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I have to admit that the subject of this thread threw me for a loop. I was sure it referred to a Kvittel one gives when going to a Rebbe. 🙂

I have heard that the idea of playing cards is related to “leil nittel” when there are those who have a minhag not to learn (although, I suppose any batlan who spends his days in Vegas can claim he is super machmir and observes this minhag year round!) although I have no idea how the minhag of playing cards evolved. Why didnt everyone just stay home and read a good book if they werent going out to learn?

SJSinNYC. Well said. I should remined everyone that 2 weeks ago, when all anyone could think of was the murder victoms (unconfirmed at the time) in Mumbai, YWN embedded live feeds from India. It was CNN India, otherwise known as (Cable) Television. Technology is not inherently bad. It is how you use it and what you use it for.

“wheres the obedience school located in here or in E”Y”

Lots of wonderful mosdos here, but my dog is ashamed because so many of her classmates are going to e”y for “sem”. Its a wonderful mosad, stephen king even wrote about it in his book “pet sem-etary”.

If halacha allowed Jews to own dogs, would it be ok to give them a cellphone? Would texting have to be blocked? If one wanted to send their dog to obedience school, what type of school should it be, hashkafa wise? Most importantly, when the time came, what type of shidduch should one do for their dog? Would it matter if the owner fed it from a paper or plastic bowl on shabbos?

Its easier and more comfortable to discuss something unimportant, like who is the YWN moderator, bash people who dont hold to the same standards as you (chalv stam thread), whine on and on about a shidduch crisis and many other ridiculous topics then it is to deal with real life issues.

Look at the readers write section of a popular yeshivishe paper. The same inane topics get rehashed again and again. Very little substance, lots of nonsense.

1: Why does a mesivta bachur need a cell phone? Who does he have to call? When?

2: It is EASY to have texting turned off on a plan and very difficult to get turned back on. Same with web access. Just because the phone is enabled with the technology it does not mean that all plans MUST allow the service. By default they do, because the average consumer wnats these features. In the event you dont want them, they can be turned off at the network level and has been stated, is pretty difficult to turn back on. Of course, if your son pays for his own plan and is listed as the owner and he is the one who does all the speaking with customer service, all bets are off.

3: Believe it or not, payphones work just as well. You can carry change or a prepaid calling card foe those occassions a phone call is necessary. I have a hard time believing a yeshiva office would not let a bachur use the phone it there was a legitimate reason for it. If he was in the street, there are payphones around. Unless you are in a horrible neighborhood where these things tend to be vandalized, you should have no such problems. Why would a bachur be in such a neighborhood?

MosheJoe. Thank you for twisting what I wrote to suit your needs.

My suggestion. Make an appointment to meet with the principal, director or whoever of whatever school you may be interested in. It is enrollment season. This is the time of the year when schools EXPECT people to call and ask questions. Why ask an anonymous person who might have a personal vendetta against a particular school, or worse, never heard of it, but have nothing better to do with their lives then say something negative about anyone or anything. Call the school. Ask parents. Ask kids in the school. Stand outside the school by dismisal one day and ask to your hearts content. Then go and evaluate the answers and weight them against your expectations.

These are the words of the message that began this thread:

“After reading through a number of threads, it has become apparent that a number of individuals (bloggers) maintain that there is an issur of holding conversation with a (unrelated) member of the opposite gender.” (Yes, I did not include the question about “speaking” in a blog room, intentionally)

. Has anyone ever gone shopping (bakery, grocery, bank, gas station, clothing store – the list is endless) and had to speak with a member of the opposite gender?

. Has anyone ever called the customer service of any company and had a member of the opposite gender answer their call?

Has any Rav, anywhere, stated it is assur for a man to order a loaf of bread from a member of the opposite gender or for a woman to buy gas if she had to speak with a member of the opposite gender?

The Mishna in Avos says “Al Tarbe SICHA im Isha”, there is a difference between Sicha and Dibbur. See the Sfas Emes on this mishna.

I would add, the mishna says “Syag Lachachma Shtika”, perhaps that includes YWN chatroom, even if it IS annonymous.

Reading some other threads here, I would say, it isnt so important what type of Kugel you eat, so long as it is heimish.

Re: Talking to girls. The Sfas Emes says a nice pshat on the mishna “Al Tarbe Sicha Im Isha”. This is not the proper forum to discuss the mishna and it would certainly be appropriate for those who can, to look it up themselves, to see for themselves what he says instead of hearing how I learn the SE.

Could you send your kids anywhere without being worried about something?

I always thought heimish was a nice way of calling someone an animal, kind of slang for “biheimish”. Thats until I saw heimish kokosh cake, heimish kugel and heimish taxi service. Then I figured, who cares. Since a poll of 100 people will yield 100 different answers, use it however you want and let people try and figure out what you mean.

“not having intellectual stability” —- what is the phrase actually used?

Now that the thread has come this far, lets take it full circle.

So, is a boy looking to date a girl or a chavrusa?

Lets go one step further. Does a boy want to marry a a girl, or a chavrusah?

While were at it. Would a boy want a girl for a chavrusah?

Chacham. You answered my question. Some phones have gotten so caught up in all the bells and whistles, that the manufacturers have forgotten that they still have to used to place phone calls.

Still didnt answer my question. Is it good phone? can you have a normal phone conversation on this multimedia device that happens to have the letters “phone” in its name?

……you start wondering when Rubashkins stopped being Chalav Yisroel. 🙂

Just curious. How does it work as a phone?

In my humble opinion. Chalav Yisroel milk is overpriced and due to poor packaging (you can easily feel the difference between a bottle of CY and any stam milk) does not last very long and spoils rather quickly.

Again, this is my opinion, and I am not stating this as fact. CY companies are in business for themselves, not to provide yidden with CY milk. If they cared about the average consumer they would sell their milk in GALLON containers. Simple econimics says that because they can not charge 2x a half gallon for a gallon bottle, they make more per gallon this way. Until a CY company is willing to answer WHY they wont sell gallon size bottles, I will believe it is due to their greed. I have written letters to these comapnies and have not been given the courtesy of a response.

LGBG was out bowling with me.

We are talking Monday Night Football.

Lets see what this bar looks like tonight.

Nuuu…sounds like a business opportunity for a developer. Anyone want to open a parking garage in BP? Looks like you can charge upwards of $50/hr while alternate side is in effect. Is cheaper than the ticket.

Anyone?

Hakol Biyday shamayim. It was decreed that you would have to lose this amount of money. Better this way, than at the doctors office.

I heard that they are looking to rename Boro Park, Double Park.