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FOR now on? FASHTAISH?
This isn’t Yiddish, English, or even Yinglish, it’s gibberish.
Ah, but those Poilishe flomen!!!
Jothar,
When very few visas were available even before the war broke out, R’ Chaim Ozer Z’L had to make the decisions as to who gets them. When similar situation occured in the USA during the war, the Rabbinical arm of the Vaad Hatzala were breaking their heads deliberating upon who shall live and who would die. One of its senior members almost refused to state his opinion, saying that “only R’ Chaim Ozer had the achrayos to pasken dinei nefoshos like we are attempting to do”. So, in the end, there are halachos in pidoyn shevuyim regarding who comes first. Therefore, talmidei chachamim of the greatest caliber were issued the few obtainable visas.
It wasn’t just that the orthodox saved only their own. There are actual and pertinent halachos on this matter, and they were followed. This seeming “unfairness” was not arbitrary, but decided by Chazal, and one of the p’sakim in the Gemara is “Aviv veRabo, Rabo kodem”.
One doesn’t have to like it; it’s a din, not any different that when a rov tells someone that their dinner is treif and needs to be thrown out.
It’s easy!
Just make sure that when you use your “tognue”, it’s connected to ur “barin”.
Lisinopril and other ACE inhibitors are notorious for causing cough, due to increased bradykinin action on the lungs.
Jothar
There is a very interesting source for the word Parve. It’s probably derived from lishkas beis naparva, wherein the Cohen Gadol was in neither bigdei zahav, nor in bigdei lovon. Thus, although used in Yiddish, it’s actually a Mishnaic Hebrew term. It isn’t Yiddish, besides, it is used in English, as well.
Then there is the heiliger kugel! While many people, especially those who did not live in Europe, nor speak any European languages, claim that its origin is from “KeUgol”, meaning round or ball shape, the origin is German, indeed. Kuegel is German for round shaped object. Why need the elaborate explanation that it’s LIKE a round, when it simply means that, without Kaf hadimyon. The same goes with cholent, or chulent, or whatever ingredients one wishes to overcook. Its origin is from Provancal challet, mentioned in books over the centuries, both Jewish and not. It is not derived from “SheLon”, as in stayed on the stove overnight. Lina is actually not a halachic cooking term, anyhow.
Other than tedious explanations trying to tie Loshon Hakodesh origins for distinctly Yiddish words, there is myriad terms that do come from TNa”CH, Gemara, Midroshim, and those are beautiful, as are some untranslateable Yiddish expressions.
With all that said, the kedusha lies with the people who speak it, not with the language itself.
Truth,
Reb Elchonon turned down a visa for HIMSELF, saying that his place was with his talmidim, and a captain does not abandon his ship. Once he arrived back in Europe, he did everything possible to get visas for the entire yeshiva. Later on, when everything else failed, knowing that his bachurim would be jailed by the communists, he received a visa for his family and attempted to use it. However, when his son had an accident during their travel attempt, R’ Elchonon said that it’s a sign from Heaven that he should stay, whatever happens. Please let’s be honest on all sides.
Since allergists haven’t been able to eradicate his cough, consider visiting a pulmonalogist. BTW, is he on any medications to lower blood pressure or for his heart?
It is precisely due to the unique holiness of Yiddish that R’ Nosson Adler and R’ Chaim Volozhiner, among others, spoke strictly in Loshon Hakodesh on Shabbos, and never in Yiddish. Maybe they did not wish to have lashon Amalek heard at least one day of the week?
Jax, the funny thing is that when one takes antibiotics for a cold, no matter what type and how much, the body is still fighting that small cold on its own, while the liver is being poisoned.
Do I assume correctly that at least one of all the professionals that saw him ordered and read a chest X ray?
While this isn’t a medical forum, have you tried checking for reflux (GERD), the acid in which often causes chronic cough and may mimic asthma.
NO, he speaks to them in beautiful, articulate, grammatically correct ENGLISH.
Mybat,
wait till the truth is totally forgotten and you will learn to your chagrin that there were no mechal’lei shabbos in the idyllic place of horror called Eastern Europe, and everyone was frum, learned in Kollel his whole life, all the women covered their hair, dressed with tznius, and things like intermarriage and conversions to Christianity simply did not exist. Nostalgia does wonders to one’s memory. I remember a very sweet old Polish Jew, who went through 6 years of Holocaust, and he spoke with wistful gaze about the taste and juiciness of plums in his shtet’l.
Yiddish is someone’s plum.
Hey, Cherry, I saw the English version, possibly a precursor or an excerpt, but who cares. Neither the one you are holding, nor the one I read were written in the very language it promotes. Why, by the way, is a sefer written in Lashon Hakodesh, which IS a language of the holy, to promote a jargon? Please don’t tell me it is written in street Ivrit, as that would be a sacrilege, against Yiddish, of course.
And no matter what language the said sefer appeared in, the author’s own children’s tongue is English. Ask them, please.
If you have a chronic gastritis it may be a very good idea to have it checked out, as it can lead to serious complications. You obviously know that alcohol and gastritis do not mix.
ROB,
Rudy Kasztner was far from a tzaddik. He DID ensure complete cooperation of the Hungarian Jews in the ghettos with the SS, while he knew beyond any doubt that they were being deported to Auschwitz for only one purpose. His own defense admitted that much. In return for his silence and collaboration, he received a bone – few hundred Jews belonging to his party, which later was increased to over a thousand.
Just as you do not like, and reasonably so, when the side opposed to your arguments blames Zionists for every calamity, whitewashing its own faults, and covering up the lack of united front in its own ranks, it serves no good purpose, and to the contrary, when you present Dr. Kasztner as a selfless individual whose goal was to save Jewish lives. It simply wasn’t.
With all the suppression in publication, there are enough letters still extant from Gedolei Lita regarding the New Yishuv, and, sorry to hurt your feelings, they definitely aren’t all anti Zionist. Many were, and many, yes, MANY, were not. Polish Rebbes were more leaning against the movement, yet, once again, it wasn’t an overwhelming majority either. The Hungarians, led by the Munkatcher Ruv, were extremely opposed, but, again, in chasidish circles. Since the majority of Hungarian orthodoxy was NOT chassidish before the war, even this statistic of extreme opposition is limited in scope.
Yiddish – the holy language, is a very nice little booklet, meant to arouse Jews to the beauty of their esrtwhile mame loshon, and to remind them that even some seemingly insignificant phrases had their origins behar’rei kodesh. Obviously that doesn’t relate to the 14th century German, which is the bulk of it, nor to the incorporated Polish, Russian, Humgarian, and Romanian words, such as kishke and pastromale. They sure taste good, but, unless served at a tish, have zero holiness.
Gevaldig! Peledig! Moiradig! Vunderbar! Oisgetzoichent!….. and not meant to be a halachic work by any stretch of imagination. Not true? For one, it was written in English, the language that the author’s own children speak far better than Yiddish. Were it a halacha, the mechaber, who is a very big talmid chochom AND a posek of note, would have insisted on “Yiddish only” at home, as, incidentally, Rav Avigdor Miller did.
There is section 8, commonly known as HUD. And I believe that if you have children some may be eligible for WIC. Often there are local programs that help you defray the cost of your utilities, even land line telephone, but I have no idea where and how to apply for all of those. The best advise is to go to your local Social Services office and they should be able to assist you, even if reluctantly.
And the Hungarian Hassidic orthodoxy was virulently anti-Zionist, to put THEIR comments into perspective.
Health, I stand corrected. Thank you.
I haven’t dealt with pediatrics since my children have grown.
MM
It doesn’t justify a poster calling it a non-facts based book. However, no sources are quoted therein, and their factuality cannot be determined. Secondly, books that DO have a list of sources for whatever reason tell a different story. So, it wouldn’t do justice to the book to call it facts-based, either.
Jothar!
Because we live in an open market world. First we decide which product we want, then we shop around the market to find who sells it, and for the best price.
Some WANT Yiddish to be holy, due to variety of nostalgic factors. Next come finding proofs, or those who may agree, even if they do so for totally different reasons. Those who disagree are ignored outright. Lastly, we negotiate the price, since most of those who would be in favor of Yiddish only frum world would also like to see their questioneers dress in a certain levush, and commit themselves to a definite lifestyle. Since such a price is a little too high, those sources aren’t quoted at all, and the search goes on, for those who don’t demand more than the language.
Acidophilus is’t a bad idea. You can try a tastier version, with live-cultures yougurt, or, even better, Kefir.
However, ask your physician about having milk products in the gut with antibiotics, or any food for that matter.
But a guy on the street who was there is ne’emon to tell you what he saw, experienced and was witness to. His testimony carries weight, whether in Bais Din or on the same street, far more than opinions of those who heard the story second-hand.
Books written l’acher hamaase rely on eyewitnesses, and, until they research ALL availabe evidence, and not only the side they feel ideologically biased toward, they are of little judgemental value.
It is as fact based as his discussions regarding evolution are. With all due respect for the great man’s learning, when it comes to FACTS, those remain to be ascertained from every source possible. When “gedolei rabbonei CHABAD” emphatically state that the Rebbe never went bareheaded, that is contradicted by the statement of Rabbi Soloveichik, who saw him walking thus in Berlin on a daily basis, whereas the Lubavicher rabbis weren’t even there. Still, one may say that its their word against his. True, until one sees a readily available photo of the Rebbe from those days, that amply proves Rabbi Soloveichik’s words.
People who were specifically told not to leave Europe by their Rabbis provide enough evidence to the veracity of their statements, corroborated by multitudes. No matter how one may wish to defend the rabbinical stance, even if perfectly correct, they DID tell their followers to remain in Europe. This fact remains, as does the one that some used any means to escape, while their flock remained under the Nazi rule. I am not accusing any of them of hypocrisy or abandonment. Possibly they felt that they had to save themselves to rebuild Torah. While that answer may be more than adequite, the fact remains a fact that while their followers went to Treblinka, they were spirited out to safety that they had previously advised against.
Until one acknowledges factual truth, even if with explanation, one isn’t worthy of a debate, or even of a reply. Until then, go and rewrite the TNa”CH, where the greatest of the great are openly castigated for their mistakes.
Depending on the shade of blue.
You need help from a wise talmid chochom or a marriage counselor, and NOT from online advise, no matter how well meaning.
I have seen it, in less than half time.
It is prescribed because it works. Sometimes medicines are given not only for similar conditions, but even for a total off the label use, such as Erythromycin given for constipation due peristaltic inhibition. It stimulates the release of motilin – the hormone responsible for bowel contraction.
You would have to stand on your head to speak to him with respect.
truthsharer
R’ Aharon’s opposition was rooted in the fact that a Yeshiva should never be mixed with a college, as was done at the YU. He was adamant that Torah be learned undiluted. Individual college study, per se, depended on an individual.
MAZCA!!
Hold on, please. A commonly prescribed AB therapy for bacterial conjunctivitis (Pink Eye) is Gentamicin, which is actually dispensed as EAR DROPS, since it can be used for both. Many people inthe USA ask their pharmacist in great wonder why he dispensed ear drops when eye drops were prescribed, and hear this reply. Tobramycin, another aminoglycoside antibiotic, is usually dispensed as eye drops, but can be used for ears, as well, depending on circumstances. Go figure 🙂
This must be a conspiracy by the AMA to ensure that people see accredited physicians and pay their fees, or by the pharmaceutical companies who desperately wish to be sued out of millions.
Feif
Rav Kook passed away long before Israel became a state. Which army are you referring to, for the sake of accuracy. Otherwise this approcahes FDR’s intentions in 1948
The hostility is not directed toward Yiddish. It pertains to the silliness in calling it holy, and in advocating its usage, especially when most of the frum world does not speak it, and those who do, don’t do so all that well, for the most part.
Compare it to the reaction that would be generated if one suddenly started amusing the public with the notion that we should revert to horses, instead of cars, because they were used for centuries, more holy Jews of immense caliber sat in carriages than will ever be driven in cars, and because a horse has an intrinsic kedusha, due to the fact that Dovid Hamelech rode one to battle his enemies. Besides, there are enough bubbe maaelach about some holy horses flying at night to unknown towns, carrying tzaddikim to perform unspoken miracles, and NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY ever spins such grand tales about motor vehicles.
Horses, water carriers, outhouses, tregers, hand plows, wind mills, …. and some languages are all anachronisms, and, while can be used for nostalgic purposes, have little else of value remaining.
Jothar
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach has written more than once regarding Rav Kook “Mara d’Arah D’Yisroel, Mori Verabi Harav Hagaon R’ A.Y. Kook zecher kodosh levrocho”. When some mosad asked his opinion about hiring a prospective rebbi, R’ Shlomo Zalman advised against it, since that individual spoke disperpectfully about R’ Kook.
Nobody can accuse R’ Shlomo Zalman of being modern orthodox, or Zionist, yet people a quick to quote him when it fits their aggenda, forgetting that they way they speak of his rebbi was considered extremely disrespectful and wrong by him.
In the same breath that quotes R’ Hutner, one can be disparaging toward those whom R’ Hutner held to be his own teachers and guides. R’ Miller, z’l, who was adamantly opposed to Internet use, is being quoted upon everything but the topic he so much opposed, and on a web page, no less. The list goes on, as do the postings of “selected readings” of those that the posters consider to be correct in a particular topic, when it fits with their own pre- and mis- conceived notions.
Starwolf,
There is an odd substance sold to treat depression called St. John’s Wort. While it treats absolutely nothing, and may simply have a basic placebo effect, it didn’t even help its eponymic, who, supposedly, was so obsessed with his visions that he ended his life quite early. Now, had it been touted as a treatment for schizophrenia, well, that would be possible……
When one adds fuel to the fire, the first hands to get burned are usually one’s own.
Feif
Learn from the lawyers. When you have no case, or wish to supress other’s claim, bury them in paper. That should answer your doubts.
Amen, and you likewise!
Oxidizing time is for raw garlic, to let the allium sulfuric compounds combine with oxygen, not only incresing their potency for medicinal purposes, but actually enabling it. This very oxidation is also responsible for garlic’s increased sharpness and stench. Therefore, products that ensure that their garlic hasn’t come in contact with air, are, by definition, severely limiting its potential, such as in Kyolic or Garliq.
Therefore, if you truly desire to have the benefits of this herb, use raw untreated one.
Starwolf, I recommended the above natural substances with the knowledge of the sciences you listed above. If you have read my other posts, especially in regard to those fools who yell against vaccinations, I am the first one to warn people against using the health food store’s shelves for medical education and self treatment. These compounds suggested have been tested, extensively, and, while neither is a panacea, in the dosages sold they are not harmful. Much of other “stuff” sold under naturalistic labels is, and should either be avoided totally or used under guidence.
Wrong! Yiddish was used by holy JEWS, as was Arabic, Aramaic, English, French, and even Hungarian. There is no intrinsic holiness in Yiddish. When Jews will use Swahili, it will be them, not the tongue that carries the kedusha. EDITED
Yes, and there are no curses as juicy and vile as the Yiddish ones. The point is that it is the speaker who makes his tongue holy or not. When a Ben Torah converses in English, Spanish, French, and “even” in Ivrit, his language is clean, and interlaced with Loshon Hakodesh and pseukim, midrashim, divrei Chazal, and lacks any similarity to the one spoken by the gentiles. At the same time, Yiddish, with all its idiom, when used by the irreligious, can reek with nevolo and loshon horah, and, worse yet, using the very same talmudic expressions.
R’ Nosson Wachtfogel Z”L was very much against young Kollel couples having bachurim for guests on Friday nights, when the husband, who spends all day long in the Yeshiva, and goes to learn during the weeknight, as well, should be spending time speaking to and bonding with his wife. The bachurim do have a place to eat in the Yeshiva dining room, and won’t be hungry.
The Yiddish version, named “Noch a Fenster” will be available around Chanuka, Jewish time, of course. One of the most important features that only that version will have is that in addition to YO and NEIN tabs in pop-up messages, there is one with EFSHAR on it, allowing prolonged rumination, while still surfing the Web and posting on YWN.
jewishandworking22
Yes, it’s from that book, but if you are working, when do you have the time to read fairy tales 🙂
Kyolic, while not bad, has most of the medicinal properties of garlic removed with the smell. Those a sulfurous in nature, and that is why they stink. Raw crushed garlic, allowed to oxidize for 30 minutes will help much better. To fight the bad breath, chew on a parsley sprig, and you won’t have a problem.
If you wish to try fighting a cold, try echinacea and elderberry extracts. Those have been used for millenia and were scientifically proven to significantly lessen the duration of viral colds. Both can also prevent a cold.
For sinus congestion and throat irritaion, use eucalyptus oil in a steaming hot bath or another method of inhalation. You will cough your lungs out from the initial irritation this will cause, but a great amount of foul mucus and gunk will come out, making you feel better AND allowing better air circulation in your nasal passages after.
JP
Next are underwear made by frum Jews, solely leshem shomayim. They are loosefitting, strictly white, made of thick Turkish wool, AND, most importantly, have no ch’shash of shatnez, attested to by 11 stamps with bow ties and tiny Hebrew letters, plastered all over the place.
Unfortunately, guaranteeing such high degree of kashrus and integiry costs a lot of money, yet, advertizing this amazing product (“Gatkes” in the most holy Yiddish tongue) does not add to the price, since no ehrliche yidden would get photographed in them.
The name of the brand? Why, “LOOT OF THE FRUM”, of course! 🙂
Its a HUGE problem, not just a bit. Besides, Antibiotics aren’t all equal, as each has its spectrum of efficacy and specific bacteria that it either kills or inhibits. Take the very large class of cephalosporins, for example. There are 5 generations of them, with the bugs succeptible to them moving from Gram positive to Gram negative with each succeeding generation, for the most part. Also, resistance to these drugs vary with bacterial families. Unless one is trained to A. correctly diagnose the illness, B. correctly identify the probable pathogen causing such, and C. correctly choose which AB is effective against this pathogen in this particular locale (since drug resistance varies with geography due to incomplete spread, thankfully), one is groping in the dark, even if the pharmacy is well lit.
In the Third World it is actually easier, since only the oldest and cheapest drugs are available. In India, for example, Chloramphenicol is the drug of choice for most illnesses, and it costs about 2 cents a pill to make. True, it does kill great many classes of bacteria, but, in a significant percentage of patients, it does the same to their bone marrow, and irreversibly. Despite conspiracy theories that it was banned in the USA to allow more expensive still-patented drugs to be sold instead, the truth of the matter is its inherent danger of use. Of course, when faced with certain death from cholera or a possible, although generally fatal, aplastic anemia, one chooses chloramphenicol.
The moral of the story is – either get yourself an MD degree, or find someone who has one and let only them prescribe your antibiotics.