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How do the sub-titles work?
We think of them…and you are at our mercy
“David Miliband is Jewish and served Blair first as his #1 policy advisor and later in the cabinet.”
Charliehall, I stand corrected. To be fair, that was at the end of Blair’s premiership, and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is hardly a senior cabinet position. He only became Foreign secretary under Gordon Brown.
I think my point still stands, that Jews in government is not a positive thing.
“We can’t have a Jewish president.”
Not that we can’t, as in it isn’t possible. Of course we can. We (or you Americans) should not have a Jewish President. It would mean disaster for Israel-US relations as s/he would over compensate to the Arabs etc to show s/he is not showing favouritism to Israel.
I can’t comment on US history, but Tony Blair’s government was the most pro-Israel in recent times, as there were no Jews at all in the cabinet.
In the UK, the day to commemorate those who fell in the line of duty to their country is 11th November. Many wear poppies during the week or so before which is the traditional way of commemoration.
PbA, it sounds like you are a frequent LA to Australia traveller, so you have lots of sfeikos d’yoma, according to one psak.
Yes. If you have time say shema with them on
DY, good answer.
btw, 27
Please explain something to me. What’s the problem with trying to remember to count sefira on Friday night? How do you remember to say shema on Friday night?
Rendsburg, Germany
Brits also call it Vienna, but we’ll let you get away with it this time.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North-East England
My birthplace!!! Local dialect is called Geordie and people born within 10 miles (according to one version) are called Geordies, which famously is the source of my nickname on this site and others.
The difference with group texting is that when one replies it doesn’t go onto a whole group. Also whatsapp, by default (there are ways to work around this), shows when the receiver reads the message. So you feel pressure to reply immediately, even ?”? during davening, learning or family time.
You raise a good point. It should say ??”? [sic], because ???? refers to ???? being masculine, but ???? implies she is feminine. So correctly it should be either ???? ???? ????? or ???? ???? ?????. I have the same issue with the popular abbreviation used after a name ??”?, ????? ??? ?????. It should be ??”?.
and don’t start with me on taleisim, shabbosim etc.
old man, That’s when it’s used after a person’s name.
When used after a place name it’s ???? ???? ?????.
apushatayid, It is assur for an Israeli in Chutz laAretz to travel on Yom tov sheni. Even b’chadrei chadorim, melocho is ossur.
Warwick, England
Warwick Castle was established in 1068 as part of the Norman conquest of England.
Warwick School claims to be the oldest boys’ school in the UK.
And by the way, for you Yanks, it’s pronounced ‘Worrik’.
In my part of Yekke-land, we wear a Tallis from 5 years old.
Don’t leave it by the fixer man, take it to him.
Btw, Okiale,
There are NO dumb questions. Ask ask ask!!!
Ask your Rav, but I would say, put on tfilin with both brochos. You could take them off right away, but if you have time say shema (1st two paragraphs that are in the tfilin) and kadesh and vehaya ki yeviacha.
ZD
car park?, where you park cars, easy.
Mind the gap means, mind that you don’t fall in the gap between the train and the platform. How obvious can you get?
watch your step? which step in the London Underground is yours to watch?
Syag,
dih-vahn is still so wrong.
Getting back to the subject at hand…
Glasgow, Scotland
Staying in Scotland, this the largest city in Scotland, and the fourth largest in the UK
This was said besheim JFK quoted by his brother Ted at his funeral,it may be true to torah hashkofoh
“Some men see things as they are and say “Why ?”…..I dream things that never were and say “Why not?”
–JB
YY
How do you spell the city in central Massachusetts that begins with W?
I have just been reminded about a story that happened to my Uncle and cousins almost 16 yrs ago when they were in Chicago for a wedding. They were looking for the large shopping street called Devon Ave. After much difficulty locating it they asked a passer-by where is Devon ave?
..Huh? Devon ave?
..you know,where all the shops are!
..oh,honey,you mean DEEEVAAAHN AVE..its just over there,1st right,2nd left..
How can you mispronounce a name which is called after a place in England???
–JB
I remember many years ago, El Al operated a flight in to and out of Johannesburg on Yom tov sheni. Johannesburg Beth Din refused to provide hashgocho for the El Al kosher kitchen for the flight, and put notices in the press alerting the very traditional Jewish community that it was in breach of halacha. If I remember correctly, about 20 passengers were aboard the 747 when it left back to Israel.
The funniest thing is how Americans pronounce Leicester!
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Sir Winston Churchill
Edinburgh, Scotland
Thanks CTL.
Where’s the Queen?
Are we ready to continue? Or are we waiting til Rosh Chodesh?
Our Baal Koreh says Ka’eyleh really loud over the sound of the tzibbur. He also stresses the ‘Oo’ in ???? ??????? ??? ??????? on 2nd day pesach and 1st two days sukkos. And probably on parshas emor, but I haven’t been there yet for that, so I’ll let you know in a few weeks.
CTL, thank you for that.
I have also flown through Lisbon, from Johannesburg when I first went to Gateshead Yeshiva. But that was on Air Portugal aka TAP. On my way back I was in transit for a day and a half, traveling Newcastle-Heathrow-Lisbon-Kinshasa-Johannesburg, from Monday morning to Tuesday afternoon.
I think SAA’s main stopover on the Europe route to avoid Africa was Ilha do Sal, in Cape Verde. They still used it later on westward flights as a crew changeover point on the flights to Atlanta. If i remember correctly, the usual route to Tel Aviv was via Ilha do sal and Rome (?) and took 22 hours. After Apartheid, they flew direct and it took 6 hours.
Regarding Mik5, and the Chabad minhagim:
The Alter Rebbe holds that birchos hashachar are said on the concept of what they refer to, not on my having experienced that benefit. To illustrate; I say Hamaavir Shaina, to thank Hashem for waking me up generally every day, not that I was asleep last night and He woke me up today.
Therefore Minhag Chabad is to say these brochos whether or not they apply to me today. I have heard Rabonim rely on this psak in case of doubt.
Lubavitchers eat in the sukkah in the rain but don’t sleep in the sukkah. I believe this was the hanhogoh of the Rebbes (which as Chassidim will be relied on), but if anyone knows differently please let me know.
In a slightly different twist, I once heard it said that the Mishnah Brura was written for Baalei Tshuva and geirim. What this means is, that a minhag (obviously with a solid mesorah) overrules the halocho. Someone who doesn’t have a mesorah to act according to a particular minhag will follow the halocho as paskened in mishna brura.
Please forgive me if that sounds offensive to anyone. The intention is as an anecdote by way of explaining a concept.
I just learned the gemorah in Taanis 26b this morning, concerning Birkas Cohanim at Mincha and neilah on a taanis. There are 3 opinions, but the conclusion of the gemorah is a little tricky.
There is ‘Halocho’ like one opinion, then there is ‘Minhag’ like another and ‘Nohagu’ like a different way.
The explanation in short is, that even though the strict method of halachic interpretation points to one opinion, the minhag is like a second opinion. That means the way people should act in regard to this din. The gemorah says “?????? ??????” that we instruct people this way if they come and ask. Nevertheless, the people act in a different way if they don’t ask.
It seems the correct way is the ‘Minhag’ i.e. that which we are told when we ask our Rabbis, even though it may be different to the strict ‘Halocho’.
That’s why you should ask a Rov. Just like treif food makes a pot treif, shviis food makes a pot shviis.
LiF, please let us know what your Rov says.
Not treif, but it has kedushas shviis, and must be treated appropriately. Just like if you bake your separated challah piece into something.
Speak to your LOR.
Okiale,
From other posts,I can see that you are new the Orthodox world. Ask your Rabbi or mentor for guidance before diving into a white shirt black suit and hat garb. Depending on your progress, it may appropriate to dress differently at first or at all.
(A friend of mine once decided he wanted to be chassidic and bought himself a streimel and bekishe and everything that goes with that. After a few years, the novelty wore off and he went back closer to his sefardi roots. He stills wears the streimel, but told me he doesn’t feel comfortable in it in his local sefardi minyan).
My point is, take small steps and don’t lose the momentum. If you take a big leap at once, you may be more susceptible to trip and fall.
Hatzlacha Rabba!!
Just on the previous post (mw13), the first time you learn messilas yesharim should be with a Rebbe or guide.
If you have a local orthodox shul, approach the Rabbi and ask to study with him.
Well done, you have started on an amazing journey to reclaim your true heritage. Hatzlacha Rabba.
“He currently lives in Tzfas but the kehila is in Jerusalem”
Is that right? I thought he splits his time between Lugano and Yerushalayim.
…as long as it’s not roasted.
CTL, Yeoville’s finished now. From 12 or thirteen shuls in the early 90s, only one is left now.
I’ve diarised 1st May.
Have a great Yomtov, see you all on the other threads.
I think it’s time to leave Asia. Any suggestions?
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Capital of the United Arab Emirates. We’re not welcome there either, but many transit there en route to the far east and australia.
CTL, My last Pesach in Joburg was 1994, so that’s 22 years now. It was a few short weeks before Mandela won the 1st democratic elections. Did you ever visit Yeoville?
CTL, Thanks for looking after me.
I think everyone is in that (very wide) space
*separate
Ararat, Armenia
Founded in 1920 as Davalu, and renamed Ararat in 1947, after the nearby biblical Mountains of Ararat