Halacha Shvui: Jewish Laws this Month XXVI

by Rabbi David

​The Chief Rabbinate instituted Hallel on Yom Yerushalayim as the one thing to do celebrate the Chag. And thus, they are heretics. Any Frum person knows, celebrating Jerusalem is Asur. Forbidden. Any way of celebrating the city we pray for is definite heresy.
Some people walk around Jerusalem, taking steps in the Holy City to celebrate the holiday. But we know exercise is also Asur.  
 
(VaYikra 25:14) When doing business don’t wrong your fellow, unless if you’re making a lot of money. Then it feels like the right thing to do. You rip them off, it feels Gishmack.
If you're going to lie, make sure you're making a lot of money off it. Then you can donate some of that to the community. They might even honor you with a plaque. Thus, making it a Mitzvah to steal.

Shulchan Aruch (Even HaEzer 21) teaches, “Man must stay very far from women.” And that’s how dating works. For more Torah education on how to court a woman…
And countless marriages have been saved due to the wisdom of our sages.
 
Shulchan Aruch (Even HaEzer 21:3) says you can look at a girl, only to see if she’s fit for marriage. And it would appear that I’ve thought to marry many women recently.
You look to check whether she is a virgin or not. How to do this, I do not know. How do you check out a girl for marriage? “She’s a girl. I guess she can get married. And that is what I was checking out just now. I was staring at the young woman only to see if she is of marriage age.” And that is what you tell your wife. And that is supposed to make things better.
And it is fitting to do so. When you see a woman, you should think about marrying her. And this is why it is very awkward for women to work in retail. They think they're working as a cashier, the guy getting change thinks he's proposing.

A note of interest: This is why married men have been joining the Shadchan field. On the spot, they get caught checking out a girl, they tell their wives they’re thinking of a Shidduch for them. They become Shadchanim like that, immediately. And it saves their marriage.
And the Shulchan Aruch continues, “But he may not look at her in a promiscuous way.” And this is why many religious men, when they look at women are checking out the soul.
And that’s what I say when people catch me checking out a woman. “It is Halachik. I’m only looking at her figure because of marriage. And that really means I’m looking at her soul.” And now you all know I’m a good holy Jew.

What We Learned from Rabbi David: Celebrating Yerushalayim makes you a heretic. And stealing from other people is a Mitzvah, if you get a plaque with your name on it out of the deal. And the way you get to know the woman you want to marry is by staying away from her. And checking out women is fine, as long as you're thinking about taking them as your second wife. I believe that's what we've learned from our rabbi this month.