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oomis, If that was truly the case, it should have been worded that way. Runny noses seems benign compared to “prone to illness” or “history of allergies.” My wife is allergic to certain food types and only one of my children has allergies that are mostly unrelated to hers.
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I heard that you should have in mind yourself or someone who needs a shidduch when saying Kiddush Levana. This was at a Shavuos night shiur given by Harav Laibel Katz. His source was a sefer written by the Steipler or one of his sons, if I recall correctly.
A Rov at a shiur recently said he heard the following: “I hear the boy’s siblings have runny noses. I don’t want……”
I didn’t know that runny noses was hereditary. Should Dor Yeshorim be testing for this? 🙂
I recently heard a shiur by a famous Rov from NY. He was expressing ideas on mitigating the Shidduch Crisis. One idea was, with permission of the Rabonim of the neighborhood/community (he expressed this factor a few times) someone sponsor a shiur in their home, where someone says Divrei Torah, invite (older) single men and women. Afterward there will be “facilitators” to (intelligently) set up matches.
From this I see a few things: 1. approval of the local rabonim 2. meeting that involves divrei torah 3. controlled environment. He had a few other interesting ideas as well.
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Good one squeak!
My BC and other docs have my transliterated Hebrew name: Yosef. Where I work, I tell people they can call me “Yossi” figuring that it’s easier than Yosef and anyway, that’s what e/o else calls me. My name has been pronounced YO see, YO she, YAH see…
I’ve worked with an offshore contact by the name “Sheetal.” Perhaps her hair was used in some wigs around town. 😉
Helpful, I’d like you to explain that to two groups of people: 1) People who are our liaisons to our gov’t and gov’ts around the world and 2) People who needed and / or benefitted because of members of group 1.
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One must admit that there is a huge difference between what the United States calls education and the “education” that was forced on the Volozin Yeshiva.
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You’re missing the point: Hachana for Tefilah – mentally prepare yourself to daven.
Young Israel has to be orthodox. To me, that means when I travel out of town, I know that I can daven there as opposed to Jewish Center which tend to be conservative.
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Sunday night is not for Shabbos leftovers! For many people, there is enough time on Sunday to prepare a meal. Now other nights of the week when there is less time to prepare, we may have of the leftovers if it is not unappealing. I myself eat leftover chulent for lunch on Mondays. I am married, have children and in my 30’s. I noticed my stomach is not as strong as it used to be so Monday afternoon chulent may stop sooner than I anticpate. On the other hand, you increase the strength of a muscle by exercising it. I’ll decide when the time gets closer.
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Q.#3 implies that wearing a robe means she is not dressed.
I heard a shiur a number of years ago from a known Posek in New York who said it’s nonsense. Same thing about “stepping over” somebody.
Who is the head Counselor these days?
I was there around 15 years ago as a staff member and I had a wonderful time.
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The sources of the parodies are on the CD insert.
It is amar lay [sic] -> it’s a braisa, I think, Bar Hay Hay says to Hillel, in the mishna, it says “l’himanos” It should have said “l’himalos” …..
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Reminds me of a blog I read often where many people try to be the first to comment by posting “frist” (as opposed to “first” ?)meaning they were the first to comment. Occasionally, someone would call them out as being trolls.
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stage freight: that would include props, lighting etc.
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getzel1: that sounds like an Oligarchy, which may or may not be appropriate for the Lakewood community. I don’t want to pass judgement since I don’t live in the area. I just wanted a little clarification of the terms.
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By “have a say” do you mean final arbiter (as in everyone must vote _____)?
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I heard it has to be 40 consecutive days. I also heard that you should say it for someone else (and they say it for you) following the principle of you and someone else needing the same thing and you daven for them, you get answered as well.
That’s just what I heard.
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emoticon, I live in Brooklyn and grew up near Boro Park and I don’t know what YCT or Maharts are, would someone please explain?
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I’m not a lawyer and I don’t want to put words in squeak’s mouth. My interpretation is that members of Congress (State and House) should be subject to the laws and bills they pass that we must follow.
COUNT ME IN!!!
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I started when I was 17. Gave religiously. Then someone in Yeshiva put me on his donor list. I forget whether it was for Chai Lifeline or Bikur CHolim…When someone needed blood he would send 2 or 3 guys to which ever hospital it was (usually NYU, sometimes Mt. Sinai) and we gave for a specific CHoleh. Once I got married and started working I “slacked off” a bit because of my schedule. I have gone to some local blood drives. Then they arranged a blood drive at work (for NY Blood Center). I asked my Rov if I can give. He said it was OK. I think it’s a Kiddush Hashem for people out on Long Island to see a frumme yid giving blood. I have given platelets for specific cancer patients (through a Chai Lifeline “agent”). My only issue is that it is time consuming (1.5 – 2 hours vs. 20 – 30 min. for whole blood).
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shlomozalman: Perhaps 30 years ago that would be accurate. In reality, some of those are wrong.
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Wolf: Actually #3, all strict followers of Rav Moshe listen up: Rav Moshe Feinstein felt that they are mezalzel Shabbos. The quote that I heard from one of his close talmidim is that one can run an entire business on Timers. THat’s why he permitted its use only to control lights.
THAT BEING SAID, the Lord gave us a brain/technology to be used. The gemara mentions in Chulin about various foods that are assur, to which Hashem created a kosher item that tastes just like it. So if we find an honest way “around” things, it is our duty to publicize it.
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Get a can of compressed air and blow out the stuff between the keys. You can get those in a computer supply store. Another idea is to sell the keyboard and mouse with the chometz and get a (cheap) keyboard just for pesach use.
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80: I guess you’re a “Baal Teshuva” like me, I used to watch tv, so I know what you’re talking about.
So, you want a picture, let me draw you a picture……
oomis, I thought of that. One of the reasons I used XYZ in the post.
So this kid is stopping traffic in flatbush on East 27 street, (stands in front of your vehicle so you can’t proceed). I can tell he’s under the influence. I roll down my window and he says “Chayav Inish Livsumi” he probably wanted to say “Kol haposhet yad nosnim lo” He continued to say that he’s from Yeshiva XYZ…. so I gave him a small amount. I’m not a rich guy, I don’t drive a BMW/Lexus/Infiniti/etc. So he didn’t like the amount I gave so he throws it back at my 7 year old son behind me and says “Here’s shalach manos for your son” …meanwhile there are cars behind me honking their horns…. My father taught me that one should not curse (I don’t mean th filthy-mouth kind) so let me spin it this way: He should work an honest day in his life trying to support a family and understand my position.
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oomis, I saw that in a daily Halacha digest that I received this morning.
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Mordechai Shmutter has an excellent theme: what’s on sale at the kosher-super-store!
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This morning I had a short conversation with a less affiliated “brother” We were talking about Purim and the weather. He said his mother says that the weather on holidays G-d doesn’t give us bad weather. So I mentioned about spending Purims in the past with snow coming down. He replied that maybe she meant High Holidays. But I say isn’t Purim a High Holiday? (puns intended!)
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If I produced fortune cookies, I think I’d make a separate run (and market it to fancy restaurants) for “serious dates.” They will contain messages similar to the ones tomim tihye got. Discretion will have to be with the server/maitre de etc.
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Mine yingalach lernen in a bavooste yeshiva in fletbush. Ich bin tzufreeden az zei lernen toireh in yiddish, uber ich hub moireh az ven zei fangen uhn lernen gemureh, lernen zei nur in einglish. Nu, besser fin gurnisht.
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Bear, 2 questions:
Does “shidduch plumber” refer to those pants-skirt shadchunim?
Do I have permission to use the term “shidduch plumber?”
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How about Elmo, as a contraction of Eli(ezer/ahu etc.) Mo(she/rdechai etc.)
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If you find yourself constantly squinting, you should change the screen resolution to lower numbers. Changing the font size is application specific, so you’d have to do it to every application (Word, Excel, IE etc.) and it only changes the letter size. Screen resolution takes care of everything. The only downside is that you can fit less items on the screen.
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As far as commercial chulents go, Kold Kuts in Flatbush has the best. Their Galla is amazing!
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The key is to leave the traps in their path. How do you know their path? My brother-in-law’s parents were exterminators (they retired and sold the business). He basically told me that mice have no sphincters so whatever they eat goes through their system pretty quickly and you’ll see droppings almost on the spot. I bought 2 rat zappers when my apartment was having problems. All I did was put in batteries, set it in their suspected path. When the “mouse caught” light was blinking I turned the trap over into a bag and reset the zapper.
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GAW: I am only quoting what I heard at a shiur, which was cited from a Rishon (or Achron?)
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I am learning Shmuel A and the Maggid Shiur (Rav Aron Chaim Lapidoth) mentioned (I forgot the source) that the Navi calls Dovid before he was Melech as “Admoni” same adjective lehavdil to Eisav. He pointed out the contrasts between the two. THen he said that Dovid should have been Yaakov Avinu’s twin. In that case, Leah would have married Dovid. THat’s why she was crying so much.
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I disagree, Algebra and Geometry are used more than you think. Besides, how would you learn certain Gemaras and Tosfos in Sukka and Eruvin for example without knowledge of Geom. and Trig? Science certainly has practical real-world value e.g. how cleaning agents work, what happens if one were to mix ammonia and bleach. History can help one understand the viewpoint of a Rishon or Achron if you understand the time and environment they lived in. These are just a few examples off the top of my head.
At first, I’d say it should be a 2-way street however you bring up a point that the picture may cause too much prejudgment to take place and you are not giving the other person a fair chance.
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HaQer, that would be a great thing to do, if she can just tell the shadchan “you’re being very unreasonable, feif dich uhn” but I don’t want to think of the repercussions.
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Are you sure the animals won’t protest that you are saying THEIR shira?
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Ok, so you need a facility that can easily handle hundreds for a smaller Yeshiva, thousands for an established bigger Yeshiva. Need the ability to have a complete A/V solution that will not conk out in the middle. You need parking facility for all the attendees. Keep in mind that there will be some high profile guests, who you need to impress at some level (venue, number of attendees, quality of food served etc.). With every investment the committee expects a return. They need to choose those with the greatest returns based on the resources on hand. This is just off the top of my head and I never arranged one of these dinners.
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