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For many, if not most, of the poor folks vacationing in the Catskills with their families for the summer, food prices are meaningless because it’s paid for with a Benefits Card.
High food costs are also meaningless for the well-to-do country summer home owners who generally shop at Pomegranate anyway, so high food prices do not affect them either.
And for the average family who can’t afford the Catskills, and whose children attend local day camp; we are happy with the Kollel Store, Paperific, Shoprite and being home at a decent hour on Sunday evening.
I cry that I don’t cry when I don’t cry.
Best Rav Hamachshir is Rabbi David Shawel,Director of Kosher Supervision at Dallas Kosher.
“just like a man shouldn’t wear a wedding ring.”
From you rebdoniel? Where’d you get that from?
It’s significant for what reason?
Most elevators today have cameras installed and are monitored by closed circuit television. The Minchas Ish (20:8) says that it is not Yichud if the monitors are in a different room than where the man and woman are located.
Also see Nitei Gavriel (45:9) –
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Point of fact: Who cares?
In addition, Halacha states that one may not drink from a water fountain which is also a statue so that it appears the one is kissing the statue when drinking.
Nowhere is it indicated that it is not proper to drink from a water fountain. In fact, numerous Torah institutions have water fountains on their premises for those who are thirsty.
There are no accidents or coincidences.
bpt – never caustic:
This story was recomended by Tzippi in another thread, and she is right; it should be required reading for chassanim and married folks alike. (Posted below, l’toeles ha’rabim)
~~JOHNNY LINGO’S 8-COW WIFE~~
condensed from Woman’s Day Patricia McGerr
“Get Johnny Lingo to help you find what you want and let him do the bargaining,” advised Shenkin. “Johnny knows how to make a deal.”
“Johnny Lingo! A boy seated nearby hooted the name and rocked with laughter.
“What goes on?” I demanded. “everybody tells me to get in touch with Johnny Lingo and then breaks up. Let me in on the joke.”
“Oh, the people like to laugh,” Shenkin said, shruggingly. “Johnny’s the brightest, the strongest young man in the islands, And for his age, the richest.”
“Only one thing. Five months ago, at fall festival, Johnny came to Kiniwata and found himself a wife. He paid her father eight cows!
“Never been paid before.”
“I said it would be kindness to call her plain. She was skinny. She walked with her shoulders hunched and her head ducked. She was scared of her own shadow.”
“But how?”
“Yes.”
“They speak of me on that island?”
He smiled gently. “My wife is from Kiniwata.”
“Yes, I know.”
“They speak of her?”
“A little.”
“What do they say?”
“Why, just…” The question caught me off balance. “They told me you were married at festival time.”
“Nothing more?” The curve of his eyebrows told me he knew there had to be more.
They also say the marriage settlement was eight cows.” I paused.
“They wonder why.”
“They ask that?” His eyes lightened with pleasure. “Everyone in Kiniwata knows about the eight cows?”
I nodded.
“And in Nurabandi everyone knows it too.” His chest expanded with satisfaction. “Always and forever, when they speak of marriage settlements, it will be remembered that Johnny Lingo paid eight cows for Sarita.”
“You think eight cows were too many?” A smile slid over his lips. “No. But how can she be so different?”
“Do you ever think,” he asked, “what it must mean to a woman to know that her husband has settled on the lowest price for which she can be bought? And then later, when the women talk, they boast of what their husbands paid for them. One says four cows, another maybe six. How does she feel, the woman who was sold for one or two?” This could not happen to my Sarita.”
“Then you did this just to make your wife happy?”
“I wanted Sarita to be happy, yes. But I wanted more than that. You say she is different This is true. Many things can change a woman. Things that happen inside, things that happen outside. But the thing that matters most is what she thinks about herself. In Kiniwata, Sarita believed she was worth nothing. Now she knows she is worth more than any other woman in the islands.” “Then you wanted -“
“I wanted to marry Sarita. I loved her and no other woman.”
“But,” he finished softly, “I wanted an eight-cow wife.”
Posted 2 years ago #
“You mean those stuck up pigs who take the tunnel?”
Drivers using the tunnel don’t cut others off. So look who is calling the kettle black; the pigs who jeopardize other drivers…they are the selfish pigs.
I will gladly pay what it takes to avoid the likes of the chillel Hashem boo hoo cry babies who only think of themselves.
G’neiva and chillul Hashem.
It’s probably in the category of avodah zarah.
2scents – “Why in the world should I wait in traffic when I dont have to, and why am I worse than the person that is now entering the highway.”
Why? Because it’s assur, that’s why.
“just as there is nothing inherently wrong or improper about rabbis delving into niddah and the complex issues surrounding it. Better to be mature about niddah than view it as the Karaites did.”
Nice diversion tactic, but it won’t work; CR posters aren’t that naive.
Weiss might call Linzer a rosh yeshiva, and Linzer might think he’s a rosh yeshiva; but to a Rosh Yeshiva, Linzer’s no rosh yeshiva.
“sugyos in Nidda with an Artscroll gemara you will see that it uses the proper, precise and technical terms that if used in ordinary conversation would be considered “prost.””
Artscroll language is never prost and neither is the speech of yirei shomayim who manage to find proper tzniusdik albeit technical and descriptive verbiage.
“Rabbi Linzer is a tremendous talmid chacham and he treats the subject matter without cutting corners or apologetics. Much of nida is very detailed and graphic and it requires accurate language to be used if you want to learn it.:”
I have been learning in a regular daf yomi shiur for many years. In addition, I also regularly learn and review the daf with various magedei shiur on on-line sites, including: the Orthodox Union site, the YU site, the Toronto Kollel site.
If you go to these sites, you will observe how real talmedei chachomim speak.
Accurate language does not mean prost language. And proper or technical language does not diminish accuracy. There is a tznius in speech; especially when you have women listening.
I have not seen any Artscroll publications or the like use the prost language of Linzer to enhance the learning, nor have I heard it from any of the ehrlich magedei shiurim.
rebdoniel – “Rav Linzer’s daf yomi shiur is available online for the whole world to hear.”
What a shanda! I followed Linzer’s daf yomi for meseches nida and it was loaded with prost language, the jargon of his audience and students no doubt. And his daf yomi shiur included women. He has no eidelkeit and that separates the real talmudei chachamim and roshei yeshiva from the imposters.
Being a Talmud Chochem is not synonymous with someone who likes and knows how to learn. Anyone who lacks mesorah is not a talmud chachem, no matter the amount of learning he has under his belt. In addition to his learning, a Talmud Chochem is a yora shamayim who continues to follow in the hashkafos of his rebbe.
The fellows CharlieHall listed on the Advisory Board of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah as well as Avi Weiss are complete ignoramuses in Jewish and Talmudic scholarship when compared to YU Roshei Yeshiva, which include, Rabbis Moshe Tendler, Hershel Schachter, Aharon Lichtenstein, Aharon Kahn, etc. nor any of the Rabonim and Roshei Yeshiva included on the the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. Avi Weiss and his ilk follow no masorah, and make it up as they go along.
Ravdoniel,one could probably rinse the toothbrush out after brushing if the toothbrush was to be used again on that Shabbos.
Newcommer, cheer up. We don’t live forever. So whatever is troubling you; it is only temporary. In a hundred years, it won’t make a difference and no one will care. So as Reb Nachman and the g’marah advocated: Be happy… live for today and don’t worry about yesterday or tomorrow.
You cannot serve G-d when in an unhappy state.
Speaking of Prospect Park, their nursery is an excellent division of the school. The staff is mature, experienced, certified early childhood educators. They are caring and warm. The director is very personable and approachable. The fees for the Prospect Park Nursery seem much more reasonable than others. The nursery also operates a first rate summer camp for younger children with the same qualities as the year round operation.
rob,nicely put…music to my ears.
“he very well may have been meikil..”
As an aside, Lubavitch permits playing and listening to Chabad albums during s’firah.
I have heard it many times from my Rav, a talmud of Reb Moshe, b’shem Reb Moshe. I have also seen it quoted in print. I’m sure others can back me up.
O.C. 1-166; 2,-95; Y.D. 2-137
Unfortunately, the passenger is a victim of bubble boy disease and is being further subjected to ridicule here.
“Cherrybim has claimed before that R’ Moshe was mattir’
I didn’t say Rav Moshe was matir. Rav Moshe holds that listening to music, outside of a mitzvah event, is forbidden all the time due to availus for the bais ha’mikdash. I indicated that Rav Moshe’s reason to permit music the rest of the year to people who need it for psychological reasons, such as, to calm their nerves, could perhaps also be applied to those who need it during s’firah for psychological reasons.
We cannot forbid something which chazal and the shulchan aruch permitted, such as, acapella during s’firah. Reb Moshe’s heter for music during the rest of the year may even apply during s’fira, using the same reasoning. If you need to feel uncomfortable during s’firah, try sleeping on a bed of nails.
Do you think that airlines have a special kosher oven for frum travelers? The most stringent hashgachos rely on the double wrap.
I can only try – “I can’t think of any other (sometimes) four-bracha food.”
What about Stuffed cabbage?
-mezonos (rice)
-ho’adama (cabbage)
-ha’aitz (raisins)
-shehakol (meat)
Do you think that the Chofetz Chaiam wore a newsboy cap in the street instead of a yarmalke because he thought that he could pass as a regular guy rather than as a frume; and that it was also good for the store’s business.
And the bochrim of Slabodke and V’lozhin also did not wear the frume b’gadim but instead dressed in the most up-to-date goyeshe styles, b’shita.
“The same would apply to dressing up like a Nun, Priest, or Monk.”
I dare you to ask your Rav and get a heter; because it’s stupid and assur. Let us know his answer.
“Some might have dressed as nuns or momks.There is nothing wrong with dressing like a goy because that is what actually happened!”
And some may have dressed up as zonahs. It’s assur and it’s a stupid statement.
Can anyone imagine a sincere ehrlich person publishing a Pesach Hagadah which includes their photo on every page! And to make matters worse, Judaica bookstores carry these “Hagadahs”; and even worse, people buy it.
From what I’ve seen on youtube, the new Believe in a Miracle video is a greater chillul Hashem than his others. I feel bad for our children who will be terribly influenced.
“Uncovered elbows at 770*(1/10th of a second) into it.”
I froze the frame and I would not swear that it’s a real female.
Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov…it’s now 78. Uh, correction , it’s another Mazal Tov; that’s 79. If this keeps up, AZ will be out of a job.
This may have been a good opportunity for Israel to have the United States privately agree to a Pollard pardon.
It’s time to close one down.
Also, if she is your wife.
It’s not always an aveira to hug or kiss a niece.
Obama is the best President ever for kollel families and for those working off the books (not that I know any).
Also, I don’t think we’ve had one race riot since he’s been in office.
He is also terrific for those Jews who are in the United States illegally and need benefits not otherwise available to working Americans.
To all of you tzadikim above; the same issur also applies to an adopted daughter, even if you raised her from birth. I challenge you to find a Rav or Posek who will admonish a father for hugging or kissing his adopted daughter.
I know of quite a few frum men who are affectionate with their neices.
Why? Beats me!
That’s “Minhag Yisroel K’din”; a minhag that’s accepted by ALL of Klall Yisroel is like a din. This is not the case with most minhagim.
Beets me.
Several years ago I asked a shaila of a reknowned Rav concerning having a goy for the seudah on sukkos and was given the go ahead. Also, goyim were permitted to bring karbanos in the bais hamikdash; so is a sukkah any less kadosh?