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deiye, when you clean walls for pesach with a wet shmata and soft scrub, you don’t need to paint anymore. soft scrub (done right) does a wonderful job. it gives it a fresh look.
As long as you dont try that on ceilings. I did that one year and what a streaky mess it left, it was worse than in the beginning. Painted ceilings arent easily cleaned. I learned my lesson good.
dancinggirl, Rabbi mecanic specifically speaks abt this in hi “conversation with holywood’ it amazing and entertaining
I agree, I watched it on torahanytime. Thats great for me and you, but for those who feel they’ve been let down by the frum world and the system, and the advantages of leaving it are greater than the disavantages, theyre not going to watch it. Like telling someone to apply hot compresses to a broken leg. They need intensive one-on-one attention. We really need a Hatzoloh for spiritual Refuohs. Books and tapes and Shiurim dont do the trick at some point.
Any more opinions on the thinnest brand of Regular Shmurah Matzo, and the thinnest brand of Spelt Shmurah Matza?
Which is the thinnest Spelt Shmurah (are there choices?) and where in Brooklyn can you get it? Whats the approximate price per pound?
Sac, I’m gonna pay you a visit and take a look under them mattresses 😉
Banks have FDIC insurance. I dont have to resort to my mattresses, altho not that much to stuff the mattresses with these days anyhow. 😉
Sac, you were recently involved in a real estate transaction you posted somewhere. What and where are you stuffing yours? Also, any good deals or tips you can offer for finding an exceptonally good deal on a house in Brooklyn?
Re Bernie Madoff, anyone who “sinks” the bulk of their money into chancy investments, is at fault to some extent, if they lose the money. Everyone aleays says, dont put all or most of your cash/assets in one basket. Ive heard him say that banks are Ponzi schemes to some degree, and I believe that. Theyre paying me interest from money that others are depositing…just what he did. But Madoff didnt have FDIC to back him. And, he’s suffered plenty. I guarantee you for every Madoff who is caught, there are hundreds if not thousands, who arent caught and do what he did regularly.
binah, but, if you live in -town, boruch Hashem, you couldn’t even carry on a conversation with someone else – you’d be non-stop saying good shabbos.
The fear of “saying non-stop saying good shabbos” doesnt seem to hold back all of Flatbush from saying Good Shabbos to all Jews.
popcorn, you live in BP? There are some who do, but youre in the minority if you say Good Shabbos to strangers on the street.
Mailmen, delivery men, etc everyone greets. They want to continue getting their mail and deliveries..!
Ive been giving it some thought. Does this theory make any sense to anyone?
I think that perhaps most BPers and Flatbushers, do whatever their Rabbonim tell them to.
Is it possible that more or most Rabbonim in Flatbush encourage their congregants/Chassidim to greet strangers on the street (because they dont have to be just like you, theyre still Jews), than Rabbonim in BP?
Try Flohrs or Eichlers or the housewares stores in frum neighborhoods.
Do you find the taste better with the Wonderbaker? Because you can buy a countertop oven in many sizes, and bake a very good cake (in a tube pan) in them. Tube pans just need a bigger countertop oven, and there are big ones for a little over $100.
Anyone have any thoughts/theories on my question asked above?
I love this thread, THANKS!
Now for my question:
With the overabundance of good hearted individuals in Boro Park, who perform all kinds of Chesed for S T R A N G E R S all hours of the day and night, Hatzalah, Bikur Cholim, Shomrim, Kiruv, Hachnosas Orchim, there are so many to mention, with the help of Hashem, WHY OH WHY, do many Boro Parkers, feel uncomfortable offering a simple Good Shabbos to (same gender) S T R A N G E R S on the street, which requires almost no effort, as opposed to Flatbush where it’s commonplace and heartwarming???
Which Matzos are the thinnest this year?
eclipse, I and everyone else in the CR feels for you. May I offer you a way to look at this day and looking at the bright side? Thank Hashem, that He sent you this Tzara instead of someone near and dear to you having a terrible Machla. You will also have Simchos bKarov!
Everyone has their hardships in life. As much as we dont think our problems can be even more heart-breaking, they definitely can be! All we have to do is look around a bit.
We love you, eclipse! H U G S !
clever,Charge the parents 3000 and we can make up the difference”
How many frum-sympathetic corporations can offer $2,000 per child????
Gimme a break (pardon the pun)!
clever, Bigger than the shidduch crisis this is a problem that needs to be fixed now!! Not just because of the practical issues of finance, but for the haskafic and chinuch issues that will destroy the community a generation from now.
And how do you suggest we fix this issue?
aries, Viznits, a very decent hall, accomodates a big crowd and I think theyre reasonable to begin with and especially reasonable on Thursdays. Anyone know the price per couple at Viznits?
Sac, there are a couple of places that Im pretty sure are close to my average wedding prices.
1-Viznits off 18th ave in BP,
2-Bais Mordechai near Avenue C,
3-the new place off 13th Ave on 38th street (Ateres Something?), thats really nice.
Im sure there are more. Does anyone know the prices per couple at these halls?
I still say NO ONE (ok, hardly anyone) who has enough money to offer each child $50,000 for a down payment, will be willing to make a small wedding.
They run in too uppity circles to consider it. They’d be humiliated in their social settings. Halevei parents would give the $50,000 down payment instead of the fancy wedding! Imho its the better investment.
This question doesnt makes sense!
Lets do simple math.
The most expensive of wedding costs is the hall/caterer.
The average catered wedding, these days, costs about 70 dollars a couple. An expensive more glitzy hall costs about 110 dollars a couple. Thats a 40 dollar per couple difference. The average wedding has about 250 couples.
Whats 40 dollars X 250??? Total difference is $10,000. Even with the difference of flowers and music costs, its nowhere close to $50,000 for a down payment. Unless you want to avoid a wedding hall altogether and get married in your backyard or a public park. OK, thats really gonna take off….. Suuuuuuuerre. Hee hee.
You all aint seen nothing yet, if you dont have married kids!
See this:
This is after killing yourself to marry them off, it gets MORE complicated!
I think renting space on privately owned properties for signs is a money-making opportunity. People who own property in BP should know better than to allow any signs to go up. The people who rent the space can put up ads for the worst of the worst nauseating stuff, if there is no contract preventing that.
Heres a few possibilities:
Blum on 51st Street in BP, anywhere in Diamond Center, Olshwang, Feldmans Jewelry on 16th, Kaufman’s on 16th, Ebay from a Seller w a good rating and good return policy, …..
You might be able to get the same look if you buy a string of pearls and buy a diamond pendant to attach and then be able to use with a chain as well.
WARNING! This is NOT intended to give anyone a pre-Purim laugh. If it does, it just proves how sad and serious the problem is.
Im no Gadol but possibly Hashem is shaking up the Frum world to pay attention to the tears of older girls who have little chance of finding Zivugim and starting families because of the scarcity of boys available to them, due to the insanely uneven ratio.