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January 18, 2011 2:12 am at 2:12 am #594282Sender AvMember
My Bubbie A’H had the letter ‘shin’ on her forehead formed by her veins. We were able to see it due to her thinning skin and were always so amazed. I just thought to ask if anyone else has ever heard of this or seen this? Do we all have it but cannot see it through the skin? or is it rare or nothing at all?
January 18, 2011 3:15 am at 3:15 am #730549nfgo3MemberThis sounds too much like the Christians who see images of their “saviour” in grilled cheese sandwiches.
January 18, 2011 3:32 am at 3:32 am #730550Sender AvMemberThanks for that disgusting remark. Like I said there maybe nothing to it, but then again there may be. We always thought it was interesting and kind of inspiring(like a closeness to Hashem). I also dont like the fact that you compared my Bubbie A’H to a grilled cheese.
January 18, 2011 5:16 am at 5:16 am #730551passion4musicMemberSender Av-thats very interesting! After havdalah most ppl in my community have the custom of dipping our finger into the wine that put out the candle and then writing a shin with it on our foreheads
January 18, 2011 3:26 pm at 3:26 pm #730552nfgo3MemberSender Av: I was not comparing your Bubby and a grilled cheese sandwich (which I love), I was comparing (a) your view of your Bubby with (b) certain Christians’ views of grilled cheese sandwiches.
I fail to see what is disgusting about my prior remark. If your Bubby is to Bubbys as a grilled cheese sandwich is to all other food, your Bubby must be a superlative person.
January 18, 2011 7:18 pm at 7:18 pm #730553yitayningwutParticipantnfgo3-
LOL. I assume you are referring to Finn Hudson?
January 18, 2011 8:14 pm at 8:14 pm #730554SJSinNYCMemberLOL Yit. That was my first thought too.
passion, do you know where that minhag stems from?
January 18, 2011 8:39 pm at 8:39 pm #730555ronrsrMemberwhat a charming and extraordinary coincidence of veins that is! Nothing more, makes an excellent story, I love grilled cheese, too, but not even a tiny fraction as much as you love your Bubbie.
January 18, 2011 9:00 pm at 9:00 pm #730556always hereParticipant(I almost wrote “grilled cheesus” 17 hrs ago)
January 18, 2011 9:02 pm at 9:02 pm #730557nfgo3Memberyitay’t and SJSinNYC: I never heard of Finn Hudson. Who/what is he/she/it?
January 18, 2011 9:08 pm at 9:08 pm #730558always hereParticipantnfgo3– if u had said ‘potato chip’ I’d believe that. grilled cheese?– too glee-ful an answer ;P
January 18, 2011 9:31 pm at 9:31 pm #730560always hereParticipantwow! Mod-80! that was pure cyber- magic!!
January 18, 2011 9:41 pm at 9:41 pm #730561YW Moderator-80Memberpopa posted something like that a while back
heres the website
type in your question and it will give you a url which will perform the magic
January 18, 2011 9:41 pm at 9:41 pm #730562hudiParticipantCool! How did you do that?
January 18, 2011 9:44 pm at 9:44 pm #730563January 18, 2011 9:45 pm at 9:45 pm #730564January 18, 2011 9:46 pm at 9:46 pm #730565always hereParticipantoh my!! *big wide grin* blushing
thank you
January 18, 2011 9:54 pm at 9:54 pm #730566SJSinNYCMemberhttp://lmgtfy.com/ too!
January 18, 2011 9:56 pm at 9:56 pm #730567YW Moderator-80Memberyeah
but mine looks better than yours
January 18, 2011 9:58 pm at 9:58 pm #730568SJSinNYCMemberWhat does Popa think?
January 18, 2011 10:02 pm at 10:02 pm #730569dveykus613ParticipantI was sure this thread was about “Ten Lost”, the prequel of “Aleph Shin” – 2 awesome novels – if you didn’t read them, you should….even though they are fiction and are written as potential nonfiction, he addresses Jews’ & amalek’s “vein structure”….you would have to ask Sender Zeev (the author) if he has mekoros for it tho 🙂
January 18, 2011 10:08 pm at 10:08 pm #730570YW Moderator-80Memberpopa likes yours better
January 19, 2011 2:26 am at 2:26 am #730571hudiParticipant🙂
January 19, 2011 2:39 am at 2:39 am #730572Sender AvMembernfgo, I apologize If I used harsh tones. I just do not like that comparison. This was real, not some made up story for someone to get 15 minutes of fame. I also never saw a potato chip that looked like mother you know who or Ronald Reagan.
January 19, 2011 2:41 am at 2:41 am #730573Sender AvMemberPassion, are you Lubavitch? or some type of Chassidic? I am not, but my sister married one. After havdalah he takes the wine and puts it behind his ears.(Thank G-D after it has been consumed already) I am not sure why , but maybe its the same as why you do the shin??
January 19, 2011 5:44 pm at 5:44 pm #730575Jack DanielsMemberas far as i know you dip your fingers in the grape juice and they pretend to put it in your pockets, its a simun you should have parnassah that week
January 19, 2011 6:04 pm at 6:04 pm #730576Feif UnParticipantI have a small scar on my forehead that looks like a script yud (it’s a small line). Yud is also the first letter in a name of Hashem – maybe it’s a sign!
January 19, 2011 6:44 pm at 6:44 pm #730577ItcheSrulikMemberI have a scar on my right shoulder that looks like a patach. Does that mean that every time I open my mouth I am “??? ??????”
January 20, 2011 1:35 pm at 1:35 pm #730578passion4musicMemberSender Av- no not chassidish. Not close to it.
Jack Daniels- yeah we do shin on our forehead, daled on the back of our neck, and yud on our pockets
January 20, 2011 3:03 pm at 3:03 pm #730579nfgo3MemberSender Av: No apology necessary. I stand by my first comment. And why do you doubt the sincerity of a Christian who sees holy images in a grilled cheese sandwich? We must show chesed to goyim.
To SJS’C and yit’t: I googled “Finn Hudson.” It would appear that I am older than I realize. And why are there so many TV viewers on this frum web site?
January 20, 2011 3:51 pm at 3:51 pm #730580houseofjavaMemberwow I just met someone yesterday who had one and I thought I was imagining things but…. didnt realize there was something to it
January 21, 2011 8:32 pm at 8:32 pm #730581metrodriverMemberFeif Un; that small scar on your forehead that looks like a script Yud, may be a sign (Omen), or it might be that your Plastic surgeon didn’t do such a good job.
January 22, 2011 4:48 pm at 4:48 pm #730582Derech HaMelechMemberSender Av:
Are you sure he is putting it behind his ears and not behind his head? I remember seeing in the sefer Minhag Yisroel Torah that there is such a minhag to put it where the kesher of the shel rosh is.
January 22, 2011 8:59 pm at 8:59 pm #730583Mother in IsraelMemberWhen I saw the title of this thread, I read the word “shin” as part of the leg and wondered how anyone could put their shin on their forehead.
January 23, 2011 12:40 am at 12:40 am #730584Sender AvMemberDerech, pretty sure it is behind his ears. He does the same thing( I’m pretty sure) with the water from Mayim Achronim on Shabbos after he washes his fingertips.
January 23, 2011 2:22 am at 2:22 am #730585metrodriverMemberI have a personal Minhag (Not a Chumro) (That I have not seen in any sefer or heard from my Rebbi.) To also touch my lips with the wine from Havdala. Originally. The reason we are following this Minhag is ????? ?????. Showing love and respect for the Mitzvah. But where we go wrong, sometimes, is when one wants to force their personal views or chumros on everyone else. Anything beyond Halachic requirements should not be forced on the public.
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