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my sons favorite is shehakohl pesach brownies very easy to make. if you don’t bake there is always the 3ps popcorn,peanuts,potato chips.

Refuah shelaimah, I’m not in your situation now now but have been there in the past and still remember the pain. Heating pads and pelvic tilts area good starting place.Stand with your back against a wall and try to press the small of your back to flat to the wall then slide low bending knees and back up the wall to standing alternately go on your hands and knees in a crawling position then arch your back up then down. (these are kind of hard for the 3rd trimester so maybe have someone around to pull you up if you get stuck.) I’ve found that wearing a maternity belt can really help.If you have access to a pool my midwife suggested not swimming but holding on to the side and doing leg lifts and stretches.Hopefuly the baby fill shift positions soon and it will ease .

When getting dressed in a kiddush skirt( you can’t wear it comfortably all shabbos,you can’t sit down but you think you look great to run into the kiddush for a minute and wish mazel tov…)first think would I be embarrassed if ______ were there.fill in the blank with whomever works for you,your high school principal,rav moshe, your mother in law(or future mother in law).There are alot of long cute skirts out there think if the great shopping chances.

Raccoons should be hibernating this time of year,if there is one out in about in winter weather,(I think I heard something about snow in NY)it may be ill.Cal a pest control company they can set traps for it. Generally Raccoons can be destructive nuisance (they will chew their way in to anywhere they want to nest) but are not dangerous they rarely bite or attack.

My husband was born in Eretz Yisoel,his parents are Americans.They lived in E”Y for the year he was born only.My children are considered Israeli citizens by the Israeli gov’t.My sons learning in E’Y claimed no knowledge of their fathers birth place on their student visas as recommended by their Roshei Yeshivos,they have come back to the states for Pesach and returned to E’y without problem.My daughter in Sem this year tried the same but her student visa was rejected.It seems that the Israeli gov’t is starting to crack down on this sort of thing and ran my husbands name thru some sort of data bank that came up with the fact that he was born in E’Y. My daughter now needs a Israeli passport and army exclusion if/when she wants to return to the states.

my daughter is in meohr this year,while it is a trust system there are rules (curfew for one) non-jewish music ,movies and the like are not allowed,although there probably are a few girls who sneak them in.Dress code no denim of any type,no short socks, no writing on any clothing,no floor length skirts.girls in meohr have filtered internet with email address [email protected] no private emails but I’m sure there are some girls that have figured the way around it.Meohrs goal is to further each girl in their personal growth and maturity. It seems like they had a few years of girls who were not as serious about growing in yiddishkite as they would have liked and are now tightening things up a bit.

If you really want to chop the old way you need a hand/crank grinder sort of like a baby food grinder but bigger and stronger.Kitchen-aid sells an attachment for the kitchenaid stand mixers,the knife blade of a food processor works too,use a pulse on/off not steady on or you’ll end up with mush. My grandmother always started with a whole fish and said the secret was to first boil the bones with onions and carrots to make a good fish stock.Good luck, hope it’s worth the effort.

My 10 year old and her friends collect pull-apart erasers,the come in a pack of 3 or 4 and are very inexpensive.They like the ones that look like food best (ice cream cone breaks in to 3 parts cone,ice cream and a cherry on top)A bonus they actually do erase.

pumper, When my daughter finishes Sem in June I’m hoping not to have 3 in the parsha at once. Why are girls less checking then the boys? Is it less as less dates to check out or less question to ask for boys ? My boys have not lived at home for years now but are more then happy to have my input my daughter on the other hand… I guess the only real answer is davening?

Oh my gosh,is this for real? I have two sons planning on entering the’parsha” pesach time. 1 every two weeks? I’m guessing it will take me about 2 weeks to investigate (bad word choice but realistic)each girl so if it is 1 every 2 weeks how do you get anything else done? Is it okay to ask to talk to the girls friends rather than teachers I think they;ll give a clearer personality picture but don’t know if this is acceptable.

My mother-inlaw makes cholent pie,fry leftover cholent with onion place in frozen pie crust bake..

I use toothpaste to polish silver,it’s cheaper and almost always on hand.Just squeeze out on to a damp rag or sponge then proceede as would with polish .

I do as oomis1105 but put them in the dryer on delicate/low heat only for a few minutes to get out the washer wrinkles rehang while still abit damp.

My husband and I wanted our son (entering the parsha soon) to leave yeshiva and go to work/training so he will be able to support a family but were told by well respected Rabbanim to keep him in the yeshivah until he gets a shidduch.”The type of girl you want for your son only wants a learner (at least for the first year)” Seems like playing games to me this is me eldest and times have changed since I was dating.

I’m probably in the minority but I would rather my children be taught by someone wearing a snood or tichel (and otherwise dressed neat and clean) then someone in a three thousand dollar custom sheitel.Don’t we want our daughters to learn that covering their hair is a mitzvah not something to be embarrassed of? Yes it is all about image and I have to look nice for my husband but honestly isn’t a human hair custom with skin part just trying hard to look like you are not wearing a sheitel? As long as the snood/scarf/hat/tichel even pretied bandanna is clean and neatI don’t see why is that being a shlump?

Try Colorado,we may not have the kosher restaurant scene but the mountains can’t be beat..

Tryingtoimprove, Hatzlacha Raba! Speaking from my perspective as a mother of a teenage girl I would encourage you to be upfront with all your family members, yes your sisters might call you “frummie” for a while but then they might just join you.

Try to take it one step at a time – socks(even short ones)or knee highs under long skirts.Being from out of town I don’t really get the “opaque” part all the girls and women know(not chassidush) wear regular sheer pantyhose/knee highs. Check out the resale/thrift shops you might have to travel out of your neighborhood & they won’t be “frum” stores but for a few of dollars you can buy some nice skirts.

any tips for getting teenagers to sleep ? they have no problems with morning or afternoon naps it’s just from 11pm till …

I don’t live in the N.y area but have used a sling with all of my children as do most of my friends. They are great for soothing kvetchy little ones( I’ve also used it hiking with a 3yr old).If you’ve tried it and have not been comfortable ask someone with experience if you were wearing correctly. My NOJO baby sling is 20 yrs old and still in use.

to bh18,if you would like to post your sons full name I(and I’m sure many others) will daven for him.

Any knowledge of Bais Yaakov Mezuraz seminary?

I have 2 sons in E’Y , one in a dormitory yeshiva tuition is less then what we payed in the states to allow for him to come home for Pesach.He buys some food but mostly makes due with yeshiva food.It is that yeshivas policy that unless staying with family members for the entire off time all bochrim come home.He has some minor expenses less than $50 a month. The other is in a shared dira $150 a month plus phone,laundry,utilities and some food and misc about $300 a month total.

My doctor advised dabbing Benadryle (a little on a clean fingertip) directly onto the canker sore a few times a day redoing after meals. There is also an over the counter liquid that you “paint” over the sore before eating for more comfort, lots of vitamin c is a good preventative. Refuah Shelamah

Being an ex-Detroiter I know many of the staff members of the Detroit sem, they are all great but it is very small approx 10 girls.So not for someone wanting a major sem experience experience.There is a dorm/shared house and the community is wonderful.