Conservadoxy

[onionsoupmix]

With several notable exceptions,  Orthodox Jewish law has been frozen for the past 1600 years.

There is no Sanhedrin and no governing body and no one leader can take it upon himself to authorize important and needed changes. Instead, we all just cling to traditions passed down over the centuries and convice ourselves that this is authentic Judaism

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Exceptions:

[arielsokolovsky]

B"H
There have been some notable exceptions listen to this lecture for one example:

Reflections on the Authority of the Moroccan Rabbinate

http://www.michtavim.com/Marc_B_Shapiro_Authority_of_Moroccan_Rabbinate_March_20_2007_YU.WAV

Is that the will of God? A frozen system? Or does the will of God somehow change as society evolves?The system is not really frozen just other than those exceptions it evolves somewhat differently

look who is talking

[arielsokolovsky]

לַמִּינִים וְלַמַּלְשִׁינִים אַל תְּהִי תִקְוָה וְכָל הַזֵּדִים כְּרֶגַע יאבֵדוּ. וְכָל אויְבֶךָ (סמאל) וְכָל שׂונְאֶיךָ (לילית) מְהֵרָה יִכָּרֵתוּ. וּמַלְכוּת הָרִשְׁעָה מְהֵרָה תְעַקֵּר וּתְשַׁבֵּר וּתְכַלֵּם וְתַכְנִיעֵם בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה הָ' , שׁובֵר אויְבִים וּמַכְנִיעַ זֵדִים:
Eshkol Hakofer

Re: look who is talking

[arielsokolovsky]

B"H
What does the 19th brocha of the Amida have to do with this topic?

What does the 19th brocha of the Amida have to do with this topic?

[arielsokolovsky]

to paraphrase massechet brochos,
"upon seing a self proclaimed meen, one recites birkat haminim beshem umalkhus!"
that's what!

Re: What does the 19th brocha of the Amida have to do with this topic?

[arielsokolovsky]

B"H
Are you looking at the mirror or something (being that you are Eshkol haKofer)?
Of course kofer is actually worse than a meen, so I presume you have made a kal ve'chomer to include yourself:-)
Hanukah Same'ach!

upon seeing a meen II

[arielsokolovsky]

....one recites:
A-'Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house,' which the Rabbis apply to sectarianism as well as to heresy".

B- beshem r' eliezer ben hurcanus: "Keep away from what is indecent and from that which appears to be indecent"[38].
Eshkol Hakofer

"Keep away from what is indecent", that is from those beyond tshuva.

[arielsokolovsky]

שיר השירים פרק1
יד- אשכול הכופר דודי לי, בכרמי עין גדי
Eshkol Hakofer

Re: upon seeing a meen II

[arielsokolovsky]

B"H
So you just recited brocha lebatola for 2 reasons :
1)There is no meenim here (unless you mean kofrim):-)
2)The Gemorah doesn't actually instruct one to recite a brocha be'shem umalchut even if you'd see an actual meen which you can do perhaps over at o_aronius's page or the like:-)

Re: upon seeing a meen II

[arielsokolovsky]

B"H
Plus the Gemora says one should recite that posuk when one mamash sees a meen not reads something that you think is written by a meen on a blog.