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Fashionablee- as everyone else, I love the title too!
Ken Zayn- I loved thoses Rondos chocolates!
how about:
spaghetti twists
O’gradys thick potato chips
chew chews
twerps
When i was a kid, coffee crisp and kit kat used to be kosher, yuuuum!
TAZRIA-METZORAH (in chutz l’aretz)
by Rabbi Zweig (from torah.org)
Pure Joy
“…she shall be impure for a seven-day period, as during the days of her menstruant infirmity shall she be impure. On the eighth day, (his foreskin) shall be circumcised” (12:2,3)
Parshas Tazria introduces the laws of impurity related to the birth of a child. After the birth of a male the mother becomes impure and is restricted from engaging in marital relations with her husband for seven days. The Torah compares the defilement associated with childbirth to that of menstruation. The expression used to describe menstruation is “devosa” which Rashi defines as a malady or infirmity. Why does the Torah link these two forms of defilement? Furthermore, why is it necessary to define menstruation as a malady in the portion discussing childbirth?
Immediately following the verse which discusses the seven day defilement period of the mother, the Torah states “On the eighth day his foreskin should be circumcised.” The construct of the verses appears to be faulty; the antecedent in the previous verse is the seven days of the mother, whereas the “eighth day” is in reference to the child. Why is circumcision of the child on the eighth day described as an outgrowth of the seven days of impurity of the mother?
The Talmud teaches that the reason why circumcision is delayed until the eighth day is to allow for the parents to resume marital relations, for if circumcision were to be performed earlier, the parents would not be able to fully share in the joy of the occasion. The Baalei Tosfos teach that the source for the celebration surrounding the fulfillment of the mitzva of circumcision is the grand feast that Avraham made for his son Yitzchak. Why is the fulfillment of the mitzva of circumcision a cause for greater celebration than the fulfillment of any other mitzva?
The Talmud relates that prior to the sin of Adam and Chava, conception and childbirth occurred in rapid succession, a phenomenon to which the world will eventually revert. The entire nine month process culminating with the birth of a child is the physical manifestation of the defect which occurred due to Chava’s participation in the Original Sin. This process begins with the menstruation cycle. Therefore, both the defilement which occurs by menstruation and the defilement which signifies the culmination of the protracted birth process are inexorably linked.
The Ma’aseh Hashem describes the “garments of skin” which Hashem made for Adam, based upon a passage in the Talmud, as being the foreskin; Adam was born circumcised. Therefore, the foreskin represents the physical manifestation of sin within man. The reason why circumcision, more than any other precept, is a cause for celebration is that it represents man’s ability to remove from himself the effects of the Original Sin, to reconnect with his Creator.
Purity is attained when our closeness to Hashem is once again restored. Defilement is the state that occurs when there is a separation from Hashem. It is specifically for this reason that circumcision occurs after the seven day period of defilement. The ability for the parents to resume relations subsequent to the mother becoming pure signifies the transcendence from sin as well.
LOL, Sam2!!- never heard that one! that post definitely goes up as a strong candidate for the “Post of the Week Award”.
Health – funny you mention that piece. I had a whole, long discussion on that article with my wife last Shabbos. It WAS an eye-opener, and I didn’t necessarily agree to that article, nevertheless it was a GOOD read, and I DID hear the other sides’ claim. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was PROMOTING alcoholism. However, it wasn’t great, especially compared to the INCREDIBLE articles that they USED TO have week after week.
My mother, MIL, and wife are all SAHM.
hey, SOMEONE’s gotta go out and take care of the booze….
🙂
1)when my kid scratches his fork on our glass table at suppertime.
2)when my kid picks up a spider in his hand before I can get to it
3)when my kid bites his lollypop when it’s still thick
disclaimer: I really do love my kid so much…reallly….I do…
no shilly, he’sh jusht shticky from the honey he’sh eating and terribly shlow.
😉
racheim was my favorite when it came out. Everyone loved it, and EVERYone was singing it. Then, about a month later it was totally over-used and getting kinda’ old. A month after that it was starting to get annoying, like “ok, enough already!”. Anyone who used that niggun in shul after that would get a Klap and a ban from davening for the Amud like forever! Now, our gabbai uses a BB gun on anyone who dares…..
Otherwise, I like Im Eshkocheich Yerusholayim, and Mama Rochel. I haven’t bought ‘Cry no more’ yet, but it sounds really nice.
Exactly HOW will there be EXTRA kedushas Shabbos when streets are blocked?? In Eretz Yisroel, erlicheh sincere yidden do not want their children or themselves to witness other(not-religious) jews committing a blatant avairah of chilul shabbos by driving their vehicles around. But in Boro Park?? What is there to gain?
After Nadav and Avihu died it says, “V’Chol Bais Yisroel Yivku Es Hasreifa Asher Saraf Hashem; the entire nation will cry and extinguish the raging fire that hashem burned.” (Shemini 10:6) What are these fires and what does it have to do with the death of a Tzaddik?
The Pninim MiShulchan Gavoa brings that at the Levaya of the Vilna Gaon, the Chayei Adam, Rav Avhrohon Danzig, said that the Midas HaDin, which is like a raging fire, constantly prosecutes Bnei Yisrael. The way to extinguish this fire is with water, the water of Torah.
While the tzadikim are alive, their Torah keeps the fire at bay and prevents it from devouring Klal Yisrael. Upon their death, the water stops to flow, and the fire can grow out of control, causing great damage to Klal Yisrael. The only thing that extinguishes this fire are the tears that run from our eyes upon the news of their passing. Hashem tells Klal Yisrael to cry rivers of tears for the Tzaddikim as a way of saving ourselves, despite the loss of our water filled protector.
taken from revach.net
simcha613 – thank you for that post!
The Goq- lol, the person who told you to do that probably said to bake challah with a key for LOCKS. You were like, “wha…what did he just say?? Locks?….OOOOH, probably meant LOX!
oh well, you hear what you wanna hear….
Quixotic613- LOL, or how about KEY HEIM CHAYEINU!
Anyhow, everyone enjoy your delicious $hli$$el Challah!!
Welcome back ARWSF!!!!
non-violent question: why are you starting 3 threads with the exact same topic?
oh please don’t say it’s not real. pleeeease! I’m getting that sick feeling in my stomach, similar to the time someone told me the picture of the chofetz chaim is not realy a picture of the chofetz chaim…..
ZeesKite, I actually enjoy reading their subtitles a lot more than what they both have to say, as I feel I gain a WHLOE LOT more from the MODS’s “up-taich” of who these clowns are, than the ‘words of wisdom’ they sometimes feel necessary to share.
;P
L’chaim crazybrit, l’chaim!
L’chaim Popa, L’chaim!
so you are a reincarnation of whom again?
oh lordy lordy lordy! I’m in that weird part of the CR again…
It is something which bothered me why it was never taught in yeshivas, by rabbeim. Some yeshivas maybe DO point it out, but in the yeshivas where I learned, rabbeim would perhaps talk about the isurrim of over-indulgence in physical pleasures and the mitzvas asei of watching one’s health, but not in context of the mitzvos itself. It wasn’t a shmooze by itself. It wasn’t a shmooze on health, weight issues, unhealthy lifestyles, mindsets, excercise, and how gross it is to be fat. Truth is (almost) all of my rabbeim were fat! So there you go…
sigh….thank G-D for my mom….
oomis1105 and bpt
+2
I’ver seen relatives go for it, I can say some reeeeally needed to do SOMETHING, and today they look fantastic, I’m so happy for them!
The other 75%? Terrible. At first it canme off nicely and we all cheered. Now it has been 3 years: they gained it all back, and, I hate to say it…but the truth is they are fat and lazy. period. the rest ain’t comin’ off so fast. As was mentioned, the only solution is changing one’s mindset, and serious dedication to a healthy diet plan.
hi Joseph (blueprints)….. blueprints?? *chuckle,chuckle* yeah, right!
LOL! this was said in jest, no harm intended… welcome blueprints! As far as this thread is concerned, even us CR’ians need a thread to breath a little, and talk about nothing at all once in a while. Let Zeeskite have her space, this thread was designed for her, as she explained in the opening post.
PARSHAS SHMINI
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Dvar Torah by Rabbi Berel Wein Shlit”a,
from torah.org
The parsha of Shmini deals with two issues that are apparently not connected to one another, being totally disparate in theme and content. One is the description of the tragedy that strikes Aharon and his family when his two elder sons are killed by heavenly fire during their installation service in the Mishkan. The other is the detailed description of the laws of kashrut which laws are the basis of Jewish life throughout the ages. These two issues dominate the parsha and are the source of much of the commentary to the parsha by the great scholars of Israel over the centuries.
Upon deeper inspection, I feel that there is a connection between these two matters that are the parsha of Shmini. The suddenness and irrationality of tragedy in human life is a well known phenomenon. I have attended weddings where parents of the groom and bride have fallen dead under the chuppah. I have seen the unexpected and unwanted imposition of tragedy on families. How do people cope with such heartbreak? People of faith find a way to accept and come to terms even with the worst of circumstances. Aharon remains silent in the face of the awful scene. His silence represents the acceptance of the terrible mysteries of human existence that defy any explanation. This is the bedrock of faith – acceptance of God’s will and of events in life over which we have no control.
The discipline that the laws of kashrut impose on us is also a matter of acceptance. Even if the laws of kashrut could be proven to be healthful and life-prolonging, it would still be a matter of discipline and faith to observe them. Look at the number of otherwise wise and rational people who eat in an unhealthy fashion, even though their brain knows better. One eats or refrains from eating usually only on the basis of taste of palate. But to be able to control one’s eating habits on the basis of religious discipline requires acceptance of a heavenly discipline. And this heavenly discipline, like all heavenly disciplines, in no way is understandable to the ordinary or extraordinary human mind. It is the acceptance of the discipline that is the key to Jewish survival throughout the ages. The message of the parsha of Shmini is therefore the message of acceptance of God’s will – not understandable to our finite minds as they may be.
like heavy lead, like a weighty stone
sitting in my belly, like a nasty ol’ bone
though ??? is gone
those ???? burn on
all day I walk around and groan
oh, go fly a (zees)kite!
l’chaim Zeeskite, l’chaim!!
oooooh popa! So you ARE a woman!! I knew it!!!!
LOL!
Marriage puts a ring on a woman’s finger and two under the man’s eyes.
In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the begining of a new argument.
A husband said to his wife, “No, I don’t hate your relatives. In fact, I like your mother-in-law better than I like mine.”
A little boy asked his father, “Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?” And the father replied, “I don’t know, son, I’m still paying for it.”
Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up
ok mochoh timcheh, I think bein hazemanim is over for you, you seem to be a little…ahem….disturbed, or just looking to pick on someone. in any case you should go back to your studies.
When the OP asked his question here in the CR it was a conversation starter with a clear interest in everyone’s OPINION ON the matter. end of story.
hang in there, bein hazemanim’s soon over 😉
10- amount of cups-a-booze I drank today,…so far….
10- Dibbros in Luchos, 10 makkos, 10 generations from Odom till Noach, Noach till Avraham, 10 daily nissim in the Bais Hamikdash
yichusdik- +1
True story:
Right before a friend of mine walked down the chuppa, he turned to a rebbi nearby and asked “please rebbi, do you have some last minute advise or words of wisdom before I get married?”
His rebbi, who has a great sense of humor, was put on the spot, neverthess answered,
“Marrige is like a bar of soap. It smells delicious ’til you take a bite out of it!”
And with that, he was whisked by his parents down to the chuppa. LOL!
awarenessvaad-
It sounds nice but I don’t buy it. I agree with the PROBLEM, but disagree with the REASON.
Quote,
“Accordingly, if I have never EXPERIENCED MY OWN NEEDS its impossible to give my spouse their needs since I am not in touch with the concept of NEEDS!!!!!!!!”. End quote.
Oh, please! I SO disagree! Do you really think people are so out of touch with reality?? How many people in our day and age are SO FAR-FRUMPT that they ONLY HAVE HASHEM’S NEED ON THEIR MIND and have ZERO IDEA WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE?! What planet are you on? What kind of people are you talking about here, malachim?? Are people on such high madreigos that they can’t understand mortal needs, only that of the DIVINE?
With all due respect, i would like to suggest that ONE OF the REASONS why people aren’t GIVING in a maariage, is simply because they are not being realistic, and think and live with the concept that we were raised with , that “they got married and lived happily ever after….” That everything is beautiful and lalala from the wedding and on….
Perhaps in yeshiva they were taught the IDEA of GIVING, the IDEA of selflessness, the IDEA of being mevater, but they were NOT taught of the STRUGGLES and HOW to have a ‘SUCCESSFUL FIGHT” with one’s spouse. “The shtender doesn’t fight or talk back to you!”, my rebbi used to say. How does a bochur coming from yeshiva know how to handle life’s pressures of financing, and dealing with a wife with not-such-good-middos? Marriage is hard, and it is a struggle, but one can reap the most beautiful benefits if he grows, is mature, is focused, and stays in touch with reality. I think people are unrealistic and EXPECT happiness, and EXPECT financial problems to work THEMSELVES out, they EXPECT to live happily ever after. And when it DOESN’T WORK OUT, when things aren’t as they seemed, and the wife isn’t the queen you thought, they get into fights and want OUT. Nowadays people are so ungrateful, sometimes because they expect favors, they expect you to buy them something etc. Someone wrote in the CR how a woman never said thank you after they held a store door open for her as she pushed her baby carriage inside.
People I think are very insecure, helpless, and clueless when life hits them with problems and nisyonos.
And marriages are the greatest example.
gefen- I heard that too, and I keep one in the back of my seforim shrank.
Any Sefardim here in the CR? When did you celebrate Mimouna this year? Is it part of the Shabbos meal or a seuda by itself?
welcom mitzvahgirl613, and omgalwayz!
over here it’s a ganz yur purim! I’m sure you read some threads already, so I don’t think I have to explain…
anyhow,
l’chaim yidden, l’chaim!
Shticky,
when I said we ‘dip’ with our pinky, i meant we dip and then put the “drip” on a napkin or plate under the bechur. We repeat this by all makkos, thus removing wine from the bechur.
“(I vote we get Artscroll to bring out a book on this guy!) “
I think one must be dead in order to have Artscroll come out with a book on them…but he definitely is an outstanding, choice candidate (for a book, not for being dead 😛 )
YW fan: Your question is one that got me thinking this year’s Pesach Seder, and honestly I couldn’t answer it very well. I announced by the seder this year to the kids to be smart, be alert and to ask ask ask. Tonight we ask many questions about anything by the Seder, anything about Pesach. So I could see my 5 1/2 yr old thinking really hard and after about a minute he sheepishly asks, “why can’t we eat chometz?”. I told him because the Torah instruts us yidden not to eat chometz on Pesach. Then, my 10 year old neice pipes up and asks, “yeah, but what’s the REASON?”
stumped.
siboffs! I like it! I’m gonna use that one. Thanks y.c.!
~ only the married men wash Urchatz. The water is brought to the table in a washing cup & large bowl, and a towel.
~ We greet Eliyahu HaNavi by saying, “Boruch Habah, Rebbe”.
~ My Shver, may he be well, actually negotiates with the grandkids for their afikomon presents for 20-30 minutes. He gets a real kick out of it! All in good taste and humor.
~ All the kids say Ma Nishtana, startig with the youngest kid.
you are still very much on many of our minds & hearts, Yehuda Tzvi. A refuah shelayma b’korov.
Ok, Ok, I admit it. I am a full-fledged, ko’eiyleh jew, I sing along with the chazzan’s mussaf, and enjoy breathing in the mixed smell of spring flowers, shmurah matza and Mom’s charoses. What is this tumult all about?? Ko’eiyleh is Koydesh Kodoshim!
Personally as a baal Tefilla I enjoy when the oilom joins in with the special Yom Tov niggun by Chazoras HaSha”tz and everyone gets “into it”. It’s beautiful! As far as Ko’eiyleh is concerned, Les Man D’polig, it must be said B’Kol Rom! In my shul, there’s not a soul that doesn’t sing that one out loud! It’s what makes Pesach Pesach! Forget Matza, morror, and co. If you don’t say Ko’eiyleh in my shul you would be deemed a koifur b’Ikar l’chol hadayos! And if a guy would c”v lein Ko’eila with a rev’ii or segol, (*inhales loud*) he’d be thrown out on his head, and be put in cheirum forever
hmmmm….maybe they were just very busy eating korbon pesach, matza, and maror, loading their donkeys with bizui mitzrayim, and singing Hallel……
y’think?
~ we dip our pinky finger by the makkos and d’tzach adash b’achav.
~ I don’t know why but we have a minhag to eat tzimes by the meal (sliced carrots cooked in honey sauce).
LOL, shticky, you make me laugh so often in the CR!!!
Usually when I have pain I drink booze, wine, or shnapps to numb the pain. Then again, even if I don’t have any pain I STILL drink! B’just saying..
:p