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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9962 on: April 11, 2019, 03:10:55 PM »
Who's on first?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-sisters-bought-dna-kits-the-results-blew-apart-their-family-11549037904
Interesting.
There have been quite a few posts with stories of 23&Me causing major family issues, on Reddit lately.

Soon shadchanim will require these tests to make sure people are truly gezhe all the way up  ;)

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9963 on: April 11, 2019, 08:58:15 PM »
Interesting.
There have been quite a few posts with stories of 23&Me causing major family issues, on Reddit lately.

Soon shadchanim will require these tests to make sure people are truly gezhe all the way up  ;)
Curious if it is halachically allowed, due to the first part in your post. Being that א"ר יצחק צדקה עשה הקב"ה עם ישראל בשמשפחה שנטמעה נטמעה:

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9964 on: April 12, 2019, 12:04:45 AM »
Curious if it is halachically allowed, due to the first part in your post. Being that א"ר יצחק צדקה עשה הקב"ה עם ישראל בשמשפחה שנטמעה נטמעה:

I once heard a story from someone in Crown Heights who told me that there was a certain B.T. who used to be a regular guest in their house (if I recall correctly, this was actually when they lived OOT) and was an outstanding person, extremely talented and sincere in Yiddishkeit. Unfortunately, at a certain point that person's mother disclosed to him that he was born from an extra-marital affair. He felt like his life was shattered, and IINM fell into depression and left everything.

When the person who told me the story went to consult with R Z.S. Dworkin about the situation, R' Z.S.'s response was: זי איז ניט באגלייבט, ער איז א כשר׳ע איד! But unfortunately said person was too broken from the situation, and didn't want to come back.
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« Reply #9965 on: April 12, 2019, 12:08:27 AM »
I once heard a story from someone in Crown Heights who told me that there was a certain B.T. who used to be a regular guest in their house (if I recall correctly, this was actually when they lived OOT) and was an outstanding person, extremely talented and sincere in Yiddishkeit. Unfortunately, at a certain point that person's mother disclosed to him that he was born from an extra-marital affair. He felt like his life was shattered, and IINM fell into depression and left everything.

When the person who told me the story went to consult with R Z.S. Dworkin about the situation, R' Z.S.'s response was: זי איז ניט באגלייבט, ער איז א כשר׳ע איד! But unfortunately said person was too broken from the situation, and didn't want to come back.
Same story happened with R' Moshe under a BT's chuppah. R' Moshe said she's not trusted. She later admitted to making up the story as she was upset at her son...

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« Reply #9966 on: April 12, 2019, 12:12:24 AM »
Same story happened with R' Moshe under a BT's chuppah. R' Moshe said she's not trusted. She later admitted to making up the story as she was upset at her son...
Unfortunately the story I heard didn't have a happy ending.
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« Reply #9967 on: April 12, 2019, 12:49:46 AM »
Same story happened with R' Moshe under a BT's chuppah. R' Moshe said she's not trusted. She later admitted to making up the story as she was upset at her son...
I remember hearing such a story with r Moshe. Although I didn't hear the part that it was a Baal teshuva or that they found out later the mother made it up.
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« Reply #9968 on: April 14, 2019, 12:50:55 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-12/estate-tax-gets-a-lot-more-attention-than-it-deserves?srnd=premium

Not often do I find myself agreeing with Ritholtz on policy issues, but I think he is right in that the Estate Tax doesn’t deserve that much attention, as it is legally avoidable in most cases.
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« Reply #9970 on: April 14, 2019, 07:18:36 AM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-12/estate-tax-gets-a-lot-more-attention-than-it-deserves?srnd=premium

Not often do I find myself agreeing with Ritholtz on policy issues, but I think he is right in that the Estate Tax doesn’t deserve that much attention, as it is legally avoidable in most cases.
How is it so easy to avoid?

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9974 on: April 14, 2019, 09:21:56 PM »
How is it so easy to avoid?
There are plenty of legal techniques.
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #9975 on: April 14, 2019, 10:01:05 PM »
There are plenty of legal techniques.

Are people changing the way they do business (to their detriment) in order to avoid the death tax?

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« Reply #9976 on: April 14, 2019, 10:08:13 PM »
Are people changing the way they do business (to their detriment) in order to avoid the death tax?
I don’t think so.

In a way there’s a positive aspect to this tax, in that it gives people the impetus to engage in planning. There are very often issues that are much larger and more important than the tax.
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« Reply #9977 on: April 14, 2019, 10:55:28 PM »

In a way there’s a positive aspect to this tax, in that it gives people the impetus to engage in planning. There are very often issues that are much larger and more important than the tax.

If the argument made in the article, that almost no-one pays, is true, why shouldn't the government abolish it completely (unless it's about making money for for lawyers and life insurance companies)?

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« Reply #9978 on: April 14, 2019, 11:09:48 PM »
Quote from: www.nhregister.com
Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen of Beth El-Keser Israel said in an email, “Any food purchased by crossing a picket line or from scab workers is not kosher for Passover.” He said it is “a matter of well-established Jewish law.”
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Jews-face-having-to-find-Passover-foods-without-13763250.php

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