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There are 12 points where the lines intersect, symbolizing the 12 shevatim.
On a lighter note, there’s an old joke about Yankel who totally abandoned Yiddishkeit. He moved to a completely goyish neighborhood, had only goyish friends, had no connections to Judaism at all.
After living like that for many, many years, one day at a nearby mall Yankel (now known as Jack) bumps into his old friend Moshe from the old neighborhood.
Moshe is shocked by his friend’s life style.
“You mean to tell me you have nothing Jewish left in your life at all?!?” asks Moshe.
“To be totally honest” replies Yankel, “There are only two things left to my Jewish identity that I can’t seem to shake off”.
“Nu?” asks Moshe.
Yankel responds “Well, truth be told, I still love kneidlach, and… I’m still afraid of dogs!”
‘Rabbaim’ said…
“The Gemara does suggest “yivdok biacheha: check out her brothers because children are frequently similar to the brothers of the mother.”
I am not familiar with this Gemara and I don’t know in what context it makes this statement. It is definitely not a general rule, because I can say with absolute certainty that I am as different from my mother’s brothers as one could possibly be.
All of Rav Arush’s sefarim are EXCELLENT and highly recommended! They can really make an important change in one’s life. Most of them have been wonderfully translated by Rav Lazer Brody.
They (and many other amazing sefarim) can be purchased (in the original Hebrew OR the English translation)at…
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2scents said…
“I heared from a rav that a very large percent cows are considered Treifa.”
I hope you are kidding!
It may well be so that a very large percent cows are considered Treifa, – BUT – you wouldn’t know that until AFTER they are shechted! – soooo… even chalav Yisrael milk could have come from a cow that ultimately is determined to be not kosher – FOR IT’S MEAT!
A very machmir rov told me years ago that there was no problem buying a cup of coffee at ‘Chock Full of Nuts’ diners (which were common at the time, – and also served a large variety of otherwise traif food).
What should next ASIFA be about??
Midos!!! Midos!!! Midos!!!
and… this is what the FIRST asifa should have been about!
Hopefully the “chidush” will be (and the problem IS that it IS a chidush for many) the terrible dimension of the problem of what the shmutz on the internet is doing to klal Yisrael, – and not only to men, but to women, to young boys, AND even to young girls!
Yes, everyone will say “I know, I know, but MY kids would NEVER look at that stuff, I would never look at that stuff” – but guess what? They would be WRONG. EVERYONE is suseptible to falling in this nisayon, and it HAS destroyed countless Jewish lives and marriages. Yidden who appear to be totally ehrlich, frum b’nai Torah have secret lives of addiction to this shmutz.
The “chidush” of this asifa will be (I think and I hope) that, in addition to other safeguards that will be discussed, – EVERYONE’s computer MUST have filters that will prevent intentional OR accidental viewing of inappropriate websites.
Want a REALLY fabulous experience?
Go to Eretz Yisrael. Even if you’ve been there before, spend those 3 days in a place you never really visited before (at least not in depth), like maybe the Golan Heights or the Galil. Even if you’ve been all over Eretz Yisrael 50 times, NO place compares to it.
Why would you want to go to any of the increasingly anti-Semitic, yishmaeli-overrun countries in Europe when you have your own beautiful country to see.
OK, the real story…
They were taken by rap ‘artists’. They gold plate them to wear as medallions around their necks.
Recently Rabbi Rothberg replied regarding Rebbitzen Rothberg’s really radical request replicating ridiculous random reports representing references reputedly refusing rightful recourse.
huh???
Josh31…
You got that exactly right!
Health…
I am forced to assume that, according to you and “the likes of you” that the abnormal, unnatural victories of the IDF in ’48, ’67, and ’73, were due to the incredible SUPERMEN of the IDF since HaSh-m (according to you and “the likes of you”) opposes the state and believe that HKB”H would not have been responsible for all those victories for the traif medina. Still, – accounting for all the Scud missiles that fell in Israel during the Gulf War, and the thousands of katyushas and kassams that have fallen in more recent years with, B”H, extremely limited injury or damage – well, that is a bit harder to explain.
And b.t.w. MY Zionist “kool-aid”, is absolutely DELICIOUS, and as Josh31 above hinted at, has a mehadrin hechsher that is over 3,000 years old. You can reference it throughout Tana”ch.
Though I have MANY problems with MANY of the things the so-called government of Israel does, those who post all the vicious and venomous anti-Israel comments here clearly have no idea of what the physical and EMOTIONAL state of world Jewry was at the end of the Shoah, and can not and DO not have any musag AT ALL of what life as a Jew TODAY would be like (anywhere in the world) if there was no state of Israel.
Torah Umada…
What is it with guys like you who keep confusing many commenters WITH FACTS!!!
Most people here don’t want to hear simple facts – like that without the IDF every Jew in E.Y. would be slaughtered within a few days, and that for all the zechusim of the gedolim, I don’t think even THEY would say that they merit the neesim geluyim that would be needed for continued survival WITHOUT the IDF!
So, for all the medina’s many flaws, how about a bit of hakaras hatov to the sons and husbands and fathers and brothers who put their lives on the line in the IDF, defending EVERY Jew in Israel regardless of whether they are Tziyonim or anti-Tziyoni.
ZeesKite…
“It just means he has “mitgefeel”, plain decency and courtesy… Of course, show your respect, acknowledgement.”
Fine! So if a well respected chareidi Rosh Yeshiva could do that, why do so many commenters here feel that THEY can NOT do that – or even LESS than that – I would not even expect any of the anti-Zionist types here to fly the Israeli flag, BUT how about just showing a bit less venom, and a bit more “decency and courtesy” towards others that feel differently than you do.
Is Ponevezh an M.O. or a Mizrachi yeshiva???
The hareidi-religious community in Israel largely abstains from Independence Day celebrations. However, this year as every year, the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, a large and respected institution, marked the day by raising the Israeli flag.
Was Rav Kahaneman z”l an evil Tziyoni – or did he just maybe recognize a nais min ha’shamayim when he witnessed one?
“Loyal Jew”
I don’t know what “believing in the medina” means?
If it means that I think the State of Israel is a Jewish State the way a Jewish State SHOULD be, -then without any doubt, I do NOT ‘believe’ in the medina.
If it means that i believe HaSh-m has given the Jewish People sovereignty over (at least part of) Eretz Yisrael prior to the coming of Mashiach, -for whatever His reasons may be, then Yes, I ‘believe’ in the medina.
And if it means that I think we should mourn those who gave their lives defending Jews, then yes, i certainly do ‘believe’ in the medina.
And by the way, who put you in charge of what is right and what is wrong, what constitutes right and wrong vs ‘differing views’, and who should be allowed to comment on Y.W.?
Afraid not – since Sheik Hussein Obama will most probably win again.
a few points…
To say that the medina exists because of “Kochi V’otzem Yodi asoh Es Hachayil Hazeh” i.e. because of the might of the IDF IS kefira and 100% wrong.
However… those who say there was a Jewish yishuv and Torah learning going on in Eretz Yisrael BEFORE the medina are ALSO wrong on a few counts. For one thing (as was mentioned above) there were always arab attacks on Jews in those days such as the most ‘famous’ one – the massacre in Hevron in ’29. Secondly, would ANYONE here suggest that the gedolim IN Eretz Yisrael NOW should tell all the Jews to leave E.Y.? I don’t think so.
So… we have to deal with what the REALITY is NOW. The reality is that without the IDF, ALL the Jews in E.Y. would be slaughtered in a matter of days, and that’s chilonim AND chareidim and everything in between. If you will say that it is the chareidim and chareidi gedolim in E.Y. that give everyone their protection, and NOT the IDF, then i would pose the following question… Do you think that the Jews (even the chareidi Jews) are on a level to merit the neesim g’luyim that would be necessary to keep them alive WITHOUT the IDF?!?
To me it is clear that Israel exists today ONLY with the help of HKB”H and he uses the IDF as his shluchim, since we (or at least enough of the Yidden in E.Y.) have enough merit for neesim nistarim (i.e. protection via the IDF) but NOT enough merit to depend TOTALLY on the neesim g’luyim (there HAVE BEEN b.t.w. plenty of isolated cases neesim g’luyim too!) that would be needed without the IDF.
Bottom line… Everything comes from HaSh-m, but His shluchim who put their lives at risk to protect ALL the Jews in E.Y. deserve our respect, and those who were killed al kidush HaSh-m, ha’Am, v’haAretz deserve for us to memorialize their ultimate sacrifice.
zeeskite, hakatan, and others…
Just curious…
WHERE will you run to when it ‘hits the fan’ in this ‘goldena medina’ – (As it looks like it soon will) – Poland? France? Russia?
Israel is indeed very, very far from the way it SHOULD be, (and ultimately WILL be)…
But – Thank you HaSh-m for giving us the opportunity to return to our land with sovereignty over it, thank you for Your many neesim throughout the last 64 years, AND thank you HaSh-m for the brave soldiers who, at risk of their life and limb, and too often, with the LOSS of their lives or limbs, defend our Land and People – even those who defame and speak evil about them. May the memory of these kedoshim be blessed.
The Chassidishe Gatesheader…
You say “Kahane was a fool”?!? You obviously never spoke to him in person or you would never make such a horrible remark. Rav Kahane ztzvk”l was ahead of his time! And name calling a Jew who died al kidush Hash-m (whether you agreed with his hashkafos or not)?!?!? You should go to his kever to ask mechila.
To answer the original question posed…
The Chazon Ish in his Mitzvos haTeluyos ba’Aretz states that one may leave Eretz Yisrael for a business trip, to get a shidduch, and for a few other short term reasons, BUT it has to be only TEMPORARY. He concludes with ??? ?????? ?? ???? – to SETTLE (i.e. permanently) in chutz la’Aretz is FORBIDDEN.
Nowadays EVERY airline is makpid on your luggage weight.
Be smart. Weigh your luggage at home so you know where you’re holding and wont get any expensive surprises at the airport.
Usually they are NOT makpid on carry-on bags, so you should try to put smaller but heavy items (like shoes or boots or books) in your carry-on.
Very little wine, because the kids love charoses too, – and it’s hard enough to keep the awake through the seder!
Sooo… It’s grape juice to the rescue!
I love charoset too – at least the charoset that I make!
A couple of interesting thoughts about charoset that I had for the first time this year…
1) Unlike matza and maror, there is no definite shiur of how much you have to eat (only that you can only have a dip’s-worth with the maror, – but other than that you can have as little or as much as you want).
2) Unlike maror, which whether lettuce or horse-radish or whatever, is JUST that, i.e. JUST lettuce, or JUST horse-radish, but with charoset, everyone has their own varied ingredients and recipes for it.
I was thinking about the implications, and was thinking that maybe taking the above thoughts into the cheshbon, charoset really is a symbol of chairut (freedom) since WE have bechira to determine the recipe AND how much to eat -AND- even most of the letters of those two words are the same!
What DOES work is Combat roach GEL.
It comes in a plastic syringe.
Put small dabs every few inches where you are seeing roaches.
To me…
Emunah is just the general belief that there is a HaSh-m who created the universe and gave us the Torah.
Bitachon is much harder. Bitachon is the ability to maintain your emunah when things seem bad, even very bad, even terrible. As “yungerman1” (above) said, to trust that HaSh-m is there with you and that He does only what is good, even if we can’t see how it is good now. To trust that even when we have crushing financial issues, or health issues, or loss of a loved one issues, and that eventhough right now, with our limited perspective, these things seem horrible beyond horrible, to know that nevertheless, despite how these things seem to us now, that in HaSh-m’s great master plan, even these “terrible” things are ultimately good.
Sometimes we will realize these “terrible” things were good in just a few months time. Sometimes in a few years time. Sometimes we may not see how it was good until at 120 we go “upstairs” and can see that bigger picture.
BUT… bitachon means that though we do not understand NOW how what seems bad IS good, we still, internally, DO trust that it is.
yaff80…
That’s not a word, it’s a concept. It can’t be translated in a word or two. It would take a sentence or two.
We often look at things backwards.
HaSh-m, lechatchilah, WANTED us to eat matzah on Pesach, sooooo…
He created a scenario (the rush) where we would only be able to prepare matzah and not leavened bread.
WHY did He want, lechatchila, for us to eat matzah on Pesach?
Ahhhh… now we have to look into the really deeper kabala’dike (sod) reasons…
YW fan…
(Firstly- I mistakenly called Shemot, Numbers. In English, it’s Exodus)
There are many reasons given.
The Torah itself just says…
12:39- “And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.”
Soooo… from a practical point of view, they HAD to eat matza because there was no time to wait for dough to rise to bake regular leavened bread. BUT… The eating of matza itself AND the total getting rid of chametz, are both mitzvot, – so there is a lot more to it than just the factor of lack of time. There are tons of commentaries on this subject that explain what chametz signifies, why it must be eliminated COMPLETELY, etc. and it is way to much to go into here.
and I thought Mizmor L’Soda was one of those kosher brands like Mayim Chaim…
Shemos (Numbers) 12:15 “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; howbeit the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.”
?? ???????? ??????, ??????? ?????????–???? ???????? ??????????, ????????????? ??????? ????????????: ???? ????-????? ?????, ??????????? ????????? ?????? ?????????????–??????? ?????????, ???-???? ???????????.
Derech…
B’ezrat HaSh-m, with bee’as HaMashiach, the day will be coming soon when we WILL be settling in (what is now called) Lebanon too!
apushatayid…
Your “Shamu” is definitely the winning name!!!
Especially if Shmuel is going to dress in yeshivish black and white!!! 🙂
How about Seymour or Sherman?
But WHY do you need an English name?
What’s wrong with Shmuel? (Shmuli, Shmulik)
I think that both for the purpose of a more accurate translation, as well as for P.R. purposes, the term ‘settlers’ should be replaced.
It is being used as a translation for the Hebrew ???????.
The word ??????? would be better translated as ‘inheritors’.
Aside from the fact that the word ‘settlers’ has taken on (though not true) the negative connotation of people settling on OTHER people’s land, the term ??????? or inheritors, gives the message that the people live there by right of legitimate inheritance.
OY Mexipal!!!!
Now you blew their cover!!!
That is an expression you should NEVER say, especially not in earshot of your children!!!
Tragically, many parents say it ALL the time in front of their kids as they are growing up, – and then they wonder WHY their kid decided to go off the derech!!!
What kid (OR ADULT) wants to live on a derech he’s been taught his whole life is shver?!?
What kids SHOULD BE hearing all the time is -IT’S GREAT TO BE A YID! IT’S A JOY to be a Yid! We are so fortunate to be Yidden!!! – AND… it can’t just be words, it’s what needs to be SEEN in the home!
As a former owner of an exterminating company let me tell you this…
Get your exterminator from a personal recommendation, NOT from the Yellow Pages!
A big full page ad does NOT mean a better company, sometimes the opposite is even true.
There are MANY unscrupulous people in the business, and it is very easy to be cheated.
Personal recommendation is not just the best way to go, it is the ONLY way to go.
Keep them. Read them again, – and again. Share them with others. They are worth more than you can imagine.
“THERES NEVER ANYTHING TO EAT ON PESACH”
and yet, somehow, everybody manages to gain weight!!!
apushatayid…
Some are.
To quote a comedian (I forget who it was)…
The black box always survives the plane crash,
soooo…
WHY don’t they build the whole plane out of that stuff?!?
“chofetz chaim will no longer accept bochrim into the high school who are not above the average; this applies even to boys who are currently in chofetz chaim’s own elementary school. This means that the lower level class for each grade will be cut and its students rejected from the yeshiva.”
THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!
Maybe it IS TRUE about the “Chofetz Chaim” yeshiva, but THE Chofetz Chaim HIMSELF would, I think, NEVER tolerate such a policy! I think he must be shedding tears in Gan Eden that such a policy exists in ANY yeshiva, especially one with his name on it!
Put out a few snap traps with a SMALL dab of peanut butter on the paddle, BUT DO NOT SET THE TRAP/S!!!
Do this for 2 or 3 consecutive nights.
On the 3rd or 4th night put the traps out again and this time SET THE TRAPS!!!
The mouse/mice will have gotten use to feeling safe around the traps and go right on to them to get the bait, – then… WHACK! – problem solved!
bekitzur…
They are berries. Unless there is a bug infestation issue, fresh berries, like all fruits and vegetables, are kosher.
Do NOT get involved in MLM – unless you want to end up with a basement or garage full of soap products (or whatever).
Yes, I know they tell you they are doing unbelieveably great, they are quitting their regular jobs, they know a doctor who is retiring early because he’s making soooo much residual income from the mlm and he himself doesn’t even have to do anything anymore.
These stories MAY be true for the people who came in at the very beginning of the company, but before you get involved (AND DON’T!!!) speak to people who have been in the business for 3 or 4 years and see if THEY are still singing it’s praises.
If you are smart you wont fall for the hype and you will STAY AWAY!!!
From what I have read, it is not a scam, but – it is not a miracle berry either. It IS high in anti-oxidants and does have other nutritional things going for it, BUT will not, by itself, make you drop 20 pounds of weight or become super healthy.
Bottom line… A good supplement to your diet, but not a panacea.
The Chassidishe Gatesheader…
“The guy has a couple of (sub)machine guns. Uzi, Kalashnikov, that type of stuff…”
How do YOU know WHAT he has??? And even if he does have those weapons, he is STILL only ONE person.
“He doesn’t care whether he lives or not.” – Not true. He has said he is NOT looking to be a martyr, he DOES want to live.
At some point they will have to tear-gas and storm the place.
What are they waiting for? The sooner the better. This PEREH/adam is playing with them.
Try going to an auto supply place like Auto Zone. They have metal cleaners/rust removers for steel.
Is it silver, or is it stainless steel???
There is NO ‘general rule that 10 over is ok’. A cop CAN stop you for going even 2 mph over. Realistically they are unlikely to stop you if you’re not going more than 5-7 mph over, but when you get to 10 over, you are flirting with trouble, – especially if, chalila, you should have an accident while driving 10 over.