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This is the sort of thing I made >this thread< for.
Wikipedia:
The Haskalah pursued… a revival of Hebrew for secular purposes.
The Jews always prayed in Hebrew. While virtually all post-Talmudic
Torah writings are in Hebrew, I don’t know about historic literacy rates.
Here’s the true frum view of end-of-the-world prepping.
Sanhedrin 98b:
Rabbi Elazar’s students asked him what a person should do to save themselves from chevlei Moshiach (“the birthpangs of Moshiach” – the upheaval that there will be in the world before Moshiach’s arrival). He answered that they should be involved with Torah study and g’milus chasodim (acts of kindness).
Would you be interested in trying other 2-player abstract games?
He’s also had several other names over the years.
The man who played Gimpel (in a Rebbee Hill production) made it up.
If you really think it’s avodah zara, shouldn’t you destroy it?
Well, yes – why not?
(By the way, I saw the deleted post, and looked for what I
thought I remembered it being about, but couldn’t find it.)
I think you meant “v’chen l’mar.” Either way, “mar” refers to a man.
“IN GOP WE TRUMP” (Brought to you by Gimpel the Shamash.)
The third post, which refers to the deleted post, is the evidence.
I think it means “berry.”
Isn’t it best not to leave evidence of censorship, mods?
I don’t see any reason to make that information public.
I’m pretty sure you only register once, with the registration links
both going to the same page (I can’t be bothered to check).
Note that you must log in separately, though, and when
you log in to one, you get logged out of the other.
By the way, what technically qualifies a word as bad?
Given how long ago the term “nivul peh” was first used, it should
be obvious that it doesn’t refer to specific modern words.
It definitely refers to pritzus – see Mesilas Yeshorim chapter 11.
The use of non-pritzusdik but vulgar language would fall under the
concept of lashon n’kiyah. I don’t know of a requirement not to
hear other people be vulgar, although presumably one’s nature
ought to be refined enough that one would want to avoid doing so.
They can let you know them if they see fit.
Jonathan Coulton’s “Glasses.”
By “thoughtless kindness,” I think he meant that the person
doesn’t think of themselves as having done the other person
a favor – they naturally do this for their spouse.
Mod 100 said not. Maybe they used to.
He said they weren’t public information, not that
they don’t have them. They probably wouldn’t let
anyone who knows them post them, but in any case,
as I said, they may not check them much anyway.
It only matters if he is a good+frum guy.
“The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door
…
So much to say, I forget to start / There goes the day, fading as it passes”
(The rest of the lyrics to this one aren’t as good in my opinion.)
From the main site (I was curious about the stores/papers thing):
I’m telling you… Just Get Ready.
(Aleph Institute “auction” – they dropped “Chinese,”
but auction does not mean raffles. It just doesn’t.)
Curiosity baiting.
Your chance to WIN + Plus get FREE GIFT
(Mesamche Lev event – “Power Auction.”
Likewise not actually an auction.)
Curiosity baiting.
My Wife Had a Flu. A Month Later She Was Dead.
(A tzedakah campaign for the family.)
Why would anyone click on this? (For medical advice?)
CLICK so I know you read. Tefillos are needed. That’s all.
(A request to light Shabbos candles early and say Tehillim
for a cholah.)
Dovid Lichtenstein’s New Radio Show is Making Headlines
Not weird. But the show is simply called “Headlines.”
It’s definitely not headline news.
Mods do have designated e-mail accounts.
(I don’t know how often they check them.)
According to Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen (Laws of Daily Living, Vol. 1, page 174), one who was awake all night should say Birchos Hashachar, with the exceptions of those that refer to sleep – Elokai Neshomo and haMa’avir Sheinah, which they should be yotzei by listening to someone else. Regarding Birchas haTorah, the Mishnah Berurah says not to say them oneself, but many Acharonim disagree. Recent poskim (Rav Shlomo Zalman, Rav Wosner) disagree on whether one is allowed to learn without having been yotzei Birchas haTorah that day if he cannot currently find someone to be motzi him.
DaasYochid is here:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/profile/daas-yochid
I don’t know what Joseph’s current profile is, but
I’m pretty sure the mods would be able to tell you.
If it has pritzus, it’s also a problem. Or nibbul peh.
I’d forgotten about that. You wouldn’t be allowed to
listen to that even in a non-musical context, though.
(Also, by “nibbul peh” you presumably mean foul language.
See here: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/does-foul-language-make-things-assur/page/2 )
What happens when you’re at at store and they play Xmas carols? Can you still shop?
Didn’t we have a thread on this? Or is Xmas music different than Xmas carols, which are traditionally sung in the church (at least that’s what they show on tv).
Carols are also sung at home and at other people’s doorways (“caroling”).
Secular music made for the season is not in the category we’re
talking about, although I would wonder about songs praising Yoshke – could songs dedicated to a”z be a problem even if
they’re not part of its official worship? I don’t know.
I think I hadn’t noticed your earlier post.
“Ohhhhhhh, things change
No use holding on because / Nothing stays the same”
(That’s actually more than half the lyrics, not counting repetition.)
Are you sure there is a need to say birchas haTorah again
after a sleepless night?
If I’m not mistaken, the only music that you are, according to
halocho (hashkafic/spiritual considerations aside), not allowed
to listen to is music that is designated for use in ceremonies of
avodah zarah (church music, for example).
Is there some reason you had to make a 2 threads on this
subject, and had to give this one a non-indicative title?
Why’d you choose the name “BuzzLeaks” though,
that didn’t seem believable.
I don’t think it was meant to be. (BuzzFeed + WikiLeaks is my guess.)
The phrase “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” is far
older than that song, and that’s not quite the Metallica lyric.
…Schar Mitzvah, almost everything… is copied from a kol isha non-Jewish song, but I doubt the mods want me naming it.
Perhaps they’ll let you post the initials of the song and artist
(note whether singer or group) and the year of the song’s release?
Why do you need to promote their Twitter accounts? 🙂
I’m no longer sure the Leiner song copied its melody from
whatever song I heard – they’re not exactly the same, although
what I was hearing was a non-singer singing casually and not
an attempt to record the song in question. Someone elsewhere
on the Internet (not responding to me) did mention a name, though.
(If you don’t reply, I’ll assume you only want a game the entire
group can play at once, and not games for 4/6/8(/10) players.
I don’t know of any suitable ones, though.)
It’s actually better not to know these things. If you know the original words, and if they are assur, then it becomes assur to listen to the Jewish song if you end up thinking about the original words. So says R’ Matisyahu Salomon, Shlita, in one of his books. Otherwise, it’s not a problem.
I have no plans to listen to the Simcha Leiner song again.
Down Under by Men at Work.
That’s the Piamentas’ “Asher Bara” you’re thinking of.
What definition of “Jewish song” are we meant to be using?
It’s called Malky, the Girl Who Got Put in Cheirem (kidding).
If you’re thinking of Devora Doresh or Leah Lamdan, neither
of those series asked the reader to solve the mystery.
That’s “tenet.”
What is an online game anyhow? That sounds like fun.
It’s a computer game, played against other people over an
Internet connection. In this case, it’s a game that plays like
a card game would (“digital card game”), except that the details
would make it very difficult to play with physical cards.
Commercial games usually can’t handle 10 people per team (or will involve deception)… Can they split into 2 groups of about 10 each?
(Perhaps you should just Google large group games…)