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  • in reply to: Republicans Vs. Democrats #822496
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    Bill Clinton was much more pro-Israel than GHW Bush.

    Bill Clinton was much more pro-Israel than Bob Dole.

    lets take Hillary while we’re on the subject of the Clintons,

    she kissed Arafat’s wife (I really don’t understand how NY jews voted for her)

    Bottom line – know the candidate’s positions and don’t make any assumptions.

    correct, i’m just saying more jews are registered democrats than republicans and they have to fight to get every vote

    Welcome back anyway. I’m glad you let it go because the CR is a better place with you around.

    yes it is (and the moon isn’t even full) AWOOO! jk

    in reply to: Jokes #1201271
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    In the year 2010, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said: Once again the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me.

    Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing long with a few good humans.

    He gave Noah the blueprints, saying: You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start

    the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights.

    Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard – but no Ark.

    Noah! He roared, I’m about to start the rain! Where is the Ark ?

    Forgive me, Lord, begged Noah, but things have changed.

    I needed a building permit.

    I’ve been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system.

    My neighbors claim that I’ve violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision.

    Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark ‘s move to the sea.

    I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.

    Getting the wood was another problem. There’s a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl.

    I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls – but no go!

    When I started gathering the animals, an animal rights group sued me.

    They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will.

    They argued the accommodations were too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space.

    Then the EPA ruled that I couldn’t build the Ark until they’d conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.

    I’m still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I’m supposed to hire for my building crew.

    Immigration is checking the status of most of the people who want to work.

    The trade unions say I can’t use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience.

    To make matters worse, they seized all my assets, claiming I’m trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.

    So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this ark.

    Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky.

    Noah looked up in wonder and asked, ‘You mean you’re not going to destroy the world?’

    ‘No,’ said the Lord.

    ‘The government beat me to it.’

    in reply to: Jokes #1201268
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    i dont get it, is this a true case or a joke

    in reply to: Does a BTL help?? #700285
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    taken from wikianswers website (I’m actually trying to use my BTL to get into a masters program)

    Without going into the actually history of the two accrediting agencies, there are a few issues that should concern individuals when choosing between regionally and nationally accredited colleges and universities.

    For one, the regional accreditation standards are higher than that of the national accreditation agency. Thus, the regional accreditation is preferred by colleges and universities who wish to be recognized as institutions that possess excellence within higher education.

    Second is the issue of transferability of credits. Nationally accredited institutions typically accept credits from regionally accredited colleges and universities, where regionally accredited colleges and universities will not accept credits from nationally accredited institution. This means if you have a coursework and/or a degree from a nationally accredited institution, it would be like starting all over again should you decide to transfer to a regionally accredited school (which most all recognized colleges and universities are). This should also be a great concern should you plan on pursuing advance degrees (master’s, doctorate) at a later date. The degree from a nationally accredited school would not be recognized.

    Third, employers who are aware of the difference in regional and national accreditations may not recognize your education that was completed at a nationally accredited institution

    heres the website

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_nationally_and_regionally_accredited_schools

    in reply to: Is the CR bittul Torah? #699331
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    i heard if something is done l’toeles (sorry don’t remember where) then it’s not bittul torah and a person needs time to relax (in other words post on the cr)

    in reply to: Jokes #1201247
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    imanonov and shticky guy good ones, i just hope i won’t forget not to tell my wife 😉

    in reply to: Does a BTL help?? #700253
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    BTL stands for BaTul (just kidding)

    personally i got a BTL and i as i see more and more it doesn’t mean as much (a main problem is that yeshivos are accredited under AARTS which is a national acceptance (as opposed to regional which colleges accept)) therefore you have to apply for an exception which, i advise, go to a college that you know will accept it (exception or not)

    in reply to: Best Sukkah Stories………….. #698778
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    remind me that next year sister bear

    in reply to: Dental Insurance #698477
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    bcbs (blue cross blue shield)

    i also suggest googling it

    in reply to: Kollel Wives Who Spend Hours Traveling. #698288
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    Time to start some new affordable communities within shorter driving distance of available jobs and schools.

    good luck with that

    in reply to: shaving on motzai shabbos #698279
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    That’s another pet peeve. He had 3 days, including Motzai Shabbos, to ask his Rav.Why do people persist in asking for piskei tshuva from anonymous posts on the internet?

    If he has no Rav, there are any number of legitamite, frum websites with identified, verifiable poskim ready and willing to answer his question.

    well if you’re wording it that way you’re 100% correct it’s a shame a lot of people don’t have a Rav these days

    in reply to: Rubashkin, November 2nd Election #698397
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    sounds like a stunt

    in reply to: shaving on motzai shabbos #698274
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    With all due respect, where do people come up with these ideas?

    whenever someone says that they don’t really mean to show respect

    1. it’s no longer shabbos

    and therefore, what? there is an inyan of showing kavod to shabbos

    and 2. why shaving? why not going online to ask that question?

    b/c there is nothing wrong with asking a shayloh thats like saying you cant ask a shayloh on friday about cutting nails (the shulchan aruch says you shouldn’t cut them three days before)

    in reply to: Kollel Wives Who Spend Hours Traveling. #698283
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    lol

    what about shabbos? (i’m guessing they live close to BMG so therefore shabbos davening would be there)

    secondly, as popa easily pointed out, the pricing.

    in reply to: Minhug Chasidus (Davening Late, Mikvah, Tish, etc.) #698484
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    Is this in reference to something

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094369
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    The Mechaber in Kesef Mishna, Hilchos Mamrim 2:1 writes:

    Amorim can’t dispute Tannaim, and later generations can’t dispute Amorim because the Amorim accepted the authority of the Tannaim, and the later generations accepted the authority of the Tannaim.

    The Chazon Ish says that such acceptance is an acknowledgement that the earlier generations are more correct since they are wiser and closer to Sinai. (Chazon Ish, Letters 2:24) And the Maharal (Beer Hagolah 6) says that the Amoraim recognized their inferior state in relationship to the Tannaim and therefore didn’t argue with them.

    It seems like R. Ovadia argues with this

    we can say 1 of 3 things

    1)You don’t understand R. Ovadia correctly

    2) R. Ovadia doesn’t hold like this and therefore each is somech on who they hold like, but to say that the people who follow poskim are ignorant is wrong.

    3)we dont understand the mechaber correctly

    I personally would go like #1 or #2

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094362
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    ???? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ?????

    are you saying your a dayan?

    R’ Ovadia probably knows all of shas bal peh including rishonim and acharonim (i’ve heard he has photographic memory) therefore with all the knowledge he has he can pasken and he usually paskens like the SA or the Ben Ish Chai (he doesn’t say his own pshat)

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094360
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    No, it isn’t fundamental at all; in fact it isn’t true! Among the Ashkenazic Acharonim who have argued on Rishonim were the Magen Avraham, the Vilna Gaon and the Baal HaTanya.

    I don’t believe this to be true, do you have a source where they are arguing (also if it is, it’s possible that they are holding like a different rishon (as we see where an amora argues with a mefurash mishna and we say he’s going like this braisa etc.)

    And Rambam argued on everyone

    are you saying he argued with tannaim or amoraim that I for sure don’t agree with you on (my rosh hayeshiva is very big into the rambam and can explain to you every time you think that’s the case)Rishonim he can argue on b/c HE IS A RISHON

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094357
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    If one doesn’t know the sugya well enough he would have to be foolish and reckless to do so. If you want to know if you are a person who can learn through a sugya properly, find someone who knows shas and poskim and ask him if he thinks you are capable.

    and who says you know the sugya well enough

    Ayin Panim L’Torah. maybe, just maybe your learning wrong pshat (i’m sorry but I don’t think you know shas just from 1 sugya and therefore can’t paskin until you know shas at least (there can be someone that is choleik somewhere else)

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094353
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    You responded then that your rav/rebbe “disagree”, but never explained on what authority they so disagree.

    thank you Kasha i was going to ask that when i got a chance

    Obviously for someone who is ignorant these are worthy poskim to rely on, but I’d like to know what basis you have for assuming that they actually determine the halacha and not the gemara.

    are you saying that you are on the level of these poskim and that you know the gemara just as well if not better than these poskim?

    it seems like it from all your posts.

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094341
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    It’s halacha because the gemara says it

    I’m sorry we don’t follow halacha based on what the gemara says we follow it based on halacha (Rambam, SA, Tur, MB)

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094338
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    Agav, I disagree with you; if there is a halacha in the gemara that no one argues with, even if the SA doesn’t mention it, as a general rule every single rishon and acharon will tell you that it is the halacha and no one will argue on it.

    so your saying you know it’s a halacha b/c every single rishon or acharon says it’s halacha.

    Its only b/c the rishon or acharon says not b/c a tanna or amora said, it doesn’t need to be in the SA

    in reply to: Hat and Jacket Always #697054
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    well said aries,

    I wholly agree

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094336
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    yitayningwut,

    is your source a Gemara or a shulchan aruch, there are numerous gemaras where there is no machlokes (at least none that i know of) yet it’s not paskined

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094334
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    Ben Torah,

    doesn’t it seem strange to you though that Hashem allowed earlier generations to eat something unkosher. I don’t think Hashem would put it in the teva of the world that people would unknowingly eat tarfus even if it’s not classified tarfus unless you know it is.

    in reply to: Copepods in Boston tap water #1094309
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    Ben torah,

    I know the web sites, you haven’t answered my questions though

    2qwerty

    they use filtered water (dont use regular tap water)

    in reply to: Chol Hamoed Getaway #696877
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    thin, i think bp is from Boro Park (roshei teivos)

    in reply to: Baby Clothes #696253
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    wellinformedyid,

    what is your definition of “bummy” clothing

    (please dont say clothes that a “bum” wears b/c thats just putting the same word in the definition)

    in reply to: Baby Clothes #696251
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    Why is that bummy?

    idk, i’m just guessing.

    what else can it be, i dont think s/he is talking about onesies (can see the baby’s legs, oh no not tzniusdik)

    in reply to: Baby Clothes #696247
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    How does Baby clothig get bummy?

    well to name one it has stuff written on it (I got a shirt that says “if I don’t sleep nobody sleeps” or ap icture of a chipmunk that says chubby cheeks)

    in reply to: How do you put your children to sleep? #702339
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    sing to him!

    works for my baby

    any soft song will do (like hamalach hagoel, v’zakeinee)

    in reply to: Baby Clothes #696241
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    did you try Carter’s or Osh Gosh

    just to name a few

    in reply to: Short Skirts – No Excuses #696448
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    but you know what? I have a skirt. it is four inches below my knee. my sister thinks it’s too short. my mother thinks it’s fine. i wear it on shabbos. to shul. none of the women have ever told me anything. the rebbetzin has never told me anything, nor has she given me any looks when i go over to her to wish her good shabbos. i am complimented on this skirt.

    you know what? when it comes to tznius, ppl are on different levels. what some ppl see as short, others might think is ok. what some ppl see as tight, some might see as fine. when i look at someone, i don’t measure how long her skirt is. what hits me first is whether or not the whole outfit gives off a nice, put together, bais yaakov look (obviously, if i saw someone with a skirt that was so obviously too short, she would not fit in this category).

    Hashemlovesme, the big difference is you’re a girl it’s not supposed to be attractive to you it’s supposed to attract guys (basically i’m saying you can’t use your personal experience regarding yourself or any other girl for that matter you need a frum guy’s opinion (i don’t think a brother will do, they don’t look at their sisters attractively)

    in reply to: Burn a Koran Day #695980
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    just a side note:

    It’s a very bad idea to follow this “minhag” it conjurs up a feeling of sefarim burning by the same goyim

    just think how do you think you would feel if you saw a sefer torah being burnt

    in reply to: ??? ???? ?? ??? Whats the correct phrase? #694566
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    Lol!

    I was just talking about thus with my chavrusa, and we made a comment along the lines of oomis, what hashgacha pratis!

    in reply to: Swimming Pool in Flatbush / Boro Park #694511
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    I heard that there’s one by Shulamith but i think you need a membership

    in reply to: Thoughts on the Geulah #694080
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    pashuteh yid you know you have a week left.

    in reply to: Jokes #1201209
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    A duck walks into a bar and asks the bartender “do you have any crackers”. The bartender replies “no this is a bar, we only serve alcohol” the duck returns the next day and asks “do you have any crackers”. The bartender repeats himself and says “no this is a bar, we only serve alcohol” The duck comes in a third day and asks again “do you have any crackers”. The bartender angrily answers back “no we don’t have any crackers and if you ask the question one more time im going to nail your beak to the wall”. the duck leaves and comes back the next day and asks “do you have any nails”. To which the bartender replies “no” then the duck asks

    “do you have any crackers”.

    in reply to: Jokes #1201203
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    baron, I love that one

    you have just entered the blonde zone

    Three blondes are going to disneyland, they see a sign that says disneyland, exit left so they turn around and go home

    in reply to: Ground Zero Mosque #1096761
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    They have the same right as the rest of the religions in the world to build a place of worship.

    that’s true but they can build it someplace else.

    We are living in Galus and we do not have the right to run the world!

    noone is saying we are running the world we using our entitlement of free speech and this post is asking what are your views on the mosque

    in reply to: Ground Zero Mosque #1096752
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    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/17/ground-zero-church-archdiocese-says-officials-forgot/

    this project seems too pro-arab if you ask me and it doesn’t matter what we say about the mosque

    in reply to: Jokes #1201194
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    lol I think you should start a thread for corny puns only 😉

    That reminds me!

    who’s the father of all corny jokes?

    Popcorn!

    in reply to: Which Singers Are Your Top 3 Favorites, (list by order) #1109049
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    1) Yosef Karduner

    2) MBD

    3)Abie Rottenberg

    in reply to: Ground Zero Mosque #1096743
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    I’m joining the thread now too,

    Building there is simply in poor taste. Poor taste is not illegal in this country, as evidenced by the jokes that start to go around when there is an election.

    if were talking about legalities then it is also perfectly legal to carry guns

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States

    yet there are metal detectors in public places and they tell you you can’t have guns here

    I understand 1 is sensitivities and 1 is safety but were basically talking if it’s legal or not right?

    in reply to: Jokes #1201192
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    mbachur- lol I think you should start a thread for corny puns only 😉 but then it wouldn’t be used during pesach b/c it would be kitniyos at least over here it’s taarovos

    in reply to: Jokes #1201190
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    here’s another pun (sorry)

    once there was a tribal leader named Benny. Benny was appointed tribal leader because of his massive amount of facial hair.

    One day Benny is goiong for a walk with one of his advisors, and while on his walk the asks his advisors “you know this hair is starting to annoy me, what do you think should i shave it a little, no one would be able to tell” The advisor looks at him in shock and says “No, our legend states that if the tribal leader shaves his hair something really bad will happen to him, therefore no one in the past has done it before” Benny decides to do it anyway and all of a sudden he turns into a teapot.

    The moral of the story “A Benny shaved is a Benny urned”

    in reply to: Al Tarbe Sicha Im Haisha #695567
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    what’s the definition of “sicha” i don’t think if it’s l’toeles it applies

    in reply to: Al Tarbe Sicha Im Haisha #695558
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    And I happen to disagree with you very strongly. Every single person I know who has divorced after a short marriage has said to me that they did not feel they had nearly sufficient time to get to know the boy or girl, because the shidduch system pushed them along too quickly, and since everything looked good “on paper,” and the parents were eager for the learning boy or the girl with a good job,they took the chance. After they got married and realized what they really had gotten themselves into, they were very disillusioned by the reality of married life to someone about whom they really knew very little, other than the facts that were good on paper. The shidduch system as we know it is NOT working well at all. Never have there been so many single frum boys and girls. We do not live in the shtetl anymore, and what was accepted then is not acceptable to many now. Take off your rosy glasses and really look around at how many FRUM kids in their late twenties and thirties are not married.

    actually with my wife, just with my phone conversations the connections became greater, first when i was talking to her i had no connection then i felt i was talking to a friend and in the end i felt like she was my sister and the whole dating process took 2 nad a half months b/c i was from out of town, but i hear that in towners take two weeks so i agree for in towners it’s too fast but years is a stretch

    in reply to: Internet Filters #693662
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    sof davar, what is? filters or non-tzniusdik pictures?

    if you’re talking about the latter (which i think you are) lo sinaf is with someone elses wife. it probably falls under the geder of lo sasooroo or that your house should be clean from filth (parshas ki tzeitzei)

    in reply to: Stocks #693319
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    you sign up, link to your bank acct then you deposit money from your bank acct then you lose all your money if you don’t know what your doing (that’s how it wen’t for me)

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