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Feif: That would be a violation of rule #203, which clearly states,” A Cr member can NOT vote for him/herself in any award catagory.
Polls will open for voting on December 21. Stay tuned.
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ItcheSrulik: LOL, I was gonna say that one….
“An adam gadol I knew said that daas Torah is the ability to give advice without negiyus (i.e. objectively).” That’s only a view of a Daas Yochid :p
optimusprime: huh? sorry, that totally went over my head….I’m gonna wikipedia that one…..(pause)……
…(one minute late)…OOOOOOH, I get it!!!!!
you get to vote 🙂
Oh, MP, thank you so much for typing out that long shtikel. It was beautifully written, you should write a book, or at least have your own blog with your insightful words! It’s so professional! You’re REALLY good! Loved it!
PARSHAS LECH LECHA:
In Parshas Lech Lecha, a monumental meeting takes place between the two great individuals living at that time: Avraham and Malchi- Tzedek, whom Chazal identify as Shem, son of Noach. While their encounter is shrouded in mystery and metaphor, the Torah recounts that Malchi-Tzedek, upon meeting Avraham, “brought out bread and wine – and he [Malchi-Tzedek] was a priest to G-d, most Exalted. (14:18)”
What is the symbolic significance of the bread and wine that Malchi- Tzedek served?
Bread is only good when it’s fresh. But go to your local vintner, and ask him for a “good fresh bottle of wine,” and watch him cringe in utter distaste. Ask any Frenchman worth his baguette: A fresh-baked loaf of bread, and a chilled bottle of aged wine, these are the components of any gourmet meal. The fresher the bread, and the older the wine, the more the palate takes delight.
The Torah describes Avraham Avinu in his older years: “And Avraham was old – he had come with his days. (Bereishis 24:1)” This means that Avraham brought the days of his youth with him into his elder. Normally, youth carries with it the advantage of energy and enthusiasm. As one gets on in his years, he loses the vigour of his youth, but is graced with the wisdom and maturity that come with age. Rare is the individual who can retain the vitality of his youth even as the candles on his proverbial birthday cake fruitfully multiply.
Yet this was exactly what Avraham Avinu achieved. While by no means a youngster, he served Hashem with the freshness and enthusiasm usually reserved for those still wet behind the ears. As a tribute to this unique combination of youth and age, Malchi-Tzedek served bread and wine, two foods that possess the opposite qualities of freshness and maturity, yet together form a meal pleasing to even the most refined tastebuds.
Life offers every man a staff and a scale of notes. The song he sings is one of his own making. If his song is sweet, the world will stop to listen and hear it. If it will be brave, they will follow it. If it be a dirge, they will run away.
Ask yourself, “What is the music in MY life?”
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Nominations for the various awards on this thread is set to be at the end of 2011. Voting begins December 21, 2011 right here. One vote (for each award) per member. The Annual CoffeeRoom Award Ceremony will take place IY”H at the Great Taste CR Ballroom in your local Virtual Town of CoffeeTown.
January 5th, 2012 at 7pm (EST).
Please present your CR membership at the door.
Always put off until tomorrow what you shouldn’t do at all.
pba is absolutely correct, Jothar. Last year someone from my Yeshiva (which I graduated in 1993!) wanted to know the entire class list since pre 1A! He would like to make a special Alumni melave malka. I told him sorry buddy you’re a tad late. y’know, juuuust missed it, by about,say,….2 decades!!!!!
From graduation, the yeshiva better keep tabs on each student and continue to keep some sort of kesher. You can’t come back 20 years later! I don’t even feel like it was my yeshiva anymore. They messed up, big time!
Baal-Ha-Booze (before the drink)
BlaboozzzzzZZZ (after the drink)
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LOL! Feif, that’s hilarious!!
hear, hear!
…d’you think he’ll show up to pick up his award?
Just behave and follow the simple rules: Use your brain when commenting, and drink your coffee. Oh, and humor is always welcome.
L’Chaim.
(I drink booze with my coffee)
ok this has nothing to do with the parsha, but I was just drinking some schnapps for lunch today and i remembered a vertel Rabbi Frand said by this year’s Aseres Yemei Teshuva drasha.
He said it’s interesting that the word for life in Hebrew, is ????. Although ?? is a word, and that means alive, but the word for LIFE is ????, almost like ??, but in the plural context, seemingly. Why? Because for a yid, life is not life, if one lives in his own little world of self. His own ?’ ????, minding his own business. Life is about more than just YOU. It’s about another yid, ANY yid, together WITH you. THAT’S chaim, that’s how a yid lives!
Now, my friends, let’s drink to that.
L’Chaim yidden, L’Chaim!
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when we made an upsherin last week Thur., 29 Tishrei, for my twins, my 7 year old daughter came running into my room that morning and in all seriousness exclaimed,” Tatty, I think we made a big mistake! Today is Oct 27! Their birthday is TOMORROW (oct. 28)!
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Obaminator: “The rabbonim aren’t going to go for this type of stuff.”
what type of stuff?? what type of stuff specifically are you referring to? If everything is B’Halacha, and is with mashgichim, for both genders, and with people getting older and more desperate?!
Astrix…you are on to something! (I am BH married for 10 yrs now, so I’m obviously not into shidduchim, and) everytime I hear of singles/shidduch meetings I always think it’s for people who are NOT heimish/yeshivish/or anyone considered really frum. But maybe when done in a proper setting, with the right people, as you suggested, such a thing can kick off- even for the frummest!
LSH: very true, with younger children (in their 20’s) in shidduchim. However, some people are reaching an age, or had reached an age where parents are not the ones talking with the shadchanim anymore, it’s THEY themselves who are talking with shaddchonim and doing the ‘homework’.
shlishi: Nowadays, you can’t pull off that shtick anymore. too bad though.
A egoist is a person who is always me-deep in conversation.
The poorest man is a person with nothing but money.
Children have more need for models than criticism.
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far for Shabbos as today is from last Friday if today were yesterday. What day of the week is today?
LOL farfetzed!! I’m gonna use that one! Love it.
mamashtakah: WoW, you brought back good memories. Used to hear that song on a record player, lol!!
Toi: smartical….nice!
In the CR, you have to scroll down to decaffinated coffee. click on it, then when the next page opens you’ll have underneath the topics, pages 2,3,4, etc.
hatzlochah!
For you to feel feeling GUILTY is NOT the solution NOR healthy NOR even right! My dear friend, I can only try to comprehend your feelings and I think the OVERWHELMING feeling that you have now is sadness. Sadness of a(nother) lost neshama. But you have to understand, that everyone has bechira, and THEY chose to associate themselves with goyim instead of yidden. Yes, it is SO sad. But we can only do so much. YOU can only do so much. you’re not a kiruv worker. your just a REGULAR guy. don’t be so hard on yourself. YOU didn’t want this to happen. It’s not YOU. Perhaps speak to someone in kiruv and tell your story, I’m sure they had THEIR share of “failure” stories, and can offer optimistic and uplifting advice. There is just so much we can control. Hatzlocha.
While cleaning the attic, Sam found an old stub for some shoes he left at the repair shop 10 years ago. He thought it would be funny to go to the shop and see if the shoes were still there. So he did. He handed the stub to the repair man who took it and looked in the back. After some moments, he comes out and says, “They’ll be ready on Wednesday.”
oooOOOOKAY I think I’ve put this thread off long enough (pun intended)
Here’s my trick. I always have a list. I ALWAYS cross off the things I did. I ALWAYS make a mental note to REMEMBER HOW GOOD IT FEELS to cross off something. That keeps me going!
agav,
I love these 2 quotes on this inyin:
1) Procrastination isn’t the problem. It’s the solution. It’s the universe’s way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.
2) Procrastination is my sin. It brings me naught but sorrow.
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Hey, I knew a man just like that one!
But he wore purple.
so it couldn’t have been him.
Anyway, he died from that silly purple moose, so never mind.
Uh oh, I’m feeling blue!
Good Shabbos, my CR friends!
p.s. Goq, enjoy the cake this Shabbos 😉
Nunavut Territory (Canada)
Fantastical!
Heard this word yesterday and first thing I thought of after digesting it is I am definitely going to add it to this thread.I know it’s not a real word but I fell in love with it when I heard it. It’s just so …..fantastical!
hey there Wonderstruck,
This place is fantastic, and I’m thrilled to welcome you into the CR!
Don’t be shy to start a new thread, to express your opinion, or just to ‘chap’ a shmooze. Posters here come in all types, shapes and levels; from interesting to humorous to wise to insightful,fun or even controversial. Hope you enjoy your stay!
L’Chaim, L’Chaim!
But seriously, talking to youself is just a natural and healthy sign of old age. Before you know it, you get used to it, and then when the hearing gets weak, you don’t even end up hearing yourself!
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L’Chaim, L’Chaim!
yeah my friend, this place just isn’t the same without you
I concur with Kilo Bear! Kilo, my trusty volenteer, please step forward and stretch out your neck for us to demonstrate Hereg, this should teach all those OTD people out there what’s coming to them if they don’t shape up…
WOW that’s so true! I agree with ZeesKite, really insightful, and no, it wasn’t boring at all! As a matter of fact I felt I gained something from that. thank you so much again, MiddlePath!
Something is very wrong here.
Usually after a couple shots, the alcohol gets to my head and all the posts im busy reading on my computer either starts looking verrrrry bluuuurry, or they look upside down! But here I am drinking my booze for the past 45 minutes, and I can STILL read all these posts!! WHO’S BEEN PLAYING WITH MY BOOZE??!
Hey, my last post was #1656. That was the year of the mabul!
* Whew, wow! see that? I tell ya’, ever since I joined this CR my b’kius is getting better and better! Either that, or somebody has been spiking up my booze a notch lately….in any case, thanks,guys!!
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I used to have Schizophrenia, but we’re both fine now 🙂