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I guess it’s Shmittah in Israel and Shmattah in NY.
Now if someone is collecting Tzeddakah and is offered a $5 bill or a $10 bill with a woman on it, which will he take?
So what does it mean that you live in NYC, “The Big Apple?”
coffee addict: 100% correct.
RebYidd23: Compared to Ginzburg, Murphy was an optimist.
Murphy’s Law is not kosher. It should be “Ginzburg’s Law.” Ginzburg’s Law is that Murphy was an optimist.
Having lived through Carter, I believe that Obama is worse. Carter was a fool and severely misguided. They say he was very intelligent, but they say that for all Democrats, but his perspectives were all wrong. As bad a President as Carter was, nobody ever said that Carter wanted to do harm to the U.S. and did his best (sadly enough).
Many people believe that Obama has an agenda to harm the U.S. It’s not an irrational belief, since his autobiographies basically acknowledge that.
Carter was inept. The school of thought and Obama’s orientation, as a socialist/Marxist from the school of Saul Orlinsky and Acorn, indicates that he does want to harm the Country.
Incidentally, Hillary Clinton is from the same Orlinsky Chicago school of thought. Her lust for power supersedes her philosophical views, so she hides it better.
As a former elected School Board Member, it is my understanding that the government can appoint a Monitor or supersede an elected Board if there is corruption, mismanagement or the District is in fiscal distress.
Unions will always oppose any funding for private schools because it takes fund away from them.
Funding for transportation and special needs programs are and should be made available to every child irrespective of the school they attend.
On the other hand, direct funding to private schools is a serious mistake because public money always comes with strings attached in ways that Frum schools can never adhere.
Wrong question to begin with. The question should be, should the ignorant and foolish have the right to vote?
Any Yeshiva would gladly take a donation to learn on someone’s behalf.
For the most part, schools stopped tracking. In doing so, kids on different levels are placed in the same classes. In those situations, the teacher has to teach to the middle, leaving students on opposite ends out in the cold.
The results of this was/is, that the brightest students don’t get their needs met and tune things out.
The weakest students don’t learn either and end up feeling inadequate.
In both cases, some student get disruptive and in the ends, nobody learns.
mommamia22: Absolutely right.
Also, I’ve seen well meaning parents who pressured their child not to break an engagement for fear of embarrassment (generally with horrible results). That is the worst possible reason and while parents advice is always valuable, but if that’s the reason given, you don’t have to listen. It’s your life.
I find it very nice, when out shopping on Erev Shabbos, that most Chilonim that you have any interaction with, say Shabbat Shalom.
You give tochacha or any other advise if someone will likely accept it and if your tactful enough to do it right and not have it backfire.
This applies to comments made in other situations as well, like paying a Shiva call. People say the dumbest things sometimes or deal with things on a level they are not qualified to do.
For example: I was at a Shiva house, for someone I’m close with. who lost a child. This guy, relatively young who had Smicha, was drawing out every emotion he could thinking he was helping the father deal with it. He didn’t know when to stop, so we had to force him to quit. This guy once saw a Godol in a similar situation and thought wrongly that he could do the same thing.
DaMoshe: I use either term depending who I’m speaking with. Just do what you think is right and not listen to the anti crowd.
For the most part, the Minhag HaMokom should be the way to go. There is no Halachic issue here, only politics.
YW Moderator-42: It’s not that we don’t need air condition. Our houses are built with poured concrete. It retains cold and heat. The fact that previous days were relatively cool and comfortable, the house retains that temperature a long time, so we didn’t need air conditioning until late in the afternoon.
The converse side of it is that in the winter, when it’s 40 degrees F outside, we often need heat, or we can go outside to warm up. It feel about as cold indoors as when the States have 20 degrees outside.
Despite the heat, we didn’t need air conditioning before 5 p.m. Our house was cool thanks to the way our houses were built.
From what I’ve read, it appears to be a Kosher Parah Adumah. My feeling is that we should be focusing on what it means if it’s true and prepare ourselves as best as possible.
You should ask your Rov and not rely on the coffee room.
In Israel, the kashrut issue is far more complex. I know of a case where a Rosh Yeshiva’s wife went with a group of seminary girls on a Shabbaton held in someone’s house.
The person told the Rosh Yeshiva’s wife “not to worry, I made sure to get you only xxxx hashgocho.”
The Rosh Yeshiva’s wife responded, “thank you, but it really wasn’t necessary. My husband told me that when you go to a Shomer Shabbos persons home, you don’t question their kashrut. We keep whatever standard we want in our home, just eat what they serve.”
The whole issue is such a source of friction, in Israel, that has divided families in some cases but creates lots of animosity in many other cases.
I also know two Chareidi families that are virtually identical Hashgofos wise, yet each won’t eat certain Hashgochos the other uses.
Hashem Yeracheim!
Make up a cute ticket like sheet, like a $1.00 for Tzedakkah fine, that in a nice way tells them how inconsiderate they’re being and hand it to them as you walk by.
gavra_at_work: You don’t have to be anything to learn these things. Maybe you should look into it yourself.
We were also told that the closer we get to Moshiach’s arrival, we will have more insight to his arrival.
Personally, I’ve read a lot on it from very reliable sources. That doesn’t mean anyone can specifically say when, but that it’s close.
gavra_at_work: Very funny. I don’t predict anything and the Zohar isn’t just “anyone or anything” and neither is the Chofetz Chaim, who gave us an indication of how things will play out, without a date given, but what he said is happening right before our eyes.
To answer your question of “what are you doing here?” I assume you mean in the U.S.? Well, I do act on my beliefs, not just talk like so many others. I made aliyah 3 years ago.
gavra_at_work: Only add to the mix that the Zohar says that Techias HaMeisim is to begin between 210-214 years before the year 6,000, with much to happen first. Look how close we are.
akuperma: For Public Schools, in the past, Tracking was always the norm, though it wasn’t called that. When that changed, test scores dropped.
The reason is simple; teachers have to teach to the lowest common denominator, meaning the average student, therefore the brighter kids tune things out, out of boredom and don’t learn to their potential. Also, the lessor student doesn’t get their needs fulfilled either.
interjection: Exactly right. Also, there is no comparing most Chilonim with what those in the States experience with secular Jews. Most Chilonim are far more connected and have lots of potential. They are in the category of a Tinok She’Nishba and many return all the time.
There are so many places in TANACH where Hashem promises us that we will return home, that he will bring us back to Israel. Never before in history has this occurred where people exiled returned to their native home, yet it is happening for us in fulfillment of those prophesies.
It’s shocking and a shame that people can’t, won’t or just don’t want to see it.
Every step of the way in the stages of the final Geulah, starting with Yehuda and Tamar, has come about from something with the appearance of being treif. We learn that this is so to fool the Sitra Achra. It’s not so far a stretch to believe that the secular Zionist is just another such manifestation.
gavra_at_work: Are you saying that non of us belong in Israel?
gavra_at_work: How is living a Torah life in Israel wrong? I can quote you all kinds of pesukim that say that this is where we belong. Hashem didn’t command us to live in Boro Park, Williamsburgh or Lakewood.
Joseph: Too bad for you that you don’t see it. That’s what happens when you put binders on and are too comfortable living among Eisav.
Joseph: Dealing with you is having a battle of wits with an unarmed person. You make crazy insinuations as if someone else said something when they didn’t. Then you keep repeating the same stupidity.
Get this through your head! Hashem protects us. You haven’t a clue about what’s happening in the world and the messages we are being sent. Stay in your fantasy land.
Joseph: You get more absurd with each post and pretending to know where I put my faith shows a lack of intelligence on your part.
Your faith is what’s lacking, since you put it in the hands of Eisav. The IDF is but a tool of Hashem. I told you to go learn the causes of anti-semitism. Hashem is sending you a message but you are too deaf, dumb and blind to see it.
Hashem could have protected the Jews of Europe too. The Jews, who understood what was happening and were able to get out, were spared. You just are too comfortable living among Eisav that you not only don’t want to get the message, but you disparage those that do.
Remember, 80% of Jews never left Mitzrayim. The same thing is to occur again. Which side will you be on?
Joseph: Your post is laughable. You question my Emunah? That’s why I’m in Eretz Yisroel and your in Shumtz LaAretz and my emunah is lacking?
Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself why your faith is so lacking that you sit in NY or wherever and allegedly have emunah. Try to find out the real reasons for anti-semitism and ask yourself the question again.
I’m not criticizing people who have not made Aliyah. There are some very valid reasons for some, but the handwriting is on the wall that it’s time for Jews to come home.
600 Kilo Bear: It’s been much better these past months. They seem to have gotten rid of the shnorors that attack you. There are very few now.
“69 million Americans voted to give him a job”
Shows how easily the dumbed down American public has become.
If you need a narcissist pathological liar, he’s your guy.
homer is right on target. It’s all about votes by an ignorant uneducated public that thinks they’re actually getting something. It’s not the wages that count, it’s what those wages can buy.
Increasing the minimum wage does two things; 1. It’s inflationary so the net effect is the buying power is diminished; 2. it causes layoff, since most people getting minimum wage are teens or entry level jobs whose purpose is to train people for the workforce.
In the case of a small businesses like a pizza shop, where they have a lot of employees and the business owner makes a decent living, but is certainly not getting rich, raising the minimum wage erodes his income, since he can only raise prices just so much, he will lay people off to compensate.
The same applies to most mom and pop businesses. Even larger businesses will make adjustments to compensate.
The bottom line is that raising the minimum wage harms the very people that it was designed for. If an employee produces more and is worth more money, they will get more than minimum wage anyway, but when it’s raised, a business owner is forced to raise most hourly wages in some proportion. It could destroy some small businesses.
They say that Webber is the best grill, but it’s expensive. I have a Charm-broil and it’s just fine.
cozimjewish: I was responding to your last post to takahmamash.
If you’re referring to the Moshe Rabbeinu comment. It was a tie in to the discussion. I saw the picture in a Chasidish children’s book.
If you don’t vote, you lose the right to complain and we all know how much we like to complain, lol.
In reality, if you don’t vote, you get what you deserve.
cozimjewish: Exactly, lol and if you look at Chasidish children’s books, Moshe Rabbeinu wore a streimel too.
kfb: The leftist are only tolerant of those that agree with them. They favor free speech only when it’s their views. They are the radical leftist marxist of the Viet Nam era protest movements, not mainstream liberalism, which no longer exists.
The Left supported Israel prior to 1967. What changed is that Israel was no longer perceived as the underdog. Those people don’t honestly evaluate things. It’s more an emotional response to issues without the knowledge base to go with it.
After the 6 day war, they perceived the Arabs as the underdog and took up their cause, despite not understanding that Islam would never tolerate any of them or their lifestyles.
Joseph: what a foolish comment. Aside from the fact that you demonstrate no Emunah, when did the U.S. ever send troops here. Israel has one of the best military’s in the world and Hashem is with us.
The U.S. has provided military equipment, but also used it as a weapon against us too. It provides much of the same equipment to our enemies. We are also far more self sufficient than ever.
The U.S. didn’t come to our aid in the holocaust either.
Akuperma: your scenario would be Gog u’ Magog and we know the outcome to that.
From my perspective, you have an obligation to show them respect, but not necessarily respect their wishes. Whether a marriage to this person will work under these circumstances depends on her attitude and how she deals with her parents.
You need to discuss it with her and decide.
If the dollar collapses and the economy tanks as a result, you know who gets blamed for it.
Even if the government doesn’t go after Jews, it doesn’t mean many people won’t do so and then there is the growing Muslim community to add to it.
If ch’v that happens, you know you can’t count on the Police to save you.
You saw a little piece of it when the mortgage/banking crisis hit. While it was caused by Clinton and Democrat (Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd) Congressional banking policies forcing banks to give loans that people couldn’t afford, Jews in Banking and Wall Street got the blame.
I know someone who did it and it worked.
Joseph: Do you know what the term “per capita” means? There is nothing in Brooklyn that Baltimore doesn’t have, including its problems. Brooklyn has more in numbers of organizations and problems, but not per capita.
Joseph: Comparing apples to apples, you have to look at the infrastructure of the communities on a per capita basis. On that basis, Baltimore has everything New York does. It was always a better place to raise children, though Baltimore has caught up with the problems, within the Jewish world, that New York faces these days.
The truth is, Jews no longer belong in either place. Aside from societal problems in these communities, the handwriting is on the wall. Drive around every identifiable Jewish community in NY and you will see right adjacent to it a growing menacing Muslim community. The problem is that when you live someplace, you are used to it and don’t fully see what’s really going on.
In Baltimore too, the Muslim population is not far from the Jewish community, mostly in Lower Park Height and in Woodlawn.
As they did in Europe, when they feel more secure and have sufficient numbers, they raise havoc. It’s only a matter of time and just like Baltimore, the Police will not be there to protect you.
cherrybim: Carpool stories would be an interesting thread by itself, only many of the stories wouldn’t be flattering.
It amazes me that so many of you think you are safer in your communities than Baltimore. It’s all the same and any city can explode at athe drop of a hat, especially in cities and States controlled by the Democrats. They wouldn’t have the backbone to respond appropriately.
Also, New Yorkers, you forget Crown Heights? People there were hiding under their beds.
ben_David: Quite the contrary. We don’t get bombarded by goyish holidays. It’s Hashem’s Land. Make all the excuses you want, but we also learn that just like Mitzraim, 80% of Jews won’t make it out of Golus, for the same kind of reasons you are espousing.
For the first time in 2,000 years, we have an opportunity to show Hashem where we stand. Think about it a bit more.
For those of you so concerned about money. Salaries may be lower, though not in all cases, but think your disposable income after tuitions. Tuition here are minuscule by comparison.
I think it’s just human nature to be caught up with irrelevant things and lose sight of the big picture. It’s also human nature to come to the aide of those in need and to come together in times of trouble.
People often ask why Jews, especially Israelis fight among each other. We are all family, sometimes, families fight but when needed, we all come together.
No need to be harsh on yourself or others, it’s just how people tick. We all need to just try to keep things in perspective and not get worked up over nonsense.
akuperma: No one says that learning Torah doesn’t have value and is a source of protection. At the same time, learning Torah with no effort at self defense has proven throughout our history, not to be enough. Hashem does his part when we do our own hishtadlus.
Yeshivas and shuls have been attacked. They are both a mokom Torah, yet we all know what occurred . Both are necessary. It was always the Tzaddikim that were supposed to fight, since they has a greater protection. I think that is still the case as represented by the Hesder and other Yeshiva bochrim that leave Yeshiva and go fight to protect everyone else.
There was a story from the war in 1948, when Yeshiva’s were asked to send bochrim to dig ditches to prevent Jordanian tanks from attacking. Israel had no other defense against them at that time. The Yeshiva’s refused. B”H, the bochrim had more seichel and went when they were approached directly and it worked. What they did had far more benefit to them and everyone else. Had they just sat and learned while the tanks destroyed everything in their wake, they wouldn’t have survived and the country ch’v, could have been lost.
Again, everything is min HaShamayim, but we have to do our part first.
Daniel Alievsky: I too live in a so-called “settlement” south of you. When I first made Aliyah, it bothered me to see so many Arab communities, especially up north and also near Yerushalayim.
While it still annoys me, I look at it that Jews will need places to live soon, when Moshiach comes, and the Arabs are preparing it for them.