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So definitely wrong. Because it only leads to hanging out –> shomer negiah is out the window… You’re kidding yourself if you think otherwise. And it only gives you a bad reputation and your parents won’t trust you… You can tell yourself it’s just for fun but it gets way out of hand…
I honestly don’t understand what they plan on saying. The problem- Internet. The solution- either get rid of it or get a filter. And don’t let your children on it unsupervised. What else can they say? It’s going to be twenty speakers all saying the same thing.
I don’t see why it’s so important to rent Citi field to ‘raise awareness’.
Thanks Goq! Good Shabbos everyone- Enjoy your challah!
Me? You have a problem with Cinderella??
There is one thing that has always bothered me. I feel that there is a tremendous effort put into making sire that people who are either irreligious or at risk are enjoying yiddishkeit that sometimes people forget about the people who are frum.
Let me explain- I feel that some people assume that all religious kids love yiddishkeit and that they don’t need any special attention or love or incentives or whatever. It has always bothered me that there is a huge attempt to make OTD kids feel unconditionally loved and to try to foster a love for yiddishkeit in those who are unaffiliated that ironically enough, those who are frum are forgotten about.
I think it is extremely important to make every single person, frum or OTD, feel special and loved. Those who are on the derech need just as much love and attention as those who are off. I think if schools realized this, their students will feel just as important and validated and it will make a world of a difference.
I think she meant snobbish?
I would like to thank:
-Whoever first thought of making whole wheat matzah.
-Roosevelt Field mall for having amazing clothing and shoes.
-Whoever helped my cleaning lady sneak past the Mexican border patrol.
-Oomis, for sticking up for women on the pregnant women thread.
-The inventors of Windex and the Swiffer.
-And of course, Goq, for bumping all his awesome threads.
Zeeskite- recycling threads? This looks familiar…
Outside Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst, there is an elderly man who is always sitting outside collecting money. Whenever someone gives him money, he showers them wth brachos. I believe he is a really holy man and I always give him a few dollars because I love getting brachos from him.
So is it still considered ‘mehudar’ tzedaka if I give him money just because I want his brachos? Because I kind of have an ulterior motive.
Sorry to hijack your thread Shmoel.
I’m with you on this one MiddlePath.
LIVEandLEARN- There are a few Krispy Kremes scattered around New York. There is one on the Amtrak level in Penn Station. I’ve never actually eaten there though. Whenever I’m in Penn I’m usually rushing to catch my train so there’s no time for donuts.
Zahavasdad- I wish I was back in high school but I’m a few years past that. Still abhor hypocracy though.
I feel really young here. I’m only 8 months old.
Nechomah- They absolutely do have the right to make the rule, but not to reinforce it with expulsion.
But look at it from the students perspective: The school was willing to have all the girls make Facebook accounts- and they most certainly knew the potential dangers of it- to make some money. And then they say that anyone who does not delete their account will be expelled.
They are showing the girls that they are allowed to compromise their values to make a few bucks. It is simply unfair and hypocritical.
1877-Kars-4-Kids, K-A-R-S, Kars-4-Kids…. This song should be banned. It stays in your head forever.
I thought of this thread today. I was in a horrible mood so I went to Dunkin Donuts for a coffee hit. Then I couldn’t decide if I wanted a bowtie or a Boston Creme, so I got both. I felt so naseaus after but it was so worth it.
I figure, I can’t eat this stuff for more than a week soon so I might as well get it all in now.
This logic made me feel less guilty so I went back and got munchkins 🙂
I think that making the rule is okay. The way they are choosing to reinforce that rule is bothering me. Like Middlepath said- I don’t think schools have the right to force their students to act a certain way outside of school hours and property and especially not to threaten the rulebreakers with expulsion.
And if it is true that they asked the students to make an account for the schools benefit, asking them to delete after it is hypocritical and wrong.
I was a tad addicted when I first joined but I got over it.
bygirl93- I think I know you. Did your sister get married in January?
Writersoul- I run a branch of a well known kiruv oganization in New York. I have the opportunity to meet and learn with many completely irreligious Jewish children. One thing I have have noticed is how the high school age girls in my program are able to teach the parents of the secular girls so much.
The non-frum adults know as little as their children, so it’s really not hard to teach them things. Even by just dressing tzniusdig in front of them, or teaching them how to daven and make brachos, you are making a huge difference in their world.
Your knee has to always be covered. Period. I do’t agree with the whole 4 inches thing because people make it out to be a halacha. Which it’s not. (As far as I know)
It’s really different for every person. For example, someone mentioned above that as long as the hem hits halfway between your knee and your ankle, you’re fine. That would never work for me. So just cover your knees at all times and you’ll be fine. I really don’t know why people really measure 4 inches.
I don’t think I’m either one. So I guess I just see half a cup that’s full.
ARWSF- Are you okay now? I really hope everything worked out for you. I wish you continued bracha and hatzlacha and I’m glad you’re back 🙂
Umm Nechomah, I never suggested Popa should have children. Rochelle did.
Chill Bro- Keep in mind that when Hashem created women, childbirth was intended to be a painless process. It was only after the sin of Chava that Hashem cursed women with the pains of pregnancy and labor.
Which just proves that having children is a painful process, the pain was and remains a curse. That doesn’t mean it’s not a beautiful thing. We women are very lucky to be blessed with the ability to bear children.
Health, I really do have a good answer/comeback to your above points, but we aren’t going to get anywhere and I don’t have the time nor the patience. So lets just agree to disagree.
(But I will tell you to reread your last post. Alot of your points were kinda pointless.)
“there is medical help for the bad cases.”
So then according to your logic, anyone getting sick is no big deal because you can just pump yourself with painkillers.
“Noone is nauseous or/and in pain for most of the pregnancy, unless there is underlying pathology.”
But you cannot deny that there is a moderate level of discomfort. And a good amount of nausea and pain. For 9 months.
“You’re right again. Men never get conditions like gallstones, kidney stones or any other condition that causes pain.”
1) Women get this too. So just add this onto the female pain list.
2) Men don’t get these conditions every month. Neither do they have them for 9 months straight.
“So who decided women are entitled? I guess a woman?”
So you disagree?? Also, I don’t get your point.
“And who decided that if men complain that they are wimps? A woman?”
Yeah, but that’s irrelevant because a headache is a headache for males and females. You don’t see us complaining every time we get a headache or cramps or whatever. (see yentingyentas post)
And as to your coworker who went home because of a migraine. So? Just because women handle pain easier than men doesn’t mean they can’t sometimes complain and break down. The same way that sometimes, some men are able to hold back from making everyone around them serve them on hand and foot whenever they have a toothache.
I’m not looking for sympathy. Just agreement.
Health, first of all ,a migraine is way worse than a regular headache. Also, your mice example is totally irrelevant. I’m taking about pain. I admit, I have a massive phobia of spiders and anything else with more than 4 legs, but thats fear, not pain.
But take a woman for example. Every sngle month, we go through 3-5 days of cramps and headaches. During pregnancy, a woman is naseaus, in pain… And that’s for 9 months. Then, at the end of that, she has to push a baby out of her.
Now, lets look at a man. At 8 days old, he is circumcised. But that doesn’t count because you don’t remember it and it only happens once. And then, let me see… oh right. I believe that’s it.
So women are entitled to moan a little bit once a month. Men are not. Well, they a but that just makes them wimps. Suck it up, and be a man. Actually, I vote we change that to “Be a woman.”
“Dude, you’re not funny”
Actually,it was pretty funny. But what was even more hilarious is how you took him so seriously. Dude,lighten up.
“If men gave birth, they would do it at work and then continue working”
Ha! When men get even a tiny headache, they moan, take 5 Advil and go on bedrest. Contrary to popular man beliefs, women are the stronger sex.
I have one of these. Never used it though. Not because I never pulled over but because I just forgot about it.
Also, cops are intimidating. I’m just supposed to give a big smile and say “Oh, you can’t give me a ticket! I have this!”?
I posted this on another thread a while back. Different topic but it applies here too
“I have heard that some people prefer not to for tznius reasons. We see this in the Torah when Yaakov would travel with his family, his wives would travel in the back and when Eisav would travel, his wives would go before him. So, how could it be that Eisav respects his wives more than Yaakov?
A medrash brings down that Yaakov Avinu was doing it out of respect for his wives. It’s not tznius for a man to walk behind a woman and watch her walk.”
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/to-open-or-not-to-open-the-door-on-a-date
Well as the title of this thread is “On a plane”, I’d assume the former.
Hey popa, how’s the slopes?
“That being said, there will always be foolish people who believe that wearing a white shirt somehow makes you a better person… go figure
A list of some foolish people who only wear white shirts:
R’ Elyashiv, R’ Chaim Kanievsky, R’ Nissim Karelitz, R’ Aron Leib Shteinman, R’ Dovid and R’ Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik, R’ Yitzchok Berkowitz, R’ Ezriel and R’ Shmuel Auerbach, R’ Shmuel Wosner, R’ Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg,
R’ Yisroel Belsky, R’ Reuven and R’ Dovid Feinstein, R’ Malkeil Kotler, R’ Yerucham Olshin, R’ Dovid Schustal, R’ Yisroel Nueman, R’ Ahron Schechter, R’ Avrohom Schorr, R’ Shlomo Brevda
Not to mention all the present Chassidishe Rebbes.
You shouldn’t hold it against them though. They are obviously not as wise as you.”
Derech Hamelech- far east said ” foolish people who think wearing white shirts somehow makes them a better person”. The gedolim you mentioned above do wear only white shirts, but they never said that thay are superior because of that. Find me a gadol who says that wearing colored shirts makes you any less of a good, holy Jew.
far east was referring to those who wear white shirts and believe that they are better than those who choose to wear colored shirts. Just pointing it out.
“There is a very clear difference. Perhaps you should have a plan how to do deal with walking out of your house ! But even if you don’t, you must walk out. So you deal with it as well as you can.”
Please don’t take me so literally. I am just trying to explain how anything can pose a threat to someones Yiddishkeit. If someone wants to do something wrong, they will whether they have Facebook or not. And this is where my next point comes in.
“Here’s a question. I have yet to meet someone who says “I am too stupid to deal with [FB]” (for illustrative purposes only). So everyone – those who ultimately are able to deal, and those who don’t – think they can. So how do you know which of those you are ?”
When I was in high school, I asked my parents to remove texting capabilities from my phone simply because I did not trust myself. I knew that I was very capable of doing foolish things and I was able to make gedarim for myself. Yes, I do think that everybody knows deep down if the things they do are good for them or not. You just have to be strong enough to make the right choices.
I posted this a few months back on a different thread regarding Facebook (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/facebook-and-shidduchim). I took the liberty of editing myself a bit.
IMHO, there is nothing wrong with Facebook. You can argue that people can end up doing stupid things and getting involved with people they shouldn’t be getting involved with, but you can say that about everything.
If someone wants to do the wrong thing, they will do it, regardless of whether they have Facebook or not. A responsible, smart person would not do stupid things. A responsible, smart person would not accept a friend request from a stranger or some guy. If they are stupid enough to do that, they deserve whatever happens to them and the reputation they will get. (Sorry,it really bothers me when people do stupid things so I tend to get worked up about it)
Just be smart and do the right thing and you will be fine. And if you can’t trust yourself then you have bigger problems than Facebook.
Just to add- I understand what Logician is saying about not putting yourself in a compromising situation. Walking out of your house can be a risky thing. Having a cell phone can be too. But you have to be able to set your own boundaries and know whether or not you are able to trust yourself in the possibly compromising situations Facebook might pose.