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You low-life shikkur! you should be ashamed of yourself! Look, your whole thread is upside-down!!!
(I’ve ALWAYS wanted to be the one to say that!!) 🙂
no hard feelings Shopping613 ?, just taking advantage of a situation…LOL
l’chaim, l’chaim!!
one who goes against the torah, sins, and indulges in forbidden pleasures of life. All this of course if he does so knowingly, and with full knowledge that it is wrong.
For goyim, those immoral people who continue to violate and transgress the 7 mitzvos m’bnei Noach.
thank you Goq!!!
Thanks OOM!!! LOL, yes, that together with a delicious bag of Bertie Bott’s every flavor jelly bean!! 🙂
someone drinks the last bottle of shnapps and puts it back empty. grrrrrrr…..
oH man! my 4th CRanniversary was on Monday!! How did I miss that ???!
Anyway, who cares! Anybody care to join me for a l’chaim?
thanks for the replies everyone.
Toi- I saw on Shabbos that the sifsay chachomim says that pshat too.
coffee addict- yw, i figured this is a good thread that can be used every week, so i bumped it.
I am from OOT and we too have these problems in our city. I think in most places these are issues and hopefully your government, or whoever in charge, is on the case to try to solve and mend all these potential disasters.
Here is a link to another thread with divrei torah on Ki Seitzei.
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anyone else have any other good shmuessen or articles worthwhile for Elul, please post here.
*Bump*
Help me understand this, please, anyone.I had a question today regarding the Ben Sorer u’Moreh. The torah in its profound wisdom perceives this boy as a potential robber and eventual murder in his future. The torah therefore paskins that it is better for him to die clean now, then to die as an adult murderer later, sparing untold future crimes and catastrophic consequences.
My question is why does he deserve, though, to be killed in the harshest way: skilla i.e. stoning? Alright we should kill him now, but he technically didn’t do anything yet? why shouldn’t sayif or serayfa be sufficient? why sekillah?
Wow Melanie23! that looks really nice do they sell them in stores or does it have to be ordered over the internet? In any case, neat idea!
After all said and done, and Edon was eliminated from the show, I hope someone who knows him (yichusdik?) introduces him to A Jewish Star or some other jewish contest. Would love to hear him sing a jewish song, as he is very talented
I have unplugged my interne service as soon as i got home after hearing the psak halachah that a jewish home is forbidden to have unfiltered internet. The following week my wife and I got K9 filter installed and all is well.
As far as the article is concerned, I think the idea of setting up a public area to use computers is radical etc, and I think that from the asifas’ message, 100 days ago and on, really is now upon each and every individual’s responsibility. There’s just so much Rabbonim can do. They did their part. The rest is upon you.
that’s one reason i never liked the Metzudos siddur – BECAUSE each page looked exactly the same, I found it difficult to find a specific place/tefilla. Besides it makes the davening like one looooong monotonous task.
whereas a siddur that has a “tzurah” of different fonts for all the different tefillos, helps me daven with a better geshmak as it is more pleasing to the eye, and also, it helps me find the place quicker and easier.
If you find yourself squinking, I think it’s time for a new pair of glasses. Or a siddur with large typesetting…
YOSSI151 – CTV was the greatest camp in the mountains!! I was there much after you, but with guys like Shloime Dachs, Rabbi Finkelman, etc and how can we forget Mr. Newhouse! So many talented, great people, so many great memories…
Yatzmich – was there too!! Do you remember “the french mirage” story?
The Goq.
what more need be said?
l’chaim goq, l’chaim!!
The National Anthum??!
Mayhaychi taysi?? If you say it’s a din that’s toluy in a large gathering, is the National Anthum sung before a circus? before a movie? before a concert? before, I don’t know, a priest delivers his sermon? No!
So you’ll say it’s a din in the Stadium?! But that’s not true either, because there are plenty of concerts there with a packed crowd and there’s no Anthum sung!
Elah Maay, it’s a din in a football game (or baseball, hockey etc.)
Comes out, the whole kasha was a to’us and a general “thank you ” was enough.
(hey, guess who started daf yomi…? )
🙂
L’chaim yidden l’chaim!!
Here’s a nice ‘shtickel’ torah I found that I thought you would fine interesting.
Bump!
I grew up eating chicken ‘feesalech’ (yiddish for feet). yummm!
Admittingly, it sounds and even looks gross, but it’s one of those things you gotta grow up eating if you ever eat it. I think stores are prohibited from carrying them anymore for health precautions.
anybody else ever sample chicken feet?
I can’t beleive no one voted for me yet….
just saying…
WoW, my thoughts exactly after reading several articles today.
A quote I read on someone’s T-shirt one Purim:
“So you’re a feminist? Isn’t that precious!”
mmmmm….somebody mention a bottle of Gefen? As long as it’s Kosher, and not from Chicago, I’m game!
😉
we got a Bar-B-Q with our visa points 3 years ago, and we live off it in the summer months. Hot dogs, burgers, steak, many vegetables are delicious on the BBQ, corn on the cob, and salmon (BBQ’ed on a cedar plank) tastes fantastic!
Also, you can’t forget our friend, kapusto! A bit of a ‘patchkerai’ but ok once you get to know her 🙂
L’Chaim SiDi, L’Chaim!!! Plenty for shabbos, no need to worry there!
With all of the Torah’s concern for love of our fellow Jew, and for pursuing peace, it seems difficult to understand how the Torah could reward Pinchas with G-d’s Covenant of Peace. Pinchas jumped up and, in an act of pure zealotry, killed another Jew.
And the Talmud (Sanhedrin 82) tells us that this was not just any Jew, but Zimri, the Prince of the Tribe of Shimon. His real name was Shlumiel ben Tzurishadai, the very same Prince who offered the sacrifice on the fifth day of the dedication of the Tabernacle (see Parshas Naso, Numbers 7:36). Pinchas leaped forward and killed one of the leading figures in the entire Jewish people.
Despite all of this, G-d did not merely forgive Pinchas, but declared that Pinchas had done the right thing — and G-d gave Pinchas His Covenant of Peace.
What the Parsha is telling us is that, simply put, this _was_ the pursuit of peace. The Torah traces the lineage of Pinchas back to Aharon, about whom Hillel said in the Sayings of the Fathers, 1:12, “Be of the disciples of Aharon, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving people, and bringing them closer to the Torah.”
This means that the pursuit of peace is not always as it appears to us. What is peace? Peace is when we lay down our weapons and live in unity under G-d. But the _pursuit_ of peace does not mean lying down in the face of evil. The following couplet is making its rounds on the Internet, and demonstrates this principle using current events:
If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.
For the Israelis to put down their weapons would, barring a miracle, lead only towards the peace of the dead, and that is not G-d’s Peace.
The Ohr HaChayim points to three elements of the actions of Pinchas, which show us that he was pursuing peace. One, he placed himself in danger — which is why the Torah says that he was zealous. Second, his intentions were only for the honor of Heaven — it was “My vengeance,” says the Torah, G-d’s and G-d’s alone. And third, Pinchas did this publicly, “amongst them,” rather than hiding his effort to honor Heaven.
We like to emphasize the need for love and brotherhood — but not the idea that pursuing peace sometimes means standing up to what is wrong, condemning and even combating it. We may not understand why Jewish leaders sometimes publicly condemn other Jews and their behavior. The Torah asks us to realize that if the condemnation emerges out of love for the Jewish people and our spirituality, then it is sometimes appropriate.
The methods of Pinchas are, for all intents and purposes, entirely closed to us. The idea that one could actually kill a person entirely for the sake of Heaven is merely a theoretical construct, for anyone but Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aharon HaKohen. What can we learn from this, then? That sometimes the pursuit of peace can seem very unfriendly. Sometimes that is our unfortunate responsibility: we should take no joy in seeking peace by making war — whether verbal or literal — but to criticize it is to actually hurt true peace, not enhance it.
May we always have the wisdom to seek and pursue true peace, until we finally see true peace, speedily and in our days!
We don’t really know why we want the Ge’ula. Because we don’t understand the pain of Hashem, and we have no Na’avi to describe it. We have no Na’avi to tell us and explain why we sometimes feel inadequate and lost. That itself, that feelng of ‘not knowing’, not knowing just how harmful Golus is, how each day in exile is worse than the next in a PERSONAL way, and not understanding the tzar of HKB”H is going through.
That itself is a reason to want Moshiach.
For clarity.
To understand what’s really going on around us, and to stop living blindly like everything is fine.
Because everthing is NOT fine.
When Aharon died at Hor Hahar and Bnai Yisrael lost the “protective clouds”, they were attacked by Canaan (Bamidbar 20:28-21:1). Rashi in our Parsha (Bamidbar 26:13) tells us that, based on Devorim 10:6, many Jews ran away and that created a civil war in Moserah. The Torah states that Aharon died there in Moserah. Rav Shimon Schwab zt”l, explains that since Aharon was a great peace-maker, there had never been a civil war before. Therefore, although he died in Hor Hahar, his death was actually “felt” in Moserah.
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
I am here- mazel tov!!!
always here- triple mazel tov to you! good job, Bubby!! 🙂
yummy cupcake- Mazel tov!!!
i heard there were not as many bugs as there is today.
In the days of old, though, this problem DID exist to a certain extent and is brought down in many seforim (ex: Chasam Sofer), where certain cities/countries avoided eating certain fruits because of bugs.
But SOUP?? This is a new one…
BaalHaBooze= Booze ‘Bahala’
l’chaim yidden l’chaim
~BUMP~
l’kovod all posters from Chicago
Mod 42- I don’t think that that was TAUGHT, I think people made that one up on their own. but, yeah, that is so common it’s bizzare.
pcoz- That song our morahs taught us is taken from Uncle Moishe. You can’t touch that, it’s mesorah. Anything from Uncle Moishe can not have a pircho, otherwise you will be destroying our very foundation upon which everything we ever learned emenates from.
My license to be a poster got suspended a while back because I was posting while intoxicated which is in violation to the ethical codes and regulation of YWNCR.
boo hoo!
I think I’ll drown my sorrows now in this here bottle of Chardonnay…
Is this concept of wiping one’s hands on a tree a real thing or a ‘bubba maysah’? I NEVER heard of that before! Can someone please show me where it says one may wipe his hands on a tree or table instead of washing with water?
moskidoodle
l’chaim my friend, l’chaim!
2 scents-
“I thought that you were busy mowing your lawn. .”
no, looking for somebody to do it for me….you know, like someone who enjoys snow plows 🙂
Shticky- thank yewww
“He is less than one day old and already is a genius!”
Spoken like a real sweet, happy and proud Bubby!! Much nachas to you and the happy family,
Mazel Tov!
Shopping613- LOL!!!!!!!!
(my wife approves of your explanation. +1)
2scents
you’re always welcome to mow my lawn if you like
:p
Growing up with almost every neighbor owning a pet, I never had a problem with cats or dogs. I was therefore horrified to learn of my kids’ reaction when we passed by a dog on the street about a year ago.
Many monthes and many dog visits later i honestly can see a huge improvement in my kids’ behavior and attitude. No more shreiks, raised hair in fright, or puddles between their feet. They have all adapted beautifully and even enjoy getting dog licks.
Now, as for my wife….
oh, almost forgot,
my regular signing off signature
hehe, can’t beleive i didn’t remember
It’s been what, 2 weeks? 3 weeks?
i’m really glad to be back!
anyhow,
l’chaim yidden. l’cha….I’M COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMING!!
…gotta go….
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere I am!!!!
was busy…
sorry for disappearing…..(sigh) family, job,…
y’know those annoying stuff in life that every once in a while pops up in between postings that requires your u-n-d-i-v-i-d-e-d attention…hehe…
and all those….(*pause*)….I’M COMING HONEY!
Gotta run….wife alert!!
be back later…
promise!
PARSHAS CHUKAS
When humans make mortal calculations to redefine Torah law, there is no better time and place to talk about red heifers and the complex and esoteric laws thereof. The red cow and its laws represent the total omnipotence of Hashem, be it spirit, in logic, or in mechanics. It exclaims that though we may search for rhyme and reason of Torah, we still must observe the mitzvos He commanded, regardless if we understand them. For there will always be some aspect that may only appear to us as mysterious as hocus pocus. Yet with uncalculating faith we must realize that there is great method to the many aspects we cannot deem mortal. In that manner we shall merit to be totally committed to Hashem’s Torah, and not our mortal vision of it.
now go buy your wife a gift (i.e. jewlery)