Shimon Nodel

Montreal, Mont Tremblant in Quebec.
Poconos, there’s a Wegmans there with kosher meat.
Boston..
Niagra Falls, I went there last year, and it’s beautiful during the winter especially the hike along the Niagara River. There’s also Fort Niagara nearby. It’s from the war of 1812. You can see the Toronto skyline across the lake.

Take a lesson from Shimon and Levi. Make people think twice before trying anything

If you truly want to know what is a gadol hador, take lessons from sefer shoftim. It is not an anointed position. It is conferred upon someone through haskama of the klal. There used to be in recent decades a wide selection of agreed upon gedolei Yisrael from many backgrounds. Now, we have very few that are recognized by most. This is what is foretold in parshas haazinu.

Scientifically, it actually makes perfect sense.
The further you go back in time, pathogens and viruses were less and less frequent among people. They also had cures that were lost and forgotten over time.

The truth is, if someone is פורק עול תורה ומצוות, rest assured he has no chelek

Cs, no it isn’t. You are making it up or don’t know how to learn a basic gemara

CS, no that’s not true go back and learn that gemara

AAQ, maybe you have a habit of being rude to others. I was only talking about doing what’s right. We’re not here to be marketers for the world. We just do what Hashem wants, regardless of how others perceive us.

Coffeaddict, no. Berabim would be 10 people. Specifically, עשרה מישראל

Careful, AA lawyers are scrutinizing this thread

Your average LOR or pulpit Rabbi would probably tell you a chilul/kidush Hashem means making sure the goyim and secular Jews like us. This is very foolish. They don’t like us regardless of how nice we act. The average gentile couldn’t care less about our Torah and how special we show ourselves to be.

Ujm got it right. Just do the right thing. It makes no difference at all of how others perceive our actions as long as it is the correct way.

Palestinians = KKK

I had an Israeli friend who was very liberal. He was always talking about how terrible the Palestinians are treated. I told him one day, “did you hear about that bus full of kkk members that fell into the river?” No, he said. I said, yeah they all drowned. “Great!” He exclaimed.
I then said, no I actually just made it up. But what if it was a bus full of Palestinians? They’re just as racist and evil as the kkk.

If the average robot brained liberal would reflect on this for a moment, might they lose their sympathy for them just a little?

I just found this on Google maps. Trout lake weddings in the Poconos

There are many types of people, and using a traditional shadchan just doesn’t work for some (a lot of people).

My advice to you is just be straightforward. No need for many fancy words. Just text “let’s go out again.” Show that you’re confident.

Wow what a shtuch. Such a good retort. Absolutely genius!

When I was in yeshiva in e”y I’d pull down any poster for mearas hamachpela concerts whenever I happened to see one.

Avira, you can coddle all you want but you’ll only do harm in the end. I have rachmanus, so I’m warning her that if her parents continue behaving like this her husband will likely divorce (worst case scenario, but not good for shalom bayis regardless). The in laws need to leave them alone.

They would have been killed by the chashmonaim

An interesting shaalah would be if it’s allowed to kill them on shabbos

Only if you drink רוב כוס, and the cup must be a reviis. Making kiddush with a shot glass is like doing nothing at all. There’s no כוס

Mod29 shut it down a minute after I tried to point out that sfardim (mostly syrians) are prejudiced against Ashkenazim.
Apparently, only bashing of Ashkenazim is ok. Is it because we’re white? Last time I checked Syrians are white too

It may seem unfair, but he is justified