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May i clarify something? In the time of the Mashiach, it will be BAU with recognizable halacha with some adjustments. Olam Haba is a different platform, with no way to know what will in fact be, and quite possible not anything supporting our concept of marriage.
AND: MINOOS AlERT; our souls are not part of Hashem, we acknowledge the indivisibility of Hashem twice daily. PSA
You can also have “misisng days” if it involves the thirtieth of Kislev,or of Heshvan. Events of Adar 1 are observed in Shvat of a pashut year.
You can also have “misisng days” if it involves the thirtieth of Kislev,or of Heshvan. Events of Adar 1 are observed in Shvat of a pashut year.
You can also have “misisng days” if it involves the thirtieth of Kislev,or of Heshvan.
I don’t “collect”, “measure” or try to remember the sights that I have seen that somewhat qualify as chillul Hashem. Nevertheless, I remember well the sickening feeling of bringing Jewish drunks to the ER. In two of these cases, picking them up, restraining them and getting them to care was to deliver them from certain death or life threatening serious injury. Drink what you drink at a pesach seder, in the time frame of such and you should not become an unfortunate “colateral injury” to our already imperiled public ruchniyus.
The eminent domain is cool stuff. The eruv I was involved with had such a grant from the boroough president. He was dead for ten years when I, by no means the posek of the operation, brought up the sechiras reshus issue. We hastily got a new issue from our congressperson.
If I’m not mistaken, the 600k requirement for RHR is the daas yachid of Rashi, and most eruvin rely on this. Today, in my old age teshuva, I rely on nobody’s eruv, after being a checker and sometimes repairer for many years,and having developed certain sensitivities. Where I live, many places are tel hamislaket.
time tested method. Focus on the kitchen and other food source areas. Sweep very well, a crumb is a whole feast for multiple mice. When there are reasonably no other mouse food sources left, set spring traps in the evening around the edges of the area, perpendicular to the edge. Bait with a dab of peanut butter, and alternate with squashed raisin. When the lights go out, the action begins. Rise early and clean up the mess, or any unsprung traps. In a few days, there will be no more mice.
ok fellow greyhaired, a taste of suburbia: Does anyone remember milk in glass bottles with paper seals, DELIVERED to a small box outside your door?
There was a conversation at home where the concept of a phonograph was mentioned. My youngest(14) perked up and asked “What’s a phonograh?” We explained it was a machine with a round turning surface upon which there was a twelve inch plastic disc with grooves, and an arm with a small needle would ride the groove across the disc and produce music. Her eyes went round and she did not quite believe us.
Sac: Yes, tongues can get cavities, in the pink top surface wearing away, exposing a red, very sensitive lower layer. I had this as a teen, and b’h found that avoiding toothpaste, and mint allowed it to heal.
as in a previous copepod post, here is my two cents: My first exposure to the little critters were tiny white flecks in a bowl of water. With a 10x loupe, the parts were recognizable as crustacean. The whole live specimen is plainly visible (and it swims), but you will not have a whole or live organism in the pressurized, and chlorinated water, and the parts should be trapped in the faucet filter screen, as well as white flecks that can come from the disintegration of the plastic dip tube in a gas water heater. Therefor, there is no “berria problem, and not likely a “nosein taam” problem. The yuck factor is actually a good thing, praised in Bava Metzia 62b, and I made a nice living selling filters prior to my aliya. Here, I don’t think it is on the radar, and in the north, they do, or did drink from the Kinneret.
For those that are machmir with microscopic issurim, if you visit the beach, be wary of the sea water, The top 2cm contains plankton, some of which is zooplankton.
Hello people. As a gentleman, I do not enter the Ezrat Nashim threads unless I feel it is l’toeles harabim. I promise I did not look at anything but the titles, and went straight to the bottom to post. This is my makeup tip: use it at your own risk. I know that I am arguing against human nature, and that makeup use was normative in the time of the Mishna. The issue is the provenance of the raw material. I clean drains for a living, and in my long career, I dealt with many commercial systems. In the food manufacture industry in general, nothing thrown away and some use is found for all wastes. In commercial food, the drains are protected from grease by grease traps, tanks that accumulate the oils and fats, and separate them from the waste flow. These traps must be and emptied every so often, and what comes out of them is the most putrid and noxious stuff on the planet. It is a regulated waste,and it cannot be landfilled or otherwise discarded. The answer to this problem is the cosmetics industry which cooks, sanitizes and resells it as your favorite makeup. In the NY metro area the big green pumper trucks that suck out the big operations end their route at the Revlon intake plant in NJ.
Now, tachlis: If you are the type to avoid food stuff that had hundreds of technical changes made to it, or if you avoid putting things into your body because they have too long an ingredient list, then you should extend this care to what you put on your exterior. Skin,and certainly skin with high vascular and lymph traffic, absorbs things. Blessings for long and healthy life
I worked with adult ED and low functioning individuals once upon a time, and among them were some quasi idiot-savants with interesting thought talents. The commonality among them is that every single conversation started with the same opening. I also learned in a place where a homeless person, (the very essence of individuality) used to visit, and he apparently had verbatim recall of a certain acharon. He would sit silently in a noisy shiur, until he would chirp up ‘But the X (acharon) says….
So to me, the IN THE ALTER HEIM opener has a certain nostalgic charm to it.
I saw a picture and story somewhere where a pair of people were texting, (driver and passenger), they missed a stop, cut of a motorcylist who could not stop in time. The cycle and its occupant ended up in the front seat, three dead. This and the English PSA should be enough to scare sense into just about everybody but the sense disabled.
AinOd, do you write with both hands? I had a sh’ela once, that as my hammering hand was getting wrist tendonitis, I started using my right more, I was mesupak whether to switch or do both. Tendonitis on the right answered the ? for me.
My reading (extensive) turned up that what was once 10% of the population is moving closer to 15%. Also be aware (for your child) that left handed is often right brain dominant, more imaginative, image oriented, creative, than strait line analytical. Been there done that, being lefty, four out of the six kids lefty, and quite a bit of ambi among all. Tefillin is just opposite/normal, lulav is a machlokes, and kiddush preferably with the right hand. My take is that most children terrorized by scissors that don’t work, will accommodate to some right hand use as they grow, and some will eventually put on tefillin on both hands (not at the same time)
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I used to learn 5am to 8am with a netz minayn in NY. A collector came with his glossies collecting for a Kollel in Beitar that learns davka overnight. I gave him something of course, but I asked him ” will you support me, I also learn from the night into the day?” Today , BH I live where the local kupa is well advertised yet with modest means, while in the whole of EY, the “contrived” approach is ruling the public square.
Quote Health “all the … who think they know it all….”
By no means ALL, Heath, there are those of us who know that with common sense, rahmonis, and taking pains to ease the angst and psychological factor in sickness, you can help save a life, and we can do it with the finest middos. And dont forget the latest profession, medical clowns.
Me, a former, lowly, EMT
Yes, for being flummoxed by password requirements, forgotten passwords, lost email accounts, intermittent participation etc. I have be Litwakrunamok for a very short time, Amok, and its invert Koma. My next move would have been to Akum, but the hebrew is too close to the r”t of akoo”m. Yours truly, twisted.
And then there is the issue of ‘orrur oseh meleches hashem remi’a’ which a lawyer doesn’t contend with. If one is pushed or otherwise miscast into a kl’e kodesh, and finds that he isn’t a “natural”, or not a people person, he must get out. My hunch tells me it happens more often than never.
To those disturbed by the “pawning off” concept, the parameters of such is the opening of this weeks parsha.
For me, ( a guy) I get a certain sipuk nefesh while sweeping the floor, and I don’t like to be disturbed while sweeping.
The issue is lo tov heyos ha’adam l’vado, men and women are naturally incomplete by themselves– at any age. My grandmother remarried in her late sixties, to the man who was as doting a grandfather to me as any natural could be. And both my grandmothers were “of large stature”, the barbies of their day,when starvation was common, and nutritional history was part of a kalla’s yichus, and prognosis for motherhood and long life.
I believe such stories help a child develop a format for dealing with difficult people and adverse circumstances. I meet pigs, bad wolves, bears, greedy giants,packs of theives, and magic bean planters almost every day, and I thank my bubby, my kindergarden teachers and all those that prepared me for this reality.
Tzvi Hersh, there is a collection of Jewish tales from all over our galuyot, fairly benign stories with of course, a mussar embedded. The editor (Dov Noy) makes a strong argument that many of the well known tales are predated by Jewish tales of the same motif.
When people praise my children to me ( I don’t handle nachas well) I tell them it is zchus avos. Indeed, when one considers the privations and tzoros that earlier generations endured, do they not deserve some descendants with some ta’am v’reiach? And about the concept of gaps in the lineage, there is a medrash that explains the “legacy of mesiras nefesh for a mitzva.” The example given is Yisro, and Yael, several generations apart, and not necessarily a blood relative.
vege-cholent: Made in a 1,2, or 3 quart pot cause thats where we are family size wise. One or two large carrots and one or two large onions run to a gritty mush in the food processor with just enough oil to make it swirl some. This forms the connective slime, the backbone of the cholent. A wide mix of beans, white kidney, small asian, big lima, humus, split peas, barley or wheat, painted beans, ( in EY ful mitzri is a brown bean that fattens up nicely) broad beans ( like a green lima with a black stripe. The variety of beans gives a greater protein mix. Enough beans to cover the bottom of pot finger tip deep. Soak over nite, the expanded beans should fill the pot 3/4. Cubed potatoes, and some lentils red or green also melt away and contribute slime. Spice with coarse black pepper fenugreek (hilbe) and coriander seed, bay leaf and ketzach ( called black cumin in the west) If you can, grind the spices fresh. Cooked from mid morning Friday, it is a delicious main for seudah rishona when the spice is at its peak, or set in the afternoon for shabbat morning. Check for water level just before shabbat, we do this on a plata.
The local white flour is about 10 percent gluten. You want it around 14-15, so, add about 40 grams gluten/kilo. If you are in the hills, there is less atmosphere keeping the dough down, but less effective cooking also. In the lowlands, the humidity is probably helpful. Note: this is just the math, not experience. I do whole grain sourdough, no eggs little oil, suspended seeds, spices or sprouted grain. It is not fluffy bread.
Fabie and Tmb. May you never know the hell and gut turning feelings, of being the first on the scene,the bloodied and bruised innocents, the hollow stare of an emotionally destroyed victim, the sick private reality system, all precipitated by a dangerous sociopath. This is beyond the skill set of your average rov, and average bais din. I knew and know broad shouldered rabbonim whose bailiwick is the sordid and sad, dark side of human interface with halacha, and they had no hesitation to call the msw’s and the crisis counselors. These people are ‘standing between the living and the dead, to stop the mageifa’.
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Bourbon could be made kosher, and even kosher lepesach with the following critera:
a)a corn only mash,
b)acceptance that corn is not chameshes haminim, (obvious) and
c)corn, being native to the Americas, is not kitniyos either (not so obvious, nor well accepted)
d)the malting agent and yeast are chometz free.
This is not really rocket science, and could be done in the home bathtub, kitchen and garage, given some know how, and a sense of what can be put into dual-use. And also a new charred oak barrel, likely the most elusive and expensive of the must haves.
How about tznius,kosher car free dating? See? You take the offending car door away so simply. Cars in general are a bad middah. Where I live, you cant get your daughter into, or have trouble keeping her in, a Bais Yaakov ,if you own a car.
There is a wonderful directive in the Gemara that goes beyond concealing information. “Harkhek min hakiyoor, umin hadomeh lo” or in newyorkish, “distance yourself from ugliness, and that which resembles ugliness” Hullin 44b.
TryingMyBest: please see the Rashi in Veyechi mem ches yud beis: Becharbi u’v’kashti.
AinOd: “dragged away like sheep” There are many places in the tefilah, in Tehilim, in the Neviim, that we are metaphorically referred to as sheep. Some folks just take it too seriously.
Aside from the saftey/security issue, you see there is also a hashkafa issue, and all sources will show panim l’kan u’panim l’kan.
During my time in NY I kept two unregistered longs, small to help rid the neighborhood of a feral pest issue (in a way outer borough) and one to nail an intruder to the wall and beyond, if needed. I did not bring them to EY, and here in the city, there is very low risk of hot home invasion, and in the streets, BH, there are enough packing fire. If am ever zoche to retire to the rural areas, I would go back to my old ways. My kids were educated as to what firearms are for and what they can do, due diligence and safety were never a problem. I’m with Rav K Hy’d on this, in a reasoned way.
The permanent “pregnancy” of many guys is not just fat. Sedentary/low activity lifestyle lend to poor muscle tone and the kishkes hanging out. That puts undo stress on the spine, and just having your midsection re-arranged from the original design cannot be too good. I lead an very physical life for parnassah, and I see that if you survive it, you don’t need to go to the gym, or have the doctor decree a walking regimen. It is sad to see that this is a common malady since “work” for most of us has ceased to be actual labor. For young guys that have any vanity to them, here in EY, we are starving for avodah ivrit in the building trades, and you can have a six pack ab along with the contribution to yishuv haaretz, and not sweat the occasional felafel or shwarma fat fest.
eclipse, what metro might be talking about is the worst kept secret in the food industry. The “holy trinity” (pardon the expression) of restaurant culture is FAT, SUGAR, and SALT. They generally don’t have anywhere near the same cares that the average health conscious individual has toward excess in the big three, not to mention the type of fats they use, and other commercial only products. It is sort of like focusing on looks only in shidduchim. As someone who frequented the back areas of some establishments, you wouldn’t want to eat the salad either ( hint: cleanliness and six legged things).
Thank you Amichai, its a day I take seriously, with a cheshbon nefesh and a taanis, but can’t deny the universal concept.
the men in the kitchen tread was fairly instructive, as was one thread that wandered into menstrual pain issues.
Started being mostly vegetarian, whole food, raw food, at 40. Just 2-4 kilo of extra weight on me, and a fine specimen of health, BH today on my 53rd BD by the lunar.
I was schooled for a short time in TaiChi, and while you can see it as a dance class, it also has some quite deadly moves, along with learning to move in a fluid, energy efficient way, to fall loosely, to sidestep an attack and capitalize on the other’s energy. I have never BH had the need to test it. It could be my stature and bearing just say “don’t mess with me.” When the common bitachon folks ask if I am armed ( say when entering a supermarket heavily dressed) I say “rak hayadayim adoni”.
I have also seen a guy promoting an ancient Teimani combat art based on the figures of the aleph bet. There is a famous picture of Abdullah senior flanked by some stern looking bearded bodygaurds. They are identified as Teimani Jewish warriors.
lemony: If you are single and flexible, you have a leg up, in that you can take one of many jobs anywhere. If you have some skills, or can pick them up fast, there are many odd non proffesional jobs that are listed on various employment sites. (israemploy for one). About cleaning houses, the stigma attached to many jobs in the US is absent here, and in reality, many jobs are a very real contribution to the mitzva of yishuv ha’aretz. As a entry level highly skilled worker here, I made just 15 shekel more hourly that a cleaning lady, and while you might think it strange, Jewish women do clean homes, and a common avreich job is sweeping/ washing building stairwells and walkways. The guy I sat next to in shul ( for a while, I move around alot) is a tow truck driver. In the US, this conjures up the lowest of lowlifes, here, the guy is a ben olam haba. Come with the attitude that you will succeed with help from above, that you are mkabel the yissurim, and will be willing to adjust, and you will iy’h thrive.
Note one: This all applies in the religious side of society. In the other, snobiness abounds, and you are judged by how many degrees you have.
Note two: The snobbiness on our side revolves, unfortunately, around labels and name brands. You will need to fit into some “box”. There is also the box of ‘crazy American’, but its not recommended for most.
lemony: If you are single and flexible, you have a leg up, in that you can take one of many jobs anywhere. If you have some skills, or can pick them up fast, there are many odd non proffesional jobs that are listed on various employment sites. (israemploy for one). About cleaning houses, the stigma attached to many jobs in the US is absent here, and in reality, many jobs are a very real contribution to the mitzva of yishuv ha’aretz. As a entry level highly skilled worker here, I made just 15 shekel more hourly that a cleaning lady, and while you might think it strange, Jewish women do clean homes, and a common avreich job is sweeping/ washing building stairwells and walkways. The guy I sat next to in shul ( for a while, I move around alot) is a tow truck driver. In the US, this conjures up the lowest of lowlifes, here, the guy is a ben olam haba. Come with the attitude that you will succeed with help from above, that you are mkabel the yissurim, and will be willing to adjust, and you will iy’h thrive.
Note one: This all applies in the religious side of society. In the other, snobiness abounds, and you are judged by how many degrees you have.
Note two: The snobbiness on our side revolves, unfortunately, around labels and name brands. You will need to fit into some “box”. There is also the box of ‘crazy American’, but its not recommended for most.
is there a time when we say Hallel, and there isn’t an element of happiness?
There was an urban legend/ joke/truth- stranger- than- fiction in NY that the wafers used in rc communion were supplied by a large NY matzo bakery.
“pull Bnei Torah out of the basi medrash by their hair” MDD it is not slander. It is the rant of small minded fundamentalist non thinkers that degenerates ultimately into name calling, lunatic paranoia and other good stuff leaking out the seams. If Helpful and his like are so confident in their madreiga that they are justified in leaving out Rav Amsalem’s title, I apologize.
“elu va’elu” was the term used for Mahlokes Hillel v Shamai. The idea you are looking for is “nahara, nahara upashtei. (each river its own flow, you get the idea?)
In MHO, one should not be koveah seudah on sufganiyot in order not to endanger ones health. Hamira sakanta me’isura. The caloric punch of a deep fried dounut is in the 600-800 range, and a good chunk of that from transfat.
to clear the issue on bagels: The bagel is boiled in a lye solution to give it the hard coat shine. It is not otherwise functional in the forming of the bread. This is also the case for soft pretzels.
About Minhag Hamakom, this has fallen victim to, among other things, mobility. Prior to the industrial revolution, most people were born, lived and died all in the small radius of their hometowns. Jews were the unfortunate exception with expulsions and other tzoros that mixed things about. From this, we have sfardim with notably askenazic names, and askenazim with notably sfardi names. There were “newly settled islands” that saw mihag switch as inflows became rov minyan. (Amsterdam, Istanbul, and the Glenn Avenue shul in Baltimore, among others.
In EY there is an unsettled dispute as to who rules the roost. There were sfardi communites in EY prior to the arrival of Talmidei HaGRA, and so the Sfardi poskim hold a ger or BT in EY is bound to follow the BY. Counter to this is the fact that late in the Geonic period, the residents of EY were deprived of their one day Rosh Hashana by the Chachmei Provence of early Ashkenaz. At present, chaos reins, and there are batei knesset ( generally dati leumi) where “any nusach goes” depending on the flavor of shatz.
sorry about the double post. MODs! this is the coffee room– help yourselves.
Metrodriver, I think it is sort of sad that all your examples of minhag are that of chitzonius, and sad that some of our fundamentalist brothers equate a mussar from kesuvim to a d’oraisa.
There is a tshuva in Igros Moshe ztkl, about someone from chassidic ancestors, but with frumkeit skipping the genration before his, i.e., a BT aware that his grandparents or before them were chassidim. Reb Moshe ztkl paskened he should adopt nusach Ashkenaz. I am such a case, and count myself fortunate to have learned by a RY who himself had many unique positions in finely detailed halacha, but very few minhagim.
Metrodriver, I think it is sort of sad that all your examples of minhag are that of chitzonius, and sad that some of our fundamentalist brothers equate a mussar from kesuvim to a d’oraisa.
There is a tshuva in Igros Moshe ztkl, about someone from chassidic ancestors, but with frumkeit skipping the genration before his, i.e., a BT aware that his grandparents or before them were chassidim. Reb Moshe ztkl paskened he should adopt nusach Ashkenaz. I am such a case, and count myself fortunate to have learned by a RY who himself had many unique positions in finely detailed halacha, but very few minhagim.