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Joseph: On the contrary, sausages, bacon, etc. are very common for goyim. My wife was the Director of Dietary services for a Kosher assisted living facility that was purchased by a company with treif locations. They gave her a sample menu that had meat stuff on the breakfast menu every day.
charliehall: That seems to be the most appropriate approach. It’s sad that people say kaddish in a meaningless way, like it’s a contest who can finish faster. I wait and answer the last person, because they are usually left out.
Wolf, I suggest you go near the Bimah and say it loader and at your own pace. The Shul has to wait for you and the others will get the message that it won’t save them the 5-10 seconds.
Sam2: It just proves that people should mind their own business. We are not taking about anything that is harmful and not even against Halacha here, but fools somehow feel the need to police everyone else.
Let’s say for one second, that someone is doing something that is against Halacha. Taking physical action or even berating them is going to change their behavior?
There comes a point where Chumarah’s become the acts of a chamor. It’s chutpah to impose ones chumarah’s on others. At that point, chamor is more appropriate.
I only wear sunglasses on occasion when I drive and the sun is extremely bright. In general, the whole issue is shtus. If it’s protecting someone’s eyes, how did this become a big deal?
Maybe the tznius police need to see where someone is looking and sunglasses may prevent that?
How did we get so crazy?
charliehall: One more thing and I hate to bust your bubble, but here goes. Believe it or not, there is a vast and very different world outside of NY.
I grew up in NY and after I got married, I lived in a very mixed Jewish and mostly Hispanic, with some Blacks, in NY. The mentality and people of NY are way different. I also lived a long time outside of NY before making Aliyah and I can tell you from first hand experience how different it is.
When it comes to Hispanics, the Puerto Rican percentage of the Hispanic population is far greater in NY. Where we lived, most Hispanics were from South America. Their cultures and dialects are very different.
I never saw a Puerto Rican throw their garbage outside their window, nor did I ever see them half naked and drunk urinating on their neighbor’s lawn.
Puerto Rican’s like everyone else, have their own shtick, but they are far more acclimated to their environment. They are also American citizens.
Hispanics from South America, who are in the U.S. legally, are also very different than the illegals, especially in their respect for the laws. The many Hispanic that I knew in my old community were very upset at the behaviors and presence of the illegals.
charliehall:Wow, can you distort a post and take things out of context.
Aside from the fact that many illegals do vote and I’ve seen it myself in my former community, your whole multicultural response is extremely dishonest.
I suggest you reread my post. I never suggested that people give up their heritage, language or culture. I did say that they should learn english so they were able to function in society. This is exactly what most Jews, Italians and Irish did and none of those groups gave up anything to do so.
Multiculturalism was created by Leftist to prevent people from assimilating enough to function and succeed in society. All it does, like the structure of the welfare programs, is to keep people down and dependent, which is harmful to the country, except for the Democrat Party.
Nice about your experience in the Bronx, but I was president of a neighborhood association in a community with a sizable Hispanic section of both legals and illegals. My experience is the exact opposite. They made their neighbors miserable, both blacks and Jews. The Mayor and former Governor declared the city ans state a “sanctuary” location for illegals with very negative results.
Again, where did anyone say that Hispanics should forget Spanish?
charliehall: Bill Clinton committed treason as President, by giving advanced computer technology to China in exchange for campaign contributions. Here is part of a Washington Post article:
“House Rebukes Clinton on China Satellite Export
By John F. Harris and Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 21, 1998; Page A01
In a series of nearly unanimous votes, the House yesterday said President Clinton failed to act in “the national interest” earlier this year when he gave permission for a Chinese satellite launch to a U.S. aerospace firm with close Democratic ties, and moved to block him from approving similar exports.
With all but a handful of Democrats joining the House GOP majority, legislators rebuked Clinton’s handling of a critical aspect of U.S.-China policy — commerce in militarily sensitive technology — just a month before he is to make a long-planned trip to Beijing. One of the measures, effectively banning all further exports of commercial satellites to China, would terminate current and pending deals by U.S. companies valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.”
I see you also conveniently left off Obama.
Charliehall: Illegals can’t vote legally, but some States register people when they get a drivers license and they don’t check citizenship. Also, your President is looking for paths to citizenship for illegals.
On your second post, most immigrant in years gone by wanted to integrate into society. They retained their old languages but also learned english, so they were able to function in society. The multi-cultural mentality keeps people divided in every way with no assimilation into what was formerly the American culture. Like divide and conquer.
I saw this first hand in my former community and the result wasn’t pretty.
They won’t forget spanish by learning english.
DaMoshe: I agree 100%. It’s absurd that people feel they must criticise him when he does the right thing.
The only music if his that I ever heard, had a great message.
People in kiruv say that people should not move ahead very quickly, that they should take things step by step or they’re more likely to fall back. I don’t know if this fits his case, but hopefully he will return. Attacking him certainly won’t make that happen.
catch yourself: very true, but they weren’t.
This happened to us this past Sunday in Yerushalayim.
We were in a shopping center, which had inadequate parking. The parking lot had a side section with enough room for 12 cars. The ingress and egress had room for a car going in and out at the same time. This is where I parked, since it was the only spot left in the whole parking lot.
When we got there at 1:30p.m., there was a car parked blocking part 1/2 of the in and out section. When I got back to my car at 3:45, there was another car blocking the other side leaving 12 cars with no way out and 10 people were there screaming. One car got a ticket at 9:10a.m. and the other at 2:00p.m.
We looked for something to open the car doors, so we can push it out of the way, but nothing was available.
Someone called the Police, who came 20 minutes later. The cop got the cell phone numbers of each car owner and called them. He told them to come out immediately and that there are 10 people trying to get out.
One person answered, “I can’t, I’m in Bnai Brak.” The other answered, “I can’t, I’m in Beer Sheva.” Unbelievable chutzpah and lack of Derech Eretz.
We had to lift one of the cars and push it enough for us to get out. It cost us well over an hour and prevented us from doing other things we needed to do.
Too many Jews have been conditioned to vote for Democrats since the Roosevelt days. What they don’t understand, is that this isn’t the Democratic Party of old. It’s the 60-70’s radicals who are the current breed of Democrats.
If you read the speeches of JFK, Ed Muskie and Hubert Humphrey, along with the speeches of Ronald Reagan, you’d be hard pressed to see a significant difference.
Democrats had claimed to be the party of the working class. Now, they are the party of the poor, in that they love the poor so much, that they want to keep them that way. The more the dependency class, the more voters they have and that highlights the only real success of the Obama Presidency,i.e, increasing the dependency class.
scared driver delight: People need to understand the difference between legal and illegal immigration. Nobody said they were against the legal variety.
Joseph’s statement, if you read it again, proves he never said what you are implying. He said, correctly, that illegal immigration is unfair to those waiting their turn to immigrate LEGALLY. What’s worse, is even after an illegal is caught committing a crime, your President doesn’t want to deport him.
Joseph’s post was right on and very reasonable.
akuperma: You can’t apply a current law to what took place 65-100 years ago on any issue. That’s a very poor argument. Jews entered the U.S. legally at that time and many more died as a result of quota’s place on us during and prior to WWII.
Laws are irrelevant if they are not enforced, per what’s going on today. Even worse, is having a President who is encouraging more illegal immigration and cities and states that have become sanctuary locations by choice, all to get more democrat voters. The fact that Americans have died as a result and life has been made unbearable for many doesn’t seem to matter, as in some southern states.
What DaasYochid said is absolutely correct. In addition, Obama guaranteed to protect Iran’s nuclear program against military and cyber attacks. That includes stopping Israel militarily if he has to.
Netanyahu has told the truth about this issue all along and he is right. His responsibility is to protect Israel. Obama isn’t even protecting the U.S., since Iran is being allowed to purchase and develop ballistic missiles, which is needed to hit the U.S., the “Great Satan,” not Israel.
Sanctions were harming Iran. The action should have been to double down on them and really turn the screws, not give them a free hand for their evil objectives.
The Muslim part of Obama is shinning through very clearly.
Also, public school student have to go to their area designated schools unless they get special permission otherwise.
It depends if the Yeshiva is an Accredited School. If so, they have to adhere to a core curriculum, though it doesn’t necessarily mean they do a good job of it.
NY Yeshivas get more Bd of Ed services than most other cities.
Akuperma: It has nothing to do with money. It doesn’t cost anything to add a link from the site they are getting the news from. It’s most likely two factors; the garbage on some of those site and not to divert you away from YWN’s site.
rabbiofberlin: You’re correct, except for one thing. Islam didn’t have child sacrifice in those days.
When did we ever see the same response from the Arabs after a Jews is harmed?
The problem I have with this whole situation is that there is no proof at all this crime was committed by Jews. Arabs know how to write Hebrew too,
Also, the report from a Jew who went to offer condolences to the family said:
1. He found out that there was a blood feud between this family and another Arab family living nearby.
2. The house in question was deep into the community, making it illogical for an outsider to have committed the crime.
Joseph: Good luck with that. I’d settle for picture ID’s o prevent voter fraud.
The average public school student couldn’t pass the test you’re suggesting. There was a video of interviews of Harvard students on basic civics. Many couldn’t pass it either. It’s a dumbed down society and liberals like it that way.
Also, because those who do have jobs don’t feel secure enough to purchase bigger ticket items and business investments are in the same boat.
DikDukDuck: Exactly. While Jews in the U.S. are so worried about us in Eretz Yisroel, we are far more worried about you.
Capitulate, but only after he finds the TV cameras.
DC MUTU: It’s not just the shower. If the cloths reek and he’s wearing the same shirt every day, all the showers in the world won’t help.
Excellence: Very true. It’s like that old (sad) joke of Moshiach going into a Chassidish Steibel wearing a fedora and was rejected because “how can Moshiach not be wearing a Streimel, then goes to a Yeshivish Shul wearing a Kippah Seruga and the same thing happens….all the way down the line until he gives up and leaves.
People judge too much on externals. B”H, it’s not always that way. Before making Aliyah, I Davened in a Chassidish Shteibel for a very long time. The Rov, ZT”L was a real Tzaddik, he was a Satmar Chosid, yet the Baal Koreh wore a Kippah Seruga and was a YU grad. It didn’t matter to him. He looked at everyone individually for who they were on the inside.
Joseph and sushibagel: No one is disputing the fact that we always dressed differently than the goyim, but that wasn’t the point. Some of things that Jews insist on holding dear and look down on those who don’t conform, were really copied from Goyim. Making a slight change doesn’t negate that fact.
sushibagel: If you google pictures of Russian Noblemen and see their streimel like hats and then find pictures of streimels from the same era, you’ll find any difference, if there is one at all, to be negligible.
I thought it was very funny when I saw a Chassidish kids book that had a picture of Moshe Rabbeinu wearing a streimel. So much for being factual.
sushibagel: Sanctions were making it difficult for them and they are hurting financially. Funding for Hezbolloh and others were reduced significantly.
Granted, it was hardly enough. Sanctions should have been much tougher. They didn’t give anything. That’s the issue. Pride intact? They are laughing themselves silly over the ineptness of Obama and Kerry.
You have to understand the Mid-East and Arab mentality. They only respect toughness and force. Now they know that they conned everyone and can do as they please.
It’s just like N. Korea, only these crazies will use the bomb when they get it. They also now have an open door to getting the ballistic missiles they seek and they don’t need them to hit Israel. It’s pretty easy to know who their target will be.
Joseph: Before John Kennedy, it was common for goyim to wear hats. The Streimel was copied from Russian and Polish Nobleman. I wear a hat too, but it’s not such a simple issue that it’s a Jewish thing. It just became one over time.
It doesn’t make you more or less a Jew and the same goes for what type of Yalmukah you wear.
sushibagel: Capitulation is never right. Keep tightening the screws with sanctions and any other means available. Obama just initiated your destruction.
will threaten the king of Arabia and because of this the king of Arabia will go to the king of Edom [USA] for advice.
Afterwards the king of Persia will destroy [most of]
And the people of Israel will be frantic and hysterical and they will say, where will we come and go? Where will be come and go?
And Hashem will say to them: Do not fear my children, do not fear. All that I have done I did only for you. Why are you afraid? The time for your Redemption has come!
Wolf: you’re 100% correct. My other pet peeve is guys who bring very young kids to Shul who constantly make noise. In general, it’s a good thing to bring kids to Shul, but as long as they are disruptive, they should be left home.
ubiquitin: I don’t know what you read, maybe the Church’s nonsense that they refused to submit to peer review, but the article that DaasYochid posted is very real.
The information I wrote previously was told to me by one of the people mentioned in the article. I think he’s far more qualified than you to have researched it and confirmed its authenticity. Now that he’s retired, he became a Torah Code researcher himself.
If you believe the Torah is from Hashem, then the whole issue is very plausible. We learn that everything is contained in the Torah, this is just one of the methods of deciphering it.
DaasYochid: The labels are often very negative. Thomas Edison was labeled stupid and a slow learner; Einstein was labeled slow and lazy; plenty of very bright kids are labeled that they can’t learn. Mostly they’re bored because a classroom is designed for the lowest common denominator.
How many kids are drugged because their environment is not conducive for them? Way too many!!
It’s never wise to label a child. It destroys them.
ubiquitin: You can scoff all you want, but we know that there are many levels to the Torah and everything is contained in it. Torah Codes are nothing new, though now it’s more accessible because of computers.
Do some research before you disparage things.
Torah Code were submitted for mathematical peer review and experts were unable to refute it.
Sad but true. A self fulfilling philosophy caused by their own ignorance and stupidity. It happens all too often.
mentsch1: PETA wasn’t a consideration in anything I said. They are a bunch of wacho’s with an agenda. They care nothing for people and truth be told, I doubt they really care about animals either.
Weren’t they caught, in their “humane” kennels euthanizing kittens just to save or make more money, so they don’t have to take care of them. The Huffington Post, a liberal paper/web site reported that in 2013.
I was speaking solely from a Torah perspective.
mentsch1: There are Halachas involving Tzar Ba’alei Chayim. Should someone go to jail? It depends on what they do.
Do you feel that abusing animals, or anything else is ok? I don’t get the question.
Are we a civil society or not? Well, maybe I shouldn’t ask that last question anymore.
The whole issue of animal rights is a misnomer. Animals have no rights since they can not exercise any rights. The real issue is that we have responsibilities toward animals to treat them humanely and should not tolerate abuses of any kind.
The problem with animal rights activists like PETA, is their is no balance and they don’t care about people, like when Yasser Arafat, y’s, used animals laden with bombs to try to kill Jews, they were only concerned about the animals.
“what’s the big deal?”
I no longer get headaches during or after a fast day. What works for me, is to be well hydrated and eat carbs before the fast and take a nap during the fast day. It works.
The thing to do now is to make Aliyah and help make Israel the Country it’s supposed to be and show Hashem how much we want the Geulah. Sitting still and living with Eisav just doesn’t do that.
RebYidd23: For those that actually see it and do nothing is far worse. Most people function in their own world.
RebYidd23: Yes, there is a difference, but ethics dictates that you don’t misuse techniques to persuade on falsehood.
Curiosity: you’re 100% correct. The world is imploding. Pre-Moshiach Nevuos are happening in front of our eyes. Jews are way too complacent because they don’t want to see what is happening or they would actually have to take steps to deal with it.
It’s human nature. Things happen in increments and people just adjust accordingly. Eizeh hu chochom, hu roeh es ha’nolad.
Ask questions that lead to the conclusion you are seeking. It works when you are correct. It helps the other person think things through.
Also, it helps your children learn how to think, instead of just telling them.
One question to always ask anyone setting you up, is this: “would this person be acceptable to you for your child? Why or why not?”
I know someone whose daughter married someone with a great recommendation from his Rosh Yeshiva. Two years and a child later, the Choson decided he didn’t want to be Frum anymore. While conceivably that could possibly happen in any case, but not here.
When the mother (the father was niftar years earlier) went to the Rosh Yeshiva and said to him, “how could you do this to my daughter,” The Rosh Yeshiva answered, “We thought that if he got married, he would straighten out.”
So this Rosh Yeshiva ruined some lives on the hope that someone would straighten out, knowing that a serious problem existed. Notice that he didn’t set up his own daughter with that guy.
So, don’t forget to ask “would this person be acceptable to you for your child? Why or why not?”
I saw a video on Trump that highlighted his “wacko” statements. When you listen to what he is saying, he wasn’t necessarily wrong, but wasn’t politically correct. He could have been much more diplomatic.
Trump is an ego-maniac and loves the attention. He’s like a “shock jock.” His policies are mostly reasonable below all the bluster, but he is certainly not Presidential.
On the other hand, the term “Presidential” has been turned on its head anyway. Bottom line, besides who cares, is he can’t be worse than you have now. He has about a snowballs chance in …. of winning.
RebYidd23: If you’re a parent, you should know the answer.
Combination of the two. Have complete faith in Hashem, be realistic and do our hishtadlus and know that everything will work out for the best.
akuperma: I was joking!