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From someone at Shul:
Before Pesach we say “Chag Kasher v’Samayach” – why the double greeting?
It covers all types –
the stay at home folks – we “know” they are going to have a kosher Pesach but with all the work, we wish them a Happy Yom Tov.
the hotel crowd – their preparation is easy so we know they will be happy – but we have to wish them a Kosher Yom Tov.
> The halacha, as stated in Shulchan Aruch, says you save men first.
All things being equal that is the halacha.
Since they were so close to shore, the ability for a man to survive in the water a little longer than a child and/or a woman, and that the chance of dying is less than 1 in 100, it would be highly debatable whether the whole concept of “saved” comes in to play. Therefore, there would be a strong argument that in this case, it would OK L’Halacha to aid children and women first.
Mmmm. Someone puts a girls name with a nice posuk into a pretty frame. They also have matching earing or note holders. Myjewishname dot net.
I don’t mean to hijack this thread, but how do you deal with this. I am davening shachris when four or more (chasidish) looking men come in and spread out collecting. (Shortly later, another group of four or more come in collecting.) They come every day. They are not collecting for themselves. They won’t say if their collections go into the same pushka at the end of the day.
We are taught not to speak in shul with a mashal of standing before a melach basar v’dam. Imagine turning to the person next to me to talk about a football game or the stock market. Here I am standing in shul and these collectors (who should know better) disturb and ask for a coin. Every day.
Rant over.
If you dont want to/cant give – say a nice word or a bracha: “Money is not what I can give you – however …” and end with “you should be matzliach”, “Hashem should help you”, “Refus”h”, etc.
Try to look empathic when you say it. Oh and mean the bracha.
A sincere bracha from a layman is never trivial. (From Al tehey birchas hedyot kal b’eynecha.)
Of course you can always believe what you see on the web…since HERSHEYS N MORE is nowhere to be found Thehersheycompany website.