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Maybe, due to the lack of the multiplication sign, the answer is – incorrect syntax?
Avira, thanks for clarifying the water non resistance! You just can’t trust internets any more!
Is it ok to keep the black hat in shul together with the talles & tefillin during rainy season? Or is it a financial risk? Some might learn not to worry about a stolen hat from a kal vahomer with the tefillin, but it is not so – as stealing tefilin is a bigger aveira, no “frum bochur” will dare, and also harder to resell! (I am channeling Rav Yehuda – a need for a convoy for Sotah v Niddah).
Sorry for interrupting a learned discussion, but I am yet to know of a moschihist or of a misnaged who changed their opinion based on the new reading of rishonim. Do you?
R Salanter was once confronted by a maskil in an inn. A debate was suggested, so Rav took off his jacket and suggested that the loser put on the other’s jacket (traditional v modern). When the maskil refused, Rav said there is no point in a debate where the person is not ready to follow up on the results.
So, maybe, we should compete on who has more people at his seder, or how many Yidden one taought Torah or who makes better cholent.
huju > do not put a plastic bag on your black hat to protect it. Black felt is naturally water-resistant and will be fine when the rain stops.
Is it so? Seems like most people are not aware, or maybe want to project that they care about their heilike hats.
Gadol, maybe – and I – are confused because we are throwback to the previous generation! Not as far as Rishonim, but maybe 100+ years.
So – for us – wearing a black hat means dressing like a Talmid Chacham, Slobodka Rosh Yeshiva, etc – and the requirement is to behave accordingly, which is a tall order, and we both humbly do not pretend.
for the current kids, when the hats are in fashion for several generation, they are dressing like their high school Rebbe, their older brothers, and customers at Lakewood Pizza+. So, they legitimately strive to that level and do not understand our kvetching.
yeshivish, a fair question. I did – for a short time period, but then I went to study and work and got myself a heating system taht R Zusya did not have. So, I got upset when I realized that I will not be able to answer the question – “why I was not like Zusya” but, of course, I then realized that the harder question would be “why I was not Always Asking Questions”, so I am working on this here. Get it?
facts – Trump by now is the most acquitted person in this country. Is it normal to have so many investigations, audits, special councils, impeachments for one guy – with minimal results (so far)? I would not have been surprised for a lot of misconduct to be found given types of businesses Trump is involved in, and was pleasantly surprised when not much was found so far.
One outcome of this process that political offices will be even more restricted to people who spent their life collecting public salaries, as anyone involved in business would not want to be treated this way. Even Mitt Romney who apparently did not have any shady deals was painted as a greedy capitalist who “did not build that”.
if you _really_ not sure of the answer – copy it into google
you can also take a practice SAT (math or English) on khanacademy and post your result here if you want the kavod when you correct others.
why not start with an easier challenge: simply find the smallest positive integer solution of x^n + y^n + z^n for n>2? I think I saw an answer on the margins of some old sefer, but can’t locate it right now.
> Therefore I wear it since I want to identify with that group of people.
So, following r Zusya, I identify as myself, so I wear the same hat as myself. Hope you too.
Mida k’neged mida: the deal is punishing those who did not do rithmetic by making them buy more of this not healthy stuff.
My family has the tradition from Hungarian shtetl to never drink Coke on Pesach because of hashash that goyim put treife sugar substitute.
whatever the faults Israeli Ashkenazim (both anti- and religious) had during arrival of Sephardim, I don’t think it is true that Sephardim are doing better in USA. Just because there is a strong insular Syrian community in NYC, does not mean that there are no others who assimilated. And many Sephardim in Israel stayed “traditional” – not necessarily 100% observant or leatn but respectful of their religion. This is probably further true for a similar number of Russians who came with no Jewish background and assimilated/intermarried to higher degree in USA.
GadolHadofi, sounds like CS was suing someone and got a reshus from his buddy at beis din that he is embarrassed to defend and feels like will not be upheld by others, so he does not want to mislead me and directs me to the LOR.
@fake, there are several things one might learn at an entry-level job: learn to be responsible for his actions; keep his middos in check; coming and leaving on time; being honest in financial matters; become motivated to go learn a skill to get a better job.
midwesterner > But you will me mal’ig a significant chazal due to lack of empirical evidence?
Chazal often uprooted/disproved other chazal when there was an evidence that previous policies failed (different ways of organizing schools, for example). It is legitimate to _suggest_ that certain takonos can not be changed as we do not have courts as great as before, but claiming that chazal do not care about evidence s is lashon hara on chazal.
Not that GH brought any evidence, I tried to substantiate his claim, see ^
This is great news for those who want to support their learning. Take a job at the gas station and continue learning. A perfect job, does not take up your mind much beyond counting cash and watching the pump. Perfrect for Torah she b’al pe. Furthermore, if you take this job in Lakewood, you can speak with your customers in learning and get hevrusa and tips!
besalel, in my version of the joke is that Rav suggested that Moschiach will take them to EY away from the kozaks, and the wife suggested that Moschiach take Kozaks to EY while they can stay with the inn and the farm..
Talmidei chachamim merabim shalom… Religious community was on a defensive from secularism for a long time. As they are stronger now, they should think how to approach their brothers with wisdom and patience and correct things so that more people are happy about that. Do I know how to get there? I don’t.
I have different sidurim from my family: one has a misheberach for Franz Jozef vemishpachto (by name), another for Nikolai Aleksandrovich vemishpachto. Clearly, it would not be possible to use both at the times when they were at war with each other! So, if we have those tefilos, it is probably OK to have tefilos for people who were freely elected by Yidden in EY.
Read the tefilos carefully. We are not asking for a brocha for anything they choose to do, we are asking Hashem to give them chochma (that they might be lacking).
Moschiach will overrule all building permit limitations before doing any constructions. That is what Rambam means that life will be the same under Moschiach except the Jews will have no restrictions and zoning limitations. This way EY will easily accommodate all Yidden and everyone who will be hanging by a thread – by building like in Hong Kong.
ujm> wife’s brothers.
you surely meant “your wives’ brothers”.I think checking specifically brothers is to see how _sons_ will grow – taking into account both genetics and educational style in the family. Yours sons will be raised early by your wife(s) and she inherited/learned her educational style from her/their mother(s) who raised the brother(s).
ujm,
Insuring someone else’s brothers is of bad taste and Moris Ayn, as someone might think that you desire their misfortune in order to collect the Ensurance.Gadol > Why would the marital status of an older sister be relevant to a bochur’s interest in whether to date a girl?
you need this to be spelled out?! As we see here, there are a lot of judgy people – in general, and even more so when going thru piles of resumes. So, if someone thinks that a girl should not go out before her sister is married, then seeing such a situation will lead them to toss the resume.
Of course, if it is OK (by some opinions) to fudge a year, then making older sister 1 year younger, and younger sister older will often fix the problem (on paper).
Also, does this apply to twins?
Maybe Et tu relates to הֲרָצַחְתָּ וְגַם יָרָשְׁתָּ
@fakenews, as I suggested several pages earlier, why not just learn a sefer or by heart. Where is a tzadik running?
common, are you saying that because others are suing an Yid in a goyishe curt, beis din will let you join them? makes no sense to me. do you have references?
Flying Al Italia (O’H) always ensured that you will daven with kavanah the whole way (and some extra time). A good chance, others were davening with you, so you can think you are in a minyan. I once enquired of Polish catholic stewardesses whether there is a place for davening and they said that the plane will definitely benefit from tefilos and cleared an area for me, and gave me extra raw carrots after that.
@fakenews, thanks for bringing high science to support my empirical observations. Generally, if you feel uncomfortable with something, it is always a good idea to try changing things gently. As Trump said it succinctly to Black voters “what do you have to lose”.
Someone needs to get this campaign to the wilde demonstrators
(Brutus being adopted son of Caeser)
Romans were in England, so an Englishman can be addressed with “Et tu” on a chance he is a descendant of a Roman. Ditto, were non-Roman Jews.
Amil, apparently great depression was a catalyst of children – who were first to become unemployed – to go to school as they had nothing else to do, leading to official recognition of “teenagers” as having their own status and privilege of not working.
if someone is serious about gun violence prevention, they should propose a legislation that has something for all sides. Better background checks balanced by some perks to responsible guy owners, so that the other side does not feel that they are losing ground even on issues that they could accept on the merits. Unfortunately, like most debates, this one becomes a game of partisan advantage, so there is blood on all their hands.
yeshivaguy45,
what is the difference between a kollel student “with a side job” and a “working person” who spends serious time learning? is it a matter of degree? status? Are sponsors (and tax authorities whether in US or Israel) aware of the side businesses?Does out-of-town kollel come with an obligation to teach the locals? So, it is also a p/t job situation. I always hear that fulltime learning is koidesh and can not be mixed up with anything else.
If you put an older unmarried sibling on the shidduch resume, you will certainly avoid those who think this is unseemly.
Doing his best> no one in the last 20 years that grew up in lakewood ever looked back and thought “I wish my elementary school/mesivta had more English.”
You may be right, but lack of awareness of a problem is in no way an indication that there is no problem.
Looking from outside, I can tell you that this is a thought of parents whose kids move to Lakewood or similar locations. One such “kid” I know whose working parents encouraged him to learn (possibly beyond his talents) later responded to their concerns that he is not gainfully employed – “you encouraged me to go in this direction” …
I heard of yeshivos offering their students for car cleaning. Would this be disrespect of the Torah to call them? Or a good way to check out shidduch potential?
other than NYPD, all other actions will be in beis din. Will be interesting to see.
Anybody is holding in our days by the Rambam that karbonos are due to our weakness?
May not fully solve the problem but – leave the car in the shade, put curtains of the car esp in the sunny side, have the window a little opened so that it does not overheat inside (maybe not in NYC). You can also follow an old minhag of wearing tefilin the whole day.
for in person, the best idea is to go to college while living at home, so one does not have to hang around the campus after hours. Evening departments, as YS mentions, are often a good deal – students are more mature.
For online classes, you don’t need to settle for a local community college. There are places like MIT open courses, coursera that should have recording of very good professors on advanced topics.
I agree on CS – this generally means “instructing computer” to do something. This ranges from making screens for ACA users to making airplanes process streaming sensor data in real time.
If you learn just programming, then this is one type of jobs, depending on what language you learn. If you study CS, then you can be a system designer. Better yet, learn something else – science, engineering, statistics, health – then, you can be the person who converts ideas from that field of study into computers.
Dr. Pepper, thanks for details. It is very similar to the system Cuba/USSR/China have – where central government gets to decide all issues in society. Note that most of “deciders” are not Talmudic scholars but have bachelor degrees in nothing. US used to have a similar system in defense until it was partially broken during Reagan times, with more robust competition introduced among a small number of suppliers.
As you describe it, the ACA-type systems favor large companies – not just by these required payments but, in general, by making compliance complicated and costly. Between accountants, lawyers, consultants and management time, small businesses can’t really deal with all the good intentions… Resulting consolidation, in return, justifies government intervention as the market is destroyed.
they charge 0 lira last time I asked. Not sure how much they’d charge an Ashkenazi or maybe they do not favor intermarriage.
Avira > Quite ironically, the most sanitary courses are online, where you don’t have an institution and the presence of authority figures shaping your mind and getting inside your head.
Indeed, not sure why “ironically”. Still, some maturity and parental support is required. Show interest in the kid’s studies and peruse some of the material. For a thinking student, it is usually enough to point what is silly there and with encouragement, he’ll be showing what he discovered to avoid himself.
not online, but I heard good feedback on improving YU CS program, although they seem to be strict on transfers and yeshiva classes.
Desperate> you list a few good online colleges that offer b.s. in computer science?
I did not research CS per se. ASU in general is mid-level solid program with huge population and reasonable programs. Work for Starbucks or Uber and it is even free (read fine print). Look for ones that offer same programs (and diploma) for both offline and online programs, those are less likely to be scams. Some public colleges are a good deal, even when paying out of state tuition (online should be close to half cost of offline). U of Florida, U of Oregon, U of Indiana sounded good in some specialties I looked at.
Many of them take some number of transfers and CLEPs. There are cheap reasonable places that are good to do basic classes and transfer (for example, U of Maryland, global school, or something like that).
Matza making is probably the most effective (dollar per lb ) way for Ukraine to send out their wheat this year. Someone should market that.
some companies allow first class if the exec goes directly to a meeting. So, those cheating VPs make sure they have a meeting on the day of arrival …
I never had yetzer hara to follow on that. I just sit in my armchair at home with a cup of wine and contemplate that people are paying huge money for several hours to sit like that.