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Godol metzuva v’oseh mi eino metzuva v’oseh.
While never saw ths minhag while I was growing up or in yesiva, I have seen that the Baal Koreh often uses his pinky finger to follow the place in the kriya if he doesn’t have a yad.
“Kids at risk” are not the same thing as kids who are simply OTD. At risk implies that they are engaging in a range of self-destructive behavior from substance abuse, petty crime and other obsessive risk taking to eating disorders and clinical depression. Note that none of the behaviors mentioned has any religious (or irreligious) component. While a young man or woman who is or is going OTD may exhibit self-destructive behavior as well, Most of those who leave religious practice are generally well adjusted and proceed to lead reletively happy and fulfilling lives. The only “risk” they take is losing their family connections.
The differences mentioned also imply that different strategies must be employed to combat the diferent problems
How do they get Teflon to stick to the pan?
What did people compare taste to before they had chickens? …tastes like lizard?
Recommend avoiding route crossing at St Catherines-Lewiston. take the 401 east to Gananoque cross over the thousand islands bridge take 81 south to Rte 17 at Binghamton. 17 clear all the way
18 is the leagal driving age in NYC
Know what? I’m looking forward to the day when my sons-in-law can support me.
To quote a famous Hungarian, “A man is incomplete until he is married. then he’s finished.”
Acording to some Rishonim (the RAMBAM, for instance) not only is the mitzva of yishuv eretz Yisroel chal b’zeman hazeh, but also the mitzva of kibush Eretz Yisroel.
P.S. The majority of Jews have lived in Chutz L’Aretz since Galus Bavel.
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What the heck is a life coach? What, inhale…exhale…inhale…exhale?
Mdd also said, “I did not write that GAW is an apikores — I wrote that his statement is apikorsus.” That strikes me as a distinction without a difference.
Just to add fuel to the fire, mdd wrote, “…I do not believe, I owe you one,”
The comma creates two independant clauses, the first of which, “I do not believe” actually is apikorsus.
Ronsr, Mimiograph fluid really was intoxicating. It was alcohol.
Does anyone else remember when the toilets on airplanes had seat belts?
puting on your turn signal “3 seconds” before turning may not be an actual violation. the NYS Motor Vehicle Code requires that turn signals must be given no less that 100 feet from the intersection. To cover 100 feet in 3 seconds you only have to be going 11 MPH.
All, can we please stop tossing around the “A” word every time someone says or posts something we don’t agree with? MDD, people who hold different shitos than you do, or even people who are mistaken in pshat are not apikorsim. You are being motzei shem rah on good Jews who simply have a different outlook than you do or, at worst, are simply in error.
besides being a Hebrew word, how is “hatzlacha” different from “”good luck”?
Try Yeshivas Ohr Reuven in Monsey.
ICOT, That’s where I saw it first also. A lot longer than 30 years ago. I remember it from the ’50s when it came out (speaking of “old”).
Dry wine, white or red, has much less sugar than even “light” grape juice as the sugars have been mostly converted to alcohol. Check with your doctor, but occasional alcohol consumption, such as kiddush on Shabbos, is usually not a problem for non-insulin dependant diabetics.
I read an interesting article recently explaining one reason why head lice are so much more common these days. The gist of the article was that the advent of warm and cold water detergents allowed washing clothes, sheets and pillow cases in cooler water. The writer noted that if one washes lousy garments and bed clothes in cool or warm water, all you end up with is very clean lice.
My advice is that one should never write anything that they wouldn’t want read in open court.
My usual response to being called Rabbi is, “Don’t call me rabbi, I work for a living!”
Something often overlooked in a discussion of this kind is that Kanoyim pogim bo at their own risk. If, C’V, one is engaged in the aveirah previously mentioned and kills the Kanoy who is trying to kill him, that constitutes legitimate self-defense the avaryon is pattur.
Mosherose, you’re way off base. Unless you want to have Soviet style show trials, every defendant, no matter how heinous his crime, is entitled to the best defense possible. Aron’s lawyer is not simply “doing his job.” He is performing a public service that benefits all of us by seeing that justice, not vengeance, is done.
This one’s for Charlie:
They say,” A Conservative is a Liberal who’s been mugged.” Well, A Liberal is a Conservative who’s been arrested.
“Grow old along with me!
The best is is yet to be.
The last of life for which the first is made.
We all are in His hand
Who saith, ‘A whole I planned.
Youth shows but half. Trust G-d, see all, nor be afraid.'”
From the poem “Rabbi Ben Ezra” by Robert Burns
Actually, kala elon (indigo) does not pass the test as anyone who has ever washed a new pair of jeans knows. It may be that modern aniline dyes could pass the test. After reading the expostion of the Radziner Rebbe, I am convinced that his analysis is correct as are those who follow his ruling.
Folks, I see here a basic misunderstanding of Ma’ares Eyin. The inyan isn’t to appear to do something assur that others will think ill of you, it’s appearing to do something assur that others might think may be nuttar.
Lo ba shamayim hi. The gemarah in Menachos has a practical test for techeiles, I.E. techeiles is color fast while other substitutes, such as indigo, the most common one, are not. If the dye passes the test and comes from a creature matching the decription given, loc cit, then who is to say that it is not techeiles?
You know, everybody has an opinion about the causes of OTD and most, if not all, of them are correct in any given case but the funny thing is that a lot of those “OTD” guys you see hanging out will grow up to be fine, frum baalei battim who will send their kids to yeshiva, support mosdos and complain how the next generation is in OTD trouble.
Hey Mod, Bradley never said that and Patton was, most assuredly, not an idiot. Clearly, when dealing with danger or difficulty, Patton was the foremost authority. P.R., on the other hand, was not his forte.
What is a “potential OTD child”? You mean he (or she) is not really OTD but the parent is concerned that he or she might be in the future? Is this a case of counting chickens before they’re hatched?
Good communications between parent and child are just part of good parenting. You don’t have to wait until you think there’s a problem before you pay attention to your kids. Openness and communication are good parenting traits even if the bachurel is the local ilui, come to think of it, that’s when you need good parenting skills most.
As far as “potential OTD” goes, General Patton said it. “Do not take council of your fears.”
Besides being expensive for accepted students, seminaries in Israel also collect non-refundable application fees even from those students who are not accepted.
I’ve often had the idea to open a very selective girl’s seminary and charge a $500 non-refundable application fee. The seminary would be so selective that we wouldn’t accept anyone, just collect application fees.
Oh, and Charlie, concering your responses to my previous posts.
In the case of the three thousand dollr transaction, you are mistaken. Actual WEALTH, not utility is increased because each party has more than he had previously. Wealth, and value is not intrinsic to an object. an item or service is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. If I’m willing to pay $3000 for a car that means the car is worth more than $3000 to me so I now have more than $3000.
As far as Bill Gates making anyone poor, yes some individuals may have lost wealth but the total amount of wealth in the world has been increased by Mr. Gates activities. Those who lost money aren’t poorer because Gates is rich. They are poorer because they made bad decisions or because their product wasn’t as desireable as Microsoft’s or because Bill Gates was a better businessman than they were. There are always winners and losers in any competition but Bill Gates, besides being a winner himself , made millions of other winners by creating an entire industry where none previously existed. Bill Gates represents the best argument for a free market economy.
P.S. I am not a laisez faire capitalist. There certainly is a need for government oversight in business and the economy, but that is a subject for another discussion.
Charley two things about Canadian and Israeli health care.
1. Their general health care isn’t bad, in fact, it’s pretty good. That is as long as there isn’t anything seriously wrong with you and you can wait for services. Say what you will about the inequities of American fee-for-service, the quality of American medicine is the standard of the world. American don’t go to Canada to get complicated operations bur Canadians do come to America.
2. Canadians and Israelis do not live longer than Americans. The apparent difference in life expectancy is due to a, neither of the counties listed report infant deaths less than 30 days old and b, U.S. reporting includes accidental deaths and homicides, theirs don’t.
Sorry folks, based on the description of the book given above by flyer, I see no reason why a 14 year old girl shouldn’t be allowed to read the book. 14 year olds know what bi-polar disorder is and they know what a disfunctional family is. It seems that the book reinforces positive values like telling the truth and helping ill people. As far as I know, there is no explicit you-know-what(or implicit, for that matter). It does show, however, that when people make bad choices in life, bad things tend to happen. That’s a valid lesson for a 14 year old and for adults too.
There are several different versions of what yemos haMoshiach will be like, from different rishonim. Prof1 cites the RAMBAM’s view in Hilchos Melachim based on various gemorrahs. essentially that, except for the reestablisment of Malchus Beis Dovid, peace for Israel and Beis Hamiqdash service, life will be pretty much like life pre-Moshiach. P.S. Acording to the RAMBAM the rebuilding of the Beis Hamiqdash will serve as final proof that Moshiach is who he says he is. In other words, rebuilding the Beis Hamiqdash would technically start before the beginning of the Messianic age.
Sorry, glazed ceramic ware such as porcelin, china, and crockpot insets require tevillah. unglazed earthenware does not. “Stoneware” is a trade name (it’s not really made of stone)for a particular style of glazed ceramic and does require tevillah.
Among the best pieces of advice I’ve received over my 40 years of working as an engineer was something an old machinist told me about building power plants. He said, “It’s just a piece of iron. All you have to be is smarter than a piece of iron.” Another of the words that I live by is from my Professor in thermodynamics. He said, “Nothing happens in zero time”.
A few years ago, when the Partie Quebecois was activly pushing for Quebec independence, there weret what would happen to the Maritimes if Quebec became an independent nation, as they would be physically cut off from the rest of Canada. There was serious talk that they might join the U.S. so the premise of this thread is not so far fetched.
This is similar to what was practiced in Navarodok. Each member of a mussar chaburah in turn whould would be subject to the criticisms of their midos by the other members (in America we call these “lemon sessions”). In Communist China. People were encouraged publicly critise themselves ala a 12 step program.
It is important for all of us to know what we are doing wrong and, sometimes, it takes another to point those things out to us but public self-flagilation as proposed by the original poster is unseemly and often has the oposite of the desired effect.
Just a note: Poker is a game of skill. Playing poker for money is no more gambling than playing chess for money. Oh, and while I’m on the subject, Just because someone enjoys a certain activity or food or drink, that doesn’t make it an addiction. Someone who enjoys recreational gambling or card playing or golf or chocolate or wine isn’t an addict and requires no treatment. Treatment is only indicated when the activity interferes negatively with the person’s life. As they say, “gambling is only a problem if you’re losing.” One could argue that gambling is antithetical to a Torah lifestyle but that is a moral concern, not a physical one.
You say that you have been redt shidduchim but, “I said no cause they were totally not shayich.” Maybe you shouldn’t have said “no” so often. Sooner or later folks like shadchanim and other interested parties are going to get tired of hearing “no” and will move on to someone a bit more flexible. Listen, finding a life partner is not like shopping for a refrigerator. There is much more to finding a zivug than simply reading “Consumers Reports” and comparing features. IMO you cannot determine that a match is “not shayich” in less than two dates. As they say, “If you want to marry a prince, be prepared to kiss a lot of frogs.”
“There’s never enough time or money to do it right, but there’s always enough time and money to do it over.”
“Do unto others before they do unto you.”
“You can get more with an kind word and a gun than you can get with just a kind word.”
“The higher the altitude, the lower the multitude.”
1. Yes, the do have kosher phones in America, but they taste awful.
2. Testing seems a colossal waste of time. Why would someone spend 15 minutes having a text conversation with someone else when they could have the same conversation in five minutes or less on a voice call?
Sorry, I don’t do non-gebrochts
What is the difference between a “Jewish” mystery-thriller and a “Secular” mystery thriller? P.S. If you want a very interesting mystery-thriller, try “Murder in the Miqdash” (don’t remember the author but it is available on Amazon). It’s a murder mystery set in the Yerushalayim in the Messianic era. The details are mostly RAMBAM’s shitah.
My Father A”H used the word “pespechnye” to mean unpleasant like unpleasant weather. I don’t know if it’s made up or if it’s a real Russian word.
English is the most commonly spoken language in the world. (although not the most commonsly spoken NATIVE laguage in the world. That would be Mandarin.) It is the language of people and countries with prospects. Literacy in English is the single most important secular skill that one can master. People who lack fluency in spoken and written English condemn themselves to a lifetime of second class existance.
Hey, a bargain worked for Yaakov Avinu. Maaseh avos siman l’banim.