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MAJOR CORRECTION TO WHAT I WROTE: That should have read “they do not only look for the best boys”. They open there doors to anyone they think will benefit from their yeshiva. Sorry for not rereading before clicking send post .
My shul doesn’t need such a committee.if there is a name inside the (sefer, coat, hat) we contact the person; if not we put up a sign for 30 days. Then it is declared hefker.
Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel of Waterbury (CT) had to move their facility from Waterbury to Durham. The yeshiva which does look for “only the best boys” now have a larger facility to expand. They are trying to publicize that fact.
The muni meters in my neighborhood are way taller than 10 tefachim (using 4 inches for a tefach)
AviK : having had the experience of attending a yeshiva that spoke Yiddish but having s mother who didn’t made things rough.
He created the fruits and vegetables to be eaten as long as there are no tolaim. It is not the fruit or vegetables that is assur but the tolaim. Pesticides helped with this issue but many of the ones that worked well can no longer be used. The Star-K has an extensive list of fruits and vegetables and how to wash and use them.
Generally the cost is for the examination. They notify you if their are any issues. Fixing mezuzos are difficult as the Halacha is that they must be written in order. It is not like a Sefer Torah where a sofer just fixes the pesul. The sofer will generally tell you what can or can’t be repaired. I personallly use Rabbi Pincus of Tiferes Stam On Coney Island Ave between Avenues M & N in Brooklyn (I think the address is 1644 CIA).
LB: technically I wasn’t expecting an apology but appeciate that you did and it is accepted. I understand that in your journey mistakes are sometimes made. My wife makes a large cholent as their are times my children will have friends come over on Friday afternoon / night and they will “raid” the pot.
In Brooklyn it costs between $5 and $10 to check a mezuzah. Good new ones probably start around $50. Why buy new mezuzahs if the ones you have are kosher?
*should have said “dormed”
Sorry but I was not being sarcastic. I took LB’s comment seriously. Having a number of sons who formed I had the zechus of hosting bachurim. I also have hakaros hotov to the families in EY who hosted my sons and daughters when they were in yeshiva / seminary.
I what you are saying but how do you expect young children who know very little Loshon Hakodesh to enter a preschool program using a language they do not understand?
LB: What do you think “bachurim” means? You wrote “Warning: Don’t feed the bachurim”. Why would I think you are referring to bears?
Sorry LB but I don’t find your last comment amusing. to even hint that yeshiva bachurim will steal food……
I have heard of a dinner table…..but never a seudah table.
I forgot to add that my mesorah from my grandparents was to eat boiled carp on Leil Shabbos, not gefilte fish.
CTLAWYER: I didn’t realize you were a “Brisker”
We leave the chicken soup on the blech overnight.
catch yourself: I cannot tell if you are joking or serious. Flanken soup? My parents were making that…in the 1960’s.
flatbusher: I understand that the parents of the chosson and kallah (generally the one’s footing the bill) want things to go as smoothly as possible. I personally think it is wonderful that CTLAWYER’s DIL took on that responsibility as the coordinator. I do wonder who was the coordinator for his first child’s chasunah but in truth it is none of my business.
I made chasunahs for my two oldest children and I did not have anyone old enough or experienced to handle the coordination.
As for the type of flowers and liquor; as a guest I personally wouldn’t care. However, if I paid for a certain flower arrangement and it wasn’t delivered I too would be upset. I had a friend of mine who had to have all the “bentchers” redone as the monogram was not centered properly.
tantali: There are numerous reasons to have pictures and videos of the occasion. However, R’ Pam had a different thought. He stated that when a couple has issues during the marriage, they will look back at the pictures and see how happy they were that day and hopefully, help them overcome whatever issue they are facing.
CTLAWYER: Unfortunately, my friends and I are not in your financial position and do not have the ability to hire Wedding coordinators. So far, my wife and our machetenesta’s were the coordinators. From my point of view, the weddings went off well considering that at each of the chasunahs the mesader kiddushin was late (either weather related or due to illness).
I thought I said it wasn’t a midbar! As you state it is all a matter of choices. My mother was an almanah when I was married and moving away was not an option.
I know we don’t always agree with each other but I never doubted your frumkeit.
CTLAWYER: I humbly disagree. Myself and all my friends are in middle of making chasunahs (whether packages or not) and once the chasunah starts the caterer handles the schedule. You may sit down before to discuss the schedule.
CTLAWYER: I totally understand your position and reasons for living where you do. Not every place outside of NYC is a “midbar”. However, there are those who live in NYC for reasons having nothing to do with the ‘gashmius’ items you mention. Some may have residency requirements for their jobs, they like having a greater number of choices for yeshiva ketanos (I won’t include Mesivtos as dorming is always an option after elementary school), close to their Rosh Yeshiva. At the same time, I know someone who lives in CT and travels to NYC to buy all his meats an chickens as the prices where he lives is 200% more then here in NYC.
gaw: it’s not an ervah, where? You think the M’B is referring to a shul? If yes, I think you should have a conversation with your rav. Unless his name is Avi Weiss or Yssochor Katz.
gaw: The Ezras Nashim is not part of the Beis Knesses?
Joseph: Who else should coordinate the timing of the wedding but the caterer? You are in his/her establishment. All of the help including the cooks, waiters, diswashers etc. are his/her employees and only he/she knows their schedules. I have made chasunahs and bar mitzvos and the caterer is ALWAYS the one in charge.
Meno: Yes.
Joseph: If you include our before wedding time, (4:30 PM – 6:30 PM) we were in the wedding hall for close to eight hours. We limited the pictures after the chupa to just the parents and Chosson V’kallah and using Photoshop for others. The caterer wanted the Chosson and Kalla to enter the reception at 9:30 (just after serving the soup).
gaw: I am not sure what you mean by “prove it”. If you are talking about allowing a woman to nurse a child in a non-tznius manner here is a quote from the “tshuvah” of Rabbi Katz of YCT:
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So we see that he is is stating that a woman can have herself exposed for a number of minutes since to herself it is not an “ervah”.
So yes, IMO that is the definition of “in a non-tznius manner”.
I recently made two chasunahs. All family pictures (chosson and kallah families) were taken within 2 hours of the Kabbolos Panim which was scheduled for 6:30 PM. The after chupa pictures took 30 minutes.
LU: In a non-tznius manner
LU: Nursing in shul? If one is not supposed to make a Brocha in front of a woman whose hair is not covered what do you say about a woman exposing her upper body? It is definitely a Davar ervah!
Ever heard of a search engine called Google? You can also try kosher dot com.
Just to add, myself and my wife both grew up in Young Israel shuls and many of our relatives still daven and our members of Young Israel shuls.
Open Orthodoxy is trying to push modern day societal norms and political correctness into an “Orthodox” environment even if it runs counter to halachah or accepted minhag.
As an example, a recent ruling allows a woman to nurse a baby in shul while davening.
1) Do people actually affiliate themselves with OO?
Yes
2) Is it an obvious thing (like perhaps as someone would be able to tell who is Chassidish, Yeshivish, or MO based on appearance, shuls, or hashkafah)?
Yes and no. They are mainly affiliated with a Yeshiva and Shul in Riverdale (Bronx, NY)
3) What’s the difference between MO and OO?
Modern Orthodox is a term generally used for what was once called “middle of the road”. Frum but not yeshivish. What I would call those affiliated with the Young Israel movement or Yeshiva University. (I know this may not be a fair statement.)
I am not sure that anything went to “arkaos”. From what I am reading and watching the video, there is a need for zoning approval before anything can be built or sold to a commercial endeavor.
R..23: And Obama was your president?
naftali18: You wrote “(And btw the Roshei Yeshiva knew nothing about this until yesterday!) ”
knew nothing about what? The lady and her complaints or the new mall? I find that difficult to believe on both counts when a member of the BMG office (Yaakov Applegrad) is seen in the video responding to the lady. Would he be attending the meeting if they didn’t know about it?
In addition, I am not sure when this “meeting” took place as a major Lakewood figure is seen in the video and at the time the video was released he was in EY.
LB: I didn’t hear the lecture so what I am writing is “speculation”.
Based on what I wrote above,the 98th day of the year is either on the 8th, 9th or 10th of Teves. On each of these days we have a reason to fast. See Rabbi Hoffman’s article:
It may be that the lecturer was stating that the 98th day of the year is a “tragic” day due to these events.
LB: The Hebrew calendar is based on months alternating between 29 and 30 days. 10 months are fixed; 2 are flexible. In a non-leap year Nissan (30), Iyar (29), Sivan (30), Tamuz, (29), Menachem Av (30), Elul (29), Tishrei (30), Marcheshvan (29 or 30), Kislaiv (29 or 30), Teves (29), Shvat (30), Adar (29). In a leap year Adar Rishon (30) and Adar Sheni (29).
This year (5777) both Marcheshvan and Kislaiv had only 29 days each therefore Asarah B’teves was on the 98th day of the year (30+29+29+10=98).
If Marcheshvan has 29 days and Kislaiv 30 says then it is the 99th day of the year (30+29+30+10=99).
If Marcheshvan has 30 days and Kislaiv 30 days then it is the 100th day of the year (30+30+30+10=100).
LB: The 10th of Teves can be on the 98th day, 99th day or the 100th day of the year counting from the first of Tishrei. I am not sure if the lecturer pointed this out.
Joseph: it is up to the judge. Judge “A” may dismiss the juror while Judge “B” will not.
yehudayona: You are correct for criminal cases as jury selection has to be recorded for the official record in case of an appeal. Joseph ix correct for civil cases (at least in Kings County).
LB: The historical time period about the Haskalah had nothing to do with this issue. By mentioning it in a thread like this you are hinting that there is something devious about thin matza vs the thicker softer ones. That is simply not the facts.
LB: I understand that you are starting a journey but I quoted a noted poseik. How can you state in response that it is “still the Haskalah’s dawning”? I don’t think anyone will tell you that the thin matzos we eat has anything to do with the haskalah movement.
takahmamash: my statement came based on what I heard directly from a poseik here in NY. If your poseik in EY says differently then YOU have a right to rely on it. I though do not.
LB: Having a jew watch the milking process has nothing to do with a question about a jew serving on a jury.
AviK: While I don’t always agree with CTLAWYER, I agree with him on this one. One cannot get an exemption if it doesn’t exist.
I have been called for jury duty on a number of occasions. I have never been picked for a jury. In NYS, if one is not chosen for a jury on the day they are called, they are usually dismissed and do not have to serve for another 8 years.
Officially, in NYS:
How long is jury service?
Joseph: Not even close.
When it was originally posted it was only around 100 views. Maybe for Lakewood that is considered “viral”.