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Joseph had a multiple personality disorder.
If you’re already moving you should move to Israel.
As I explain there, the gemara in kiddushin 81 says that rabi akiva used to make fun of ovrei aveirah, so I am just following along with that.
You are not on the madreiga of Rabi Akiva to make fun of anything.
sdd, why don’t you open your own shule and you can set the rules however you want? I think if a gabbai came up to me and started giving me a long list of rules, and “do this, don’t do that,” I’d tell him to forget it – do it yourself.
These reports are always hyped and greatly exaggerated by reporters who have a chip on their shoulder with their disdain for “Hareidim”.
How is this exaggerated? Are you denying that the flight was delayed 45 minutes? Did the Chareidim exit the flight?
charliehall gave the correct answer.
We already have a two state solution – Israel and Jordan.
Thank you, LF.
After 665 consecutive days of aveilut, I can finally answer this one! My first song was “Mairzy Doats,” in memory of my Mom. She learned this as a kid, and sang this to me when I was a kid. The second song was “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'” from the soundtrack of Oaklahoma!, in memory of my Dad. He had a beautiful voice, and I loved listening to him sing, both around the house and in shule. He sang this around the house quite frequently.
What does the oilam think about someone asking a halachic question to anonymous posters rather than asking his own Rav?
I knew – I used to work in a hospital.
I think that every fast day that falls out on Shabbat should be skipped that year. Who invented this nidcheh thing anyway?
A 5 hour service is hardly that long. Many shuls are notably longer. We’re you expecting to be in and out in three hours??
It’s not a race, but we finish in about 4 hours – 0700 to about 1100. And yes, 5 hours can be long if the davening is shlepped out for no reason – long mi shebeirachs, chazanut that goes on and on without end, a rav that falls in love with the sound of his own voice and drehs on for 45 minutes or an hour . . . I’ve been there and done that. I feel your pain, Yussel.
As someone in shule said to me, “I don’t have a problem remembering to make an eiruv tavshilin. I have a problem remembering to eat the eiruv tavshilin!”
I was a juror twice.
The first time I was an alternate on a murder trial. Two guys got into an argument over $20, and one pulled out a gun and shot the other in the eye and killed him. The judge actually had to have a “translator” in court because several of the witnesses spoke in Ebonics, and not everyone on the jury could understand what they were saying.
The second time I was picked first for the jury, so I was foreman. It was a civil trial concerning one of those dubious mortgage companies. The judge in this case had retired, but was brought back in to help clear the docket of cases. Because he was retired, he had an active social calendar, so we had anywhere from 2 to 3 hours a day for lunch.
TAKAMAMASH- i just wanna publicly say i’m sorry for attacking you about sheirut leumi without first knowing the facts- that the mitzius is different today.
I’m honestly not sure what you’re apologizing for, unless something you wrote went whoosh right over my head, but it’s fine.
Also, if there are any male babysitters. I don’t personally know [of] any.
There are teenage boys on our yishuv email list that advertise as babysitters. Back in my teen years, I also used to babysit (as well as cut lawns and shovel snow). In fact, I had families that used me as their first line, regular babysitter. The going rate back then was $1 an hour.
Takahmamash, if a girl joins sheirut leumi, can she leave when she wants?
I don’t really know. My daughter did it for two years and didn’t leave early. As far as I know none of her friends did either.
DY:
I was under the impression that sherut leumi was assur because it’s compelled.
Sherut leumi is not compelled. A girl that does not go into the army does not have to do sherut leumi. Some girls get married straight out of high school, some go straight into college.
While not feeding the meter might arguably be called “theft” . . .
It certainly is theft. By not feeding the meter one is using a public space which one is not entitled to use without payment. Those funds belong to the city. That’s theft.
Off the top of my head, that would be a violation of two issurim – one against theft, one about dina d’malchuta dina. There may be others. Why not ask your LOR and see what he says?
If they reference an earlier thread we have people grumbling that the poster is answering to people who aren’t even around anymore.
If that was addressed to me, I’m sorry if it sounded like I was grumbling. But please note that I bumped that thread and then noticed people responding to old posters and nicely pointed it out.
No, I think it was in reference to me. Someone answered some people in a thread that I think was five years old, and I asked why – since the original posters were long gone.
TM, we get it, you feel you dont need to care about anything else since you live in israel, the biggest mitzvah
That’s 100% untrue. Parnassah, shidduchim, chinuch, health – I care about all of them. (Well, maybe not chinuch anymore, because my youngest is finished school and in the army.) Because I do care about these things I’m willing to work hard at all of them to make sure my family has what it needs. And no, we’re not rich materialists – our lives have been simplified tremendously since we made aliyah.
It just pains me that Israelis, especially when they’re frum, think the grass is greener in the U.S. It’s not.
DaasYochid:
Parnassah, shidduchim, chinuch, health
All of which can be found in E”Y.
BarryLS1
Baltimore has 2 shuls that are Yekkish. Glen Avenue and Agudah.
Agudah is yeshivish/litvish; it certainly is not Yekkish, nor does it follow any Yekkish minhagim. Glen Avenue has many Yekkish members, but it has not been an “official” Yekkie shule for many years, ever since Rav Hopfer became the rav of the shule.
Why would a frum person want to leave E”Y?
??? ???, oomis, to you and your family.
I once was a lamdan, a masmid, and a talmud chacham.
Then I woke up.
Mr. Broadway
Oh its a race? the pressure is mounting you’d better rush more.
The Goq gets off a good one – thanks for today’s smile!
I know this post looks like a bunch of random unconnected thoughts, but I read a lot of this thread and am trying to reply to a bunch of different people/thought processes.
You’re replying to people in a thread that’s five years old? Most of them don’t even post here anymore.
I think we should refrain from speculating about the cause of death until it’s officially released by the IDF.
they even have (gasp!) CY ice cream!
Having previously eaten C”Y ice cream, I would not say that’s a reason to brag about NY.
takahmamash, that means u too.
Malbim, you obviously have no idea where I live.
takahmamash, cause it has a great frum community.
So? There’s no mitzvah to live there, so it doesn’t really matter how frum the community is.
takahmamash,zahavasdad,yehudayona,To be or not to be,The FrumGuy, don’t judge Austin,Tx just check it out.
The mountain borders dividing the portions of Ephraim and Manashe are practically in my back yard. Tell me why I need to check out Austin.
Everything outside of Israel is OOT.
To be or not to be, yes he does also he is jewish he assists the jewish community a lot like giving them millions a pond millions of dollars among other stuff, that’s why you should live in Austin,Tx.
Austin is not mentioned in the Torah. That’s why you should live in Israel.
I actually prefer humus over cream cheese and/or butter.
Why NOT keep it off the whole week? Do you really find you need a light in the fridge?
To golfer
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golfer:
Only daughters!
I happen to have only daughters, so I find your remark unfunny and insulting. Is there a problem with having only daughters?
The first time Tevye met his wife was on their wedding day.
147, did you ask a shaila about that? When I was in America during aveilut and davened, I was told to daven as the Americans do – hence I had to stick with v’tain bracha, even though I had already switched in Israel before I left.
A hat and jacket do not make a person frum. Worry about what you have on the inside, and the outside will take care of itself.
It’s only July. Can’t this wait until at least September?
Especially the no-name airlines like aeroflot or turkish air.
These are major international airlines. I’m not sure why you’d consider them “no-name airlines.”
oomis, have you tried contacting them?
szb1 you must hang out in sketchy places – I’ve not seen many mohawks and/or dreadlocks at all.