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I don’t understand what you mean that you don’t get paid for coming in on Sundays. Do you get paid for staying late? I would come in on Sunday, especially if I have the whole week off. Show your boss that you care. Even if half of the cs department doesn’t come in, that looks good for you if you do.
I’m not sure if you’re talking about that salary the first year you are married or already have a few children. $50000 a year is nothing when you have children, tuition, a house… Even $150000 won’t cover these costs but at least you could attempt to live off of it. Go to college, get a degree, get a job and raise a family. You can also learn Torah while doIng all of those things as well.
Chevron: who said anything about letting children starve. It’s a parents responsibility to bring food to the table for their children. The 2 worst things for our generation are welfare and parents supporting their kids when they get married. There’s no such thing as the harder you work the more you will get. Why? Because welfare and parents supporting their married kids have killed the work ethic in my generation.
Chevron: yes I want America to cutoff food stamps and welfare.
I had this argument with my Jewish coworker today. My argument was as follows: In America, we wake up early, work hard and provide for our families. Doesn’t it bother you that your hard earned money is going to the shvartzahs and lowlives who are too lazy to work. Your hard earned tax money goes to millions who are on welfare instead going into your pocket or improving our lives. Now let’s look at Israel. Doesn’t it bother you that your son has to put his life on the line while your son doesn’t? Doesn’t it bother you that your hard earned money goes to people who don’t work and take as much benefits as possible? I think it’s a legit argument.
I am a G-d fearing Jew. I believe that if the law of the land says to go to the army, you go. Especially if the country is very accommodating to your needs. They’re not drafting all chareidim. Also I try my hardest to listen to what the gedolim and I have the upmost respect for them, however you have to make decisions on your own, that’s why Hashem gave us bechira. There were gedolim who told their chassidim to stay in Poland and Germany during the war and boy were they wrong! Gedolim are human beings; they are not perfect. (a side not- didnt the gedolim ban the Internet?)
Zeeskite, I need you to show me proof that Rabbi Akiva was talking about saying hi to the same gender only. Please show me something that says so.
Wasn’t it Rabbi Akiva who said one should be the first to greet everyone. (not sure if it was him or not but some huge Gadol said it). Doesnt that mean we should say good shabbos/good morning to everyone since Rabbi Akiva said one should be the first one to greet everyone. Do you think he meant to only greet someone first if they are of the same gender and Jewish?? He meant everyone because in his day our religion wasn’t as judgmental. People actually loved their neighbor like themselves.
It’s so sad that women are so suppressed in our society because the men basically can’t control themselves. Instead of learning gemarah 20 hours a day and taking welfare, why don’t men work in the real world and learn NOT TO LOOK at women wearing “sweatshirts.”. All these bans are in place because men can’t control themselves. Why can’t we make bans for men so women can live a little freer. Men should wear special glasses so they can’t see that far in to the distance. Men shouldn’t be allowed to walk outside during the summer unless it’s for work. (I guess thr ban would apply to the winter as well because of all the sweatshirts women wear). Men can’t wear sandals just in case they are tempted to go the beach. Men can not have smartphones or access to Internet unless it’s for work.
Tell her you love her. Try to talk to her and be more social with her and your spouse. Children look at their parents as role models. If their parents talk a lot then their child will naturally pick it up. Good luck
Morah Rach- you should ask your husband why he doesn’t ask his parents for money. Maybe he’s too proud to ask for handouts and tries to work really hard so he doesn’t need to ask. Maybe he asked for too much as a kid and got everything but now his parents put their foot down. It doesn’t seem right that a parent wouldnt want to help their only married child with a child of their own. What would happen if your husband sat your parents down and had a serious conversation with them? Maybe his parents don’t think he needs help. Hatlzacha to you and your family Morah Rach
I’ve celebrated thanksgiving every year of my life. I’m not really sure why Americans wouldn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. We’re thanking G-d for giving us freedom in America. I know we thank Him everyday, but today our country becomes one and thanks Him. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
The Torah says you must feed your animals and pets before you eat. So yes you are allows to own pets and are even encouraged to do so because you will get an extra mitzvah in feeding them before yourself.
Side note- if you plan on getting a bird or a fish, then don’t waste your time
I’m not sure what the halacha is regarding nieces, but you can definitely touch them until they’re 12.
This hurricane was 100% brought because of gay marriage. When was the last time such a storm happened in New York besides for snow. Wake up fellow Jews. We must abolish gay marriage!
Cool so let’s discuss it again. Why would you think anythings wrong with eating finger food in the middle of the street? Did your parents tell you not to?
I went to a yeshiva in Israel and most of the kids weren’t religious. It was 80% yeshivsh kids and 20% modern kids. The modern kids who weren’t religious were normal and respectful of the rabbis and Judaism. Most of the yeshivsh kids were totally off(drugs…) and were very disrespectufl to the rabbis. A lot of they guys including myself became more religious as the years went on. However I just want to state they I’d rather my kid be respectful and normal than unhappy and religious.
Uneeq and sushee- stop for a second and think about it. Why did this resteraunt only charge a minimum for Jews? It’s because we don’t spend any money there and the place loses money. I definitely think its discrimination but we do bring this upon ourselves.
This whole story is sad. Did we as Jews stoop so low that we need to be charged a cover charge because we’re cheap? Whatever happened to the hard working Jew who makes a a good salary and could afford more than $25 at least to tip? We should be ashamed to how cheap we’ve become.
Bekitzur- I was just trying to give you the overall view of our platform. I wasnt sure if you knew Romneys tax plan.
Bekitzur- Ill tell you what’s wrong with Obamas tax policies. He wants to heavily tax the rich and businesses so he can spend more on his social programs(poor people). If the rich and businesses are taxed heavily then they can’t hire people. If they can’t hire people the economy is going to continue into this recession and Obama will start taxing middle class people as well. Obama doesn’t have faith in economic growth. Romney on the other hand wants to cut taxes for everyone. If rich people and business aren’t taxed a lot they can hire people thereby creating more taxpayers. Romney is betting on the economy getting better.
I used to learn in yeshiva in the morning, work in the afternoon and go to school twice a week in the evening. It was too much for me, so I left yeshiva but still learned for an hour in the morning. You shouldn’t feel guilty about leaving yeshiva. It’s not meant for everyone. Good luck and remember everything will work itself out
Ive never heard of a school that doesn’t give at least a week off for winter vacation. Why would the girls get off a week but not the boys? Doesn’t make sense to me
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What bothers me is that the majority of these Arab countries protested so they won’t have to live under a dictatorship, yet they vote for Islamic rule. Do the majority of Muslims want to live under Shariah law or under secular law? I’ve been studying this for years and it’s very hard to tell what they want.
Jews are voting for Obama bc they actually think he’s good for Israel. They actually think he is going to fix this economy. Jews have always voted democratic, especially in the 40’s so they could get a Jewish state. I feel ashamed when I hear that %68 of my people will be voting for that man. It’s sad, very sad.
The only speech I’m going watch at the lib convention is Biden’s. I love hearing what that idiot has to say. He’s very entertaining.
That’s sucha stupid argument, let’s substitute yiddish for Spanish. How many illegal speak Yiddish compared to Spanish? Is Yiddish one of the most common language in the US or is Spanish? Are people scared that Yiddish could be come an official language of the US or is it Spanish?
Don’t get me started zahavas dad. This is an English speaking country. If you want to speak Spanish go back to Mexico.
I think they all spoke incredibly well. I didn’t like how the New Mexican governor put some Spanish words in her speech. This is America! I think Christie spoke the best. Go Jersey!
Please explain what a Rav has to do with this. How would he know if the parents are beating the children or not? Btw you could get jail time for not calling acs when you know of child abuse and didn’t do anything about it.
WIY- Butterfingers are my favorite candy bar!!! Also try Zero bar, it’s sooo good!!
Growing up I loved Shelly’s in Teaneck nj! They have the best nacho cheese. Now the best place is Labella in Queens!!
Ahh finally the wisdom of popa bar Abba. Everyone was wondering where you were. If your going to make comments like these then please go back into hiding.
Choppy- you remind me of my friend who moved to the UWS and went otd. Read that post Bc it applies to you. My friend was so self righteous. He could do no wrong and would put people who was less “frumer” than him down. He eventually went otd Bc he realized how fake he was. Well he also had family issues.
If you’re a guy, it’s assur not to go to sport game. Why would you deprive yourself from kosher fun?
When you could make decisions for yourself!
Army- I could go to university after and support my family. Plus it teaches you discipline and maturity. Yeshiva guys are still babied.
I don’t get what the big deal is for these guys to take off from learning full time for a couple of years to protect other Jews. There are 613 mitzvos, not just one mitzvah to learn. Perhaps the army could teach these bochrim to grow up a little and take responsibility instead of takin handouts from the government.
It was something to the effect that the chofetz Chaim was on a train and he went over to 2 ppl and started bashing himself, and they didnt know that he was the chofetz Chaim but got really mad that this person was speaking loshon harah about the chofetz chaim. So the chofetz Chaim realized its bad to talk loshon harah about oneself
Lesschumras- fantastic! You’re right on the ball! I don’t understand how people think its ok to steal from the government!? Does their learning even count?
I’m definitely not shopping at target again!
And I get my gas from the keystone pipeline, oh wait Obama messed up hard on that one!