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I’ve heard that some people have an issue with a divorced “couple” walking the chosson or kallah to the chupah; some kind of negative segulah. I don’t know much about it, though.
I was at a wedding where the parents of the kallah were divorced. She was walked down by another couple, with her mother next to the woman and her father next to the man.
Definitely smart. But that’s because I am and I can’t imagine what it’s like to be less.
Popular is nice. I’m smart and have a lot of friends.
I’m not sure why people think smart and popular are mutually exclusive.
This past summer I had girl students named Tal and Gil. Until recently I had two students named Bar–one a young girl and the other a man.
I have a woman student Nitzan and I recently subbed for another teacher and had a man student Nitzan.
And I work with two women named Hagar!
Feminine of dov as the animal is duba. No one is named that
I used to have a roommate named Dubba. And I have heard of others.
What about Chasya for a girl?
I know one of those, too.
Anyone heard of the name Aviva???
I know several, including a cousin of mine.
My cousin’s name is Peretz.
I’ve known at least two.
The oddest FFB Jewish fellow I know is named Elroy.
This summer I had an FFB student whose name was Elroee.
What about Rayla? My great-aunt (whom I never met) was Rayla. Every Rayla I’ve ever met, or heard of, was related to me. Until yesterday. I spoke to a Rayla on the phone. Her parents named her for a Rochel Leah but didn’t want to give her that name.
I’ve never seen a gold aquarium. All the aquaria I’ve seen were made of glass.
My hair was falling out in clumps. My doctor told me to take iron pills. Voila! Not only did my hair stop falling out, it looks better than it ever has.
Get iron bisglycinate. It doesn’t have the usual side-effects regular iron pills have.
My (non-frum) aunt has her place reserved for her in between her first husband and my uncle.
When I was an elementary kid I washed cars.
Why not make the sushi without crab? Make it with avocado and cucumber, or cucumber and carrots, or some other combination of vegetables.
1) Almond milk is not artificial and can be made at home
This depends on your definition of “artificial.” In terms of “milk,” almond milk is definitely artificial. It doesn’t come from a cow or any other animal.
I’m not sure what being made at home has to do with anything. Could you please explain?
I can’t say what things are like out-of-town (and by the way, I define “out-of-town” as not Eretz Yisroel), but I moved to Haifa not knowing a soul, and I’ve made some very close friends in a very short time.
The people at the first shul I tried were very friendly and one of them invited me to a Tehillim group where I met some other people, one of whom invited me to a couple different shiurim where I met more people. And I’ve since met other people at other shuls.
Ask your LOR. When I was in that situation I was told to send one and I couldn’t receive. I also couldn’t go to a seudah.
There’s a store in Lincolnwood (I think it’s somewhere near Touhy) that makes custom-made baseball bats. You can get him a bat with his name on it. Or you can give him a gift certificate and they will make the bat to his specifications.
Pre-pesach car wash and/or pre-pesach cleaning help. These are things the kids can do to help bring in money for their school.
It’s commonplace to leave the container for the non-dairy creamer on the table when serving it after a meat meal, for example, offering coffee at the end of Shabbos lunch with dessert. That way it’s known that it is not real milk, as opposed to putting the soy milk, rice milk, whatever, into a creamer.
And how many people put the container on the table when serving parve “ice cream” after a meat meal? And if the “ice cream” is homemade?
How did I make such an awful typo? That should be Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Franck, Liszt, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Faure, Barber and Carl Ditter von Dittersdorf but mainly because I like his name.
Tznius refered to the types of beds that they were showing off. In our homes, we do not raise our children with one king size bed in our rooms.
I was not judging, I was asking if my feelings were correct or am I living back in the 50’s when modesty (in dress & also in our homes) was more popular, even among the not frum world, than it is today.
I can’t afford to go to a hotel, and even if I could I’m not sure I would.
That being said, if I were to go to a hotel, I would get a room with only one bed. There is only one of me. How many beds do I need?
its very good to hve good vocab. i really need to improve..
please post long impressive words with the pronunciation and definition. Thanks
Let’s start here:
it’s – it is, often confused with its
have – verb of possession
vocabulary – stock of words
I – first person pronoun, always capitalized
I try to avoid canola oil if at all possible.
For salads I use olive oil and for cooking I use coconut oil. Much healthier than canola oil.
I’m curious to know if those who have a problem with the fake cheese and meat also have a problem with the milchig restaurants that serve veggie burgers with cheese?
How is having a kosher Subway acting like, and eating like, goyim?
I never use mayo. You can substitute tehina. Tastes better, too.
I have mixed feelings. I don’t necessarily want a guy to walk me to my door because I have nosy neighbors. On the other hand, I don’t like when he sits in the car and watches me walk to the door. Given the choice, I prefer being walked to the door.
Guys have said to me: ‘Can I walk you to the door?’ and I say ‘sure- thanks for asking!’ If a girl isn’t comfortable with it, she can say so, and the guy still gets points A) for offering and B) for showing sensitivity and asking whether she is comfortable with it.
I think that’s great. A guy who did that would definitely earn points. If he said, “May I walk you to the door?” he would get even more points.
I heard from a rebbitzen that when she went on the first date with her husband he walked her to the door. On the second date he didn’t, so she figured he wasn’t interested. She expected to be walked to the door because that’s what she saw in movies. He didn’t go to movies, so he had no idea. It turns out he walked her to the door the first time because it was raining and he had the umbrella.
When I am that agitated and call Customer Service, I immediately tell the rep the following: I apologize in advance, because I am very upset, and I KNOW that my complaint has nothing whatsoever to do with you and is not your fault. But I am really angry about X,Y, and Z, and you are the one answering the phone
Oomis, I think we are twins separated at birth. I do the same thing. 🙂
I feel sorry for all of you who read the title and decided it was in your best interest to give me mussar.
You should feel sorry for them. Judging by their spelling and grammar, communication is quite difficult for them.
Since this article was about in E”Y, what happens when they turn 18 and HAVE to go to the army?
Married girls are exempt.
I was under the impression that the custom of giving a diamond ring was so the chosson has made a financial investment, thereby guaranteeing he won’t back out of the deal.
On the other hand, I know of one group who does not give an engagement ring at all until the yichud room. They don’t want to have to deal with ring issues if the engagement breaks.
The prep the day before is nowhere near as awful as I always envisioned it.
I had a colonoscopy done in the U.S. The prep the day before was not fun.
I also had a colonoscopy done in EY. The prep was done the same day, so it killed only one day instead of two, and it wasn’t so bad. But there were three days of restricted diet which I didn’t like. I don’t remember if I had to do that back in the U.S.
have no problem with men being male nurses
What other kind of nurses could men be?
I can’t say whether or not is was inappropriate. I did not see the ad, and all I have to go on is a small, partial quote. Can anybody give me a hint as to which publication carried the ad?
1) my e-mail sites
2) agm2m (a private discussion board)
3) YWCRN
4) Facebook
5) Nonograms-online (Hi. My name is haifagirl and I’m a nonograms addict.)
There are Three categories in men who drink booze.
And what about women who drink?
Depends on the year. Some years it’s available for under $1000.
I don’t remember if I’ve ever had it. I think I did and I think it was good. But then again, I’ve never had a single-malt that wasn’t good. But some are better than others.
Sorry I’m joining this so late. Bourbon? Yuck!
Stick with a good single-malt scotch.
For beginners I recommend Oban. It’s very light and easy to drink.
The best scotch I ever had was Royal Salute, but at $175 a bottle for the 21-year-old, it’s not something I have very often.
And this may sound crazy, but try Advoscotch mixed with Fresca. It’s surprisingly good.
This reminds me of an old friend of mine. People used to tell her she was conceited. She would always reply, “Conceit is a fault, and I have no faults.”
I don’t wear nail polish.
Why does “edible” sound like “an un Jewish song”? i [sic] think your [sic] able to figure it out on your own [sic] its [sic inappropriate for me to say it.
I don’t get it. Why does it sound like an “un-Jewish” song? And what is an “un-Jewish” song? Is that like a non-Jewish song? Is it an anti-Jewish song?
Please explain for those among us (i.e., yours truly) who are just too dense.
Itchy: If you wish to spend as much time writing what ought to be a quick paragraph for a forum as you would for a paragraph in your doctoral thesis, be my guest.
If it takes that much extra time to get proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar in a short paragraph, you need to go back to school, because your English skills are hurting you in other areas of your life.
As a commercial for an English course once said, “People judge you by how you speak.” The same can be said about how you write.
It depends where I am. If someone serves chrein, I eat it with chrein (and any label that lists “beets” before horseradish doesn’t deserve to be called “chrein”).
SuperSol…in America…???
The confusion may be that there is a chain in EY called Shufersal, but it’s also known as Supersol. (And if you don’t believe me, check their web site.)
The grocery store where I do most of my shopping has very narrow aisles. If I’m buying enough stuff that I need a cart, I will usually park it in an out-of-the-way spot (or as much out-of-the-way as possible), then pick a couple items off the shelf and bring them over to my cart, and go to the next shelf and repeat.
Other people take their carts into the narrow aisles and just totally block them so nobody can get through.
On the other hand, I have to say I really enjoy shopping there late on Friday morning. The store is really crowded, but everybody is lined up so nicely at the cash registers – men in one line, women in the other.
Haifagirl – In the social world of goyim and not so frum Jews, almost everybody gets called by their first name, even by children. It’s still not that rampant in the frum community. Their social world is different than their professional or business world. This is the changes we had in this country over the last 40-50 years!
The point is, I never encountered the phenomenon of being called by my first name until the frum community. In the goyish world, it never happened.
…which tend to turn into “libels”…
Great job eclipse!
I’m in English mode and I have “EN” on my screen.
When I switch to Hebrew I have “HE” on my screen.
I have Windows XP Pro, if that means anything.
Derech HaMelech:
1) I’m not sure what you mean by “make it look like it is in its own thing,” but I think you mean “blockquote.” You do this by putting
<blockquote>before the quote and</blockquote>after the quote. Also, you can always set off the quote by putting it in italics. You do this by putting<em>before the quote and</em>after the quote.2) If the person starts with your name (as I did), then you know it is in reply to something you wrote. If there is no name, you just have to figure it out from the context.