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This whole argument is mind boggling.
Why? The argument isn’t about whether Blake is at fault, it’s about whether the cop is at fault, and they are not mutually exclusive.
About 25 professors from Yale signed a letter strongly refuting the opinion of Dr..Frisch referred to in the OP
My granddaughter’s yeshiva high school tuition was approximately $25,000.
I would love to know which school that is (I’m not expecting an answer; I respect your right to privacy). In my experience, girls’ high school tuition is much lower that that. Generally, modern orthodox schools charge much higher tuition and give fewer breaks.
Take the school budget, subtract JUF and government subsidies, and divide the remainder by the student body, and you’ll get a number less than full tuition.
This is true in some, but not all schools.
Make a siyum
You spelled medications wrong
Just add meat and be done with it.
OP: some add tofu.
I always suspected you were gadolhadorah, now you confirmed it.
It is safe to assume it wasn’t a nevuah.
for the latest round of infections and tragedies
All those who avoid wearing masks etc
for even the most remote possibility
can they dare say Devorim 21:7No, we don’t act on “the most remote possibility”
Any updates?
Yes, now they’re saying it works.
Unfiltered internet does not bother me anymore.
That is extremely dangerous and unfortunate.
Interesting. I was recently thinking that this mageifa happened right after the grand crowds at various Siyum Hashas venues, where the exact amount of people were counted and displayed in the local frum papers.
That’s not counting klal Yisroel, that’s counting (probably imprecisely) the number of people in a particular building at a particular time.
What can we learn from the mistakes made in EY?
Seriously, the cops have been told to allow people to go to minyan.
Interesting shaila though, if it wasn’t feasible to get to minyan, some shuls (and their satelite outdoor minyanim) were scheduling Mincha/Maariv around Plag although really it’s better to daven b’ychidus and not do tarti d’sasri.
Ashkenaz will start with V’hu Rachum, Sefard will start with Shir Hamaalos.
Men tend to get invitations more quickly than women, and at least more often get them spontaneously.
That makes sense, as they may get a Friday night invitation in shul.
For some reason though, my experience does differ; I think we have divorced women for Shabbos seudos more often than divorced men, frequently with their children.
It saddens me that recently many of these single people (men, women, divorced, widowed, never married – it makes no difference) have not been able to get invitations due to social distancing.
But without question patients who a months ago I’d have thought were doomed (based on then current experience) are doing better when they arrive now
Maybe the hospitals are less crowded so the patients are actually getting the attention they need. I’m hearing rumors that many patients actually died from lack of nutrition.
I know the lockdown was officially about flattening the curve to prevent overwhelming the system, but I don’t believe its value (and certainly the value of maintaining social distancing longer term) was/is limited to that.
First of all, how can we ignore the value of extending life? Think about how much time, effort, and money we put into extending the life of an I’ll, even terminally ill, loved one (we shouldn’t know from such things). Even if ultimately everyone would get it, ch”v, flattening the curve extended lives
Also, the longer someone waits to get sick, the more the medical establishment knows how to treat it, and hopefully be”H they’ll find better treatments and even hopefully vaccines, so hopefully many lives can be saved.
Would anybody like to contribute to – or simply read – a topic that posts a daily bit of information about proper English.
I’d be very happy to. I’m always looking to improve my writing.
As long as the point isn’t to criticize someone else’s writing, it’s a good idea. But it shouldn’t be mandatory (yes, I started a sentence with “but”).
For example, if suddenly ubiquitin would start writing coherent sentences, I’d be worried that his account got hacked, or that someone’s kidneys aren’t getting the proper attention because ubiquitin is too busy proofreading.
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THE TEN PLAGUES (MAKOS) Music and Lyrics By: Yocheved Sorcher
When the time came to punish Egypt, Pharoah was busy taking a dip. He went down to the Nile’s cool water and mud, but the water turned to blood. He hardened his heart, he said “I don’t care”, we won’t drink water, we’ll drink root beer. But with each drink he drank, he just looked more glum ’cause it all had turned to Dom (blood)!Chorus: Oh Pharoah, oh Pharoah, you’ll have to suffer, with that ache in your head . Until you’ll learn, that Hashem meant what he said: והוצאתי והצלתי, וגאלתי ולקחתי
Hashem set Bnai Yisroel free, to give the Torah to you and me.The Mitzrim would make scary noises at night, this filled the tired Jews with much fright. But the noisemakers soon saw that noise is no joke, when the frogs began to croak!
King Pharoah’s hairdressers bought all kinds of goo, conditioners, creams, all kinds of shampoo. But not one of them helped, used once or used twice, because Pharoah now had lice!Chorus
Egyptian ladies wanted fur coats to wear, leopard or mink or white polar bear. But they all changed their minds in Makas Uroiv, when the leopards came in droves! Though Pharoah still claimed that he was the boss, in Makas Dever, he suffered a loss. With his animals dead, he now had no meat, fruit was all that he could eat.
To pay for Bnai Yisroel’s toils, Pharoah was suddenly covered with boils. The Egyptians used all kinds of cream on their skin, but they couldn’t hide their Shchin!
Chorus
The stubborn Egyptians kept hurting the Jews, to see that Hashem is the king they refused. They still honored Pharoah, they’d say “Hail to the king”, so Hashem the Hail did bring!
Makas Dever did away with the meat, Makas Arbeh did away with the wheat. But King Pharoah so stubborn, turned away his cheek, and declared “Grasshopper week!”
Chorus
Remember the slavery in Mitzraim, though those days were dark, though those days were dim. In Makas Choshech we saw the light from Hashem, It was dark only for them!
Bnai Yisroel didn’t need any guns, Hashem did away with Egypt’s first born sons. Makas Bechoros was the final blow, “Please go” said Pharoah, “Go”!
Chorus
Not everyone has kids. I know some people who will literally be alone for the seder.
It must be done, but it’s painful to hear about and I’m sure much more painful to experience.
Very nice.
Joseph, who cares. Are you saying they infected the US?
He simply answered the question.
The stores are overwhelmed. Don’t think it’s just the Jewish stores, even Amazon is having a hard time delivering, as well as others.
In some communities, there are volunteers doing shopping for quarantined and elderly people.
Joseph, the letter from R’ Chaim has now been confirmed. He wrote “Kedai meod lehatzbia.”
Where can we see this letter?
Nice album.
on a plane to a chasuna in chicago
Sounds like an Abie Rotenberg song
Physical abuse includes emotional abuse
@yochy, when you say “It may not be a bad idea for the girls to band together and announce that if the boys don’t start dating earlier- they will not date until later- perhaps 21 or so. Or that they won.t date a boy over 21 or 22.”, do you mean they should refuse to date as a form of protest or as a practical means to close the age gap?
Wow, that’s quite cynical.
@daasyochid
I don’t understand anything that you have said.
Yes, and the rest of your post demonstrates that. I was trolling.
Yochy and Syag, you seem to agree that we should do what Hashem wants from us, but disagree as to what Hashem wants from us.
I think we’re in need of guidance as to what He wants from us. What do the gedolim say?
Of course seminaries cause the shidduch crisis. The shidduch crisis is caused by boys asking for too much money, leaving girls whose parents can’t afford it without a shidduch. Some familes go into major debt to fund the outrageous tuition fees charged by the seminaries, so can’t afford to marry the girls off afterwards.
Alternatively:
Of course seminaries cause the shidduch crisis. The shidduch crisis is caused by too many girls wanting to marry learning boys, and there not being enough learning boys for them to marry. Who brainwashed them to want to marry learning boys? The seminaries, of course.
Alternatively:
Of course seminaries cause the shidduch crisis. The whole shidduch crisis is a hoax, designed to make someone a profit. Now let’s see who stands to profit.
As everyone knows, a girl can’t get a shidduch unless she goes to seminary. Therefore, seminary is an absolute requirement for a shidduch, creating a huge demand. The law of supply and demand says the higher the demand relative to the supply, the higher the price people will pay. So obviously, it’s the owners of the seminaries who created the shidduch crisis hoax in order to be able to charge their exorbitant tuition fees and still fill up.Hence, the seminaries caused the shidduch crisis.
Ok, now I’m pro Trump. You convinced me.
I haven’t read through the whole thread so I don’t know if this question has been asked.
Why doesn’t the OP marry a girl who comes from a LWMO home but now shares his hashkofos?
Trump is very far from a bastion of morality. And to answer Joseph before he starts making lomdishe chillukim, Trump proudly admitted to arayos which are included in the sheva mitzvos b’nei Noach. In many ways, he’s a big menuval.
I may very well end up voting for him because he will (again) be the lesser of two evils, but please, let’s not pretend there’s such a clear and obvious moral superiority here.
Of course you benefited from the water. If it was assur b’hana’ah, you wouldn’t be allowed to use it.
For some reason, you seem to think you can say whatever seems right to you, and ignore what the poskim say.
If you drink water for refuah, you are benefiting from the water (even according to your definition of benefit which requires that you want the water to stay), yet the halacha is that you don’t say a bracha. (שו”ע או”ח ר”ד ח’ ומ”ב מ”ב).
I think some hold that to prevent thirst is considered לצמאו so would require a bracha, but if if the hydration was for medical purposes, if the person wasn’t otherwise נהנה, no bracha.
Your idea that any benefit requires a bracha is clearly wrong; using water in a case of חנקתיה אומצא (and all of the cases the poskim say are comparable) is benefiting from the water, yet there’s no bracha.
if you “just want to hydrate yourself for health reasons”, that is לצמאו.
They’re not synonymous, though most often overlap.
You are assuming, for some reason, that it’s not possible for a person to drink water for hydration unless they are dehydrated. This is not true. Some people drink water when they’re not thirsty because they are told to drink a certain amount of water every day.
Another ramification would be before a taanis. Often, someone will drink water before a taanis to give extra hydration. Unless they’re thirsty, they would not recite a brocha.
Where does it say anything about flavorless food? The Mishnah and Gemara mention water.
Bloomberg is the most vindictive person in politics.
Not more than Trump
I think voting for the weaker candidate is a dangerous strategy.
Not only would I be afraid perhaps somehow Bernie would win (although I agree he’s got a smaller chance than Bloomberg to beat Trump), I think the more exposure Bernie gets, the more his radical leftist views deep into the mainstream.
I’m not sure I mind Bloomberg so much, compared to the rest. Not that I like him, but he’s a whole lot more normal than Trump and not nearly as dangerous as some of the other Democrats.
Reb Eliezer, קפה spells the Hebrew word for ☕.
You have seriously misunderstood the halacha.
Milhouse, it is you who are mistaken. You only make a bracha on water when you are thirsty, but if you just want to hydrate yourself for health reasons, you don’t (unless you happen to also be thirsty).
CTL, you would vote for Bernie over Trump, throwing Israel under the bus?
This is dumb. Just because some people are control freaks doesn’t make anything the norm or anything close to a “minhag”.
B”H our community continues to grow, so even if the percentage of grandparents who want to control their children’s and grandchildren’s lives has gone down, the actual cases will likely have gone up.
The FJJ won’t get a higher readership level by printing letters from people who made shidduchim normally.
Bichlal, with CTL, it’s hard to know where reality ends and fantasy begins.
So this is the position that confuses me a bit, so why not get a different Republican?
The Republicans tried that. His name was Mitt Romney. That didn’t work.
Chicken nuggets
Reb Elizezer: ” richness brought him to his death:”??
Did your rav mean that the fact he was affluent allowed him to charter a helicopter?I’m not R’ Eliezer’s rov, but they generally don’t allow helicopters to fly in such fog, so whether you want to blame it on his wealth or his fame, it’s pretty clear that an ordinary Joe wouldn’t be flying in those conditions.