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What?! There’s chazanus on the album too? I got a copy off somebody in a bar fight but I didn’t get a chance to listen yet.
I spent four hours today repairing an older yid’s computer for free.
It also includes giving him first choice in many other situations. The fact that people don’t do it is — to use the popular parlance — no rayah.
You did the right thing. Another thing you could have done was ask politely “do I know you?” They might have actually recognized you from somewhere.
What happened to my answer for popa’s question?
mbachur: Public opinion is public opinion. Every little bit helps.
observanteen: Keep your ignorant frummak bile to yourself.
Sorry, shreiking:sechel. I didn’t end up sleeping shabbos afternoon.
Let’s go back to leeches then.
AFAIK we don’t have to stand up for a kohen but we do have to serve him first, let him speak first, etc.
As usual, their are halachos of interactions between two people who have to show kavod for each other. Why would it be any different than if his son-in-law were a talmid chacham?
deyezooger: And has Obama shown any sign of caring for AIPAC?
mbachur: What’s that supposed to mean?
Ratio of sechel:shreiking == 3:1.
Most poskim hold it only applies to a kohen over bar mitzvah. The rest of the issues you raised do not remove the chiyuv.
Thanks for pointing out the typo.
Hey! I was at the mikveh with my three dollar bills. Where were you?
And don’t forget that guys cook for shabbos too.
If people tell bubbeh maysehs the logic fairy will come and kick them in the teeth.
It’s kotel l’hotzi dofi m’liban shel tzedukim. You use a dialect other than the one used by the one you’re talking to. If you’re talking to a Zionist, then Koysil. If you’re talking to a litvak, kotel. If you’re talking to a chosid, keys’l. If you’re talking to a NK … well why would you want to talk to an MK anyway?
Once again, what is a “strong risk.” BTW, you may have noticed that you just changed the din under discussion.
Wolf: Are you familiar with the term ‘cognitive dissonance’? The less charitable would call it Orwellian double-think.
My favorite is their new hit single ????? ????? ?? ????
canine: care to elaborate?
Wolf:Should I be deprived of my ability to listen to a shiur or watch a video on photographic technique or listen to a podcast on DIY plumbing or whatever just because some people choose to misuse it?
According to some people here, yes. See my earlier post on this thread.
How does your rov know that he will certainly drive home after the seuda? Ie what are his criteria for deciding that chazaka?
bpt: what is wrong with the word God? You know which One you mean and that should be the end of it.
Will alleged teachers of Torah be held liable klapai shemaya for for making a mockery of their God and his word in front of impressionable youth?
Not exactly. It refers to the stories in Avos about Hillel HaZaken’s patience with every ger and am haaretz that came to bother him. They are run by B’nai B’rith, an officially non-denominational Jewish organization.
Really? But there are guurrrls in the Magic School Bus!! </sarcasm>
Edit: Thanks for the correction, Bezalel.
I think you were right to leave the shul.
The baal shem tov writes? Where? There is exactly one piece of writing that we know 100% was written by the BeSh”T himself and not a talmid and this isn’t it. (10 points to whoever knows what it is)
cantoresq: There is a very simple difference between nussach and trop, namely that there are certain parts of the nussach that are left as — to misappropriate a computer term — user defined, such as Kel adon. Kabbolas shabbos should definitely count as one of those considering that the nussach you are so concerned about is actually older than the tefillah itself!
I find Carlebach kabbolas shabbos very moving, especially after a long week. The only problem is that some people, particularly young guys who are not used to kabollas shabbos being lively, get carried away with having a good time and ruin the mood for the people who come for dvekus.
Knock on wood should be avoided for a different reason. It predates Jesus and comes from Teutonic paganism where touching trees in the sacred groves (similar to asheros of the Tanach) was considered a “segula” of sorts.
Edit: I have this from a neopagan, so consider the source.
Actually, it was written about women. See Rashi.
Big people discuss their own emuna.
Mediocre people discuss emuna in the abstract.
Small people disccus other peoples’ emuna. (So-and-so’s an apikores etc.)
Who shows pictures at 30fps? NTSC is 24fps and pal is something else, but neither of them are 30.
Try uninstalling and downloading Reader again.
bpt: Exasctly, and I am part of that “some of us.” Hence the joke is just that.
I would have no problem with type I, it isn’t genetic.
aries: You have to understand that some people are very insecure about their culture and will automatically launch into a defensive rant any time that somebody mentions an aspect of any one of their cultural practices that isn’t a bed of roses. Don’t take it personally.
tbt: Really? I think you’re overestimating its effectiveness.
Why is it ridiculous? How many shomrei shabbos are there in the world who would be surprised that you don’t consider them shomrei shabbos?
The Syrian community of New York instituted a cherem on gerim some time in the 30s for reasons of which I am not aware other than that it was supposed to prevent assimilation and intermarriage. Unfortunately it has been less than 100% successful.
This shabbos I was walking back from shul with my chavrusa and as usual said good shabbos to everyone. After I greeted a group of girls and they responded, he said “good for them. They must have not went to beis yaakov.”
1-Roman idolatry
2-I doubt Charlie Hall would go to Minnesota during the YU seforim sale.
Popa: Next time you want to go drink pig hooves, can you come to the Starbucks near brooklyn college? We can inspect the kitchen together and issue a hashgocha in the name of vaad harabanim d’chelm.
1- The mitzvah is only with wine
2- The mitzvah is only at the meal.
Several wines I like (I have simple tastes) are:
Baron Herzog black muscat
Bartenura Rosato (the best $6 bottle out there)
Rashi Claret.
The first two go with everything. The last goes with everything but chicken.
Yoreh or yadin? Which one?
Seems that I should start being makpid to drink starbucks whenever possible.
Excuse me, I meant to write “rich = house with indoor plumbing.”
Shtetl theme: black bread and herring. If you’re rich (live in a house with 2 floors) you can throw in an exotic fruit like an orange.
C’mon, it’s all in the family.
Besides, it helped me make a point that has nothing to do with Simcha Takanos, Elvis, or the Lubavitcher Rebbe zy”a.