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Sam2, The Rov himself said that his version of Judaism was different. So why would any current rebbe at riets think differently than the Rav?
The mishna says they threw esrogim at a certain tzeduki who did the wrong nisuch hamayim. josephus mentions astory where they pelted Yannai hamelech with esrogim, who got his revenge by ordering a massacre.
Bar shatya is frustrated because he lost his nechasim, and every time he reads about the nesachim in the laining he gets confused and thinks they are his.
Popa bar abba likes Romanian sausage, but will not share with his wife, as per the Lubavitch thread.
The tragedy isn’t so much ignorance as much as avoda zarah.
Toi, you’re “asking good”. If someone has a copy of the “Thinking out loud” book and can post the exact quote, it would be enlightening.
Depends on the community. In very yeshivish/chassidish communities, the “trophy” is yichus instead of looks (Rosh yeshiva’s daughter, einikle of this or that rebbe, etc). In other communities, the trophy wife is based on looks. This is an old practice, and used to be encouraged by the girls during their dances in the vineyards and orchards, according to the gemara in Tannis 25. The ones with the looks would advertise their looks, the the ones with the yichus would stress their yichus, and the ones with nothing would say “sheker hachein vehevel hayofi”.
Poppa, all segulos work assuming you have the right kavanos and you follow the instructions to the letter. It took me months to get my silver segula ring of power correct from following the footnote in the kav hayashar, and the +hit and +dam values are still off.
You must remember that the aravos represent those who have no Torah and no mitzvos, and are thus easily affected by the havlei olam. The more exposure to hevel, the worse they are. So the segulah is a 3-parter:
1. the foil must be long enough to engulf the entire aravos to protect them from the havlei olam , and the Aravos must be kept in them at all times when not in use to minimize exposure to the tum’ah of the olam.
2. Torah is compared to water, and the aravos desperately need water to minimize the pernicious effects of the havlei olam. so the foil must be lined with a wet paper towel long enough to engulf the entire aravah. If the towel dries up, the water must be replaced.
3. Hislahavus is great for tefila but bad for learning, which is best done with a kerirus hada’as. So the package must be stored in the fridge, and (this was probably your mistake) the FRIDGE MUST BE PLUGGED IN.
Finally, letting your wife borrow your arbah minim seems to cause the wilting to accelerate. This is for one of 2 reasons:
1. Women, as they are on a higher spiritual plane, do not understand how exposure to the havlei olam hazeh ruins the amei ha’aretz represented by the aravos. So they leave them exposed to the hevel more than they should be.
2. “bah isha, ba satan” has a very bad effect on amei ha’aretz who don’t have Torah to be magna umatzla. so mere exposure to women can wilt the aravos and make them meisim afilu bechayeihem.
I bumped into poppa bar abba in New York once. He made a joke in Latin which is hard to translate.
Wikipedia has a great summary of all the shitos on Lubavitch, ayein sham. You are sure to find one by a gadol you like.
The purpose of this thread is like any other here in the CR- allow people to spew their thoughts and feel like they accomplished something, thereby creating sticky content, causing people to click on ad links, thereby generating income for the website owner. The more controversial, the stickier the content. And thus the sausage is made. Sorry for breaking the 4th wall again.
Charn, Joseph used to post the same material. He might not appreciate you swiping his material. 🙂
In the book “Thinking Aloud”, which was based on the things the Rav told his secretary in the 70’s, he mentions that when he first formulated his views on modern Orthodoxy, the Orthodox shuls were full of old people and the Conservative and Reform had the youth. So he thought that a pure Torah Orthodoxy just wouldn’t work. He admitted that he was mistaken.
Banim yafeh misimanim.
In a previous gilgul, I bumped into popa bar abba at the mikveh in Pumpeditha one erev yom kippur. He made a great joke in Syriac which is hard to translate.
Moshiach is a king, an earthly avatar of Hashem’s reign.
How did Derech go from wondering about becoming frum to wondering if Lubavitch is no longer frum, in 5 minutes?
Is Derech joseph or pba?
Lubavitch have reservations sometimes. Other times they walk in and hope there are open tables.
Dr. Seuss, it is clear that the poster has chosen to work for a frum company instead of a non-Jewish one. I made an assumption that he prefers working in a frum environment.
one benefit w2’s are clearly entitled to is to not be double-taxed like 1099’s. Traditionally, w2’s do get benefits.
I heard that the B&H office is closed on chol hamoed but they give 15 days of vacation and you can use it as you please. Other frum companies have other policies. My recommendation is to find another frum employer who is a bit nicer about these things.
I thought Popa bar abba was just another screen name of joseph.
zahavasdad, I used to be in the same boat. That’s what being an hourly 1099 employee means. however, if the employees work a certain amount of hours, the boss is not allowed to have the employees be 1099’s. He is legally forced to make them w2’s and give benefits.
Standard bee traps work quite well, although with the bee shortage I keep reading about, maybe killing them is not a good idea.
Shaychis is that a store that is open on shabbos is 1. harder to police from a kashrus point of view, as stuff can happen without the mashgiach knowing about it. also, pizza on motzei shabbos may be forbidden until a certain point in time after shabbos. The dunkin donuts in Far rockaway has a sign explicitly stating this.
Can the mashgiach walk over on shabbos?
Google searches claim it somehow means princess, version of sarah, or a diminutive of zier meaning “jewel”. but when I typed Tzirel into google translate in yiddish, it turned it into “goat”.
So it can mean princess, jewel, or goat.
Steve Jobs changed the world, and changed the way people “consume content”. He left the world a more entertained place. But did he leave the world a better place? Hard to say “yes”.
Bill Gates is giving his billions to charities which he thinks can improve the world. Whether you or I agree with the choices is irrelevant. He is TRYING to improve it, not just make money off it.
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