Ask a Lubavitcher Anything

[gozalim]

His 2 worded response was "תגיד לזלמן".

confirming

it was probably someone else's idea.

and probably reflective of how a lot of things work in that joint

[koplonko]

confirming
and probably reflective of how a lot of things work in that joint

-1 on the first point.
+1 on the latter. That's how many things work there - blame on someone else

[Cholentfresser]

In case anyone's interested, YY Jacobson's giving a 4 part shiur in one of Dan's favorite maamorim, beginning tomorrow morning.

https://www.chabad.org/5486027

[Dan]

In case anyone's interested, YY Jacobson's giving a 4 part shiur in one of Dan's favorite maamorim, beginning tomorrow morning.

https://www.chabad.org/5486027

Nice!
Chazara from him 19 years ago in ULY 

[Cholentfresser]

I've recently been listening to rabbi paltiel's shiurim on this maamor. It'll be interesting to compare the two. I'm looking forward to this.

[Dan]

I've recently been listening to rabbi paltiel's shiurim on this maamor. It'll be interesting to compare the two. I'm looking forward to this.

We were spoiled having Jakey and Paltiel in ULY!

[ExGingi]

Question addressed to those who didn't learn in תומכי תמימים (but placed in this thread because I couldn't think of a better thread to post it in):

What does מאין יבוא עזרי mean?

[Dan]

Question addressed to those who didn't learn in תומכי תמימים (but placed in this thread because I couldn't think of a better thread to post it in):

What does מאין יבוא עזרי mean?

Belongs in the "Ask a Lubavitcher To-Be Anything" thread?

[neveryou]

While that is probably an accurate analysis, it has nothing to do with Kratz's gzeiros. I know him well enough to say that it was probably someone else's idea.

The gabai in 770 in the תש's decided that for kavod hatzibor you have to wear a tallis in the main Minyan (just like many shuls around the world)

Monday and Thursday the Rebbe was coming to a Bochurim's minyan, hence no Tallis.
Shabbos is a Baalei Batim minyan, hence it's kovod hatzibur that even a bochur would wear a Tallis.

In ל"ח mendelbaum was the בעל קורא for a few weeks in the main minyan and he wore a tallis

[Dan]

The gabai in 770 in the תש's decided that for kavod hatzibor you have to wear a tallis in the main Minyan (just like many shuls around the world)

Monday and Thursday the Rebbe was coming to a Bochurim's minyan, hence no Tallis.
Shabbos is a Baalei Batim minyan, hence it's kovod hatzibur that even a bochur would wear a Tallis.

In ל"ח mendelbaum was the בעל קורא for a few weeks in the main minyan and he wore a tallis

And nearly every Chabad House in the world isn't a Baalei Batim minyan?

[ExGingi]

And nearly every Chabad House in the world isn't a Baalei Batim minyan?

Do you want to bring a ראיה for הלכה or מנהג from Chabad Houses?    

[Dan]

Do you want to bring a ראיה for הלכה or מנהג from Chabad Houses?    

We're going in circles here, but yes. I guess Kavod Hatzibur only applies in 770 and non-Chabad shuls.

Another way 770 has diverged from the rest of Chabad? <ducks and hides>

[ExGingi]

We're going in circles here, but yes. I guess Kavod Hatzibur only applies in 770 and non-Chabad shuls.

I hope you do realize that many things that are done and practiced in Chabad Houses are done and acceptable due to the circumstances, and would not be done had we not been in golus with תינוקות שנשבו, etc.

[Dan]

I hope you do realize that many things that are done and practiced in Chabad Houses are done and acceptable due to the circumstances, and would not be done had we not been in golus with תינוקות שנשבו, etc.

By "Chabad Houses," I'm including regular Anash shuls as well.

[ExGingi]

By "Chabad Houses," I'm including regular Anash shuls as well.

So let me ask you about those. How common is it to see people davening without a hat and/or jacket (including Shachris with a gartl over the shirt and a tallis, but no jacket) at those?

[jj1000]

So let me ask you about those. How common is it to see people davening without a hat and/or jacket (including Shachris with a gartl over the shirt and a tallis, but no jacket) at those?

As common as shachris after shkia in 770.

[ExGingi]

As common as shachris after shkia in 770.

Frequency? I might unfortunately agree.

% of people doing it... that's a totally different question, to which I am sure you know the answer.

[neveryou]

As common as shachris after shkia in 770.

It's not the davening after shkiah that makes a person go frei, it's the not wearing a jacket by davening, not going on tahlucha not going to mikva.......

[Something Fishy]

I might too, if I was 60 and still wearing a puff painted yarmulke!

On that note, something I've been wondering about. AFAIK it's pretty much only Chabad where adults commonly wear yarmulkas in all colors and designs as opposed to plain black.

Is there a reasoning or minhag behind this, or is it simply a style/individualistic/random thing?

[Dan]

On that note, something I've been wondering about. AFAIK it's pretty much only Chabad where adults commonly wear yarmulkas in all colors and designs as opposed to plain black.

Is there a reasoning or minhag behind this, or is it simply a style/individualistic/random thing?

You haven't realized the theme of this thread? We do things to be different, so that others will ask why we do things differently