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Are there a lot of other frum yidden who are big Dolly Parton fans?? Strange place to look for a minyan on chol hamoed but you never know these days.
Mindful: “The more food chumros you pile on the greater you are, and you don’t even have to work on your character…..”
So true. Much easier to only eat cholov yisroel pizza than having to worry about being judgemental or lacking in empathy.
On the “Bitul Torah Meter”, there are considerably higher scoring endeavors than responding to UJM Trolls since they almost all contain a kernel of daas torah or a vert worth considering before drafting a disparaging response.
Syag: A refuah shelemah b’maharh baymenu etc. Hope you found a medical student (now world-famous doctor) as your beschert, so you are in full posession of your faculties as you savor the wisdom of my posts.
Syag: You read too much into my post. My simple point was that a medical student is barely earning enough to pay his/her own tuition and living costs and even as a resident does not really earn much. Thus, absent some subsidies from the in-laws or government stipends someone has to pay the bills, no matter how frugal they might be.
If at the age of 30 you don’t have either the interest or time to invest in checking out the woman who you intend to spend your life with and be the mother to your children, perhaps marriage is not for you.
CS: I recall there used to be lots of kvetching here in the CR when YWN would run a story about some rebbe from EY flying off with his gabboim on a private jet paid for by one of his wealthy chassidim to a summer vacation in Switzerland or winter vacation in Florida. That seemed to be more of a minhag among the chassideshe A-listers. I don’t recall seeing similiar stories about R’ Chaim Z’TL or some of the other Litvish rabbonim flying off somewhere on vacation although I might have missed it.
Putting aside the general admonition of “aseh lacha rav” and avoiding venue shopping for friendly psak din, perhaps someone could start a website where you could enter your pesachdike food preferences and find a source that is makil or has a mesorah allowing
Crazy Horse: Your command of Yiddish is obviously superior to mine. Peyton obviously trumped his brother Eli in all relevant categories.
P.S. my comment was that for any young woman in medical school, it would be at least 5 years before she could support a family where her husband was a FT learner with no income. Hopefully, there are some wealth in-laws on either side.I’d rather solicit psak halacha here on the CR than get medical advice from our resident public health professionals. For many of us the prior vaccinations and boosters have worked well and B’H we have never had any problems with covid. Its so incredibly based on your personal health status that no generalization makes sense.
A centrist coalition (w/o Bibi, Ganz, Lapid or Bennet) would be in the best interest of klal yisroel which probably means it will never happen. We seem to swing from one dysfunctional coalition to another with the religious parties as the swing group willing to “sell” their support to whomever will assure the largest welfare and subsidy payments to their mosdos
AD: Good point regarding Berland’s followers. I’m probably casting too wide a net rather than focusing on the subset of thugs that have been engaged in violence and in my mind, are acting in a cult-like manner.
AD: While I acknowledge that at some point decades ago, Berland may have started out as a “normal” rav, he long ago sunk into the dark slime of someone who abused and assaulted women and misled thousands of yidden into a cult-like following which has resulted in multiple criminal indictments and convictions. He is today a rashah gamur, notwithstanding what he might have been in a prior life.
Common Saychel: The guys arriving every Sunday night at JFK and EWR generally do not rush out to BP, Willy, Monsey or Lkwd and go door-to-door schneuring for handouts to send a Chareidi family on vacation to Tiveriah or perhaps even Zurich….Likewise, you don’t see a lot of VRBO ads from charedi families living in Meah Shearim or Bnai Brak to rent out their “villas” while they are off on vacation.
A couple of years ago there was a story here on YWN about some young man who got semicha (I don’t recall from whom) and then immediately declared he was starting his own chassidus with himself, of course, as “the Rebbe”. No idea what has happened to his chassidus but I don’t think this would qualify as a “cult”. Conversely, it would seem among yidden, the Lev Tahor types along Berland and his frequently violent followers clearly fall within most notions of a cult expressed above.
“To what level has Klal Yisroel decended that questions of Halacha are a matter of a poll in the CR?”
Recent polls show that more ehrliche yidden rely on the CR Poskim than any other virtual source of daas torahמשוגעפערד : עס וועט זיין לפּחות 5 יאָר איידער אַ מעדיציניש תּלמיד וועט זיין ערנינג גענוג צו שטיצן אַ משפּחה
While arguably it may not technically be considered kitniyos, there are still many frum yidden across all spectrums of hashkafah who will still not eat quinoa even on achron shel pesach simply because it doesn’t “feel pesachdik”. In a world where food scientists appear able to “engineer” just about any food for pesach, there are still some who adhere to a matzoh & potatoes core diet for yom tov.
Better question is would why would a full-time medical student want to date someone who has no interest in a profession or earning a parnassah for his family.
AAQ: Very interesting theory about willful suppression of adverse information constituting an “in-kind” political contribution but Feds have not had much success prosecuting failure to report such “in-kind” violations. The FEC had deadlocked on these types of violations (given the 3-3 R/D split) just as they have on just about every other alleged violation.
CA: The Hunter Biden stuff is a work in progress and had it been known, very well might have affected election outcome. Problem is that we still don’t know whether there is a “there” there. The FBI investigation of possible criminal violations of tax laws, as well as FARA ( foreign lobbying) and money laundering rules has been ongoing for several years but
prosecutors face a number of hurdles to bringing criminal charges. Most notable (as Trump well knows from the Manhattan DA’s investigation of the his inflated/deflated property valuations) is proving that Biden Jr. intentionally violated either the tax laws or FARA. On the latter, they might bring civil charges through which it would be considerably easier to obtain a conviction (or plea agreement).
On the media side, with the NYT and WashPost both trying to do tshuvah by running stories now, I’d agree there was a predisposition to dismiss the allegations run by the NYPost as simply Russian disinformaiton. I myself, to this day, cannot believe anyone (much less a Yale law school grad) would be so incredibly dumb as to leave a computer for repairs w/o removing all files from the hard driveBut there has been debate within the Justice Department over whether the available evidence proves that Mr. Biden intended to violate FARA, which the government must prove in order to secure a criminal conviction. The prosecutors have discussed approaching potential FARA violations as a civil matter, which would require Mr. Biden to register retroactively as a foreign agent, but would avoid criminal charges, according to the people familiar with the case.
Such a resolution could complicate a potential money laundering case, since money laundering is typically charged in connection with another crime.
Over the last two years, federal prosecutors in Delaware have issued scores of subpoenas for documents related to Hunter Biden’s foreign work and for bank accounts linked to him and his associates, including two formerly close business partners, Eric Schwerin and Devon Archer, according to people familiar with the investigation.
Last year, prosecutors interviewed Mr. Archer and subpoenaed him for documents and grand jury testimony, the people said. Mr. Archer, who was sentenced last month in an unrelated securities fraud case in which a decision to set aside his conviction was reversed, had served with Mr. Biden on Burisma’s board, starting in 2014.
People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer and others about Burisma and other foreign business activity. Those emails were obtained by The New York Times from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by Mr. Biden in a Delaware repair shop. The email and others in the cache were authenticated by people familiar with them and with the investigation.
In some of the emails, Mr. Biden displayed a familiarity with FARA, and a desire to avoid triggering it.
In one email to Mr. Archer in April 2014, Mr. Biden outlined his vision for working with Burisma. In the email, Hunter Biden indicated that the forthcoming announcement of a trip to Ukraine by Vice President Biden — who is referred to in the email as “my guy,” but not by name — should “be characterized as part of our advice and thinking — but what he will say and do is out of our hands.”
The announcement “could be a really good thing or it could end up creating too great an expectation. We need to temper expectations regarding that visit,” Hunter Biden wrote.
Vice President Biden traveled to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, about a week after the email.
In the same April 2014 email, Hunter Biden indicated that Burisma’s officials “need to know in no uncertain terms that we will not and cannot intervene directly with domestic policymakers, and that we need to abide by FARA and any other U.S. laws in the strictest sense across the board.”
He suggested enlisting the law firm where he worked at the time, Boies Schiller Flexner, to help Burisma through “direct discussions at state, energy and NSC,” referring to two cabinet departments and the National Security Council at the White House.
The firm “can devise a media plan and arrange for legal protections and mitigate U.S. domestic negative press regarding the current leadership if need be,” Mr. Biden wrote in the email.
Mr. Biden, Mr. Archer, Boies Schiller Flexner and Blue Star Strategies did not register under FARA on behalf of Burisma.
In another set of emails examined by prosecutors, Hunter Biden and Mr. Archer discussed inviting foreign business associates, including a Burisma executive, to a dinner in April 2015 at a Washington restaurant where Vice President Biden would stop by. It is not clear whether the Burisma executive attended the dinner, although the vice president did make an appearance, according to people familiar with the event.
Prosecutors also subpoenaed records related to a lawsuit brought by the former employee of Mr. Biden’s, Lunden Alexis Roberts, in Arkansas state court, according to her lawyer.
Ms. Roberts sued Mr. Biden for child support and paternity in 2019, after one of his companies ceased paying her and providing her with health insurance, according to court records.
Mr. Biden and Ms. Roberts reached a settlement out of court in the paternity case in March 2020.
Last year, prosecutors traveled to Little Rock, Ark., and asked Ms. Roberts and her lawyer about Mr. Biden’s finances, including which corporate entity he used to pay her, and whether that entity had received payments from Burisma, according to a person familiar with the questioning.
And last month, in response to another subpoena, Ms. Roberts testified before the grand jury in Delaware, according to her lawyer.
From: The TimesIs it OK if the boy’s mother to inquire how much of a dowry the girl’s family is prepared to offer for the privilege of having them as in-laws?? Auctioning off your son to the highest bidder sounds like a game plan. Starting bid of a donkey, two goats and a 2 BR condo in BP or Willy??
“And who said this wasn’t staged by Ukraine for more sympathy”
Just about every intelligence report and nightly media coverage from the U.S. and every European country have been reporting this ongoing genocide against civilians in real time over the past few weeks. If you believe this was “staged”, join the holocaust denial club, the 9/11 denial club, the Newton school shooting denial club or the conspiracy theory of your choice.
“When a person wears blinders for glasses it’s hard to see light….”
CA: Well stated. After 63 separate state and federal court judges and appellate panels, more than 2/3 of which were Republicans and many Trump appointees rejected every substantive and procedural case brought by Trump’s “lawyer” Guilianni and his circus car of legal clowns, there are still some who won’t take NO for answer and somehow believe the election was “stolen”. They will sadly go their graves in their MAGA hats.
For a shidduch where the choson/kalah are in their late teens/early 20s, it may be appropriate for the parents to assist in the search process. As they get older and more emotionally/economically secure the parents would become less involved. For young men and women in their late 20s/30s, presumably they would take the lead in the search for their beschert, while perhaps seeking their parents’ opinions of their own choices.
Per UJM, just drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with minced garlic, salt, pepper and maybe even some fresh rosemary and pop in the oven at 350 F until golden and crisp.
Historian: So your saying that because they refuse to serve in the military and avoid going up to har habayis, that somehow made them legitimate targets? I don’t get your point.
not every shayla is a root canal….
Nor do you go to an endodontist for a colonoscopy. There are poskim with expertise in the subject matter of your shyla based on its complexity but in most cases (aka baracha over pizza) your LRP is the obvious starting point.
Rumor has it that the cows don’t hold by DST and need to be milked on their regular schedule….bummer for the dairy farmers, perhaps good news for those growing veggies
In the time spent soliciting halachic opinions, “psudo-psaks” and uninformed speculation from the CR talmedei chachaim, you could say hamotzi several times over as well as a few kapital tehillim and perhaps even do chazorah on a blat gemorah. If you don’t value your time, definitely keep on asking questions.
Common Saychel: Sam’s nevius is unique since he often gets breaking news from the Ebeshter before it is even posted on Shamayim’s social media sites. For all you aspiring neviim, you may ask what is the source of this unique prophetic vision? Well, its really not that complicated. You simply take the most recent YWN news story of the petirah of some elderly gadol or chashuve rav, some highway accident, natural disaster, terrorist attack or geopolitical misfortune and quickly select the most appropriate thread in the CR, summarize the news event and then intone
” wake up & do teshuva”!!But will Biden sign it?
He will check with John Kerry as to whether it will facilitate tikun olam. I’m not certain that netz/alos haschachar will be part of that assessment.Is there even a makor for back peyos?
Yes. Its called both pikuach nefesh and practicality. Sadly, hiding peyot behind the ears and/or wearing kipot toward the back of the head was likely deemed an inyan of pikuach nefesh at different times and places, so one would not be recognized as a Jew during times of anti-semitic violence. Clearly, that may be a legit concern in parts of Europe verus Bnai Brak. Also, for some who work in certain professions, I supsect having your peyos behind the ear may simply be a more practical option.
Reb E: You might also mention that for those who endeavor to serve the tzibur w/o expectation of immediate compensation, there is the promise of a dual stream of future benefits in that Hashem will reward them in some undefined way but will ALSO but also will remove any sickness….HaKadosh Boruch Hu y’shaleim s’charam, v’yasir meheim kol machalah. Whether cleaning the beis medrash, putting seforim back on the shelves, serving in Hatzalah or the Chevrah Kadisha, HaKadosh Boruch Hu y’shaleim s’charam. I doubt the tzibur could ever really “compensate” these selfless individuals for all they do so its a goog thing the Ebeshter has committed to backstop whatever appreciation the klal can provide
Ultimately, the issue will be decided on its political merits on a particular day. If Pelosi put it on the House floor when they return from their DWP next week, it would likely pass by a 70-80 vote plurality. However, given the Dem’s inability to move forward on the “progressive agenda” (aka paid parental leave, child tax credits, Covid vaccine funding, voting rights etc), her caucus is in no hurry to rush a vote on legislation one frustrated Dem referenced as the “soccer moms agenda”. Ultimately, it will pass but probably not in the next month or two.
We’ve been purchasing most of our produce for years at Sunday AM farmers’ markets, supplemented by monthly deliveries of fresh produce from one of multiple subscription organic farms where you purchased a fixed interest in their crop which will result in biweekly (May through October) delivery of incredible fresh produce even though you never know in advance what will be included in that week’s boxed selections. For the past two years we also subscribed to beef and sheep deliveries from a local organic farmer (along with 5 other frum families) and import a shochet from Baltimore driving down twice a year to shecht the animals and prepare multiple freezer packs. We have a small inexpensive chest freezer in the garage that provides for a couple of months worth of meat. When we try to figure costs, its probably 20 percent MORE than the local kosher meat markets but we think the quality is much better. Fish is still purchased from local seafood markets and the prices have gone crazy. Would love to have a nearby fisher that sells off the boat like some friends have access to up in the Portland (ME) area.
Bottom Line: Much better quality but not cheaper.I appreciate the inyan of the 24 hour timeline from the Zohar (on P’ Emor) but had there is no way they could have attempted to hold a levayah on erev shabbos last week without risking massive sakanas nefesh from massive crowds rushing to attend and then get home for shabbos within the tight confines of BB. Perhaps if it had been done in secret, but how do you maintain “secrecy” about the petirah of the gadol hador??
AAQ: Cholov stam is only allowed where there is a shaylah that the tzitsis might also be shatnez.
Rightwriter: I used to think I was wrong about your postings but my initial assumption was incorrect. I will acknowledge your consistent support of certain Trump economic policies while recognizing his personal sleaze factor.
Most aspects of the economy are working well using most of the standard metrics. The big near-term risk is whether the Fed will be able to manage the interest rate rise/withdrawal of liquidity with the rate of inflation. Too much of the current prosperity is concentrated in upper tier of the economy as it has during the 4 years of the prior administration. Inflation is obviously a regressive tax on the middle and lower income segments of society. Jerome Powell is not a “socialist” or “spread the wealth guy” ala Bernie Sanders but he brings more focus on income disparities than any Fed Chair in history and I’m hopeful he will keep the income disparity as his focus (versus measuring “success” by the Dow Stock point average).rightwriter: Trump will tease another presidential run to rake in the $$ up to the last minute and might even announce his candidacy if his ego/reputation require further nourishment. The lunatics who keep peddling his stolen election trash can and will continue their crusade. Bottom line: Even those who are generally supportive of Trump’s policies and acknowledge some of the Biden family stupid ethical lapses (remember Jimmy’s Carter and George Bush brothers who sought to cash in), there is zero liklihood the Dems “stole” the 2020 election so GET OVER IT.
“Good thing orange man bad isn’t president anymore….”
RightWriter: Glad we can agree on something.
” pretty much everyone’s economy is ruined due to the local and global COVID lockdowns which ruined individual economies as well as being impacted by the chain effect..
Rightwriter: Either you haven’t bothered to read any recent reports by the World Bank, IMF, OECD etc. but the world economy is not “ruined” due to Covid and is bouncing back with incredible speed. Indeed, global equity markets (except for the usual suspects) are near all-time highs, bond yields are up only 150 basis points from their multi-year lows, unemployment is so low it is depressing output etc. Inflation is the biggest near-term challenge. Whats with your “doom and gloom” postings lately??
Shalom: I don’t think anyone was fixated on the scheduling of the levayah compared to the immense loss for klal yisroel.
Clearly, it would have been total chaos, had they attempted to hold the levayah erev shabbos. The Sunday AM timing clearly prevented mass chillul shabbos by attendees as well as providing minimal time for planning the necessary security to prevent sakanas nefesh from a sudden mass crowding event. If you watched the levayah, you could see how tight and narrow the streets were around the Rav’s Z’L home which could have been Meron 2.0 without some pre-planning. Even with those security precautions it still seemed semi-chaotic but perhaps thats inevitable in these situations.
Reb E: Unfortunately, some first need a dictionary for the meaning of “synonyms: and “antonyms” before moving on to the thesaurus for more elegant rhetorical flourishes
Even with all the “woke” stuff going on the military, some really necessary and some looney tunes, I have little doubt that our forces would wipe out any competitive force, especially after watching several weeks of Putin’s “manly” warriors in Ukraine.
Zushy: Help me out but why would any normal Rebbe “confiscate” shoes which help those with difficulty in bending over or tying shoelaces? Unless you were wearing bright red patent leather shoes with velcro straps, why would anyone care??
Marxist: More sechel, more $$, more gashmius (primarily in the Hampdens which of course is the far, far east of 5T) and surprisingly, even more ruchniyus although the latter data is subject to conflicting interpretations.
All of this validates the admonition as famously articulated by
R’ Horace Greely: “גיי מזרח יונג מענטש”Lemayseh: You apparently fail to realize that the majority of the CR posters are true neviim and have shown themselves to be forward looking thinkers who are legends in their own minds and eventually right on most issues, albeit occasionally for the wrong reasons.
Just like the Russkies to expropriate $10 billion in aircraft on a yom tov of the owners of most of the planes. About two-thirds of these aircraft are leased by Irish companies, including Dublin-based AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, with 152 aircraft valued at nearly $3 billion. To take such action on St. Patrick’s Day is a real shanda.
“people who live in the Eastern side of the time zone have higher IQ and income than people in the western part…”
Empirical support for this hypothesis is found in the GPS coordinates of 5T which is much further east than BP, Willy, Monsey and Lakewood.