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December 21, 2017 8:18 am at 8:18 am in reply to: Would you try kosher locust protein powder? (FOOD TECH) #1431228LightbriteParticipant
Solaro: Aren’t bugs animals? Maybe it would be considered meat, like chicken?
December 19, 2017 2:20 pm at 2:20 pm in reply to: A compliment (or, r”l, an insult) vs a mere statement of fact? #1430188LightbriteParticipantAnd clean ceiling fan blades
LightbriteParticipantPoster McPosterface was already taken in 1806 by FriedelFivel who sold his frying business after the big baked boom.
The poster formerly known as chochom would have had to be named Poster McPosterface IV.
LightbriteParticipantWelcome bacK Bitul πππ
May your new name bring you new sweet brachot βΊ!!!
LightbriteParticipantThanks everyone… I’m going to get some dryer sheets because it sounds like they may help remove dog fur!
Fleece blankets are the trickiest because the fur just clings. Never realized it could be a static issue!
Genius… thank you CTLAWYER!
LightbriteParticipantAvram in MD… lol!!! π
My favorite thing is walking by a dryer vent emitting floral plastic nostalgia fumes onto the street!
LightbriteParticipantyytz: True dat!
The toxic issue is the reason why I stopped using anything artificial and scented years ago… then sometime after I got a dog and did more laundry, I just stopped using even those natural oil ones. Then, I realized that my clothes were okay without them, so I stopped using them… Hmmm.
Takes2-2tango: You won A+++ from my dermatologist! Well… if I would have told her what you said, then she would have awarded you such a stellar grade!
THANK YOU for pointing out the side effects βΊβΊ
Streetgeek: Lol! π I thought baby’s naturally smell wonderful and even their soiled linens smell like roses! Don’t tell me it isn’t so!
LightbriteParticipantWhoa… never seen or heard of candles coming in plastic cups… that’s a real thing? How is that possible?
… once a scented candle in a glass jar that I lit on the Shabbos before Tisha B’Av caught on fire
.. very symbolic… BUT GROWING FLAMES spilling over… b”H I was awake…Bought the candle at Home Goods… never again! Nor at Marshalls, TJMaxx, etc… too risky
LightbriteParticipantWhat is plastic glass?
So confused… where are people getting plastic candle cups or holders? How is that legal? Or practical?
LightbriteParticipantYes and no.
For the past 3/4th of a year or so, my laundry detergent is a two-fer, with added softener.
Up until then, I hadn’t been using it. Costco just did a switcheroo earlier this year, so that’s why I’m now using a two-fer.
The biggest difference with this detergent is that my laundry smells more fragrant than previously, but not nearly as much as if I’d use dryer sheets.
I miss that wow-pow scent power though… so maybe I’ll just use them for that?
LightbriteParticipantThank YOU thank you thank you LITTLE FROGGIE!!! βΊπΈπΈπΈπΈ
Awwww yay… AMEN AMEN AMEN!
What an *AMAZING* bracha!!! βπ π·π
Thank YOU π and sending the blessings and light right back to You too and your family too!!!
December 17, 2017 4:09 pm at 4:09 pm in reply to: Ageing Alone without Family in America vs. Aliyah with Family and Nothing Else #1428951LightbriteParticipantHealth: It’s a complicated medication thing that would need to be imported every month and paid for out of pocket…. several hundreds of dollars each month, at least.
I’d need a doctor who’d agree to prescribe me this medication because in Israel they use a different go-to medication.
And the kicker is:
There is only ONE manufacturer’s version of this medication that I can take.
I have adverse side effects when I take the brand name, two other authorized generics, and one other non-authorized generic. Basically, I’m really lucky to have found what works for me, and even now I can only go to specific pharmacies just so I get the right generic.
If I had endless money, there is no say that Israel would let me even import the right generic for the rest of my life.
December 17, 2017 9:55 am at 9:55 am in reply to: Ageing Alone without Family in America vs. Aliyah with Family and Nothing Else #1428328LightbriteParticipantTakahmamash: It helps to hear other people’s stories and learn from my previous generations.
As much as you can knock down the value of posters in the CR, each person here has the power to enrich someone else’s life by just sharing his or her perspective. This forum is beautiful.
CR doesn’t replace a Rav, and a Rav is not a replacement for one’s community, neighbors, and everyone else’s life experiences that can aide one’s personal development.
But I’m not here to convince you to talk to me… nor dispute the validity of your point.
Maybe talking to a Rav is what I need… and maybe there is more.
Thank you.
December 17, 2017 9:55 am at 9:55 am in reply to: Ageing Alone without Family in America vs. Aliyah with Family and Nothing Else #1428327LightbriteParticipantWTP: Yes, thank you for explaining the question in better terms for me.
LightbriteParticipantWait… who was it that lived 900 years or something?
That’s also a point… the fact rhat our maybe 80+ year lifespan is a small fraction of the lifespan of the Torah greats generation. So maybe also more time passed by from one generation to the next generation
LightbriteParticipantJust remembered something…
When I was a kid, I had a Disney workout audio tape… I don’t remember who was speaking… maybe Mickey Mouse.
Anyway, it was a character’s voice telling me what to do with music.
I’m wondering if there is an adult fitness audio track that you can follow for a workout.
Okay… it is not a video, but I wanted to put this idea of having a male audio-recorded fitness routine out there for you as a kosher option.
LightbriteParticipantAlso, each generation builds on the next. Humans until recently didn’t live to 80+, and it’s not like every 80-year-old is out there in the same technology-creating capacity as he or she maybe was in his 40’s to 60’s.
Modern agriculture and literature have been great feats.
Not in chronological order, but: Housing, farming, electricity, heating and cooling, sewage systems, fire codes, governments, medicine, antibiotics, outer space travel, horse and buggies, cars, roads, trains, airplanes… technology builds upon itself, and sometimes replaces itself… evolution of technology is relevant here
Agriculture took time to domesticate land and animals.
For most of these years, populations were smaller and more remote. Globalization has allowed us to communicate broadly and share our technological advances, or copy them.
Anyway… my point is that you’re expecting a lot from humanity when people were struggling to survive… and most of their lives, many people were living under some ruler and invested their resources in not getting killed, killing, family for the sake of survival, and what you might consider more mundane affairs…
LightbriteParticipant400,000 is relatively recently… we’re talking about half a million years… and again, they do not mean humans like we know today
According to scientists in this field, generally speaking, the claim is that “[o]ur own ancestors migrated out of Africa some time roughly 50,000 years ago, before establishing ourselves across the globe” (Science Alert).
According to Chabad Rabbi Manis Friedman, as far as I understood his explanation in a lecture he had at a local Chabad back in 2016, Hashem put those bones there and made the Earth appear old because science can only tell us how “aged” something is, but just because it fits the definition of “aged” does not mean that the world or fossils have been sitting there for that long… in other words, the Earth is still under 6000 years old, with aged relics that are no older than stated in the Torah.
LightbriteParticipantThank you CTLAWYER, RSo, Joseph, yehudayona, and Jakob for your thoughtful messages, and even humor. βΊβΊβΊππππΌπΌπΌ
LightbriteParticipantWhen people say that the world is trillion years old, they don’t mean that people existed back then, let alone humankind as we know it today.
LightbriteParticipantWhat does it mean for a language to be in base 10?
LightbriteParticipant5 year old post….
What were the original wicks made from? A reed maybe?
December 13, 2017 1:07 am at 1:07 am in reply to: Your chow chow eating chow me in on your lawn. #1426304LightbriteParticipantRebYidd23… you deserve your own morning talk show… you’d make very entertaining, educational, and enlightening media for the masses and non-masses. π
December 11, 2017 12:10 am at 12:10 am in reply to: A Couple of Reminders From Your Friendly Moderators… #1423998LightbriteParticipantThanks Mod π―!!! βΊ
Excellent reminder! π€ππ
December 11, 2017 12:09 am at 12:09 am in reply to: Does Judaism recognize *marriage* between a man and a woman who are not Jewish? #1423996LightbriteParticipantA little insight into where I was coming from in this question…
I’ve heard a rabbi say that marrying for love is what non-Jews do. If a couple isn’t Jewish, and is in love, then by all means, they can/should get married.
Wait what?
..Why would they need to get married?
…Does that mean that this rabbi, the Torah, Judaism, acknowledges such a thing as *marriage* between non-Jews?
So… when you add in further questions and information, you reach the point where I was.. wondering about the basis, or definition, of marriage between individuals who aren’t Jewish.
Thank you βΊ…
And agreed… it’s not my business what anyone does
December 10, 2017 9:23 pm at 9:23 pm in reply to: Does Judaism recognize *marriage* between a man and a woman who are not Jewish? #1423941LightbriteParticipantJoseph… thank you! Oh yea, I completely forgot about the court and legal system being a requirement!
Okay, so marriage would go according to the legal system… thank you; you answered all of my questions here π
LightbriteParticipantJoseph: Pen pals!
LightbriteParticipantWinnieThePooh… Yes, I think so. I have this green square that is crunchy stiff when dry, but turns all soft and smooth once I wipe up a wet mess. It can be washed in the machine.
It’s like a kitchen version of the Sham-Wow.
Oh! Wait… maybe you’re talking about a rag that’s more towel-like? I think I know what you’re talking about, but the one that I’m picturing is white with maybe a netted side too.
I’m not totally sure what rag you’re talking about, but America is full of dependable shmatties, so we must have it too π
December 10, 2017 8:04 pm at 8:04 pm in reply to: Does Judaism recognize *marriage* between a man and a woman who are not Jewish? #1423905LightbriteParticipantThanks… so basically they’re considered married if they live together?
What about divorce? If they stop living together, are they divorced? What if they’re legally divorced (and not together), but sharing the same house (which happens sometimes when a couple separates/divorces, but they weren’t able to sell the home, or financial/legal technicalities hold up the process, etc.)?
LightbriteParticipantBtw, the other week, I read an article in the Business Insider that really resonated with me…
The article was about how millennials don’t buy or use napkins like our previous generations.
Instead, we use paper towels…. it’s so true!
Not like I know so many people, but it’s like napkins are now reserved for Shabbos, and maybe children.
I also use paper towels instead of plates… βΊ
LightbriteParticipantThank you everyone! So yays… posting here helped me acknowledge my resentment towards a paper towel brand that I didn’t realize didn’t individually wrap it’s paper towels when purchased in bulk.
I’m going to return them to buy Bounty.
Bounty really is awesome, and buying more expensive paper towels wins out economically if used for absorbing liquids.
LightbriteParticipantMod… thank you for posting βΊ
Maybe questions…
During Rashi’s time, were there Kosher restaurants (staffed by servants maybe?) where Jews could eat?
Was there such a thing as buying a meal on credit, bartering, or on a tab (maybe like they once had at small town grocery stores) ?
LightbriteParticipantThank you Joseph βΊππ
LightbriteParticipantLol… awww, yays!!! Thank you… for you didn’t just hand me a fish… you taught me how to fish πππ³ππ
Seriously (kinda) though… maybe back in Rashi’s day, people used IOU’s instead of gift cards…
And didn’t Rashi’s French neighbors celebrate Xmas?
Maybe Jews went to someone’s a big IOU feast on Xmas.
? I understand all the words in this post, but have no idea what it means?
December 10, 2017 8:04 am at 8:04 am in reply to: Where can Antartican Jews escape if there is an emergency? #1423095LightbriteParticipantThe good thing is that even if Antartica becomes prime real estate, and anti-Jewish people try to kick Jews out.. some Jewish men will easily blend in with the penguins… and they’ll teach their wives and children to blend in too… no one will know
December 10, 2017 8:04 am at 8:04 am in reply to: Where can Antartican Jews escape if there is an emergency? #1423096LightbriteParticipantCTLAWYER: Did Joseph pick up his daughter last week?
I heard that she had a piano recital coming up, and Joseph is her best teacher.
LightbriteParticipantJoseph: Please help… I’m all done buying presents, but now I’m stuck figuring out two things…
1) Where am I supposed to hide them?
2) What are you supposed to do with these super-sized single socks?
Thanks in advance βΊ
LightbriteParticipantThank you RY <3
LightbriteParticipantDY… Are Kirkland paper towels absorbent? Are you satisfied with their absorbency level?
Thanks… I have to check if my Costco carries them. My options thus far have been Bounty or Brawny… if this Costco doesn’t have them, then maybe the one south does…
Thanks!
LightbriteParticipantAm I the only one who’d appreciate saving money (with the intention of saving time) by purchasing a non-brand name paper towel?
LightbriteParticipantHow to prove me wrong?
Please name a generic brand of paper towels that is comparably absorbent to a brand name.
I’ve lived over 30 years in this world and haven’t found a generic and less expensive paper towel (store brand, etc) that does an excellent job at absorbing liquids, and holding up its form.
LightbriteParticipantYes, you’re totally right chochom!
Forgive me please… clearly I wasn’t clear enough… my comparison of generic paper towels being like paper compared to brand name ones, such as Bounty and Brawny, was an exaggeration.
LightbriteParticipantSee also MET COUNCIL – NEW YORK
2. Digital Choice Food Pantry System
3. Emergency Food Cards
METCOUNCIL dot ORG / Kosher-Food-Network
LightbriteParticipantNEW YORK
Met Council – METCOUNCIL dot ORG
Met Council
77 Water Street, 7th floor
New York, NY 10005-4401Met Council – New York
1. Kosher Food Pantry System
“Met Council’s Kosher Food Network of 30 pantries (and more than 100 pantries for holiday food distributions) is the largest kosher food network in the country. Met Councilβs Kosher Food Network procures and distributes kosher food to our network of kosher food pantries. Additionally we provide ongoing support with reporting, pantry set up and maintenance, advocacy and programming
Met Council works with community organizations throughout the five boroughs, providing enough food for over 7.4 million meals a year. Our partner pantries serve poor and near-poor, food insufficient clients, regardless of their race, faith, ethnicity, sexual identity, or gender.” (METCOUNCIL dot ORG /Kosher-Food-Network)
LightbriteParticipant5 TOWNS – LAWRENCE, NEW YORK
Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry – GURALJCC dot ORG
Marion & Aaron Gural JCC – Sustenance Center“The Rina Shkolnik Kosher Food Pantry is a joint initiative of UJA-Federation of New York and is supported by the Community Chest South Shore and the Inwood Charities Fund.
The pantry assists individuals and families by providing nutritious non-perishable food packages consisting of tuna fish, pasta, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, breakfast cereal and much more. We also provide toiletries such as shampoo, deodorant, tooth brushes and toothpaste and diapers.
There are many ways you can help. We accept kosher non-perishable food products, toiletries, cleaning products and paper goods. You may also make a monetary contribution. We are always seeking a team of dedicated volunteers to assist in sorting, organizing, packaging and delivering food to those in need who cannot come into the pantry.
We are also looking for volunteers to organize a food drive at their school, synagogue, club or place of employment.” (GURALJCC dot ORG – Kosher Food Pantry)
LightbriteParticipantWASHINGTON, D.C. – MARYLAND – VIRGINIA
The Capital Kosher Pantry -YADYEHUDA dot ORG
βYad Yehuda of Greater Washington
ββ812 Hyde Court
Silver Spring, MD 20902If you live in the Greater D.C. area, you can fill out “The Assistance Application” to see if you’re eligible for food assistance.
“The Capital Kosher Pantry is an authorized distributor for the Capital Area Food Bank, thereby enabling us to restock the pantry every week with a wide variety of carefully selected kosher products. The Capital Area Food Bank distributes 45 million pounds of food yearly to the greater Washington DC community through its partner agencies. The inventory is further supplemented from community-wide food drives. ”
LightbriteParticipantONTARIO
Hamilton Jewish Social Services – HAMILTONJSS dot COM
“Our Kosher food bank continues to be in high demand by those less fortunate. The list of families and individuals who need our help continues to grow.
The Hamilton Jewish Social Services Kosher Food Bank enables families to eat kosher food. Our goal is to help everyone remain part of the community.
Approximately 45 use the food bank on a regular basis and is doubled during holiday times.
The Kosher Food Bank is service of the Jewish Social Services and is funded by generous donors from the community.”
Location: 30 King Street East, Dundas, Ontario
Hours: Monday to Thursday 10 am – 12:30 pmLightbriteParticipantMIAMI – SOUTH FLORIDA KOSHER FOOD BANK
JCS Kosher Food Bank
Jewish Community Services
Website: JCSF dot ORG“The JCS Kosher Food Bank is the only food bank in South Florida to which those who observe kosher (kashrut) dietary laws can turn. JCSβ Kosher Food Bank provides food to more than 380 families and nearly 100 Holocaust survivors.”
To register for food and/or additional assistance, JCS Access professionals are available at [see JCS Access for #]
Monday β Thursday, 9 a.m. β 5 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.LightbriteParticipantBALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Jewish Family Services
Provides store gift cards for families to buy food – No food pantryJewish Community Food Fund – Go to JFS dot ORG
“Founded in 1982, the goal of the Jewish Community Food Fund (JCFF), a program of Jewish Community Services (JCS), is to fight and prevent hunger in the Baltimore Jewish community. The Jewish Community Food Fund provides individuals and families facing economic hardship with grocery store cards for use at local food markets.
For many years, the agency housed an actual pantry, collecting donations of kosher food which were then distributed to needy individuals and families in the Baltimore area. Due to health considerations and space constraints, and to protect the dignity of people receiving assistance, in 2001, the agency decided to no longer collect or directly provide food items and instead request only monetary donations.
JCS uses these funds to purchase the store cards, which are distributed to individuals and families needing assistance. These store cards give families the dignity of choosing the foods that they need and purchasing perishable products such as milk and eggs. In addition to receiving the grocery cards,
JCS staff work with each person, providing services and resources to regain self-sufficiency. This combination of services addresses the basic daily needs of the clients, while treating them with dignity and respect.” (JFS dot ORG)
To learn more, see section titled “Emergency Assistance,” and contact # on this page
LightbriteParticipantDepends on the food and who you’re asking
Also depends on who’s eating it
Children and older adults may be more sensitive to spoiled or borderline foods…
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