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Yes, she needs to. Us men do not have the ability to shed our ring (the one around our throat or ankle, depending on your sentence) when going outside, so why should she have a greater degree of freedom?
Not me. I use the fluid color / viscosity to judge. Kinda like the way you check the oil in your car.
The color tells you all you need to know.
Oh, get real, you two. Everyone (well, almost everyone) checks the tissue after a real good blow. How else would you know if your cold is almost over or if you need to double your cold-remedy efforts?
The bris itself is pretty much 100% compliance. But I don’t think they opt of meztitza b’peh, or have an issue of pushing it off to a convenient day (ex: if the 8th is not a sunday)
I do this. Its a roundabout way of saying you know a friend / relative of theirs. (Its sometimes called Jewish Geography)
(I do the tissue after blowing too, but thats a different story)
Very funny, ZK!
Simple. If you are affiliated with a yeshiva (past or present), and adhere to the tenets of the yeshiva, you are yeshivish.
Wash Heights has a yeshiva; Brooklyn has a yeshiva (several, in fact).
So, both grads (or students) are by deifnition, yeshivish.
Next question?
And lets not forget Chilled Yeshivish, Heimish, and my personal fave, Flexidish.
But when it comes down to the wire, most everyone of European stock really fits into one of the two categories; Chossid or Misnagid
Doesn’t matter. A question like that is a sure fire-starter
(ZK, get ready for lots of flack. Weight is a very touchy subject)
Because calories don’t start burning in huge numbers until you start moving around really quick, for an extended lenght of time. So while the heavy person expends more effort to move, they do so slower, and stop more often.
Skinny people don’t keep losing weight because at a certain point, you’re only skin and bones (and some organs) and that does not burn off by excercise
“some girls who come back from “sem” are idealistic”
Wow, is that an understatement. Think of it this way; the reason seminaries have a curview is not to protect them from the lures of streetlife.
Its to keep them from bumping into the “best boys in XYZ” that they will be paying oh-so dearly for in a year or two from now.
Since exit is not a choice you choose to make right now, consider these options to get the husband to soften his stance:
1 – make a note of the way / words used that are abusive or non-supportive
2 – if its a real tirade of verbal abuse, consider making a recording, and then in a quiet moment, play it back for him so he hears what he sounds like
3 – impress upon him how bad an example or how much it undermines you as a mother for the kids to see you treated without respect
This is if the abuse is verbal. If C”V the abuse is physical, there is almost no chance of him getting better. Leave while you still can. Nothing should take presidence over your safety (and that of your children, who are possibly also at risk)
No, don’t be ridiculous. What happens in EY stays in EY.
Besides, she’s not telling you everything either.
As far as women being “excluded”, word in shul was that the asifa will be shown live in sevral area halls so that women / girls can take part as well. Chyinka, Charna, Chaya and Faiga were mentioned, but there might be others as well.
And thank you, Poster, for the compliment. Its a rare occaion I make a post that comes across well, (and is not dripping with sarcasm and letzonus) and getting positive feedback might, just might, encourage future civil exchanges
“Why are people being coerced or forced to go”
No one is being “forced” to go. Speaking for myself, I’m going for the following reasons:
Two venerated elders of our time are the leading force behind this. At their age and health, every minute is precious. If they feel this is worth their time and enegry (and they have imvested plenty of each), the least I can do is invest a few hours
Lets be optimistic for a moment, and say this turns out to be a really terrific, momentus event. For $10 and 5 hours of my time, I can tell my great-grandchildren I WAS THERE. If I stay home, all I have is my ten bucks.
So, all things considered, I think going is the smart move.
One more critera to add: goosebumps. This past Shabbos, the baal tefila sang Mimkoimcho that was so good, the feeling was almost tangible.
For a split second, I was able to “hear” that tune being sung the by the voices that sang the same tune back in pre-War Europe.
Doesnt happen often, but when it does, its to the credit of the baal tefila
Terrific. So consider this: get the “older” ZK a screen name of their own, so the tone of the response is age (and gender) appropriate
” its really a large Yom Yerushalim celebration “
Y’know, this maybe the answer to a very looming question. How do they expect to find 40m people to fill the stadium? After all, what appeals to the chassisheh yingerman from Munroe, will not be of interest to our more modern brothers.
And to pay for entrance, no less?
Answer: print up 2 posters!
For BP, Willy, and Munroe, its an anti-internet asifa.
For everone else, its a YY festival.
As for the Lakewood folks, they need to be in NYC that day anyways (for some reason or another, they always need to be in NYC) so its no tricha.
I can’t say for sure, but it seems like sometimes your screen name is being used by someone way older than the Zk that is presumably a younger person.
So while the “younger” Zk wants to come to the CR and hock, the responses are directed at the “older” ZK.
Funny part is, women are the ones who will pay to hear a speech.
In fact, $10 is a bargain when you compare it to other women venues.
And they expect to fill a stadium?
They better have a killer buffet. Otherwise, best of luck.
I can think of several ways:
If he is the subject of “whats wrong with music today” when mechanchim call an assembly
If his songs are used to lead off “2nd dance”, (at 100+ decibels, naturally)
Of course, there are the serious songs that make you cry (the one that comes to mind is Shvartze Volf)
Oiy, hust de git gezugt (translation: Man, did you hit this one right on the head)
42 and windy in NYC this morning. And May is in less than a week?
Forget global warming. I think I know the reason for the cold weather.
THERE ARE BMG BOYS WHO ARE CHEATING THE FREEZER (by dating after Rosh Chosdesh) and they are bringing the freezer temps in their wake.
Back in the meat locker, you guys! We’ll see you in Av (when we could use some lower temps)
We cannot close the streets. To do so would effectively end the Eruv war.
I vote for Status Quo
” a good cholent” is like saying “a beautiful wife”. They are all good and all beautiful. Its just a question of what you call good, and what you consider beautiful.
But since you asked:
Well marbled meat, 50/50 beans to barley ratio (no potatos) and a pot on a blech (we have had no luck with slow cookers or hot plates).
And to think, all I had with this morning’s cup of coffee was a whole wheat muffin.
Perhaps someone can send the CC cookie with mini mellows recipe to Mrs. BP?
Would he marry a girl that smoked, and promised to quit?
Regardless of his answer, turn him down. He is a ticking time bomb
“the real one”
Is that really you?
Nice of you to stop by, Ms Blink.
Epes niez, other than shlissle challah?
“Brisk in Washington Heights”
+100 !
“I would say that more RY are from brisk then all the other yeshivos combined.”
I would say you are 10-20 years too late. Since there are no “tests” to get in, you really don’t know what you will get down the line.
But from the way you speak / write (RY, no less), I’m willing to bet that you’re not the parent of a “great girl with sterling midos”
I think you’re a Brisk grad (or wanna be) and are testing the market conditions.
Best of luck either way.
superlamdon –
The cause of the crisis we now face (meaning, our girls are more accomplished, and are held to higher standards than our boys are), is the reason parents like yourself, are made to seek (and pay dearly for) a Brisk boy.
Ask anyone who is in the parsha. Getting in to Brisk is as much about money and connections as it is about brainpower.
So, when you net your Brisker, are you getting a well connected / rich kid? Or are you getting a real lamdan?
And also consider this: once the “wow factor” of telling all your friends that “your SIL went to Brisk” wears off, is he the kind of person you want at your table?
Or did you just buy yourself an illusion?
Trust me; I know this game from the inside of the ring. Not everyone in Brisk is a rocket scientist; not everyone in yeshiva xyz is 2nd rate.
This question has come up on several threads, but its worth addressing each time.
Forget what you hear from “people who have had it done”. Ask the friends of those people what they can tell you. And take a good look at how haggard the post-op people look.
Bottom line? Nothing will work without behavior modification (meaning: a real commitment to reduce what you take in).
If you still have the same eating habits, expect to do lots of vomiting. And say goodbye to your esophogus, because the constant thowing up will wreak havoc.
Take it from someone who has walked the walk. Diet and exercise is THE only soloution to weight control
BaalHabooze – Soap bar and year 3 = very funny!
Cherrybim – hot tub = also very funny!
” Why are nasty jokes necessary? “
They’re not necessary; they just make the suffering more bearable
I put on about 30 lbs since I got married. But to be fair, when I got married, I was barely out of my teens, so my current weight is that of an average adult.
How about this:
A wife will give you a taste of what Olam Haboh is like 🙂
A shivgger will give you a taste of what Gehenom is like 🙁
“That’s what I assume I would have heard when modern methods…became available that didn’t exist in previous times.”
Here, I disagree. There have always been ways to keep food warm (ovens, k’deira al gabei k’deira, ect). Now, we have better ways.
What HIE is talking about is way over the top.
IMHO? The biggest sin of all is the cake, pancakes, french toast, ect. Its all an illusion, made of egg whites, starch, sugar and oil / margarine. Little (if any) nutritional value, even less filling power.
Are the hotels guilty of maris ayin? Hard to judge.
Are they guilty of bait-and-switch? I vote to convict.
“black and white striped onesie”
1+, WC!
“How many.. did I pick up.. that didn’t belong to me”
This, I do when outside of BP (or similar places)
(In town, I just ignore it)
Yes, but a support group or plan is needed
Sur m’rah is step 1
Aseh tov is step 2
Without something to fill the vacuum, the backslide is almost a sure thing
100+ Goq!
“NY (Specifically Bklyn) is overcrowded, pompous and rude.”
Yeah, but we have Boro Park, so that outweighs a lot of bad.
Because they were raised on texting (which does not do spellcheck), as opposed to e-mail (which does).
That, and the phrase, “whatever”. That’s a big part of the lack of attention to detail.
Pick up some 21+ y/o in the lobby at random. If you’re 17 and have your eye on Fla, you should be no stranger to this tactic
On the topic of Coke, did you know that, to avoid needed to print a very scary health disclamier, they opted to drop a chemical from the formula. FDA said it was “not a hazard” but still…
Its nice to know (or maybe, not so nice to know) what’s in that liquid we so quickly gulp down.
(For the record, Pepsi had to make the ssame change)
What you deserve for pulling a prank like this is getting engaged / married. That will teach you a lesson, you’ll not soon forget 🙂
Read it? I (and all marrieds) live it.
Old ideas, new packaging. Best way to learn the ropes is by playing the game. Take the cost of the book and buy flowers instead. You’ll learn all you need to know, and then some.
Bump, in case you did’nt see this, Goq. last week was a busy one, so you may have missed it.
“when I cook, not only is it a sin, but it’s also a reversal of the natural order of the world.”
“How is it that you people who live in Brooklyn haven’t come to my house to lynch me for my extreme rishus yet?”
Same rule the applies to laundry applies to cooking. As long as you don’t cross the snood / housecoat threshold, I’ll still vouch for you, Wolf (green meatballs included).
“the effect of music even at a young age”
” one doesn’t have to be an elderly personality…to distinguish between music types”
So, I guess when 2nd dance cranks up, you are in the one with earplugs, right?
The velt zugt, “if the music is too loud, you’re up too late”
Oh where, oh where has our ZK gone,
oh where oh where can she be?
Lullabys soft and serenades low
and that’s the way it must be.
Shhh!
” I am the lowest, most vile person on the planet. “
If you wear a snood and housecoat while doing the laundry, I might have to agree with you (extra sins earned if the snood covers your ears).
Otherwise, relax. You’re in good company, Wolf.