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I believe it will be when the chief of staff calls out Mi lahashem eilay.
who cares.
i didnt know minions were makpid on hats of any color, let alone black ones, live and learn.
perfectly centered on my screen
“Some dresses are designed to look immodest”
so, you are saying that if one alters in some way the original product it is not tznius despite said alterations? wouldnt it really depend on the ultimate finished product one wants to wear?
“As far as I know, it’s entirely unnecessary for them to have it”
why do you assume this? they brew a number of “craft” and “small batch” specialty beers too. why not see what the star k themselves has to say about kashrus of beer. http://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/2183/beer-halacha-clarifying-the-kashrus-of-beer/
“one company chooses to get one anyway”
I would look into why they chose to get one anyway. Companies dont pay for something they dont need. It could be they are adding ingredients that make it an exception to the general rule of “not needing”, or perhaps the manufacturing or bottling process is the cause of a required hechsher, in which case the one they chose is not reliable for you. On the other hand, they might think it “hip” to have a hechsher on the bottle as a marketing ploy to indicate things like “quality” in which case who cares what they put on the bottle label. If this is a serious question, give it the consideration something as serious as kashrus deserves. If you are merely draying a kup then have fun.
“designed with bad intentions”
what type of kavana is required in the manufacture of dresses?
There is a din and there is a dayan. I dont know the din, or how the dayanim ruled regarding airlines miles programs.
As for advertising things that are illegal, those who are in this business claim it isnt illegal.
Joseph,
So, there are several ambiguities here.
1: Who is tired, the parents or child, or both. Perhaps this impacts the question in some way.
2: Is the child male or female (although for the halachos of kibbud av, I dont know if that makes a difference but Im not an expert in those halachos).
Yes, they do sell it in Eichlers, it is Item#: F05-0-9 on their website.
“Why do so many people give the advise “ask your local orthodox rabbi”
In my opinion you are emphasizing the wrong word. The advise is not to ask the “local” Rabbi, rather “YOUR” local Rabbi. The Mishna in Avos exhorts us “Aseh LICHA Rav”.
“They are constantly exhausted.”
The parents? This might be a question for a Rav as hilchos kibbud av are involved.
Just curious, why is everyone assuming the student at home is female? The OP has never once said this overworked student is a female.
As to what type of present to buy your husband, get him something that he would appreciate, you know him, his parents and siblings know him and hopefully he has good friends who know him and what he would appreciate. Ask them. Why wait till chanuka to give him a gift, buy him something and give it to him as soon as you get it.
according to some “scholars” (that is how they are called, I know nothing about them or their scholarship) the custom of gift giving on the 25th of december is done as a zecher for gifts given on the december 25th in question, namely the gift of gold (chanuka gelt?), frankincense and myrrh to a certain baby by three men who may or may not have been wise. over the years this “zecher” has been adapted by different cultures so that the original zecher has been completely corrupted (unless there is an opinion out there that can explain the connection between the latest iphone, tickle me elmo or video game) to the point where there is little religious significance to the present day gift giving.
Whether or not one should engage in the practice of gift giving on chanuka, is something I will leave to each individual to ask of their own Rav.
“so basically the airlines are stealing when they close down someone’s mileage account.”
That was I believe a portion of the claim in Ginsburg vs Northwest
“except they cant be prosecuted since there was a deregulation.”
You misunderstood a portion of the claim made by the airlines. They argue that due to deregulation there are no applicable laws (since they argue this is related to the fare)that they violated and therefore the case doesnt belong in court. the airlines won this argument at the first level, a state court of appeals overturned the lower court and the case made its way to the supreme court.
“but good faith laws really allow you to sell miles.”
Part of the Ginsburg argument is that in his particular case the airline violated good faith laws of his home state.
“am i understanding you correctly?”
No, and you are not understanding the Ginsburg case either. It had nothing to do by the way with selling miles.
I dont know how the supreme court ruled on each of the arguments that were presented, as there were several points of law that were being argued, including the one relevant to your original question, specifically, are the rewards/points programs considered a component of the fare, or not. I do know that the supreme court ruled against Ginsburg.
If you must cross a crocodile infested river to get to shul you are living in the wrong city.
The government should pay. In fact i think it is already a provisionb in obamacare; that for all children over 18 living at home a cleaning help stipend of no less than $15 an hr will be provided.
Why would you want to be mivatel an asah
Some yellow police do not cross tape is a lot cheaper. Cordon off half the house. If people question the tape you could blame it on Zionists at the very least modern Orthodox.
“but listening to an audiobook of the same exact book is assur?”
I think Rav Aryeh Kaplan illustrated the great error in how melacha is defined as he opened one of his seforim on shabbos as follows. “A couple lives on the 17th floor (I dont remember the floow number but it is irrelevant) of a high rise building. When they come home after shul it is considered a “melacha” if they push the call button for the elevator, yet it is not considered work for them to walk up all 17 flights”.
Is the question in this thread a melacha? Is is a zilzul shabbos in some way? If you derive pleasure from this activity do you get credit for oneg shabbos? Im not thoroughly familiar with all of hilchos shabbos and the nosei keilim to say definitively one way or another. I do follow the smell test though. This doesnt smell right to me.
Abie Rotenberg is now an author too. He recently published a book called The Season of Pepsi Meyers.
And some people will insist it is judaism to nag you to death until you agree to try their suggestion.
If you define “day of rest” like a goy, as a day off from work, then sure, the ball game is fine. So is washing the car, a bbq at the beach with all the beer you could drink followed up by a trip to the mall. Lunch at the olive garden would only add to the oneg factor.
It would be chukas goyim if we made lists and checked them twice to determine whose been naughty and nice and delivered the presents via a fat bearded guy in a red bekeshe (or kapote – depending on affiliation) riding a reindeer. we all know that our bekeshes and kapotes are (mostly) black and honda odessys and toyota siennas are the vehicles of choice for most of the toy deliveries. oh, our delivery guys use the front door, ocassionally the side, but never the chimney.
“Is it mutar to listen to a shiur from your Rabbi on shabbos?”
In some shuls the people are very makpid and are machmir on this. As soon as the Rav starts speaking they fall asleep. Others, as an added chumra make sure to be out of the shul at the kiddush club long before he starts speaking so they dont hear a single syllable from him.
You can waste your time in the coffee room.
Dont spend too much time looking for it.
Joseph. yes. He got a ticket for going 35 in a 25mph zone.
“Any suggestions?”
Leave 20 minutes earlier.
“He didn’t say that. He said he was looking for a shiur that the magid shiur goes through rashi inside.”
Why do you assume I was responding to the OP?
“Not very nice”
Why do you make silly assumptions?
why do you think the maggid shiur didnt learn rashi? perhaps what bothers you is that the maggid shiur isnt reading the rashi word for word as well? if you want such a shiur, join a 5th grade class in most boys yeshivas.
“I almost never see anyone driving 25 MPH or below on OP”
thats what the guy I was with the other night thought. then he was pulled over for going 35 at 10:30 at night when traffic was pretty light!
“cutting your losses because thieves will be thieves – and not a business plan.”
In my company it is built into the pricing. We know X amount of dollars will be lost because “thieves will be thieves”.
“Predictions on the game the New York team or the New Jersey team?”
This reminds me of a great Pete Franklin rant. One season during the late 80s only the Bills made the playoffs and he lamented that there was no playoff football in ny. A caller called in to remind him that the bills were in the playoffs. He went on a rant for almost 15 minutes about how buffalo is not ny! I didnt like the guy much but that rant was a classic!
“Reporting a missing kid would result in a search and police response, not just a loudspeaker announcement (would a little kid be able to find his way to “Section 301, left side”?)”
Perhaps I didnt relate the story as accurately or as clearly as I could. They didnt say a little kid was missing. they told security they couldnt find a member of their party and asked to please have him paged and gave his name as mincha service. do you truly believe security would launch an all out frontal attack on the stadium if those who are reporting a member of their party missing are not worried in any way?
CA you are wrong and rather judgemental. He asked security to make an announcement not send searching parties. If you belie e that’s rishus I’m sure glad i don’t know you or have to live with you. I. Fact I’d suggest your attitude is nothing short of self centereness.
Avi K. How do you explain the mikoshesh then? He was a mechallel shabbos, not someone who purchased scotch on sunday morning.
“You’re In Charge of Brooklyn Jewry… What Do You Do?”
Resign and move to Rechovot.
what he really wants is to look out the window while holding the siddur.
how will anyone stare at those hideous new jerseys recently unveiled by nike for both the bills and jets, that will be worn thursday night.
if you need a minyan for maariv, go to security and tell them you lost a small boy, his name is maariv service and ask them to page “maariv service please report to your party at…..” (this is not my idea, I read an article that someone who needed a minyan for mincha at a chargers game did just this, he went to security and told them he lost a child named mincha service and asked them to page mincha service please come to section x)
sushi is gefilte rice.
The airlines maintain that points, mileage or whatever you want to call it, is related to the fare of a flight. When the airline industry was deregulated, congress agreed that they would not regulate fares. Ergo, the airlines argue congress can not pass any law that impacts points or miles either. they maintain it is a contract between the airline and member of program subject to whatever terms and conditions they place on their programs. Whether this argument is true or not is something the supreme court considered I believe during the “Ginsburg vs Northwest Et Al” case it heard last year. Perhaps some lawyer has access to the decision and how they ruled.
Joseph. Why do you assume I’m aware of everything ever publicised in the name of Rav shteinman? If such a letter was disseminated the same question applies. Who is making the decision to post private correspondence online? I’m aware of this letter because I happened to read the news site a little bit after it was put online. Not everyone has an agenda as difficult as it is for you to understand.
perhaps for a long time most ashkenazim were descendents of the talmidei hagra, as a result “nusach ashkenaz” based on the minhagim of the gra. certainly in the last 75 years more and more ashkenazim from places that had other minhagim arrived and established kehillos based on their own minhagim.
You concerned the worlds largest challah wasnt edible? the world largest burrito? bowl of clam chowder? please speel it out for those of us not quick on the uptake.
The letter to Rav Don Segal Shlita. This is not a question of its veracity, or accuracy, rather one of practicality. How does a private letter to Rav Segal end up online? Was it done with the approval of both the writer and the reciepient? Either one? Is it a violaiton of the cherem d’Rabbeinu Gershon for someone to post the letter online and for us to read it? Just curious.
Having worked as a mashgiach in a commercial setting, I assure you this thread hasnt even scratched the surface!