tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post4095320365257783272..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Igros Moshe On Wigs and Shavers, part ijoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-59329948181294979812007-11-05T12:12:00.000-05:002007-11-05T12:12:00.000-05:00I figured. Thanks for the sources. I'll check it o...I figured. Thanks for the sources. I'll check it out.<BR/><BR/>Kol Tuv,<BR/>Joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-3646731164591120252007-11-05T10:57:00.000-05:002007-11-05T10:57:00.000-05:00Sorry for the delayed response.I wasn't trying to ...Sorry for the delayed response.<BR/><BR/>I wasn't trying to bust your chops, I was just genuinely interested to hear what you'd say. So thank you.<BR/><BR/>R Moshe Tendler discusses R Moshe's view of translation of responsa <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=3cl2DBMwAwcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=tendler+feinstein&sig=MbConzStjYzAwOgLIPitKVXTH50" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-23295334864141668442007-10-30T13:42:00.000-04:002007-10-30T13:42:00.000-04:00Sorry, I don't understand what that says. Could yo...Sorry, I don't understand what that says. Could you provide me with a translation?<BR/><BR/>;)<BR/><BR/>Yes, I'm joking.<BR/><BR/>You make a good point. There are some factors which I think might counter this.<BR/><BR/>1) First and foremost, it is an Es Laasos LaHashem.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if you have been following this, but there is an anti-sheitel movement which not only claims that the halacha is that sheitels are forbidden, but that no one can possibly say otherwise. They state that anyone who says otherwise is an Am HaAretz who has not learned through the sugyos, because it is *impossible* to come to the conclusion that wigs are permitted. This despite the fact that R' Yeshaya du Trani, Rema, Mishna Berura, Rav Moshe Feinstein, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe all spoke about permitted exposed wigs. This happens together with an attempt to put the power of pesak solely in the hands of a few chareidi Gedolim in Israel, and with a claim that local rabbis who say otherwise are not to be relied upon. And that kollel wives who wear sheitels are all sinners, etc. And that any rabbi who says otherwise is either ignorant, doing it for the kavod, or doing it because he likes his wife wearing a sheitel. (I can give you several websites substantiating this.)<BR/><BR/>I don't want people to paskin based on this, but at the least, to realize that in fact there are Rabbis, who knew how to learn, who said otherwise. And that one should consult your Orthodox rabbi.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, I am planning on posting another few from Rav Moshe, as well as other teshuvot from others. All with the purpose of counteracting this propaganda from the other side. And the people seeing this propaganda often do not read Hebrew, or read it in the original sources.<BR/><BR/>(Some even claim that Rav Moshe did not intend this as pesak, or that Rav Moshe retracted or was contemplating retracting but did not get a chance to write this in a teshuva before he died.)<BR/><BR/>2) Rav Moshe had a stronger case about this while alive. There may well be copyright issues in America, but it seems to have entered into the public domain.<BR/><BR/>3) I am noting at the top that this is just a rough translation.<BR/><BR/>4) I am providing the actual text of Igros Moshe as well, so that people can see the problems with my rough translation. This obviously does not answer the issue of exposing it to a wide audience. Though the same would be true for many other teshuvot.<BR/><BR/>But you do make a good point.<BR/><BR/>Of course, this does not account for the previous post. Truth be told, I wasn't thinking in terms of this.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-53710149838300823412007-10-30T09:37:00.000-04:002007-10-30T09:37:00.000-04:00Nu, so how do you justify translating a teshuva fr...Nu, so how do you justify translating a teshuva from R. Moshe Feinstein?<BR/><BR/>(In light of his teshuva YD vol. 3:91<BR/><BR/>שו"ת אגרות משה יורה דעה ח"ג סימן צא <BR/>=================================== <BR/>איסור לפרסם קיצורי דינים ופסקים מספרי תשובות וגם לתרגם תשובות ללשון המדינה בע"ה מע"כ נכדי אהובי הרב הגאון מוהר"ר שבתי אברהם שליט"א שלו' וברכה לך. <BR/><BR/>אף שאני כותב עתה תשובה ארוכה בדבר השמות אבל מכתבי זה הוא בקצור בדבר ששמעתי שאחד עשה ספר בלע"ז בהעתקת דינים מהספר אגרות משה שלי, והוא איסור אף אם היה התרגום ראוי שבזמננו ליכא מי שיכול לומר ולהדפיס פסקים בלא באור ומקורות, וכבר בקש ממני רשות איזה אינשי מכאן ואמרתי שאיני נותן רשות על זה. וגם נמצא שלא העתיק כראוי ויש כמה דברים בטעותים וכמה דברים שגורמים לטעות שזה עוד גרוע ביותר, וגם להעתיק התשובות ממש פשוט שהוא חסרון גדול ליתן הפסקים לאינשי דעלמא שאינם ת"ח שיבואו לדמות מלתא למלתא ולכן אני מוחה בכל תוקף שיש למחות. והנני זקנך אוהבך בלו"נ, משה פיינשטיין <BR/><BR/><BR/>)Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.com