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old man: True MOST of jewish history is full with tzoros and suffering for klal yisroel. But there have been many pockets of tekufos where we were zoiche to successful and happy years (for the most part). Case in point: The last half a century!
kapusta: yes, and yes.
From husband to wife:
-jewlery
-tickets to a show
-dinner at a classy, nicer restaurant
-gift certificate at one of her faviorite stores
-perfume
-gift certificate at a spa
-restaurant and hotel for one night(doesn’t have to be far)
-camera/camcorder/iphone/ipod/any gadget that she would appreciate
-breakfast in bed
-surprise her with her favorite cake/dessert/nosh
ALWAYS present her with an anniversary card, Happy Anniversay wishes, and appreciate her and thank her for all that she does, and tell her how HAPPY you are that you married her and that you love her more and more with each passing year.
There’s SO MUCH MORE! you just gotta think, think, think, what’s appropriate, what she would appriciate, and budget yourself sensibly.
It sounds like music, yes, but it is NOT music. Hense, the heter. That being said, hashkofically speaking, I was told it isn’t ‘proper’ to listen to akapella albums during the 3 Weeks, or Sefira, because since in those tekufos we are in (national) mourning, it would disturb the mood and spirit. Although it is not ossur, one (a frum person) should refrain.
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Hey Goq,
Was thinking about you. How are you doing these days? How’s the exercising & dieting coming along? Hope all is well, and I want to wish you continued success, health and happiness! You’re one of the most awesome and friendly posters here, and appreciate your input in all the discussions/topics here. Keep it up!
🙂
yeah, you! This smile is for YOU!!
I never opened this thread before because(sigh,as usual) I didn’t like your title, popa. I opened it now only by mistake, and started reading your post. Anyways, you made me look, so here’s the stupid pennybook u made me buy!
p.s. BTW when no one’s around, trees don’t even fall in forests. They are transported from a vertical position to horizontal by Hashem, in a millisecond the next time someone passes that spot 🙂
oh, also, atoms were always around; ein davar chodosh tachas hashmesh. Now, about that negative, despicable title….
isn’t there a Rash”i that brings down, on a posuk in chumash, an issur to attend stadiums (so as not to entertain ourselves together with goyim)?
I think the answer is that anything used for avoda zara must be burned (if it’s in your reshus) and can NEVER be used for anything, nor have any benefit derived from it.
xmas decorations, and haloween costumes were never used for anything ossur, and therefore may be bought and used for our Yom Tovim.
coffee addict: “wow I don’t know which teams you follow but i have never heard players say nivul peh and havent repeated it”
oh, please. Your posts are usually filled with smart intelligent things to say, but you dropped the ball here. With all due respect, athletes and sports personalities are the lowest of the low together with them hollywood stars and singers. Their mouths reek of a sick vocabulary; during practice, in their personal lives and when playing. Maybe they are more subdued on t.v. being interviewed in front of a camera. But you tell me one athlete with a clean mouth and I’ll show you a thousand!
“there is no problem of Negiya if not doing it in a derech of chiba”
don’t know halacha too well, I’ll be the first to admit. But are you sure about that?? Putting yourself in a matsiv where a large, mixed crowd gathers and high chances of bumping into opposite genders -derech chiba or not, i beleive, must be avoided.
No?
PARSHAS CHAYEI SARAH
There’s a vort from the Belzer Rebbe ZT”L on this week’ parshah which is fantastic! He asks a very strong question. Before Eliezer found Rivkah, he had no idea who will marry Yitzchok. Yet it says when the marriage proposal was finalized with the family, Eliezer brought gifts for the family. He brought fruits from E”Y-(that’s a thoughtful gift! Everyone enjoys a good delicious refreshing food) He brought jewlery for Rivka (smart gift! Any woman would accept those!) and also clothes. Asks the Belzer Rebbe, what SIZE clothes did he bring?? Yitzchok’s bashert could be ANYONE! so maybe she’ll be small, maybe she’ll be heavy, or maybe thin….???
The question is a beauty, but the answer is even BETTER:
He says he didn’t bring clothes for Rivka to WEAR, he brought a sample of tzniusdig’ clothes to SHOW her that THIS is the FASHION and STYLE clothes that one wears in an Avrohom Ovinu’s house!
In Lovon’s house, I don’t know what you wear, low cut, mini skirts, whatever,…well, that may fly over around HERE, but if you want to marry Yitzchok, the Living Korbon, and wish to become a Matriarch for Klal Yisroel…THIS is the dress code and type of clothes worn by Imohos HaKedoshim!
Then of couse there’s the story (not sure which Rosh Yeshiva):
Talmid: R”Y, besides Bitul torah, what issurim am I oiver if I go to a ballgame?
R”Y: Bitul Torah.
Talmid: But what issurim BESIDES that. Am I oiver any other lav?
R”Y: Bitul Torah
Talmid: I KNOW bitul torah! I mean BEESIDES that one!
R”Y: NO!! You are oiver on Bitul Torah! Period! There need not BE any OTHER issurim to stop you from going. You’re worried what you will be oiver, yet you push bitul torah to the side and seek OTHER issurim. why?? Is Bitul Torah not BAD ENOUGH for you??!
lesson- it is bitul torah. Add that to my list above. ’nuff said.
There are some issurim that one MIGHT be oiver from being a sports fan. If one avoids these pitfalls, I don’t see why it is ossur.
Issurim include:
Lo Sichonein= issur to compliment, flatter or to praise a non-jew. (this one is the toughest as a sports fan)
Nival peh= using bad language
(words in this catagory creeps into our subconscious minds when hearing how our “heros” speak. happened to me many times, I’m ashamed to admit.)
Negiya= this happens in crowded stadiums, and sports complexes, with people of the opposite gender sitting next to you, or when entering and leaving with the crowd.
these are the MOST common one can be oiver. yes there are more but it’s my personal list.
moi aussi: NU= come on…
and ADERABLE= just the opposite,
Shticky Guy: NACHAS=get pride
very weak translation but close. It’s a lot more than pride…
NEFESH=soul
nefesh is different than neshamah. There is no REAL translation.
Long live King Jothar!!!!
O.K. I’ll be first.
My real name is Dini and I’m a 9 year old girl who is “addicted” to hot cocoa. OMG, especially with cream!!! I just thought it would be cool to have “booze” in my name, not “cocoa”, because cocoa sounds just like my family name. hee,hee!
I live in the heart of Flatbush ( I-J, in the 20’s) and my best friend is Gumball!!!!!!!!
We ride our bikes like everyday on ocean ave, at 5pm, sometimes later.
Sometimes we ride late at night, honk our horns for fun, torch parked cars…….oops,..um…never mind…uhhh….ok,gotta go!
Last night had my first razzle!
OMG, why was i not introduced to one earlier? That stuff’s goooood!!
i dreamt last night I was eating this giant marshmallow,and when I woke up my pillow was gone…..
🙁
BSD: What does barrimin mean?
How about these words
-Nachas
-Nefesh
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brace yourself, onegoal! You’ll need a blowtorch, some unperishable foods, and a corkscrew.
oh, and a hammer to bang your noggin’ for beleiving if anything cosmic will happen.
A gut shabbos to you middlepath. Thank you for your inspiration, and wonderful ‘essay’ threads you posted. thanks to all of you my CR friends. A Good Shabbos.
LOL, Shticky Guy! good one.
may I request from you ladies to knit me a colorful baggie for my paper clip and bottle cap collections. It shouldn’t be larger than 106’x 302′. thank you so much.
OH MY GOSH!! 11:11:11 !! Do you SEE it!! Do you FEEL it!! Do you TASTE it?? do you…..oh,wait…ooooh, sorry….naaw, forget it,..I was…I was looking at those 6 wine bottles I just finished…hehe. sorry.
L’Chaim yidden, L’Chaim!
Trivia Question: Why do we answer amen to our own brocha of ‘U’Venei’ in bentching?
first one with the correct answer gets a free cup of freshly brewed coffee from our beloved Mods!
Between my booze and the CR my life is basically set.
oh yeah. my family. them too.
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-when you crave for a coffee and start heading to your computer.
-when you get in a heated argument with someone and the best you can come up with to call them is ‘Joseph’!
-you start introducing yourself to new people you meet as your SN instead of your real name! (that almost happened to me yesterday, but I figured maybe it had something to do with that case of wine I polished off for supper. y’think?) 😉
it’s called ‘brohnffee’
ok,ok, i just made that one up…but it’s a great word…lol…brohnffee! has a nice ring to it, kinda’ slides off the tongue…brrrronhffee…hehe
hey, we should add this and more words in my voca-booze-lary* to the official Coffee Room Dictionary:
-half a cup of brohnfin in coffee is called “cough-ee”
-3/4 cup of brohnfin in coffee is called an “L.I.S.P.” (LIquid Sleeping Pill)
-cappuccino and brohnfin= brohnfinccino
L’Chaim yidden, L’Chaim!
(gulp, gulp, gulp)
BLLLEECHHHHHHHHHHHHH……(*vomits*)
….o.k. about that…(*spits*)…brohnfinccino….
*voca-booze-lary= vocabulary for you slow pokes:)
anyone know what a cup of coffee with a shot of brohnfin in it is called?
Oh,Oh I can’t wait!!! I planned it aaaaall out….I will make sure to be on the 11th floor, of the 11th building on my block, with 11 other people, wearing a shirt with eleven colors, drinking from…..I mean, come on! Knock off this nonsense! This is such mishigass! Reminds me of Y2K, only with out all the theories of what’s gonna happen. we will one day look back at this day and see……..absolutely nothing.
…but you can bet your boots I’ll be peeking at my watch! won’t you?
🙂
The answer to my riddle above is: Today is Monday.
squeak: I can’t figure it out, Got any more clues?
I’m pandomly rosting too…
…hic!
sorry for the hat, onegoal…. here i’ll pay youu….lets see here what i have…. uuuuuhm…2 candy wrappers,…a receipt from the Wine Store,….hmmmmm…..here, you can have my hanky and my 2010 pocket calander…
And please, keep the change!
‘tanks onegoal. Take me drunk, I’m home.
gulp, gulp, gulp…
….aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Buuurp!)
‘diz booz iz guuud.
…..(silence)…..
…wherr de heck am I?
“the difference between scotch, bourbon, single malt, double malt, etc.”
First of all, you should know that there is no diff. bet. them after somewhere ’bout the 13-14th glass 😉
But BEFORE that, there are some minor differences, yes. Technically there is no difference between whiskey and scotch. Scotch is made in Scotland, and whiskey, elsewhere. They are both barley based distilled beverages that are barrel aged.
Burbon is made in the same distillation and aging manner as whiskey, but it is mainly from corn, and is american based (Kentuky?)
Malt whisky is a whisky made from 100% malted barley; it is distilled in an onion-shaped pot still. Malt whisky that’s made in one distillery, not blended with anything alse, is called a single malt whisky to distinguish it from blended whiskies (“double malt”)
L’Chaim yidden, L’Chaim!
…You go post your shailas in the CR before even thinking of going to your LOR for a psak.
…As you skim through a menu in a sushi restaurant you can’t help thinking how each of the names of dishes would make for a great SN
…as your family is sitting around the shabbos table saying funny stories and jokes and laughing, you holler “LOL! LOL!”
CHAPPPPPPPS ‘EM!!!!!!!!!
-when your nose gets too sensitive to use paper towels to blow your nose.
-When you find yourself in the outer dancing circle by weddings more often than the inner ones and you’re happier that way!
-you can listen to a shiur and not fall asleep in middle.
-you start reading the nutrition facts on food packages.
Why do we need this thread if the dvar torah thread is one of the permanent blue stickies on the top of the CoffeeRoom page?
OMG, am yisrael chai, you are right
it was there the whole time in full sight
if I would only look at the good I had
and not focus on the bad
i wouldn’t end up so sad
thank you for showing me the light
oooooooh….high school maaaath…..bringing back baaaaad memories……I’m outta here!
AYC, I hear what you say
and I do hope and pray
that come what may
these ???????? ???? stop right away
Perhaps I should take on a vow
something light, nothing WOW
a new ?????, or a chessed job
instead of sitting here depressingly and sob
’cause next time I come to rhyme
i wanna see that sun shine
with YWN flooded with Mazel Tovs
new babies, weddings, and Bar Mitzvohs
Only simchas, and happy news
a dose of “cheer” we sure can use
then I’ll raise my glass of booze
and toast a L’CHAIM to all you, my fellow jews
soliek -LOL!
ronrsr – I agree with AYC! you’re so nice! If you don’t teach him now, he’ll have terrible problems later in life R”L. It’s such an important task you have, please show him the way, for his sake.
A Sad, Sad Week
This rhyme is not meant to amuse
I just cannot read anymore news
day after day, tragedies we never knew
one worse than the next, is it not true
What a difficult week for all of us jews
Believing these horrific reports, I refuse
Untimely passings, tragedies galore
Sorry, i just need to express my sad moods
BaalHabooze
how on earth did i get to this thread?
I gotta stop drinking schnapps for breakfast.
This is difficult, and I learned the hard way. The BEST is to start when they are VERY YOUNG (like 2 years old). Otherwise my wife cooked chicken in many different ways (for protein) so the kids now know which kind they like/dislike. At first they turned their noses away, but with treats and common-sense, we bribed them to finish their plates. Whether it’s dipping it in ketchup(their favorite way to eat chicken) or to give them delicious drinks, etc. Eventually they enjoy and like it, they now eat a whole lot of protein. BTW, when kids eat protein, they are MUCH EASIER to try new foods. Kids who eat no protein, are fussy eaters and have a hard time eating new foods!
Only Shabbos do we serve sugary cereals. Weekdays we have a variety of healthy cereals from which they can choose from-and they love it! For example, today we had corn flakes with sliced pieces of bananas for fun! Fish is not a good seller, unfortunately , and my older kids won’t go near it except gefilte fish. My little ones eat fish, b”h.
hatzlochah!