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I heard one song from it last night, streaming over a web site. I recognized it as a hit song from a former winner of American Idol.
Matzos didn’t cost $20+ per pound. The town butcher probably charged the same to prepare a chicken that he did the rest of the year.
In short, they didn’t have the price gouging that we have now.
apushatayid: I once had that when I was younger! We had a pie delivered, and there was a roach in it. My brother called them up and told them. They said they’d send over another pie ASAP. My brother said, “Why, so we can get another roach?”
On a side note, if you see a roach was baked into a pizza, I wonder if the oven needs to be kashered?
The old Netanya was the best. I remember when I was in yeshiva we went there on Fridays to get their special – 2 slices, fries, and a soda for $3.25. And don’t forget the plate of pickle chips they’d throw in!
AOM, you wouldn’t get dismissed for that. They’d probably find you in contempt of court. Find out what the case is, and say you’ve been involved in something similar before. For example, if the case is a criminal case for credit card fraud, say that you’ve been a victim of it, and they’ll probably let you go.
Just to note, my grandmother told me that the movie Schindler’s List did a great job re-creating what the camps looked like. She said that when she watched it, it brought everything back to her. It was like watching a video that was actually filmed during the Holocaust, that’s how accurate it was.
I had always pictured Auschwitz as a dirty, cramped place. Not so. It was meticulously cleaned, and the grounds were well spaced (except for the barracks where the Jews slept, but that was by design – they wanted to remove any trace of humanity from them).
Here are some that weren;t mentioned yet:
Ein Anachnu Maspikim (Mendy Wald?)
Simcha L’artzecha (Carlebach)
Kavei el Hashem (Regesh)
V’zakeinu l’kabel Shabasos
Racheim B’chasdecha/Yibaneh Hamikdash
It depends on what day of the week Pesach falls out on. If it’s towards the end of the week, we’ll turn over the weekend before. This year, when it’s a Monday night, we’re not even sure yet exactly when we’re going to turn over.
As it is now, my entire home is done except for the kitchen and dining room.
Isn’t there a rule that if almost everyone is tamei meis then you’re allowed? I thought the issue was that we’re not allowed to go where the kodesh kadashim was, and we don’t know exactly where that is.
La-de-da-de-dum, la-de-da-de-dum, what’s the name of that song?
La-de-da-de-dum, la-de-da-de-dum, what’s the name of that song?
It goes la-de-da-de-dum, la-de-da-de-dum, something something nice
La-de-da-de-dum, la-de-da-de-dum, I think it repeats itself twice
Open a pizza store in NY. In Israel, people always said how the pizza there can’t compete with anything in NY, so even if you have the worst pizza in NY, you will still be better than anything in Israel!
Sometimes a feeling of nostalgia adds to your opinion of things. When I was younger, I once traveled pretty far for a family simcha. While there, we had pizza from a local pizza store. I thought it was delicious. For years I said it was the best pizza I’d ever had.
Years later, I was back in that area, and had pizza from that store. I was all excited about it. Guess what? The pizza was lousy. For all those years, it was the nostalgia that made me think it was so great.
I was told by a Rebbe of mine that he spoke to R’ Moshe about the eruv question. R’ Moshe said the 1 in 5 rule applies for any city. He said that Brooklyn has another thing which lowers the number needed – the Coney Island beaches. He said that during the summer, you don’t need 3 million people. Therefore, even if the number of residents is below 3 million, you can get the 600,000 people that need to be outside when you include the beach.
I’ve seen the Kaliver Rebbe a few times. I once went with my wife for a bracha, and we had an interesting experience. My wife isn’t a big fan of rebbes not seeing women, and she doesn’t like having to do so through a mechitzah. We went to see the Rebbe together. The gabbai walks us into the room. The Rebbe was sitting at the head of a table, with chairs along the sides. The gabbai told me, “Go sit next to the Rebbe”. He then turned to my wife and pointed to a chair at the other end of the table, which would probably upset my wife quite a bit, although she didn’t show any reaction. The Rebbe called out, “No, she should come sit over at this end also, across from her husband.”
If Yerushalmi chareidim are the right and Lakewood is the left, what is the center?
The Satmar Rav zt”l used to tell people to get brachos from Holocaust survivors.
Anumber of years ago, while I was in yeshiva, there was a letter printed against the eruv, stating that using it is chilul Shabbos d’Oraysa. It was signed by R’ Pam zt”l, R’ Dovid Cohen, R’ Aharon Schechter, R’ Shmuel Berenbaum, and others.
If you look at the famous picture of R” Moshe Feinstein zt”l where he’s sitting at a table learning in a field, you can see his shirt has stripes on it! *GASP* R’ Moshe’s shirt wasn’t completely white!
You realize it’s probably an April Fools joke, right?
When I lived in Brooklyn, I had a mechanic who I used. His prices weren’t the cheapest, and the personality of the people working there wasn’t always the greatest – let’s just say you weren’t always greeted with a smile and leave it at that. However, I knew that he was definitely 100% honest, and would never try to rip me off. That made it worth using him.
Most Rabbonim in Brooklyn are firm that they won’t argue on R’ Moshe Feinstein.
2qwerty, that is not true. Where did you get the idea that most rabbonim allow it?
For the tires, you can say look, you quoted me $110, and that’s what I agreed to pay. I don’t want to pay $125, and you never called me with the price change. Please put my old tires back on. Chances are he’ll agree to let you have them for $110.
GumBall, I’ve successfully tutored many people in math. If you post some of the issues here, I can try to help you out. I’m usually pretty good at explaining things.
$2000 per month? In BP? Don’t houses there cost at least 500k-600k? $2000 per month is not even a $400k loan, at a 4.5% interest rate. Don’t forget to add in insurance, higher utilities cost, and maintenance on a house.
The Gra said that someone who doesn’t eat gebrokts didn’t properly experience simchas Yom Tov for Pesach.
I grew up not eating gebrokts. My father in law eats it, and I was warned that he wouldn’t be very accommodating for me on Pesach with non-gebrokts food. I asked my Rav what to do, and he told me to change my minhag to eat gebrokts.
truth be told: I once heard a story about a similar thing, although I don’t remember who it was about.
Basically, this Rav never went to doctors. If he got sick, he made a cheshbon hanefesh to figure out why he deserved it. If he had stomach ache, he figured out what he did wrong with his stomach. If his foot hurt, he figured out what he did wrong with his foot. His wife wanted him to see a doctor, but he never did.
One time, he got sick, and told his wife he was going to see a doctor. She was overjoyed, and went with him to see what the doctor had to say. The doctor diagnosed the illness, and prescribed a medication for him to take.
After they left, the Rav took the note from the doctor and ripped it up. His wife was shocked, and asked why he did it. He replied that he wasn’t sure where the illness was coming from this time, so he saw the doctor for a diagnosis. Now that he knew where the illness was, he could properly do his cheshbon hanefesh.
Unfortunately, I can remember many times where a man passed away young and the local shuls collected funds for the family because they didn’t have life insurance. Each time, the Rabbonim stressed the importance of having it.
I personally get some through my employer (2.5x my salary) plus I buy a $1 million policy for myself and $750k for my wife.
I was told that I have to fast until my son is 13.
In terms of major poskim from the BY area, almost all of them agreed with R’ Moshe about the eruv. Some were because they learned through the sugyah, and others just relied on R’ Moshe’s opinion.
R’ Tuvia Goldstein zt”l, after learning through the sugyah, held that the eruv was kosher. However, out of respect for R’ Moshe, he did not use it, and encouraged others not to rely on it either. The difference would be when there was a case where the circumstances dictated that you could rely on a heter which is not always relied on, but not be mechalel Shabbos outright. According to R’ Moshe, you could not use the eruv. According to R’ Tuvia, you could.
I heard this from a talmud muvhak of R’ Tuvia zt”l.
I’ve heard that when Mashiach comes, the b’chorim will do the avodah. However, there is a famous story with the Chofetz Chaim that showed he held that when Mashiach comes, he, as a kohen, will do it. Maybe both will?
As for the C-section question, I asked that to a Rav, as my oldest is a boy who was born via c-section. I was told that all the halachos are the same except for pidyon haben.
GAW: nice quote from teh Ran. What should be learned from it now is that avoiding these things is on the man, not the woman. I see people who write “Well, don’t women know how hard it is for a man not to look?” That doesn’t matter. Blind yourself, as R’ Yosef did. Don’t try to impose new chumros on women to make you feel good about yourself.
Yes, I remember that. I was one of the original posters in the CR, when it first started.
Who do people always complain about? Who says what people want to hear?
Whoever that is should be the mayor.
East is not our focal point. We use East for davening and such because it faces Eretz Yisrael. If we were in China, we’d face West. Eretz Yisrael is the focal point, not East.
Mods, can you please change Grandmaster’s subtitle to “Joseph”?
Thanks!
brotherofurs, why are you asking halachic advice here? I have some advice for you. I have a great investment opportunity I advise you to invest in. Here are the details:
I have a large amount of money in Nigeria. It is $10,000,000. I can’t get it out because I need to bribe the officials there to release it. If you send me $5,000 now for the bribe, I will give you $1,000,000 when I get the full amount.
I have a friend who is almost 30. He has an older sister who is single. He won’t date until she’s engaged. His parents have begged him, his sister has told him that she doesn’t care and he should date, but he refuses to date. He won’t tell his family that’s the reason, but a few of his close friends know it.
GAW: I agree with your statement about questions and answers. The problem is when in schools they discourage questions, and humiliate you for asking certain ones. I had a tremendous amount of respect for a Rebbe who knew when to say, “I don’t know, but I’ll try to find out.”
Unfortunately, I also had Rabbeim who didn’t say that, and either just discouraged questions, or told you to just accept things without any explanation.
Pizza
Rabbi Yaakov Bender said in a shmuz years ago that it is not better. He said it’s better to listen to non-Jewish music and know what it is you’re listening to than to try and fool yourself into thinking it’s something ok.
I wouldn’t say that the person inspires me as a whole. There are certain things I admire about different people. One person mentioned Schindler before. Obviously what he did was amazing, and it inspires me. However, don’t forget Schindler’s darker side – he was a known womanizer who was not faithful to his wife.
You can be inspired by almost anyone. Just don’t forget that it’s only the one area, and you might not want to copy them in other areas.
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There have been studies that show soy formula can have bad side effects. Soy contains a lot of estrogen. Young people’s bodies are not able to process it properly and produce the hormones to counteract the estrogen. The study links high estrogen to homosexuality in boys and infertility in both genders. Unless you have health concerns with milk-based formula, I’d avoid the soy. Better to drink cholov stam formula than have these side effects.
SJSinNYC: Have you been to Teaneck Kosher? I started buying meats there sometimes. Some of their prices are lower than Shop Rite, and they deliver.
not I: In my area, the main kosher supermarket charges $7 for a pound of chicken cutlets. Shop Rite has it in their kosher section for $5.49. Ground beef (I buy the extra-lean)? Kosher place is $6.99 for 80% lean. Shop Rite is $5.99 for 90% lean.
Let’s take veggies: the kosher store sells green bell peppers for about $1.49/lb. The local Farmers Market sells them for $0.69/lb. Apples? The kosher store sells them for $2.99/lb. Farmers Market is $1.19/lb. Oh, and the Farmers Market stuff is fresher and better quality.
Sodas? Kosher place charges $2 for a 2 liter bottle. Shop Rite often has them on sale for $1. Kedem grape juice? Kosher place is $6 for a bottle. Shop Rite is $4, but often on sale for $3.
Now tell me, where should I do my shopping?