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Joseph: It has been reported elsewhere that Lakewood was heavily for Trump. I haven’t heard about Monsey.
Counselor: this is not a court of law and I will not challenge the person who told it to me (and I believe he knows how to read his personal insurance bills as well as his firms’). You don’t want to believe it, don’t. If I can accept the fact that you paid $180 for your esrog and lulav without asking to see your cancelled check……….oh since it was you it is not hearsay…….which only applies to testimony.
Ct: The person I spoke to is a partner in a CPA firm and therefore I rely on the information he told me. I can’t help it if you doubt the veracity of the jnformation. Since I am not testifying to this in court I don’t have to read the policy.
CTlawyer: the person who told me is directly involved with the health insurance coverage in his office. It is not anecdotal evidence.
Someone told me that his office has a group policy whose premiums for family coverage were ~$1100/month. Due to the ACA, they were notified that their premiums were increasing….to $4400/Month.
Do your saying that Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir were immodest?
Go to Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens and you will see this…….on tombstones from the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Joseph: That may be for the frum world. KOL KEVUDA BAS MELECH PENIMO is not part of the SHEVA MITZVOS BNEI NOACH.
First, I’m surprised the moderator’s haven’t asked that you change your user name.
Second, proper etiquette is to send back the response card.
And if the answer is no what are you going to do about it?
Does the person have access to any of the following:
microwave?
toaster oven?
fridge?
If yes this may broaden the types of foods that one can bring.
Personally, I have a small salad (chopped lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers) with dressing. Place the dressing at the bottom of the container then the tomatoes/cucumbers and then the lettuce at the top. When ready to eat turn over the container and shake. This will keep the lettuce from wilting.
The protein is generally leftovers from the previous day’s dinner.
While certain portions of the law are good, the costs per individual are set to double and many companies are dropping out of the program.
lu: It is hard for me to figure out what the OP was thinking when he/she asked the question 5 years ago.
“Also, usually when boys are makpid on looks, they are davka into thinness.”
Actually, most of the time it is not the boys who are makpid but the boys mothers who are the fanatics about their precious son marrying someone who is thin (although their own daughters are not size 2 or 4).
I do agree with you that there are men who only want a “supermodel”. I personally was not that way since I am no “Cary Grant”. My children are in the shidduch parsha and I do not ask for a picture of the person my child will be dating.
ubiquitin posted a hyperlink to a document produced in 1933. I am not sure who the person was who produced the list. There maybe a fish on that list that we no longer consider kosher. I have not seen any kosher fish stores selling swordfish or sturgeon.
About 30 years ago, R’ Hershel Schachter was asked this question and he answered that one does not have to marry a girl who he doesn’t think he is pretty just to be able to say SHEKER HACHEIN VHEVEL HAYOFI with kavanah. The girl has to be pretty in the eyes of the boy EVEN IF others don’t think she is pretty.
English was invented by goyim? How do you know it was not one of the languages that Hashem created during the Dor Haflagah?
GAW: Adlai Stevenson II was the Democratic Candidate in both 1952 and 1956 and lost both times to D. D. Eisenhower. He was named by JFK to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
Is the OP the same Joseph who predicted a Clinton Victory or he will eat his hat?
CTLAWYER: Politics in NYC is different then other locations. The incumbents are generally so entrenched that they do not find it necessary to campaign or they are unopposed (such as Simcha Felder). Our local elections (Mayor and City Council) are in 2017.
The Star-K has a list of drinks. Southern Comfort is listed as “not approved”.
From Rabbi Chaim Goldberg of the OU:
Q: Besides shellfish, which are some common non-kosher fish to be aware of?
A: Catfish – (family Ictaluridae) lack scales entirely. Interesting for the kosher consumer to note, non-kosher catfish is reported to have a similar taste to the increasingly popular (and kosher variety of) tilapia. Catfish and tilapia fillets look almost identical, though catfish is notably cheaper. It is quite possible that an unscrupulous fish retailer might switch the two.
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) does not seem to have scales when one looks at a sample. Some say that it has scales that are embedded to such an extent that it is impossible to remove them without making a hole. Others say that it has kosher scales on parts of its body which fall off during its development. Still others claim that it may have some kosher scales even at the time of harvest.
flatbusher: I am not sure when was the last time you voted but NYC hasn’t used the lever machines for a number of years. We know use paper ballots that then scanned into a computer.
As for voting, there are still local elections that are important such as the state senate and state assembly.
meno: There is Halachah and there is chumrah. The Lubavitch have a chumrah that they recognize the DE designation on a product as dairy. I do not know what they do in their own homes with their own pots and pans.
Neville: I don’t know if some Lubavitch eat Cholov Stam or not. However they do hold that “DE” is considered completely “Dairy” as opposed to others who will eat “DE” after eating meat.
As for the OU, they do not use the designation DE on anything. At times, they will use the “D” designation even though the product is Pareve. You can call the OU about an individual product and they will give you the current status of that product (e.g. certain types of Oreo cookies).
I am also not sure if your last statement is accurate.
Try contacting Rabbi Aryeh Rodin. He has been a Rav in Dallas for many years.
A kashrus administrator for the OK states in his Sefer that if the the scooper is washed well one can eat from that location. He also states that one should ask the shailoh to his/her Rav.
While “Joseph” doesn’t believe it is a safeik, I would wonder if the Halacha is the same as with cut lemons that after a number of scoops there is no tarfus left on the scoop?
Blue? Or Blue Melody?
Theprof1: thanks. I was looking at the actual posts not the posters.
Not a simple answer.
From the Star-K website:
Baskin Robbins Product Update:
certification. Consumers should check original packaging for kosher symbol.
items from these categories when bearing the STAR-D symbol.
Lets see, cold is not “bolayah” so at most there is a safeik and possibly a sefek sfeika about the scooper. Was the scooper used for the non-kosher flavors and even if yes, was it washed off between scoops? Probably a shailoh for a Rov and not the “yentas” on this forum!
Yehudayona: what are you referring to?
Yehudayona: “Hamon Am” who eat chalov stam go to any BR store and partake of the ice cream. I do not know about HD stores, If the OP wants guidance on the issue he/she should contact the Star-K directly about the BR stores and the OU for the HD stores.
As for Starbucks, the list is put together by the CRC.
Joseph: since the store is under hashgachoh they may not serve the non-kosher flavors of ice cream.
If you are in New York you might want to look up
Benny Amar.
The BR store near me does not leave their scoopers in the ice cream container. they are left in water near the ice cream.
I believe the OP is talking about the old-fashioned ice cream sandwich with the chocolate wafer type cookie.
RedQuest: Are you saying there is a BR site under the hashgachoh of the OU? I am wondering since BR Ice Cream is certified by the Star-D?
Golfer: you mean these threads aren’t serious? Oh well. BTW, if you read my response I was bothered by the term ‘conditioned’ to love them.
NC: I am not sure why you are a “staunch opponent”. FFB’s are not “conditioned” to love them. We have away to enjoy them so we do. We are not “Pavlov’s dogs”.
RebYidd23: Because not all dairy products are produced in a lactose-free version. I PERSONALLY have a family member who is thankful for these products.
However, for people who are lactose intolerant, these products are very useful.
MA: I am totally cofused by what you are saying. A table becomes treif because a KLI SHENI is on there?
1. According to those that a KLI SHENI is not mevashel how can the table become treif?
2. Is the plate actually a KLI SHEINI? It is only a safeik (unless you were in the kitchen) since they may transfer the cooked items from the KLI RISHON to some other dish BEFORE plating the dish. If that is the case then the plate swerved to the customer is a KLI SHLISHI and R’ Moshe TZATZAL holds a KLI SHLISI is not mevashel.
3. If two strangers, 1 eating meat and 1 eating dairy can sit at the same table together without a some sort of heker between them AND two people who know each other under the same circumstances can sit at the same table with a heker why can’t this be done in a public restaurant?
4. What year did you visit this restaurant?
MA: It seems to me that you have a specific agenda that does not accord with halachah. A restaurant with separate kitchens can serve both milchigs and fleishigs. They do not need a solid wall between the diners just like your dining room does not need a mechitza.
meno: I heard from Rabbi Perl A”H that we do not have to be concerned about the “T’chum” issue. It is a safeik that it was outside the “t’chum” before Shabbos.
MA: When when we had our “dueling posts” a few months ago, you never mentioned that you were actually there. While IT MAY not have changed my position, it would certainly have changed the tone of my questions. Also, you don’t say when you were there.
Well since a sukkah must have walls and the poles are not the walls…….
mik5: I just checked out the website you mentioned and unfortunately it is not “all there”. While the Map of the eruv of the Sephardic community is posted, it has nothing on the eruv that is being mentioned about Marine Park.
According to R’ Moshe’s psak that Brooklyn is a reshus harabim d’oraisa, all these eruvim are not allowed to be relied on.
A similar story appeared in the Shidduch Forum of the Yated. The only person who can give you an explanation is the person you were dating. We cannot read his mind.