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moishy, I used that song before (on this page, near the top) and nobody got it. You can’t post words from the same song when mine is still out there!

R’ Moshe’s teshuvah was written for the USA, based on US laws. I honestly don’t know how it would apply in Israel. I do know that there are plenty of countries where you can’t rely on it.

R’ Tzvi Pesach Frank zt”l had ruled as Chief Rabbi that powdered milk was ok, but not liquid milk. The Rabbinate is simply following the psak from a former Chief Rabbi. If R’ Metzger would officially pasken that it’s not a problem, maybe they’d change their opinion.

I believe this was the first thread here about tznius, started by, you guessed it…. Joseph: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/how-to-increase-tzinius

WIY: I didn’t make it up. It’s from Rechnitzer Rejects. If you couldn’t figure it out, it goes to the tune of MBD’s Mashiach, Mashiach, Mashiach.

Goq, in your case I say yes, you should get the food stamps. They’re there to help those who are trying but can’t really make ends meet. If you didn’t have a job and didn’t want one, I’d say no, but because you are working and trying your best, go ahead and get the help. Just remember that all the different programs to help people should be used as a b’dieved, not l’chatchilah.

HaKatan, I wrote to you that you are mistaken, and that the majority of MO schools do NOT have mixed classes except at the very young age levels. Don’t attack a problem that doesn’t exist.

As for the YU Commentator, I don’t read it very often, so I can’t comment on specifics. The only thing I can say is that it’s a newspaper, which will often print a minority opinion just to gain readers. I highly doubt the letters written represent the majority of students in YU.

You also wrote how society has changed, so we must be more stringent, and have more takanos. How can you then claim that you practice “authentic Judaism” if you admit that it changes with the times? If anything, the Judaism YOU practice has changed with society, while MO has remained constant.

As Sam2 said, you are quite convinced that your way is correct no matter what. You are not open to an intelligent debate. That is why this will be my last response to you in this thread.

He didn’t know the leining well enough, so they pushed it off.

At my bar mitzvah my classmates picked me up in a chair. Something had spilled on the floor, and someone slipped. The chair fell, and me along with it. When I fell, I badly sprained my ankle. That was it for my dancing at my own bar mitzvah. I spent the rest of it sitting in a chair while they danced in a circle around me.

I’ve written this story here before, but I’ll write it again now. Here’s how R’ Shmuel Berenbaum zt”l handled someone who was a bad influence on others.

When my Rosh Yeshiva was a bachur in the Mir, there was a guy who got involved in a shady gambling ring. He lost badly, and was deeply in debt to some very unsavory characters. To try and pay them, he got others from the yeshiva involved in it.

A group of older bachurim went to R’ Berenbaum zt”l and told him what was going on. They told him they felt the guy had to be kicked out of the yeshiva. After all, he wasn’t just doing it himself – he was actively encouraging others to join him!

R’ Berenbaum yelled at them! He said, “How can you ask such a thing? Do you know what a responsibility it is to throw someone out of a yeshiva? It’s not a decision that can be made lightly!”

R’ Berenbaum ended up not throwing the guy out. Instead, he spent extra time with him, one on one.After a while, the guy got out of the gambling thanks to R’ Berenbaum. My RY said the guy is no a well known and respected mechanech. For obvious reasons, he didn’t tell us his name, so I can’t post it here.

Throwing someone out of a yeshiva, even when the person is influencing others, is not a simple thing to do.

Macherish: Unfortunately, you’re wrong. Yeshiva guys will do anything and everything in their black and white “uniforms”. Chassidim will do things in their “uniforms”. I’ve heard from people about some of the places they’ve seen chassidim in their full levush. I’ve seen them myself in some places I didn’t think they’d go – and I definitely saw them doing things I never thought they’d do!

When I was younger, in yeshiva, one Friday after class I was going to play ball, wearing shorts and a t-shirt. While walking up the block, I saw the wife of a big Rav in the community walking with her kids who she’d just picked up from school. She stopped me, and said to me, “I assume you’re going to play ball now?” I replied in the affirmative. She said, “My husband would be so happy if he saw you! He laments that some guys seem to think it’s bittul Torah to go play ball. Exercise is extremely important, and all bachurim should be doing it!”

A few weeks after that, the yeshiva made a rule that you can’t wear shorts while playing ball. Apparently the menahel felt a frum boy shouldn’t wear shorts. A Rebbe who used to play basketball with us sometimes spoke to the menahel about it. The rule was rescinded.

oomis, if it’s baked cauliflower, it’s not a latke.

DaasYochid: I believe it was called Shi’ur Moledet, but I might be mistaken. I just checked that because I think it was the last song on an album I have, and that’s the name of the last song according to the site I checked.

DaasYochid: The actual song Areshes S’foseinu was not their original tune. The low part was taken from a secular Israeli band called Kaveret (aka Poogy). They are more well known for the song Yo-Ya, which they originally wrote.

Chuck Norris can pop scissors with a balloon.

Superman can fly. But Chuck Norris can force him to land with a roundhouse kick.

The Guinness Book of World Records is actually Chuck Norris’ elementary school report card.

Each of my kids has 2 names.

For my son, we had a relative we wanted to name him after, but we also had a name we really wanted to use. Since the two names go well together, and there have been rabbonim who had those two names, we gave him two names.

For my daughter, we were originally planning on only giving her one name. However, the relative we were naming her after died somewhat young. In such cases, some people hold a name should be added. We asked our Rav, and he told us to add a name. We picked out the name ourselves, not after anybody. It was a name that expressed some of our feelings at the time.

As for your #3 question: was the person chashuv? My grandfather, in my mind, was very chashuv. He went through Auschwitz and remained frum. He raised children who are frum and have frum children. He was a businessman who had a reputation of being 100% honest. That’s chashuv enough for me.

We call our son by his Hebrew name, On his birth certificate, it has the English version – to use the classic CR example, if his name is Yosef, it says Joseph on the paperwork. No, my son is not the infamous Joseph!

For my daughter, we call her what the relative was called. It’s not exactly the Hebrew or the English, it’s somewhere in between.

supergirl: and what if men want to listen? If I wanted a girl to sing with, I can ask my wife or my sister. Both are very good singers.

Honestly, there is nothing that will ease the pain besides for pain-killers. Even the pills the doctors prescribe only take the edge off – the pain is still excruciating. I just went to the emergency room, where they doped me up. Eventually it will pass, but it’s extremely rough until it does.

You’re welcome. I assume you enjoyed my recommendations?

I also agree about Simon & Garfunkel. They were pretty amazing.

The symphony Pink Floyd album (Us & Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd) is fantastic, I highly recommend it.

If you like strong strings, try Beethoven’s 6th Symphony (also known as The Pastoral Symphony).

Also try Ode to Joy.