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I know quite a few NY boarders. I don’t know if they are in NY for shidduchim, but they go to college and/or work in NY, and I think that’s the primary reason for their being away from home. Some of these girls don’t have the same opportunities in their home-towns.
Frustrated but not giving up
Sorry for my novice fumble
You sure know how to make one humble
But now it is time
To put to bed this rhyme
Before I further stumble.
I just hope you realize and see
Patience is a virtue – this is key
It may not be perfect
But pobody’s nerfect
On this most of us agree.
So with thanks, I take your lines
To use as guiding signs
Of what is supreme
To include in rhyme scheme
Of Limericking designs
Also I appreciate
Kind words that did indicate
All we can do is try
Can’t make our brains fry
To rhyme and communicate. 🙂
Thanks for your words, Smartcookie
I know I’m just a mere rookie
(But) This is contagious
These rhymes’re outrageous
If not a bit cookey
But that’s what makes limericks fun
I’ve read through the posts one by one
I’ve got the gist
Of what does consist
In Limericks 101.
I think I may have got it
Though this’ll be nothing exotic
Just Sweet and short
Is just the sort
Of limerick that’s melodic.
Sorry for my previous try
Reading that’s good cause to cry
But now I think
These lines are in sync
This can you deny?
I have not, in a while
Used Limericking as a poetic style
Will it work out? Let’s see
2 more lines left to this rhyming
Not bad! Quite worthwhile!
(Can while and worthwhile be
In the same stanza when limericking
As last words to rhyming lines
Surely there are no fines
For rhyming stanza I’s line “A” to line “E”?)
Hours of sleep
Post office
Refuah Sheleimah Min Hashamayim! May you have a speedy recovery!
There are also salad recipes in the Salad thread under Kosher Cooking.
Available cleaning help
My personal favorite = lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, cheese (but I guess not for Shabbos usually), cracker/madelin/croutons, tuna, hard boiled egg, and Italian dressing. Yum! Haven’t had that in a while…
a) Lettuce, mango, strawberries (if you can find them), canned mandarins, craisins, honey glazed almonds, dressing = oil, vinegar, sugar (I think)
b)Lettuce, avocado, tomatoes (cherry or grape ones go well, but so do regular ones), red onions, pine/sunflower seeds, dressing = store bought honey dijon or concoct your own
c) Corn Salad: canned corn, canned hearts of palm, avocado chunks, dressing = olive oil, salt, black pepper
d) Beet salad: shredded cooked beets, shredded raw carrots, dressing = mayo (add chopped pickles)
e) Carrot salad: raw shredded carrots, roasted/slivered almonds, dressing = honey, mayo, lemon juice, garlic powder
d) lettuce and chopped orange/tangerine, roasted/slivered almonds, dressing = honey, mayo, lemon juice, garlic powder
e) Shredded celery root, some shredded raw Granny Smith apples, some chopped raw GSA, sugared pecans, dressing = mayo, sugar, lemon juice
f) Brocolli, cashews, craisins, dressing = mayo, sugar, lemon juice
g) Cut up tomatoes, garlic powder, onion powder, zhatar, salt, sugar, maybe a drop of lemon juice, cut up into tiny pieces garlic and onions
I don’t have actual amounts for the ingredients, if you’re interested I can try to write how much for something. It’s good to play around with the ingredients to fit your taste. Some of the salads have the same dressing, and so the dressing can be used for a different salad at each meal/course… Enjoy!
Mount Sinai – A few people I know were there and everyone is so amazing – doctors, nurses… They have a Shul and (I think 2) well stocked Bikur Cholim rooms. There is a Frum man who goes around to the patients, especially on Shabbos, to make sure they hear Havdala/have a minyan… I remember around a couple of years ago when there was a fire there, how speedily and efficiently the staff worked to move all their patients and families to other, safer wings.
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I have heard of this concept, although I cannot tell you its source. I also heard that at the time of a person’s passing, his traits are, so to speak (no belittling of this concept intended), “up for grabs”. I’m not quite sure what this means, but I presume that in such cases a person can acquire certain positive qualities that the Niftar had. Although, perhaps thinking one has acquired a quality will cause him to act as though he does indeed have that trait.
Thanks Eclipse for the compliment. It took some thinking to come up with the name.
I do not think there is a rule
As far as I can remember from school
Whether every two line of poetry must rhyme
Each and every single time
Or whether a line to every other
Must go in sinc in order to be
Called a poem, for they say
You have poetic license, you see?
For now there’s even modern poetry
I can write just as I wish
With no rhyme scheme I can ramble
On and on and on…
Poetry is a means of expression
Different schemes just mean different types
You can choose how you want your writing to sound
It’s your own style, choose as you like!
I posted on the other thread
That your poem is really great
I think I’ve heard of this idea before –
Your advice on the Good Old Days.
Great poem!
Just came back from a Vort
In this sleety snowy shower
Driving out there is not so simple
And it’s not even rush hour!
I was practically dripping from head to toe
‘Cause I couldn’t find the right entrance, you see
So the snow fell right on top of my head
Till I found where the Vort was happening.
Although it may not have been easy
To head out on such a snowy New York eve
I’m grateful it was for a happy reason
That my home I had to leave.
I recall approximately one year ago (Hebrew calendar)
With an impending snowstorm overhead
I stood with others at a Levaya
Of a dear relative and friend.
As a year since he has passed away
Is almost upon us, there’s a Simcha here
And I hope it heralds many more to come
A joyous, celebration-full, happy year!
S2S = Ski to Sea Race on Memorial Day in Washington???
S2S = Seattle to Spokane marathon in July???
Yes, grandparents are a gift. I see how different it is between those, even in my (extended) family, who were/are privileged to live near the grandparents, and those who were/are not. I also feel that they are a connection to a different world…one that seems to be slipping away.
This is very true, though not to take away from difficulty of what those in such circumstances may deal with…
As a child of parents in the “sandwich generation”, I observed my parents in such situations which only increased my respect and admiration for them. The strength and calmness with which they dealt with everything that came up, when both their parents and children/grandchildren required their attention…How they would give and give, and I know it could not have been easy.
Where I live there is an indoor aquarium relatively nearby. The plaster gallery is fun (depending on age though). Also, depending on where you live, indoor waterparks are great. You can go to a shopping mall and have a contest – give each person/team a list of things to find/take a picture of and meet back at a certain time to compare findings.
I don’t know about what’s in the Poconos now, but we went a long time ago for a couple of days and it was a great vacation.
I think the second can be more difficult to deal with. With the first, there are many reasons why the other side would say no, none necessarily having to do with your personally. I can recall several times when this happened, like when the other side didn’t want to go out at that time, or was involved with something else, etc. But with the second, you’ve already become more involved in the Shidduch and given your ‘yes’ for a second date. Then, when the other side says ‘no’, it’s pretty much for personal reasons. Even if the other side feels that the personalities don’t go together, you have still invested more in this, and it may hurt more. Of course, as you mentioned, there is not necessarily a reason to feel this way, but we are all human, after all.
One of my grandparents who was not well before passing away had a few aids/RNs, etc. for a couple of years. We spent a lot of time with this grandparent, especially during that time, and I came to greatly admire people in the medical profession. Although I don’t know all that much about the medical field, I don’t think I would be able to do what they do. It is not just a profession, but a way in which one can give to others. The kindness we have seen from doctors, nurses, random medical personnel is remarkable. Whoever goes into such a field – Kol Hakavod!
I know several people in or who just finished nursing school with Touro College, Rebbetzin Bulka’s school (with Adelphi University?), Beth Israel?
For Guidelines I only know of authors Rabbi Elozor Barclay and Rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger. Rabbi Brody wrote one of them?
11. Rav Avraham Tubolsky and adapted from the Hebrew by Zev Riechman
13. Rabbi Yechiel Spero
Here are some:
a)Hidden in Thunder
b)Skullcaps n’ Switchblades
c)Guidelines
d)The Rabbi of 84th Street
We’re planning on having a game-night this week since some have vacation from school. We’ll see which games make the cut!
(mostly games) Perpetual Commotion, Bananagrams, Perpetual Commotion, Rummikub, Perpetual Commotion, Quess Who, Clue, Perplexus, …dollhouse/dolls, blocks,…did I mention Perpetual Commotion?
7. “Happy is the Heart” by Sarah Birnhack – I really liked that book!