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Good work squeak. I’m still waiting for Pashuteh Yid’s alternative answer.
In the mean time, what 2 nights a year do we wear a tallis by maariv?
ronrsr had posted this for me awhile back, Im just reposting it here if anyone is interested. Warning- its not so easy!!!
1) Excorcists
a) dysfunctional2) Florists
b) deviated3) Vegetable Juice Manufacturers — c) displaced
4) Skunks
e) disconsolate5) Diplomats
f) debugged6) Assemblers
g) disassembled7) Event Planners
h) dissolved8) Entomologists
i) displaced9) East Asia Watchers —-j) deposited
10) Logicians
k) dispersed11) Brides
l) dismissed12) Divorcees
m) deflowered13) Poll Watchers
n) dispossessed14) Handbag makers —- o) distinct or extinct
15) Mapmakers
p) remiss16) Detectives
q) disorientedChofetz Chaim
what 2 nights a year do we wear a tallis by maariv?
How about Kol Nidrei Night and Motzei Yom Kippur
I suspect this may be a widely-known riddle, but you never know. I learned it in Hebrew School:
Who are the three cowboys whose names appear in Adon Olam?
Billy Rayshis, Billy Sachliss and Kid Roochi
dang, you got it, podner.
Which one is better- a truck load full of nickels or a half a truck load full of dimes?
If a tree falls and there are no people around, is there a sound yes or no? Explain your reasoning
Any responses to the above 2 riddles? (i know the answer to both but i don’t want to spoil the fun…)
the dimes becaause they are smaller thus more of them
whats the other riddle?
not the tree in the forest?
that has no answer, it depends on how you define “sound”
ditto! (on the dimes one)
the second one is a little confusing but i think its no, maybe agent can explain it (but your on the right track)
Thank you!
dont want to sound gayvadik but i am well aquainted with that “riddle” and it does not have a solution. the answer simply depends on how you define “sound”
either as a physical vibrational movement of air
or as a perception by a sentient being.
But how can you define sound as a physical vibration? That maybe can cause sound but its not “sound” exactly, no (in my humble opinon:)
define it any way you want, (although physics would define it as a vibration in a physical media, air in this case).
if you define it such then yes it makes a sound.
if you define it as perception then no it doesnt make a sound.
it is a riddle that is neither profound nor meaningful.
it merely depends on definition
Ok ok ill just stick to dimes and nickels, i knew not to post the sound one- let agent take the heat for it! lol
In order for there to be a sound you have to have a person to hear it-because of sound waves….
so, agent, you are defining sound as the aural perception by a sentient creature of vibrating physical media, or something like that, correct?
something like that I think!!
mod 80:
although physics would define it as a vibration in a physical media firstly it’s a medium or physical media not a media (plural)
and secondly yep it’s a longitudinal wave vibrating at a certain frequency [physics GCSE]
agent
if thats how you define sound then of course if no person is there (or other sentient being) then there is no sound, and there is no riddle!
thank you blueprints for the correction.
writing quickly causes many interesting phenomena 😉
and to correct you blueprints sound does not have to have a specific frequency, as opposed to specific subsets of sound such as a pure note
Mod 80-I can’t win! oh well next time :)I have to say you are pretty good!!
heres a riddle,
when its a certain day of the week it’s a mitzvah to do this,
but when that certain day of the week falls out on a certain day of the month it becomes assur (or a chumra depends how you hold) but if that certain day of the week falls out on a certain day of the month in a certain time of the year it becomes muttar (according to R Moshe)
good luck
Say tachanun?
nope, theres no mitzvah to say tachnun (some chassidim actually do not, and an amoras (or tanna cant remember) wife actually tried stopping him from it b/c it would kill another amora (or tanna) so wouldn’t happen if it was a mitzvah
since no one even tried guessing it (except 1)
its getting a haircut
Can you elucidate further? (Like giving the whens?)
Awww cmon!
on erev shabbos its a mitzvah to get a haircut,
when erev shabbos falls out on rosh chodesh R yehuda Hachassid says shouldnt get a haircut (some hold of it some say its a chumra) and when Rosh Chodesh falls out on erev shabbos during sfira then r moshe says even those that hold like R yehuda hachassid say its muttar
Mbachur: I only know the where’s of haircuts not the whens
😀 yossi 😀
What am I?
#1
Head and tail are equal;
Right side up or upside down
The same I do appear
(but if you cut my head off, nothing would be there)
#2
I am very small,
But I help carry a great weight
Although I walk upon my head
(from a calendar)
??? ??? ??????
????? ??? ????
??? ?? ?? ?????
Which ???? ?? is this?
(Not ??).
Please give your reason/method.
#1 a table
#2 8
????
Starts with “?”, which is the last letter of the word “???”, ends with “?” which is the first letter of the word “???”, and the middle letters of the word (????) are “??”.
#1
Head and tail are equal;
Right side up or upside down
The same I do appear
(but if you cut my head off, nothing would be there)
Answer: the number 8 (Daas Yochid)
#2
I am very small,
But I help carry a great weight
Although I walk upon my head
Answer: A nail in a horse’s shoe (I didn’t get this one, either)
In a village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, but no one else.
Who shaves the barber?
The town has just one barber and he is male; and every man in the town keeps himself clean-shaven: some by shaving themselves, some by attending the barber.
(eclipse, reposted from the other thread)
eclipse
The Human
Define “shave themselves” please.
1.they need a barber to attend to them?
2.they themselves are not barbers?
3.I’m totally off…?
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Define “shave themselves” please. – The simple meaning.
1. See above. Some shave themselves, some by attending the barber.
2. No. There is only one barber in town, as mentioned above.
Since ma nafshach he’s going to break the rules, shave v’al ta’aseh adif (unless he doesn’t grow a beard naturally, such as a young boy).
Mayday!
1) Krebs.
2) Ultra-expensive luxury car brand.
3) Children dance around it.
4) Not strict.
6) Enormous U.S. Navy airship, lost in a 1935 thunderstorm.
7) Famous hospital.
8) Richie Rich character (female).
10) Consternation.
11) A chaotic situation.
12) Expert.
13) First baseman, played for the Astros, Royals, Blue Jays and Yankees.
14) A pilgrimage was made in this.
15) Armstrong explored this sea without getting wet.
16) WWII U.S. Air Force General.
17) A whirlpool, not the former centenarian senator.
18) Cosmetics company.
20) Girl.
20)Meidel
18)Maybelline
i am the begining of eternity
the end of time and space
i at the bigining of every end
and the end of every place
What am i??
The letter E
ICOT,
4. Maykil
11. Mayhem
12. Mayven
2 Maybach
3 maypole
4 humane
6 Macon
7 Mayo Clinic
9 chain mail
13 John Mayberry
14 Mayflower
17 Maytag!(jk)
19 May Day
21 make-believe
17 maelstrom
10 dismay
16 Curtis LeMay
22 remainder(jk)
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