העורך Editor

No, not via, or by means of, the rabbi. Sell or gift directly to the rabbi.

Plenty of the people waiting in line think that’s what happens, anyway.

The sale to the goy is invalid, so we seriously ought to sell to the rabbi himself. If he thinks it works, he can then sell his own Chametz and the Chametz he bought from you to the goy and then back.

It’s only fair. Just as with the rest of the legal fictions Jews employ so Jews don’t have to observe Judaism, it’s the rabbis’ fault. Why does anyone suppress the fact the sale is a ridiculous and invalid perversion because the goy has no intention of buying the Chametz at all − not with a downpayment he could not and would not possibly complete? The rabbis created the sale in the first place, and they are its staunchest supporters, now that increasing numbers would prefer to keep the mitzvos of Hashem.

So, sure, go ahead to the sham Mechira. Just make sure it’s clear to everyone present: You’re offloading to the rabbi himself.

There is still the prohibition of Chametz She’avar alav hapesach mederabbanan, if you subsequently take it back (what is Chaim’s chaim worth without whiskey for Lechaim?!). But at least you avoid the awesome Chillul Hashem and the prohibition of owning Chametz on the Pesach.

If you believe in the coming of the Mashiach!

Source: Siach Sarfei Kodesh 1:35

If you’re a real Breslover, build it here and come close to your Creator.

(Not to mention the lunatics who are building a community in Uman…!)

(So what if Purim passed?)

Want to guess?

Answer: About six.

1. Mordechai.

2. Esther.

3. Hasach (according to the opinion this was Daniel).

4. Charvona (according to the opinion this was Eliyahu).

When a prophet is mentioned in Tanach with his father’s name, his father is a prophet, too, such as Amotz of Yeshayahu, Amitai of Yonah, Be’or of Bil’am, etc.

Perhaps these are mentioned here solely for Yichus reasons, per Rashi, but if not, then:

5. Avichayil, father of Esther.

6. Ya’ir, father of Mordechai.

Our own Rabbi Avi Grossman echoes my own take on the famous “Rupture and Reconstruction” essay by Rabbi Haym Soloveitchik.

Here is an excerpt justifying and explaining the results of the change:

Becoming a text-based halachic society is therefore a critical stage in our recovery as a nation, and the writings of Maimonides and the Vilna Gaon are some the greatest texts for teaching us how to somehow remove the Oral Law from its deep freeze, how to make it live once again so that we once again think as we should, and works such as the Mishna Berura are not sufficient. If the mainstream halachic works would have served as our guide, or if the mimetic ways were to do so, or even a combination of the two, we would never have seen for example, the reinstatement of the daily priestly blessing, or any of the advantages conferred on our people by the establishment of the State of Israel.

The Reconstruction needs to continue, but it also needs to be guided by decision-making principles, principles that lead to decisive courses of action while rejecting others, instead of principles for trying to maintain the status quo and/or satisfying as many opinions as possible. The halachic system, if is to continue to be a unifying force, must avoid false ethnocentricities and the pernicious monolithism that pervades halachic discourse.

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