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First get me a teacher earning $50k…. Then, I might agree w/you that schools/yeshivas are on a tight budget.
So you think the yeshivas have loads of extra money around?
Read this, with the comments. You aren’t the first person to not properly understand a school’s actual expenses and income, and you won’t be the last.
The actual number I heard is about $10K a year.
Not in the schools charging 10k+ in tuition.
But this is supposed to be oxymorons not redundancies or repetitions,
I introduced some redundancies earlier.
redundancies or repetitions
That’s one!
The money is going somewhere.
Where do you think it’s going? Do you agree with Mod. 80?
Wolf,
Yes, since it’s not a ben-yomo, the food is muttar b’dieved anyhow.
Did I miss something?
Yes. So did I.
Zahavasdad,
OK, so what do you suggest?
Would coveting it not involve the issur of jealousy?
He doesn’t want it because “yenem” has it, he wants it because it’s nostalgic.
Oh, and if the am hanivchar is superior on all levels in all regards across the board, why are we in golus, exactly?
Do you think that being in golus is determined by how we compare to the nations?
I don’t.
Religious Zionists would emphatically disagree with that statement.
They would be wrong, at the expense of being m’zalzel in the honor of a true adam gadol.
“so too does a woman/girl have a right to say she wants to marry someone who does wear a hat.”
Yes, we have a right to be stupid.
If she wants only someone who wears a hat and doesn’t care about anything else, that’s stupid. If it’s one prerequisite, then it’s not so simple.As an example, if a chassidishe girl would insist on a boy who will wear a streimel, would that be stupid? It would be, in fact, stupid for her not to insist on that; she’d be going out of her cultural boundaries and just asking for trouble.
Your example of you with your wife is unfair; we don’t know either of you.
I don’t have a TV. Does that make me no longer Modern Orthodox?
It makes you smart. 🙂
At least you only wear $15 shirts.
Tip #2: Keeping Your Automobile Properly Fueled
- 1) Pull up to full service pump with fuel cap facing pump
2) Roll down window
3) When attendant comes, say, “fill ‘er up on regular”
I would open it first.
dvorak,
Quit changing the topic. 😉
Wolf,
There probably was no good reason not to post your link, nor one or two of my links, but the moderator might have had many posts to approve and didn’t have time to visit your link (and mine) and check it out as well.
I’m with oomis on this one. The OP was baloney. Her answer was wry. (Derech Hamelech, I apologize for not talking respectively. 🙂
the shirt was ruined … when a large part of it disappeared.
Then it’s takeh not tzniusdig.
Is it true, alcohol lowers ones inhibitions?
I’ve seen that a number of times.
BTW, the reason so many posts said the same thing is probably because they were posted when the earlier ones were not yet approved.
Or they thought they were being funny.
Now everyone try to be funny and repeat my post… 😉
Wolf, i found the link, thank you
See that, Wolf, you did the mitzva anyway!
Please be advised that we do not post links here in the CR that are not on the Kosher Website list.
Why wouldn’t hebrewbooks.org be on that list?
Why don’t you ask the same rav this additional detail?
Personally, I would think that if merely an exchange of information (“shidduch resumes”), it’s okay, but any actual shidduchim should definitely be done through someone else, and the two of you should not even know if any of each other’s suggestions are being followed through on.
Since ma nafshach he’s going to break the rules, shave v’al ta’aseh adif (unless he doesn’t grow a beard naturally, such as a young boy).
Do you think that Hashem isnt capable fo taking care of those “costs” for you? You say tehillim and let Hashem take care of the costs. Saying tehillim is never bad.
That explains why most of your posts are so ridiculous; you’re too busy saying Tehillim to think about what you’re writing.
Wolf,
They have been quite restrictive lately; don’t take it personally. They didn’t allow a link I posted to a teshuva written by R’ Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld on hebrewbooks.org.
metrodriver,
I agree with you about “Szol a Kokosh Mar”. Not about Yidden. And it’s not about who wrote it, it’s about the way it sounds. As a certain R”Y told the band playing at his child’s chasunah (as legend goes) “I hate Yidden and I don’t want Moshiach!”
pba,
Don’t tell hhhh what not to do.
yup! I figured the majority of Mods were in walled cities celebrating Purim 😉
Either that or hung over. I guess they don’t drink in moderation :).
Bad idea. Bad for your middos, bad for your reputation (if someone catches on), and bad for shidduch prospects (if someone knew you were no longer married, maybe they would have an idea for you).
My suggestion? Just say the truth in as subtle way as possible.
Examples:
What’s your married name?
I went back to my original name which is _____ .
Where do you live?
_____ Street.
What does your husband do? (trickier one)
I haven’t kept up with my ex-husband.
* Yes, I’m well aware that some might say that this makes me a hypocrite. Consider it a character flaw of mine.
I wouldn’t merely consider hypocrisy an incidental flaw; someone who fumes at one who talks during davening yet himself talks during laining is likely not fuming out of righteous indignation, but out of personal annoyance.
I have a theory, though. I think when you say that you talk during laining, you’re just using a clever play on words; you are actually the one reading the Torah (you’ve mentioned that you are a ba’al koreh), hence the reference to “talking” during laining. If so, you’re not a hypocrite, but something which I’ve accused you of before: overly self-critical.
Am I correct about your reference to talking during laining?
anon1m0us,
The very fact that you cite examples of “black hatters” engaged in immoral behavior is an indication of what a black hat is supposed to stand for. The reason that the image conveyed is so striking is because it seems so paradoxical, specifically because the black hat is supposed to symbolize moral purity.
Of course, someone is not judged, ultimately, by his levush. But there is important symbolism and association. The fact that some, unfortunately, do not live up to what their exterior should represent is indeed a chillul Hashem, R”l, but is not a reason to disregard how one chooses to appear.
GM,
Who confused the two terms?
pba,
We’ve received those cards, and personally, I appreciated that the person acknowledged my family, and felt good that the money went to a good cause. I do understand where you’re coming from; Chaza”l dictated a specific way to show friendship. I just think it’s worthwhile to look at it positively (although I personally give food for mishloach manos and cards for birthdays :).
Who remembers when:
You actually dialed someone’s number on a rotary phone?
“Hanging up” meant suspendin the phone on its cradle?
The area code for the entire NYC was 212?
The newest recording medium was the eight-track?
Cuomo was governor of New York State? (Oh, that’s right…)
You had to stop at a gas station to ask directions?
There were earphones but no iphones?
Going online meant that you had to wait for the people ahead of you?
A web site was removed with a broom?
A desktop had paper on it, a notebook had paper in it, and a laptop had a baby on it?
A printer worked for the newspaper?
A monitor would tell on you to the teacher if you misbehaved?
A hard drive meant up a steep hill in an old jalopy?
I am not convinced that you are yoitze matonos la’evyoinim with donations to moisdes.
I’m convinced that you’re not (unless that moisad distributed food or money to evyonim on Purim).
But once one has given the minimum shiur to two evyonim, who’s to say that there’s more of a priority to davka give additional funds to evyonim rather than to worthy moisdos?
GM:
I was responding to this post:
Why would you even consider the possibility that he should sell his house, considering the aforementioned halacha that he should be supported to live at his original standard of living?
Now you are apparently agreeing that it’s a worthy possibility to consider, and even follow through on.
You can tu – na!
Daas, you forgot people who name their kids Yitzchak Isaac.
??? ????? 🙂
Should we have a shidduch crises because of that?
So you’re claiming that the shidduch crises is because of black hats. In other words, age gap is a myth. The reason so many “yeshivish” girls are unmarried is because they are silly enough to insist on a husband with a black hat, even though there are not enough of them. And there are, apparently, an equal number of unmarried boys who can’t find a wife, simply because they refuse to put on a black hat. The solution is obvious! Convince the girls not to be makpid on the color of the hat, and if that won’t work, convince the boys to just put on the stupid hat already and get married! Genius!
That’s ok — I’ll fix MY daughter up with Rabbi Akiva!
The trick is to find an am haaretz who will turn into a Rabbi Akiva.
Had the Satmar Rav shown a bit less hostility towards “those circles” he might be appreciated more.
First of all, he was a big oheiv Yisroel whose “hostility” was never directed at people, but at anti-Torah ideals.
Secondly, was Hertzl better?
Grandmaster,
Let me get this straight. You don’t understand why it is praiseworthy to not accept tzedaka if possible?
What hechsher is on Ritalin?
pba,
You make fun, but isn’t matanos l’evyonim more of an ikar than mishloach manos? Presumably, the people who send out these cards do give mishloach manos to at least one person (probably more) and their point is that there focus, financially, as on a yeshiva, which can use the money more than their neighbor can use a bottle of grape juice which is barely enough for one cup of kiddush (better to use wine anyhow) and seven varieties of sugar made into some clever “theme”.
It sounds like your “confrontation” was done quite respectfully, as he took it well. We all need some work on our middos, but I don’t think you should be beating yourself up too badly for feeling frustrated; you’re a human being (despite your screen name :).
I’m a bit confused about one thing, though. How do you talk while you’re laining?
boro park
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I hope you collect a chosson…
Practically speaking, it won’t happen. No tzedaka organization has enough funds to cover every need, especially these kind of expenses, so they’ll first allocate funds for those whose needs are more basic. This halacha is still very relevant though; if someone owns a nice house but is now faced with little or no income, he will still receive tzedaka money even if he does not sell his house. (Whether he should sell or not is a different issue.)
I guess for those of us who lain again right away at night, we’re out of luck, as I don’t have time to finish Sefer Tehillim in between. 🙂
The Wolf
I thought your wife was a monogamist, so what’s the difference? 🙂
Others? What’s the first?
- 1) Pull up to full service pump with fuel cap facing pump