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“Egypt is in North Africa…”
Ask most Egyptians if they are a “North African” country and you will get a very vigorous pushback locating themselves in the “Middle East”. Indeed, they would be more comfortable if you just said they lived in a suburb of Eilat versus having any real connection with most of the African continent.On the social interaction issues of concern to you, it will vary tremendously between local chabad groups and individual shalichim.
The so-called “Kemo” tallis is really tightly woven lightweight wool (not sure if Egyptian or North African) but from what I’ve heard, actually stays on like velcro. Some order a size larger to avoid having any tallis slip off…
Do you believe Moshe Rabeinu was around for k’riyas yam suf or was this whole story just another illustration of “Fake News” to make Pharoh look bad??
“Mod 29 said that complaints change the status to irritating”
I have only the greatest respect for the Mods (especially the ehrliche yid with an esrim v’tesa surname which in gematria equates to “delete”. I trust that Mod 29 and his/her colleagues do NOT wish to become part of the cancel culture and are willing to indulge new posters up to a point. Several of us believe that point was breached a while ago and these recent vacuous posts have transcended irritating and obnoxious .
This recent flood of childish and generally incoherent posts is both disruptive and not especially “entertaining”. However, its up to the Mods to decide what is acceptable under the CR editorial guidelines, so the opinions of some of us “oldtimers” are not especially relevant other than our collective decision to ignore.
It will be tough to maintain costly rail networks for peak day service when huge crowds may flood the system while average daily travel wanes. Also, there are huge unfunded pension obligations for mass transit workers which are generally tied to general revenues but in some cases are funded by transit agency revenues.
Does “displacement” equate to virtual “neutralization” as the say in EY??
AAQ: Many parents are not yet comfortable with their yinglach going off on their own overseas while in their early teens. This would include seminary in EY or any other “year abroad”
If the 20th century urban planning model of building roads and fixed-rail mass transit systems as “hub-and-spoke” networks to shlep workers from the suburbs to “downtown” has materially changed, than we will have trillions of dollars worth of obsolete infrastructure whose financing costs will still have to be paid without sufficient revenues to cover debt service.
Otherwise, no problem and we all live happily ever after on Zoom calls.“I’m a big fan of mussar, but sometimes it’s a bit too much…”
Agreed. I always felt guilty running off to the Kiddush Club on shabbos בְּחֻקֹּתַי while the baal koreh was reading the Tocheichah (which I generally couldn’t hear anyway). I’ve also given up on my original aspirations to become the official baal musar for members of the Club.
…making Shabbos special with special food set aside only for Shabbos..”
Nothing “special” about chulent for shabbos, at least the way many prepare it using beans and cheaper cuts of fatty meat (with lots of salt). Also, the “special for shabbos” label is a joke given that just about every frum neighborhood now has some joint that hosts special Chulent Night on thursdays. I’m all for those who choose to start shabbos early but Thursday night is a non-starter even under the most expansive definition of “plag hamincha”
Whatever works for YOU is the right answer. Some bochurim have the skills, motivation and self-discipline to supplement their yeshiva’s curriculum with on-line classes and self-instruction while others will need the structure and support of a traditional classroom with skilled teachers to obtain the necessary secular skills in language, math and science to proceed on to college and grad school . Its never a one-size-fits-all formula when it comes to learning and education.
Not to worry….the regular Mods flew off on their regular Tu B’shvat winter vacations this week at some undisclosed tropical island with no internet access. ….Normal moderation and screening of “new topics” will hopefully be restored on their return.
I think we had this “name the acronym” once before
EJMR is the Economic Jobs Market Rumors social media forum, a sort of Linked-in for economists seeking jobs in the economics market. Its primarily focused on teaching jobs for academics but spans the entire economics/statistics and finance disciplines. While its a year-round online venue, its activities peak in December and early January prior to the annual January meetings of the American Economics Association where a large percentage of the economics hiring process occurs.
Having provided a totally useless factoid, I’m sure our CR poster going by that acronym has something else in mind.
Yes…and a large percentage of CR participants are not within the 3 mile Doordash or Grubhub delivery zones off 13th Avenue. Thats why UJM’s gracious offer shows real mesiras nefesh.
UJM neglected to mention that he will personally deliver to unfortunate CR participants who foolishly made a decision to live OOT and will waive the usual delivery charge for those making a donation to his favorite tzadakah
Frozen Pizza=overpriced cardboard with hashgacha. Its so easy to make fresh pizza at home (even if you use fresh pita bread in lieu of rolling your own dough), unclear why anyone (other than a bochur in a dorm room at some distance from a real pizza restaurant) would even consider ingesting the frozen stuff.
Whats a “haak”?
Haak: A small to medium-sized bird of prey (genus Accipiter) found primarily in the Boston and surrounding New England areas
ujm: It wouldn’t be tziniusdik.
CH: I can’t think of a “silly” insult….would a plain old insult suffice?
People who post silly comments are desperately seeking attention.
The vast percentage of those work for years to get the required education and training to become either a physical therapist or mental health therapist (not sure which you are referencing) and then obtain the required certification, genuinely want to help people. Sorry if you’ve had a bad experience.
“For most of our history, Yidden got along quite fine without going away on vacations”
Tell that to the many chashuvah rabbonim who fly to Switzerland, Florida and other “vacation desitnations” at certain times of year.
The is nothing left to discuss…HEwhose name has been cancelled was banned for life so only those suffering from TDS would even have any incentive to obsess about what HE might have tweeted. Thusfar, we have no evidence that HE has been posting here in the CR under some assumed name that sounds like an acronym for a big yiddeshe mosdos.
” I believe this is actually happening under the radar, with people using small NJ colleges to pass at lowest requirement level…
AAQ: I hope your right. However/wherever its happening, its a net positive to have a greater percentage or frum youth obtaining some level of college education while continuing with their limudei kodesh.
TSB: As the Alpha Kopfinizer in the CR, I must respectfully disagree with your bizarre perception of the state of the American political system and the choices available. I’ve noted repeatedly that there are multiple Republican leaders in the state and federal government whose policies are generally aligned with Trump but whose persona, values and principles are exemplary w/o the racist, misogynistic and narcissistic baggage. The fact that you’ve tied yourself to the latter says more about you than your political ideology.
AAQ: My initial understanding was the the OP was looking for one of the more moderneshe yeshivos offering a more robust secular program with AP courses etc. that would be attractive to one of the top colleges. The tuition at these “upper schools” as they are sometimes know in NYC, Washington DC, LA, South Florida are in the $25K-$29K range plus additional fees. Most offer tutition assistance and scholarships so including the financial aid would reduce these amounts depending on the OP’s level of financial need. They are still a bargain compared to the top “private” high schools where tuitions range up to $50,000/year w/o even including the cost of dorm living for OOT students.
While not always true, the tuition at the yeshivos offering a lower level of secular programs is lower than those that do.
Any just for the record, my initial post reference “Ivy League and OTHER good schools”. …Some Ivy schools not in the top rankings for certain fields anymore an you obviously can get a great education in a number of State schools.
Poutine is perhaps the best reason to stay south of the 45th parallel ….if you yearn for burnt french fries covered with a greyish-orange gravy and topped with cholov yisroel cheese curds that taste like the small pink colored rubber erasers you used in elementary school than I guess you’ll have to find a chavrusah in Kiryas Tosh.
TS Baum….I’ll perhaps agree with respect to lawyers, but we do need more professionals who approach their disciplines with a frum hashkafah. However, I just don’t recall ever hearing a frum mother kvelling about her son, the plumber or FedEx driver.
RMC is the Rare Meat Company, a source of kosher venison and bison we discovered while spending 6 months in London just prior to Covid. They had hashgacha from the Federation Vaad and “shecht to order” based on customer reservations. Aside from the obvious kashruth issues in terms of meat schechted from from a cow or sheep (considered a domesticated behemah) versus the challenges of shechting a deer (a chayah). There were also UK-specific rules against domestic shechita of deer so they had to be imported from the Continent. The quality of their products were outstanding but their prices were very high in comparison to Aarons and other domestic U.S. suppliers of venison etc. we have used since we got back in 2020.
BY: What part of the country are you located and what minimum level of limudei torah are you seeking? As noted above, there are good yeshivos on the west coast, Boston, Florida, Chicago, Philadelphia etc. in addition to the more well-known names in the NYC/NJ metro area that offer excellent secular programs whose graduates go on to to Ivy league and other highly-rated colleges. They range from MO to more frum. What are YOU looking for??
For less than $30,000/year (with tuition assistance), there are multiple MO yeshivos in the U.S. that offer an excellent secular education along with high quality limudei torah with rabbonim who are skilled in chinuch along with their daas torah. It really depends on whether you are looking to have your kids educated in secular studies to the minimal levels necessary to earn a parnassah and function in society to wanting them to have a more fully balanced education that will allow them to excel in a professional career should they decide to pursue that option. We need frum doctors, lawyers, engineers, computer scientists etc. and they will not magically appear from graduates of yeshivos who can only mimimally function in language, science and mathematical disciplines. Yes, there are a small percentage of self-taught yungerleit who manage to go on to graduate school and excel but the are a small percentage and definitely NOT the norm.
Has anyone explored humane capture of the deer and contracting with one of several really outstanding chassideshe shechitas in the area for purpose of supplyingh venison to local markets. Venison is the healthiest of all red meats with less than 2% fat (that’s less than skinless chicken), fewer calories than other red meat varieties, and the highest protein content of any major meat. It would be a lot cheaper than purchasing from RMC (the only source I know of that consistently stocks venison with a glatt mehadrin hashgacha.
Lots of yeshivos provide good secular programs to balance their limudei torah…..are you looking for a yeshiva in EY or the U.S. …..if the latter, what part of the country??
Perhaps should have asked the OP, what is meant by a “long weekend” (i.e. 4 days/3 nights) and what kind of “vacation” focus are you looking for this time of year (i.e. skiing in New England , somewhere warm on the beach, amusement park for the kids, hiking in one of the National Parks in the southwest)
CA: There is always a minyan at the Chabad at Dartmouth in Hanover and there used to be a minyan in Bethlehem but I haven’t been there in more than 10 years so have no idea if they are still in existence and if so, are ‘seasonal” (I was there in the summer).
I’d second UJM’s Arizona suggestion. As you know, the contractor being used for the Maricopa County Audit, the Ninja Warriors, just went out of businesses after being unable to find any credible evidence of the BIG STEAL. Nonetheless, the State Republican party is pushing forward and is now seeking “volunteers” for a statewide door-to-door canvasing of voters to match them up with ballots. You and the mishpacha can earn some “public service” credits by going to their website to volunteer.
P.S. While your out there, don’t miss Samarkand Glatt Restaurant in Phoenix. Best borscht you’ll find outside of Brighton BeachAAQ: Moishiach will come before HC gets nominated again….sadly, I can’t say the same thing for DJT
Watch/listen to the ongoing rant at the MAGA event in Arizona and decide if you really want a 2nd term. My biggest issue right now is can the Dems find someone other than Biden/Harris to run in ’24
” frum Jews should always be behind brown or black haired politicians”
There should be exceptions for folically-challenged but otherwise loyal Trumpkopf politicians like crazy Rudy but they should at least be required to use a hair coloring agent that doesn’t run down the side of their face during news conferences.
Rightwriter: You are totally accurate in your observation of something really wierdhas happened to Trumpkopf from having received a covid booster shot. Does anyone remember the epic movie , “The Incredible Hulk”. Well think of the new Trumpkopf as The Incredible Orange Hulk (rather than green). Clearly there was some unanticipated biochemical reaction between his body and the mRNA vaccine booster. There are unconfirmed reports he was seen hugging a “Dr. Fauci blowup doll” at a fund raising event for Mitch McConnell at Mar a Lago earlier this week while dancing to the new Lipa Schmeltzer arrangement of “YMCA”.
“Are there any frum doctors in Brooklyn or Queens doing tests on a motzei shabbos?”
The immigration authorities do NOT require a test from a FRUM doctor or nurse. If you can find a qualified galach administering the tests, thats fine. They don’t care about the hashkafah of the testing firm. There are also 24 hour tests being offered now at JFK and the urgent care near the Belt Parkway by the JFK entrance.
Given that in the early stages there almost always is a question of how do you balance the potential harm to an alleged abuser’s reputation with the potential harm to victims if you remain silent? Once allegations are shared (even if done “confidentially”) the word always gets out. At the same time, delay can inflict lifetime trauma on the victims. It will always be a difficult call but after years of giving chashuvah rabbonim and askanim the benefit of the doubt, the pendulum has clearly moved in the direction of putting the interests of victims first.
“According to VAERS data, which granted may be misleading for a variety of reasons, approx 20k died from the Vaccine, with tens of more thousands seriously injured…”
Not only is the so called “VAERS data” misleading (as you acknowledge), it is entirely false and being used as part of an intentional misinformation campaign by anti-vaxers and those for whom vaccination has become a political wedge issue. However, by initially overstating vaccination benefits, the Dems have only themselves to blame for creating a fertile reception for these anti-vax lies.AAQ: Azoy….I guess I was following the segulah backwards and in a slightly difference hourly allocation.
“I think it’s a great hoax…”
The entire issue of “segulahs” and their legitimacy is a really grey area in our hashkafah with some holding strongly by certain segulahs associated with very narrow and specific actions (i.e. being machmir on a certain mitzvah at a certain time/location) or more generally “buying a segulah” by giving tzadakah to a Rav/Mosdos to daven on your behalf for one/multiple segulahs, sometimes linked to a yahrtzeit at the kever of a big tzadik. There are frequent ads on all the frum media an websites promoting various segulahs linked to financial donations.Bottom line is that some segulahs appear to have strong foundations simply based on their “sponsorship” whereas others appear borderline new age kefirah. I guess its all based on the emunah of whoever is seeking the segulah, the credibility of the sponsorship and their willingness to pay.
MB: R’ Dovid should find some way of electronically screening emails for segulahs and ranking them by authenticity. He is one of the more “tech savy” rabbonim I’ve encountered (online of course).
Does anyone have a verified segulah for 6 hours (Ambien-free) continuous sleep, assuming one has followed all the usual pre-sleep protocols (i.e. limit caffein/alcohol, dark, cool BR, limit screen usage etc). I’m not a big segulah fan but might make an exception.
The Dems have –and continue to–misstate the purpose and efficacy of the Covid vaccine. It was never meant to provide 100 percent (or even the claimed 90+ percentages cited in the EUA authorizations) against infection. The objective was to REDUCE infection rates in the context of communal spread, and REDUCE the severity of illness and rate of hospitalization for breakthrough infections. It has clearly succeed in both objectives although the metrics of that success can be debated. Yet every time we read about the infection or death someone who has been vaccinated we get the usual response of “they don’t work”. Sort of like denying global warming every time it snows.
There was also another eccentric yid in Brooklyn years ago nicknamed as “Mendel the Coat Rack” who also may have been niftar since he was quite old when I remember reading about him. Its interesting how back then, we had much greater tolerance and were considerably more supportive of individuals who did not fit within the “norm” of the stereotypes we created for various segments of the tzibur. There were also some really colorful characters who were regulars at Landau’s minyanim for whom words could not fully describe.