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What is the inyan of davening vasikin on Purim (besides the same inyan that applies every day of the year)?
There is a lot of work for women to do on Purim. The earlier they daven and hear Megillah, the more hours they have to finish up shalach manos and prepare the seudah.
You should start out with at least a few lessons. If you teach yourself you might not get the proper technique. It is much easier to learn it properly from the beginning than have to unlearn a bad happen and replace it with a good one.
Mark Twain said it.
a mamin: Since I obviously don’t know what a real mitzvah tantz is, can you explain how it differs from the ones I’ve seen on youtube?
Halachically, one is required to give two items that are two different brachas.
Ask your LOR. That is a common misconception. The halachah is actually two items, not two brachas. Since at least one should be baked, two cupcakes would do it.
I’ve never been to a wedding where there was a mitzvah tantz. However, I have seen a few on youtube. It doesn’t look like such a big deal.
are wayyyyy more mature than I am. ^_^
wow! Great job. Most people would have said, “more mature than me.” Most people would have been wrong.
From Wikipedia:
Peeps are marshmallow candies, sold in the United States and Canada, that are shaped into chicks, bunnies, and other animals. There are also different shapes used for various holidays. Peeps are used primarily to fill Easter baskets, though recent advertising campaigns market the candy as “Peeps – Always in Season”, as Peeps has since expanded to include Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. They are made from marshmallow, corn syrup, gelatin, and carnauba wax.
<sarcasm>Such a Jewish thing!</sarcasm>
I also had thought every 19 years. My Jewish and secular b-days occur together (I thought) every 19 years.
For many people it works out that way.
The first time my birthdays coincide (since I was born) will be when I am 57 years old.
good beahvior peeps
Does anybody else here resent being called a marshmallow snack?
I flaunt grammar rules all the time. A large percentage of the CR, however, flouts them.
And even if they decide to flaunt the rules they’ll probably be accommodated, perhaps reluctantly.
I try to flaunt rules as much as possible.
Then go to Dunkin donuts, buy a black, non-flavored coffee, and pour it on the cookie. Viola!
‘Cello.
rebdoniel: How very Hank-Reardenesque. (That’s a good thing.)
If you are just visiting, and not moving here, and are really concerned about the heat, why not visit in winter?
I think it depends on what you’re allergic to, and where in EY you will be?
Also where in the U.S. are you coming from? People who have severe allergies in Atlanta may have no symptoms in Chicago. So who can say whether they would suffer more or less in EY?
Equally applied to men, women, boys and girls. Viola.
‘Cello.
The people who do and end up passing the courses at that age are typically in MENSA (society for people with extremely high IQ’s like 150 points at their age – you have to take an IQ test and get that score to join and you have to pay membership fees…).
Where did you get that information? Totally not correct.
To qualify for membership in Mensa one needs an IQ at or above the 98th percentile. The actual number (150 in your example) varies depending on the test.
And if you’ve ever taken an IQ test, you can submit the score and there is no need to take another test.
Some qualifying scores, as noted on their web site, are:
Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Composite SAS of 132
Differential Ability Scales (DAS) GCA 132
Otis Lennon School Abilities Test (OLSAT) Total SAI 132
Otis-Gamma Test IQ 131
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
Individual and Multilevel Forms Nonverbal Ability Index Score of 130 or above
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test 2 (NNAT)
Individual and Multilevel Forms Nonverbal Ability Index Score of 132 or above
Stanford Binet IQ 132
Stanford Binet 5 IQ 130
Woodcock-Johnson Test of Cognitive Abilities
(not the Woodcock Johnson Achievement Test) IQ 132
There are other tests listed, also, such as SAT, ACT, LSAT, GRE, etc. And by the way, the number “150” is not to be found anywhere.
And where did you get the idea that people with high IQs are “typically in Mensa”?
The current population of the U.S. is more than 311,000,000 people. Two per cent qualify for Mensa. That would be 6,220,000. Since the current membership of American Mensa is approximately 56,000, people with high IQs typically ARE NOT in Mensa.
I love my job. I don’t plan to retire.
It depends on which trip organizer you choose. Go to Birthright’s web site and you’ll get all the information you need.
Try AJOP – Association of Jewish Outreach Professionals.
Haifagirl, you are personally offended by poor grammar?
Yes. Isn’t that obvious?
Here’s the difference: When I make an error, I appreciate when it’s pointed out to me. I like to improve myself. Apparently I’m the only one.
Not having my mistakes pointed out to me is hurtful to me, and what’s hurtful to me . . .
Now I understand. If something is offensive to me, it’s permitted. If something is offensive to somebody else, it’s not. Thanks for clearing that up.
There’s a difference between a few mistakes here and there, and something almost unreadable. Certainly we can all read those posts that are in text language, but that’s not the point.
If I wrote a post totally in pig latin, I’m sure everyone in the CR would be able to read it. However, it would take them a bit longer because it would be more difficult. I care enough about the people I write for that I don’t want them to have to struggle to read what I write. I would just appreciate the same consideration from others.
All the rest is commentary.
I definitely hear what you are saying, but the point is, who is to say that something is unreadable? How much of it has to be in txtspk? How many grammatical errors make it fail inspection? It would really be nonsensical to try and implement any such system.
Allow me to place myself unequivocably on Haifagirl’s team/island.
First of all, thank you.
Second, you’ve given me a great idea. Why don’t we take a vote? I think I’ll start a new thread for that purpose.
Dear wonderful and wise mods:
It would be very helpful if you would observe the following CR rule:
5 – Please try to post in a language somewhat resembling English. Visit spellcheck.net if you need help. Mozilla Firefox browser also offers a spellcheck option. If your comment is not written in normal English, it will not be approved.
1) This would make it easier for those of us who want to understand the posts.
2) It would force those who are not observing the rule to learn to communicate like menschen and have respect for those who want to read their posts.
Thank you.
I will only approve posts that I can understand, but I am not about to delete everything that isn’t 100% up to snuff. There is a bit of a loophole in “somewhat resembling,” you see… 🙂
Maybe I should just go back to bed.
anyone who u sed gezuntaheit to is guna look at u strange if theyr not jewish
Why? I know a lot of goyim who say “gesundheit.”
Somebody has been messing with this thread. Either that or I’m sicker than I thought. The OP was all “wherefore,” and I asked a mod to change it to “whereas.” Now I see the OP is all “whereas” and my post has it reversed.
I just read this thread and I’m curious as to why people feel that men and women have different tastes in alcohol and why women would necessarily want something sickly sweet as opposed to a good single-malt scotch.
I didn’t understand it at first. Then I figured out what you meant. Perhaps a friendly mod can change every “whereas” to a “wherefore.”
I did not understand the OP at all.
147, Glad you don’t know. There are people who have suffered extremely abusive, and difficult marriages. In which case, the “marriage” was tge mistake, and not the “divorce”,
RTK, what makes you think 147 was referring to divorce as a mistake? It’s clear to me that the mistakes he was referring to were the mistakes made prior to the divorce–choice of spouse, bad decision during the marriage, etc. The divorce shows they learned from their mistakes.
haifagirl:
That is an exception then. Sure, there are places that are open. But in the field I’m in (high-level IT), Friday is simply the weekend and the only things that are open/manned are the things that must work 24/7.
Not everything in Israel is IT. There are plenty of offices open on Friday. Certainly there are fewer than there were 20 years ago, but there are still plenty of people working.
Friday in Israel is like Saturday in Europe or the USA. Everything is closed, except for shops. All offices are closed. If you would say Israel has a six-day work week, the same would apply to the UK, USA, Holland, France, etc.
Maybe you’re office is closed. Mine isn’t. Friday is half-day at work.
They are going to do these things anyway on their day off. Its better for them to do it on Sunday than Shabbos. Many Gedolim in Israel are in favor of Sunday off for this reason
Why is it an either/or proposition? What makes you think the chilonim won’t do these things on Shabbos and Sunday?
I frequently have a discussion with a friend of mine who tells me I should take Sundays off because I need a day when I don’t work. I keep telling him I have Shabbos.
When he responds that it isn’t enough, I ask him whether I should believe him or Hashem?
Many years ago my friend’s son was about 5 and wanted to dress up as Achashverosh. She didn’t think that was appropriate, so he got to wear the same costume, but she explained that he was really Mordechai wearing the king’s clothes.
Please define “older.”
And what do you mean she “lets them control her choices”?
Are you talking about yourself? A friend? An acquaintance?
First of all, rather than “normal” English, I would prefer to see posts in correct English.
Second of all, this isn’t a new rule, it just hasn’t been widely enforced. (see http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/rules-of-the-ywn-coffee-room-please-read)
5 – Please try to post in a language somewhat resembling English. Visit spellcheck.net if you need help. Mozilla Firefox browser also offers a spellcheck option. If your comment is not written in normal English, it will not be approved.
And finally, the title of this thread should be:
NEW CR RULE: Type Words In Normal English
This thread of popa’s is quite amusing–
folks using the language but not abusing.
A bit of doggerel’s always such fun.
Let’s give popa his day in the sun.
It’s too bad the cider first had to explode,
and leave such a mess throughout his abode.
With his next batch of cider we’ll all be delighted
when he announces to all, “CR, you’re invited.”
Hi I’m new at the cr I had a question that maybe u can help me here with money was being collected by me for a teacher who got engages??? so when there was noone around I left the $50 from that day under 5 seforim in my locker. The NXT day it was gone my locker was obviously opened by someone etc so I went to the office they told me to talk to the assisstant principal who further sen me to principal of hole skwl who basically told me he can’t do anything we shod use locks or not leaving anything in lockers so I said number 1 we were told we r not allowed to hav locks number two lately thing hav been stolen by ppl noone knows who (I only found this out when somatic was stolen from me) like calculated and sometimes seforim ad books now wat am I supposed to do I hav to make up from somewhere $50?
Please spend less time collecting money and more time studying English.
1) I voted Gimmel because they were the best of a bad lot (the lesser of many evils, as it were).
2) I didn’t see all that many of their posters.
3) Include women.
Invite either all or none.
Whatever you do, don’t apply for a job as an English teacher, or an editor, or a copywriter etc.
I worked for several men over the years, including some rabbis. All but one called me by my first name. And in that case, everyone in the office was called by Miss/Mrs. last name.
Unfortunately, this is a serious situation. I have a friend who is extremely concerned that her son is no longer charedi since his wife convinced him to join the army and he is now being trained with computer skills, and not only that, he wears colored shirts.
Haifa is absolutely NOT overrated. For those of us who like to live in a city, this one is the best.
But speaking of underrated: grammar.
Nexium is terrible. It affects taste buds and makes everything taste funny.
In Israel, ask the doctor for a prescription for lansoprazole. It hasn’t caused any side effects for me. And it’s not expensive.
haifa- Firstly, I’d like to point out that your name isn’t capitalized, which will be an unpleasant stain on your otherwise spotless grammer record. Forever.
Haven’t you ever heard of e. e. cummings? 😛