Goldilocks

Hamas is Hashem’s messenger. No more and no less. Who cares if they are better or worse than animals? They would not be able to harm a single person, if not for the fact that Hashem sent them to do harm. We should spend time thinking about the message, not about the messenger.

Kuvult, that was indeed a fascinating story.
But now you’ve just made me curious ad to what the story was resolved.
I hope I’ll be able to sleep tonight.
😴?!?🤔??😮🌄

If I was driving along the highway, minding my own business, and you recklessly jumped right in front of me, putting me in danger, I would be kind of upset at you.

Ubiquitin, it’s a well-known story, even among people who don’t learn Gemara. A person might be familiar with the story but not the Gemara’s explanation for it. For someone who doesn’t know the explanation, the question is a reasonable one.

Hating someone because they practice religion differently than you is certainly sinas chinam (especially if their way of practicing religion is a valid one).
Hating someone because they live in a certain area? Are you for real or joking? Of course, it’s sinas chinam; why would you think otherwise?

AviraDeArah,
Criticizing an ideology isn’t hateful at all.
Criticizing people because their ideology is different than yours may be problematic.
Actively disliking or disparaging people just because you don’t agree with their philosophies is problematic.
Don’t be so quick to dislike others just because you think that their ideas are wrong. They may be good people who are simply mistaken. Perhaps they mean well, but they’ve been misled by others. Or perhaps it is you who is wrong. In any case, they’re still our fellow Jews. Think and act accordingly.

Did no one else find time yesterday to say the beautiful Yom Kippur Katan tefilla? Try it once; when you see how meaningful it is, you’ll want to say it every month. 🙂

Indeed, cream-cheese cheesecakes freeze beautifully, as long as they’re properly wrapped. I cut my leftovers into smaller pieces, freeze it and eat from it all summer and winter.
Farmer-cheese cheesecakes are another matter; once they’re frozen, they’ll need to be warmed up and served hot.

Syag Lchochma, why don’t you believe it?
Most of us know people who are, unfortunately, careless with their health and the health of those around them.
Just because you don’t want to believe something doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Of course, this doesn’t excuse calling people names, and it certainly doesn’t excuse hurting people.

Accountability for what?
There’s no question that there were many wrongs done during the pandemic, sometimes with good intentions, sometimes not.
Some of these wrongs are easily forgivable; others, less so.

Ujm and Reb Eliezer: Adultery is always inexcusable, no matter who does it and what the reasons are.

🤣😄🙂😄
As you can clearly see, this thread is far more entertaining than any concert would be.
Struggle resolved!

Coffee addict, I work in a school. Speaking from experience, there’s very little fear of what non-Jews will think or do; after all, they’re not in school with us. There is, however, a very real fear on the part of the teachers as to what the students’ parents will think or say. Many times teachers will hesitate to punish children out of a reluctance to deal with angry parents. I have seen teachers write report cards that were more fiction than truth, rationalizing with, “can’t upset the parents”.

Does anyone have a link to sign up for food boxes in Rockland County?

I sure hope that Moshiach will come well before 2030.
Regarding your calculations, though, keep in mind that we don’t really know what year we’re currently in. We assume it’s 5782, but according to some opinions we may be off by a hundred years or so.

Did anyone else grow up hearing that if you look at the kohanim in shul during birchas kohanim, you’ll become blind in one eye?
Or that the reason no one eats giraffe is because no one knows where to shecht it?

Maybe.

Huju, you would be surprised at how many people think that yelling is an effective way of getting rid of chometz before Pesach.

Ujm, for the same reason anyone would travel.
We all enjoy a vacation every now and then.
This world is full of independent women who don’t see the lack of a traveling companion as a reason to stay in quarantine permanently. 😉

Let’s all face up to the facts:
There are some people who have no issues with mask – wearing, and who will happily mask themselves when requested to do so. They see this as a way of showing derech eretz, of being courteous, cooperative and respectful of other’s wishes.
There are other people who are resentful when asked to don masks. They believe masks are pointless, and that by being made to wear one, they are being denied the right to breathe freely and that their liberties are being infringed upon.
Know this: whichever group you belong to, you won’t be able to persuade anyone from the other group to your way of thinking.
Don’t even try.

As Reb Eliezer pointed out, we have a 19 – year cycle of leap years and non – leap years.
We are currently in year 6.

Another interesting calendar phenomenon:
This past Rosh Hashana occured on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Next year Rosh Hashana will occur on Monday and Tuesday.
However, next year Chanuka will occur on the exact same days of the week as this year, with Rosh Chodesh on Shabbos and Sunday, just as this year.
Go chew on that one. 😃🍩

If something can be misunderstood, it probably will be.
It’s annoying, but try to live with it.