Lightbrite

” November 14, 2016

STARBUCKS – UPDATED KOSHER INFORMATION

STAR-K announced today that it has updated its recommended drink list for Starbucks to include a number of Frappuccino drinks. These drinks are recommended in the USA and Canada only. They are processed on cold equipment.

The following Frappuccino drinks have been added to the approved list.

Coffee or Espresso Frappuccino – The only dairy-cholov stam ingredient in this product is the added milk. Other ingredients are made on dairy-cholov stam equipment.

Caramel Frappuccino -Contains dairy-cholov stam ingredients

Mocha Frappuccino – Contains dairy-cholov stam ingredients

In New York and New Jersey there are some stores that are offering the option of requesting cholov Yisroel milk and cream. Please note that this program is not audited or certified by Star-K. Consumers who request cholov Yisroel milk in these stores should use their discretion in confirming the cholov Yisroel status of the milk being served.” (Baltimore Jewish Life)

Wow did you know that Starbuck’s is international? I guess that makes sense since it’s huge… just never realized that they had it in other countries

Fireflies armed with fire extinguishers

“lilmod, the Russian police conducted actual spot checks. Here is a translation of a report from Zhitomir, 1851 – it is the Jewish community complaining that the enforcement is too zealous:

“On the streets, district inspectors tear the wigs off Jewish women’s heads, bonnets, and other head attire; they pull them by their hair to the police station and pour a few buckets of cold water on them; they keep them under arrest for 48 hours; and then finally make them sweep the streets in public.” “

Joseph: Sorry if I missed this earlier in the thread. But do you mean that district inspectors would punish women for shaved heads or unshaved heads?

What about pikuach nefesh? You can get pneumonia from being out in the rain. That’s a life-threatening illness. Seriously no joke.

Or catching a cold is pretty easy from someone getting to shul in wet clothes and then being in the A/C for an hour. Also fungal infections from prolonged dampness.

“Hitler brought in television ads? Television hadn’t been invented yet.”

yehudayona: You can watch them on Youtube. There is a great one where Hitler flies in on a plane to a crowd of awed Germans.

IMHO, he had a talented entourage working on his image on all fronts, from television to orations and print.

“You’re right when it comes to women; but the OP was talking about a guy!”

Okay so I definitely don’t support this claim.

However, there could be a difference between men and women, seeing that a woman may need to reduce, change, or eliminate her medications during pregnancy. If she is having multiple pregnancies, then the frequent and extended disruptions to her treatment may cause more stress on her.

Even revving up coping strategies sans medications may not be possible or available if she is juggling being a full-time mom. And what mother, no matter where she spends her daytime hours, isn’t a full-time mother with additional heavy demands, compared to pre-married life?

That’s my guess

“It amazes me how some people(liberals) are comparing Trump to [H]” (kfb)

kfb: I don’t have an opinion about the latter, and how Trump will be with Jews.

That said, based on my research and educational background, I have intentionally compared T to H. Mind you, I lack a PhD in Hitler and Nazi Germany. Meanwhile I did study advanced Hitler and Nazi Germany for my bachelor’s degree. However, I am not going to woo anyone with my credentials.

Here is the deal:

Hitler rose to power with a simple strategy. He insisted on reviving German culture. Even when Germany was not a country, the German people, with their German language had strong ties to their identity. WWI was a war of attrition. To say the least, Germany was disheartened. The German people were all too happy for a scapegoat. Mind you, antisemitism (read Anti-Judaism) was rampant already, especially in Vienna.

There were two options for the German people. Socialism or Hitler. Which was the lesser of the two evils?

Hitler brought in television ads highlighting his arrival on a plane into a land where boys worked in the fields, becoming men. Testosterone filled the air. The broken men of WWI, the broken people, suddenly had hope to become a strong nation once again.

Jews became the enemy. Initially Hitler wanted to just get rid of them, by any means. Madagascar didn’t work out. Other European countries weren’t helping. Finally Hitler took note of Russia’s labor camps and decided to follow suit. Eventually Hitler figured that the best means to make these Jews go away is to destroy them.

No one stopped Hitler. No objections to end his violence. Jews were the evil and Hitler was making Germany pure again.

Who is stopping Trump? He gets away with his rants. His supporters are sporting fists and guns and gaining confidence that they are in the right.

I do not believe that Trump is like Hitler because he is a threat to Jewish lives. He is a threat to all lives. Yet of course, he has made the people of Mexico, undocumented residents, the enemy here. He wants to build a wall. Madagascar? Yet how economically possible will that be?

He does not need to gas these individuals to destroy their lives. Rounding up people living here without federal permission and tossing their children, or parents back to another country will destroy families, lives, communities, and so forth.

Trump speaks of taking a handful of inappropriate-language referring to women, without acknowledging that he is talking about a human. He dehumanizes. He scapegoats. Anything was Hillary’s fault.

And are you not influenced? Talking about “liberals”? Were you original in that observation? Or did it come from media? From Trump? From the propaganda?

There are a billion connections here that I have failed to mention in this essay. Nevertheless, hopefully this provides some insight.

For me, Trump’s ascent alone is an echo of something that Jews of all people have the experience and history to prevent. Never again, we say. That was my pledge to my Holocaust professor. Am Yisroel Yizchor. So when I voted, I knew that as far and advanced as we have come, or believe we have come, it only takes one person to ignite a message of fire.

Also… You know that Trump used to keep Hitler’s speeches by his bedside, right? He studied Hitler. His father was involved in the KKK. These are not conspiracies. This is fact. He took note and has performed well.

Now he wants his advisors to continue his speaking engagements. Hitler to a T.

Sam Klein: Dunno if this will work for you.

This works if I am online on my phone. Sometimes I start listening to a shiur while I’m browsing random sites. Eventually I cannot concentrate on what I am reading when I’m listening, so I end up going back to the shiur.

On good days I will even open up my email account and take notes on the shiur. Then I email the notes to myself, and sometimes my mom too (I <3 my mom). It’s nice because I just do it without forcing myself to stop surfing the internet. I just replace one activity with another.

Also maybe it would help to change the self-talk. IME, it doesn’t help me to feel ashamed and bad about my behavior. When I do something and feel ashamed, I can use that feeling as an indicator to alter my behavior. When I do that, then I tell myself that I am good. Granted I can get used to focusing on the solutions more often, but the good thing is that the more that I do this the easier it gets next time.

Oh, and tefilla helps too. Please Hashem help me spend my time _______ and help protect me from the evil inclination. Thank you Hashem for protecting me from the evil inclination…

Just some thoughts 🙂

“Use it to teach them the difference between goyim and Yidden, and the reason that we don’t strive to “get to the top” in the secular world. “

Granted without naming anyone in particular, have you not come across a Yid who gained prestige by being a big contributor to the shul and yet behaved rudely to members?

We don’t live in a bubble. Unfortunately politics happen in our communities as well.

One already-spoken statement of the Trump win is that it reflects society. Being frum does not make us immune.

Money still buys its way into our communities. It can silence opposition. Yet it doesn’t have to be this way, baruch Hashem.

B’esrat Hashem all of us can reveal the light in this extreme circumstance by improving our middos.

Flatbusher: It was I who bumped up this thread. I thought we are supposed to work off old threads if they apply vs starting new ones. Anyway I was searching for something related and came across this one.

lilmod ulelamaid: Toddah rabbah!!! Omgosh I didn’t even see that he was labeled a “troll.” No wonder! And that is good advice. I just assumed that there was an actual rabbi who said that it was assur. I don’t need to take this information as fact especially for such a blanket thing without context.

Okay thank you and no further questions from me about this thread.

Let’s return to the regular CR programming.

“why Trump will disappoint you.”

It’s already sad to see the effects of this election. I know that I cannot see Hashem’s broad picture, and thus have to have emuna here regardless.

Still, I voted and prayed for Hillary because I both wanted her as our president foremost, and also because I did not want Trump in office.

I did not think that Trump would be any better for Israel than Hillary. I am relieved that some rabbis at least supported Hillary, especially after more of Trump’s history of assault came to light.

I thank Hillary for her courage to stand up for America, for us, people, humans, our children, present and future.<3

If Trump was Jewish then he would win the lashon hara contest.

As a person who has survived abuse on many levels, Trump in office can be very traumatic. There is no question that he is abusive. I want to keep it general on this forum.

That’s one thing.

Another… How do you explain to children that this man is no role model? The president represents this country. There is a reason why people compare him to H. He is normalizing violence and xenophobia.

Finally, Trump has not shown sensitivity women’s issues, to put it lightly. Based on my observations, having Republicans in office is a threat to women’s bodies. Even Judaism prioritizes a woman’s life before an unborn child.

IMHO, America had a bigger problem with letting a woman take a leadership role than it wanted to admit.

Thank you. I have emuna and wish Hillary the best life and health and blessings always.

This sounds like a question that he is most qualified to answer.

Lol LU!!!

“If you are scared of getting old do something meaningful with your life. “

Good advice. If you contribute to the world in a meaningful way, then you will be eternal. We’re all here temporarily for a reason. B”H.

lilmod ulelamaid: What if their initial attraction or unattraction was based on whether you looked like his mom?

“Why Your Partner May Be Like Your Parent”

I wonder if somehow the whole “makpid on looks” might be a subconscious attraction to a bochur’s/bochurah’s mother/father. Though that would mean more than a physical 10.

jhonny appleseed: I am unqualified to respond to your question for I am not a teacher.

That said, at least you care! What do teachers think of parents who aren’t engaged?

WinnieThePooh: “Enjoy and don’t forget to save a piece for lightbrite.”

!!!! I’m so flattered and in awe.

minyan gal: Heart you! <3

Thank you thanks… such a yummy recipe. May it be delicious and nutritious 🙂

Does it make a difference if you bake the kugel in a circular pan vs rectangular?