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notpashut-
I looked thru the Mishan Berura re: hilchos Chanuka over Shabbos (it’s only about 20 pages), and there’s no mention of either dreidel or kvitlech.
He does mention a minhag of eating cheese, to comemorate Yehudis killing the general, which I don’t think most poeple do nowadays.
Is it possible that you may have seen another sefer or ma’amer from the Chofetz Chaim where he addresses these questions, either as halocha or as a recommendation?
Gut voch
An explanation of the problem with gambling, and the reason it pasels one for eidus is:
Mishneh Torah H’ Gezelah 6:10 (explains why misachek bikuvia is gezel).
??????? ?????? ????. ??? ??????? ????? ?? ??????? ?? ?????? ?????? ??? ?????? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ?? ????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ??? ???????. ??”? ?????? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ??? ?? ????. ??? ??????? ????? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ?????? ???? ??? ????? ????? ?? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??????? ???
H’ Eidus 10:4 (this doesn’t address gambling per se, but taking money by force, usurious lending and borrowing, and several professsions that intrinsically compel dishonesty).
???? ?? ?? ????? ??? ?????? ????? ??”? ??? ??? ??????? ????? ??? ????? ????? ??????? ???? ????? ???? ???? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ???????? ?? ?? ?? ?????? ???? ????? ??? ???? ?? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??”? ????? ????? ???? ???? ??? ?? ???? ?? ????? ??? ???? ??????? ??? ???? ??? ????? ???? ??? ?? ?? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ???? ??? ??? ??? ???? ??? ????? ????? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ????? ??? ??? ?? ?????? ?? ????? ??? ??? ???? ??? ??? ?? ?????? ??????? ??? ?? ????? ?? ??? ?? ?????? ??? ??? ???? ??????? ???? ??????? ??? ??????? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ????? ?????? ??”? ??????? ????? ??? ??? ?????? ??????? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ???? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??? ?? ???? ??? ?? ?????? ?????? ?????? ????? ???? ??????? ????? ????? ????? ??????? ?? ????? ?????? ??? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ????? ????? ???? ???? ??? ??”? ??? ??????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? ?????? ??????? ???? ????? ??? ???? ??? ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? ????? ????? ??? ??? ??? ?? ????? ??? ????? ??? ??? ??????:
In order to Omer Dovor Beshem Omroi, this was cut-and-pasted from:
http://www.hashkafah.com/Gambling_t17489.html&mode=linear
This is NOT about kvitlach (or kfitlach, as commonly pronounced).
This is specifically about misachek bikuvia and psul eidus, as discussed above.
notpashut or anyone else – if you know where in the Mishan Berura this is discussed, I’d greatly appreciate the mekor.
The question of muttar – assur is not one to be decided based on opinion or our own logical tzugleichen (comparison).
If one is unsure, consult your LOR.
Gut Shabbos.
anon for this-
PT 109 slipped my mind.
JFK also joked about not wasting money buying one more vote than was necessary.
azi-
oomis1105-
Just to clarify:
I am certainly not saying a game of kvitlech (you’re right oomis1105, same word) passels anyone for eidus, or those playing it are professional misachkei bekuvios.
I am repeating what a rebbe I had once said about the game.
azi-
I appreciate your concern about “hurt(ing) (my) sensitivities”, but it’s OK – my sensitivities will get over it.
Azi-
The reason I was told Misachek Bikuvia (literally “plays with squares” – i.e. dice) pasels one for eidus is because he is a gazlun – he is taking and keeping money from a mekach ta’os.
Did you hear otherwise?
anon for this-
Agreed (by me), accepted (by most), but not proven.
Hey, it worked!
Plus (supposedly) Joe “Cook”ing the books in 1960.
Correction #2 – T.R. died at 60.
brooklyn19-
Prof. Google says:
Theodore Roosevelt – 42 years, 322 days.
I stand corrected.
BTW – Harding wasn’t corrupt. His associates were. Teapot dome did not involve him.
Theodore Roosevelt was 41 when McKinley was assassinated.
He was very accomplished at a young age – he had previously been the NYC police commissioner.
He had a hard life as well – he was blinded in one eye while boxing (when he was president).
He nearly died of a disease (I don’t remember which – malaria, sleeping sickness or something else) after his presidency whil on an adventurous tour.
He died when he was only 58 (I think).
He lost his son Quentin in WWI (Quentin Road in Brooklyn is named after the son).
brooklyn19-
Correct!
Ransom Eli Olds was the person Oldsmobile is named after, and he is the one who sold the business (he was actually bought out, but it’s a long story), hence Ransom was paid.
I threw a couple of clues into the original puzzle:
a) Yankel drove an eight-year-old GM minivan (GM discontinued the Olds brand a few years back).
b) Yankel lived in Detroit.
After Olds was bought out, he started another auto company named “REO” – his initials. It failed.
Joseph-
“what is your consultancy rate on tough riddles”
– One Jolt cola, or two asprin – whichever kicks in faster.
Alternately, potato kugel.
The reason one who is Misachek Bikuvia is posul for eidus is because it is as if he is stealing, since his opponent had no intention of losing.
An elementary school rebbe I had said thet kfitlach (which I was told is the card game “21”) is equally problematic.
I saw boys literally crying after losing $20 (lots of money for a little kid then), which is a clear indicator they did not intend to lose.
chasid-of-Hashem-
If you get the answers right away kol hakavod, but otherwise let’s let others try to solve it.
Here are a couple of hints in the meantime:
a) Who said anything about a killing?
b) In the sentence beginning with the word “During”, there are no misspellings or typos.
Joseph-
Thank you.
My best guesstimate is about 2 – 2.5 hours, starting last night and resuming during lunch today.
I used clue #3 in my seventh step, so there is probably a more elegant solution that I missed.
Step 1 was easy, 2 was not too difficult, and 3 fell into place following two.
Steps 3, 5, 6, and 7 were challenging.
Step 8 fell into place once the others were done.
That was an enjoyable puzzle.
Your nine letter word is:
startling
starling
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I
This was in a kid’s magazine I read about 35 years ago (I don’t remember the name, but it had a comic about a detective with a dog called Tin-Tin and two bumbling policement called the Thompson Twins).
I am “chapping” it because no one else got it, and after 24 hours my “no chap” moratorium is up.
moderator – please replace my earlier “cleaned up” version with this one. the data i put in the earlier post inadvertantly contained HTML tags, which is messing up the page and making my posting unreadable. sorry!
2) The only numbers that give six or more bills in change from $40 are $1, $2, $6, $11 and $21. If margarita $ = x and lemonade $ = y and x / 2 >= y (cond. 5), x can only be $6 or $11, y can only be $1 or $2. Since x * 1.5 + y must be $11 or $21, the only combo that works is x(margarita) = $6, y(lemonade) = $2
3) Water * 3 <= lemonade. Since only vodka has a non-integer price, water = $0.
4) The coin in change can only be a quarter (the whole dollar amounts of drinks can only be divided by 2, and vodka * 4 = an integer).
5) The total is over $20 ($11 margarita and lemonade, at least $4 for the rum, at least $4.25 for the vodka an at least $1 for the Pepsi). This means the change can either be $2.25, $6.25, $11.25 or $15.25 (two bills, one quarter).
7) Rum is $4.50 or $6 (floor = 2 * lemonade, ceiling = margarita). A second rum returns >= (six coins + bills) change. This only works if the second rum is $2.50. Rum = $5.
Accessory to a Crime?
Yankel, an average bal habos, living in Detroit, had an interesting morning.
He got up, davened, and had his usual mug of Sanka with a Danish for breakfast.
While walking from his porch to his eight-year-old GM minivan, he saw a murder on his front lawn.
Instead of calling the police, he calmly drove to work.
During his commute, he saw a large business that he knew had changed hands due to Ransom being paid, but again he just continued on his way.
When he got to his desk, his secretary asked him how his morning had been so far.
How could Yankel have been so casual about what he had seen?
Had he become a lawbreaker?
Indifferent to crime?
“authors that affected history & the names of their books”
American-
Profiles in Courage – JFK (it raised his profile & helped Americans see him as a serious candidate)
Unsafe At Any Speed – R. Nader (brought safety to the forefront in auto engineering)
Foreign-
The Little Red Book – Mao Zedong (alternate spellings exist – the manifesto that 1/5 of the world’s population is enslaved under)
Mein Kampf – A.H., yemach shemo.
J’accuse – Emile Zola (not really a book, but an article that forced the French to reexamine the Dreyfus case and confront their anti-semitism)
The Communist Manifesto – Karl Marx (birth of a movement that cost untold hundreds of millions of lives)
Joseph-
Margarita: 6 x 1.5 = 9
Vodka: 5.75 x 1 = 5.75
Rum: 5 x 1 = 5
Pepsi: 2 x 1.5 = 3
Lemonade: 2 x 1 = 2
Water: 0 x 3 = 0
2) the only number that give six or more bills in change from $40 are 1,2,6,11 and 21. if margarita$ = a and lemonade$=b and a / 2 >= b (cond. 5) a can only be 1 or 2, b can only be 6 or 11. since a x 1.5 + b must be 11 or 21, the only combo that works is a (margarita) = 6, b (lemonade) = 2
3) water <= lemonade x 3. since only vodka has a non-integer price, water = 0.
4) The coin in change can only be a quarter (the whole dollar amounts of drinks can only be divided by 2, and vodka x 4 = an integer).
5) The total is over $20 (11 margarita and lemonade, at least 4 for the rum, at least 4.25 for the vodka an at least 1 for the pepsi). This means the change can either be 2.25, 6.25, 11.25 or 15.25 (two bills, one quarter).
7) Rum is 4,5 or 6 (floor = 2 x lemonade, ceiling = margarita). A second rum returns >= (six coins + bills) change. This only works if the second rum is 2.50. Rum = 5.
I used all the clues, so I don’t know which is extra.
Dr. Pepper-
Joseph-
The URL info appears in the info area on the bottom left of my browser (IE) when the cursor hovers over the hash mark.
squeak-
“BTW, I was also born after 1850”
– C.E. or Hebrew calendar?
<<couldn’t resist – no offense, I’m in the same boat>>
Joseph-
Hover over the hash-mark to the right of the timestamp. A tooltip with the post# will appear.
Dr. Pepper-
The curvature of the earth (3d geometry).
I remember reading thet the German Big Bertha cannon of WWI had to include that factor in their trajectory calculations since it fired a projectile 75 miles.
Dr. Pepper-
squeak-
I would be impressed, except at this point I figure the only way the Dr. doesn’t come up with the answer instantly is if he’s giving others a chance.
I feel like a five-year-old who shows off that he knows the alef-bais by heart, only to hear a rosh yeshiva follow it with a two-hour pilpul.
Dr. Pepper – don’t be modest now, because I’m really curious – is this level of math expertise common among math majors? Among holders of a math PhD?
yoshi-
There are certain knee problems that biking can also aggravate.
Nevertheless, the fact that it is a more gentle circular motion, rather than the up-and-down pounding motion of running and jogging means many people who shouldn’t run can still bike.
This includes people with ankle, foot and hip issues as well as shin splints (microfractures) that may be unable to run, but can use a bike or Stairmaster.
I agree of course that good shoes will minimize the pounding and wear-and-tear / injuried that can occur if one is not properly prepared.
squeak-
Good puzzle.
The original number can end with either a 1 or a six (subtract 1, get a number divisible by 5)
the next four numbers must all end with 16, 36, 56, 76 or 96 (divisible by 4, subtract 1 divisibe by 5)
the last number must be 0 ot 5 (divisible by 5)
From that point on, brute force produces the following:
3121
2496
1996
1596
1276
1020
noitallmr-
Since the father who played the straight-man was yours truly, they were riddles from my perspective.
For (and from) Kids
Kid: Daddy, can you jump higher than a house?
Father (chuckling): No, of course not.
Kid: Daddy, do you have a green key?
Father: No.
Kid: A red key?
Father: No.
Kid: A blue key?
Father: No.
Kid: A pink key?
Father: No.
Kid: Yes you do. You have one on each hand!
Kid: Hot. You can’t catch a hot!
1)which president dies after 5 weeks in office? Harrison
2)who were women of the american reform movement? Susan B. Athony, many others
3)how many presidents were asassinated? Lincoln – Booth, Garfield – Guiteau, McKinley – Czogolcz, Kennedy – Oswald
4)what year did roosevelet get a 3rd term in? 1940 (started serving it in 1941)
5)how many amendments are in the bill of rights? the first 10 & can anyone list them all??(lol in order) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Dr. Pepper-
anon for this-
What I should have said is that there are no sequential numbers where a^2 + b^2 = c^2 except 3, 4 and 5.
I read in the news several years ago that someone claimed he had discovered a proof for Fermat’s Last Theorem, but a mistake was uncovered. Then, a couple of years ago, someone else claimed he had discovered it, and mathematicians were very excited and preliminary indications were that he was correct, but it would take months to review and verify. I don’t remember if it was actually verified or disproven. What was the end of that story?
Builders and contractors often use the 3, 4, 5 measurement to ensure something is being built correctly at right angles (measure the sides at 3′ and 4′ from a corner – a straight line between those two points should be 5′). For all newlyweds building bookcases, this is an easy way to confirm that your parallelogram is also a rectangle 🙂
Joseph-
I didn’t divide the final result by 12, because I was misupek if we should count from Tishrei or January (just kidding – I simply forgot).
Joseph-
Working our way backwards:
7777 x 1 1/3 = 10369.33
10369.33 x 1.5 = 15554
15554 x 2 = 31108
brooklyn19-
Instead of considering it product of the Department of Redundancy Department, just think of it as a free gift to the English language.
brooklyn19-
Recently (within the last couple of years) saw in the news that they had been “officially” added. So was “irregardless”.
Dr. Pepper-
a) I got it – thanks a lot!
b) You’re headed in the right direction, but what does that have to do with builders, contractors and handymen? Also – I thought I remembered learning once that there are no other integers that when squared add up to the square of a third integer.
c) Flights of Fancy – Correct! (Don’t forget that as well as adding lift, it also decreases drag by carrying air in the dimples to the “rear” of the ball. Agreed – the full technical explanation is not for here).
Joseph-
Thank you for your explanation, too.
<<Math + me = Rebbe Akiva’s water + rock>>
asdfghjkl-
Didn’t know it. Googled it. Now know it.
There was also the “midnight massacare” when Nixon got Robert Bork to fire Archibald Cox.
asdfghjkl-
FDR at one point tried to pack the supreme court with judges who were in idealogical agreement with him by adding one judge for every existing judge over a certain age. His attempt failed. Is this what you’re talking about?
Flights of Fancy
Airplanes, ships, cars, darts and many other objects are smooth to ensure less air resistance and faster speeds.
Why then are golf balls dimpled?
The numbers 3, 4 and 5 (used together) are very helpful for builders and contractors.
How?
anon for this-
Dr. Pepper-
The puzzle was, “if you have a square wall made up of square bricks and remove one column from the side and add one row to the top, what will the difference in brick-count always be?”
SJSinNYC-
Math ? fun!
Math <> fun!
Math^2 = fun! (a negative squared)
Dr. Pepper-
One question:
B”H Bava Basra is completed.
B”N Shabbos. (spreadsheet has been updated).
rabbiofberlin-
Have you considered biking or swimming?
President Bush switched from running to biking because of knee issues.
Biking lets you choose how easy or difficult your workout will be, depending on the terrain you choose and which gear you pick, as well as letting you vary the speed and intensity of your ride.
Dr. Pepper-
Cute – it’s been a long time since 10th grade geometry 😉
Dr. Pepper-
I held off on posting the solution, because I was sure you’d get it and were just waiting in order to give others a chance.
You are correct, of course, but I wanted to associate a “2” with each number (except the result).
To you, was this “two” puzzle too easy? Et, tu?
Squeak-
Squeak-
By the time the falling bear hits the bottom of a 60-meter pit, it will be traveling at about 43-44 mph.
At that speed, whether it was originally black or white, it is probably now red all over.
15, 8, 12, 80 ==> 15 x 2 x 8^2 / (12 x 2) = 80
18, 7, 6, 147 ==> 18 x 2 x 7^2 / (6 x 2) = 147
19, 6, 12, ? ==> 19 x 2 x 6^2 / (12 x 2) = 57
brooklyn19-
Correct!
Dec. 7 is the 67th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Here are a few memorable quotes from that day and its eventual aftermath:
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor sneak attack
“Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
-President Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Captain Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay
-Captain Robert Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay
illini07-
I thought 07 was your graduate year, and assumed you were a young guy (on another thread).
Oh, well – Sherlock stubs his toe.
Gut voch.
An Easy One (for political junkies)
According to a Gallup poll, the U.S. president was the most-admired man in America in each of the following years, except one.
Which one?
Why?
a) 1986
b) 1979
c) 1974
d) 1970
e) 1966
(from an IQ test)
15, 8, 12, 80
18, 7, 6, 147
19, 6, 12, ?