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I’d like to meet The Wolf, oomis, Lightbrite, and CTLAWER – the four of them are the most down-t-earth and seemingly real people in the CR. Unfortunately, at least 3 of them (maybe even all four) live in the states, and since it’s fairly rare that I’m back there, I don’t think a meeting would ever happen.
I’m here reading much more often than I post. I frequently will type a post, read it again, then end up not posting because it’s too sarcastic.
Duck, mmmmm . . .
Our engaged daughter will be in the U.S. with her chatan at his family, but we’ll have some friends coming from Netanya. Since we’re still somewhat new in the community (we’ve only been here since January), we still have not decided which shule we’ll be davening in for R”H.
As far as menu plans – I don’t really know. My wife does the cooking, and AI do the cleaning up. We tend to not have overly large meals over a 3 day chag, otherwise we’d be rolling to shule every day.
I’m going to a wedding tomorrow night, but unless the one you’re going to is in the Gush, I doubt it’s the same one.
My daughter got engaged last night! Mazal tov!
Troll – as usual.
Maybe his Rav is wrong.
Men should not be commenting on this thread. As my wife would say, “No uterus – no opinion.”
How did you decide on Meuhedet, as opposed to one of the other funds?
Regular police wear blue shirts and dark blue pants.
Border police wear uniforms that look like IDF uniforms, including the beret and combat boots. The border police units have both police officers and draftees.
Yasam personnel generally wear dark shirts and lighter pants, and often patrol on motorcycles.
LB, I’m not sure exactly what it is you’re asking. I don’t know anyone that specifically wears a white kippah to weddings. I know many men who wear white kippot on Shabbat, so if there is a bar mitzvah on Shabbat, yes, they wear a white kippah.
If we’re attending a wedding, normally my kippah will match my shirt. I try to wear a colored dress shirt to weddings, because it’s nice to dress up in something other than a white shirt.
My mom z”l brought her love of egg creams south with her after she got married and moved from Brooklyn. I love egg creams; unfortunately, it’s not a taste my kids have acquired. Doble unfortunately, there’s no U-Bet syrup in Israel.
That’s all nice, but the tinest piece of dirt in the sketchiest part of Tel Aviv still has more kedusha than all of Lakewood, no matter how many are learning there.
Make aliyah. Move to E”Y, where there’s actually a mitzvah to live.
That’s your solution.
Bring 3 Shabbat outfits for each Shabbat you’ll be in camp. Don’t forget the high heels and essential matching cosmetics!
I’d like to know the basis of your statistics. Did you make them up in your head?
We had two meals over the chag; both milchig. Otherwise, how could we have the Ben & Jerry’s?
oomis posted up-thread, but I have not seen any comments from her in some time. I miss her; she was one of the most level-headed and fun people in the CR.
We are simply concerned for the future of the Olam HaTorah in Eretz Yisroel and ergo Eretz Yisroel itself.
We? Who is “we?” Armchair hockers living in America? If you’re so concerned about the future of the Olam HaTorah in E”Y, get on a plane, make aliyah, and make a difference here. Asifot in America against Israeli policies mean nothing and accomplish nothing.
If it happened, it was ratzon HKB”H.
Yerushalayim is in-town. Lakewood is, despite arguments to the contrary, OOT.
I thought there are English speaking tours of BMG for those interested. Maybe you can do that. I don’t know how much the tour costs.
I was thinking that maybe something spilled on the seat or it was too close to something or it was a discomfort because of the A/C or heat. Dunno.
Nope. It was someone’s makom. I don’t daven in that minyan regularly (although I will probably start to go more frequently), so I didn’t know which spots were “taken.” It’s actually a pretty nice minyan – starts at 7, finishes about 9.
I learned not to sit in the last chair on the right at the table in the left back corner of the B”M at the 7 a.m. minyan on Shabbat. Better to sit in the chair immediately to the left of the last chair on the right at the table in the left back corner of the B”M at the 7 a.m. minyan on Shabbat.
Stop wasting your time on Internet websites like your Rebbe told you.
I would suspect that most of the people that eat in Israeli McDonald’s are tourists. McD’s prices are pretty expensive here when compared to other fast food options. Burgers Bar gives you much better quality for a decent price.
Charedim generally do not eat Rabbanut Hashghcha.
How many Badatz places hire the Rabbanut mashgiach to be their mashgiach as well?
Many of them.
Chareidim may think they’re getting a Badatz hechsher, but in reality, are getting the regular Rabbunut.
(Source: a friend of mine, a Rabbanut mashgiach by trade, and hired by several Badatz hashgachot as well in the same places.)
I stopped wearing tfillin on C”H after we made aliyah. Nobody at any of the multiple shules where I’ve davened in the two places we’ve lived wears them.
On Pesach we ate peanuts while I was growing up, and my LOR said that based on that my family could continue to do so. Peanuts and peanut oil did not magically turn into kitniyot sometime in the last 50 years or so. We also eat (certified KlP) quinoa.
As my dear wife says, “Pesach food tastes good until we make havdala.” Let me add here that my wife is an excellent cook, and I gladly eat Pesach leftovers until they are gone.
Yekke, I am proud of those girls.
So am I.
Yekke2:
Kol hakavod to your sons.
My daughters, but thank you just the same. 😉
Lilmod:
Most Dati boys do not go to hesder, and a very large percentage (I think it may be most, but if not, it is certainly a large number) stop being Dati.
You throw these accusations out, I’m sure you must have some verifiable statistics to back up your allegations. I’d love to see them.
You wrote that one can see on YWN that thousands of people were protesting civilly.
Blocking roads is against the law. It is not “protesting civilly.”
Yekke2:
Isn’t it blindingly obvious that it is detrimental to your Avoidas Hashem to be in the Israeli Defence Forces? Can anyone say with a straight face that they think it will be a positive influence on their Avoidas Hashem?
Unlike the vast majority of the arm-chair experts commenting here, I two of my children actually were in the IDF. They are still dati. It was a positive experience for them and for others in their respective units. I believe it was a positive influence on their Avodat Hashem, and I say that with a smiling face.
Rebshidduch, why don’t you look on the Shappell’s website?
We learned there after we were married, but that was 25+ years ago, and I know it’s changed since then.
Many boys stop being Frum in the army.
And most don’t.
Many boys stop being Frum learning in yeshiva. Does that mean learning in yeshiva should be banned as well?
Bramo, we have punctuation marks when writing in the English language called commas and periods. We also have a concept of using upper-case letters at the beginning of sentences. Please use these so your comments will be clearly understood by all. Thank you and chag samayach.
Back in the olden days (before we made aliyah), when I’d go over to my parents’ apartment around Elul time, my dad z”l would pull out all the Jewish calendars he’d received in the mail that month; then he’d proceed to try to unload as many as he could on me.
We haven’t had a Jewish calendar in years. I get emails every Thursday (or before a chag) from 3 shules in the area, and all the times we need are in the emails. I make up an Excel schedule of all the davening times, candle time, and end of Shabbat time, and post it on our fridge. I can find whatever minyan I want at a particular time. I don’t need text message reminders.
I daven mincha g’dola at a fixed time pretty much every weekday, so I don’t need a calendar for times. Arvit is a fixed time year round, so I don’t need times for that either.
For date conversions I have hebcal.com bookmarked.
or is that a breakfast faux pas like the dreaded (red condiment) on eggs?
Sriracha? What’s wrong with Sriracha on eggs?
Sorry, being sarcastic about something prescribed in Torah is not an option. Feel free to comment on your own thoughts but not in that format
We now live in a city where it’s a safek, although I was unable to find a megila reading today. My daughter, who lives in Yerushalayim, joined us for our seuda yesterday, then went back to Yerush last night for her “real” Purim. She heard megila last night at 11 p.m., and this morning in a hummus restaurant. One day I hope to get to Yerush for Shushan Purim to join in the festivities there.
Tzdekah collectors will ignore the “No soliciting signs”
Trespassing is a crime.
Better clean well, because they’re (allegedly) kitniyot, and, ya know, Pesach is right around the corner.
I believe that “riced cauliflower” is cauliflower that’s been chopped into tiny pieces, similar to rice grains. There is no actual rice in the dish, so it’s safe to use for non-kitniyot eaters. Google “riced cauliflower” for more details.
zahavasdad, Israeli real estate is not quoted or priced in dollars, and hasn’t been for several years. The only real estate here that I see quoted in dollars are projects intended for purchase by absentee owner Americans.
We recently bought an apartment (and moved not too long ago) in the south. If not for money that my parents left us after they passed, we would not have been able to buy. It’s actually a bit more than we can afford, but I’m looking at a few part-time job opportunities to help balance the monthly budget.
You also need to be realistic as to where you want to buy, in terms of affordability. Several cities are just way too expensive to buy anything decent, so we settled on an alternate place that we’ve found to be wonderful, B”H.
B’Hatzlacha!
pssssst . . . the generally accepted spelling is “shuk.”
I do not wear a jacket, or a tie, or a suit. In fact, I do not even own a jacket, nor any ties or suits. I guess, in this respect, I am the exact opposite of CTLawyer.
I have worn a tie once in the past 9 1/2 years (closer to 10), and it wasn’t to shule. In fact, it had nothing whatsoever to do with anything relating to Yiddishkeit.
Interested? Very much so. Was that an Israeli policeman?
Why would the mods allow this blatant lashon hara to be posted? Where is Joseph’s derech eretz?
What Lashon Hora? -100
WtP, I was thinking the same thing! +1
The names are different.
Was this a trick question?