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i propose Occupy Lakewood 😛
whats the casE?
“POSTED 18 HOURS AGO”
id say the point is now moot
rofl i never understood why people think that using a hebrew one is any less of a crutch…
age of empires 3 was a travesty. the only AoE game worth playing was 2
paragraph breaks matter
but youre not sitting there and doing nothing. youre doing your hishtadlus…thats your part
making a general statement
Assassins Creed!!!
“I’ll keep that in mind. But seriously it’s not so simple to chill when you find out that some of your friends aren’t keeping Shabbos…”
oh so thats whats stressing you out…just last week i posted a thread about how heavily the knowledge that someone marries a goy or doesnt keep shabbos weighs on me…i completely understand.
i can tell you what my rav said, even though im still trying to work through it myself. he basically said that i shouldnt be out to change the world because i cant. i should focus on and do what i can and leave teh rest to hashem. so all i can tell you, and im telling this to myself as well, is to be understanding of your friends, encourage them when you can, inspire them when you can, be mekadesh shem shamayim when you can, but don’t feel responsible for their behaviour.
by the way, just to clarify, understanding does not equal approval. understanding means that you have listened to what they have to say, that you acknowledge their side of the issue, and that you can at the very least sympathize with it. you dont need to nor should you approve of their chillul shabbos, but the first step to helping them, if that is what you want to do, is completely understanding why they do what they do, what their thought processes are and wha ttheir feelings are. once you understand them you can try to appeal to them.
once again, im saying this to myself as well, they are not your responsibility. you can try to help them, and it would be admirable, but they are their own people and are responsible for their own actions ultimately, and they are not your responsibility.
also…GOOD FOR YOUR FRIEND! 😀 thats amazing! im glad i could be helpful, it means a lot to me 🙂
negative reinforcement is always nice…beat him with a sack of donuts and then offer him a carrot
chill
btw you posted a while back about a friend of yours who has a netally ill and abusive mother. if you dont mind my asking, i was one of the people who responded at length on that thread, how is she doing?
“On the contrary, you always have very thought-provoking, intelligent, and sensible things to say.”
which is why, by the way, people tend to interject rather than listen when asked for advice…
“I think his point was that as politicians their true feelings don’t matter. What matters is what they do when the mic is on-i.e. when they are representing their country. As long as Obama treats Israel well while representing American we are okay, regardless of his personal feelings.”
+1
dont sell yourself short…t6his is good stuff
lol i think i have some competition here
no…it really doesnt matter.
anyone here in retail? customer service? are you cordial on the phone with a customer? what do you say about them after you hang up…?
ever called customer service and got the rigmarole…and upon hanging up you proceed to either swear under your breath or disparage the customer service rep…?
no. it really doesnt matter. if i were obama and i were dealing with israel id also be a bit stressed…not because netanyahu is a pain…but because the whole situation is stressful.
to be fair you cant possibly expect someone to believe every word that comes out of their mouths especially a politician. what they say when the mic is off is in my opinion irrelevant
not myself being of the female persuasion i have never taken a girls school entrance exam…but when i was applying in 9th grade for a transfer to chafetz chaim, after my interview the principal exclaimed “i must have been crazy not to accept you last year!”
fast forward a year. im standing in the beis medrash ranting about something and the principal walks over and says “now i know why i didnt accept you last year!” :D:D:D it was said in a joking manner and we both laffed 😛 i thought it was funny 😛 im gonna stop rambling now
well on the face of it nothing…but i dont think people understand the dynamics of online relationships and how they develop
“Anyone know about computers and blocking images?”
yes.
rofl
“Even if you assume that talking is included in the Issur Kurvah L’arayos, there is no Kurvah in the CR. In fact, the CR is probably inherently not Derech Chibah. It might make you uncomfortable, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with it.”
theres a chapter or two in my book with your name on it…that is so not true its not even funny
ive been spending a lot of time in stabucks lately…and one thing i HATE…other than their coffee…is the music they blast 30 minutes before closing
I think that every one of Yair Weinstock’s novels are excellent…for biur chametz…
im with popa on this one. i once heard, either from rav moshe meir weiss or rabbi krohn that the definition of gavra rabba is someone who saves another’s life. hatzalah was specifically mentioned. since then i have found it difficult to find fault with any active member of hatzalah (not the tune beigels who mop the ambulances and therefore have radios which make them feel powerful) for doing something that’s a bit outside of the system. seriously people who complain about hatzala are either blessed with exceptionally good health…and their families…or are just a bunch of ungrateful bums.
Portal 1 and Portal 2 are appropriate i would say
“The above stories are anecdotal”
as opposed to…
why…is there a thread about non-jewish music…
if i see someone of the female persuasion and the situation dictates that i say hi then i say it. if it dictates that i wave hi then i wave. if it dictates that i do both i do both. if neither…neither. get the picture?
i dont see why not…if it was prescribed by a doctor…also why not ask your LOR?
yeh jothar youre only a wee bit off the deep end
meh…google makes that form of verification obsolete. i can make new phone numbers in under 2 minutes.
my internet and phone service is still spotty
This is truly unbelievable. I’m trying to be neutral and civil about this, but you;re making it exceedingly difficult for me.
I, Soliek, do hereby apologize for any insult I sent your way. I apologize for insinuating that you were at fault. It was not my place. I apologize for any sarcasm in my previous posts. I apologize for dismissing your Taanos; this is obviously an important issue for you and i am sorry for belittling your stake in it. I have done my part by sincerely apologizing. Please do yours.
“I’m standing on principle. Did you ever hear of Derech Eretz Kodma L’torah?”
of which you are a paradigm, correct? fine. both of you are at fault. happy now? seriously…move past it. I’m asking.
Health, please would you post the source upon which your opinion is based? I would like you review it. Thank you.
health…you are being a baby. dismiss my point all you like based on incorrect spelling, but regardless, it still stands. if you learn lshem shamayim and the reason you are arguing with sam is lhagdil torah ulhaadira then post your source. if you have no source then please be quiet. either way your current behaviour just makes you seem like a petulant soreloser whether or not you actually are.
if you are right, i am sure sam will concede. if you are wrong then i hope you will. regardless, this straw man argument based on a source you may or may not have is an exercise in futility. if you have a source, produce it. unless being petulant is your favourite pastime in which case…i truly pity you. you gain nothing by carrying on as you currently are.
i personally agree. im 19 and i know that im not nearly mature enough to marry…im only now getting some idea of the world and hpw it works…how am i expected to build a family if i have no clue what im even doing with myself. also about marrying different ages…WHY?!?!?! why would you ever? there is a SERIOUS difference between a 19 year old person and a 22 year old person in terms of maturity, views, hashkafah…maybe here and there youll have yechidim who can pull it off…but why make it the norm?
health: you do realize that by not sharing your sources you reveal one of two things. wither that you have no source in which case sam is right…and stop being a pain about it…or that your torah is for your own personal aggrandizement and in no way lshem shamayim.
either way youre wrong so please…just move on.
know what annoys me? people thinking that they know what the real problems of klal yisrael are.
it takes some shoe-horning but baruch levine’s a tour of yerushalayim