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That’s interesting CTL.
I understand there’s no mention of religion; however, if you yourself happen to be aware that one party is Jewish and one is not, are there Halachic ramifications? Obviously you are not validating Kiddushin, (and the whole concept of Kiddushin cannot apply) but are you allowed to knowingly perform a civil service to unite a Jew and a non-Jew in a legal marriage?

The lesson here is the amazing selflessness and kindness of Rachel Imeinu in giving the simanim (prearranged signs) to her sister Leah.
The other lesson is the actual series of events that led to the births of the 12 Shevatim.
It isn’t always necessary to come up with esoteric explanations and inspirational messages.
Just reading and understanding the psukim in the Torah is beneficial to a person’s Neshama, and allows us to fulfill the Mitzvah of Torah study, even (and perhaps especially) without philosophizing and trying to insert our own uplifting or mystical speculations.

Thanks WinnieTP!
The supply of things people can teach you in the CR seems to be unlimited.
And can be entertaining too!
As for the creature in question, I must be missing something.
Always looked to me like Wolf enjoyed posting his (her?) opinion on a variety of subjects, and while the comments were sometimes self-denigrating I thought it was all in fun. Or if anything, trying to elicit the opposite reaction.
Is something the matter?
I’m not in the habit of hugging entities on my computer screen whose identity and gender I have no way of verifying.
I’ll just offer Wolf and all the denizens of this place a happy and healthy new Chodesh!

PS
There are wild boars in Tehillim. Can anyone say where?
Is the cuddly “kipod” in Tanach? Was it one of the listed shratzim? Can’t remember.

Yehuday, I’ve never come across one. And I hope I never do. But thanks for the info.

Why is everyone ignoring Meno?
Why is nobody answering his question?
Surely one of the most profoundly vital questions to appear in the CR since its inception.
(Alas, Meno, I cannot answer you as I have never worn a black hat.)

Lightbrite, you might also at some point hear-
Der Fun Oiven-
The One Above
These are all Yiddish terms for HKBH

Akuperma, while it’s convenient to put all the bad guys on the same side, ISIS and the Syrians are opponents in this war, not allies. Hizbullah and the Russians are with Syrian regime aka Assad. ISIS is on the same side as Syrian rebels aka insurgents, and apparently the USA. If it sounds like a mess, that’s because it is.
As for the title of this thread, Al tiftach peh…
It’s almost Pesach. May we be zoche to a true zman cheiruseinu!

The Afikoman negotiations are a holy Minhag reminding us of the steadfast negotiating stance of MRA”H when he said,
“Binareinu uvizkeineinu nelech”

LilmodU,
Glad you said that!
I hope someone’s listening!
Of all the bugs in the new system, this one is hardest for me to figure out.
A coffee room that doesn’t know aleph beis?
Chadesh yameinu k’kedem!

I’m not following.
Yehudis and Judy are good friends. They help each other out often. They have long conversations. One day Judy says, “Would you like to join me for cheesecake and a latte at the new cafe?” Yehudis says, “Sorry, I’d love to join you for a latte sometime, but the new cafe does not serve chalav Yisrael and my husband and I have taken this new chumra on ourselves.” A while later Judy says, “Yehudis, my husband and I would love to invite your family for Kiddush on Shavuos. I will be preparing only chalav Yisrael dishes for your enjoyment.”
So what’s the problem?

But that’s not why I’m here.
I’m here because I stopped in and saw this word in your post Zdad:
Hashgafa
I’m sure it’s an innocent typo that snuck in.
In case not, the word is hashKafa, with a kooff as in kugel and Kiddush (and not a gimmel as in hashGacha).
It’s from a lashon of looking. It means outlook (or weltanschauung, if you’re a chassid of Rav Shamshon R”H ZTZ”L) and there are many examples in Tanach (“Va’yashkef…”).

(Now if the Mods had activated the feature we suggested a while back allowing us to edit each other’s posts, I could have solved the problem with a simple click of the mouse!)

Yekke2, thank you for your post.
You said so much that needed to be said.

One of our biggest problems today is our exposure to secular ideals until they become so entrenched in our minds that we think they’re OUR ideals too. We are appalled at the immodest images we might expose ourselves to when we use the internet, but we often disregard, at our peril, the poison seeping into our brains from our overexposure to secular morals and mindsets.

It sounds so nice and kind to say that we accept all people regardless of their lifestyles and behaviors. In fact the Torah does not allow us to accept deviant and heretical beliefs, actions and words, and we have to vocally reject them for the reasons you stated. Kvod Shamayim must be our top priority. Wanting to be tolerant to others doesn’t give us permission to Ch’v disregard that.

The subject of “yitamu chata’im” vs “yitamu chotim” is more complicated as you also mentioned, but the principle of firmly rejecting all forms of evil stands.

I can’t believe I have to say this, but it seems somebody does.

Negia is an issue of a man and woman who are not closely related (e.g. mother & son; husband & wife) not being allowed to exchange physical touch.
This has no connection whatsoever with the following:
It is assur to violently assault another person, even if you are a man and so is he, or even if you’re a man and the other person is a lady that you are married to.

Kicking another human being, or a dog or a cat, is assur.
In case you’re still confused:
No, you can’t do that even if he (male neighbor) dented your car, or she (wife) insulted you, or it (cat) made a mess in your flowerbeds.

(I would add that being a “little kid” is no excuse, and this is one of the first areas where we begin to be mechanech our children in knowing right from wrong.)

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The most obvious issue, though it’s not a “bug”, is that they made off with all our hard-earned subtitles and transformed all of us into nondescript (may I add- nebbish?) “participants”.
I think the only way to make it up to us would be to implement DaasY’s last sentence.
Oh what fun this place would become if we could edit each other’s posts.

absconding

I’m sorry, LilmodU, because that’s maybe not how you meant it, but your first sentence there gave me such a good laugh:

“… or because they do” !!!

So in the spirit of that beautiful sentence–

On Yom Kippurim we ask mechilla and we are moichel others, and truly try to find forgiveness inside our hearts for all the family members who give us heartburn.

On Purim, we get a little tipsy and lightheaded, either from alcohol or just from simcha. Then we sit with those same relatives and laugh with them and laugh at them until we erase as many of the bad feelings as we can.

Le’Chayim!

Fancy foods for Shulchan Orech?

Not at my house.

Same menu every year.

(But my family are nice. They always make it seem like that’s just what they wanted. Who knows? Maybe it is.)

The Matzah and simanei haseder take center stage. Literally and otherwise.

And there’s always serious discussion about this year’s shmurah matzah vs last year’s & this year’s maror vs last year’s. Anyone else have that minhag?

Gerdie, I’m going to hazard a guess that marmite is even less popular among the (possibly human) denizens of the CR than tomatillos.

And I have to admit I had no idea it’s chametz. I wonder if it’s actually edible, or if it even falls into the category of ra’ui le’achilas kelev.

I hope I haven’t offended anyone an ocean away from me…

Your question reminds me of a story, Lightb.

There was once a community of frum, upstanding Jews who davened together in a proper shul but had no Rav. They all directed their Halachic queries to two brilliant poskim who lived a great distance away. While the poskim gave answers, they felt it advisable that the kehilla get their own “in-house” Rav. They conspired to no longer respond to shaylos originating in that community. The kehilla got their own Rav.

The End

Lesschum, I’m searching for a DON’T like button next to your post.

In lieu of that kindly take this advice-

Basic etiquette (or mature adult behavior if you prefer):

When eating with others at a social event or gathering, keep your eyes on your own plate.

How to behave like a Yid:

Don’t start your day by maligning wide swaths of the population in a disgusting manner.

This has been around a while, but every time I drop in it jumps out at me and I think, Why is “Miracle on 34th St” on theyeshivaworld?

I’m probably betraying my decidedly unyeshivish yeshivishness by mentioning this.

And I’m also guessing the mods’ thoughts never ventured in that direction.

But if I had CR superpowers I’d go in and change the title to “Purim Miracle” or whatever…

The juxtaposition of a holiday that is decidedly unholy, and our upcoming celebration of Nes Purim isn’t sitting well with me.

agreed, did you like my tag?

To GG

Gedaliah Goomber

Exactly Five syllables

What a perfect fix

Won’t work on Shabbos

So he yelled watch out below

Dropped his ton of bricks

Many years later

CR revives our hero

To get his last licks

If anyone has the patience to dig up the old haiku thread, could they please post it for lightb?

I think not.

But things seem to be a little confused here.

Adar sometimes has that effect on CR / Mods.

Interesting