Dr. Suess was a German-American. In his youth, through college, he did exhibit racism and antisemitism in his writings. By the time WWII arrived, he was writing political cartoons, and they expressed strong condemnation of racism and antisemitism. On the other hand, they were virulently anti-Asian. This was the prevailing sentiment at the time, given that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. A decade later, he expressed remorse for this, and wrote “Horton Hears a Who” – not only dedicated to a Japanese friend after a trip to Japan, but with content that delivered a message of inclusiveness of all people – to make amends for his earlier views.
Not so incidentally, the “Mulberry Street” book is being banned due to a line that refers to a “Chinaman eating a bowl of rice with sticks”. The accompanying illustration depicts said Chinaman eating said bowl with chopsticks and – horrors! – slanted lines for eyes. This is clearly hurtful to all people of Chinese descent who, true, have epicanthic folds and eat rice with stucks, but this is due to no fault of their own.
Anyway, the original version referred to a “Yellow-faced Chinaman” – with a picture of a yellow-faced Chinaman – which is clearly not a compliment. A few years later the yellow face was edited out of both text and color. But we are now wiser and realize that Dr. Suess was still an insensitive soul.

Blinken Confirms Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel, Says Will Consult With Israel On Iran

Reb Eliezer,

No. Mimah Nifshach you are only wearing one pair of Kosher Tefilin. However, to avoid APPEARANCES of Bal Tosif, the upper one should be covered.

Hmm… my first comment never made it. I had written:

If misspelling a word when wishing someone well makes one rotten, then the world isn’t a fraction of the place I thought it was.

And Happy 24th Birthday to Lamed Vov – you’re 2/3 of the way there!

Also, I second the motions of The Wolf!

And I just realized – The Wolf’s rotten character was the extra “e”!

Basic vocabulary words are a separate category from less common words.
Defining which part of the text is a Kashya, Teirutz, Rayah, Dichuy etc., where they begin and end, when a new discussion has begun etc. is a skill.
Ability to read Rashi script is a skill.
Ability to read and understand Rashi is a skill.
Ability to read and understand Tosfos (and other Rishonim) is a skill.
The ability to make a Sikum of a Sugya is a skill.
The ability to explain why each piece of Gemara follows the previous one is a specific part of analysis of the Gemara.

I give a Daf Yomi Shiur every day at 8:00 PM Israeli time, which is 1:00 PM EST (we might start a few minutes late). It is a one hour Shiur. I read the Gemara inside, and speak out Rashi, Ikar Tosfos, and usually some other Rishonim, Acharonim, and some Halachah. You are welcome to try it out with no obligations! Here is a link – no password necessary.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5355983017

Meeting ID: 535 598 3017

Also, there are white supremacists and other groups who for their own reasons are working to make the blacks look bad.

It’s not that Quarantine is boring. But it is interesting how one bag of rice has 7,849 grains of rice while another has 7, 887.

I have not read every one, but I enjoyed those which I did!

While not common, this does happen. It is very hard on the wife and children no matter the course of action. No one can offer you helpful anonymous advice here. Your first step should be to confide in a mentor who knows your husband; a Rav who is experienced and wise and knows your family would be ideal. You have our empathy and may Hashem grant you strength, wisdom, and courage!

Percentages? Of what, Jews to total population? Hard numbers? Of course – mostly Jews in Israel! Statistics will say whatever you make them say. What’s your source?

coffee,

I don’t know anyone – of any gender – who thinks that attendance at a Daf Yomi Shiur renders them able to Pasken.

You can call the Israel office at (02) 595-2888.

Gadolhadorah – to test for chemistry is THE reason why young Yeshivish adults go out on dates in nearly all circles, and do not simply marry on arranged paper. You hit the nail between the eyes.

When I was a Bachur in Lakewood 20 years ago, I heard a marriage Vaad from R’ Mattisyahu Solomon Shlita. He said, paraphrased, “Every Chosson wants to know, ‘How can I be the best husband? How can I do marriage right?’ The truth is that it is simple. A Bachur who did Bachurhood correctly – he did what he was supposed to do when he was supposed to do it in the way in which it was supposed to be done – will be an excellent husband and father. The same skills that allowed him to succeed before marriage, such as putting responsibility over his own wants and desires, and accepting Hadrachah , will stand him in good stead during his marriage as well. There are no quick fixes.” It is not likely that much has changed
What is likely that the prevailing social winds that lead to greater divorce rates in the world at large have filtered through to our Yeshivish society as well.
And who says that the percentages have gone up anyway? As the population grows, the raw numbers will rise even in the rates do not.

1976 Toronto Pirchei. Classic album. most songs composed by Yerachmiel Begun, a very talented Bachur.

What I want to know is who thought that the king’s horses had a chance of repairing him in the first place.

Which of these is NOT correct?

a) “Dolphin” has seven letters

b) Dolphins have fins

c) “Dolphin” begins with the letter “a”

d) Dolphins live in the water

Cracked

Aniseed

WinnieThePooh – I quite agree. I do believe that Hashem gives every Jew the opportunity to connect to Emes, but there’s an awful lot of noise that it is hard to hear through … I am privileged to work with Ba’alei Teshuvah regularly and I have joked about the “inferiority complex” of the FFB – would I have been able to do the same had I not been born Frum?

Of course, none of that affects my earlier response.

What Feivel said. (Although Chasidim would frown on taking any Mikvah water off at all!) Going to a hot Mikvah is quite problematic (this is a much bigger issue with women’s Mikva’os, for some reason). For lukewarm /room temp. there is much room for leniency. If you want be a Kalta Litvak, then by all means go ahead!

And Shuni – Howya doin, neighbor?

I know a R”Y who has flown this flight before, in order to start fundraising right after YO”T. He was once sitting in JFK on YO”T Sheni afternoon, listening to a Shiur through headphones, when he was approached by an older couple. “Rabbi, can we ask you a question? Our son is a Ba’al Teshuvah, and we thought that we can’t call him until tonight …” Of course, they were in the wrong, since they were in the airport on YO”T. The R”Y in question had done nothing wrong.

Why is it any worse to drink on a Purim ad than anywhere else?