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The bubble umbrellas are simply made of transparent plastic and shaped more like half an eggshell or bell, instead of a wider curve of a regular umbrella.

It kind of looks like your top half is in a bubble.

I once got one but returned it soon after. My bag got soaked and I couldn’t move much in it.

That said, people do look cute in them and they often have those hooked handles. All of the ones that I have seen fold long though, not in on themselves. So it’s a lot to carry.

Yepp yepp ☔

Lol how did I miss this one?! Truth 🐣

Thanks LU~ I didn’t realize that the minutes was a link 🙂

Oh cool! 🙂

Thanks Wolf 🙂

I have to remember to ask my LOR. Before I moved here, there was a really big storm. I wonder what they did back then.

Nice. I didn’t think of Catholic schools being an advantage over secular ones before and now I can see and appreciate that 🙂

Rewind. Good point. I went a bit extreme there.

The question came about after seeing a photo of men praying at I think a Rebbe of blessed memory’s gravesite and they all had black umbrellas.

Maybe women have a more creative freedom of dressing. Despite the stigma that says otherwise.

Thank you

Yes thank you, wondering though… how would people know though?

May the rabbi officially close the shul? If the lights are on, and there is no sign, maybe some early-birds wouldn’t know.

Or is this a pikuach nefesh situation where phone calls may be made and someone can post a sign up announcing that the shul is closed and everyone should stay home to ensure B”H one’s safety.

Or maybe the city or county installed emergency alarms that go off in such situations? Like they have sirens in Israel?

Yay!!! 🙂

Ummmm.

Winnie The Pooh you’re on a roll!!! Well done 😄

I couldn’t think of anymore. You’re right. So it really meant to say that she wasn’t his wife or daughter, or related to him (I don’t know how it goes with grandparents and other relatives, and if there is flexibility depending on the ages or etc on whether a woman can otherwise be alone with a grandfather-like family member.)

Thank you 🙂

Yes please!

Yes. It’s a man for sure.

It would be for a program that was not offered anywhere else and for his maksoa. The education would be used to benefit Jews and his Torahdik life post-graduation.

I was once treated at a Catholic hospital.

Some people have chins that look like Homburg hats.

Sometimes their chins make them appear very elegant and chiseled. It’s genetic.

Joseph must be genetic. In part at least.

If you become a Joseph, do you think it has more to do with nature or nurture?

The Western world as we refer to it and its influences is no longer considered modern society. Technically speaking. It’s called postmodern.

Honestly I am confused too and trying to figure it out.

From what I have gathered thus far, the paradigm shift towards an individualistic society where everyone does his or her own thing comes from the Postmodern era beginning in the 1950s.

From Revise Sociology:

“Post modernists argue that we live in a ‘Pick and mix’ society. Individuals today are free to pick their lifestyle and life course, from a wider range of options than ever before, just as if they were picking and choosing products in a super market!” (Revise Sociology)

Sounds like postmodernism is what we associate with the threat to Yiddishkeit.

I’m awaiting Joseph’s reply to that one

Does a Jew need a heter to attend Catholic University?