“This is not a secular Jewish site or a Zionist site and we don’t care at all what those clubs do.”

It seems to me that while the majority of the posters here are frum, many different opinions are welcome, and just because the majority of posters are frum, you have absolutely no idea who else is reading these posts – anyone from the secular to the frum. It also appears to me that there are plenty of people here in the CR that are Zionists. There seems to be a lot of people around here who support Israel and its right to existance, even if it appears you wouldn’t care if it is wiped off the face of earth by an arab missile.

Incidentally, the boycott has absolutely nothing to do with kashrut.

You seem to have a lot of anger bottled up.

Wolf: Mazel Tov for being accepted into kindergarten. I hope your family has assach naches from you in your chosen course of studies. I also hope that they give you a “cubby” with a high hook so you don’t strain your back when hanging up your jacket. I also hope that you have a pair of mittens attached to each other with a long string so that they go through your sleeves and you won’t lose them. You may spend the balance of the summer labeling all of your sweaters and other school supplies. Please let us know when you get to Dick and Jane (whoops, I think that is first grade).

Am Yisroel I’m so very glad

That you have joined our crowd, we are mad

We pen jingles so silly

One’s a pip, one’s a dilly.

Stick around cause this ain’t no fad.

We have labored for quite a long time

To put all that we know in a rhyme.

It keeps us quite happy

Though some think we are sappy.

We aren’t asking them for a dime.

optimus: good catch on the Mod’s new subtitle.

Mod. 42, I hope that you got a suitable raise to go along with the fancy, new title (or subtitle). Yasher koach and may you be as successful in all of your endeavours. Keep watching for your bouquet of flowers – virtual ones – in honor of this auspicious occasion. (of course, I have absolutely no idea how to send virtual flowers, but it is the thought that counts).

kilobear – yes, you have returned and are as grumpy as a bear awakening from hibernation. I just reported what I read elsewhere on another frum website. Do not shoot the messenger. There are plenty of other liquors that you can make a lechaim with.

mirs1: Go for it – follow your heart and your dream. You will never regret it. I went back to school at 29 and became an RN. I took it slowly (it was a 2 year program) and did it over 3 years. Yes, sometimes the laundry didn’t get done on time. My daughter, who was 8 yrs old when I started learned that she would not die of a dreaded disease if she wore the same socks for 2 days. There was even the odd time that I stopped at KMart on my way home and picked up some underwear or socks for her because of my schedule. Everyone in the family has to pitch in but as long as you don’t fret over dust balls, you will do great. Incidentally, I managed to keep up most of my social obligations and was even the president of my Hadassah chapter while attending school, while maintaining a very high GPA. It is very do-able. Yasher koach.

blabla – your poem brought tears to my eyes. I can really feel your pain. I have been where you are now and there IS a light at the end of the tunnel. I hope that you have someone that you can confide in and that you are under the care of at least, your family doctor. If you want to write to me personally (or talk on the phone) just notify the Mods that they can give you my email address and from there we can trade phone numbers. I know that I am decades older than you but a friend is a friend and perhaps you can benefit from my experience. I would love to hear from you. Just remember, like “Annie” said: “The sun will come out tomorrow – you can bet your bottom dollar on that.”

Englishman: I think that a small amount of grey in your hair and your beard indicates that you probably look very distinguished. Some people (depending on their occupation) actually pay money to achieve the same look. In the world of business it could be considered a sign of maturity and experience.

Mazel Tov! A long, happy and healthy life bist 120 to all of you. Enjoy her because before you blink, you will B’H’ be under the chuppah with her.

Oomis, to me you look gaunt

So I think more cheesecake you want.

I will join you for one

And won’t we have fun

Until Jenny Craig begins us to haunt.

Speaking of schnapps, I just finished reading an online article that the Federation of Jewish Mens Clubs have banned whiskeys from Scotland because of that country’s embargos on Israeli exports. There were a few brands listed including Chivas.

My how this week has flown

But my knowledge of Torah has grown.

With Shavuos behind us,

It’s time to remind us

To have a Shabbat filled with peace in our home.

Sandrac, perhaps you should stop looking at vehicles so closely. It is difficult to get into a minivan or an SUV when wearing a skirt no matter how long it is. Occasionally, for a brief moment an skirt may creep up a bit while manouvering oneself into a vehicle.

To Am Yisroel Chai:

May I also add wishes – the best

I’m quite sure that I speak for the rest.

Have a long happy life

With your lovely new wife

And with good health you both should be blessed.

Mods: how did the last post by Baron Fritz pass the moderation process? No matter what a person’s feelings about Obama are to post a so-called joke about him being a slave is disgusting. Nothing funny or Torahdek about that remark.

Can somebody please tell me what a “French” roast is? I am assuming the French part refers to the cut of the beef. It isn’t a word used in my part of the world. If you can cook it on top of the stove in a “pot roast” style, could it be similar to a chuck roast or a similar cut? BTW, the recipes, both meat and dairy, sound terrific.

Tonight is Tikkun L’eil Shavuot.

I certainly hope I can do it

To stay wide awake

So more knowledge I’ll take

And share in community ruach.

I know we will have lots to eat

There’ll be blintzes and cheesecake – no meat.

We’ll study Torah all night

It will be pure delight

In the morning, my pillow I’ll greet.

Chag Sameach to all of my CR friends. Study, fress and enjoy.

PS:

I find that most of the time

I am speaking in metre and rhyme.

A-A-B-B-A

Try saying that all day

And my friends fear I’m crossing the line.

It hasn’t been even one year

And twelve pages we have filled up here.

Most are just bandwidth waste

That we’ve written in haste

But they’ve made all our friendships more dear.

So Blinky I thank you a lot

This idea of yours was so hot

We’re all having fun here

No work’s getting done here

And do I care about that – NOT.

The chewable Lactaid tablets must contain some type of filler or binder that is dairy.

I agree with all of the posters. The Mods do a terrific job. There is little to no lashon hora on this site – particularly if you compare it to some of the other sites around.

I propose that at 6:00 PM today (EDT) that we all raise a large glass of Manishewitz Sweet Wine (my personal fave) and drink a toast to the Mods. L’Chaim. (now – I would like my pin, my Tshirt and a coffee mug with Mod 80″s picture on it)

As you will soon know from this ditty

I am being silly and giddy.

I have been up all night

Something’s not right.

So, another limerick from this old biddy.

Back in biblical times

When a man lived twenty times nine

Do you think he was able

To sit at a table

At the bank and ask for loan prime?

“I think bist a hoondret und tzvantzik

The loan will be paid back in gantzik

Then for sixty more years

The mortgage is clear

And monthly we’ll be able to tantz-ik.”

For example, Noach the builder

Was short a few thousand guilder.

Said:”I know my home’s large

But it converts to a barge

To shlep animals out of the vilder.”

Would the bankers consider our Noach?

They could see he certainly had koach.

For such intricate detail

Before he could set sail.

I think they would give him the dough-ach.

This ends my ridiculous premise

I promise – this the emmes.

I’m going back to bed now

I hope to sleep, somehow

And maybe my poem will get famous.

I say for my entire family. I am the only one left. My father A’H’passed away in 1988, my mother A’H’ in 2008 and my only sibling, my younger brother A’H’ in 2001. If I don’t go there is nobody to say yizkor for them. I also say for my grandparents and go for their yahrzeits, as well.

Re: my last limerick

Some of my rhymes are quite silly

They flow through my mind – they are dillies.

Some are so deep

They could put you to sleep

All written by this Canadian filly.

mikehall: Thank you so very much for posting the link. It is definitely one of the most powerful articles that I have ever read. The tears are streaming down my face – I don’t know how his grandson found the koach to tell his zaida’s story. He is also a hero for writing it and bringing an actual family back to tell their story. It is so true – we keep talking about the “six million”, but we don’t know any actual names. Well now we do. I am going to ask if I can read this story from the bimah at my shul next Yom Hashoah.