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Isn’t there a difference in how crocs are used (in the sense of causal-wear vs. daily-wear) between Eretz Yisroel and America that would affect the applicability of the psak?
I don’t understand the question. I wear my Crocs every day, even to work, where we have a dress code. I also wear them around my apartment. Am I wearing them for casual- or daily-wear?
(I assume you mean “casual” and not “causal.”)
Dear moderators,
Could you please change the title of this thread to “Who goes to whom?” It would make me very happy.
Thank you.
One thing that is a lot of fun is to learn English. If you do that, you’ll know there is no such word as “funnest.”
@bortezomib – Entering a non-kosher restaurant is not maaras ayin.
And don’t we say full hallel on pesach?
Only on the first day. (The first two days for those who live out-of-town.)
When I was a kid, there was a program in Chicago in which the police department provided signs for people to place in a prominent spot in their front window to let children know it was a safe place to go if they were lost or whatever. It worked fine then. No reason it couldn’t work now.
It has nothing to do with “smart.” Woman and men think differently. Ask anybody who teaches both women and men. Women ask different types of questions.
Nobody can deny that we’re better. 😉 We’re just different.
it leads to cheating/infidelity %100 or wishing you could.
One hundred percent?! There not one person ever who would not think of cheating? Not one?!
I’m amazed.
By the way, I assume that polled every person in the entire world to get that statistic. Am I wrong?
Do any of you know why marijuana was made illegal in the first place? It wasn’t always illegal, you realize.
Let’s say you didn’t like a certain type of people–for example, people who are left-handed. All you have to do is figure out something most lefties do that most righties don’t, make it illegal, and voila! you have the means to lock them up.
In this case, in the 1930s marijuana was used mostly by minorities. Outlaw marijuana and you can lock them all up.
Here are some quotes from Harry Anslinger, who was director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics:
There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.
There were, of course, other reasons. Hemp had industrial uses. There were men of industry who didn’t want the competition from hemp. Make it illegal and end the competition.
All in all, there was little, if any, health-related reason in the decision to ban marijuana.
It’s because they’re inviting other couples for a meal. 🙂
I have neither. Don’t need them. That’s part of the beauty of living in Haifa, I guess.
Thank you mikehall for your post about not having learned anything from the past week. I was about to say the same thing.
And I agree with mewho that those insulting posts should be removed.
There’s a wonderful shiur about this by Rabbi Avrohom M. Alter on torahmedia.com. It’s called “Comprehending the Incomprehensible.”
Not crazy about either. How about Baguetteria?
There is no gashmius in having cool air in the summer and heat in the winter
Heat! Now there’s a concept. I think I would invest in a heater before I invested in an air conditioner (or a fan).
It’s certainly possible to live without them, and believe me, I don’t suffer.
In extreme hot weather, in the high eighties or nineties there is a danger of dehydration.
So drink more water. What does that have to do with an air conditioner?
I think its great to live on a hope and a prayer but bottom line is you need to do your hishtadlus (aka Job) and there is a severe lack of those in Israel. I’d say that is the primary reason.
When I was looking for my first job, I was getting a daily e-mail with job listings. Lots of them. There is absolutely NO lack of jobs here.
Ah! There may be a lack of jobs if you’re the type who is very picky. But if you’re the type who is willing to do whatever it takes to live here, there are hundreds (thousands?) of jobs from which to choose.
while you lay (or is it lie?) down.
It’s “lie.” “Lay” takes an object.
You lay an egg.
You lay your head on your pillow.
You lie down!
I would delete all posts that didn’t have perfect spelling and grammar.
Of course, that would mean there would be nothing left of the CR.
Remember the “rule of 2.” If the dose is more than 2 pills or more than 2 teaspoons, you may have made a mistake in your calculations.
Why do mothers bring there family and try to give them lunch/supper at the kosel? Inevitably one child cries while mother is davening. Mother ignores…
Changing pampers at the kosel?
Shmoozing?
talking on the phone?
we would never do these things in our own shul Why at the kosel??
And then people wonder why I never go there.
I answer with “Baruch Hashem good,” or something similar. (If you asked me right now I would say, “Baruch Hashem I have a headache.”)
I never ask “how are you,” unless I want to know. So when said friend answers “Baruch Hashem,” I get really upset. THAT’S NOT AN ANSWER. I then have to follow with “Baruch Hashem good or baruch Hashem bad?”
As an aside, I used to have a doctor who was best friends with my boss. One day he called my boss at work, I answered the phone, and of course, he asked, “How are you?” I answered, “Are you asking to be friendly, in which case I’ll say, ‘Fine, thank you,’ or are you asking as my doctor, in which case I’ll tell you the truth?”
MiddlePath – I don’t want to go into too many details because someone might recognize the story, but I have a friend who decided she would rather have her child marry a great person from a not-so-great family than marry a not-so-great person from a great family. With 20/20 hindsight, it is clear she made the right decision.
ilovetheholyland – I thought of a suggestion for when someone asks what you’re looking for. You can always say, “If he wants to learn, I’m 100% behind him. If he wants to work, I’m also 100% behind him. I care more about who he is than what he does.”
Thank you 95.
Time to quit your job and find one that isn’t boring. I have fun at work.
Did any Poster in the CR ever make Home Made Ice Cream using an Ice Cream Machine? Was it good?
Yes. No.
It’s really nobody else’s business.
Nestle Extreme. I’ve become addicted.
sorry guys – no girl will go for polygamy. marriage is hard enough with one husband and one wife.
I would rather share a husband than not have one at all.
I didn’t see the article, but it could also be that whoever wrote it doesn’t know the difference between messianic Judaism and frumkeit.
I use Orange and I have a Nokia phone whose name is Charlie.
Both my parents worked full-time from the time I was born. I can count on one hand the times I was left with a baby-sitter. That was only in emergencies. I got more attention than I wanted from my parents.
-she now has to choose to either give up working and the kid will be raised in poverty or continue working and not have that much time raising the child. The child will be taken of by strangers most of the day.
Those are the only choices? Really? Are you sure?
How is it both my parents could work full-time and still be full-time parents? Oh yeah! They worked at home.
Your either/or proposition doesn’t hold a lot of water.
A friend of mine told me I’m not ready to get married because I don’t want to change my name. As I explained to her, if C”V I died today, my headstone would say haifagirl bas haifagirl’s father, and if I got married today and C”V died tomorrow, my headstone would say haifagirl bas haifagirl’s father. If Hashem doesn’t need me to change my name, why do you?
poor child.
A woman was willing to go through whatever it would take, face all kinds of possible ostracism, just to have a child. Can you imagine how much that child is loved? Poor child? Lucky child!
How many more things does Hashem have to send before people realize they have to leave the U.S. and COME HOME!
Men don’t want smart women who have opinions.
If I had written a prayer when I was a child, it would have been like this:
Dear Father in Heaven,
Please help my parents to have the strength they need to do what’s right.
Please help them to find the happiness with other people that they don’t have together.
Please don’t make me live my whole life with parents who are suffering the misery of being together.
I would urge all parents who stay together “for the sake of the children” to realize what they are doing to those children. Would you like to grow up with the knowledge that because of you your parents remained in a miserable situation?
By the way, it was Rav Yuval Cherlow who gave the psak that it’s muttar.
Gavra-at-work, you are so mistaken. It is definitely assur for girls min’HaTorah. There is no malkus, however, as it is a lav she’be’klalus.
To get married for girls civilly (without doing anything) would be a major Chilul Shem Shamaim.
There is a problem with a girl having a roommate? That’s news to me. It’s probably also news to many (all?) seminaries.
If you ignore the part about other legal stuff (which was parenthetical anyway), that’s what he is suggesting. Two girls become roommates. They each adopt a child. They each have a built-in babysitter.
Who (other than you) said anything about getting married civilly?
How does buying a fancier car help anyone with parnassa?
Methinks there are those who don’t recognize satire.
i know someone who is amazing in monsey.
Wouldn’t he or she be amazing anywhere else?
(In case you didn’t get the hint, that should have read, “I know someone in Monsey who is amazing.” I’m going to teach the CR English if it kills me.)
Your similes are brilliant. I didn’t see any metaphors, though.
Healthcare in Israel is different from healthcare in the U.S. That doesn’t mean it’s worse, just different.
Yes, I pay for the top-level supplement offer by my kupah. But it doesn’t cost all that much. My co-pay for doctor visits is laughable – 7 shekels per quarter for my regular doc and 26 (I think) for specialists.
My medications are also quite inexpensive.
BTW, years ago I had a different kupat cholim. My experience was not nearly as good. They aren’t all the same.
In the U.S. I was not able to get insurance at all. That’s not quite true. I could have gotten insurance through the state government, but the cost of the insurance premium plus the cost of my rent was more than I earned each month. How would I have been able to eat?
I didn’t understand the question.
How’dya manage in that weather without an AC??
I’m not a spoiled American. When I was a kid we didn’t have AC. And it gets pretty hot in Chicago, too.
You should definitely make your younger children wear helmets.
1) As you already pointed out, accidents can happen, even with training wheels.
2) Get them used to the idea that riding a bike requires a helmet and they will be less likely to balk than they would if you spring that rule on them after they have already been riding for awhile.
There already is an organization. I think it’s called Bnos Malachim. They put out videos that are not bad, similar to the shmiras haloshon videos, only for women only.
Why start a new organization?