Funny: Obama Roasts Rahm Emmanuel

BTW the video was very funny Smile

I might lose my head for this ? but I'm asking op sincerely here... funny as it is, does this speech violate laws of lashon harah by listening to it? I'm working on L.H. but am not yet proficient.

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Which conservative school do his children attend?

I knew of orthodox families that chose the conservative elementary schools because they were better suited educationally for their children, but that they went on to orthodox HS and are religious.

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oh okay, that makes sense.. btw I like your avatar Bambamama Very Happy

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--Edited because it may have been L"H.

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it was a funny clip!

Silver Member Joined: Aug 17 2008 Posts: 938

It was cute, some funny parts.
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Edited so as not to repeat Lashon Hara edited out.

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I was thinking about this again. IIRC, the shaila is about beis din accepting someone who wants to convert knowing they want to marry a Jew, not that their conversion is "pasul" once it is done. I'll have to ask dh when he gets home, but I'm quite confident I remember learning that once they are converted, if they are sincere in keeping shabbos, kashrus and taharas hamishpach (the "big three") there is no shaila about the conversion. I also know that there are many teshuvas about why the whole "not allowing them to convert for marriage" doesn't apply in this day and age (if someone wants to start a thread we could discuss that there). Bottom line, if this woman was accepted by an Orthodox beis din and is keeping "the big three" it's pretty disgusting to be speculating that "she may not be Jewish".

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edited as there is no longer need

Silver Member Joined: Oct 14 2008 Posts: 859

To imamothers in general, I have a suggestion: when you think someone has spoken lashon hara here, instead of publicly humiliating them, why not PM them? Kind of hypocritical to publicly accuse someone of being disgusting for saying Lashon Hara, don't you think?

LeahW, you might be right, but if you aren't sure, better not to say (unless we were talking about a shidduch here)

Gold Member Joined: Oct 05 2008 Posts: 2231

Thanks AMMom. So I edited my posts and now the only references to the L"H are those of you who quoted and chastised me... That I would call ironic. I'm pretty makpid about L"H, but sometimes I slip up. Next time PM me. Thanks.

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Which reminds me of how important it is to be careful about LH when one is posting as amother. Because being careful about it when posting under your own name, but not so when you're posting anonymously -- that is pretty ironic. Too bad we can't let amothers know by pm when they've done this!

I just thought I'd post a little PSA, while we're discussing the evils of LH.