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Thank you for asking!
Sounds great!
May I add question 5b?
What happens to the all the women who fill their plates with the salads?
Never mind that with all the oil and sugar the poor baby greens are drowned in, a plateful has more calories than a generous slice of that famous caramel cake…
My question is-
With all the ladies avoiding mezonos and not drinking hagafen, are they actually yotzei Kiddush? Does eating a plate of vegetables and a cube of melon allow you to be yotzei kiddush be’makom seudah?
Good question, Joseph.
Waiting for one of our CR members to remind us that He is a direct descendant of one of the sheep (or was that ibex?) that were invited to the teiva by Noach himself.
Fiber carbs “don’t count”?
I think that depends on the diet.
Do you happen to know Elisheva and know what diet she’s on?
Technically bread made with whole wheat flour still has a lot of carbs, they’re just a different type of carbs that are metabolized differently.
The best way to have your kezayis and eat it too is to look at that other high carb culprit – Sugar!
Most homemade challos are full of sugar. Eliminating the sugar will definitely change the taste and most likely the texture as well, but substantially reduce the carbs. There is an obligation to consume a kezayis of Hamotzi – meaning wheat flour based bread; you can dispense with the sugar and create no problem with having Seudas Shabbos.
If there are medical issues involved, and getting rid of the sugar isn’t adequate, then I’m sure a Rav can help determine if Elisheva can dispense with using the grain-based flour as well.
You might have to consult with the Rebbetzin for the recipe though.
Men.
The problem is you all think you’re so smart.
“They were permitted to say these things, but we may not.”
It may just be a good idea to accept the fact that we are just ants or amoebae compare to the Giants who have preceded us. And there might be a few things, especially in areas like Brias Ha’Olam, that we can’t, with our limited intellect, fully comprehend.
We can go ahead and give praise that He is Mechadesh Be’Tuvo Bechol Yom Ma’aseh Beraishis, without having a perfectly clear vision of exactly what that entails.
Safer.
And smarter.
Cherryb, you have a butler? Named Jeeves!
Posh
RedQ,
Pretty name.
While I have heard this pronunciation, I wouldn’t say the i is pronounced like the i in it or lit or lip. It’s usually more of a short ee as in beet, or like the cheereek in the Hebrew word simcha (as opposed to the longer cheereek in shira).
The name begins with the letter tzaddiq, pronounced as in tzaddik or tzedaka. Or tsunami.
And think of the el at the end like the le in little or kettle.
The Wolf, I think I detect a not of sarcasm (-a whole symphony?).
But you raise an important point.
There’s no question that post-WWII Jewry required this shift to “yeshivos where masses (of married men with families) learn every day.”
The fact that many (or most) of their wives can’t stay home is a shift in our society that has the potential to cause real harm.
Many people (including here in the CR) say that even when the men are not in Kollel and earn a decent wage, societal pressure, the high cost of tuition and summer camps, and in general the sky-rocketing cost of living in frum America, make two incomes a necessity.
Can we get women back home to raise our precious newest generation?
Do we have to?
Do we want to?
Gaw, if it’s any comfort, you’re not the first person to mistake someone in need of medication for a ma’amin (or a prophet).
I’m guessing you don’t mean MY opinion, Joseph.
(I’m a woman)
For Via experts-
I’m curious what would happen a)Halacha-wise & b)Taste-wise if one were to make coffee essence from Via the way we make tea essence for Shabbos.
(I hope I’m allowed to post on this thread. I never drank a coffee in shul.)
Yes, benign, when I discussed a woman being Makpid causing the polish to become chatzitza, I was referring to washing for bread.
And nail polish does have more mamashus than hair dye. If you touch the nail you can feel the polish. I don’t think that’s the case with hair dye, in which case I think the hair feels the same as it does without the dye.
Just to finish the sentence for Nechomah,
If you ARE makpid, for instance if your nail polish is badly chipped and you’d never want to walk around like that, then it might be chatzitzah and you’re better off getting rid of it before you wash and bite into your sandwich.
Sidi,
If you’re broiling or grilling the minute steak like a steak then decrease the amount of time or you’ll ruin it (hence the name- “minute” steak).
If you’re planning to simmer it gently, covered, on a bed of onions (which will provide a liquid base) then take your time.
B’teiavon!
Sam2, no, you are not rude.
And no, I’m not telling men what Halachos they should or should not study.
But I think both you and Joseph might agree that there’s a vast difference between studying Halachos and giving guidance to one’s own family, and discussing nail polish hues with anonymous strangers on the CR.
And I stand by what I said, Joseph. Yes, there are indeed (as mentioned in my previous post) identifiable quantifiable Halachos regarding Tznius that men and women can and should study. There are also aspects of the Mitzvah that are not quantifiable. This is where we find the unpleasant phenomenon of women who have covered everything Halachically required, and still manage to present themselves in a manner that is provocative and not befitting their elevated status as Bnos Yisroel. The guidance of a woman in these matters is indispensable.
Puzzled.
What are men doing here in the CR discussing women’s adornments??
Tznius is one of those tough subjects that requires a solid Mesorah and a very good dose of common sense. It’s not easily quantifiable, like how many tefachim in an amah or how much romaine lettuce in a kezayis or exactly how far and you’re out of the tchum.
Especially in our difficult dor, when any semblance of modesty has been completely discarded by the secular community, we women need to be very careful that our natural sense of style and innate wish to look pretty, is not being influenced from outside our own daled ammos.
There are of course guidelines that fall within the boundaries of Halacha. Past that, the best advice is to find a woman to look up to and to consult with. It can be a parent, teacher, Rebbetzin, friend or neighbour. Choose wisely.
And may I ask the gentlemen here to kindly stick to their own areas of expertise. Like shul coffee and Tefillin. There is an inyan of Tznius for men as well. And your own mentors would probably agree that your minds are better occupied by matters other than nail polish colours.
Mash. Agent, that is a tired old vacuous argument– “which of the 39 Melachos is being broken?”
Surely someone who considers himself an agent of one so great, is aware that there are entire categories of actions that are prohibited on Shabbos that do not fall under any of the 39 Melachos.
(For starters, even a Bais Yakov graduate who cannot back herself up with Rishonim and Achronim, can quote the relevant passuk in Yeshaya. You might even say it yourself when you make Kiddush.)
Very interesting ZD…
Looks like LF is on the right track!
While we’re scurrying about, worrying about the mundane and the inconsequential, the chess pieces are being moved into place around us for the Final Checkmate.
No
Why’re you asking?
I am so sorry for your terrible loss, oomis.
Hallel Yaffa’s name tragically joins so many others, etched into our memories and never forgotten –
Dafna Meir
Rav Eitam and Naama Henkin
Chaya Zissel Braun
Udi and Ruth Fogel and their children
Nava Applebaum
Nachshon Wachsman
…So many other names we carry in our hearts.
May we soon be zoche to the ultimate Nechama together.
Thank you Geordie613!
Geordie6, I’m here to learn something new again.
Can you explain the quote you posted,
“Katerina, maleditza….”
What language is that?
And what does it mean?
…Just asking because the one about the lechtele burning is one of my personal favorites. Curious to know what this one is all about. Yiddish it’s for sure not. And the story behind it I certainly don’t know.
Every time I pass by for a visit I learn something new.
I should not listen to Av Fried’s new CD.
I may of course continue to get on the internet and meander around the CR. And perhaps several other venues.
The CR leaves me quite perplexed
And it gets another vexed
The Mods are busy, mixing poking
Some posts deleting others leaving
Makes you wonder what they’ve been smoking
Perhaps just having a bad evening?
Exit
Europe is full of tens of thousands of radical muslims. Porous borders allow them to do their dirty business without too much trouble. They travel freely. Bring along whatever they want.
If the other EU members hadn’t rolled out the red carpet for them in the first place, Britain wouldn’t have to consider leaving.
And if that isn’t enough, EU membership is also no longer cost effective. Bail out the Greeks? No thanks. They have the chutzpah to make fun of British, Germans, Americans, for not knowing how to relax and enjoy life. While they relax and enjoy life on the funds of the hard-working people they’re mocking.
I’m sorry I can’t help you.
My grandson used to be Bob the Builder.
But more recently his professional pursuits have moved on to Mishnayos, hockey and frog hunting.
I don’t know who took over his hard hat.
Ubiquitin, you seem to be a pretty learned fellow. Certainly one who can understand a passuk with basic mefarshim. So here’s what I’d like to ask you-
Please open up a Trei Assar to Hoshea 14, passuk yud. And read Metzudas David on the passuk. To the end.
Perhaps then you might consider being careful how you quote psukim from Chumash.
Thank you very much.
And before we move on to our next agenda, let’s not forget Har Gavnunim.
Bump
CTL, your comments have been missed.
Wishing Mrs CTL a Refuah Shleima B’karov!
Everything will, as oomis said, “fall into place” when we are unified. But that statement doesn’t mean much if we don’t determine what we’re unified in. If we’re all unified in a particualr place, say we get all the Jews to Biloxi, or Bombay, have we accomplished anything?
We all know the famous Gemara (source please, oh wise men of the CR? is it in Shabbos?) about Mashiach arriving after we keep 2 Shabbosos. And there is another source (Wise men again? And please be precise, wise men: A source is NOT a song with a great beat that begins with “Western Wall on Friday night, first time ever there…”) that Mashiach will come if we all keep one Shabbos.
My point being that we all need to be unified in Kabbalas Ol Malchus Shamayim. By keeping Shabbos we acknowledge that we are cognizant of the fact that Hashem created the world in 7 days and He put us here to keep the Torah which was the blueprint for creation.
If you agree, then we can extrapolate that our biggest issue is identifying and removing the impediments that keep us from achieving this goal. On a personal level for each and every one of us, and on a communal level as well.
DY, you completely misunderstood me. I was not looking to see whether the behavior of the signatories caused any change in statistics.
Their behavior when conducting shidduchim in their own families will indicate their actual belief as to whether-
a)they wish to give NASI their blessing
vs
b)they feel that it is incumbent upon them and the rest of the tzibbur to follow its directives.
What’s being overlooked (among other things) is the fact that there’s a significant difference between a Rav or Rosh Yeshiva signing his name to a message that he approves of, or giving a bracha to an endeavor, as opposed to the same Rav saying that something is muttar or assur or strongly advised.
A simple interesting study might be examining ages of parties in recent engagements/ marriages in the immediate families of the gedolim DY is talking about.
(An illustration of the above might be the simcha guidelines – does anybody remember those? – and how they worked out in different communities: litvish/yeshivish, and various brands of chassidish.)
I admire your persistence, kapusta.
You realize of course that next you’re going to be accused of causing global warming.
1) True
2) Uhuh
2 questions:
1) I haven’t see AZ in years. Is DY AZ?
2) NASI thinking goes like this: 100 22 year old guys and 110 20 year old girls. The 100 guys marry 100 of the girls. 10 girls don’t get married.
However, even if I were to agree with that premise, and even if I agree that there are more single older girls, that still doesn’t negate the fact that there are a whole lot of older single guys.
The question is: Where did they come from?
Are we just closing our eyes and pretending we don’t see them? Or, as an actual (yes, actual) person suggested to me, are they all defective or not normal so they’re not part of the equation?
(And if they are part of the equation, is anybody at all addressing the issue?)
Okiale, this is far far from any area of my expertise. (I do hope you have a Rav you can have a shmooze with on occasion.) I just dropped in to say- from one slow davener to another- Hatzlacha!
Could we please not have another ‘let’s-all-bash-people-who-are-less-observant-than-us’ threads? During sefira, no less?
There’s a very simple way not to be exposed to a lack of tznius on certain websites.
Problem solved.
DY, please allow kapusta to bring a little sense and logic into the discussion.
I felt the need to chime in because she seems to be a sorely needed voice of reason here. We’re working with imperfect calculations and anecdotal evidence. (And while we’re on the subject of anecdotal evidence- I also, as other posters have commented, know at least as many older single guys as older single girls.)
As for Joseph asking who would cover the cost- the very same people who are paying for full page glossy ads and funding all kinds of shidduch initiatives.
We won’t get results until we’re working with solid facts.
15 now.
Last one out the door, please turn off the lights.
Great story, CTL.
I liked the fact that unlike so many of the authors in our popular periodicals, you did not feel the need to let us know that those two young sons grew up to be famous Roshei Yeshiva. Because even if (sadly) their lifestyles did not change much, there’s no way we can estimate the s’char you get for having hosted them.
And I especially enjoyed the bananas!
Bananas are perfect Pesach food. Someone should start a thread about them…
LF,
No.
Queen, honored to meet someone who says the beautiful Tefillah of Motzei Shabbos!
As for MA, even if you don’t consider Rebbes part of your obligation in Emunas Chachamim ( don’t know why but whatever…) I’m sure you’ve heard, “Al te’hi birchas hediot…” and the Rebbe for sure qualifies as a hedyot. (I am not saying you in any way should equate faith in him with faith in Borei Olam. Nor is anyone else suggesting that.)
We can all use each other’s Brachos, Tefillos and good intentions!
Wishing all a wonderful Yom Tov!
You’re going to hear a loud noise.
It will sound familiar but probably louder than you’ve experienced.
Keep a few important items handy so you won’t leave them behind in your excitement.
See you there!!!
Takahm, charlieh, CTL, there is nothing magical nor (chas v’shalom) was there anything arbitrary about the change in status of peanut oil on Pesach.
I’m not going to elaborate as I am no way learned enough to offer you an appropriate dissection of the relevant responsa from the Rishonim to very late Achronim to the growth of Yiddishkeit in the Americas. But I’m sure if you do your own research you’ll find it’s not at all as simple as it seems.
Interesting, takahm.
Nobody picked up on CTL’s mention of peanut oil. Notice he says he still uses schmaltz. But he (presumably) no longer uses peanut oil. AFAIK no longer available with Hashgacha for Pesach. Although a while back that was what many people in US used on Pesach. Interesting discussion here for the taking on differing piskei Halacha years ago regarding peanuts and peanut oil (kitniyos? not?).
Guess everyone is busy vaccuming or shopping or heavily involved in (IT’S BACK!) the Gef fish thread…
Like the queen said, most people who don’t eat kitniyos, don’t use canola oil on Pesach.
You have a lot of choices. They all offer different Halachic, nutritional, and cooking challenges. Walnut oil (as mentioned), cottonseed oil (ditto), olive oil, safflower oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil. Check out your local grocery; you’ll be surprised what you can find in the Pesach aisle. If you don’t live too far OOT, that is.
That’s just great.
I was wondering how my family would survive 8 days without sushi.
Moaning and clutching their bellies and lamenting, “zacharnu ess ha’dagah asher nochal…”
Rice can be used as a sweetener.
Ever heard of brown rice syrup?
Please…
What fun is the CR if declaring others sinners is verboten?
I’m more interested in having the Mods divulge when they’re finally going to publish SHU”T of the CR?
With haskamos of all our favorite posters…