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i dont think thats the general perception

just a side thing: thats what theyre calling not bailing out the auto industry–its playing russian roulette with the economy.

Torahis1: im saddened that you think that rabbonim/rebbeim actually get “smashed” up on Purim. ive seen enough rebbeim/rabbonim drinking on Purim to tell you that when they drink, they absolutely DO NOT get “smashed”–they are just VERY happy, to the point where “ad bli dai”–but they know their limits. you can say the talmidim TAKE the fact that their rebbeim are drinking and use it as an excuse to go on a drinking binge, without limits–but the REBBEIM limit themeselves. they fail to see this, or they ignore it.

c’v im highly insulted, yashrus20. but youre absolutely right about the first two lines of your post. i think mdlevine is in the process of creating a “tehillim project” for ppl in the coffeeroom. its one of the topics, you can check it out.

why is this gender-biased??

has anyone ever thought that maybe, just maybe, a girl can be a moderator??

make time limits. ex: i only go on at night. so it seems like i have no life because every morning my name is by almost every post as “last poster” but really, i just post on them at night all at once 🙂

like feivel said, take a look at this book, “praying with fire.” im on my second round of reading it–maybe 5 minutes a night, and it really puts things into perspective.

im constantly having a hard time with davening, but this book really clarifies things and makes it so much easier to daven without a “how fast can i finish” or “i shudve slept late today”….now its, “take your time, this is your chance to build your relationship with Hashem!!” and “i cant believe i overslept”….it starts to become an integral part of you–we take it for granted that we dont have to daven minyan 🙂

hatzlacha raba and GL

im confused, is there something meaningful that will be added to our lives by knowing who the moderators are??

i highly doubt it.

i think something for girls/women to do (who either dont have time or dont know how to bake challos) is to learn hilchos shmiras halashon!!

i started learning the chofetz chaim, a daily companion evry night 2 years ago….its 2 minutes per night, i think its something we all could use as a segulah.

we would never even listen to something bad that someone says about a brother or sister of ours…we wud say you have the wrong person…nope, not my sibling…i think you got the info wrong….WE HAVTA TREAT EVRY JEW LIKE A BROTHER OR SISTER and refuse to speak/listen to/accept Loshon hora about them!

i feel this is so important…sinas chinam, which is caused THROUGH loshon hora, destroyed the Bais HaMikdash!! that mean the only way to bring Moshiach and Bais Shlishi is to have the opposite, which is ahavas chinam, brought about by Jews like you and me who strive to keep hilchos shmiras halashon.

in this zechus may we be zoche to bring Moshiach bimheira biyameinu.

tzippi: i was just thinking about how i havta take a look at that closed thread titled, “how YWCR is being taken over by BY girls”….i guess this is what youre referring to! lol im definitely with you on this one

not pashut: i think Joseph was referring to the teenage/adolescent boys that smoke because they think its cool, cuz it looks real sharp to be hanging out on ave J with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth.

i highly doubt that Joseph was implying that the rabbanim you mentioned were c’v baalei gaava.

MARK TWAIN classics:

–“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.”

–One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

–“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.”

–To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know, I’ve done it a thousand times.

–“It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.”

–“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” (reminds me of the story of the little boy who goes to shul but duznt know how to daven, so he just talks to Hashem…this is better than any tefilah some ppl sadly just say by rote!)

said it perfectly, Joseph. another word for “cool”

BYM, HOW DID YOU GUESS!

JAPP: it takes a jap to know one 🙂

im really kidding though, i take it as a compliment when ppl tell me im so “out-of-town” they never thought i was from flatbush lol

ooh good one. that woud be me for now

a few years ago (i must have been around 10 or something) my older brother, on purim, offered me a cigarette. of course i took one, it was so cool, all the older boys were doing it, and of course i half-killed myself cuz i choked on it…LOL (no joke, but im laughing now that i remember it)—but really, thats what it does, IT KILLS PEOPLE. but the temptation is very powerful. its like a modern-day avodah zora, along with all our other nisyonos that we cant seem to get enough of….

anyway the point of my little anecdote is to say, be sensitive to the fact that these boys have been watching their older brothers&friends hanging out on street corners and looking really, really cool. so i think what needs to be done is show these kids (some not kids, unfortunately) that “COOL” isnt always so good—amalek is known for their midah of kar/coldness, and mikreh/coincidence (Same loshon/shoresh). if we want to win amalek, we need to be HOT and go against their coldness….theres a medrash of amalek cooling bnei yisroel off…forgot how it goes…forgot how i ended up here….

hopefully it makes some sort of sense if you actually got to the end of this post…

im a computer-quote fan:

“If a trainstation is where the train stops, what’s a workstation…?”

“What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.”

“Who’s General Failure and why’s he reading my disk?”

“Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.”

intellegent: thanks for the clarification–no wonder i get so many “whats oberlander???” lol.

and i agree with mw13: we all have the same, true lineage, and a common goal.

were all jews and proud of it

noitallmr: it really goes: “money talks, but all mine ever says is good-bye.”

heres one that frustrated computer users will appreciate:

“If you cant beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.”

by “man’ i mean mature.

but youre right, Joseph, boys officially/legally/wtvr you wanna call it become men at 13.

congrats to wolf and bear inc. for finally realizing your manly status after 5 (boyish, im assuming) years. im waiting for that bracha…..

what is the basis or origin, btw, for giving brachos to others on their hebrew birthdays? anyone know?

“If you are an old-dude embarrassed to state your old-age, feel free to pretend you missed this thread. We’ll even play along and wink at you, covering your tracks.”

didnt you say youd leave the oldies alone?

for once, us youngsters have something to be proud of

🙂 lol

however it would be nice to know how old some ppl REALLY are, not to make fun of but to make sure i know to whom my next comment is directed at, and to write accordingly

and for those unfortunate enough to be graced by knowing you?