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I worked for a Chineese (Taiwaneese actually) owned company for a number of years and they brought in some sort of “mystic” once a month to go over the place with his “powers”. Several times a year I was asked to changed my seat because he felt the energy in the room would be better if the seating was arranged differently. The time he told me not to sit in the line of site of the elevator because someone might walk out with a gun and start shooting was surreal. I kind of miss the kookiness that went on there.

Wear a blue shirt and/or a grey hat, everyone will be talking about you (mostly behind your back) and will know who you are. No need for a name tag.

I always thought Frank Purdue was a gilgul of Ed Koch but I never called anyone an apikores for disagreeing with me. Maybe that’s why they never ran away from me.

There is teshuva and there is a kappara. A person does teshuva, hashem provides the kappara.

R’ Meir obviously disagreed with Acher because he never gave up trying to be (for lack of a better word) mekarev him.

Well informed people don’t make uninformed guesses.

WIY. Don’t assume.

Took a girl to a Ranger/Flyers game. If I’m not mistaken the featured combatents were Craig Berube and George McPhee (yes it was quite some time ago). She couldn’t follow the puck.or understand why the highlight of the night was the fight. It was a tough choice, but we didn’t sit in or near the blue seats.

Speaking of a stroll. Central park is always nice, if you are in the area.

The help wanted pages.

Amsterdam Billiards in the East Village. It is a higher end type clientele.

Try this link, for a pretty extensive (although probably not all inclusive) listing of certifying agencies, and their contact information.

http://www.kashrut.com/agencies/#__AU

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“Inclusion of an agency on this list does not constitute an endorsement by Kashrut.com of their supervision or standards.”

this is just a listing, not all are necessarily accepted heksharim.

So you have no issue with a morah in a denim skirt, t-shirt and snood, so long as she is neat and clean? I don’t want to put words in your mouth but its pretty much the opposite of many things you have said so far, unless I totally missed the boat.

My kids best morahs were the ones in denim and snoods. The morahs who were always prim and proper were to busy worrying about their nails or their clothing than helping my child with the project.

In the business worl, I’ve worked in companies where the dress code for men was a suit and tie (tie worn all day, jacket they “allowed” you to take off) and in a company where the dress code is “as long as its not jeans and a t-shirt”. I didn’t find that the mode of dress set the tone for the office. Those in charge set the tone with their attitude.

Perhaps my attitude towards clothing stems from the fact that I’m not from the “chitzonios is meorer the pnimuis” crowd.

Wisewoman. Now you are equating casual with shlumpiness.

Casual does not equal coming late. Does not equal disorganized. Morah can walk in late and be disorganized wearing a Prada suit.

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Wisewoman. Why do you equate dressing down and disorganization?

I don’t think preschool kids know the difference between a slinky skirt, flairy skirt, sneakers, loafers, snood, hat, gucci shawl, prada handbag or a walmart gym bag. Don’t make such a big deal out of it.

I asked the following shayla to my rav. My son got into a fight with a classmate. The classmate took my sons glasses and threw them across the room, in retaliation my son took something of the classmates and threw it on the floor and it shattered. That night we received a phone call from the classmates parents demanding payment. We asked our Rav. He replied, halachicly speaking you do not have to pay anything as your son is a kattan. L’maan Hashalom, I advise you to buy them a new item. I didnt ask for any sources, and perhaps this is not the middos issue helpful meant, but my Rav did bring up the shalom angle.

To a non jew, a jew is a jew. I personally have been called “a hasid” by non jews and I look nothing like a chassid. I’ve been called Rabbi too and I do nothing to perpetuate such a myth.

Yes, its true that you cant lump “all hasids shop there” and “all hasids are on govt programs” together, and it is a ridiculous comment, for anyone to make. What is important is why someone would make such a statement and why they believe it to be true. When confronted with situations such as presented, I dont even try to answer “well, every group has its bad apples” or anything similar. I tackle it head on. I would answer, really, all hasidic girls shop there, you keep tabs on hasidic girls shopping habits that you can make such a statement?

Off the topic: It sounds a bit funny that this person thinks (in your own words) that hassidic girls are cute. I would have shomrim keep an eye on this guy. Apparantly he keeps tabs on chassidish girls. He sounds like a pervert.

Myfriend. If you didnt quote Rashi, why did you jump down my throat when I made a comment that I doubted the veracity of the quote attributed to Rashi? You then tell me to look at a Rashi in sotah. I did. Again, no Rashi on daf chaf in sotah says what was claimed Rashi said. Neither does the gemara in kiddushin, according to either opinion, Ben Azzai or R’ Eliezer (elazar?), certainly not according to the way Rashi explains the gemara. If you did not say anything about Rashi, then my comment wasnt pointed to you and you should chill out. I’ll ignore your snide remarks I’m not looking to get into a tit for tat with you.

Since you are giving these 2 sources. Why don’t you tell me what you believe they are teaching us?

Rashis daughhters wouldnt stand a chance on todays shidduch scene. They wrote on shas, wore tefillin, and were probably smarter than many of the bachurim in France.

I guess they are doing everyone a favor by not packaging CY milk in gallon sized bottles. You wont be as frustrated if only half a gallon at a time spoils 🙂

Chevra. I live in NYC. I stopped buying chalav yisroel milk for the same reason. Yes, its a lot better than 10 years ago, but compared to the chalav stam companies. Its bad. It may not be the companies only though. It could be the handling all the way through. Did the store refrigerate it right away? Is the fridge at proper temperature. I have a bigger beef with the chalav yisrael companies. If ever there was a community that would buy gallon sized bottes of milk it is the chalav yisrael drinking community with the large, k’eh, families. Yet there is not a single C’Y company in the NYC area that offers it.

This is pointed to all those who appluad the fact that the photos of women do not appear in the papers under discussion.

How do you feel, when you see the pictures of the female Mumbai kedoshim flash on your screen while logged on to YWN? Are those pictures of females allowed? The YWN photo album is filled with many female photographs, do you protest?

3 years.