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    LevAryeh
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    I was at a certain gadol’s house a few weeks ago, waiting in line to get a bracha. I noticed that a few people were able to cut the line – I guess VIPs, etc. have protekzia.

    I also noticed that anyone holding a baby (I guess to get a bracha for the baby?) was able to cut right past the line.

    I want to open a baby gemach next door to every gadol’s house.

    #972355
    mobico
    Participant

    A baby Gemach is also a wonderful idea for childless couples! I’m sure that all of those Hareidim with their all-too-large families that they can’t really support, nurture, or even keep track of could be persuaded to donate to it!

    #972356
    akuperma
    Participant

    Jews needing to adopt used to benefit from a baby gemach run by the goyim. Women (non-Jewish ones, usually not of the higher classes) who didn’t want their babies left them in a designated field, and people (Jews included) could go to the field and pick one. They usually went by which ones were crying the loudest. Then the goyim got a bit more civilized and now they can only kill babies during the nine months prior to birth.

    #972357
    LevAryeh
    Member

    I’m not talking about adoption; I’m talking about borrowing a baby for a quick gadol run.

    #972358
    mobico
    Participant

    Hey – we can each operate own kind of baby Gemach!

    #972359
    Torah613Torah
    Participant

    Just ask to borrow the baby on their way out. Tell them you’ll return it later.

    #972360
    Bookworm120
    Participant

    LOL! I used to run a pencil gemach in school, because everyone for some reason wanted to borrow mine. And then there was the time I charged 5 cents a tissue for the same reason (although they only wanted to borrow my unused ones and I didn’t require them to give the tissues back when they were finished). Unfortunately, none of my get rich plans ever worked…. I wonder why.

    #972361
    yehudayona
    Participant

    The gadol’s eyesight had better not be so good, or he might notice that it’s the same baby every time. Also, how would you explain a bunch of bochurim with a baby?

    #972362
    Yserbius123
    Participant

    To quote Rav Aharon Feldman:

    I saw people lining up with children and infants to receive a bracha from a gadol. At first I was impressed because these people obviously want their children to see one of the greatest men alive today and hope it has an impression on them. I was shocked that when speaking to them, they were all there for brachos! Do they think that every tzaddik gives magical potions to people that can help them get better or become better tzaddikim?

    #972363

    Bookworm:

    I have realized that whoever has the tissuebox or the new book, magazine, newspaper etc. always gets to have it the least. Here’s why, everybody comes over and just wants to take one (in the tissue case) or just take a quick look – because I have it, right? So I decided to give it to someone else and then to just take one or take a look.

    #972364
    nfgo3
    Member

    mobico: My thoughts exactly.

    akuperma: Did you honestly mean to say that goyim kill babies before birth? All goyim? Or only the ones you know? Please be a little more careful about what you pull out of your ear.

    #972365
    eclipse
    Member

    Try China: they aren’t allowed to keep more than one.

    mobico and nfgo3: It’s a parenting style, more than the actual number of children. Look around, and look closely.

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