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  • in reply to: CR in Country Yossi Magazine #1214799
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    Oomis: they’re already on the internet. It doesn’t get more public than that.

    in reply to: Dear Popa Bar Abby (Advice Column) #1092068
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    Dear Wondering wife,

    I suppose first we need to know if you are in fact a dolt, or perhaps even a dolty twit. If yes, then you should hit him over the head with your rolling pin, in the hopes of making him also a dolt.

    If you are not, then why did he call you a dolt? He must be a dolt! If so, you should hit that dolt right over his dolty head with a rolling pin!

    in reply to: What Makes Jewish Music Jewish? #1051270
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    Better question is what makes jewish music music

    in reply to: College winter break seems boring #1049536
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    Can you start an NGO in africa in that time?

    in reply to: Could Chanukah happen again #1050162
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    The secular and DL are withered into irrelevancy. The enemies have massed and it is all hands on deck to preserve or restore Jewish sovereignty. Would they adopt the militaristic elements of Chanuka as did the early hiloni Zionists, or other options and avenues.

    That isn’t half as interesting or likely as my scenario:

    The Israeli government consisting of Yesh Atid, the DL parties, and the left wing parties pass laws mandating that all children must attend courses at the gymnasium.

    Do the chareidim rise up in arms as did our forebears?

    in reply to: Could Chanukah happen again #1050154
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    More likely the fight would be against the chilonim, to be precise.

    Recall that the chashmonaim’s fight was against the yevanim, and also the misyavnim.

    in reply to: Physical Therapist #1047986
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    A nice religious ornament to hang around her neck? Mit ah yoshkeh.

    in reply to: College winter break seems boring #1049531
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    Go snowboarding in Alaska? You could wait tables at the resort and use that to pay for your hostel stay and some tuna fish.

    in reply to: Labels #1049191
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    Discover single malt.

    in reply to: Not all feminists are the same. #1049215
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    So, they aren’t all different either.

    The problem is definitional. I generally don’t define the ones I agree with as feminist. I define them as normal people. It’s the ideologies I don’t agree with that I call feminist.

    I once met a lady who told me she was feminist. So I asked, in what way? She says, like I believe in equal pay for women. I said, so does everyone–that’s just normal. (FTR: there is equal pay)

    in reply to: What Makes Jewish Music Jewish? #1051262
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    What makes mexican music mexican?

    What makes russian music russian?

    What makes arabic music arabic?

    There are certain musical structures that are distintive in Jewish music. Not sure what the quuestion was.

    in reply to: Israel Elections 2015 #1061970
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    Charlie, I think the criticism is the larger than average disparity between when he is on and off teleprompter, compared to other presidents.

    in reply to: Vaccines are painful. #1047816
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    Vaccines often hurt at the site of the vaccination. That’s normal. Anything more is a (very unusual) bad reaction.

    That is not true. It is very normal to also feel run down after the flu shot. I don’t know why you are making stuff up.

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049734
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    Suppose you are hiring a babysitter for your baby. And you decide on someone who is good enough. And someone else comes and says I’m also good enough, and how come you don’t hire me instead and it isn’t fair.

    Do you answer: well, I already decided?

    Do you answer: because she was better?

    Do you answer: I found her first?

    No. You don’t answer any of those. You don’t answer at all, because the question makes no sense. The question makes no sense because the person asking why you didn’t hire her has nothing to do with you or your hiring decision. Maybe like a lav baal devarim didi ot theory. When you hire a babysitter, the only relevant decision is taking care of your baby, and no part of the decision is making things good or fair to the pool of potential hirees.

    Maybe this doesn’t apply to hiring waiters in your restaraunt, or maybe it does. But it sure applies to babysitters and knesseteers.

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049732
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    Well yes, if they figured they wanted to hire a non-Jew for whatever reason.

    in reply to: Debate about men instead. #1048256
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    Yes.

    No.

    Def no!

    Yes, but only allowed to operate the refridgerator.

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049727
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    Why should you have a right to run for Senate? What does Senate have to do with you?

    You have a right to basic liberties that are essential. Like living, breathing, free speech, etc. But those things are for you.

    It’s like if you’d say you want to have a right to be hired by me. I don’t hire people to help them–I do it to help me. How could you possibly have a claim?

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049725
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    DY: Firstly, that isn’t at all comparable because that would be the government making a rule.

    But more importantly, yes, I still say the same thing. What’s it to you to complain that you can’t be in the senate? What right do you have to be in the Senate to begin with?

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049723
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    This whole discussion is based on a mistake. Legislators don’t work for themselves–they work for us!

    Being a legislator isn’t about fair–its about people thinking you’ll do a good job at it.

    You don’t have a right to be a legislator, because nobody has such a right, because the position is not created for the good of the legislator. Its created for the good of the people.

    So this whole idea of “it isn’t fair that we can’t be legislators” is all wrong. It isn’t supposed to be fair. The point isn’t for you. Nobody cares who wants to be a legislator. We only care, and only should care, about who WE want to be legislators.

    in reply to: Brooklyn Maternity #1047063
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    I highly recommend Park Slope Midwives. They have an office in BP near BY. They deliver at Methodist, which is unquestionably the best hospital in Brooklyn.

    But, if you’re happy with this Dr., then probly no reason to switch.

    in reply to: Interesting medrash #1047059
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    How do you know they are all purely alegorical? You privy to some information that we aren’t?

    in reply to: #modern Yeshivish #1050311
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    Sasha, no. That is MO machmir. That is the very definition of mo machmir.

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049711
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    Maybe they can bargain another party for the next seat on their list after the one they think they’ll win without the chareidi female rebel vote

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049703
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    Not true. I only argue with men.

    I bicker with women.

    in reply to: #modern Yeshivish #1050302
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    Yes, Charlie, despite Avi Weiss’s best efforts, there are still enough frum Jews that we can afford to divide them into this many subcategories.

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049687
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    Maybe they’re taking a tip from Leah and Dina, who were ??????? and bode them no good.

    I seem to recall it bode Leah another son.

    in reply to: A real debate about women #1049684
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    Because not everyone gets to be in the knesset. Only like one in a thousand.

    V’isha achas b’chol eleh lo matzasi.

    QED

    in reply to: Keurig Fans are the Biggest Trolls #1218441
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    Because cholov stam is a davar sh’yesh lo matirim, so it isn’t battul.

    in reply to: Interesting medrash #1047053
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    Yeah, cute interpretation, but seems more apropo for purim thank chanuka.

    America is edom?

    Is Iran threatening saudi?

    in reply to: Interesting medrash #1047049
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    So, actually what does it say? I mean, I see your interpretation, but also I’m curious what it says.

    in reply to: Is Being Right More Important than getting along? #1053070
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    So it looks as though cayenne pepper on the cash register has the most votes.

    in reply to: Keurig Fans are the Biggest Trolls #1218437
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    Popa owns 62% of K-cup through a series of shell companies and nominees that include Yeshivaworld.com. Ever wonder why this is called the coffee room?

    in reply to: Is Being Right More Important than getting along? #1053065
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    Better idea.

    Take out Dan’s garbage. But hide it in the stockroom.

    Take out your own garbage at end of your shift, and bring Dan’s garbage back from stockroom and put back in garbage can.

    in reply to: Keurig Fans are the Biggest Trolls #1218435
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    Of course I am!

    in reply to: Keurig Fans are the Biggest Trolls #1218432
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    I just passed a spilled coffee all over the floor in the mall. I’ll just keep walking and pretend it wasn’t me. Like shidduchim.

    in reply to: Dieting #1046513
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    Just think about the herbivores you know and the carnivores you know.

    Cows, rabbits, buffalo, pigs, sheep.

    Cheetahs, wolves, tigers, lions.

    in reply to: Propping baby to bottle-feed #1136849
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    they dont get burped in time which is painful when your stomach is the size of a marble and they’re more likely to end up with fluid in the ears which presents many problems.

    How does it get from their stomach to their ears again?

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046656
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    He isn’t a chareidi. He is a chazer mareh telafav.

    in reply to: Propping baby to bottle-feed #1136846
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    FYI: epidurals are awesome. Also pizza is awesome. I def recommend picking up pizza on the way to the hospital in case you get hungry during labor. You can even ask the nurse to grab you some ice chips and pretend they’re for your wife.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046647
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    Ok, but should someone who represents himself as an orthodox rabbi (even though his yeshiva basically disowned him) support laws that are against the Torah, or laws that are consistent with the torah?

    in reply to: Propping baby to bottle-feed #1136844
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    Sorry golfer, you don’t get to choose who is allowed to have opinions. You can feel free to disagree, but you can’t claim a monopoly on opinions by choosing an arbitrary cut off point beyond which nobody is allowed to have an opinion.

    It’s like saying men can’t have opinions on whether epidurals are a good idea.

    It’s like saying women can’t have opinions on whether I should watch the football game, because they don’t know how much men like watching football.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046643
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    I must be misreading but you seem awfully concerned about possible infringments of international law, to a greater extent than your concern for halacha. That seems upside down.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046640
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    Yes, such hard decisions. Good thing we have a Torah that tells us what to do.

    Lipman would do well to remember that.

    As for Cyprus, they can easily solve that by not recognizing those marriages, or by deporting anyone who does that. That would do the trick.

    in reply to: Is Being Right More Important than getting along? #1053054
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    Two options, in my view.

    1. Also stop throwing out the trash.

    2. Throw it out for Dan, just to get along. And secretly sprinkle cayenne pepper on the cash register so that when he touches his eyes or nose he’ll get it……

    in reply to: Propping baby to bottle-feed #1136839
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    My rule has always been: You’re old enough to drink when you’re old enough to hold the bottle.

    So no, I would never prop up the bottle for a baby.

    (Notice how beer bottles are easier to hold than whiskey bottles–this rule works!)

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046634
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    The only viciousness I see here is from the people attacking Rabbi Lipman.

    Well, that’s because Lipman hasn’t commented on the thread.

    lol

    Sure, if you close your eyes all you’ll see is what you’re inventing inside your head.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046629
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    DaasTorah:Honestly, I have no idea what you are accusing Rabbi Lipman of.

    Yes, that has been the theme of this thread.

    You spent a page and a half of posts not knowing what comments of Rabbi Lipman we were talking about.

    You spent the next half a page not understanding them.

    Now you don’t understand us. That isn’t very surprising.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046609
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    Anyway, he didn’t say he’s going to forcibly convert them. He wants to make it easier for them to convert. But not if they have no interest in Judaism.

    Ok, so let’s even assume they are as interested in becoming frum as the general chiloni population?

    So exactly how is he going to solve anything? You’ll still have almost as many of the hundreds of thousands in exactly the same situation.

    Better idea is to impose criminal penalties on being a relationship with them.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046607
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    PAA: It follows naturally, since these hundreds of thousands obviously have no interest in becoming frum. Hence they aren’t frum.

    in reply to: Remember Lipman? #1046604
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    , it’s a lack of responsibility, and it’s literally yielding to – what I view as – a tremendous internal threat to the future of the state of Israel.”

    chazir mareh telafav. He should just take off his yarlmuke and be honest with people.

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