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Over 13? And what about deena dmalchusa deena? Serving alcohol to someone under 21 is a crime (at least in NYS)?
I see nothing wrong with being friends with those in older or younger grades.
Joseph: are these boys over 21 (if on the US)
Another example of someone commenting on a 5 YEAR OLD THREAD ad if it is presently being discussed.
If you would have read the OP carefully it said “without a heimisheh hechsher”. Why are you questioning someone else’s chumra?
segways and hoverboards are not allowed on public streets in NYC.
I have not read all the responses but:
LB: in my neighborhood we just mark it “homemade”. It is the decision of the receiver not the giver what to ultimately do with it. I recently received a cake baked by mother’s neighbor. I just told my guests who made it as I began to eat the cake. It was their choice if they wanted to partake.
Ctlawyer: your scenario with your MIL, halachicly you may be able to do just that or to slice off a thin layer (unless it’s ground beef where you are not able to do that). Personally we do not defrost items in the sink. We don’t want anyone to start washing dishes with detergent with food in the sink. We defrost in pans on the counter.
Renovating for yourself: better to have two sinks.
Thinking of a tenant: two sinks is a good point to advertise.
Flipping: no guarantee that you will sell to someone who needs two sinks.
pba: that would be a non-jewish job. LB gives a long distance trucker as an example. I am not sure why that necessarily is a not frum profession.
wtp: and if they live in EY? Those professions don’t have daatim?
LB: The case of the wheat that you mentioned is what the Mishna Berurah is discussing in the link in my earlier post. It may not be assur.
Depends, What is a non-frum job?
Group portrait?
Dinner at a fancy restaurant?
For pesach
Mik5: are you sure they are the only ones? Better not to list any than only a partial list.
There is no way to quantify this.
LB: 1 + 1 does not necessarily equal 2. It is not “cut and dried” that one cannot make a brocha on stolen food. There are other factors that come into play before a determination can be made. For example, see Mishna Berurah 196:1:4.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?sits=1&req=49624&st=%u05E7%u05E6%u05D5
Growing up in the 1960’s and 70’s, almost everyone I knew only had one sink and generally it was not kasherable. I remember watching my parents and their friends lining the sinks with contact paper for pesach (not everyone used inserts). My parents kitchen is small and can only accommodate one sink, currently one that can be kashered.
On this page the IBN EZRA in Passuk zayin says “V’DARSHU YERAKRAKOS MITAAM HADASAH”. Expound greenish from Hadasah.
TP1: I never said your comment was incorrect; just that you were “shouting”.
S613: Yes, I do believe that some individuals actually ask halachic shailos on this list. Most posters try to steer them to a Rov to ask the question too.
At the same time, it is no different then what happens at various Shabbos tables or even in shul almost every day. Something is written about a halachah in the (Yated, Hamodia, name your favorite) or we learn something in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. We will discuss based on minhagim, what we see in practice, what our children were taught in yeshiva. If it is “nogeia l’maaseh” we ask the Rov of the shul for a psak.
As for your second question, no. I sometimes will discuss what I see here in the CR with others.
LU: IMHO, if you have put her in contact with a social worker then JA should stop posting for a while and let the professional try to rectify the situation. Continually posting (whether in this thread or the “diploma” thread, and by us responding, maybe counter productive to what the Social Worker might be suggesting.
Bell Peppers are the regular peppers found in the fruit department.
moi aussi: I do not know about the use of smartphones but some bochurim from my neighborhood went to and thrived in Yeshiva Ateres Yerushalayim (AJ).
You can find more information on their website: ateret dot org
LU: Bell Peppers are like tomatoes. They start out green and slowly turn red (or other colors).
From the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
“Bell peppers can be found in a rainbow of colors and can vary in flavor. The variety of the pepper plant, and the stage of the ripeness, determines the flavor and color of each pepper. For example, a red bell pepper is simply a mature green bell pepper. As a bell pepper ages, its flavor becomes sweeter and milder. Red bell peppers contain eleven times more beta carotene than green bell peppers.”
It depends on the music. Sometimes it bothers me, other times not.
JA: IMHO, you really should have a long talk with your parents. I find it hard to believe that if they know you are feeling this miserable that they would not listen to you. Maybe it’s time to open up to them like you have opened up to a bunch of strangers.
There maybe some legal issues depending on State law. Are we talking about a simcha where there is a bartender serving drinks or the “mashkeh” is on the table? If it is on the table and the person decides to drink it is his/her responsibility to arrange a designated driver. If there is a person serving the alcoholic beverages then, depending on the state, there may be rules as to how much you can serve to a person.;
the other side.
Theprof1: please read up on net-etiquette. All uppercase characters is considered shouting.
Joseph: it is a preference that someone be married.
CTLAWYER: you wrote “You are sounding like a defiant teen.” This has been part of my retorts in each topic she posts.
Joesph: you asked “Who ever asks for a potential shidduch’s mother’s high school diploma?!”.
I know it will surprise you but their are people out there who ask these absurd questions.
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“And if asked, probably no one but the machatenester herself would even know she didn’t get a diploma.”
Her BIL/SIl who came into the family while she was still in high school will know this fact.
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“I’m pretty sure the FAFSA is only asking that for survey purposes.”
Due to a “huge” mistake by my son’s school, almost all of their students had to verify information on the FAFSA. That included providing written proof of the responses.
I have a misquote above. It is not in the Minchas Shlomo but in the sefer Halichos Shlomo Tefillah. I do not see it on hebrewbooks.org.
joseph: You are partially correct. The Shulchan Aruch (39:10) states that tefillin with a chezkas kashrus never need to be checked and those that are only used “occasionally” twice in seven years.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49623&st=&pgnum=134
I don’t have the exact quote in the sefer Minchas Shlomo but R’ Shlomo Zalman T”ZL states that since tefillin are made so much better “today” the chezkas kashrus is even stronger.
I would say “it depends”. If a person is talking on a cell phone in a public place and speaking loud enough that you overhear the speaker’s end of the conversation, I would think one can over and say “I couldn’t help but overhear what you were discussing and I believe I have a way of helping”. Let the speaker tell you either yes or MYOB.
My .02.
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Makor Hachaim is at 17815 Ventura Blvd.
Flavored coffees need hashgacha. Archer Farms is basically Target’s house brand. Some of their ground coffees have the OU. I would suggest you contact the OU.
LU: Well said. I have learned through Rabbi Ribiat’s sefer and I personally find it easier to understand than the english Shemiras Shabbos k’hilchasa. It is not as voluminous as you think since half of each of the 4 volumes are footnotes written in Ivrit where he brings the sources (and sometimes lengthy questions and answers) for what he wrote in english.
Another option is Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen’s seforim (The Shabbos Home, The Shabbos Kitchen etc). Both Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Ribiat give practical applications to what they are discussing.
Joseph: While the Mishna Berurah does say twice every seven years, the common practice is once every seven years (Heard from R’ Hillel David Shlita).
Avi K: The Star-K states that R’ Eliyashiv held that one makes a Mezonos on cooked rice and rice cakes. To my knowledge no one is machmir as you state in your last sentence.
LB: When it comes to questions about brochos you should ask your LOR and follow his opinion. This way you have no doubt. As for your example about the mezuzah, yes the Ashkenazim, based on the decision of the TUR, comprmise between Rashi who holds that it should be “vertical” and Rabbeinu Tam who says it should be “horizontal”, compromise and place it slanted.
I tried to edit my response but…..
Instead of “consensus” it should have read “common custom”.
BTW, two of the 4 parshiyos in tefillin are found in Parshas Bo.
Lb: the consensus is that the parshios in tefillin are checked once every seven years. The boxes and straps can be checked as often as one likes if they think there is an issue (e.g. The boxes lose their square shape).
Depending on its context machlokes can have different meanings.
Machlokes in the context of halachic debate means disagreement or opposing views. In other contexts it can mean argument or strife.
In this context there are opposing views whether the Brocha is mezonos or ha-adama.
twisted: I have not heard of “longstanding practice” of a “ha-adama” on rice. It is a longstanding machlokes. The Shulchan Aruch / Ramah pasken that cooked rice is a Mezonos (208:7). The Mishna Berurah in S”K Chaf Hay quotes the G”RA that OREZ is rice and the brocha is Mezonos.
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49624&st=&pgnum=230
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49624&st=&pgnum=231
There is an in-depth article about Rice from Rabbi Tzvi Rosen on the Star-K website (from 2008).
the article is titled “rice-natures-answer-to-hashems-blessings”.
Do you have a specific geographic area in mind?
Check out the Torah section of the OU’s websites www dot OU dot org.
I am not sure if anyone in the CR is qualified to comment on ArtScroll’s marketing strategy. Did you contact ArtScroll and ask them?
In 2011, the Star-K printed that it is a machlokes between R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach TZATZAL and R’ Elyashiv TZATZAL with R’ Sholomo Zalman stating the brocha is Ha’adamah and R’ Eliyasiv stating the brocha is mezonos. R’ Heinemann holds that the correct brocha is mezonos.
I am not sure who you asked but the “Laws of Brochos” by Rabbi Binyamin Forst (ArtScroll) pages has both of these items as mezonos. However, the wheat cakes brocha achrona is al hamichya and the rice cakes borei nefoshos. Pages 378 and 384.