Gadolhadorah

Has anyone seen any credible data that roughly approximates the percentage distribution of the frum/charedi population in either the US or EY as between Chassidish, Litvish and “All Other” (i.e segurahs, etc) and how those percentages have been skewing over the past 10-20 years.

“If you’re looking for an okay-man who will assuge you that your aveiros aren’t so bad and everyone else is doing it anyways, so don’t fret over it too much, you can get someone even less judgemental by seeking out a conservative or reform rabbi”

Or alternatively, you can share your concerns with R’ Yosef, or any of our other CR experts on womens’ issues who are know for their progressive views.

On a serious note, the OP sounds like she is mature well beyond a typical “young teen” and has an extraordinary sense of self-awareness lacking in much older bnos yisroel. Wherever you turn for advice and guidance, remember that ultimately you have to be comfortable in your own skin and don’t let others intimidate you into conforming with some abstract “norm”.

“i mean really?? you must be a very busy person…”

I’d really hate to see your level of outrage had the OP asked about CR preferences as between schmaltz and matjes preparations

“Lakewood is Chasidish?”

Sure, once you get beyond the BMG crowd, all you can see are streimlach in every direction, all the way to 770 and Monsey

Is there a formal or informal “Gez” registry? How does a shadchan otherwise know whether a bochur’s prospective machatunim came over on the Mayflower (or the Chabad version therof)?

“The shtarkest BT will never, ever marry into a Gez family. Even a non-Gez will almost never marry a Gez. You know it, and it needs to change. ..

What is a “GEZ”??

“Seems like someone found R. Yisroel Salanter on the CR…”

And one of the truly credentialed baal musars on social media.

So if medical science can find ways to stretch the bochurim and flatten the bnos yisroel we will have solved the shidduch crisis??

I’m still not clear how this new software “improves” the old CR functionality. It was quirky at times but worked for most of us. Is there anyway to “restore” the good ole days??

”I have 1 simple question for Lubavitch Chassidim. If Moshiach comes today but he isn’t the Rebbe, would you accept him?’

Well, its a nuanced answer, and likely depends. If its another chabadnik, perhaps yes. If its someone who looks strangely Litvish, adds “V’yatzmach purkanei” to kaddish and asks for some more sugar with his fish, perhaps not

The concern has been expressed periodically over several hundred years that the normal (and some would say “obligatory”) custom of the Rebbe’s oldest son typically being chosen as the NEW rebbe when his father is niftar, does not always assure the best leadership of a chassidus. There may be reasons why another member of the immediate or extended family, or even someone from outside the family, would better extend the lineage, customs, hashkafah of the prior rebbe and perhaps more importantlly, provide the leadership and fundraising skills which are also of great importance in maintaining the Mosdos of a chassidus.

From the website:

“Any campers with social media accounts are not aligned with the camp’s hashkafa…”
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“We all know that the current situation a person is going through is for their good and beneficial for them…”
Perhaps you would encounter some skepticism among the families of these still held hostage in Gaza…they’re having a hard time feeling the benefits.

Seems like Chabad has grown substantially in 30 years w/o a “Rebbe”. While there are these occasional hiccups, the absence of a successor doesn’t seem to have inhibited expansion in many new locations nor undermined its mosdos.

“Joseph” Are those those all complaints from one of your wives or one from each of your wives?..

Dofi: Probably neither. Given the likely subject matter and objectionable language, the actual complaints from any the three would never make it past the Mods.

“IndoChino”

To the extent you are asking about their custom-made suits (or those of other custom tailors), you have the option of specifying fabrics and linings, to avoid any issues (although you still may want to check the finished product). I’m guessing they also have ready-made suits at lower prices points so those need to be treated like any other off-the-rack garments.

All good arguments to buy a top of the line Brooks Brothers polyester suit (made in China).

“Here we have a site which is the farthest thing from olam yeshivot v’ain kan makom lihaarich and call it yeshiva world…”

Actually, in the virtual velt, this is probably the CLOSEST THING we will ever have to “Olam Hayeshivos” (assuming such a homogeneous world exists) since those who are legitimate card-carrying members of that olam wouldn’t ever venture into the virtual velt to provide us what you might deem to be a more accurate depiction of the yeshiva velt.

I guess it all comes down to what a “tip” is supposed to represent in a post-Covid world: A token of appreciation for truly outstanding service OR a supplement to the waiter’s direct compensation from the restaurant to bring it up to a living wage OR perhaps a bit of both depending on the “minhag hamokom” in terms of whether local rules require paying wait staff a minimum wage and the type of restaurant.

Erdogan is seeking to enhance his credentials as a soneh Yisroel in the Arab world by having his security police arrest these individuals on phony charges of working for the Mosad to assasinate Hamas leaders living in Turkey. Late today his Justice Minister announced that 26 of these suspects were indicted on espionage charges; 11 were released on bail, 8 were awaiting deportation and the rest were held in jail

Many restaurants don’t even offer the 15% option tip option any longer on the credit card receipts and show 18%, 20% or 25%. I typically leave at least 20% but not everyone can afford that option.

What really annoys me is the “fair wage” surcharge being automatically added to bills to reflect higher “minimum wage” requirements or in some jurisdictions, a requirement to pay the standard minimum wage rather than relying solely on tip income for wait staff. Others are adding a surcharge for those who work in the kitchen who might not be directly “tipped” or where tips are not pooled among all the Staff.

Why are labor costs treated differently from rent, food and beverage, utilities, insurance and other costs which have ALL increased substantially in recent years but there are no special surcharges for those items. A surcharge might make sense if there is an expectation that the costs (e.g. fuel costs) might go down and the surcharge would then be eliminated. Labor costs are NOT going down. Restaurants should simply update their menu prices periodically to reflect their total costs. With computerized printing, it takes literally a few minutes to print out new menus every few months and slide them into the menu binder rather than alienating customers with these “surcharges” in addition to tips.

Expect additional resignations, possibly including Penny Pritzker (sister of Illinois Gov) who is the chair of the Harvard Corporation and headed the search committee that selected her. They have been consistently late to address anti-semitism on campus, well before October 7th and the Congressional testimony fiasco.

She was reasonably well-regarded but was clearly NOT the most “qualified” person to lead Harvard among the hundreds of candidates considered. Her selection was part of a broad national academic and corporate effort to increase diversity in their ranks, with race becoming a major weighting factor in candidate evaluation for leadership positions And while she clearly lacks common sense in terms of how words are interpreted in the real word (i.e. there is NO context for advocacy of genocide) she is not an anti-semite.

There are roughly 6,000 colleges in the U.S and about 2/3 of those institutions are research universities granting advanced degrees. Students at the large percentage of these schools are not preoccupied with political issues from the far left or right and go about their studies as they have for decades. A relatively small number of these schools (albeit some of the most “prestigious”) account for most of the demonstrations, incidents of suppression of unpopular political views and actual harassment. The events of the past several months are likely to be a wake up call to those small number of schools that they risk losing major public and private funding if they continue to tolerate blatant hate speech in the name of “academic freedom”.

If you work in a secular organization with goyim, it makes sense to offer a simple “best wishes for the new year” in emails and telephone conversations to clients or even to fellow workers. In my frame of reference, such polite comments have zero religious significance and are not taken as such by the recipient