This has a large amount of bitachon involved here. Someone who is doing his histadlus and working hard and still has a hard time making a parnassa. I was just reading a story to my kids that I had found very relavent to this topic. It in a treasury of sephardic bedtime stories by Shmuel Blitz and Rabbi David Suttton. This story illustrates so well of our need for Bitachon in Hakodesh B’Hu.Rabbi Yaakob Ades told it to his son Yehudah. Once there was a man named Moussa who worked very hard digging ditches. Every day while at work, he say a shephered bring his sheep to graze nearby, and he noticed everyday that one lamb who wander alone and never came back. He wondered what happened to the lambs and decided to follow one. He followed one and it went deeper into the forest. The lamb walked toward’s a cave and then entered. Inside was a sickly old bear who could hardly move. The lamb walked up to the bear and became his meal. Moussa realized that Hashem wanted this bear to stay alive and everyday He sent a lamb to the bear. All day Moussa thought about this that if Hashem could take care of this bear and keep it well fed, surely, If I fully trust in Hashem, He will also take care of me.

The next day, he decided to go the bet midrash and study Torah the whole day. He came home with no money and explained what happen with the bear. His wife thought he was crazy and took him to see the rabbi the next morninig. He remained calm and said

He who takes care of and feeds the bear will also take care of us. The wife told the rabbi and the rabbi tried to reason with him. Seeing he could not succeed with him, he told the wife to sell all her husbands tool’s to feed the family. So she went to a local arab and sold the tool’s and even the trusted donkey that used to bring Moussa back and forth to work.

The Arab took the donkey with him to the forest. While walking, he saw something hidden next to a tree. He found a chest of gold.

On his way home, he was killed when branch fell on his head killing him instantly. The donkey knowing only one way to go home, returned to his old master with the tresure on it’s back. When Moussa and his wife, found the treasure, Moussa said do you not see, He who takes care of and feeds the bear can also take care of us.

Okay, so everyone is taking about on this thread on being able to earn a living. but what it all comes down to in the end is if someone has faith in Hashem. Right now the economy is crumbling and I truly believe it will not recover. Hashem is trying to show us that basically NOTHING is secure anymore in this life accept our FAITH in Hashem. He wants us to trust him.

when your kids come home from school and say “oh no, mom’s in the coffee room again!!??”

lakewood house wife, sounds good, you can also use the black beans as a substitute for the ground meat and use all the other filling as you suggested and keep it parve, by using tofutti sour cream.

Hi, this is your new president, all white people report to the plantation, Monday morning….

How about Tacos with guacamole and a salad. Since meat is getting scarce,(just went shopping) try ground chicken or turkey, just saute a chopped onion, add the ground meat, and the taco seasoning. Another idea is make your own falafel sandwich night. I place lettuce, pickles, tomatoes,cucumbers, tehina, saurkraut, and falafal balls and pita bread on their own plates and self serve. I agree as to not making a meat meal on Thursday, so close to Shabbos. And noitallmr, Chulent on thursday night, is not the same as Chulent for Shabbos lunch.

This thread was about shoes. How in the world did we get in to a discussion on Unions?? I know, blame Walmart!!!! LOL. Okay, so back to the topic of shoes, like I mentioned in earlier posts, there are TONS and I mean TONS of shoe stores on Kingshwy in Brooklyn between the streets of East 9th street and East 15th street. I forgot to mention a few more in that area. Shoe Warehouse, Sandal Rouge, Beverly Boutique has a shoe Department. Zena shoe’s (also has children’s shoes) There is also a Payless and a Fabco(right next to a Steve Madden, yeah 3 shoe stores in a row) So come into Brooklyn for the day and park someplace close with no meter and walk a few blocks or take the B express(doesn’t run on weekends)or the Q local to the Kings Highway station. I suggest try praying that you should be Matzliach and find something reasonable and nice, with Hashem’s help. With stores in the area in all price ranges, you should be able to find something.

I have been seeing this make the rounds. Well my dear brothers and sisters, when are you going to Eretz Yisrael? Thank you America, You were a great while this lasted and we appreciate all you have and thank Hashem for you , but it’s time for us to go home.

Also, try Shoebuy.com (free shipping and return shipping) and overstock.com has shoes alot cheaper then other shoe websites- their shipping is $2.95, but there is no free return shipping.

On Kings Highway Between East 9th street and East 14th street,in Brooklyn, Like I said there are TONS of shoe stores. there is a Nine West Outlet, Tsakris Malis,Chuckie’s(VERY expensive, I don’t walk in there though but I put it in to show how many stores there are in a 5 block radius) ShoeLaces, Shoe Box, Enyzme Shoe Lab, Foxes, david z., Steve Madden, and another one I don’t know the name of and there is an Annie Sez (BTW) you can go on their website and print out a 20% coupon. Hope this was helpful.

If you do buy anything, just let us know what store helped you find what you were looking for.

Unfortunately, never was there.

Eliezer and Bogen, you are one hundred percent correct. The writing is in on the wall. I think the welcome mat is going to be pulled from under us.

so after you have read them, can you please post them? Thanks

Hagaon HaTzadik, Sholom Shvadron ZT’l tells of a true story that happened to him. He wished it were not true. @5 years ago, a girl came to his house to speak to his wife for 4 hours.

while he was sitting and learning, he thought someone that is speaking for 4 hours must need a drink. He told his wife, that “maybe you should give her something to drink and eat?” The girl heard him and said it was not neccessary, thatshe was going home to eat and drink at her home. When she said that, he realized that is girl was married and has a husband. So why does she look like a girl?? Do you think it is funny?? it is not funny, they want to look like unattached women. This wanting is treife, unfit, unkosher.

He goes on to say that, in regards to the sotah, “And let him uncover the head of the woman” A woman that is unfaithful to her husband is disgraced. They disgrace her by removing her hair covering and now women want to look like a Sotah??!! She wants to look like a girl that is unmarried and unavailable? A woman that wears a wig, it’s as if she in not covering her hair?? A woman who wears a wig has no holiness. Who gave permission for women to wear wigs?? To wear a wig that looks better than her own hair and doesn’t even look like a wig?? 24 Poskei Hador in Israel prohibt the wearing of wigs. His grandfather ruled that Divrei Torah or even a blessing can not be said in front of women who wear wigs. The only way to say Divrei Torah or say a blessing in such a situation is if someone dloses his eyes.

Women with wigs, who light candles friday night, that make request for help from Hashem, Oy Gevald, she is praying to Hashem. A person who does not listen to Torah Scholars, his prayers are considered an abomation. Hashem will not listen to these prayers. In this black epidemic R’L, who knows what punishment is knocking on our doors!! Hashem have mercy on us!!

Note: these are words from tzadikim, if you have an issue, speak to your Rav about how he feels about wigs.

Why Am yisrael is suffering so much illness and lack of livelihood, orphans R’L.

Rabbi Ovadya Yosef shilta, has said, regarding wigs, 200 years ago,Rabbi Pinchas Levy Horwitz ZTL, took out a sefer torah, and with 2 talmadei chachmain dayanim.,placed a complete Cherem, on any woman that wears a wig in public. He said on the Sefer Torah, that any woman who wears a wig, will receive the highest ecclesiastical censure.

The reason a wig is prohibted is because it is immodest, doesn’t matter wear it comes from, it remains immodest.

The Vilna Gaon, Chasam Sofer,Rabbi Avraham Palaggi, ZT’L and various other Gaonim prohibted women from wearing wigs.

The Gaon Vosner, Shilta, in his sefer,wrote that any form of wearing a wig is prohibted. Every woman that wished to have sons to be tzadikkim, should remain modest. The biggest problem nowadays is that women think it is allowed and deny the Tzadik’s cherem. Those that make fun of women who are modest and wear kerchiefs, their sin is very great, woe to them.

If a woman want to wear a kerchief and her husband does not let her, he is considered a wicked man, someone that causes other to sin. His Torah is invalid, All his deeds are corrupt.

If we don’t believe our Rabonimm and Poskim that wigs are Prohibted, who are we going to believe?

If you mean frumpy by those “down to the floor skirts”, some consider those immodest because they attract attention being that they are so long.

Halavai your words were written so nicely put and so beautifully.

small town girl, you are contradicting yourself when you say you don’t wear a wig for Hashem or to bring Moshiach, but for yourself because it is a mitzvah. That means you are doing it for Hashem, because He is the the one who gave you that mitzvah in the first place. If He didn’t command it, you wouldn’t do it. I read somewhere of a dream a woman had and they told her in her dream that Moshiach was being held back because women wear wigs and even though some Rabonimm gave the okay, a woman will still be responible, even though she davened and was a perfect tzadakess. I have given that website in a previous post. I had written another post with then name of that story, but it was edited by YWN. Also, you say you are doing it because of the mitzvah, the whole point of the Torah is to come to the realization of Moshiach and that Hashem is the true creator of the world. To fear Hashem is the ultimate thing. It seems you care more about what others think of you in how you dress, then what Hashem really wants from us. If something like this is holding back the Moshiach, then I say Rabonnim, bring on that takanah!! Don’t you want Moshiach? All the problems the whole world is going through, we have a chance to resolve it peacefully and do teshuvah. That window to do teshuva before Moshaiach comes will be very small. The economy has not even hit rockbottom yet. Hashem is showing us that nothing in this world is stable except for the belief in Hashem. I guess I am very worried about the world situation and I DO want to help bring Moshaich easily. I am praying that Hashem should not harm not even one Jew, religous or not. And that we all unite and come to do teshuva together while it is still peacefull and not while we are forced to do teshuva

Also, I read somewhere, that women started wearing wigs 60 years ago, because they were prohibted from wearing hats. Those wigs did not look anything we have nowadays. I don’t think that if those Rabonnim that gave permission back then on wigs, if they saw the wigs some Jewish women wear today, for sure they would forbid it. Like a said the Yetzer Hara came in and messed us up. And the fact that some women are saying that there own hair is ugly and of course would want to cover it up with an attractive wig.

Oomiss, why do you think dressing completely be’tzinus = being dowdy. Who has told you, that you have to look ugly out in public?? Who said single girls have to look dowdy, unless you think a skirt below the knees and a covering neckline and sleeves to the wrists is dowdy. Do you wear straight skirts that barely cover the knees that when you sit the skirt rides up?? When I go shopping for skirts, I take the sitting challange. If they show my knees, they go back to the rack. If I have to keep pulling the skirt down because it rides up, it goes back on the rack. Or do you check that your elbow sleeves doesn’t reveal the above the elbows as you reach for something. I have very stylish friends who only wear scarves, They wears Coach scarves,Channel & Gucci. I have seen many other women dress completely b’tzinus and look fine. They wear their beautiful scarves so tastefully, it looks like a crown on their heads. About the work force, I am not critizing them, They work very hard. I gave an example. But they and you have to realize who we are dressing for. Hashem, the King of all Kings!!! Not our bosses, not for a wedding or party. We are Daughters of the King. We are responible to dress modestly AND look nice, as long as it is the guidelines of tzinus. When someone dresses nicely AND b’tzinus, it is a Kiddush Hashem. When someone dresses like a shlump,it is not a kiddush Hashem. It IS possible to dress sharp and do it modestly.

I learned in a class that a man has his torah learning to earn Olam Habah, but then what of a woman who is not obligated to learn torah, how does she earn Olam Habah, what is her equlivant to torah learning?? It is to dress modestly. (also encouraging her husband and sons to go learn)

All I am saying is I think that because we were redeemed from Miztrayim because of the Tzyinus of women, and we’re still waiting for him.

Thank you Joseph for your compliment, when I saw this thread, I had to to comment. And the Bogen, just google “dreaming of moshiach” and you will see this Blogsite. I just happen to stumble upon it last night. There are many intresting things to read here.

Don’t let them on the computer.