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Shaitel Wearer…
You wrote… “they dont carry that line” makes no sense in this case. There is no “line” when it comes to a 100% custom order.”
Yes, there may NOT be a “line” for a custom ordered shaitel. That is exactly the point. There WAS some kind of label in the wig that indicated it was NOT a custom wig, and was NOT something Georgie would carry.
You also wrote… “when “georgies” secretary said that this woman has recently purchased a long wig from them, she was probably referred to the wig that was on her head that she purchased to replace the one that got ruined.”
Who EVER said she bought the wig she was wearing to replace that ruined wig??? Even she did NOT say that. If that was indeed the case, it would have been the logical thing for her to say in response to the judge. The fact that she did NOT say that strongly indicates that that was NOT the situation.
Sorry “TheChevra”…
I don’t buy it.
I am NOT, chalila, saying YOU are lying, but this just doesn’t make sense.
How could anyone from Georgie have told the judge, based on the description of it after the churban, that the wig IS a Georgie wig??? (From the tag inside it, it IS possible they could say that it is NOT a Georgie wig.) EVEN assuming the people at Georgie did say what you say they said, maybe THEY have some motive for saying that now.
The judge seemed perfectly content, at first, to make some peshara, being that there seemed to be fault on both sides.
Then, (and I think it was because of the woman’s statement that she only owned ONE full wig, the ONE she was wearing!) the judge sensed something stank about their claim and made the call to the sheitel-macher.
I DO know that if it was ME that was called a liar when I was telling the truth, I would LOUDLY insist that I was NOT a liar, and that the judge had gotten incorrect information, and I would like for us to call Georgie back TOGETHER. I would NOT have backed down and remained basically silent as those two did.
To: Aishes Chayil…
GOOD CATCH!!!
I thought I was the only one that noticed that. She DID in fact say she owned just ONE full Sheitel and one fall. The judge asked her if what she was wearing was the fall, and she replied NO, it was the sheitel.
So, if so what was the destroyed mop sitting on the judge’s bench???
The judge let that remark slide at that moment, but I think it was DAVKA that remark that made her sense something was not kosher with her claim, and why, at the last moment she took a recess and went to call Georgie.
I think these people NEVER imagined she would do that.
I am pretty sure the way payment on this show works, is like this…
Both sides start out with getting $5,000 from the show.
The maximum claim can be for no more than $5,000.
The side that loses has to pay from the $5,000 they would have gotten. So, – if the judge HAD awarded them the $3,000 they were asking for, they would have ended up with a total of $8,000 and the other side $2,000.
In this case, it would seem they both went home with their $5,000.
THAT is the motivation (some one asked what the motivation is) to go on this type of show.
Huge chilul HaSh-m!!!
How would any of YOU have reacted IF you were telling the truth and the judge said (as she did here) that you were lying and perpetrating a fraud?
Wouldn’t you have been indignant?
Wouldn’t you have opened your mouth and said something like…
“Judge, you’ve gotten wrong information, that destroyed wig IS my $3000 Georgi wig!!! I have told you the absolute TRUTH!!!
But in fact how DID they react? – They were basically silent, and their silence spoke volumes! (as in “Gotcha!”)
Want to know one reason (of the many) why kids go “off the derech”?
Because they see hypocritical behavior like this from “frum” adults.
Ya’asher Ko’ach to “eclipse”!
People CAN disagree with each other WITHOUT the nastiness and viciousness.
Just because someone has a different opinion from yours, does not mean he is an am ha’aretz or an apikorus, or the satan himself.
Even if you disagree vehemently with a comment, do it in a menschlich way.
Gehenom will be horrifyingly painful boosha we will feel when we get to the next world, and we are forced to sit down in a “theater” with the Beis Din Shel Maalah, and watch a “video” of all the avairos we have done in our lives.
Of course I am NOT paskening here, and you must ask your rov.
What I have been told however, is that you need only to clean it out well, and then boil a cup of water inside it.
Once the water has boiled, the microwave is kasher.
a “zelig” (hamayveen yaveen)
We could all improve ourselves in so many ways if we could really internalize this concept.
As you might guess from my “name” this concept is sort of my “mantra” and I often repeat it to myself in stressful times and as I am falling asleep at night.
I understand that Russia (of all countries!) has sent a huge (747 size) tanker plane designed to douse the fire with flame retardant chemicals, and that be”H they expect things to be pretty well out, or at least well under control within the next 24 hours.
People will tell you that scotch and bourbon are something you have to “acquire a taste for”.
I can’t figure out why.
I can understand “acquiring a taste for” something that is good for you, like broccoli or spinach, but alcohol? – Sorry, I don’t get it.
There really isn’t anything that one can say at a time like that.
It is best just to be there for them to LISTEN to what THEY have to say, and to help in any way you can. Telling over some of the stories and ideas mentioned above, while the intentions are certainly very good, is unlikely to be helpful when the loss is still so new and so intense.
May HaSh-m be menachaiym them through this painful nisayon.
TheGoq…
The Statue of Liberty was… when???
I’m more likely to acknowledge French toast and French fries!
Helpful…
With all due respect to Torah learning and Torah observance,
I really hope no one is depending on that (a naiys) to counter-act brainless driving habits!
I don’t know what it is about New York.
I’ve driven in other big cities like L.A. and Chicago, and (in my experience at least) drivers there didn’t seem to feel (for example) that it’s a threat to their masculinity if they let you pull on to a highway from the entrance ramp or let you change lanes.
We better learn to “chill out” when we’re behind the wheel, or one can end up REALLY chilled, r’l
EDITED
As long as those metal tubes are not tightly closed, it will work in a flat cup.
If the tubes DO appear to be tightly closed, just pry it open slightly at the bottom end (bottom 1/3) with a small screwdriver or other small tool.
ronrsr wrote…
“mbachur, why is it OK to make fun of a nationality…”
It is OK to make fun of the French because they have no concept of Hakaras HaTov. Tens of thousands of American boys died fighting to liberate france. If not for the U.S. the frenchies (who survived) would be speaking german. – and yet, the french not only have no hakaras hatov, they are anti-American.
Additionally, after the Six Day War, when they got pressure from the yishmaelim, they cut off arms supplies to Eretz Yisrael.
WIY…
You are absolutely correct, BUT…
Not signaling is the least of the terrible driving infractions I see all the time.
One of the worst is making illegal U-turns in the middle of busy streets.
Not only is this illegal, not only is it a chilul HaSh-m as people doing it keep people waiting in BOTH directions while they take several back and forth maneuvers to complete the turn, but it is extremely dangerous! A friend of mine was KILLED a few months ago making such a U-turn when he apparently didn’t see someone racing down the street, and they apparently didn’t realize he was pulling out to make the U.
So… all of you out there who don’t care about the law, who don’t care about chilul HaSh-m, HOW do you feel about leaving a young widow and fatherless children?!?!?
On the third day of the Six Day War, France surrendered.
Remember that from mid-December the goyim like to go to the “Holy Land” for xmas, and so the rates go up. Likewise for any holiday, high travel period.
I do understand and empathize with the desire for a low fare, but do put into your cheshbon the need for good security (and do NOT count on the TSA -even with their new electronic toys and heter to fondle you- to supply that good security. So… at the very least, beware of small airlines you never heard of.
Just be happy you are not in Melbourne, Australia.
Licht that night there is at 8:20 p.m.!
Of course in London it’s at 3:34 p.m.!
There are no RELIABLE very “cheap” tickets.
Best tips are to avoid peak travel times, i.e. Jewish or goyish holidays, to avoid weekend travel, and in general to try to be flexible with dates.
The online travel websites like Orbitz, Expedia, and Travelocity (that are the best for domestic fares)are generally NOT as good for travel to Israel as a Jewish travel agency that specializes in Israel and knows when and where to get the best rates.
cherrybim…
Yes, Famous was great, and if memory serves me, they also used to have another location on Eastern Parkway. I think that one closed up first.
cherrybim…
The name of the dairy/vegetarian restaurant on 13th Avenue was…
(drum roll please….) Famous Restaurant.
I have to say that I am always amused and bewildered by the fact that in this “season” each year, hundreds of millions of xtians spend BILLIONS of dollars to celebrate (what they think is) the birthday of a Jew (albeit a navi sheker), – and yet, (so many of them) continue to be anti-Semitic.
Feif Un…
To paraphrase the lunar astronauts…
“Better magnifying glasses were a small step for man
but a huge step for the filter manufacturers and kashrus agencies.”
(btw… I’m not denying the need for those things NOW.)
I remember in Shmulks they used to have the waiters wear those Chinese caps with a fake black hair braid coming out the back.
The funny thing was, only the Jewish waiters wore them, the Chinese waiters wouldn’t!
btw… I NEVER heard of any kashrus issues at Bernstein’s and EVERYONE ate there.
smartcookie said…
“I don’t see why he needed to spend $3500 on the other one, altough when comparing, it really does look so much richer.”
Just curious…
$2,000-$3,000 is a LOT of money. How long does a streimel last?
I used to have a rebbe who did say there ARE only two kinds of Jews…
–Those that are shomer Torah u’mitzvos, and
–Those that are not shomer Torah u’mitzvos – yet!
I think before anyone blasts or praises M.O., or before anyone decides that M.O. is, or is not, appropriate for someone for a shidduch, we need a precise definition of what M.O. IS.
I’m not looking to start another thread with this question, but I’m sure that if the question were posed, there would be MANY very different answers.
The point is, that being the case, these terms are NOT really very useful, and they ARE very devisive.
WIY & so right…
it did (close down a few months ago).
minyan gal…
For thousands of years our enemies have been murdering us.
Today is no different.
Our yishmaeli enemies do anything and everything they can to bomb, stone, shoot, and stab Jewish men, women and children.
This will sound like a very strange request from someone you do not even know, but…
I beg you – what an arab would like to do to you with a knife, pleeeeeeze don’t do to yourSELF with cigarettes. Am Yisrael needs you.
To all the hard core smokers out there who get all upset with the anti-smokers…
ONE question for you…
Do you want your kids to smoke?
If these graphic images (and higher prices) stop even ONE person from smoking, it is well worth it.
Wolf –
Well said.
I would like to quote HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook zatz’l on the subject…
“The Jewish People have become divided into two camps, through the categorization of Jews as “chareidi” and “chofshi” (secular).
These are new terms, which were not used in the past. Of course, not everyone is identical, especially in spiritual matters: but there was never a specific term to describe each faction. In this respect, we can certainly say that previous generations were superior to ours.
By emphasizing this categorization, we obstruct the path toward improvement and growth in BOTH camps. Those who feel that they belong to the religious camp look down on the secular camp. If they think about teshuva and improvement, they immediately cast their eyes in the direction of the secularists, devoid of Torah and mitzvot. They are confident that full repentance is required by the irreligious, not by them.
The secular Jews, on the other hand, are convinced that any notion of penitence is a religious concept, completely irrelevant to their lives.
It would be better if we could ALL concentrate on examining our OWN defects, and judge others generously. It could very well be that others have treasure-troves of merits, hidden from sight. We should recognize that there exists in each camp a latent force leading toward goodness. Each camp has much to improve upon, and could learn much from the positive traits of the other camp.
Let us be known by ONE name – Klal Yisrael. And let our prayer be fulfilled ‘May they all become agudah achat to fulfill Your will wholeheartedly.”
(from ‘Silver From the Land of Israel’ by R’ Chanan Morrison)
2qwerty —
unfortunately, it closed.
The ikar point is…
It would NOT matter if they won hundreds of Nobel prizes and we won zero.
We are not in a competition for Nobel prizes with yishmaelim.
The Torah calls yishmaelim “pereh-adam” for good reason.
As Rav Meir Kahane zatzvk”l said…
“One of the great problems with Americans is that – being a decent people – they assume that everyone else is equally decent.”
Sadly, America, the world, and even MANY Jews, still don’t get it.
Talk about yeridas hadoros…
Yeah, I guess I miss Essex on Coney, BUT what I really miss is what Essex on Coney tried to copy…
(Shmulka) Bernstein’s on Essex!!! THAT was great food!
Modern Yeshivish = wearing tzitzis out and a black hat… while attending Brooklyn College.
All of us who understood ICOT are showing our age!!!
Oh Wilburrrrrrrrr……
I have heard (and I can NOT vouch for this) that they are all good, but that a mashgiach only comes a few times a year to do certain runs that he supervises and labels with his hashgacha, but that there is nothing different in that run in terms of ingredients from any other run.
Betzalel:
I think you are correct that “There were Jews in Yemen before there were any Muslims there” BUT the term “simanim” that they use for their peyot IS because of the reason mentioned above.
“helpful”:
Do you feel better now that you got in your daily dig at the terrible Zionists? Of course I agree that what you referred to WAS a very terrible thing, so should I now mention a thousand wonderful things done by Zionists? The point is that what you wrote about is NOT what this thread is about.
How about if all the vicious anti-Zionists try to, at least, keep their comments for articles and CR threads that have to do with Israel.
An interesting fact some may not know…
Taymanim refer to their payot as their “simanim”.
Why “simanim” (signs)?
Because in Tayman (Yemen), a moslem country, ALL the men have beards, and ALL the men wear a head covering. So what in their appearance differentiates them from the yishmaelim? – their Peyot are the siman!
I generally repeat to myself my YWN user name (that’s why I chose it) over and over and over again…
Ain Ohd Milvado, Ain Ohd Milvado, Ain Ohd Milvado, —
and try to internalize and really think about what that means.
I find it helps remind me that however upset I may be at the moment,
– Hakol Le’tova.
‘shkoyach WIY – did not know that!
“so right”…
I have to disagree.
Don’t forget, I said “perfect for MOST frum New Yorkers MAKING ALIYA.”
So, I am NOT talking about the crowd who have only bad things to say about the “terrible Zionists” and consequently are very content to live out their lives in Brooklyn or Monsey or Monroe.
I AM talking about people who ARE making aliya, i.e. people of a very different mind-set.
MOST (not ALL, but most) of those would fit very confortably in the Charda”l category.
gavra-at-work…
Not making a judgement one way or the other, as I have not seen these videos either, but I wouldn’t make a decision based on what “Israeli style Ultra Orthodox” (aka Chareidi) would do.
For everyone’s information even the most frum New York yeshivish types are NOT like Israeli chareidi. Israeli chareidi kids can’t even play ball, much less watch ANY video.
Until recently (and somewhat even now) this was/is a big problem for frum Brooklyn types making aliyah – especially in terms of finding a school for their kids. Israeli chareidi is WAY more machmir than in the U.S., and Mizrachi-type was way too maykil.
–B”H now there is a category called “Chardal” (rashai taivos for CHAReidi DAti Le’umi) that is perfect for MOST frum New Yorkers making aliya.
Talk to HaSh-m EVERY day. Not just the prescribed 3 tefilos.
Take at least 30-60 minutes every day to TALK to HaSh-m the way you would talk to your very best friend.
Thank Him for what you have. Ask Him for what you need. Talk to Him about everything that is on your mind, the happy things, and the troubling things.
This is what HaSh-m craves from us more than anything, – for us to be close to Him.
“Karov HaSh-m le’kol korav, le’kol asher yikra’uhu be’emet.
HaSh-m is close to those who are close to Him, to those who speak to Him from the heart on a regular basis.
Who would YOU be more likely to go out of your way to do something for? Your close friend, whom you speak to every day, or someone who only approaches you when he wants something from you?