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YW Fan: “Biden is moshiach and obama is the shliach!!!”
“Toi, do you have anything else to post??? Either only say things that you have a reason to say (and the reason also) or don’t say anything!!!”
Hmm, I smell hypocrisy here.
While I don’t claim to know the reason why things happen, perhaps we can look at what happened and where, and see what we (or even gentiles) did wrong there. So say for example if millions of computers were suddenly infected with a strong virus, I would assume we could or should take some mussar about how to properly use our computers.
Similarly, one can draw a parallel between the place where pritzus at it’s worst is on constant public display, and the place that always seems to get destroyed any time a major storm comes around. The Beach.
HaLeivi- Nice one!
You can add DNS servers, and an OS like Windows or something UNIX based.
BTW I think the keyboard coding would be UTF…
20 The illuminati
21 God sneezed a bit too hard
22 Noach felt like he was losing attention to Avrohom
23 Mashiach’s coming!
24 It was a practice drill for Hurricane MegaFrankenZillaStorm
25 Too much gashmius
26 Because massive destruction is good for the economy (see broken window fallacy)
27 The wind was trying to imitate Felix Baumgartner’s speed
There was a least 3 frum weddings last night according to a certain Jewish website. One of them was a first cousin of mine. I was told that it was a regular wedding just like any other. They had generators and everyone showed up.
FaceTime. It solves EVERYTHING.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
I was a reader for a couple of years until I got so outraged over something that I just absolutely had to post.
The biggest issue IMO, is that someone who is mentally ill or depressed can just snap or have a breakdown one day. One day you were married to Rochel, today you’re married to a completely different person. Is that a risk you are willing to take? If so, go ahead. It’s easier to deal with a physical health issue, where the person would mentally be the same, having a great personality after reflecting on life more than others. With a mental health issue, if the problem perks up, the marriage could easily be in shambles, at best.
I was asked about going out with a rich beautiful perfectly religious girl, with a great family. Though mental illness runs strong in the family. I said no, though it was a hard no to say.
gavra_at_work: Oops!
Maybe we can say that being a grandson of Rashi, he witnessed Rashi’s pain and reflected on it?
YYTZ, Bubka: In Baba Basra 141A Rashi says about Rav Chisda, who stated that he prefers daughters to sons-
????? ????? ??? ??????? ?? ???? ?? ?? ???? ??? ????? ??? ????? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ???? ?? ?? ????
Rashi could not understand how R’ Chisda could be happy if he had no sons. It seems like Rashi wasn’t the happiest about having only daughters.
Also see the Ben Yehoyada Rosh Hashana 26a where he comes to explain what a “??? ?????” is. He brings down that whenever a boy is born, the entire town celebrates, and everyone is happy. ???”? when a girl is born, everyone starts crying…
1. R’ Nosson Sherman, founder of Artscroll, has a daughter married to R’ David Sutton, a Sephardi. They also published his book, Aleppo: City of Scholars. This makes me think that he’s not so biased against Sephardim.
2. Not considering how big a percentage the Sephardic Jews comprise of nowadays, it would still make a lot of sense for artscroll to bring to light Gedolim from all sects. No one mentioned that Gerrer chassidim make up X% of world Jewry, while Satmars make up Y% and Yekkes make up Z%. The reason is because a Gadol of any sect of Judiasm can inspire any other sect. Imagine if we could have a nice biography on the famous Chida, the Ben Ish Chai, Kaf Hachayim, Pri Chadash, Sdei Chemed, R’ Chaim Palacci (maybe he’s only useful for Kupat Ha’ir segulas), or R’ Ezra Attiah, the teacher to almost all recent Sephardic gedolim.
3. Sushee incorrectly pointed out that there have been many more Ashkenazic gedolim in the last 250 years, and that this is reflected in the quantity of seforim published by and about them. Sushee never did his research properly. Sephardic Gedolim have churned out more seforim than possibly imaginable. The Chida, R’ Chaim Palacci, the Ben Ish Chai each wrote about 70-80 seforim. R’ Ovadia Yosef published about 50 seforim so far. This is definitely not a thorough list of all the seforim printed by Sephardim, though one must only take a peek at any tshuva from R’ Yosef to see the dozens of seforim that he quotes from Sephardic Achronim. Also one can find an inexhaustible amount seforim devoted to kabbalah, not necessarily making the NY Times best seller list.
OneOfMany: Ender is right. This country is a Federal Republic. A truly democratic country would let you vote on the actual issues. Instead we vote for someone to represent us, and that representative votes on the issues for you.
One difference in reality would be the case with marijuana usage. If this country is Democratic, marijuana would have been legal a long time ago.
mra01385: If any great ideas come out of this forum, they are out in the open for any one of the big publishers to enjoy. Being that they have more cash, experience and resources than you do (I assume), you may want to keep quiet if your in it to make money.
Apukerma: While coffee wasn’t drunk until the last couple of centuries, it hasn’t been as necessary as it is nowadays. A couple of centuries ago , the light bulb was invented. We now go to sleep much later and work many more hours.
I’m not so sure that books that have embarrassing stories of gedolim should be written, though I agree that just about every biography is written in the same way, with the same superlative descriptions.
Just about the only biography I ever enjoyed is about Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld. The book doesn’t go on and on ranting about how smart he is. Though it gives clear examples of his amazing and worldly wisdom, that will teach any person how to be a mensch and put a head on their shoulders.
Oomis: Sounds like a good idea, I’m not sure how good it would taste the next morning. Though cold brew has a major advantage- it’s much less acidic.
I started to read this thread until I scrolled down and noticed the length of the average comment.
To answer the OP’s question, Who the “oilem” thinks will win? Gallup’s newest poll of the American oilem has Romney leading 52 – 45. Elections are only eighteen days away.
Better start packing your bags, Mr President.
Regarding coffee on Shabbos- I have a friend that owns a coffee shop where they sell a concentrated cold brewed coffee (a process that takes at least 12 hours). In essence it is similar to tea sense, where you can just add it to hot water and you’re done. I’m not sure everyone would agree that it’s permissible to use on Shabbos as it is not “heat brewed” during the process.
DISCLAIMER: ALL instant coffees taste bad. Which one tastes the least bad, would probably be a better (if it’s grammatically correct) question. IMO Tasters Choice French Roast.
I think people shouldn’t focus on Hatzolah members as being the ones abusing the privileges of having VAS plates. I personally know a bunch of people that aren’t EMT’s that have these license plates. The ones I know don’t speed through red lights and such, and don’t believe that it gives them more rights when it comes to parking. Though they are happy to have a little leeway when it comes to the insane ticketing standards of NY traffic police.
I read an interesting article in Globes theorizing that the Romney campaign deliberately released that video. A couple of points to ponder- How many politicians think that saying things in a private dinner will stay private and not get leaked, in an age of smartphones with cameras and mics everywhere? Why is the audio sound so clear and crisp, when the clip was video’d on a phone from a considerably far distance? If the person who videoed the clip was against Romney, why wait until now to release something that came out in May?
What part of the clip shows Romney in a bad light? It seems like every time Romney opens his mouth, the Lame Stream Media somehow gets offended and start screaming SCANDAL!!1! This most noticeably happened on 9/11 when Oblamo’s appointed administration forgot to put US security in a muslim war zone, had an ambassador and others killed, and the LSM still (somehow) got offended about Romney’s comments about the obama administrations apologizing to the muslims.
The truth is that most Americans aren’t as dumb as the LSM assume. They will see past the propaganda that the LSM churn out, and will be more aware of the 47% that are sucking up this country.
That is also why Romney is leading 51.8 to 43.9 in an average of the latest unskewed polls. People like Romney a lot more IRL than what the LSM wants you to think.
mosheemes2: “by citing a stat he knew was meaningless because he needed his audience to give him cash.”
His audience paid a boat load of cash to get into the private dinner. With their money in his hands he can say whatever he likes.
Each and every person is born into the generation, time, family, friends, etc. that is best to achieve their life goals. As the mashgiachs love to say “each person has is own keilim and should stick to those and no one else’s”. Meaning we have what HKBH gave us and nothing else. We have our nisyanos, our gashmiyus and we have our tools to fight it the best way possible.
Shabbos meal in yeshiva they would joke- “Don’t worry about putting the chicken (davar gush) on the on the (uncooked) rice….The chicken is cold!
Liberals are liberals. They’ll always be slimy, manipulating liars. Even the smart ones are at best intelligent fools.
Just me: In regards to chemically aged cheese, in the latest OU Daf Hakashrut it states that the cheeses are considered like regular hard cheeses. Though they make it sound like it’s not really applicable nowadays, since enzyme-aged cheese is not sold in stores. It’s only used for seasonings and similar scenarios where it’s mixed with regular cheese in order to give it the “aged” flavor without being too expensive like aged cheese. In these cases the OU is mattir without waiting 6 hours since the “aged” cheese is mixed into the regular cheese, it keeps the status of regular cheese.
In other news…A search bar has finally been added!
I agree with Sam2. My understanding is that Pas Palter is the only “chumro” that started off as a chumro. Usually every chumro is an added layer to a regular issur, though pas palter is different. When chazal made the gezeira, it was never accepted fully, so it never become “assur”. The tzibbur wasn’t able to adhere to it, so the issur never stuck. Hence, at the end of the day, you have something that chazal instated that isn’t an issur. Unlike anything else.
Finala: On the other hand, if you don’t like cats, just move away from them.
Now you’ve just taken animal-loving to crazy-person levels.
In Jerusalem, cats are another form of rodents (worse IMO). Finding a new home for them is as practical as finding one for homeless mosquitos. Forgive me for taking on the worlds opinion of getting rid of rodents.
After you finish killing your local cat, don’t mind swinging by Jerusalem and kill for us the filthy cats here. They are more common and annoying than bugs.
In Chevron Yeshiva, they call the top notch learners, “shpitz”. This usually amounts to like 3-5 guys out of 1200 students.
Whiteberry: Whether she would choose to be smart, have cajones or guts, or simply bake a cake, the decision for him at the end of the day would be pretty clear.
From the OU Daf Hakashrus:
Non-Dairy Creamer
Submitted by: Rabbi Yosef Wagner
I once asked Rav Belsky if someone can be
mevatel milk bshishim in ones coffee during
the six hour waiting period after eating meat.
[My application of this is to some non-dairy
creamers that have a little bit of milk in them
and since we do not say chanan on heter,
shishim is only needed against the little milk
in the non-dairy creamer.] He said yes, as
the minhag is on the gavra to wait six hours,
and thus would not violate ein mivatlin issur
lechatchila.
I’m shocked that it was 8-0 in the vote. Count in Bloomy and that’s 9 fools with not one sane person to slightly counteract the extreme stupidity that is being spewed from the Health Board Nazis.
I guarantee that if I polled 100 NY’ers, I wouldn’t find more than crazy person that agrees to this soda ban nonsense.
WIY: Not joking. He broke off a different shidduch (a day away from getting engaged) for the specific reason that the girl was basically incompetent and lazy. So the next time he thought of getting engaged, he wanted to show that it means something to him, being competent, and loving to cook or bake for her husband. He may have done it in jest, though he still made his view clear. In my family, a competent homemaker is considered one of the highest rated qualities.
Sam2: I don’t actually know the sources for this “minhag”, though my Posek is a major baki especially in all the hibi jibi nistar stuff. Being Sephardic may explain why he was machmir.
My brother brought his date (right before getting engaged) a bag of flour and told her to bake him something.
It depends on the wine. If its a sweet wine it probably won’t make a difference how long ago it was opened. Dry red wine IMO gets bad already by the next day. Though most people can’t tell the difference either way, so you could probably use it for a couple weeks.
potpie: It was an attempted joke. It says that Hashem blessed Avraham “Bakol”. Some explain that Bakol is the name of Avraham’s daughter. Hence, Bas Sarah.
It’s not Bnos Sarah it’s Bas Sarah. And Bakol is her name.
WIY: “Bas Ploni l’Ploni” I think we have a Raaya that a boy can marry a girl whose father has the same name as he does.
I just asked a posek about this regarding setting up a shidduch this week. I was told that either the father or the prospective chosson would have to change or add a name.
My favorite of all time is RTCW:Enemy Territory. I would play for 15+ hours a day in my most addicted stages. I also love CoD, Monkey Island, and sports games.
Poster: Almost all of the blacks, around 90% of them, will and have voted for Obama. This is true even though blacks before the NObama elections always voted Republican.
I would never touch the game in a million years. If I even dare try it, I am sure I would be 100% addicted. Same goes for Minecraft.