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“by an ancient Minhag Yisroel”
How do you define ancient?
that it was on this day that he was nitleh (hung up) on the “tzeilem.”
for what its worth, the religion that follows this guy, all its branches, celebrate easter in the spring, not the winter, because they disagree with this teretz.
gezuntheit
my daf yomi shiur went on as scheduled.
this way we can ignore you one by one.
I’m working. By choice.
You can always try being the shadchan yourself if you dont like how they do it. call on the roshei yeshiva, rabbonim and menahalim yourself on behalf of your own daughter. if you dont like how they do it, dont gripe about it, do it yourself.
A cup of coffee.
Sure. And while your at it, blame him for messing up your learning that days daf.
A shadchan dealing with “boys” is a pointless profession and a waste of your time since he must also know girls to actualize any shidduch. Go to a shadchan who knows both.
the warp and weft is important to certain religion that had as its leader a member of the medical profession.
Oh, that’s a snake wrapped around a staff, never mind.
a yeshiva bachur taking out time from the beis medrash to eat, what kind of gashmius is he into?
just turn it off. throwing it out would be better.
Reminds me of the yeshiva where they didnt call anyone to an aliya as “harav”, except the rabbeim in the yeshiva. everyone else who got an aliya was “reb ploni, but never harav ploni”. Once at a simcha in the yeshiva, a relative of the baal simcha was to get an aliya and they saw how on his tallis bag he had “harav ploni” stiched onto the bag. he was called up for his aliya, “reb harav ploni”. all the insiders got the joke, he didnt. he believed they called him up with the kavod he felt was due him. win win all around.
six hours of their day? who did you hire to sing yam layabasha?
What HASC makes and what Fried charges is really nobody’s business. If you must know audit their books. Otherwise you are casting aspersions on organizations and entertainers alike for no reason at all.
“So if I paid $36 to get in , they send me a letter for the IRS for my $36 donation”
Thats great. The bigger question is, absent a chance to win a prize or enjoying an evening out, would you consider donating even 36 cents to the organization? If not, the cynicism you display towards the organizations that run these events could be turned right back at “donors” such as yourself.
The IRS works the same way. Organizations are supposed to work the same way. I recently received a receipt for a donation as I attended a dinner. The receipt stated my total “donation” of $250 and the tax deductible portion of $195 since I received a meal that they valued at $55.
As for those who attend the HASC concert (nothing against HASC – just that their concert is one of the better known venues of entertainment in this genre of tzedaka giving), lets be realistic, how many people go to the “hasc concert” and how many people are attending a “hasc fundraising event”. I’m not blaming the organizers or the attendees, just saying lets not fool ourselves here. How many concert goers would give even $18 a year to support hasc if they didnt go to the concert.
In other words, it is ok to be cynical about the organizors but not the donors? You yourself just wrote that the only way to get people to give, is to entertain them or dangle million dollar carrots. Either apply your cynicism equally or not at all. why are you taking it out on organizations?
If you dont trust the group soliciting money, check them out. use a site such as charitynavigator dot org or do the due diligence yourself.
of course, if one wants to be cynical, we can turn this around on the “donors” and “supporters” as well. Must the organization bribe you with food and music in order to get a donation from you, why cant you be altruistic and just write a check.
“do you have any real advice?”
Buy Rav Frand on the Parsha all three volumes.
“Now that you’ve all embarrassed me”
Given some of the outrageous things attributed to your user name I didnt know this was even possible.
“Whats a brisker?”
Someone who drinks lipton tea
Come on, every frum community is filled with daf yomi learning women who hate veibisher torah. why are you so surprised.
Next time he says veibisher torah, impress the guests with something you learned in daf yomi.
tzi’enu uri’enu has been a classic for several hundred years. dont knock veibisher torah.
rashi says the idea for same korban was suggested by the nesanel ben tzuar (nasi from yisaschar).
make them up. i was always told it is better to guess than to leave the line blank. try 012-10-9812 for ss# and #%%&!!@#)&^$u for the passport id number. do you think they are connected to some national database that verifies every ss# and passport? in fact, i think this is a plus, it shows resourcefulness.
Maybe the paper contradicts what you see?
Make gadol visiting day, day 1 of your trip and ask them what you should do to maximize the time during the remainder of your trip.
Interesting. My kindergarten teacher taught me the oil lasted eight days (either they poured 1/8 at a time or that the jug never emptied or some similar miraculous event), not that it burned for eight days. Is there a jewish source that they lit the menorah on day one and it burned for eight consecutive days?
200 years? The misyavnim were back in power, running the beis hamikdash within 20 years with a new minyavni kohen gadol buying the position each year as his predecessor didnt survive yom kippur.
It’s highly unlikely they ate turkey, ever.
But if you deep fry your turkey……
you should never be so bored in your life that this is what passes for entertainment.
if you dont know your own biography, you are probably not someone they want in their seminary. learn it quick.
where I work certain people greet each other as ms williams and mr jones while others pat and randi and a certain ethnicity greets each other daily with a kiss on the cheek.
to addres the op:
“With all the stories of inappropriate conduct and worse amongst frum co-workers, is there too much friendliness with each other?”
IF those stories are true then there is too much “friendliness”. I think someone is making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Older than Ohel Sara is the Korban Mincha siddur (which artscroll acknowledges their siddur is based on). these siddurim include tefillos (eg: tefillos for her wedding day) and halachos (eg: kiddush and havdala)geared specifically women.
so, the RCA is putting one on the market. big deal. If they want it to sell, they will promote what makes theirs different than the many versions of the korban mincha siddur, artscrolls many versions of the ohel sara and the other siddurim made for women that are out there. the marketplace will determine its success or failure.
as usual, im clueless.
I take it you havent been to a seforim store in several weeks. just go to the daf yomi section to see what is currently on display. on the bright side, when they finish rosh hashana you will back on track, since you have a 2 week head start on that massechta.
we should just allow a dictator to swoop in and take control. no politicians to worry about anymore.
reminds me of the breslover and brisker who were sharing a room. they both finally climbed into bed thoroughly exhausted after a long day. suddenly from the bed of the bresolver is heard, NA, and fro the brisker. SSHHHHH. again, is heard, NA, and again…..SSSHHHH, again, Na Nach, again even louder SSSHHSHSHSHSHSH, again, Na Nach Nachman….and in response an even louder SSSHSHSHSHHSHSHSHSHSHHSSSS from the brisker, then a Na Nach Nachman Meuman from the breslover and in response an even louder SHSHSHHSHSHSMa from the brisker.
Kol Korehs, another pet peeve of mine. I ignore all of them, no matter the subject, no matter the signatories. My hadracha comes from my rav, not the bulletin board in shul or grocery.
“There are certain piskei din that, while having halacha status, deserve to be questioned.”
When people “question” certain piskei din the way they “question” halachos in shulchan aruch perhaps i would be open to a discussion on this topic, until then, you are correct, this is not the proper forum for such a discussion. I do think that overall, respect for Rabbonim and Batei Din are at an all time low. that is the greatest tragedy of our generation and probably the source for many of our ills. We think we are smarter than the halacha and look where it has led us. Every time you turn around someone is talking about a new crisis.
If both sides follow the psak of a beis din for all matters, monetary, visitation etc….then whatever the decision, that is the halacha. Unfortunately, on both sides, the parties go to beis din for the items that suit their needs and the courts for those that dont.
We made our beds, now we must sleep in them. If we dont like it, we must remake our beds. Respect for batei din in general and rabbonim in particular (or more precisely the lack of it) is the root cause of all these problems.
There was a time when a Rav or beis din issued a psak and those who flaunted it were looked down upon, now when someone gets a psak they dont like they just look for a new Rav or beis din and the gabbai gives him shlishi in shul the next shabbos.
where is rabbi wallerstiens speech available online?
the convention was last shabbos? live and learn.
I’m a CC guy and I completely disagree with this statement: “They are less of the stereotypical Flatbush yeshiva”. In fact, I maintain the opposite is true. It is your prototypical Flatbush Yeshiva. You want a CC guy go to the Beis Medrash in KGH.
It is possible to be a menuval birshus hatorah. Just because it isnt technically assur, doesnt mean you should do it. Use your seichel. If you dont have seichel, or dont trust your own judgement, speak to your Rav.
Kedoshim Tihyu. It doesnt have to be assur, it might be 100% muttar. Doesnt mean you should do it. Rav Henoch Lebowitz Z’l used to use the term “nit shein” to describe those things which are technically kosher but.
Desperate people do stupid things. It is what prompted several Rabbonim in the Flatbush community to take out advertisments in local papers telling people to be wary of those advertising segulos and yeshuos, especially when done for a fee.