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  • in reply to: Frum non profit organizations disclosing financials. #1878264
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    Joseph: The OP didn’t say anything about identifying individual charity recipients.

    in reply to: systematic/institutional racism #1877472
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    What is more of a factor for inner city (black) kids. The disappearing middle class or, the biased judicial system?

    Maybe the lack of proper values: cohesive families, education and hard work.

    in reply to: If you’re curious about the board game “Bavli,” here you go #1877474
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    This is apparently the game creator’s web site: bavli DOT org

    in reply to: How was Daf Yomi studied originally? #1876458
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    Gemara can be learned effectively without Rashi.

    Did Rashi quote himself in discussions with contemporaries?

    Reuven: “Rashi, what’s the meaning of this passage in Shabbos 111b?”
    Rashi: “Well, Rashi says it means ….”

    in reply to: Is EMP Strike Imminent? #1875573
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    Take a look at your electronic devices, such as computer accessories, and see how many of them are labeled “Made in China”. If our electric grid were destroyed, the market for those devices would be gone.

    in reply to: For Anyone who was a Teen/Adult in the 60s #1874976
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    CTL: Do you remember this?

    Hey, hey, L-B-J,
    How many boys did you kill to-day?

    in reply to: The Real Problem #1874895
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    religious exemptions was cover in the Mastercake decision last year, …

    My understanding is that the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission decision had a very narrow scope, and basically had no impact on general freedom of religious practice.

    in reply to: The Real Problem #1874781
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    that’s the problem if I’m in charge of a religious school …

    The Supreme Court decision addresses that, and seems to imply that religious organizations are exempt. Of course, the existence of the decision also increases the likelihood that a religious organization will be prosecuted or sued, and be forced to spend the time and money defending itself.

    in reply to: Police – physical training #1873770
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    Maybe their training should be more like boot camp for the military

    Military boot camp, at least in the case of the Army, is mostly focused on endurance for long walks and runs, and accurately shooting people with rifles.

    For police work, I would think that intensive martial arts training would be more useful.

    in reply to: Police – physical training #1872831
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    Why would being intoxicated matter?

    in reply to: For Anyone who was a Teen/Adult in the 60s #1871346
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    In the 60’s, the need for police and the justice system was taken for granted by almost everyone. There were no responsible government leaders supporting violent riots. Violent criminals stopped by the police were not treated as heroes.

    in reply to: Cancel Culture #1870869
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    This isn’t new. Anything that doesn’t align with their agenda (whatever that is) is a target.

    in reply to: Defunding Police #1869296
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    Calling to “defund the police” is a scare tactic. No one really believes that it makes sense. It’s just a rallying cry by leftists to further their agenda.

    in reply to: African-American Role Models #1868935
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    NOT ALL BLACKS LIVE IN INNER CITIES

    But the violent riots are started by the blacks who live in the inner cities.

    Why do the other blacks follow their lead?

    in reply to: Inner Cities #1867695
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    If Democrats are in control of the big cities, probably.

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    Start a movement called Summer Camps Matter. Implement it with street protests to keep it in the news every day. That’s the new American Way.

    in reply to: George Floyd #1867243
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    If you’re trying to control a cat who wants to bite and scratch you, an easy trick is to wrap it in a large towel or blanket.

    I wonder why the police don’t carry big nets they could throw over a person and then secure. That seems as if would be safer for the police, and the person being detained as well.

    in reply to: Dear Mr. President, Send in the National Guard! #1867112
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    Some of us are fortunate enough to live in a place with a Republican governor and mayor who know how to stop mob violence.

    in reply to: Suppression of Looters and Rioters #1866207
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    M61 Vulcan

    in reply to: Civil Disobedience #1866195
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    If you believe rioters should be shot, do you also believe that a counterfeiter should be strangled to death, while in handcuffs screaming “Help! I can’t breath!”. Please think before you post insensitively.
    No one deserves to die.

    From what I’ve read, he was a felon who had served prison time for armed robbery. He was resisting arrest for trying to pass counterfeit money.

    If he had cooperated with the police, they wouldn’t have needed to use force, and he wouldn’t have been harmed.

    in reply to: Reopening #1864294
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    People can work online.

    Less than 30% of people can work online.

    in reply to: Reopening #1864271
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    Without flour there is no Torah.

    in reply to: Which cities in the US will have summer camp open? #1861824
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    Jousting with six-foot lances could be a safe alternative to close-contact sports.

    in reply to: Which cities in the US will have summer camp open? #1861653
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    almost $300 a day per camper

    What’s the normal cost?

    in reply to: English tips. #1859718
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    … whether noon and midnight (and hence the following day of the week) technically begin at …

    They’re instants in time. They don’t “begin”, they occur.

    in reply to: English tips. #1858742
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    What about starting a sentence with “So …”? That’s a common trend these days.

    in reply to: English tips. #1857790
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    Aside from the English grammatical atrocity, can you provide a Torah or Talmud source that defines the word “girl”?

    in reply to: English tips. #1857683
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    By Jews at age 12.

    Now is that proper English?

    in reply to: English tips. #1857041
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    to deliberately sound crude or vulgar

    You’re a proponent of split infinitives?

    in reply to: English tips. #1856845
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    Smoetmies spllenig is worng, but you can undresatnd it if all the ltteres are trhee, and the frist and lsat ltteres of the wrods are corecrt.

    in reply to: English tips. #1856581
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    Would anybody like to contribute to – or simply read – a topic that posts a daily bit of information about proper English. For many posters, English is a second – or third, fourth or fifth – language, and it shows in the English mistakes they make in their posts. English is my first language. I learned more Yiddish from the Borscht Belt comedians on TV than from my parents and grandparents, and I can read a siddur and daven in Hebrew, but when I visit Israel, I cannot read a menu or the labels on the products in supermarkets.

    The first sentence should end with a question mark rather than a period.
    The fourth sentence is a run-on sentence and overuses commas.

    in reply to: Why do u comment in the coffe room? #1855648
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    It’s like a modern day Gemara, and we’re wannabe Amoraim.

    in reply to: How to comment on articles. #1853334
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    What gave you the idea to experiment adding a question mark at the end of the URL?

    Asking questions is the basis of learning.

    in reply to: coronavirus jokes #1853016
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    How many doctors does it take to treat a coronavirus patient? (Make up your own answer.)

    in reply to: Where can I upload my own Torah publications? #1852629
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    Setting up your own web site isn’t difficult.

    in reply to: KN95 Masks #1850919
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    Is China our ally or our enemy? I can’t figure that out.

    in reply to: Moshiach is coming this year! #1850216
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    My source is from what other people were sending around

    That’s always a reliable source of information.

    in reply to: Moshiach is coming this year! #1849962
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    Doesn’t gematria, like gezeirah shavah, require a teacher-to-student path from Moshe Rabbeinu’s time to be meaningful?

    in reply to: coronavirus jokes #1846703
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    In the meantime, these two [others came by the marketplace]. [Elijah] came [again and] said to [R’ Beroka]: These, too, are destined for the World to Come. [R’ Beroka] went up to them, [and] said to them: ‘What do you do?’ They said to him: ‘We are comedians, [and] we go to cheer up those who are depressed. Additionally, whenever we see two people involved in a quarrel, we strive hard to make peace between them.’

    Taanis 22

    in reply to: Which Parsha is This Week? #1846449
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    There’s nothing stopping you from reading the weekly parshios on your own.

    in reply to: Ending phone calls #1846068
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    If you hang up on yourself in the middle of a sentence, the other party will think it was accidental and not be offended.

    in reply to: Blood Donation #1844940
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    Why is halachah a factor in this context?

    in reply to: Question #9 #1844098
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    I decided to stick with Gan Eden, where my earliest known ancestor lived. The instructions didn’t provide a definition for “origins”, so I was forced to use my own definition.

    in reply to: Question #9 #1843532
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    @rational

    Do you really think the government will use the information in that manner?

    in reply to: Question #9 #1842816
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    So place of birth is the appropriate response?

    in reply to: Question #9 #1842715
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    So what’s the consensus on this time-critical (one week left) issue? How should origins be filled in?

    in reply to: Coronavirus versus the Seasonal Flu #1841381
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    The only way to stop this is to stay at home. Stay at home. Don’t go anywhere. Don’t touch anyone.

    Good advice.

    Permanently seal your doors and windows. Never go outside again. Even after Coronavirus is gone, the world will be full of other hazards.

    in reply to: Coronavirus versus the Seasonal Flu #1840886
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    The seasonal flu is too boring for the news outlets. They get tons more advertising clicks by publishing scary headlines about Coronavirus.

    in reply to: We need a plan for the covid19 virus #1839642
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    My personal plan was to stock up on Vodka. It doesn’t have as much alcohol as hand sanitizer or Isopropyl Alcohol, so I need lots of it.

    in reply to: Question #9 #1839246
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    The Census has already been sent out and received by folks?

    You can preview the questionnaire at 2020census DOT gov.

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