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  • in reply to: Sending Shidduch Pictures? #1136021
    Joseph
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    RY, a girl slave/shidduch market stand would be easier.

    in reply to: Photoshoped shidduch pictures #1136672
    Joseph
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    Does makeup also make her look 75 pounds less, a lighter shade hair color, a bit taller and no pimples or wrinkles?

    in reply to: False sale prices. #1136964
    Joseph
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    You should tear the sign down and give it to him and say you did him a favor by removing the old expired sign.

    in reply to: Sending Shidduch Pictures? #1136016
    Joseph
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    Avi, from their face; not from a picture of their face.

    in reply to: School Board Monitors in Lakewood & East Ramapo #1157141
    Joseph
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    LC: With the loss of courtesy bussing, almost 50% of the public school students, including those add young as five years old, will be walking through dangerous streets to school as they no longer have bus transportation.

    Last week the Hispanic parents held a protest against the loss of courtesy bussing now that they realized, whoops, it isn’t just the Jews who are losing courtesy bussing. And their working hours preclude being able to walk with their children to school and back.

    And, no, in both NY and NJ the tax increase cannot happen if the voters voted it down. No matter how many times.

    in reply to: Getting together #1137280
    Joseph
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    Sounds like chillul Shabbos.

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139997
    Joseph
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    Why do you need a beis din of three altogether for an uncontested Get?

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139995
    Joseph
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    If one of the parties (say the defendent) cannot afford the beis din fees, what does a beis din do considering the halachic problem of accepting more in fees from one party to the case than the other may constitute bribery?

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139994
    Joseph
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    What is the typical fee for a gittin case? The same hourly earlier quoted?

    BTW, the BDA website states that they are “affiliated” with the RCA and OU.

    in reply to: School Board Monitors in Lakewood & East Ramapo #1157139
    Joseph
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    ZD: Americans are more tolerant of failing public schools than of raising taxes. By law local property/school taxes cannot be raised without voter approval. By state law there is no way to shove higher local taxes down voters throughts without their consent. Even if that means the public schools are cut back to the bare legal necessities mandated and all public school electives that aren’t mandated by law are eliminated.

    in reply to: Bar Mitzvah Seforim Gift Ideas #1136937
    Joseph
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    He should’ve put it on an earlier page.

    in reply to: How to Deal with a Request for a Shidduch Picture #1136578
    Joseph
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    oomis: you do need a government license to get married…

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139990
    Joseph
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    CTL, incidentally, how frequently and in what iterations do you see cases in your practice intersect with a beis din case?

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139989
    Joseph
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    He is Modern Orthodox and affiliated with the BDA, which is an arm of the RCA, thus not a neutral observer. I would strongly dispute they are fairer than the average Chareidi beis din. Indeed when it comes to sensitive cases (involving more than just financial issues) where modern sensibilities conflict with straight halacha, they are liable to bend halachic considerations in rendering a verdict.

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139987
    Joseph
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    BDA might have a higher fee structure than an average Chareidi beis din, perhaps?

    in reply to: Bar Mitzvah Seforim Gift Ideas #1136935
    Joseph
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    Mishna Brura seems to be the most given set of seforim at a Bar Mitzvah.

    in reply to: Oorah Pet Raffle #1137246
    Joseph
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    I never encountered a dog owner in the mikvah. They don’t seem to be the weekly (forget daily) mikvah-going types.

    in reply to: How to Deal with a Request for a Shidduch Picture #1136575
    Joseph
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    You also need to give your social security number to get your drivers license.

    in reply to: SURVEY: Yeshiva Tuition Costs #1136285
    Joseph
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    Have tuition costs gone up over the last few years?

    in reply to: Beis Din Recommendation #1139985
    Joseph
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    How does a beis din typically structure their fees – it is split 50/50 between the plaintiff and defendant?

    What dollar range do beis din fees typically fall between?

    in reply to: Blank voicemail messages #1136480
    Joseph
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    Blank emails too.

    in reply to: Sending Shidduch Pictures? #1136002
    Joseph
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    It is very offensive, extremely wrong, and it should absolutely be denied.

    in reply to: Good Shabbos! #1135917
    Joseph
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    Ah gut Shabbos!

    in reply to: Topics #1135918
    Joseph
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    You just did.

    in reply to: Signs put up around BMG, Lakewood #1136818
    Joseph
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    Shoes are not either required; why don’t people wear sandals instead?

    in reply to: Signs put up around BMG, Lakewood #1136816
    Joseph
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    For what its worth, for $60 you can buy a black fedora at Macys.

    Do they look like a typical yeshivish fedora? Do you know frum people who wear those Macy’s hats to shul?

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174204
    Joseph
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    Are you medically licensed? Does the AMA or APA permit diagnosis-via-internet-forums?

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174200
    Joseph
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    Why are you in favor of it, as your original question still stands: How do we know that Yidden ought to be celebrating a wedding “anniversary” altogether?

    Yes, you’re right. When you’re right, you’re right. I must admit, the question does still stand and my support may have been premature.

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174197
    Joseph
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    As long as the supper wasn’t burned I’m totally in favor of it. 😉

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174192
    Joseph
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    Isn’t it proper to first ask the question whether Yidden ought to be going to a non-Jewish sports arena altogether?

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174190
    Joseph
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    I asked a question; I intimated nothing.

    in reply to: Kissing A Tzadik's Hand #1135096
    Joseph
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    See Avoda Zora 17a and Rashi that kissing their hand is a sign of honor and respect.

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174185
    Joseph
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    I don’t have to prove anything. It is befirush that one must love Hashem more than one even loves his own children or spouse. (Rema, OC 98:1)

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174182
    Joseph
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    I get my memories of the good times (i.e. yeshiva days) every time I go to a shiur!

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174178
    Joseph
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    I’m a flaming BT, as aquestioningjew realized. B”H my spouse and kids are all on the same wavelenth of being flaming BTs for the past 30 years, so it works out beautifully. I really should recognize that for some people this is as much as they can do. For Wolf’s level I told him I’d be happy if he’d promise to at least only celebrate the Jewish dates and not the non-Jewish dates. For you perhaps I should expect less and still be happy at least you keep more than a Half Shabbos. 😉 Obviously I’d expect much more from the Rosh Yeshiva’s einekel.

    But like “aquestioningjew”, all I did was being a questioning Jew by asking, specifically, “Isn’t it proper to first ask the question whether Yidden ought to…”; I didn’t present it as a legal fact.

    in reply to: The Shabbos Goy #1135028
    Joseph
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    My Shabbos Goy moved and I’m looking for a replacement.

    in reply to: Born with a silver spoon in mouth #1135009
    Joseph
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    Queen: What is the em referring to – money?

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174172
    Joseph
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    A beautiful gift would be an oversized Tehilim that you can both look into together on your anniversary, and pray from together with your spouse on your anniversary to beseech Hashem for everything you need.

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174170
    Joseph
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    Why do you “recognize” the non-Jewish date to celebrate when you can celebrate the anniversary on the Jewish date?

    in reply to: anniversary outing #1174168
    Joseph
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    At least promise me that you will only celebrate on the Jewish date and not on the non-Jewish date.

    in reply to: Replacement idiom for "when the fat lady sings" #1134872
    Joseph
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    Women may wear non-tznius clothing at the pool, by ones spouse or in front of other women-only, with no men present, too.

    You responded “Not true” to the comment that “Singing ladies aren’t tznius”. On that basis you should be claiming “Not true” to a comment that wearing immodest clothing isn’t tzniusdik.

    in reply to: Replacement idiom for "when the fat lady sings" #1134870
    Joseph
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    Singing ladies aren’t tznius

    Not true. You may not be able to listen to them, but they are free to sing in places where there is a reasonable expectation that men will not hear them.

    That’s like claiming a sleeveless gown is tznius… so long as no man sees it.

    in reply to: Replacement idiom for "when the fat lady sings" #1134867
    Joseph
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    They have an opera?

    in reply to: MAZEL TOV: YWN CR Reaches 400,000 Comments #1137024
    Joseph
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    Because he didn’t count any of my posts for his calculation.

    in reply to: Replacement idiom for "when the fat lady sings" #1134864
    Joseph
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    why do we want to replace the fat lady?

    See my second post on top.

    in reply to: Born with a silver spoon in mouth #1135006
    Joseph
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    I’d recommend going for the gold.

    in reply to: Rechnitz Speech in Lakewood #1137931
    Joseph
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    If the school has a no internet at home rule must they also have rules outlawing kids from homes where the parents talk during davening in shul or dress less than tznius outside?

    in reply to: Rechnitz Speech in Lakewood #1137930
    Joseph
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    The kid whose father has netflix might be watching netflix when popa’s not home, while the kid whose father doesn’t report his off-the-books cash business is less affected by his father’s misdeed, even assuming he knows anything about it.

    in reply to: 300,000 Comments In The Coffee Room #1139333
    Joseph
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    Oh, no, I think we need back all our old beis yaakov maidels to get anywhere close to getting it done that fast! Where did they all run off to over the last few years? In the alte teigen they were causing threads to go to a new page every 30 minutes.

    in reply to: 300,000 Comments In The Coffee Room #1139331
    Joseph
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    Okay, rub it in. 😉

    We should still hit 600,000 this month, methinks.

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