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According to a Lubavitcher rabbi I know, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, before he became 7th Rebbe, wore a gray fedora and wanted to continue to do so after he became Rebbe, but other senior rabbis convinced him to switch to a black fedora.
As for exact size of fedora, see photos from 40 years ago – hats were much smaller. And, of course, Moses’ fedora ….
50 comdians, 5 are funny. 500 comedians, 5 are funny. 5,000 ….
I like apushyyid’s comment about a bus.
If you want a kosher pig, it might be easier to genetically modify a goat to have a short curly tail, shorter legs and a shorter snout. Or you could buy those faux bacon chips and sprinkle them on veal.
Reply to akuperma: The Democrats of the pre-Civil War 19th Century were the party of slavery and slave holders. Yes, some of them wanted to annex Mexico, but their plan was to have Mexico admitted as a slave state (or states), so that they could expand their plantations. What that has to do with the current issue of border control is a mystery to me – and probably you as well.
Why can’t bochurim dress like Moses and Yehoshua in hot weather?
Is there something wrong with Torah Jewry when supposedly frum people can discuss a hat manufacturer so extensively? I don’t think this much ink was ever spilled over Tefillin.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe teaches that a Jew is someone with a Jewish soul that Hashem breathes into him/her every day. (This view is not unique to the Lubavitcher Rebbe.) A non-observant Jew, even an anti-semitic Jew, is nevertheless a Jew. A Jewish woman married to a goy gives birth to Jews. Some of the attitudes of antagonism toward non-observant on display here are not promoting Yiddishkeit among the non-observant and are in fact destructive, not to mention breaches of many mitzvos. The Lubavitchers have a lot to teach us about strengthening Yiddishkeit and the practice of Torah Judaism.
So this topic is first posted on July 6, and by July 10, the boys and coach are saved. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
To jakob: Has intermarriage increased since the commencement of Facebook? I don’t know, but I know intermarriage was growing for many, many years before Zuckerberg gave us Facebook. Before you blame Zuckerberg, or anybody else, check your facts, and cite them when you publish your accusation.
Congratulations to RebYidd23: You said something with which I agree. What could be smarter?
To Joseph: Wrong as usual: If we get President Pence following a non-electoral removal of Trump, Pence then has the authority, if not the duty, to appoint a vice president, under an amendment to the constitution whose number I do not recali. That is how Gerald Ford became president when Spiro Agnew was forced to resign over allegations of bribes he took as a local official, i.e., Ford became vice-president more than a year before the Nixon resignation. So we may never get to President Ryan or President Hatch.
Is a habbit a cross between a hare and a rabbit? And are they kosher? And if so, please post a good-eating recipe.
The surest way to teach a child anything is by setting a good example. Most will follow their parents’ lead, a few will rebel and do the opposite. Fortunately for me, my kids rebelled and are wonderful adults.
Hashem is watching. Parents are overrated.
They already got law in Israel. May I suggest that the English spelling of the Hebrew word for a divorce decree be spelled “gett,” so simple folks like me are not so easily confused?
I have been reading about the so-called Shidduch crisis for years. All the theories about why the Shidduch crisis exists are nonsense. But more important, no one has cited any statistics to confirm that frum Jews are not getting married.
If there is a Shidduch crisis, why is the frum population growing?
It is refreshing to read so many comments that prove that, contrary to the beliefs of anti-Semites, Jews know nothing about money.
I’m pretty sure that, halachically, its OK.
Answer to Uncle Ben: No. What’s a “naturopathic physician,” and why do you capitalize the words? Is it a registered trademark?
And, by the way, I love your rice.
I have a comment about the opening post which may sound insulting, but it is not intended to be. I would be curious to know where you were born, what is the first language you learned to speak, and whether you are a full-time English speaker, a full-time Yiddish speaker, or some other language entirely. Your English, as written, shows no familiarity with English grammar and usage. If English is your third, fourth or eighth language, you are doing OK. But if it is your first or second, you should work on it, or give it up.
Again, I emphasize, I mean no insult, but this site is an English-language site, and your English is faulty.
Ever notice that when you follow a doctor’s advice, you feel better?
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Much so-called Jewish music is neither Jewish nor music. Music is very important, and it would be a shame to limit frum children to that junk called “Jewish music.”
This is all a silly misunderstanding, because of a spelling error. The correct spelling is “Roamin’ Artichokes,” which is the name of a band that spun off from Travelling Wilburys.
Peyos and tzisis are not expressions of “Jewish pride.” They are fulfillments of mitzvos. Period. And “Jewish pride” is an egregious, misplaced emotion. Tznius is about humility, not “Jewish pride.”
To laskern: Are you sure that is a joke?
Lucky Strike cigarettes: what’s lucky about carcinogens?
No one should make a brocha in any kind of automobile.
It’s not a brand name, but there is a musical instrument called a “Jew’s harp.” It has a single metal twanger, gives the player a headache, and is much cheaper than most musical instruments. I don’t know where the name came from, but it has nothing to do with us chosen people. And I have never heard one played at a simcha.
Now that I think of it, it’s not funny at all.
Trump is a nitwit. All the rest is commentary.
to health: you have told me very little. There was no “Watergate commission.” She was a junior lawyer in the Justice Department that investigated Watergate. And she learned that if you deny, deny, deny, and don’t tape yourself, you have a good chance of beating the raps. As for the e-mails to Chelsea, why has she not been prosecuted by Sessions/Trump? It might be that the e-mails were not classified when she sent them. Where did you get the information about these e-mails?
iaciscrmma: Has it occurred to you that you may be wrong in your belief that Obama and Hillary committed crimes for which they can be prosecuted? If they were prosecutable, wouldn’t Trump/Sessions have started the process?
Let me emphasize: I am a Democrat, and I utterly dislike Hillary. If there were a legitimate case against her, I would welcome her prosecution. But of all the people chanting “Lock her up”, there is not one among them who can explain what charges can be brought against her. I sincerely would like someone to explain why Hillary needs to be prosecuted. I don’t like her, but that is not enough.
There are many places that have much lower rates of mass shooting than the United States. The one thing they have in common is radically tighter control of guns.Make up your minds, America. Do we want a well-regulated militia, per the Second Amendment, or guns for all, per the National Rifle Association and their financial backers, who are mostly gun manufacturerers.
Never mind the insult to fat guys. Isn’t gluttony of the kind being advertised and encouraged a serious breach of several mitzvahs? I even wonder why YWN would consider r.unning the ad
To Joseph: I have read many of your posts in the Coffee Room. What makes you think that you could pass a literacy test?
What’s wrong with you people? I made a very funny post more than 24 hours ago, and nobody responded. You could say how funny I am, or at least tell me how stupid I am. But please don’t ignore me.
It is distressing that the participants in this discussion have no familiarity with metric measurement. We don’t all have to be engineers like the Lubavitcher Rebbe, but we should have enough science education to be familiar with metric measurement.
Neither I nor my wife has any bitcoins. I think it is a fraud and when it crashes, many people will be hurt.
The Torah commands us: If you got it, flaunt it. And if you don’t got it, borrow it.
Oh, vait. It doesn’t say that.
My wife never lets me have an armrest. Am I eligible for a ghet?
Get a cootie shot and you will have nothing to worry about.
How about a halachicly divorced chazzan?
I have not been to that museum, but according to published information about it, the organizers are devout Protestant X-ians who openly want to promote their interpretation of the Bible. Even among us Jews, there are lots of ways to interpret Tanakh, and X-ians interpret Tanakh as predicting their chosen savior. (Their savior is “chosen” only in one sense of the word.) The only reason for a frum Jew to visit the museum would be to find out how the X-ians come to their relgious view, and that is not a valid inquiry for a frum Jew.
Flat hats are fine with me. But I draw the line at “pork pie” hats, even though they contain no actual pork.
First of all, Trump could not do all the reading required to convert. And after converting, he would still be a jerk regardless of Litvak, Schmidtvak or sit-back..
Is a very short Brisker called a Briskette?
So this gentile young woman who works as a maid for a Jewish family goes home for X-mas, and her family asks her about working for Jews. She says it’s fine but she does not understand their holidays. On Sukkos, they smoke in the house but eat in a hut in the back yard. On Shabbos, they eat in the dining room but smoke in the bathroom. And on Yom Kippur, they smoke in the bathroom and eat in the bathroom.
To CTLawyer: I was going to point out that my comment was directed at “most of the first 19 comments,” but when I double-checked, I saw that I did not write that. I apologize for shmearing you with too broad a brush.
To RebYid23: you make a good point about employers of cleaning help having no other employees and not knowing how to act as an employer. That leaves them with the Torah and their own inclinations for guidance. I have actually studied what the Torah says about employment, but what it says must be mixed with market conditions. People ask for raises because they want them. Few employers offer raises unless asked, or unless prevailing market conditions require it.
There is a dispiriting level of hostility toward cleaning workers in the first 19 posts. And why is the hiring and firing of cleaning staff any different than hiring and firing any other staff? My schvigger replaced her cleaning lady (whom she referred to as a “girls,” notwithstanding that they were generally over age 25) every 6 months and was never satisfied by any of them. My spouse and I paid slightly more than my schvigger and the average tenure was more than 5 years. And, by the way, my schvigger’s house was always as clean as ours.
If Joseph does not know what wicker furniture is, he (or she?) must still be living in rural Poland.
As for CTLawyer’s inside/outside rule on wicker, yes, that is the custom, yes it’s practical, but it is not Halachah. And in parts of the US, mostly the Old Confederacy, that velvet couch goes on the outdoor porch when it’s too beat up to keep inside, but still comfy. It’s a good place to drink home-made untaxed whiskey.
As for Lightbrite’s deadly wicker allergy, it doesn’t matter when you stop dating the wicker lover. If it kills you, don’t marry him. And that’s probably Halachah.