midwesterner

Well, we settled the original issue. We all now know what a shofar sounds like. So why not?

jlk: Well, why don’t you buy the paper this week and see if I’m there!

Sem 20: Yes Yedidim has a name. And if you live south of Peterson, you probably know it. After all, its on his license plate! And will I see you this afternoon? BTW, what makes one a Telzer that seems to offend so many people on this thread? If you’re there second seder, doesn’t that mean you’re part of the team? Unless, of course you yourself are Yedidim! Then I understand why you don’t call yourself a Telzer . . . yet.

mak: Good one!

Yummy: Have you had my wife’s yummy cupcakes? You know they can also be found in the aformentioned Yated!

Gefen: She saw your comment. She’s following this thread as well. And I actually saw your son at the “Car Show” last night.

And to Popa: The gauntlet has been thrown down. We’ll see what we can come up with.

Gefen: OK, much simpler approach. Did your husband get a surprise birthday cake around Shavuos last year (2010) from “Yedidim”? If I’m correct, my wife baked and decorated that cake.

Rav Dovid Oppen has been in the holy land for more than 30 years now. But R’ Usher and R’ Shmuel Dovid Gluck are STILL the 11th and 12th grade rabbeim, ka’h!

Reb Reuven Gluck was, and still is the Baal Shacharis in the Yeshiva. Rav Chaim Schmelczer, ztl, was the baal Mussaf. Today, he has been replaced by his sons, R’ Moshe and R’ Shmuel.

The Telzer davening is addictive. Once you experience it, and absorb it, it is very difficult to leave.

The studies that have linked vaccinations to autism have been proven to be frauds. Not only that, but those who do not innoculate their children, and allow diseases that could be eradicated to survive, can probably be considered rodfim. The eintire humanity will suffer when these diseases make a comeback in the children that are not protected.

I say this with all due respect to gedolim like Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky and family who are extremely anti vaccination, and into all kinds of natural health products. Yes, I know its hard to argue with the relative health that many in that family enjoy even at advanced ages, tavo aleihem bracha, I think that may be a special zechus that Hashem gives them. Plus R’ Yaakov’s genes surely don’t hurt either!

I know a family that was recently meshadech with an einikel of Rav Shmuel. Rebbetzin Kamenetsky told the mechutenes, “We’re so happy to be associated with your family!” At first they got all excited about such a warm approval from such a distinguished rebbetzin. Rebbetzin K then said, “I’m really happy that you don’t do vaccinations.”

Even so, that entire philosophy has recently been proven to be based on fraudlent research.

hizaharu b’vnei aniyim shemeyhem tetze Torah.

Torah hi, v’lilmod ani tzarich

Didn’t Rav Meir Shapiro, Lubliner Rav and founder of Daf Hayomi, hold a seat in the Polish parliament?

There was once wealthy baal habos kamtzan who used to ask every meshulach a riddle. “If you can tell me a word in the Torah with four straight Kometzs, I’ll give you a generous nedava.” Naturally, most people could not answer, and went away empty-handed and disappointed.

One talmid chacham successfully answered, “Harachama” (one of the non kosher birds).

The Baal Habos reluctantly reached into his pocket, and said, “Do me a favor, halt es bai dir, I don’t want my secret to get out!”

So the Talmid Chacham says, “So how about you answer mine! Where is there a word with four straight patachs?”

The Baal Habos thinks about it then says, “I give up. What is it?”

The talmid chacham answers, “Hakadachas. And do me a favor, halt es bai dir!”

Chaim’s daughters will not attend, as they are all married, and one is already a bubby. His granddaughters may, though.

It is being run by Rav Ari Mintz, a son in law of Rav Chaim Schmelczer, zt’l. Rav Mintz was a rebbe for a number of years in Yeshiva Gedola of Los Angeles. More recently, he was menahel in Bais Yisroel in Flatbush.

Ummm, I may be ignorant. But I have learned Maseches Kiddushin. More than once. Can you please enlighten me as to where it says such a thing?

Dr. Hall: You should know that blue and white signifies something totally different!

This is Midwesterner’s wife: Is your father still bringing his Garden of Emunah book with him, as he had originally planned on doing, to give out to the patients there?

With all due respect, #80, please look at the OP. “can a Kohen marry a woman with a Jewish mother, but a non Jewish farther?” Someone was asking for something there!

Chatzi eved chatzi benchorin was a machlokes BS vs BH. BH said oved es rabo yom echad v’es atzmo yom echad. BS said tikantem es rabo, v;es atzmo lo tikantem. Ela Kofin es rabo v’oseh oso ben chorin, v’kosev lo shtar al chatzi damav. The it says that Chazru Bais Hillel l’horos k’veis Shamai. Should be Gittin 41-ish. Big sugya in BB 13 with a massive tosfos.

The Gemara in Bava Basra says that 90% of people are in the cemetery due to ayin hara. That doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t end up there anyway, thank you nachash (also Bava Basra).

The gemara talks about zugos, and says that if you’re not makpid, then it won’t bother you. That’s because zugos brings on SH’Ds. They don’t like it when you obsess over them, so they come and get one who is obsessed, when he trips up.

That is not ayin hara. That has a power to be me’orer kitrug, whether you pay attention or not.

This is a copy of an actual letter sent to Ryan DeVries, from the

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, State of Michigan. Wait

till you read this guy’s response – but read the entire letter before

you get to the response.

Mr. Ryan DeVries

2088 Dagget

Pierson, MI 49339

SUBJECT: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20;

Site Location: Montcalm County

Dear Mr. DeVries:

It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental Quality

that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the above referenced

parcel of property. You have been certified as the legal landowner

and/or contractor who did the following unauthorized activity:

Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the outlet

stream of Spring Pond.

A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of activity. A

review of the Department’s files shows that no permits have been issued.

Therefore, the Department has determined that this activity is in

violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource

and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994,

being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws

annotated.

The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams partially

failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and flooding at

downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature are inherently

hazardous and cannot be permitted.

The Department therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities

at this location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by

removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream channel.

All restoration work shall be completed no later than January 31, 2002.

Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed so

that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff. Failure

to comply with this request or any further unauthorized activity on the

site may result in this case being referred for elevated enforcement

action.

We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this matter.

Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

David L. Price

District Representative

Land and Water Management Division

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

RESPONSE:

Dear Mr. Price,

Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20;

Montcalm County

Reference your certified letter dated 12/17/2000 has been referred to me

to respond to. First of all, Mr. Ryan De Vries is not the legal

landowner and/or contractor at 2088 Dagget, Pierson, Michigan.

I am the legal owner and a couple of beavers are in the (State

unauthorized) process of constructing and maintaining two wood “debris”

dams across the outlet stream of my Spring Pond.

While I did not pay for, authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I

think they would be highly offended that you call their skillful use of

natural building materials “debris.” I would like to challenge your

department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or any

place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way you could

ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness, their dam

ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam determination and/or their

dam work ethic.

As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they must

first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type of dam

activity. My first dam question to you is:

(1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers? or,

(2) do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform to said

dam request?

If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers, through

the Freedom of Information Act I request completed copies of all those

other applicable beaver dam permits that have been issued. Perhaps we

will see if there really is a dam violation of P! art 301, Inland Lakes

and Streams, of the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act,

Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.3010,1 to

324.30113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, annotated. I have several

concerns. My first concern is aren’t the beavers entitled to legal

representation?

The Spring Pond Beavers are financially destitute and are unable to pay

for said representation – so the State will have to provide them with a

lawyer.

The Department’s dam concern that either one or both of the dams failed

during a recent rain event causing flooding is proof that this is a

natural occurrence, which the Department is required to protect. In

other words, we should leave the Spring Pond Beavers alone rather than

harrass them and call their dam names. If you want the stream “restored”

to a dam free-flow condition – please contact the beavers – but if you

are going to arrest them they obviously did not pay any attention to

your dam letter (being unable to read English).

In my humble ! opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to build

their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the grass is green

and water flows downstream. They have more dam right than I do to live

and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department of Natural Resources and

Environmental Protection lives up to its name, it should protect the

natural resources

(Beavers) and the environment (Beavers’ Dams).

So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can be

referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why wait until

1/31/2002 The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam ice then, and

there will be no way for you or your dam staff to contact/harass them

then.

In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention a real

environmental quality (health) problem in the area. It is the bears.

Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I definitely believe you

should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave the beavers alone.

If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step! (The

bears are not careful where they dump!)

Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to

contact you on your answering machine, I am sending this response to

your office via another government organization – the USPS. Maybe,

someday, it will get there.

Sincerely,

Stephen L. Tvedten

The University of Texas at: Austin

Office Community Relations/Accounting unit

P.O. Box 7367

Austin, TX 78713

With all due respect, Mr. Cohen, you have no clue about the attitudes of Out of Towners. Its those from Boro Park, Williamsburg, Monsey and the like that call their Chutz La’aretz home towns “Ir Hakodesh”, not us!!

kylbdnr: What did you discuss on dates? Why wasn’t this issue covered before?

Given the social safety net pervasive in all of Europe, especially England, do you think such a policy will hold?

The person claims they they hav their own Daas Torah? Or they claim that someone else with Daas Torah told them this? BIG difference.

Shmuel is nehardea

Quark: I think most of the dead ones are mekayem it! 🙂

Marish is takanas hashavim, not necessarily tikkun olam. Tikun olam is used primarily in terms of Pruzbul and one or two other simiar inyanim.

So the Torah guarantees us a special gift from Hashem, that if we do that mitzva properly, Hashem will give us in out hearts and extra dose of rachamim, so we will not have our definition as a people undermined.

In this case, as heinous as the crime that was committed, and as much as we know that HKBH will judge properly, and we expect that means things will not go well for Mr. Aron, we must still be careful not to become achzarim ourselves, all in the name of vengeance against a horrible murderer.

If you take off a yarmulke, but you still have a beard and payos, how does that remove the chilul Hashem?