinoza or Kant. You seem to be breaking with tradition and opting for the latter.<br />Secondly Chazal with their deep phsycology of the human being told us that the jews only served avoda zarah to enable them to do znus. I feel thats whats happening with you. Its not the locusts in chrayne that you want its the shtech to the ziknei hador.<br />Shame on you.<br /> Mr Gershon Finlay, NYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-77431215940470879562013-04-09T15:27:56.105+03:002013-04-09T15:27:56.105+03:00Actually, "everyone with an open mind" t...Actually, "everyone with an open mind" thinks that Betech's position has no basis (and usually considers him a lunatic). It's only people with a closed mind, who are convinced that Great Rabbis can't be wrong, that think that the shafan is the rabbit.<br /><br />Or do you have evidence to challenge the agreement of zooarcheologists that there were no rabbits in Israel?<br /><br />Please direct any future comments on this topic to the relevant post, e.g. http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2013/02/ruach-hakodesh-and-reason.htmlRabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-89966438263454446952013-04-09T13:56:10.862+03:002013-04-09T13:56:10.862+03:00A good word of advice: if you want your enyclopedi...A good word of advice: if you want your enyclopedia to sell, you must not establish the identity of your animals with pre-conceived ideas.<br />You must study with an open mind.<br />I write this to you as i have been following the debate with Ohsie and Coffer/Betech on a site called slifkin.opinion/blogspot.<br />Look, between me and you, you have been affected big time by the ban on your books. You seem to be wanting to enact revenge by showing the haredi world that scripture/talmud are not always correct. Thats fine with me but your proofs must be solid. In this rabbit debate anyone with an open mind who has read Betech/Coffers sources will conclude that your position is weak to say the least.<br />C'mon Natan, remember the lessons that Phaivish used to instill in us Old jewish grammar guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-47465392030640893862013-03-11T11:04:24.541+02:002013-03-11T11:04:24.541+02:00Oy vey. Eating locusts is AGAINST THE HEILIGE TEIR...Oy vey. Eating locusts is AGAINST THE HEILIGE TEIREH! I bet you even ate them with ketchup and not chraine. Oy veyz mir.Oy veynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-67321232215586812352013-03-07T13:06:25.702+02:002013-03-07T13:06:25.702+02:00mzt, you are confusing two different things. Chaza...mzt, you are confusing two different things. Chazal were modeh to the chachmei hagoyim that the Ptolematic model was correct, rather than the Babylonian model. But according to BOTH models, the earth is stationary and at the center of the universe. Nobody (in the Jewish world) suggested otherwise, until after Copernicus.<br /><br />As for your charge of "you could not care less, because you know better!" - it's meaningless - it could be applied to pretty much anyone who believes themself to be correct on anything. There are doubtless all kinds of ways in which it applies to you.Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-42422607673303088282013-03-07T10:19:52.038+02:002013-03-07T10:19:52.038+02:00to natan - iv'e been through "your good f...to natan - iv'e been through "your good friend" eliezer brodt's wide ranging Copernicus article and I think you are very much mistaken in your assessment that agrees with you.<br />Nowhere there did he talk about that Chazal and Rishonim 'all' accepted the geocentric theory. He rather focused on all those who did and do accept heliocentric, and 'debunking' those who now claim the opposite. <br />Chazal in Rosh Hashana are modeh that chachmei Hagoyim were correct (or at least more correct) in regard to these realms so I do not see where you exactly you claim your 'proof' that 'That was the view of all Chazal and Rishonim'.<br />But it seems to me that Ari was spot on in his assessment of your rationalizing your hetterinm here. In your own words - it seems that he is correct - that "you could not care less, because you know better!".<br /><br />Btw thanks for the link to that excellent article on potatoes - gevaldig!mztnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-8041919086300276752013-03-06T18:43:27.381+02:002013-03-06T18:43:27.381+02:00Thank you, but I am not offended. It's just a ...Thank you, but I am not offended. It's just a pity that almost every time I am attacked from the right, my opponents reveal themselves to be somewhat lacking in derech eretz (aside from lacking in knowledge).<br /><br />vchein lmar! aderaba or au contarire mon frair - you have proven this yet again about yourself! my pity is for you.<br />all the best!arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-12467672386772035222013-03-06T18:38:24.962+02:002013-03-06T18:38:24.962+02:00in my day we called someone who rationalised again...<i>in my day we called someone who rationalised against divrei haposkim </i><br /><br />I have no idea what you are talking about. There are different halachic views. I am bringing reasons why I find some convincing and not others. This is precisely the traditional method of halachic discussion. The only difference from *certain* approaches is the involvement of scientific knowledge. <br /><br /><i> r. eliezer brodt has done a remarkable job debunking your claim that all believing Jews held of geocentric</i><br /><br />Again, you have no idea what you are talking about. My friend R. Eliezer debunked none of my claims and we are in 100% agreement. To be sure, there were various Acharonim who accepted heliocentrism. This does not change the fact that the traditional view, before Copernicus, was geocentric. That was the view of all Chazal and Rishonim. But "you could not care less, because you know better!"<br /><br /><i> i apologise if i offended you</i><br /><br />Thank you, but I am not offended. It's just a pity that almost every time I am attacked from the right, my opponents reveal themselves to be somewhat lacking in derech eretz (aside from lacking in knowledge).Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-43576206049211493552013-03-06T18:14:02.000+02:002013-03-06T18:14:02.000+02:00in my day we called someone who rationalised again...in my day we called someone who rationalised against divrei haposkim - and acted upon his rationalisations - with no clear cut halachic proof against - (not a mistaken metzius etc. or ours nowadays are superior etc) a 'moreh hetter'. and you are doing it lechatchila publicly! <br /><br />i am sorry about my tone and wording and i truly apologise - but i just feel that here you have gone too far.<br /><br />as to your heliocentric vs. geocentric theory for the beleiving Jew i believe r. eliezer brodt has done a remarkable job debunking your claim that all believing Jews held of geocentric - in a recent hakira article.<br /><br />as to why i didnt cite the shach - i dont seem to remember you being overly fond of the shach regarding buffalo burgers.<br /><br />and as for potatoes being kitniyos the chayei adam himself was referring to a specific city where that was the minhag - check again - and was considered a chiddush and never accepted - this was addressed by r. yehuda spitz in an interesting article on this here: http://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/5184<br /><br />so i guess we can conclude that i am disappointed that you would do this publicly. if you would have written that it is not so simple from a halachic standpoint but you are doing this after an actual psak it would have been a different story and i would not have even commented. again i apologise if i offended you.Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-28538794787191328102013-03-06T17:37:40.159+02:002013-03-06T17:37:40.159+02:00But your manners are certainly different.But your manners are certainly different.Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-36351023817335594002013-03-06T17:37:13.624+02:002013-03-06T17:37:13.624+02:00You're no different, if you believe that the s...You're no different, if you believe that the sun goes around the earth.Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-746798041109194792013-03-06T17:27:08.590+02:002013-03-06T17:27:08.590+02:00Cute response. so you are intrinsically saying lif...Cute response. so you are intrinsically saying lifnei kol am v'eida that "i could not care less what the poskim (some from over 300 years ago) say because i know better".<br /><br />at least now i understand why you call yourself the zoo rabbi as opposed to a real one.<br /><br />Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-34953353059882382372013-03-06T17:09:01.717+02:002013-03-06T17:09:01.717+02:00See my response at http://www.rationalistjudaism.c...See my response at <a href="http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2013/03/locusts-and-rationalism.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2013/03/locusts-and-rationalism.html</a>Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-84513935533274693082013-03-06T12:07:19.523+02:002013-03-06T12:07:19.523+02:00I would think otherwise as these are "very bi...I would think otherwise as these are "very big guns" in your vernacular - who pasken for ashkenazim and even sefardim (Ohr Hachaim was Sefardi which I am sure you know)that it is assur! Yet, you eat them with no qualms whatsoever! I did not realize that slifkin was a Yemenite name. [either that or you simply are of the opinion that even these gedolim's rulings can simply be discarded at whim].<br />It's nice to know that you apparently do not suffer from a case of anava - that you are familiar to "all sources on this topic". how about the teshuvos avnei yahpei vol. 8, 116 - to aris zivotofski and greenspan?<br />I guess one may (hopefully erroneously) conclude that your brand of rationalist judaism is anything but.arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-9595317353087836492013-03-05T20:16:12.231+02:002013-03-05T20:16:12.231+02:00Of course I am familiar with these sources, as wit...Of course I am familiar with these sources, as with all the sources on this topic. Why would you think otherwise?Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-79523160772761793172013-03-05T17:23:10.445+02:002013-03-05T17:23:10.445+02:00obviously you never heard that the Taz (Y"D 8...obviously you never heard that the Taz (Y"D 85, 1), Ohr HaChaim (Vayikra 11: 21) amd Aruch Hashulchan (Y"D 85, 5)assert that there is no mesorah on them and they are assur!!<br /><br />Zoo Rabbi???Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-35287028758746396322013-03-04T19:43:30.207+02:002013-03-04T19:43:30.207+02:00Have you ever put them in a chulent? I had a rebbe...Have you ever put them in a chulent? I had a rebbe (ignorant of the North African tradition, or at least the possibility of adopting it as you mention) who said that once Moshiach comes we will once again have that special crunch that has been missing from our chulent - locusts!Shades of Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8023153716190402200.post-43675734106886214142013-02-03T13:10:11.566+02:002013-02-03T13:10:11.566+02:00Lots! Check out my forthcoming article in Jewish A...Lots! Check out my forthcoming article in Jewish Action, and Leor Jacobi's forthcoming full-depth study (he already has some material online).Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903561261083292772noreply@blogger.com