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amother ↓

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 1:59 pm

I just spoke with ask moses

about what I thought was a serious matter Crying

he was not very helpful.

has anyone else ever tried -Ask Moses?

newu

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 2:10 pm

I never heard of it b4 but I just checked it out. No time to really check into it but it looks interesting.....

brooklyn

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 2:14 pm

Try AISH dot com. It may take a day until they respond to your question though.

↑ amother ↓

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 2:28 pm

a. I'm so sorry to hear that Sad

b. sometimes you log in at a very busy hour, and the scholar is trying to juggle between 5 people, and answer all of them decently. try a quieter hour (midnight or early morning).
c. you might be better off asking a woman scholar.
d. remember - the ppl. behind askmoses are human. they can't make magic. if it's a hard-to-answer question, they, too, will have hard time answering it, especially considering that you're expecting an answer on the spot.
e. you can always try the email: mail@askmoses.com. they have a very professional staff who can answer your questions without the pressure that the online scholars have.

Mama Bear

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 2:32 pm

a very serious matter should be discussed with a live flesh and blood person, not an anonymous online person.

DefyGravity

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 2:38 pm

I agree with Mindy.

chocolate moose ↓

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 5:25 pm

the scholars are not anonymous on askmoses. I often am unhappy with the answeer there,t hough.

ny21 ↓

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 5:38 pm

Delete

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↑ chocolate moose

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 5:53 pm

MomofTwins, I don't use SaraG on askmoses. Do you really know my name there?

↑ ny21 ↓

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 6:00 pm

no I dont know your name on ask moses

what I meant to say I like hearing your answers to my questions on this site

Tovah

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 6:13 pm

I think ask moses is for non frum/religeous women, for real shailos u need to speak to a rav. they are not rav's.

↑ amother ↓

Thu, Apr 06 2006, 6:45 pm

Just for the record: Usually the Rabbis have a lot more patience and care more to answer a non frum person than a frum 1.
For example: I went on to discuss something and the Rabbi basically brushed me off. It was an issue about something to do with frumkeit, I dont remember exactly what it was.
A little while later just to test, my freind and I went on the site and pretended to be some none frum guy asking all kinds of q's. The Rabbi was sooo nice and took his time explaining things.

Now, I'm not saying that it isnt a good site, but it is catered towards those who aren't frum.

↑ amother ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 1:07 am

When the site was new, I used it all the time for random questions. It was great! The scholars were always online and theyw ere so patient, etc. (Btw, they knew I was frum.) A year or two ago it got so bad. No one was EVER on! I looked at the schedule of schoalrs they have on their website, (maybe it's not there anymore), and clearly scholars were not online when they should have been. It was very frustrating. I emailed them to complain twice but got no response. I strated to email my questions but they never got back to me. All in all a terrible experience. Truth be told, I don't mind so much for me. B"H, I don't need askmoses to answer my questions about Yiddishkeit, but I can only imagine the chilul Hashem this could make for those who aren't frum. For the record, I think it's gotten better recently...

↑ ny21 ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 7:06 am

H

he said to me

do you think that I am a BIG enough rabbi to answer your question

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Frumom

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 9:39 am

Woah, that's quite rude! You should send an e-mail to whoever's in charge.

↑ ny21

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 9:45 am

oh!! I would not bother shock

its just water under the bridge Wink

:arrow:

im not even suprised ! : Confused

zkalan

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 11:46 am

Or they just tell you to ask a local rabbi, but what do you do if there is no local rabbi?

↑ amother ↓

Fri, Apr 07 2006, 1:08 pm

[quote="momoftwins"]

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after pouring out my heart out to to him for over a half an hour

he said to me in a nasty tone!!!

how do you know what his tone was?
its over a screen. you cant tell his tone.

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do you think that I am a BIG enough rabbi to answer your question ! embarrassed

I think he really meant that. hes not the one to answer your question. he simply cant. he was not being nasty. just honest.
you could take your question to one of the advisers on this site. they may be able to help you.

↑ amother

Sat, Apr 08 2006, 2:14 pm

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for real shailos u need to speak to a rav. they are not rav's.

as a rule, askmose doesn't pasken. the only kind of halachic question that's answered is one that's simple and clear-cut. for example - 'is one required to wear a tallis during maariv?' or 'what time is the shkia in london this coming friday?' it's definitely not the place to go to if you need a heter.

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Or they just tell you to ask a local rabbi, but what do you do if there is no local rabbi?

they can help you locate a rabbi near you, if you need one.

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Usually the Rabbis have a lot more patience and care more to answer a non frum person than a frum 1

they're there for everyone, frum and non-frum alike.

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When the site was new, I used it all the time for random questions. It was great! The scholars were always online and theyw ere so patient, etc.

when the site first opened, there were less viewers, and much less chatters. these days, almost at any given time, there are five people chatting at the same time with one scholar. it can be very overwhelming at times, and that explains the rudeness (it shouldn't be that way, though, and I'm really sorry you felt he screamed at you).

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