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Fort Lauderdale has a very good science museun, a riverwlk and boatcruise. The Palm Beach Count fair is open the last two weeks of January
The roads are treachorous rightnow, and the wort is yet to come. If they manage to get free they should not attempt to go to Flatbush
Actually, Homeowner has a good point. Calling someone Mr.x or MrsY
is a Goyish concept.Until Napoleonic times, Jews had no last names, just Moshe nen Yaacov. So, what lat name did children use for thousands of years? Did it mean they had no respect?
Did you ever hear of Caller ID? Most of these companies make their calls using trunk lines ( extension phones ) that show up on caller ID as ” unavailable “. The easiest way to disengage a caller is to not pick up the call
Trying my best, please define pruste shiksa.And her title is JUDGE Milian
spending $3000 on a sheitel that is nicer than your own hair and can’t be dictinguished from your own hair is what’s nuts.
“someone I know well who use to work for OU israel told me it is not reliable here. The people in the US want to believe it’s the same but it’s not. Kashrus is Israel is a WHOLE ‘nother thing! “
If you are going to attack an origianization’s credibility, be honest enough not to use a nameless source.
Trying my best, why is it well said?
How much do they get paid in kollel?
So, again, what justified the dumping of long established minhagim likr Nusach Ashkenaz and introducing new ones?
I don’tsee anyone objecting ( or being asked by their kids ) if it’s ok to do an upssharing
As you can see below, Thanksgiving Day has been moved aboutconsiderably, and for different reasons. When Roosevelt proposed moving he date, the Republicans accused him of insulting ABRAHAM LINCOLN, not their deity because the holiday was established by Lincoln, not a church
1939 to 1941
Abraham Lincoln’s successors as president followed his example of annually declaring the final Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving. But in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with this tradition.[18] November had five Thursdays that year (instead of the usual four), and Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving rather than the fifth one. Although many popular histories state otherwise, he made clear that his plan was to establish the holiday on the next-to-last Thursday in the month instead of the last one. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought an earlier Thanksgiving would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would help bring the country out of the Depression. At the time, advertising goods for Christmas before Thanksgiving was considered inappropriate. Fred Lazarus, Jr., founder of the Federated Department Stores (later Macy’s), is credited with convincing Roosevelt to push Thanksgiving back a week to expand the shopping season.[19]
Republicans decried the change, calling it an affront to the memory of Lincoln. People began referring to Nov. 30 as the “Republican Thanksgiving” and Nov. 23 as the “Democratic Thanksgiving” or “Franksgiving”.[20] Regardless of the politics, many localities had made a tradition of celebrating on the last Thursday, and many football teams had a tradition of playing their final games of the season on Thanksgiving; with their schedules set well in advance, they could not change. Since a presidential declaration of Thanksgiving Day was not legally binding, Roosevelt’s change was widely disregarded. Twenty-three states went along with Roosevelt’s recommendation, 22 did not, and some, like Texas, could not decide and took both days as government holidays.
In 1940 and 1941, years in which November had four Thursdays, Roosevelt declared the third one as Thanksgiving. As in 1939, some states went along with the change while others retained the traditional last-Thursday date.
1942 to present
President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House. (November 16, 1949)On October 6, 1941, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution fixing the traditional last-Thursday date for the holiday beginning in 1942. However, in December of that year the Senate passed an amendment to the resolution that split the difference by requiring that Thanksgiving be observed annually on the fourth Thursday of November, which was sometimes the last Thursday and sometimes (less frequently) the next to last.[21] On December 26, 1941 President Roosevelt signed this bill, for the first time making the date of Thanksgiving a matter of federal law.
so right,
If it so important for you to believe it is, that’s your right. By the way if it is not because he thought it was a religious holiday, what is the difference between Thanksgiving and any holiday legislated by the government?
If the premise for RebMoshe’s psak was that Thanksgiving is a church holiday, then the psak is wrong. It is not a church holiday.
Soright,
You keep rferring to the many many false accusations to upport your position. Exactly how many is “many”? What are your sources?
Hawaii is the US
WellinormedYid,
I notice you place no responsibility with the school. Inthe yeshiva high school that I attended, the students with the weakest gemorra skills were assigned to “garbage’ ( that was how these shiurim were known as ) and assigned rebbes with the poorest teaching skills. Small wonder that these kids never developed the needed skills, got turned off and the majority went off the derech by the time we graduated. I was one of the lucky few who managed to hang on and return. To the Moderator, the school was the old BTA in Brooklyn.
If a bochur arrived for an interview at a kollel/yeshiva, he would be told that if he chose to one day to dress in jeans and a tee shirt, it would be considered unaceptable and he would be sent home and be subject to dismisal. Why not do the same with smoking? The easiest way to stop smoking is to not start.
In addition, how can a bochur sitting and learning afford cigarettes?
I am truly amazed. When has a Medina truly existed that followed Torah law? If there were, the Beis Hmikdash would still be standing. The examples are numerous. Menashe had the longest reign and banned Torahand murdered Neviim and chachomim by the thousands. Sefer Devarim was virtually foegotten until in was discovered in renovation of a dlapidated Beis Hamikdosh.
Also, to those of you ascribe the safety of people living in Israel soley to the learning of yeshiva students and ascribes Jewish deaths to Zionism and the State. Dis Zionism exist during the Crusades, the pogroms, during the Chiemelki Cosack massacres, the Holocaust? Why didn’t learning protect us?
and 30 years ago you couldn’t see in a Beis Medrash because of the haze from all the cigarette smoke. Where in the Totah does it say to stop smoking? Sakanos Nefashos. Just because we didn’t know that something was bad for one’s health before doesn’t mean we don’t adapt based upon new information
mw13
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I find it slightly disturbing that so many here question whether or not somebody is genuine simply because they disagree with them… I have never seen anything that would suggest that mosherose is baiting anybody, and I have no reason to think this is the case.
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Couldn’t have said it better.
mosherose never engages in any discussion, he just takes outrageous positions. How else would you deal with his recent comment in another thread that having chicken soup on erev Shabbos is a accepted minhag that can’t be changed unles you are allergic to it?
myfriend,
I find it hard to believe that you need a source to tell you to act like a mensch
You’re not being paid to browse the internet. It’s theft of services and in the company I work for, web surfing is monitored and can lead to being fired.
At another com[any I worked for, there were frum women , who were paid by the hour, who we caught answering their personal e-mail and buying things on line. I finally made them understand that doing this while being paid to work is stealing from the employer
Modern Yeshivish – Learns in Kolel full-time but wants a
Lexus, a house i Lakewood and Florida vacations
Ben Torah,
Why would a young couple,presuming headed for kolel life and support for the husband to learn, need to spend ( waste ) mpney on ” The far more expensive “engagement ring”, ?
Pathmark is closing because A & P,the owner, has been closing stores ( and that includes Waldbaums ) for years
A friend of ours ( a widow ) was marrying off her daughter. Her problem? she had limited means and the mechutin ” had ” 400 guests to invite and wanted a 50/50 split. Our friend followed our advise.
She had a cordial meeting with her mechutin at which time she said all I can pay is cccc and I will not go into debt.
The mechutin agreed.
Another friend had mechutin who said, don’t worry, we’ll work things out bu, as the wedding date neared, the mecutin kept inviting more people but wouldn’t pay. Mt friend figured that after the wedding, he would no longer have ant leverage. 2 weeks before the wedding, he informed his mechutin that they would only be permitted 20 couples, including themselves. Any couple not on the list would not be permitted entry. Ultimately, the mechutin paid
mbachur,
“and 2. why shaving? why not going online to ask that question?
b/c there is nothing wrong with asking a shayloh “
That’s another pet peeve. He had 3 days, including Motzai Shabbos, to ask his Rav.Why do people persist in asking for piskei tshuva from anonymous posts on the internet?
If he has no Rav, there are any number of legitamite, frum websites with identified, verifiable poskim ready and willing to answer his question.
With all due respect, where do people come up with these ideas?
1. it’s no longer shabbos and 2. why shaving? why not going online to ask that question?
oomis1105
Wuth all due respect, as grandfather, a granchild’s first birthday comes before a graduation award
Myfriend,
So, an Apikores is someone who disagrees with the satmar Rav?
on Zionism?
My father was a BT. Out of that marraige came 2 frum children ( I was the first boy in my father’s family to go to yeshiva in 60 years ), 5 frum grandchilren and, so afr 11 frum great grandchildren.
So right,
So, you’ve never run into a corrupt Beis Din? The daughter of a woman I worked with was going thru a divorce. She was the daughter of a Ger ( not chassid, a convert ) and the husband was from a chasuva Boro Park family. He wasted to pay no child support, have full authority of the son’s education. The beis Din ruled in his favor and allowed him to give a get, and remarry without granting a civil divorce. The husband was then shocked when the wife went to civil cort.
Over a year ago their was a push my some yeshivas in the 5 towns to get access to scholl tax money since the local scholl board is controlled by frum Jews. It quickly stopped when it was pointed out that, once they took money like the public schools, they would be treated just like public schools funded by tax dollars:
1. Their budgets would be public and subject to voterapproval
2. Justas frum Jews could be elected to the school board, even
though their kids don’t attend the public schools, non-jews
and secukar Jews could run for seats on boards of yeshivas.
missme said “You make some good points. (Be prepared for some rich hitmen commentators to attack here for infringing on their Swiss vacations, by making a comment asking for financial assistance.) But I’m sure the school is doing all it can to fund-raise. “
I’m curious. On other threads you are extremely midakdek on pritzus, yet you have no problem here csting aspersions on “rich hitmen”.
Ot was notmy intent to disrespect our Rabbonim.
It ws not my intent to disrespect the Rabbonim, Midrashim, Minhagim, or to bash frummies.
However, the responses illustrate my point. Why is it so hard to accept the fact that our ancestors were human beings with ordinary frailties? Why is it necessary to make believe that Yehuda didn’t do what he did with Tamar? His greatness was illustrated in admitting what he did and doing Thshuva.
How does acknowledging their actions equate to a lack of respect or diminish our belief in Hashem one iota?
that they do not not fully at the first glance
Moderator 80
I’m always fascinated by references to our Holy Ancestors and the myth that they were on such a high madrega, correct me If I’m wrong, these are the same people who were at Har Sinai, krias yam sof, and other muracles and still created a golden calf, the same people who refused to stop worshipping idols throughout the time of thr First Beis Hamikdash. The same people whoignored the admonitions of the Neviim,who became Hellenists, Sadducccees, and created Christianity? If they were o holy, why does the Gemorra spen so much time duscussing theft, shady business dealings etc?
msseeker
Youkeep using that 60% figure. What is your source nd proof.
The first makilim were turned off former;y frum Jews
Let’s not forget that we re not in Gan Eden because of a chumra. Adom was told by Hashem to not EAT from the tree. When Adom told it over to Chava, he added a chumra, don’t TOUCH the tree. When the snake pushed her against the tree and noyhing happened, he was able to convince her to eat from it
You’ll probably be the same insensitive person who allows their 3 year old to scream and cry throughout a chupa, a dvar Torah, or any event that the baby’s crying is disruptive to others because you don’t want to miss it.
Moq wrote,
“And Gedolei Yisroel clearly and unambigously are 100% opposed to mixed seating at a wedding “
I was at a mixed seating wedding last night where the Rosh Yeshiva of Neir Yisroel was the misadeh kiddushin. I’m attended Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv annual dinners that had mixed seating.
Chayak
You’re comparing apples and oranges. The second parent didn’t discipline his child. Not hitting dpesn’t mean you ignore it.
My grandchildren know not to cross street without being hit.
holtzichfest
The current level and breadth of learning didn’t exiot prior to WW2 because the Jewish community was too poor to have so many boys sittin and learning. If not for the secular learning of the post WW2 generation that produced wealth doctos and lawyers,
many kolels and yeshivas could not syrvive.
Ok, so don’t educate youe kids with secular studies, but slso, don’t hold parlor meetings in communities that do educate their kids looking for contributions.
Has printing the name of of husbands who have ignored a Beis Din’s order to give a get ever helped?
We don’t live in a shtetl in Europe. Will a non-jew or a secular Jew walking down Ave J or 13 ave skimply dressed care?
Helpful said
“ONLY the Sanhedrin (etc.) learnt that as they required that knowledge. The hamon hoam did NOT study these secular subjects. “
and how do you know this>
Mosherose,
Why do you quote obscure chumras and insist everone must also follow them?
For every girl quoted in this thread who think it is a great idea to keep girls in the house under lock and key, there is another girl who can’t wait to get out from under their parent’s stifling control.
Is there a correlation between the extremes you go to keep the genders apart and the fear of what they will do if they come together? What is wrong with their upbringing that they can’t control themselves?
Correct me if I’m wrong , but haven’t members of the frum community upgrarded and enlarged their homes? That could result in a higher assessment anda higher tax bill. It wouldn’thurt to challenge it. In Nassau assessments are routinely challenged
to Arf: My father-in-law was involved in the YI of Bushwick in the 1930’s and was mekarev many young boys going off the derech. Many years ago, my wife’s family was invited to simcha in Monsey and he was the and peyos, saw him , ran over and embraced him. When his other guests looked puzzled, he explained the he was one of the kids my ” Harry “, Young Israel father in law had found wanderng Bushwick’s streets on Shabbos
For a shul to be affiliated, they haveto agree toertain standards.For example, all officaers have to be shomer shabbos,
women cannot be president of the shul,
Shuls look to affliate because the Young Israel is a ” brand “. In our shuls case, shul with a kosher mechitza thatould pass anyone’s muster, learning programs, daf yomi, shiurim but not Yeshivish ( women cover their, but very few black hats ).
Many of the young families that have moved in were looking for a community with a Y.I.
Max Well,
Then why is it ok to take money from the illeagal zionist government for schools like Emmanuarl? for garbage pickup, welfare etc. Do you really think an Arab government would let chareidim riot at the drop of a hat? Look how Hamas, Iran, Sadaam etc treated Arab demonstratord.