The Internet Shiur - Latest Comments

Re: How To Disable Location Sharing On Android Phones

anon26853 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:06:11 -0000

Temporarily enable?? That's NOT a solution!

Re: iGeneration Tech

Joseph Broach — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:53:30 -0000

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Re: The Presentation

susanblange — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:25:29 -0000

Is the coming Messiah God incarnate or just the Lords anointed. Also is it a woman?

Re: Internet in Libraries

ourfavoritecharities.org — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:11:13 -0000

And don't forget internet cafes. The libraries are free so they are financially more accessible. But there are choices and many of them.

Ariella Abrahams

Re: A Mother’s iPhone Contract

IT guy — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:50:58 -0000

I think she is an idiot. Giving a kid a simple CALLING phone for emergency use is one thing. But a smart phone is not needed.

Re: Online Generation Gap

Joseph @ synagogue software — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:29:53 -0000

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Re: Online Generation Gap

Neil Harris — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:40:59 -0000

Thanks for posting this. The finding are scary, especially because I know how much I got away with when I was younger (pre-internet).

Re: Social Media Without Internet Access

Gil Student — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:51:23 -0000

He learned about it from his classmates in yeshiva

Re: Social Media Without Internet Access

Dr. Y. Levine — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:42:32 -0000

What do you mean by "He learned about this in yeshiva."? Was this taught to him by his yeshiva?

Re: Blackberries in Shul

Moe — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:06:16 -0000

While you raise an important point which Rabbonim may not have realized, the Rabbonim are also making a point which I'm sure you'd agree with. The Shul is our refuge from the daily grind and whatever steps can be taken to minimize our distractions in Shul must be taken. If one is able and open to it, it's best to leave the cellphone in the coatroom (assuming it's safe there). I'll admit that I don't do this, but I recognize the value as I did try it once and it did bring on a certain sense of freedom and spiritual focus. Putting the phone on the table, even with the laudable intentions you mention, itself creates a distraction of a different sort - to the owner of the phone and to others around him. There are also, unfortunately, those who check their emails in the Shul in full view of others and this detracts from the entire atmosphere. Even those who have the Siddur on their phones would be well advised to take a Siddur off the shelf anyway; if not for themselves, then for those around them who are disturbed by the site of someone looking at a phone during Davening. It seems that these are crucial universal points that Rabbonim make that we'd be foolish to ignore. Please don't let the message get lost in the slight misplacement of their constructive criticism. The Rabbonim are doing their best to help us focus on the values we all deeply cherish.

Re: Rethinking My Social Connections

NeilSHarris — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:38:28 -0000

Thanks for posting.

Re: Internet Shiur Part 6

gilstudent — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:32:09 -0000

A parent told me that Bruriah insists its students use the internet for homework.

Re: Internet Shiur Part 6

Dr. Yitzchok Levine — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:05:21 -0000

Does anyone know of any yeshiva that has incorporated into its curriculum an approach to dealing with the Internet that is more than just banning and saying it is "Assur"?

We desperately need such an educational approach, but I have not heard of anyone developing it. Why isn't this THE priority of Torah U Mesorah and our Torah leaders?

Filters are important for devices and computers. However, without filters being "installed" in our heads so that our world outlook protects us from the dangers out there, all of the filters in the world will not be enough.

Dr. Yitzchok Levine

Re: Rav Torczyner: I Have A Filter On My Computer

therebbetzinshusband — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:18:11 -0000

Thank you, Rav Gil; much appreciated, and great job on putting this blog together.

Re: How To

hirhurim — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:52:25 -0000

Nice idea!

Gil Student

Re: The Shiur

hirhurim — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:51:37 -0000

Sorry for the delay in checking comments and responding. There are two issues: First, you will soon be unable to avoid the internet so we need to learn now how to use it properly. Second, many things involve danger. People die in car crashes in the country during the summer, not to mention the immodesty and infidelity that seems to plague the area (as rabbanim who counsel couples tell me). In a shul near me, we say Tehillim all summer because of the danger. Do we tell people not to go to the country in the summer?

Gil Student

Re: The Shiur

DovidTeitelbaum — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:05:48 -0000

What you asking is often asked about the ultra orthodox person that because he is so sheltered for good or for worse, when he is exposed to the internet will cause major problems. It's a question I dont have an answer too. I think Rabbi Student was going to address it and than decided not to, because it really is a question for their own rabbis to answer.

Re: The Shiur

Akiva — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:51:12 -0000

Thanks for this excellent site. I see it's well researched and you come from the purest of intentions. One question I have from your 1st presentation is do you believe it possible that there are people who lead normal lives without the internet, and when exposed to the internet they become addicted it? If such a person exists, and I for one believe there are many like this, you would seem to refer them to a therapist. Is it right for such a person to embrace the internet, and then discover he has a problem he didn't have before and now have to see a therapist for? Not sure if I'm being clear, but without the internet he/she was normal, but with the internet they've discovered an addiction and now need therapy. Is it possible there's another direction for such a person? Thanks.

Re: Torah Resources

R Micha Berger — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:36:02 -0000

Dr Melech Tanen compiled a nice collection of links to primary sources in this google doc.

I would also include the Hebrew WikiSource collection.

Re: How To

R Micha Berger — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:33:55 -0000

"'Skhoiach" on a great idea for a series of talks and web site!

A different approach to those suggested here, since no block is perfect, nor filters (nor do either deal with the temptation to just wander aimlessly for hours on end)... I recommend using a "skin" on your browser like this picture of the kotel. It makes it harder to act on those links to have that reminder in your face. Even better is a FireFox persona a friend made me (which I'm hoping he'll make public) with pictures of tzitzis strings in front of the sea and the sky, and the words "velo sasuru acharei levavekhem ve'acharei eineikhem -- and you shall not stray after your hearts and after your eyes" (from Vayiqra and the Shema) in the corner.

Re: Internet Shiur Part 1

DovidTeitelbaum — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:36:39 -0000

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