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iacisrmma…………
Thanks for your earlier sentiment.
Now that Chol HaMoed is almost over I can report back on this year’s minyanim at the CTL Compound.Unbeknownst to me, Mrs. CTL and eldest daughter invited SIL’s parents, 2 single brothers and a single sister for all of Pesach. So there were 5 males putting on tefillin with a with a bracha at our minyanim this year. 2nd SIL, 2 sons, myself, asst grandsons, nephews, my brother and a few cousins made 17 adult males not putting on tefillin.
Just had a chance to read your post about your mother’s family washing every piece of meat and fish before starting the cooking processes, thus no processed meat or minced product.
My mother’s side arrived in the USA from Germany in 1868 (Yekkes or short coat German Jews). They also had this tradition.
However, I remember both my Oma and mother mincing (grinding) their own hockfleisch (beef and/or veal) so that they could make burgers, meatballs or meat loaf for Pesach meals.
Also, mother (as well as us) had a separate Pesach kitchen, so wursts were prepared Chanuka time for Pesach use. The first time I ever had commercially made salami or frankfurters on Pesach was when I spent a yuntif at my paternal grandparents at the age of 12.These traditions are not those of my paternal line or my wife’s family. However, I still make some wursts in advance of Pesach, and will smoke turkey, duck and salmon as well
mw13………….
Our family still uses yuntif machzorim (Kawl Bo) that were printed by Hebrew Publishing Company in the 1920s or 30s. We have about 20 sets that my Great Grandfather bought.
Therefore, we always use a separate book for Pesach….and Sukkos and Shavous.The shul I belonged to years ago in New Haven had these in the Minyan room, but not in the big shul. They passed out of use as most congregants needed something with an English translation and ASrtscroll and others had not yet gone into production of a replacement.
As for shuls, it might be cheap enough for a sthiebel to buy 50 extra siddurim, but I couldn’t imagine a 300 family synagogue doing so.
I don’t, shul is 70/30 yes/no on Chol HaMoed Sukkos.
Since we have Pesach davening at the CTL compound, only 1 son in law and grandson put them on, with a bracha. Those in the CTL male line don’t.
I would think that the shul minyan would vary by who has guests each year, or the minhag of the current Rabbi. I never let the minhag of the shul rabbi decide for me, I’ve outlasted many of them.I prefer a cheesecake without a crust……………..
Love seven layer cake, Pesach version is less heavy than year round.as for the rest, no thanks!
Every family has different traditions.
My father always gave 50 cents for the Afikomen, then again my parents set $10 limits on birthday and Chanukah gifts, These things were just not that important to waste large amounts of money on.
The first time I attended a Seder at a friends house when I was about 12 (mom was in the hospital) I was shocked to see the kids demanding large gifts from their father to ransom the Afikomen. I don’t like it.
Our grandchildren get a book or small toy, that’s enough. And with all Pesach costs, it’s not about the moneyAbsolutely, it all depends on your supervision.
We’ve had the same cleaning lady for 12 years. Before Pesach she brings additional help (daughters, sisters, etc….varies each year).
They clean under Mrs. CTL’s or my supervision using only cleaning supplies and tools provided by us.Rebyidd23…………..
I responded to your Chometz Fixx comment not the title question.Truth be told, I don’t buy loaves of bread in restaurants of any kind. I buy them in supermarkets or bakeries. Alas, it has been many years since our area had kosher delicatessens where you could also buy bread and rolls.
Native New Englanders such as myself know about CHOW MEIN SANDWICHES
The chow mein sandwich is a hot sandwich, which typically consists of a brown gravy-based chow mein mixture placed between halves of a hamburger-style bun, popular on Chinese-American restaurant menus throughout southeastern Massachusetts and parts of neighboring Rhode Island. This sandwich is not well known outside of New England.
Growing up in the 1950s and 60s it was a staple on school lunch and summer camp menus. We still make it at home as an easy, quick meal..our grandchildren love it as an alternative to Sloppy Joes and it has much more vegetable and less meat.
Joseph…………..
That’s Postville home of Agriprocessors
There is a Chabad community thereI would not be making a bagel and lox…..I don’t like salmon in any form.
That said, I always toast my bagels (no, I don’t eat them on Shabbos) and spread them with margarine.
No cream cheese, no raw tomato, no raw onion, no capers.I love crunch
Apple Strudel
Pot Cheeseoodles
oreosiacrisma…………
My maternal side is German-Jewish-American (arriving in NY 1868)
There is a big difference between Yekke and German
Not all German Jews are Yekkes (wearers of the short coats).
Most German-American Jews in Washington Heights (KAJ) are relative newcomers to America. My parents lived in NYC until 1950 and my mother said she never came across this phenomenon until moving to New Haven.The German-Jewish Synagogue in New Haven (now in a suburb and not orthodox) was chartered by the State of Connecticut in 1840
Unfortunately, the rabbi in the on-line shiur knows nothing about business.
Mass produced items can drop in cost when large quantities are produced on mechanized assembly lines and the raw products purchased at bulk discount prices.
This does not apply to hand made/produced artisinal products. A mezuzah takes a qualified sofer X amount of time to write. If he has orders for 1000 instaed of 100 the time required for each scroll does not decrease.
The sofer can only produce so much product per day and he needs to price them to provide a living for himself and his family.This is not like running a machine and extra two hours a day to turn out another 1,000 stamped stainless steal forks or spoons.
Mango
AlfalfaI have gone back to the post before Best Bubby’s repeat of my entry of March 13
Best Bubby………………
PLEASE
before posting and posting, check earlier posts………………….I posted Almonds on March 13th
Repeats don’t count in this game
iacrisma
“Ashkenazim tend to name after deceased relatives..”
The interesting thing I have found is that German-American Jews (after all Germany was Ashkenaz) do name for a male parent. Growing up in New Haven, there were quite a few German-American Jewish Juniors.
The other peculiarity in naming in New Haven was the common use of ‘Mary’ as the English name for Jewish females. This was spread among all national origins, not just German descent.
Adzuki Beans
Dates
yehudayona………………
actually MANY Christians do name their children after the ‘founder’ of their religion:
Commonly given first names:
Christian
Christine
Christopher
and many derivatives such as Chris…or spelled with a K
Joseph………
I like to have a set at home, a set I keep in shul and a 3rd set for travel (I used to keep these in my Florida home, until I sold the home).
The straps on my Bar Mitzvah tefillin are not the length I require to be comfortable around the girth of my adult arms (quite bigger in circumference than they were at 13).
The batim that were in fashion 50+ years ago were much smaller than those typical today, and I have bought newer ones that are more in keeping with my general size.
Similarly, I now wear a bigger talis than the one that was purchased for use at my Bar Mitzvah (purchased by the German side grandfather).
Joseph…
In New Haven
Congregation Bikur Cholim B’nai Abraham was formed in 1884 by ‘ordinary’ Orthodox Jews primarily from the Pale in the Russian Empire.
Sheveth Achim Anshei Lubavitch was formed in 1898 by Lubavitch Chasidim from the village of Korinetz.
Both synagogues were on Factory Street.
Sheveth Achim followed the Lubavitch calendar and nusach. By WWII the descendants of the original members were European Traditional but not Hasidim anymore.
Factory Street was slated for demolition and urban redevelopment. Neither synagogue was vibrant enough to move and build on its own, so in 1950 they merged into Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim Synagogue and bought an existing church in the western end of New Haven. They adopted the Lubavitch nusach, had separate seating, but no mechitzah.
In the mid 1980s, a new group of frum Jews had moved into the neighborhood and the shul moved to the right, installing a mechitzah. I became a member after this had occurred.
In the mid 1990s the building was far too big and the neighborhood non longer Jewish. It was sold and they bought another church even further west in New Haven. There was a parsonage building on the lot which was leased to a Chabad shaliach. The synagogue continued to age and membership dwindle. I no longer lived in New Haven. Today, the building has essentially been taken over by Chabad and the congregation has come full circle.
In CT, it is not unusual for failing orthodox synagogues to be taken over by Chabad, who gain a building and membership at no cost. It has happened in Woodmont (which had been a summer shul for 85 years) and in Fairfield (the Hungarian shul). The young Chabad couples don’t have the 100K salary requirements of most suburban orthodox rabbis.
I’m a misnagid of Litvak and German lineage.
But I was a member of a shul that was a merger of a Nusach Lubavitch and masnagid shuls.
They had agreed to follow the Nusach Lubavitch (they were not Chabad or Hasidim) and put the Misnagid name first in the new (1952) synagogue name.
I always davened Nusach ashkenaz wearing ashkennaz tefillin.
BUT, it I davened for the amud, I had to daven from the Tehillat HaShem siddur according to the Lubavitch nusach. I had no problem doing so
double daled………………
That’s what my zaidy bought me for my Bar Mitzvah and as I’ve bought new and bigger Tefillin over the years I follow that tradition. I never noticed what my father wore, and my brother’s tefillin were purchased by my mother’s father and are single.
esrog
sauerkraut
Uni
Nectarine
cookie
okra
raspberries
almonds
peaches
eggplant
lesschumras………..
you read too much into things that are not written there.
I spoke about one player from my hometown, whose parents and grandparents I know. I pointed out that he is not one of the ‘most’ players of mixed parentage as described by the OP.
I did not attempt to disprove anything. I have no personal knowledge of any of the other players
lesschumras……………
and my post says the OP said ‘many’ were from mixed marriages. I did not say all.
So, please save your corrections for errors, I believe that 51% which is most could also properly be termed as many.
Horsebread
Onions…………
Sorry Dovid T, you skipped a step
Risotte
Iceberg Lettuce
ZD….
they certainly never had the Megillah reading in the baseball dugout before. Saw a video online of the event
Joseph……………
Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both lived in my hometown of New Haven, CT.
Bush and I were both baby boomers born at Grace New Haven Hospital.
I met Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham when they were law students at Yale
I actually send to a direct political opponent (we ran against each other in the 2015 election).
He happens to be Jewish, but not frum.
Lilmod………….
we don’t compete or have themes.
the baked goods are all homemade
living in a small town, there is no one in the community who does not eat in our home so we don’t have the expenses of purchasing commercially made food items.
I lose.
Besides the food it is our family tradition to include two one dollar bills so the recipient has ready funds for matanos l’evyonim.
Cost per gift averages $6
Poster, then the chances are all you will find is a commission position. See Craigslist and Indeed
Recently, a non sectarian group in our area sponsored a Hot Dog Eating Contest to help raise funds for the local food bank and fund the cost of dinners at a local soup kitchen.
Area residents and clergy were outraged.
The Jews for many of the reasons stated above.
The Christians because it violates one of the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’>>>Gluttony
and the general populace who wanted to know how overeating and wasting food helps those who are starving and need assistance to provide meals.
The board of the organization has been repleced
Here in CT we are very proud of winning Pitcher Joshua Zeid (born and raised in my hometown…New Haven). Josh formerly played for the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers.
I have the pleasure to have known his parents and grandparents. He is not the product of a mixed marriage as the OP claims many of the players are. J
Poster:
Where are you located?
Do you have a valid Real Estate Sales/Broker or Property Management License?
If not, in most states you can do little more than clerical work or manage privately owned property dealing with in house tenants only.
WTP………….
The key is in the marketing
So if you self publish a sefer and get the word out on both social media, flyers in shuls and yeshivos, list it on Amazon, it will work
My eldest brother has written more than 40 books in the past 45 years (technical, business and secular general interest). Since 2003 he has self published, using print of demand methods, exclusively.
He can publish a 300 page book for less than $100 in start up costs. If he chooses to use and outside editor freelance qualified ones are available for about $500.
I, of course, get stuck with the legal work at no charge.
He has even authored and published several books on how to Self Publish without getting ripped off by either vanity publishers or being forced to buy expensive packages.
With Print on Demand and self publishing (fulfillment by Amazon or others) you can publish a book for less than $100.
They only print copies as ordered. No need to invest in inventory.
lesschumras….
The elected BOE does submit a budget request to the First Selectman (no they don’t have to justify it, just have line items). He then decides what to submit to the Board of Finance and the Town Council (the only entity who actually votes on it).
CT by law does not allow a municipality to fund their Public Schools at an amount less than the previous year (without an act of the legislature….example a major employer leaves town and the school population drops more than 10%).
There is no school tax in CT, only local property taxes which support the entire municipal government. I used to own a cottage in the Catskills that was assessed fro $800. The property tax was $12 per year, but the county school tax was $600. I let the inherited shack go for back taxes.
lesschumras……….
Sorry, But you are wrong.
“Outside of NYC, public school budgets are subject to scrutiny and must be approved by voters.”
I am an elected member of my Town Council, the Board of Education budget is passed by the board and submitted to the Board of Finance and First Selectman/Mayor. hey finalize a town budget that is voted on by the Town Council
The town voters NEVER get to vote on the school budget.
What you wrote may happen in some places but not in many others (especially in CT)
Health……….
No one said smoking or not smoking is the main thing to look for in a marriage. It simply is an elimination factor.
Bochur 2.0
I don’t know where in the world you or your refused friend are.
Here in the USA, the Surgeon General released findings on the dangers of smoking more than 50 years ago.
I would not our daughter(s) marry a smoker or former smoker. Who knows what health damage lurks in his body that will surface later.
The fact that the former smoker quit is good, that fact that he ever smoked, with or without parental permission is bad.
Furthermore, in the era of $8-10 per pack of cigarettes (they were 40 cents when I was a teenager), a bochur who wasted real money on cigarettes is not someone I’d trust to handle family finances that could affect my child and grandchildren. The smoking shows an inherent weakness.
This is not the same as those mentioning gedolim, rebbeim who are in their 60s and older that smoke. They got hooked when smoking was acceptable, cheap and all the medical dangers unknown.
Cookie Dough…open top
Yeast Raised Dough (pastry consistency) closed because the whole hamentash gets brushed with an egg wash and a very light sprinkle of poppy seeds