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@HaLeivi:

That’s always intrigued me as well; I’ve been told that the answer is simply ?? ???? – once there are two days for some Yomim Tovim, we do it for all of them (except Yom Kippur).

@Stuck:

Because in Eretz Yisroel they never had to keep two days (because they knew, through a system of fire signals, which day was the correct one for Yom Tov). The exception was Rosh Hashana, and even in Eretz Yisrael Rosh Hashana is two days.

The response to Shticky’s points is that we don’t do anything that would be an actual ????? to Shemini Atzeres (such as making a bracha on the Sukkah, or taking a Lulav). But eating in a Sukkah is something that could conceivably be done on a regular day (even if it’s not Sukkos), therefore we eat in there due to sfeika d’yoma.

@Yitay:

“Just make sure you’re not too full for the meal. Though as Popa bar Abba, you probably won’t be.”

Awesome!!

And, in the immortal words of the royal Persian decree, ????? ?? ??? ???? ?????, feminists be, er, silenced!!

Have a great yom tov (yuntiff) everyone…

Okay, to play devil’s advocate…what chiyuv is there to say korbonos in the first place, that there needs to be a heter not to say them?

I was just about to say what MiddlePath did. ESPN is more interesting and has much less pritzus.

@Shmoel:

The other posters explained how Netzavim-Vayeilech works.

Vayakhel-Pekudei, Tazria-Metzora, Acharei Mos-Kedoshim and Behar-Bechukosai are generally used to fill the four extra weeks in a leap year (in non-leap years they’re together, but in a leap year, where we need for more Parshiyos, we separate them).

Chukas-Balak is a makeup double Parsha if the 8th day of Pesach or the 2nd day of Shavuos are Shabbos – since Eretz Yisroel is one week ahead of America (because they didn’t have that extra day of Yom Tov, so they lained the regular Parsha), we double up Chukas and Balak to catch up with them.

Finally, Mattos-Maasei is almost always a double Parsha, except for when we need to separate them to make sure that Tisha B’av falls between Devarim and Va’eschanan (like this year).

I hope I got them all right. Corrections are welcome and appreciated.

@Imaofthree:

Most of us (guys) are expected to have resumes as well. I’m almost always asked for one. (And btw, for some reason I actually find it sort of off-putting when the girl’s picture is on hers…)

I gotta feeling that if you eat them on Rosh Hashana, that the night’s gonna be a good night…

@PBA:

If I recall the Gemara correctly, Poppa Bar Abba has several friends (and it’s not just the jokes that fall flat :-p).

Gezeiras haKasuv. (Interestingly, they are believed in very specific cases – generally to say that a man has died and his wife can remarry. Certain relatives, though, who have a chazakah of hating each other, are not allowed to testify even then.)

@AishesChayil:

I think that you may be mixing up the obligation to divorce with there being a death penalty (which requires witnesses and a warning) or her forfeiting her kesubah (which needs witnesses, but not a warning). If the husband knows that his wife is being unfaithful, even without any witnesses, he has to divorce her (although I have been involved with cases where the psak was that if the husband does not know, there is no chiyuv to tell him). And out of curiosity, where did you hear that a Kohen has to divorce her even based on a rumor?

@AmYisraelChai:

I can’t say that I honestly know. Depending on how you would define abuse, I would say maybe one in 30 or 40. Either way, even one is far too many.

I fully admit that I am possibly way off with my number; I suspect that there will be those who overdramatize and say it’s even more, or, I may be overestimating (I certainly hope so). I do know that the numbers that the so-called child “advocates” give for other types of abuse in our community are grossly inflated, but I have much less experience in the domestic abuse sphere to be able to give an answer.

Again, even one is too many. And I have no doubt that the numbers are much, much lower in our community. I would love to hear your opinion of the numbers (I’m assuming you probably have a better idea than I do…)

@AmYisroelChai:

“Obaminator

“it is relatively rare in our community”

Unfortunately, it’s not as rare as you might think or hope. It is more rare for victims to publicly admit it.”

His (her?) point remains, however – it IS relatively rare in our community, compared to society in general. Same for other, horrible types of abuse. Each individual situation is a tragedy, and the whole concept needs to be gone from our community, but those who exaggerate the extent of these occurrences to advance their own agendas (and I am NOT talking about you, chas v’shalom) cause needles amounts of Chillul Hashem.

…And every guy has baggage too.

I, for one, assume that every girl I am going out with has some sort of baggage (hopefully not too big); assuming it’s something that she has been able to take the most out of and learn from, in my mind it’s an added bonus. ‘Cuz if I’m looking for someone who never experienced anything, I’m going to be in the Parsha for a really long time (okay, even longer :-p)…

And I know what I’ve gone through, even though no one else would ever dream of it.

The ones in Cedarhurst (Rockaway Tpke) and Valley Stream (Sunrise Highway) are both under the very reliable Va’ad of the 5 Towns, as other readers pointed out.

There is also a supposedly Kosher one in Monsey, on Route 59, but there are people who either will not eat there at all, or will eat the donuts (which are brought in from a kosher plant) but not the other baked goods.

Even with the knowledge of the laws of mandated reporting, if halacha and the law say two different things, I know which one I’m going with.

Yankees announcer Suzyn Waldman (who btw got overly emotional again, no?) is also Jewish.

@Gavra & Haifagirl-

Whether or not it would be assur to do such a thing, it would be condeming any child brought into that “family” to a life of misery – both at home, and socially (somehow I don’t think that the kid’s classmates would see that family as a usual situation, and (s)he would be easy fodder for taunting).

@Mod:

The main answer is like Wolf and Gavra said; also, assuming you learned the Mishnah in Sanhedrin, it could be that it’s because it’s a continuation from the first part of the Mishna which says that a king does neither Yibum nor Chalitzah, so we stay with the same format.

“Please let this be a normal posting…”

“With the Friz?”

“No way!!!”

Great post, MissFrizzle, couldn’t have said it better myself!!

@Pac-Man:

So you feel that HKBH just forgot about our generation, and 40 days before we were born He just took the day off. And you can tell your friend AZ – numbers don’t mean anything if HKBH doesn’t want them to. If it was based purely on numbers, no frum family would be able to survive financially.

@Gavra:

I really, really hope you’re joking.

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@Shein-

Now there’s a good idea. I recommend the Metrodome in Minnesota – after last winter, there’s a hole in the roof for an outdoor chuppah, plus, even with the Vikings having been to four Super Bowls, the kallah would still be the first person there to ever get a ring.

@Haleivi-

A half eved/half ben chorin cannot marry a shifcha, because he is still half free man. I believe there is a machlokes between Beis Hillel and Beis Shamai in such a situation, as to whether he is stuck, or we force the owner to free the slave “half” of the person so that he can get married.

While there is no one who is not allowed to get married (at least at first), there are some people r”l who have an extremely limited choice of whom to marry. For example, a mamzer cannot marry anyone other than a mamzeres or giyores. Similarly, there are also certain physical problems which prevent them from having children(of which I have never heard about in the current day, but they theoretically do exist) who would be bound by the same limitations. The Gemara in Yevamos (eighth perek I believe) goes through who this would apply to.

That being said, I can’t think of anyone who is never allowed to get married (with the possible exception of a kohein mamzer).

@Ofcourse-

In conversation with world renowned, professional roshei yeshiva and rabbonim (and shadchanim, come to think of it) (by the way, how do you italicize? Thanks!), I’ve heard them say that most guys who seriously date for more than 2 years and don’t find, are being faced with a nisayon, and should keep doing their hishtadlus and davening until the right one (ONE) comes along. And you’re right – if the right one was not red, and the boy keeps on saying yes and going out with girls, they both end up getting hurt. But until we come up with a system to identify who (whom?) the right ONE is ahead of time, it’s not fair to expect the boys to get married to a girl just because he’s going out with her. (Incidentally, have you head about the “divorce crisis”?)

So I do respect your opinion, and you’re certainly entitled to it, but yes, I do disagree. I won’t deny that there are some boys who have issues, but to paint all boys who haven’t had the bracha of finding their bashert yet as being not quite on the derech is a bit unfair.