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Most Popular Poster – ZeesKite (9/10)

FITT- are u sure I rank a 2 in the popularity catagory and not the intelligent catagory??

I think ZeesKite ranks at least a 9 in popularity. In sanity however….

jk 🙂

Zees- “I’m just wondering, are my posts from the half that you do open?”

You are in some threads that I do open. Regarding the threads that I do NOT open, however, I wouldn’t know, would I? 🙂

yekke2- “Q. Did Yaackov actually split them into two groups? It was supposed to be part of the plan but we don’t see it ever carried out?”

That’s a great kasha that bothered me for years. I will quote to you this vort that was in Parsha Potpourri 2010 by R’ Oizer Alport:

PARSHAS VAYISHLACH

Reb Shimshon of Ostropol says a cute vort. We say every day in davening ???? ???????, and the word ???? is Gematria 677. There were 3 Malachim who were constantly helping the ????. They were ????? ?????? and ???????. These 3 malachim were the ???? of the Ovos. As a matter of fact the gematria of ????? ?????? and ??????? is , you guessed it, 677! The pasuk says that Yaakov sent malachim/messengers to Eisav. Rash”i says these messengers were ?????? ???. The letters in the word ??? can stand for these 3 malachim, ????? ?????? and ???????.

Wolf: +1

I’m with you on this one. I too play once in a while just for pure entertainment and to fuel my fantasy dreams.

~Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk.

There is a thread similar to this, you can peek at it here:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/strangest-thing-you-have-ever-eaten

Parshas VaYeitzei

here’s a nice vort by Rabbi Frand from torah.org

Where did this Tzadik, Yaakov, go after he left Beer Sheva? Our Sages say that he went to study for 14 years in the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever. This is a strange thing. Until now, Yaakov has also been sitting and learning. Now it is time to go — time to go into exile. So what does he do? He goes and sits and learns literally day and night for another 14 years!

Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky says that Yaakov had something to learn, and that is why he had to go to the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever. We all know that the holy patriarchs had their own schools of learning. The Talmud [Yoma 28b] says that our patriarchs constantly had their own Yeshivas. But, nevertheless Yaakov had something specific to gain from the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever. What was it?

Shem was the one who withstood the Generation of the Flood. He had a “special Torah” to teach — the Torah of how to exist in a hostile society, one filled with theft and immorality and corruption. Ever was the one who withstood the heresy of the Generation of the Dispersion (at the Tower of Babel). He, too, had a special Torah to teach.

So now, when Yaakov knew that he was going into Exile, to live with the deceitful Lavan, he had to learn a “different Torah” than he had learned with his father and his grandfather. He had to learn how a Jew survives in Exile, outside the Land of Israel. That is why he had to go to the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever.

Rash”i cites that all that Yaakov learned in the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever he gave over to Yosef. It was this Torah of how a Jew exists in a hostile society, that Yaakov had to give to Yosef, specifically. For Yosef also went down to a hostile environment (Egypt). He, too, needed this “special Torah.”

“the abolition of the Tal Law and the ongoing nationwide effort to pull avreichim from beis medrash to serve in the IDF will lead to warfare against us”

This is what Rav Amnon Yitzchak says is the cause of the war. Is this guy to be taken seriously? I don’t know him, just hear of his impressive kiruv successes. Is he sefardi or ashkenazi?

PARSHAS VAYEITZEI

Q. Lavan switches the kallah Rochel and puts Leah under the chuppah. Very clever Lavan, indeed, very sly and slick. One problem about this whole scheme, Lavan. It’s a mekach ta’us. So Yaakov doesn’t remain married to Leah anyways, if his intention was to marry Rochel?! So from Lavan’s point of view, what was his cheshbon??

Q. From Leah’s perspective, how in the world did SHE get caught up in her father’s cunning ways and agree to go along with the plan, AT THE EXPENSE OF HER BELOVED SISTER, ROCHEL THE KALLAH?!

No need to Zees, I think there’s an app for stinky apps.

Why am I seeing so many repeats in this thread

My kid made a havdala place mat which we hold the candle over. otherwise I make havdala on beer, grapejuice, or wine in my siver kiddush becher over a plastic plate, and whole cloves straight off the grocery shelf for besomim.

Although we received a havdala set by my chasuna, my wife isn’t interested in polishing more silver, so we don’t use it. Which is totally fine with me.

rebdoniel- I agree with the previous posts. There are nebach too many cases where people with serious illnesses and medical conditions did not disclose their medical status to their spouse until it was revealed only AFTER they got married. Which of course presents a terrible situation for the healthy partner, and most likely ends up with unhealthy feelings i.e. being cheated and deceited).

Having said that, these rumors are extremely serious allegations, and you better make sure they are true. Because if they are false rumors, it could prove to be soooo embarrassing.

Hatzlacha!

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