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  • in reply to: spanking #1908980
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    I was never spanked, as far as I remember. My kids were never spanked. B”H, we all turned out OK despite lacking this apparently essential part of life.

    in reply to: NON CORONA TOPIC: Why would anyone voted Biden #1904406
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    Please define “dementia” and show how it applies specifically to Mr. Biden. Please use actual documented examples.

    in reply to: Simchas Torah #1901720
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    A Simchat Torah hashkama minyan that I used to attend back in the states did once around for each hakafa, and finished hakafot in about 10 minutes. One year the Rav of the shule came down, and insisted on extending the hakafa he was there for. The minyan attendees became pretty upset. As for this year, I’m not going, and since I’m in the states, it’s not a chag for me anyway.

    in reply to: Bringing a Shofar into the U.S. – allowed? #1898535
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    Thanks Charlie. I bought it 30 years ago in E”Y, so I assume it was made there. I’m going to leave it home, just to be on the safe side.

    in reply to: Will you be in shul on Rosh Hashanah #1896694
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    My doctor told me not to go, so I”m not going. Neither are any of my family. I have a shofar, I know how to use it, so I will blow it here for us and anyone else outside who wants to hear it.

    in reply to: Chassidim #1894787
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    I used to daven at a Chassidish shtieble in Baltimore. I would daven mincha and arvit at the regular time; as our minyan was leaving, the Rebbe and others would enter to daven mincha.

    in reply to: Is anyone going to Uman this year #1894573
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    “True believers” would be going to Yerushalayim, not someplace in the middle of Jew hatred country.

    in reply to: yeshivish vs. charedi #1885680
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    I thought from the title that there was going to be a rumble. I even brought popcorn.

    Yeshivish is a subset of chareidi.

    in reply to: The black hat. #1882371
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    “It’s halacha to wear a hat during davening.”

    Incorrect.

    in reply to: Straw Borsalino hats? #1875156
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    The traditional straw hat season in the U.S. is from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

    in reply to: Making aliyah #1875155
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    You can find cheaper rentals if you go to a place that’s not such an Anglo ghetto.

    in reply to: Divorce #1866793
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    “Its definitely not recommended!”

    Seriously? You don’t want to add in anything about the cases where divorce IS recommended? Divorce is better than a husband beating a wife isn’t it? Divorce is better than a husband abusing his kids, isn’t it?

    Are you living in la-la land?

    in reply to: Civil Disobedience #1866066
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    “West Bank settlers do that anytime a settlement is dismantled just to name a few,”

    “West Bank” means nothing. Refer to the areas by their proper names – Yehuda and the Shomron.

    in reply to: BIGGEST JEWISH DEBATE: DO YOU WASH YOUR TZITZIS??? #1864792
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    Some tzitzit are made of cotton (like undershirt material) and are designed to touch your skin. They need to be washed.

    in reply to: What is “Alumni” in Lakewood? #1864791
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    Thank you!

    in reply to: Post Corona: The New Frum Community #1862627
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    “the known Jewniverse of NY and NJ”

    As someone who has made aliyah, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this.

    in reply to: Our Stupid President Trump #1862382
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    “And TKM, your father was wrong. The whole idea is unworthy of a republic.”

    As they say in the armed forces, you salute the rank, not the man.

    in reply to: Our Stupid President Trump #1861596
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    “I don’t like the heading. At all. Say what you want. Protest too. But no name calling a sitting president.”

    This.

    Exactly.

    As a know-it-all teenager, I once said something disparaging about Jimmy Carter. My Dad z”l heard me, and he said, “You may disagree with the President, but he’s the President, and you always respect the office, even if you don’t like what he says.”

    in reply to: Voice For Corona VFC #1849966
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    Volunteer Fire Company?

    in reply to: Mandatory DNRs for COVID patients?!?! #1846092
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    Joseph, I’m sure you have a cite and/or source for your allegations. I’d like to see them. Perhaps others would as well. Can you please post?

    in reply to: Ending phone calls #1846091
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    What about “yalla, bye.” Works for me.

    in reply to: Corona date ideas? #1845124
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    Troll

    in reply to: Minyan #1845123
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    “I don’t see anything wrong with ten people standing ten feet away from each other and not touching anything.”
    Are you a doctor? A scientist of some type? Then your opinion, in this case, means nothing.

    “Based on that description of the danger I don’t see anything wrong with ten people standing ten feet away from each other and not touching anything.”
    In Israel, at least, it’s now illegal.

    in reply to: China’s “Manufactured” virus succeeded Big-Time #1844313
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    I see some people are using their isolation time to create tin-foil hats. You may have made yours a few sizes too small.

    in reply to: Garlic for Coronavirus #1843977
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    “DRINK MORE HOT TEA AND WATER. AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 40 DEGREES, VIRUS CELLS DIE.”

    Nobody reputable is saying anything like this. The virus is in the trachea and lungs, not in the esophagus. Unless you’re going to pour hot tea into your lungs, this does nothing. Google “drinking hot tea for covid-19” and you’ll see that this theory was debunked.

    in reply to: Garlic for Coronavirus #1843503
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    And this is why one does not rely on unsolicited medical advice from anonymous posters, just as one should not rely on anonymous posters for halachic concerns.

    in reply to: Are you a bechor? #1842402
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    I have already been informed of two “virtual siymim” in our locality. And yes, I am a bechor.

    in reply to: Shuls Closed While Restaurants Opened?! #1840258
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    “People need to have access to take out foods . . .”
    They do? They NEED to have access? Why? Can they not cook at home?

    in reply to: Bar Mitzvah Invitations #1839088
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    People still send invitations thru the mail?

    in reply to: Littering #1837532
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    It’s “you’re,” not “your.”

    in reply to: Littering #1837378
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    You’re a moron.

    in reply to: Does seminary’s cause a shidduch crisis? #1835881
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    Perhaps it would be better to spend less time worrying about the shidduch crisis and more time learning to write English properly.

    in reply to: Wedding Costs….In Law Chutzpah #1831539
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    Simply want to wish CTL and Mrs. CTL and family a mazal tov! Wishing you all the best!

    in reply to: No more shopping bags! #1829233
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    In honor of this debate, I went into our machsan yesterday and counted the bags:
    Freezer bags, small 4
    Freezer bags, large 3
    Regular sized grocery bags 18
    Net bags 1

    All the freezer bags are from various places in the states, as are some of the grocery bags (mostly from Trader Joe’s).

    in reply to: No more shopping bags! #1828499
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    ” And because of the spike in disease from unwashed bags, they had to build a new medical school.”

    JDF007, you can’t possible expect anyone with at least half a brain to believe this silliness.

    in reply to: No more shopping bags! #1827944
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    I think there are more important things going on in the world to worry about than plastic bags. Just deal with it and move on.

    in reply to: Kissing A Boo-Boo #1825829
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    If it bothers you that much put a band-aid on the boo boo first, then kiss it. My kids used to want the band-aid more than anything else.

    in reply to: The End of the Ashkenaz Community in Flatbush #1823451
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    I thought the “end goal” was E”Y.

    in reply to: good fast food place in jerusalem? #1818118
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    “no clue why anyone would recommend a yeshiva boy to go to Ben Yehuda area, full of pritzus.”
    No clue why any yeshiva boy would be walking around looking for fast food. Isn’t he supposed to be in the b”m shteiging away? What’s wrong with the food served in the cheder ochel?

    in reply to: shalom mordechai is OUT…..BARUCH HASHEM! Its Zos Chanukah #1815947
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    If it was a work day, I was working.

    “Why do you think some Jews did not feel it? Would the same Jews lack joy in Moshiach?” Rubashkin is not Moshiach. I think that’s a good reason right there.

    in reply to: What are you doing this year on nittle nacht? #1814438
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    I worked, and I learned a bit. Same as other nights.

    in reply to: Calling 311 on someone blocking your driveway is mesira #1811836
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    Better to just take a pocket knife and slash the tires than to call the cops.

    takahmamash
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    To answer the OP, because despite what you think, Flatbush does not belong to the Jews.

    in reply to: E Cigs are probably safe. #1809127
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    You say they are “probably” safe. Why risk your life on a safek?

    in reply to: Following Halacha #1793898
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    Please, I invite you to come to the shule where I daven shacharit during the week, and ask you to tell everyone there (including the Rav) why we’re all “violating halacha” because there’s nary a jacket or hat in sight (unless it’s cold).

    in reply to: Stuffed cabbage for Simchas Torah #1793897
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    We didn’t have stuffed cabbage. Come to think of it, we didn’t last year, either.

    in reply to: I got my flu shot today, did you? #1788547
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    I asked my doctor about the flu shot last week. Her answer: “Just like everything else, אחרי החגים !”

    in reply to: National Anthem Protocol #1786575
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    If you’re not in the military, you don’t salute. Standing up and standing still is all you need to do.

    in reply to: Kashrus Question #1785001
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    This thread was started by oomis, one of the people I really respected in the CR way back when. I miss her posts.

    in reply to: Optimal air conditioning temperature #1768982
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    24 C

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