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This is a really hard thread to read. By the time I read the last post here, currently RebYidd23’s posted/moderated at 7:37pm, my shoulders were touching my ears! They started at least a tennis ball away and just crept up with the tension.

Wow.

It was super brave of this parent of an OTD child to come to this forum where there’s plenty of experienced ammunition ready to pounce on a poster.

It also may have been a plea in desperation after going through every other option, which is what it sounds like to me at this point of my understanding and contemplation.

So thank you OP for sharing.

That’s all that I have to say.

Thank you <3

A creamy peanut butter sandwich on white bread with only creamy peanut butter and lots of it.

Did you know creamy peanut butter’s low water content, relatively high protein content, and smooth texture is the perfect combination to get stuck to the roof your mouth in a suctioning fashion? (Today I found out).

Joseph: Hi, so you said, “Yet, somehow, you don’t find homeless Yidden living on the streets of Lakewood and starving.”

Question, if such is the case, is it possible that frum Yidden who were on the verge or actually homeless and hungry gave up Lakewood, or chas v’shalom some of their observances to survive?

Okay so I’m no expert, and haven’t even been to Lakewood. At the same time, over the past year I’ve been reading a lot of niche forum posts and not everyone can make it – or has made it, and while you can surely say that’s no excuse to lax one’s observances, some people may have given up some mitzvot for the sake of having food on their plates and a safe place to sleep.

Just look at the recent occurrences in Lakewood with the desperate acts of families to provide and stay frum, and ironically compromise in some areas. Is is not possible that while some families went that route, others went closer to off the derech?

Being homeless and hungry doesn’t always mean one’s on the street corner. It could be couch-surfing or being a live-in nanny without the means to save and work towards independence.

—Thanks.

Meno: You’re right. I’ve never had leftover chulent. Now I’m curious! 🙂

Soap

lowerourtuition11210: Then he gets a free pass to GO, collect his money, and bypass all other questions!

I didn’t think of that potential answer!

A+++++ 🙂

I like SL’s questions.

Here are a few more…
9. How much does he tip waiters* when he’s alone?
10. What makes him angry? When does he raise his voice?
11. How does he respond when another car cuts in front of him?
12. Does he do his own laundry [using a washer/dryer]?
13. Does he wash dishes?
14. Does he eat his latkes with applesauce or sour cream?

*Additional options: Caddies, and valet attendants

Sad. 💖 May his family and friends and people find comfort with the Mourners of Zion.

Isn’t salami already dry?

Does it not go rancid if you hang it dry by your basement?

What about spider webs and spiders? Daddy longlegs? Creatures? Children?

If I was a kid and saw dried salami hanging, I might want to jump up and pull it down -and get hurt in the process.

Yes, have two coupons in my wallet now! Or is it three? Sometimes I use coupons from my phone.

And when I shop online I use retailmenot.com for online promo codes.

But as for old school cutting coupons out of ads, if I know they’re there, you betcha!

But it’s mostly specific stuff or stores, like pet supplies store coupons or ones from that store that has three Bs in its name and a billion things, including that new cool umbrella.

This thread is a happy topic! ☺☺☺😄😄😄

Wait what kind of decadent food reference doubles as an insult?

Maybe they’re trying to get on the level of a less observant Jews and nonJews.

Saying “We do this because it’s a commandment from G-d” may alienate unobservant Jews and nonJews.

For the record, when I was less observant, a rabbi told me point blank, “We do this because it’s a commandment from G-d” (in his words), and I loved it! It was refreshing to hear oneself speak in this way, instead of the sales-pitch approach –which I less prefer and can be a turn off.

So yes, I agree that saying that we do this because Hashem said so does require emuna and bitachon. At the same time, maybe observant Jews have more success saying it in other ways, or want to avoid confrontation. Avoiding confrontation in itself may supersede here, since it’s looking out for one’s pikuach nefesh.

Sometimes maybe it’s better to let the kiruv speciailists and rabbonim do the teaching.

Constructive criticism can be very good.

I thought this thread was about people using names of decadent foods as an insult. In some parts of the world, Ding Dongs may be considered the casual nonJewish man’s decadent dessert. But as far as I know, they’re trief.

Better to stick to Little Debbie’s — her Cocoa Creme is supposedly comparable, according to virtual clues. But I’m not sure if one would be insulted if called a cocoa creme. Rather, it may be a term of endearment.

If your potatoes get enough nightshade they are looking into their souls.