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Also I hate ameratzim so much that i want to bite them.

This is because am haaratzim hate talmidei chachamim so much that they want to bite them like a donkey (according to R’ Akiva). And then, it is is ???? ???? ?? ????.

Look, honestly, the only reason why I posted here in the first place is because I wanted to know about this program. I haven’t the foggiest idea beyond this post and what I’ve heard over time. That has been my request from the first post.

SO can someone tell me?

Project SEED (Summer Education ? ?) is a project run by Torah Umesorah. It consists of several types of programming, which share certain commonalities. You can see more by googling it and finding them on their websites.

A. The commonality is that it is always in the summer; sending yeshiva guys or “yeshiva” girls to underserved jewish communities. (Their policy is to not run both a girls and guys program in the same city).

B. Types of programming.

1. Day camps. Some of the programs are day camps, which the guys or girls run for the local kids. Most (all?) girls ones are this type, and some guys ones are this type. I personally did this type once.

2. Learning. Most of the guys programs are like this. It is usually run in affiliation with a shul, and the guys spend several hours a day learning in the shul and available to learn with the am haa- um- baal habatim. I have personally done 3 of these programs, and the hours we spent daily learning typically ranged in the 5 hours a day area.

Frequently, the guys will also say shiurim, and speak between mincha/maariv and the like.

Also frequently, there will be married couples who are part of this type of group, and the women half of the couples will say shiurim for women. I bet it has even happened that there were only couples, and singles.

There may be other things you do as well. There can be endless variation. BBQ’s are an essential part of this. So is beer.

It is really quite a win-win situation for the Jews and the yeshiva guys/girls.

I hold from ????? ??? ???.

I’m more concerned with having what to eat until pesach.

The year that the Terri Shiavo incident was occurring, it was right around pesach. My family was walking around saying we were “starving like Terri”. (Because they pulled her feeding tube and starved her to death).

First stone Wolf.

No, dough that is continuosly worked will never become Chometz.

Most things that continuously work will make dough.

I do not question the need to “chill”, but this can be accomplished in shorter spans of time. As for a full summer, the strong nucleus of learning and Avodas Hashem must remain intact.

A full summer?

Just how long do you think a yeshiva summer is?

If its a scam, why would anyone sign up?

That’s how scams work. If nobody fell for it, it wouldn’t be a good scam.

popa: Then Amway is a scam too

It is a scam, and anyone who gets involved in it, I think is close to a thief.

and they’ve been going at it openly and legally for, what, 100 years.

Also correct. It is a legal scam. Lobby your state senator.

Can anyone explain their opposition to Ambit Energy or Meleleuca’s direct sales programs? Specifically, not just against mlm’s in general.

No. They are an MLM, which means they are a scam.

I cannot explain my opposition separately from my opposition to MLM’s. That is like asking me to explain my opposition to speeding on the Grand Central separately from my opposition to speeding in general.

You don’t post often, but you figured you’d make an exception to make fun of us.

Cool it, pba. I’m asking a simple question here— what is the point of these trips?

I’m looking for a nice, friendly response to a person who means no disrespect and seeks only an answer, seeing as I don’t know much about this. I was looking for a clarification.

Oh. I’m sorry. I thought it was a bit accusatory. And considering I was being accused of gaava for spending my summers learning with people for free instead of just going on vacation; and being told to assume that I knew less than the am haaratzim who had never barely opened a gemara in 30 years if ever, while I was killing myself over it 60 hours a week for a decade; I sort of responded in kind.

Avi: We are talking about measuring 4 inches below the knee. Not for a tefach, but to make sure the knee is covered even when sitting.

Ah, but you do want to modify it.

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/enough-talk-on-shidduchim/page/3#post-120031

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/enough-talk-on-shidduchim/page/3#post-120121

But you get credit for http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/enough-talk-on-shidduchim#post-119178

Actually:

1. The statute reads: (3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.

So, it applies to anyone, not just patrols.

2. Nothing is obvious. It is completely possible that Martin saw him following him, so whirled and attacked him. It is completely possible that Martin was really out hunting hispanics. It is completely possible that zimmerman was out hunting blacks.

3. zimmerman did call 911.

4. You don’t need to call 911. It doesn’t matter what the author says, the law is not ambiguous.

NASi is wrong to criticize a yeshiva rule made by its roshei yeshiva, who are also more or less the leaders of the yeshivish world in america. (not the lowercase i in NASi, since they don’t deserve a capital I.)

NASi is also wrong in fact. If there was no freezer, guys would come back later, since they could wait until they were actually ready to date instead of until they thought they might want to date in a couple of months.

NASi is also making much ado about nothing, since the freezer is only a couple months (cheshvan until tu bishvat is 3.5 months. Pesach until shiva asar b’tamuz is 2.5 months.)

The popa diet. Works like a charm.

Breakfast: 250 calories of whole wheat bread. Best is the Jerusalem bread from Franczoz in williamsburg (sold throughout NYC).

Lunch: Fruits and vegetables.

Snack: Fruits and vegetables.

Dinner: Whatever the blazes I want, though I try to eat healthily, and not just junk food like pasta or potatoes.

After Dinner snack: Beer.

Shabbos: Whatever in blazes I want.

Lost like 40 pounds, and kept if off pretty consistently.

Are Zemiros sung during Friday nite Shulchon Oruch part of the Seder?

My minhag is to sing ?-? ????? on friday night, even if it is yom kippur.

My litvish ancestors’ minhag is to turn over in their graves while I do so.

You are correct, I only jumped on you because we have a history. Although, the halacha you asked is cited in the mishna berura 5 sif koton’s after the one you cited.

I have never learned these halachos, except while running through the mishna berura about 10 years ago.

Odom meeting chava. Otherwise how would anyone be born?

You are sure what is fine?

You are sure that if you find a bottle of whiskey in your garage that you can spill it down the drain, and that you are not stealing from the goy? (whiskey is chametz gamur, right?)

You are sure that your shtar writes out anything which is chametz gamur? What makes you sure of that? My shtar doesn’t. And my rabbi sells chometz both for people who are selling real chometz, and also for people who are not selling real chometz. And has never asked me whether I wanted him to sell all chometz or only non chometz gamur.