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oomis1105, when you have a quesion about Hechsheirim, the best thing to do is to get a phone number of the Rav Hamachshir. Have your Rav or husband call him to find out if he follows the guidlines you go by. Pple here are telling you that the hechsher is good or reliable but, you have no idea who these pple are.
When I was in shidduchim I always used to repeat “May’ayin Yovoh Ezri? Ezri Mayim Hashem…” No shadchan, no Yichus, No…. Hashem is the one that will being salvation…and he did Baruch Hashem!
Feif Un, I didnt know Reinolds makes crock pot liners, those should be good. i actually use a liner for my potato kugel also when putting it in the cholent.
Not to go off topic, but on ST. Moritz, a friend of ours daughter got severly burnt when sprayed by her older brother who managed to get the St. Moritz that was out of his reach. It was not a friendly situation…
Call someone to remove it. Dogs that arn’t properly trained can be harmful.
Phyllis, nice. most pple are too preoccuppied to have their thoughts so collected!
I like “Ani Mamin” by Moshe Goldman. I actually know a few pple that walked down to their chupas with this song…
A crock pot bag should reduce the work in half at least. A good dish detergent is important too. I opt for a lemon smell.
mazal77, similarly, I’ve been around a while too. I do some reading and less posting…
Its a beautiful story. When I first started reading it I though it was going to be a joke about the planets!
Microsoft PowerPoint, is very easy,user friendly and can make a really nice show!
Grandad was reminiscing about the good old days………………..
“When I was a lad, Momma would send me down to t’corner store wi’ a
dollar, and I’d come back wi’ five pounds o’ potatoes, two loaves o’
bread, three pints o’ milk, a pound o’ cheese, a packet o’ tea, an’ ‘alfa dozen eggs. Yer can’t do that now.
Too many security cameras.”
In our circles we dont celebrate bat mitzvahs any differently than we do a birthday party. While a Bar Mitzvah is done in a catering hall with guests, flowers, invitations, speaches – the works.
Men and women equal rights seems to me to be a goyishe thing, not sure why.
WolfishMusings, I think the idea of encouraging your daughter to come up with a chesed project idea for her bat-mitzvah is beautiful, and the idea she chose almost brings tears to my eyes. It is special when children see growing up as not just turning a year older but as a chance to become a special person and to make a difference.
bein_hasdorim, Woah that IS CHEAP, but i know how these things work, there are never enough and pple fight, scream and grab.
jmatt and jothar, well said.
truthsharer, “Firstly, most chaverims don’t have single men.”
well, u cant tell if he is married or not so its a 50 50 chance just like the guy on the highway that stopped.
“Contrary to MM and others, there is nothing weird with making small talk when you’re with someone for 20 minutes or more. (You do it on a date.) “
A date is the right place and timing for a girl and boy to shmooze/chat etc… On the highway with someone random is not the proper setting.
Walk outside of Maimonides Hospital and you will see the dr.s and nurses smoking. What are pple supposed to think then?
There are some online stores that are having major sales, so you can shop online from the comfort of your home, save, not get trampled, and not have to leave ur house at 5 am!!
My mother in law is very sweet, very concerned and very involved. Instead of getting insulted when she asks me if I am going to the gym regularly, eating too much fried food etc. I just keep in mind she means our best!
Wonderful Definitions
Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.
School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.
Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.
Nurse: A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.
Marriage: It’s an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.
Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.
Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through “the minds of either”
Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.
Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.
Father: A banker provided by nature.
Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.
Classics: Books, which people praise, but do not read.
Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouths.
Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.
Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.
bein_hasdorim, You are implying that because he was part of Chaveirim it lessens the chessed as if he had to do it. When someone is not breathing C”V and every minute is crucial, along comes a Hatzolah memeber and preforms CPR, would you say – the hotzalah memeber was (quoting you) “in volunteer mode” or “a call from what he signed up for”.
It is no less of a chessed what this Chaveirim member did. You dont know where he was at the time. These guys dont sit in an office waiting for calls. They are going about their daily activity, and stopping cold turkey when the call comes through.
How did the girls in the above story know that the helping boy was single? Maybe he was also married? quoting u “was she expecting him to strike up a conversation with her , if he’s married??!!” They struck up conversation and found out. What I see even worse is that it was TWO girls. So he knew that on the spot there is no potential for marriage there when he is shmoozing with 2.
Just to wrap up, A typical, frum girl does not strike up coversation with any boy anywhere, there is a time and place for both the boy and the girl. A “Thank you very much” should have sufficed on both ends.
The Hamodia is so thick lately and there are so many sections…who has time for more?
estherh, heartwrenching!
estherh, we did that once using pictures of family members, one of the more talented among us scanned them in and made the board. Then we had hints. Like which one lives in California? Which one has the longest name? etc… The adults and kids really enjoyed.
My friend once took pictures, cut out the noses of diff family members attending the party and enlarged it. By the Chanukah party everyone had to guess whose nose was whose. She said it was a hit!!!
Quoting MM – And Phyllis acted towards her helper as the prototypical Bas Yisroel steeped in Torah values should.
Mezonos Maven, I agree with you. I couldnt pinpoint what seemed wrong with the above story – Phyllis story made a lot of sense and sounded right in my opinion. Reading your summary I fully agree.
quoting haifagirl, From what I’ve observed (and I am certainly no expert), people who are fully committed do not get distracted from socializing with other couples.
I am very sorry, but a good looking sweet woman will attract a man no matter how commited he is . Men should not fool themselves – this is the way Hashem created man.
Especially that when couples socialize you dont get to see the true colors of each spouse as u do when u live with them, thus one can think “judging from this outing this must be the perfect spouse”.
Speak to the parents, some parent think their child is behaving beautifully while all the chil is craving is some extra snack…
Back on topice, plans for Chanukah…I hope to make a chanukah supper for my family and invite some realtives to share the light!
I dont know who is worse, but I just say Obama since he is president. The others, well, who cares what they say or think…
Front loaders ue less water and less energy and have many more wash cycles, buttons, light etc.. The top loaders are very basic and simple to use. I have a new, expensive front loader, I am not thrilled with it. My parents have an old Maytag top loader, honestly, they dont make ’em the way they used to. I love my parents simple, easy to use, but super machine.
The story of Noach modernized
…And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, “In six months I am going to
> make it rain until the whole earth is covered with water and all the
> evil people are destroyed. But I want to save a few good people, and two
> of every kind of living thing on the planet. I am commanding you to
> build an Ark.” In a flash of lightning, He delivered the specifications
> for an Ark.
>
> Six months later… “Noah,” called the Lord, “Where is the Ark?” “Lord,
> please forgive me!” begged Noah. “I did my best. But there were big
problems.
>
> “First, I had to get a building permit for the Ark construction
> project, and your plans didn’t meet code. So, I had to hire an engineer
> to re-draw the plans. Then I got into a big fight over whether or not
> the Ark needed a fire sprinkler system.
>
> “Then, my neighbor objected, claiming I was violating zoning by
> building the Ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance from the
> city planning commission. Then, I had problems getting enough wood for
> the Ark. There was a ban on cutting trees to save the Spotted Owl. I had
> to convince the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agency that I needed the wood to
> SAVE the owls. But they wouldn’t let me catch any. So, no owls.
>
> “The carpenters formed a union and went out on strike. I had to
> negotiate a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board before
> anyone would pick up a saw or hammer. Now we have sixteen carpenters on
> the Ark, and still no owls.
>
> “Then, I started gathering up animals and got sued by an animal rights
> group. They objected to me taking only two of each kind. Just when I got
> the suit dismissed, EPA notified me that I couldn’t complete the Ark
> without filing an environmental impact statement on your proposed flood.
> They didn’t take kindly to the idea that they had no jurisdiction over
> the conduct of the Supreme Being.
>
> “Then, the Army Corp of Engineers wanted a map of the proposed new
> flood plain. I gave them a globe. Right now, I’m still trying to resolve
> a complaint from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over how
> many Croatians I’m supposed to hire. The IRS has seized all my assets,
> claiming I’m trying to avoid paying taxes by leaving the country. And, I
> just got a notice from the state about owing them some kind of use tax.
>
> “I really don’t think I can finish the Ark for at least another five
> years,” Noah wailed.
>
> The sky began to clear. The sun began to shine. A rainbow arched across
> the sky. Noah looked up and smiled, “You mean you’re not going to
> destroy the earth?” he asked hopefully.
>
> “No”, said the Lord sadly. “The government already has.”
Put it in the dryer with a bounce sheet. make sure it dries completely.
Do you speak hebrew? do u have a computer?
U are paying hight taxes cuz these guys are using all our resources…food stamps, emergency room etc. Now the crazy part is that the money we pay a lot of these guys are not ciculating in the USA. Most cleaning ladis are busy sending the money off to Poland. I had a halper from The Republic of Trinidad, she made a lot of money. She asked me to pay up before the end of the month cuz her son had a way to send it to Trinidad, to her family there. My sister in law has a Philipino working for her, she is here while her children and husband are there. She plans to be here for 2 more years, she spends a minimum and she is planning to go back with the money.
For those illeagal imm that are staying and making money, they are sending their children to collage, so while they are cleaning you floors, their children wont be.
The benifit of these imm is only for the next 20 years, the children of your claning lady might end up being your daughter’s opthamologist!
I had a very weird story on a date. We got info on the boy from a very close yeshiva bucher who knew him very well. Since he gave most of the info, i automatically assumed that this boy I was about to meet learnt in the same yeshiva (Mir of yerushalyim) like the one giving info. While in truth my date was learning in a small yeshiva. SO I asked my date “how many guys are there in the yeshiva like 5,000?” He gave m a funny look and said “no way, more like 500” and I was wondering if this boy was just the “out of it” type; I mean who doesnt know that Mir has thosands of Bucherim. I was asking questions pertaining to Mir while he seemed not to know what I was talking about. Something like- I ate in pizza shop right across from ur yeshiva where only men are allowed. ANd he was like, i dont know which u are talking about cuz there are no pizza shops in the area. Now I knew that there are half a dozen pizza shops surrounding Mir. So finally I am like – are u learning in Mir??? And he says “no, I am in ________.” It came out really odd.
I just read about another ponzi sceme.. you know what they see – if it seems to good to br true…it probably is!!!
I know someone that once heard noise downstairs in middle of the night, he got so scared, he didnt know what to take to protect himself So he took a wire hanger and hoped for the best, he crept downstair pointing the edge outward hoping to surprise his attacker. He crept downstairs with his ammunition and sure enough it was his WIFE!
For any of lucky ones out there that are happily married Baruch Hashem ( to all singles out there, yes, there are some pple that ARE happily married) Always appreciate the gift of Shalom Bayis, and never stop davening that you find chein in the eyes of your spouse and vs versa.
Include your children in your spiritual activities. WHen baking challah, have e/o answer Amen and give your children a piece of dough. When cooking for shabbos say out loud “L’kavod Shabbos kodesh”
Have a special little rhyme or song to sing when a child wants to do s/th Muktza.
Bring the simcha of Yidishkeit into your home.
Wake up and jump out of bed
get dressed and comb ur head
dream of sun
of camp and fun
But off to school instead
I get as many as 5-6 collecters a night, and I live in an apt. building!!!
But I guess we should be happy not to be the ones collecting it must be very humiliating….
For those of you that blame divorces on couples dating for too short…Take a look at the Non Jewish dating system. People date for months, sometimes years before they get married. Some even live with their Boy/girl friends for periods of time to “get to know who they really are”. Do you see less devorces there? On the contrary; their divorce rate is much higher. SO that is certainly not ligit.
In my community we date for short, btwn 3-6 times, and B”H we have very happy tales to tell.
Mybe you want to blame divorces on spoild children, unrealistic expectations or bad middos, but certainly not on a dating system that has proven itself time and time again.
I have never seen anyone get drunk by a kiddush, you gotta hang around the right pple.
I officially call my MIL Mommy cuz that’s what she asked for, however honestly, I am uncomfortable doing it since we are not so close, so I usually don’t say anything sort of like chesedname said “if i wanted to offer her a drink i would make sure she saw me and said would you like a tea, coffee etc..”
Now my father in law is the complicated part, when my MIL speaks to me about my FIL she’d say “My husband…” or she uses his first name. Isn’t that weird? Well, thats what she does. SO when I refer to him to my siblings in law i say “ur father…”.
Sounds kinda complicated but I guess each family does their own thing.
Please stick to one screen name.
OHHH do I have the fondest memory of that place!!! tried the 90 foot drop?