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RebYidd23- I doubt the veils women used to wear on a regular basis were completely nontransparent. I’d assume the women were looking at where they were going and not bumping into everything.
At my wedding if I hadn’t had my mother and mother-in-law guiding me I would have bumped into everything. As it was I tripped over a step because they forgot to warn me it was there. I was pretty much completely blinded.
I didn’t see my chassan and if there is no way he saw me. If they would have switched me with another girl there is no way he would know. They could have switched out my chassan too technically but then the crowd would have noticed. I was completely disoriented by not seeing anything (due to the veil) and barely had a clue what was going on.
What really upset me was when I was looking through old black and white photos of my great-grandparents weddings back in Europe I saw that the veil was somewhat see-through. I wish I could have had one like that.
There is currently no draft or registration for a draft for women in this country. Below is off the sss.gov website.
Women and the Draft Women Aren't Required to Register Here's why: THE LAW Selective Service law as it's written now refers specifically to "male persons" in stating who must register and who would be drafted. For women to be required to register with Selective Service, Congress would have to amend the law. THE SUPREME COURT The constitutionality of excluding women was tested in the courts. A Supreme Court decision in 1981, Rostker v. Goldberg, held that registering only men did not violate the due process clause of the Constitution. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on December 3, 2015, the Department of Defense will lift all gender-based restrictions on military service starting January. In response, Armed Services Committee Chairmen, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), issued a joint statement on December 3, 2015, saying, “Congress has a 30-day period to review the implications of today’s decision. … and receiving the Department’s views on any changes to the Selective Service Act that may be required as a result of this decision.” As of January 2016, there has been NO decision to require females to register with Selective Service, or be subject to a future military draft. Selective Service continues to register only men, ages 18 through 25. Following a unanimous recommendation by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced, on January 24, 2013, the end of the direct ground combat exclusion rule for female service members. The service branches continue to move forward with a plan to eliminate all unnecessary gender-based barriers to service. Ongoing project is still underway. The Selective Service System, if given the mission and modest additional resources, is capable of registering and drafting women with its existing infrastructure.
I found out that people buy cosmetics from China
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trapezeLilmod Ulelamaid- anyone who takes upon themselves not to wear a sheitel? Did it specify that you have to be female to enter? That sounds like an interesting contest… Really in nissan not to wear a sheitel isn’t such a big deal. Who wears a sheitel while cleaning their house?
Crazy thought- have you tried mixing white clown paint with black?
Yes. When looking at grass from an angle you see only the grass and not the earth underneath it so it looks greener. It’s actually a very good metaphor since we tend not to see the imperfections of another person’s life when looking from the outside.
Joseph- does your great-uncle make his own wine as well or does he choose to trust the rav hamachshir on that? (question asked by satmar rebbe to someone)
Shopping- your teacher should have read the posts a bit more carefully- or a bit more objectively anyways.
What Joseph said is actually the same as what I learnt in school. Your teacher may have learnt otherwise but that doesn’t make this totally wrong.
Nowhere did DaasYochid ask whether other’s agree/disagree nor did he say it’s okay to break halacha. He gave his understanding and asked whether there are any halachic sources that agree or disagree. There is a huge difference between the two.
M in israel is not giving a psak. He is adding to the discussion by bringing up a rambam (which can push someone else to look it up and quote verbatim)
chayav inish livisumay
While I don’t know what the torah says about how to do teshuva for having made a chillul Hashem at one point, it certainly doesn’t hurt to grab the opportunity to make a kiddush Hashem whenever possible.
My dentist used to have a sticker on the arm that holds the magnifier that said something like “Teeth are like people. Ignore them and they’ll go away.”
My great-grandmother would like apx. 50 candles each week. One for each child and one for each week she missed during the holocaust.
My husband was in a shul that throws towels by menorah lighting. He says the reason given was that it’s a reminder to all that they are not yotze with this lighting- they must still light their own menorah at home.
Health- requesting additional assistance- even as EMT- is part of scene size up. It is prior to checking level of consciousness. Below are the steps of scene size up:
Take body substance isolation precautions
Determine if the scene is safe
Determine the mechanism of injury/nature of illness
Determine the number of patients
Request additional help if necessary
Consider stabilization of spine
I’m pretty sure RebYidd23 gave the right answer here. If you do not know CPR your best bet is to try to get an EMT on site as soon as possible. If you are trained in first response, of course you first dial 911 and check scene safety before proceeding.
Isn’t this a violation of ebay’s policy not to list intangible items? Someone tried selling heaven once and the listing was removed for that reason.
I don’t care very much how difficult it is to regulate the use of knuckles. I care more about how effective it is at self-defense. Plastic knuckles aren’t a very good attack weapon since you actually have to be really close to the person you’re trying to use them on. Unlike a knife, throwing them at someone won’t do a lot of harm.
What if I want to carry plastic knuckles as a self defense weapon? There is currently no way to license that in NY and it is illegal to carry any weapon without a license. I am not interested in getting a gun license at the moment. I don’t want to kill anyone. I just want to have a chance to run away if someone attacks me. Unless I injure them the assailant would likely be the faster runner. Shouldn’t my constitutional right to bear arms include a knife, or plastic knuckles?
Syag- instead of photoshopping- which is meant to lead you to believe that that’s how the original one was- you can use “stickers” to cover whatever should be covered.
Mazel tov! I’m so happy to hear!
The way my I’ve seen these waterproofed is by pinning it to a cardboard (yes, this will make some small holes in these priceless stars) and then covering it with heavy plastic. You can buy this by the yard in some places.
Just reading your post raised a few questions in my mind.
1) You say he’s better than you thought you might find. Does that mean you like him or does that mean he seems kind of decent and you figured that due to your family background finding a normal person would be tough?
2) Do you have any friends in other cities? Even if you don’t have any friends in the same city you would potentially move to, they can help you out regarding how to handle living away from parents.
If the two of you really want to marry each other, maybe you can work out a compromise- say you would agree to live in Montreal for the first six months and then reconsider. Or you can agree to start out in France and then relocate. Either way I feel that the primary focus should be on whether the two of you are compatible, not on where you will live.
On Friday there was a message going around on WhatsApp to have him in mind by lecht benchen, that he still needs a big refuah. Everyone should please continue davening for him.
Moshiach Agent- Do you also believe it’s a chisaron in bitachon to leave a tzavaah?
When I was a child and my mother gave birth she did not go to a kimpeturin heim but I did go to a relatives home. I wasn’t told that my mother needs a break from me. I was told that mothers and new babies need quiet. I visited my mother daily for about an hour or so (that’s about how long I was able to stay quiet) and then went back to my relatives house where I was able to play as usual. I loved that time. It felt like a sleepover for two weeks straight! The only time I was upset was when I was expecting to come home for Shabbos and in the end was unable to (long story).
Mashiach Agent- I guess you don’t know how much cookbooks cost… try closer to $25. Still, I usually spend more on a gift for my spouse.
Those who are saying a mothers love makes it all easier are forgetting one crucial point. Being the mother means you can’t dump the child on the mother’s lap whenever you’ve had enough. While you do have a bit of a break between semesters if you’re in college being a mother is 24/7/52.
As an older sibling I pitched in, sure, but when the going got too tough I could always go to my room, close the door and ignore. When I had my first I was about to say “Okay, here’s the baby. I’m going to sleep” and then realized- wait, I’m the mother. That’s my job.
It gets me really annoyed when I pass a group of men/bachurim talking on street corners. It’s usually too large for me to pass by with my stroller and I can’t exactly go on the avenue with it. I have to somehow try to get them to realize someone has to pass without yelling or anything. Annoying.
Joseph- you keep saying a woman shouldn’t be leaving the house more than twice a month. You fail to provide a single example of one gadol whose wife did so. Have you heard of any rebbitzen that only left the house once a month? Most go to shul every shabbos, so that’s obviously not the case.
Joseph- pants are not begged ish anymore. The reason frum women shouldn’t wear pants is because it’s not tznius. If a man would buy pants from the women’s dept. that would be begged isha, would it not? Either way if anything a car is klei isha being as there are more women that are licensed to drive then men (probably due to the larger percentage of men getting their licenses suspended due to reckless driving). You still did provide any logical reason why driving is less “tznius” than sitting in front passenger seat. I know you tend to run away from saying you’re wrong but I think you’ve got nothing here.
Joseph- as lesschumras said I really don’t know where you’re getting your info from. Methinks it’s just off the top of your head. Either way, you did not address at all what the similarities are between horse and buggy and car.
Joseph- once you’re imagining you can let your imagination go wherever you want it to. As I said my family did not own horses. Generally speaking, in the countryside horse driven carts were driven by both men and women while in the city only men drove. This was mostly due to the fact that in any horse driven vehicle the driver sits on the outside of the vehicle thus in the public eye and getting muddy and filthy from the horses dung. The driver was also typically responsible for the general care of the horse. In the country any farmers wife would be muddy and taking care of animals either way. Any “better” woman wouldn’t subject herself to that, nor would her husband want her to. I think we both know that none of these points are applicable in a car. A driver is just as noticeable as a passenger and stays spic and span.
Joseph- my zeides did not drive horses and buggies. What, you think they were wagon drivers? They either had a wagon driver drive them, or walked. They also used public transit. None of them owned a horse. I did have great-great-grandparents that had a Ford Model-T. I do not know whether anyone other than the car owner was ever allowed to drive it, male or female.
True, just make sure not to eat the apple. Just add one more apple to your collection every day. That way as the oldest one becomes decomposed enough to just smell like plain old dirt there will be another one to smell rotten. The stink will be so bad it will keep doctors (and everyone else) away!
You know I actually never thought about that. I know a lot of people cover their dough with a garbage bag to help it rise. Do you know if typical shopping bags are safe to use for that?
zahavasdad- maybe that seems reasonable to you but that is beyond what I can afford. I love swimming, yet I only swim approximately once a year being as I cannot afford to go more often. There is no publicly funded pool in my area with woman only swim hours. I’m not saying swimming is a right. However, I think it’s incredibly unfair of someone who can swim almost all of the time to claim discrimination for not being allowed in during women’s swim. From the New York Human Rights Law
b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply, with respect to age or gender, to places or providers of public accommodation where the commission grants an exemption based on bona fide considerations of public policy.
I actually watched part of the clip now. It seems like the police officer is more upset about the shooting than the girlfriend. He’s saying “I told him not to reach for it”. I also wonder if there was some conspiracy here with the #blacklivesmatter movement. To me it looks like that should not have been a fatal shot. Why was the hospital unable to save his life? If Phiandro Castile would still be alive I don’t think this story would even make the news. I think someone wanted to be sure it becomes a national topic.
I’m not sure I want to belong to the species anymore. 🙁
The Wolf
Why? What did wolves do now?
Sam2- from my research it seems that ancient hair dye worked much like dyes in today’s day and age. Of course the composition was different, and less safe but once the actual dye was washed out of the hair the texture would be back to normal but the color remained.
mdd- same goes for a red dress. The discussion here was regarding nail polish colors that would be okay if it would be on a shirt. I saw a lady that was wearing a blue and green dress and blue nail polish. It looked very pretty but not striking in the least.
– the ability for all individuals would not be reduced. You’re enabling those who cannot use the pool without these hours to benefit. I did not say the government needs to accommodate women who want separate swimming. What I did say is that it would not be a violation of the separation of church and state. Nor is it discrimination based on gender since most of the time the pool is available to all. What I think would be fair would be to have the district where the pool is vote on how the schedule for the pool should be set up.
Popa- I don’t think the problem with this is government overreach (although I do think that is a problem too). I think the issue here is a basic misinterpretation of what separation of church and state means. It means that the state cannot preach religion. It does not mean that the state should not accommodate religious needs/principles in the services it provides to its citizens. What these so called anti-discrimination people are truly doing is discriminating against people based on religion.
Nah, they’d just be outraged that Israel is using an endangered species as shields. It’s perfectly acceptable for Hamas to use Homo Sapiens as shields of course. Humans are not currently considered to be in danger of extinction.
I think that vaccines causing allergies makes sense. I feel that it is important for a child to be exposed to potential allergens that are part of vaccines prior to receiving the vaccine in order for the body not to associate this allergen with an immune response. If say a child has never eaten any peanut product, and then gets a shot that contains traces of peanut (note- I do not know if such a vaccine exists) the body may develop an immune response to peanuts as well as to whatever the vaccine was for. If the child’s immune system already “knows” peanuts as a safe food then that’s less likely to happen. I think every person should evaluate the risks/benefits with a clear head. A doctor does have a right to not have unvaccinated children in the same waiting room as the newborns coming for their one week check up. He should politely explain this to the parents, however.
Ask your LOR, but I’d say probably not. It looks like a razor to me.
Wow. Am I really unique in that I feel that I can trust my doctors? The doctors I use really take the time to answer my questions. I was once by a practice that allotted like 2 minutes per visit to answer patient questions. I switched to a place that really takes questions seriously and takes the time to give a thoughtful answer.
I personally can understand how WhatsApp can get out of hand, but do feel it is within the control of the user. I’m part of a group that posts videos sometimes. I can choose whether or not I actually want to download and view the video. The preview is blurry, but you can ask the person who put it up what it is. With multimedia text messaging you can do the same, but the advantage/disadvantage of WhatsApp is first of all how smoothly it works, second of all how groups work. In a group text any member of the group can add other members. On WhatsApp only the group owner can add others to the group. I can send voice messages over multimedia text as well. My picture is not a picture of me- none of my friends actually put a picture of themselves. I will probably change it once I find it boring (which will probably take several months). I treat it the same as my profile photo for my email. My status actually gets changed in my email account but I have never changed it on my WhatsApp.