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under some very pretty and choshuv rock

ujm, hakatan, and fellow travelers: The vast majority of charedi woman work, and there are many gannanot that serve as childcare. There are charedi men in trucking, in construction trades in food service and distribution, day trading, and other online work. The anti state knee jerk reactions are party line claptrap and fear of bogeymen. The facts on the ground here don’t align with your worldviews.

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Pacman, have you never heard a misheberach for a sick person, or for a sick woman or for a yoledes? Is that not public?

a little gem in last weeks Medrash Rabba on one of the many foundational differences in men and wonen: Why is perfume for women but not for men (right chevre?)? Because Adam was created from earth, and earth does not spoil. Chava was made from flesh(his) and meat that is not salted begins to spoil in three days. (Translation mine) Many many levels…..

Whutecar. not all over 65s are created (or maintained) equally. In four and some months I will be one of then, and with my now minor disabilities, still a force to be reckoned with Gmar chatima tova CR

many older seforim were made large and the style was to lime both sides of the klaf, and this makes them very heavy. Being tall and and well muscled, I was a frequent choice of gaboim. I think those that pull the sefer off the table and then lever it up can do damage by the push against the table edge
For a medium weight I step in and sweep up with my arms in one move(a T’ai chi maneuver). For the heavies, I push the atzei chayim down using the gagalim for a fulcrum to start the lift, One Yom Kippur I was honored with hagba for Maftir, and I did the “heavy” lift. The etz from the Bereishis side broke off in my hand. With help from the baal koreh we managed to get it raised and one full circle to the right

nOm I have gutted many fish, salt and fresh water, and this was unusual. A sticky black residue stuck to the belly wall after gutting, It would peel off with fingernail or knife, Of course fresh water contamination in NYS is invisible heavy metal, with famous state advisory to consume no more than once a month, and if pregnant none

RBS2 Becaue infallibility is for the pope. We have Par Helem Davar and Par Haba Al Kol Hamitzvos for that very reason.
A korban is pointless if the corrective mahshva or action is ignored. Sensitivity is looking long and hard at the klal uprat and finding cause for the tragedy .That is the point of this weeks second parsha, of Ramban hilchot Teshuva and of Maharal on Sara Imenu’s captivity in Egypt. In long past generations, they new how to do a collective chebon nefesh on why the “korban” was necessary. such as for tach vatat. On churban Eropa, not so much. Today the Gedolim are saying we don’t know, we can’t know and we can’t ask questrions

Rabosai, it is not enough to feel pain or to log it as just another tragedy or message, or to say we must be mehazek. In time, we must ask some questions, and introspect.
Some outlines:
was the bickering and jockeying for control of the tzuyun between edot not off-putting enough

were the of rabonnim past and present who said not to participate not worthy of being listened to

if torah is magna umatzla, perhaps this “hilula” is not reason enough to leave the bais medrash

The concept of vacation is a foreign idea. If one needs to find thrilling situations for feeling devekus, why isnt the day to day torah life fullfilling enough

The korban tomid and the avodah waa accomplished by one mishmar oif cohanim, one mishmar of leviim, and ten ansheu maamad. The anshei maamad were representatives of the klal. WE don’t have the korban, but it’s importance and it’s messages are still relevant. The importance of the ‘hilula’ is arguably, not the same as the the importance of the avoda.

Do we have chain of custody mesorah that lag bOmer is the yahrzeit

could the minhagim of Tzefat and Teveria have remained in Tzefat and Teveria why are they relevanrt to anyone else

There is a money and kovod trail to follow

May HKB”H grant us clarity, teshuva, and nechama

Why is this listed as “interesting story” when it is in reality tragic? To be enamored of, meshubad to, or chv”s involved in public sporting is a curse of the Tochacha (vayikra 26;38, a possible issur lav (אל תפנו אל האלילים) and against the mussar of הושע 9 1. We should have the sense and sensitivity to keep these things far from us and to teach our children why

Maodim l simcha

CTL: I started 30 year ago on my ownsome with just a good familiarity with the halachos (qualified to paskin for myself. I did have some input on the phone from Rav Heineman, and a backhanded approval from the local vaad head. In EY where this is way more common, some people beat a path to me because a private operation on erev Pesach is a golden opportunity. (personally the zman is not special to me, but I do like warm matzot at the Seder. The fellow I invited brought along a Rov who is a major posek for the local chassidish kehilos. He is an experienced roller but needed some direction with my delicate whole wheat. He left with his three matzot after the zman issur chametz. That was all the plumba that I need. Had similar experiece with broad shouldered halacha whiz one YT spent back in NY.

יהוד מדינתא from Ezra 5:8 Ben Gurion and his chevra may not have known, but they were on the right track.

It is a given that we honor and appreciate our for bearers for having transmitted the mesorah in conditions that although normal to them, seem incredibly difficult from our vantage point . We can say that the generation as a whole in all it’s intense complexity is less worthy than the proceeding, but that individuals can rise beyond the level of their zekainim, the baal teshuva is the proof of concept. It is also notable back in the mimetic framework , prior to the Orech Hashulchan and the Mishna Berurah the bar for what was an am ho’oretz was lower

CTL: pleasantly surprised to find another home baker. Maybe it is catching on.

Yes.
single point access with trained armed, and profiling security people at every school.

getting the act together with single database real background check, meshed with opening up phsych records. As most school shooters fit a very specific profile, the work should be narrowed.

A better armed and carrying populace.

cm is centimeter. It cannot refer to the width because 70 cm is more than an amah. Even one cm is more of a rope than a string. mm does not work well for width either 70 mm being close to 1/4 inch

We are servants of the Creator, and while the servitude is benevolent, there is no down time. Engaging in anything that harms your tzelem is insubordination. That includes the goings on on Purim, and for some every shabbos and Chag.
בכל דרכיך דעהו

I know people who are here thirty years or more, and they never became functional in Ivrit, Their social group was always other anglophone retirees and relations with neigbors, medical issues and contact with government ( or the water company) is always handicapped by the not universal presence of English speakers. Then there are certain bubbles such as parts of Romema, Rechavia Har Nof, and Ramat Eshkol in erussalem and in Bet Shemesh area where many live oblivious to the local language.
Children generally have a better time of it. I came to EY with a pair of pre teens, and they were fluent enough within a year. My grandkids are fully bi or tri -, lingual , and even more if you count Newyorkish and South African English two separate languages

I” curicularized” it using the Rav Kapach edition, most of chelek bet and all of gimmel.

Of my many meshugasim, one is that I don’t like to be disturbed while washing dishes. If MIL called, I would take the call, and return to the sink when I could give it quality time/ attention.

I heard a talk from a guy in Bali explaining the value of fresh (24hr) roasted beans. I started as a coffee barbarian, then learned with someone who mixed beans and brewed in grind,/drip setup, and ultimately went back to supermarket barbarity. Resettling in EY was a further step down in the quality of freeze dried, and the Elite Names is plain junk ever for me. Boiled Turkish (botz) is a special treat.

Chicken is mentioned in Talmud Bavli, regarding a homicidal chicken in Jerusalem.

Don’t do this folks, etrogim are intensively sprayed to keep away citrus scale (an insect that latches to the skin and exudes a protective shell.) There is no telling how much pesticide leaches into the fruit and pith. I have seen pumpkin sized Teimani etrog sold for its vegetable use. They are not that pretty on the outside.
Frumguy, if you etrog tastes horrible raw or cooked, you should be choshesh that you etrog in not the fruit mentioned in the Mishna Sukkah 4:2 that on the seventh day the children threw down their lulavim and ate their etrogim. The Teimani is edible as is, and the yanaver has a small and tastey fruit center, as did the infamous Corfu. From coins of Bar Kochva, and other period art, it would seem the original etrog was a squat fruit with a very elongated pitom.

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Not figures but anacdote in EY. I had been seeking a second bat zivug (since stopped) by means of two Jewish dating sites. Filtering for radius, education, 50-60 age range and religious level, there seemed to be thousands of divorcees, many childless, and a fair amount of never marrieds. This is necessarily smaller by many measures than the real #s. Rabbanut logs their caseload, and it might be a source if an actuary type felt the need.

Back in my meat eating days in chu”l I asked my butcher for a rack of lamb due to it’s distinctive “crown look”. He could not get me lamb, and possibly the way we treat gid hanasheh, we can’t get enough ribs to make the circle He got us a standing rib roast which was amazing in itself and easy to spiff up.
Creplach soup is another classic. I stuff it with spiced rice and bamboo shoots,
For those that eat nuts, pumpkin pie ( made from crook neck squash)