Interesting it is a mechila for misjudging and hurting someone anonymous who surely felt hurt but is not affected directly anyways for those who did not see the “happy ending” could someone provide a link to the mods apology please?

Strengthening shmiras shabbos, l’phi the Chofetz Chaim

gefen:if you’re in shul and not davening that’s ok too? does that count as if you davened with a minyan?

actually even if the tenth man is sleeping he still counts in the minyan.

BTguy: There is a book which refutes the idea that the hippie 60’s was really responsible for a number of the positives that you mention, Closing of the American Mind by A. Bloom. But the possibility of widening ones horizons and ideas is certainly a good thing ESPECIALLY for the majority of non frum Jews to consider the error of their ways.

Goq: If marriage is the “preferred l/s” and you truly want to be the best you can, daven to turn it around and get on with it, you sort of sound like you are afraid to believe yourself capable of it, if so then look to one you see as more capable and maybe you can surpass him?

Rav Shimshon Pincus brings a comparison; a poor man asks a rich man for a gift and he says no, he asks again and he says no, the rich man has shown that he does not want to give the gift, asking a third and fourth time will not only not help it might make it worse, but by Hashem it is completely different he wants the best for us always, only there is some reason He does not grant it yet, asking again and again is actually very pleasing to Him, and shows the individual knows the “right address” to find the answer.

There are instructional material online OU ChofK and Star-K sites and Chof K put out a color pamphlet with pics of thrips, leafminers, and aphids or just google those three to see pics online. Also Rav Vaye’s sefer has many photos and a guide to each type of fruit and veggie, very helpful.

dont overly judge on superficial status or whatever people judge on.

Rabbi D. Weinberger mentioned in a shiur on the topic the most important qualities to look for: good middos, easygoing, good heart, love of Torah, satisfied with little(gashmius), diligence, straight thinker, looking to grow.

I was told to treat a non-halachic convert who showed up at a kiruv event just like anyone else and that the halachic reasoning is that they have already proven a certain level of sincerity in being willing to have themselves declared Jewish to the best of their knowledge at the time.

BTGuy: Feel for you, dating is an emotional roller coaster and you have to ride it out and hold on. IMO Hashem definitely does this for our good as the roller coaster of life after marriage is a lot steeper and deeper in every way. Think about it, parnassah, children, health, shalom bayis. Try to take the big overview and get past the pain and on to your bashert b’karov, a shidduch nachon l’shem ultiferes bitoch shaar penuyay Yisrael.

mommamia22 u r welcome.

cherrybim Actually, the thickness of the rolled up tarp is already more than a tefach

I believe the poskim bring a gemara against this since a roll is evidence that it is not an existing tent and are machmir but a partially unrolled is ok, if I have a chance to post the source later I will, if not u may want to check in MB chelek 3 simanim on ohel and binyan.

Bezalel: The geder is not giving hashgocha to restaurants open Shabbos and Yom Tov, and I am talking from experience that it is an issue Rabbonim are concerned about and most are currently holding strong on. As I said above even many non-Jewish owned kosher restaurants are closed on Shabbos.

Achilas keva is assur outside a sukkah and presumably the yom tov pleasure trip is to enhance the chag which should include achilas keva so therefore you need a sukkah.

The gem in BK 117a an incident with Rav Yochanan and Rav Kahane also may involve techiyas hamasim but it seems it was not thru a mofas but tefilla.

Reasons to say korbonos; a- instituted by Chazal ,

b- if one did not learn anything for the rest of the day it covers minimum chiyuv of chumash, mishna, gem.,

c – al pi Zohar it is the 1st of the 4 parts of shacharis that are kneged the guf, nefesh, ruach and neshama. (try getting thru the day with just a nefesh, ruach and neshama) on the other hand maybe not a bad idea that last one.

Look my mind is still open to Mr. Cain, but I want this country to remain a malchus shel chesed and unemployment benefits are to my mind a good thing in many ways, and not every person who loses his job is to blame for it. I do not think that realization is too high for a goy, not at all.

I often wonder… Why not ask the Administrator what is the break even point and what is the average family paying? Then you will know where you fall. A major large Yeshiva in Brooklyn published that info several years ago in the hope it would help with donations, I heard it didn’t.

I heard Rabbi Pesach Krohn say a Chazal that a man being m’farnais his family is like he is going through tzar laida 24/6. Does anyone know the source because it has been giving me chizuk since I heard this 2 or so years ago (although my wife has not been so misratzeh with it) on the other hand she doesn’t work, at the moment she’s looking (it’s been a long moment btw so far about 18 years), but if true then soliek’s opening comparison of the two klalos is more than valid because in one way the man’s is much more intense!!

TAP and Pell can be used with Touro Israel or Skokie (Seminary) and your daughter will come back with up to 55 transferable college credits. Many but not all sems participate.

I don’t mean to belittle you or your daughter’s homesickness at all but if you are paying 21k it means you don’t qualify for TAP, Pell, Massa, BY scholarship money, all of which basically brings down the price by half, which means you can probably afford to pop over and visit Chanukah time, bring her back for Pesach, which means she should really get over it how long is it going to be before she sees Mommy and Tatty, already? Again please be mochail but we all need to understand the culture we are raising our kids in and what the mussar avicha v’toras imecha calls upon us to do. And maybe considering the Sems mentioned above is called for on your part and not calling for inventing a so called top-line new sem.

My wife is making me crazy with her weight-loss schemes, I checked five stores already and I can’t find any diet water!

We had one who (we later realized) made a long distance call the minute we left and stayed on the line until we returned. At the end of the month we got the bill and that was goodbye, though today if one had an unimited call deal I guess that could be worked out.

We had success with Dr. Sagie’s method. He comes here once or twice a year and has an initial session then conducts the therapy by phone. There is a significant requirement for parents to be involved nightly, at least at the beginning. To us it worked, and there was no strangeness about it, just quite chachmadik in my opinion. He believes the problem is not emotional or mental at all in most cases but has to do with a tendency to deep sleep and is probably genetic. Google him. Good Luck and refuah shleima and mazel tov!!