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How would you feel if a guy wore a toupee to mask his baldness?
RABBAIM, I actually meant to say the opposite, I guess I was concise but not clear. There are lots of good Yeshiva boys. My nighbor is a Rebbi/Menahel. He asked if we could host a few Bochurim over Shabbos. We had to be out of town that Shabbos. My wife told his wife to keep that in mind. When we came back Motzi Shabbos, the house was as we left it plus a box of chocolates (either from them or the Rebbi’s family) with a thank you note. The point is there are good and bad. Alcohol has crept into Yeshivas. It needs to be controlled.
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RABBAIM: it is certainly not going to increase Kavod HaTorah if some Baal habatim, their wives and kal vachomer their daughters witness the scene as they leave for shule.
Maybe then our daughters will go for more mentchlich person, even if he is not cut out for learning, than a learning guy who drinks too much too often.
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“If most people aren’t paying attention anyways, so why do you care if their way of not paying attention is by learning.”
So let’s get rid of C”H and while we’re at it, most people don’t like Tachnun either.
[For my true opinion, see my previous post.]
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Rav Moshe did not learn during Chazaras Hashatz or Kabalas Shabbos. The Satmar Rav would walk up and down his Bais Medrash closing seforim during C.H. Why does a person think he is holier because he has a sefer open? I would bet that the Ramban or the Ari-Zal etc. would not want someone learning their seforim during those time.
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I see everyone here assumes male-female contact. There is another negia issue. Why don’t Kohanim go to cemeteries/levayos/etc.? To avoid becoming Tomai. So if the rest of us are Tomai Mes, then how can any of us shake the hand of a Kohain?
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I’m not a huge baseball follower, so I could be wrong, but I think the Expos moved to Washington DC and are now the Washington Nationals.
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Nope. Device must be in hand to text. That may change in the near future when one should be able to dictate to the phone with nearly 100% accuracy.
[A smart question gets a smart answer!]
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I am not one and I am personally against it, but I don’t say anything because it has become somewhat of a Minhag. Today, I got my enjoyment as the Baal Koreh was a Yemenite (in a Yeshivish/Chasidish shul) so no one knew how to “kaeylah”.
If they really follow what this “scholar” says in the Haaretz rag, there would have to be a Gerrer Kesuba that leaves out the “Onah” section from Sher Ksus V’Onah. I’ve been to Gerrer weddings and they didn’t have a special Kesuba.
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AAARRRGGGHH!! the market is flooded with clueless riffraff!
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It’s brought down that one who eats from what a mouse (or weasel?) left over (Shirayim of the mouse) causes him to forget his learning. So the concept is deduced from there that one who eats what a Tzadik leaves over should have a positive effect on his learning, yiras shomayim, etc.
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Kollel is for people who can do it, which is much less than the amount of people enlisted in Kollel. I learned in Kollel for a year. Learning before working will prepare you for “derech eretz.” Some people probably need more prep. so they should stay longer — they are the ones who need to train in the other kind of derech eretz — bain adam lachavairo.
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klei kodesh: those who teach Torah or learn in kollel, I assume. I guess that makes me a kli tomay, hence my shaved face.
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Or how do you spell ????? in English (Chanuka/Hanukka/Hanukah/…)
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Excellent! I think they should merge (the clubs’ laws) in that one may only drink if they share a chiddush!
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passfan, in your case it’s the pot smoker saying that cigarettes are bad.
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Why are you complaining? You have a problem with YBC going on a morning show on TV? If that’s where you “set the bar” why do you even watch TV?
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Recently, my sons’ school had “meet the teacher” night, so in my second grader’s class, I ended up sitting in the back of the class. For some reason, I had the urge to launch spitballs, when she started writing on the board. I never did / thought of doing this sort of thing when I was in school. Makes me wonder….
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Is Joe Thurm still Vice Chair of CIS?
BaalSechel: whether RedSock is right or wrong, you crossed the line when you cursed him/her. Why don’t you try to live up to your username.
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Gevald! Lichoirah, I’ve never been Yeshivish! I wore colored shirts during my Bochurish Yuhrin, never ate Thursday night chulent until a couple years ago (I’m out of Yeshiva for Kimat 10 years).
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Sometimes I wonder am I talking to myself, or am I ranting at the computer about the computer? I usually don’t talk to myself or the computer when it’s not in front of me. That goes into the geder of rechilus.
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a sleeping person? What is your source?
First of all, any shul I ever davened in, has both Nusach Sfard and Nusach Ashkenaz. Some even had different flavors of Sfardi. Second, as a part of the tzibur, the individual should follow the nusach of the shul. I bring my own during the week and for the parts said out loud I follow the tzibur.
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Simcha that comes through alcohol use is ‘fake.’ Alcohol in moderation can be used to enhance a Simcha. It should not be the subject of the Simcha. The only alcohol I had was what I made Kiddush on + 1/2 shot of scotch, which was BTW after gevaldige hakafos. My Simcha came from singing and dancing.
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Mazel TOv!
WAIT A MINUTE! Doesn’t a boy make you an uncle? 🙂
How come no one came up with that one yet?
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In 11th grade English, our teacher had “commercial breaks” where he would hand out some cute/obscure fact or activity. Sudoku sounds like a good idea.
Goq, it’s missing one ‘ah’ to be stayin alive
all puns intended
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…because a 17yo Yeshiva Boy who has been sheltered all his life doesn’t know.
First of all, your “friend” committed the first offense by forwarding it to you. Second, it’s not exactly avoda zara, but may fall under the category of lo senachashu (I think).
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..so you must be a Bostoner Chusid, Rav Meir’s I presume (as opposed to Rav Pichos –Boro Park or Rav Naftali — Har Nof)? See now I know why I didn’t get any, because I am closer to Ger than Boston. My grandparents (and my brother) are shtarker Gerrer Chassidim, while it’s my father-in-law who is Bostoner.
Ksiva VChasima Tova to all
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Here’s a good case: I travel far for my job. I wake up early and daven close to my office (near Yehupitzville, Long Island). Sometimes there may be traffic along the way, which means I’ll have to start before entering shul.
Another possibility: He davens nusach Sefard and is going to an Ashkenaz minyan, so he’s saying the additional tefillos that Ashkenaz does not say, whether in korbanos or the beginning of P’sukei D’zimra.
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This time do a candy platter. Over Shabbos, take note of things that they may like, for example I found out that my inlaws like the “Bartenura Blue Bottle” of wine, so the next time I came, that’s what I brought.
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In my Yeshiva days
Vehamaivin Yavin
Vehamaskil yaskil
Shaffen Hausen!
If you get the 3rd one, either we know eachother or have mutual friends 🙂
Is Young Israel considered MO?
bomb, i’m afraid 1337 it’s too geeky for the CR.
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MiddlePath, probably not the kind of architect you’re thinking of.
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Analyst, developer, architect.
Put ???? ???? ???? ?????? in large letters across your tallis.
I live in Flatbush. Last Shabbos I was in Boro Park. Many people (shtreimeled and not) greeted me with “Good Shabbos” many of them were Makdim while others returned my greeting. TIMES ARE CHANGING FOR THE BETTER!
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So perhaps Rechilus is more accurate. I fail to see the “tikun olam” unless you went over to the perpetrator and told them what was wrong and how to fix it.
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WIY: Here’s a thought- instead of being Motzi Shem Ra here, you should go over to the offending party and point out what they’re doing is wrong.
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Lancaster is pretty far from Sesame Place (Langhorne).
Kshmo: HELLOOOOO!!!! It’s a trick question. The right answer is that she calls/faxes/emails in the order! CH”V she should go out shopping!! 🙂
Seriously, I can’t figure it out either. I hope my opening comment here is NOT true.
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on the ball: Is that why Yom Kippur is called Shabbos Shabboson? Chilul Yom Kippur is not capital? Or is Misa Bidai Shomayim not as bad as Misas Beis Din?
Dr. Pepper, many Rabonim think that every person should be involved in making shidduchim. One of the first questions a person is asked after 120 “Asakta Bepirya Verivya?” refers exactly to this.
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Hmmm, this one reminds me of the time when one of our (not so frum) teachers tried to convince us that Shabbos is holier than Yom Kippur!!
not necessarily, My inlaws have a breakfront a large curio and a smaller one.
(Next time make sure you do a spell and grammar check)