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Simple Darwinian selection.
art- He isn’t saying marry for looks. He would start a conversation off because of looks, and see where it went from there.
I would be flattered.
Children from broken homes do not deserve shidduchim.
Tremp
Obviously nobody know themselves well enough to do that.
Even if there may be theological “evidence” for the world being 6000 years old, there is ABSOLUTELY no scientific evidence for this claim.
Why is there a minhag to do that?
A little calculation:
In the secular calendar, we are in the year 2013. We are in the year 5774 in the Jewish calendar.
So 2013-5774= 3761.
3761 BCE is the year the world was created in the Torah tradition.
Noah was born in the year 1056 (2705 BCE) and the flood began when he was 600(year 1556/ 2105 BCE).
This coincides with the 11th dynasty of Egypt, when Intef II was pharaoh. Nowhere in that history do they mention everyone dying out by flood.
All different cultures can have flood “stories,” but if one of the most reliable sources doesn’t mention a word about it, I tend to believe that it was simply a “story.”
Just like many other forms of education, if you are committed to learning and are willing to put the time in, rosetta stone will work.
I personally have used it and can say that it is good software, as long as the student is dedicated.
To all the doubters of the existence of scientific evidence for common descent…Why would the world be created in such a way that humans and chimpanzees have 98% the same DNA and look and act so similar, and we can attribute each of the differences in appearance and features to certain portions of that DNA?
The head of the human genome project, I forget his name at the moment, is a evangelical Christian who believes the world is under 10,000 years old, says that even without the fossil record, the sequencing of DNA (both nuclear and mitochondrial) is enough alone to prove common descent.
If you don’t believe in evolution, fine. But don’t say that there isn’t enough SCIENTIFIC evidence to back it up.
WIY- Everything is transitional. A child does not have the exact DNA sequence of its parents. Each individual has many different polymorphisms that over many generations contribute to change in traits.
Moser
I never understood the whole “Obama wasn’t born in the U.S.”
Who’s to say that any American’s birth certificate isn’t forged/a fake?
Cannabis
The term “dank” refers to a HIGHer quality.
They know one another, probably a lot better than someone who meets his/her spouse several minutes before the wedding, as was done for a long portion of history.
There is a difference between permitting it and encouraging it. The yeshiva is allowing the students to make decisions for themselves. Not every aspect of one’s life needs to be governed by yeshiva.
eclipse- There are many very smart people that would agree with the intellect of the OP, so finding someone really smart to explain things to him/her would not accomplish much.
Ferd on Drugs- “Made up” by the same individuals that “made up” the rest of religion.
live right- You asked, “and if Yom Kippur was “made up”, how do you account for all the Jews including the non-religious who feel compelled to observe it in some way?”
How about the 1.57 billion (23% of the world’s population) who believe in Islam? Or 2.2 billion Christians?
Being that many animals existed before chickens, most of which produced eggs, it is pretty clear that eggs predated chickens.
In this utopia/dytopia will torah law be the only rule in the land? Will there be “civil law” in addition to halacha?
Sam2- Your “Yeshiva” University education really pushed you off the derech.
And where are the Rabbis, community leaders, through all this?
zeev.b- Why is there not a similar campaign against people wearing clothing that is not gender-appropriate?
Devarim 22:5 – The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.
In the U.S., one can dress and marry as they please. That is part of what makes this country free.
Being that the United States is a country that constitutionally affords equal rights to all citizens, and certain benefits come along with being “married,” the right to those benefits should not be denied anyone.
Also, the secular meaning of marriage has very little to do with the religious meaning. That is why many Jews opt to marry both civilly and religiously.
I went out with a guy and all he spoke about was purple elephants. Too close to pink for my liking, so I ended it.
Torah- Because the amount of fabric has very little to do with the price of individual garments. The design, marketing, transport, retail location, sales staff, etc. all cost money.
And the fact that people are willing to spend that amount helps.
Bauer and Rose. Sundays 11a, SiriusXM 125.
Tom Rose is a frum guy.
Utah, you did not pick up on my sarcasm.
I think the haredi argument is very flawed, as you astutely point out.
How could you expect him to do household chores? You as the parent did not prepare him for the real world and he will probably go off the derech if he has to haul the trash to the curb.
oomis- The reason there are more Torah-educated girls today than ever before is because it was assur in previous generations.
People who are off the derech would most likely want to stay connected with their family and friends, however, it is normally the family and friends who aren’t accepting of the different lifestyle choices, and thus, push them away.
The people that are against the draft because it will “end torah learning” are ignorant. All that want to learn from the ages of 0-21 and again from ages 23.5-120 are free to do so.
In addition, it is not as if active duty soldiers have zero down time. Learn then if you would like.
x = y.
Then x^2 = xy.
Subtract the same thing from both sides:
x^2 – y^2 = xy – y^2.
Dividing by (x-y), obtain
x + y = y.
Since x = y, we see that
2 y = y.
Thus 2 = 1, since we started with y nonzero.
Subtracting 1 from both sides,
1 = 0.
I know that Lexus has an option of a “cooled-stering wheel.” Never realized that someone would have a need for such a thing.
It would certainly hamper one’s ability to find a proper shidduch for his/her children.
I think it could be considered synonymous with the crouton, which is a use for stale bread.
Extra matzah put to good use.
Just a thought on my part, no real research done.
He doesn’t work.