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Theres really a number of things we can do. How about everybody being Mekabel to be Mekarev minimum one Yid to Yiddishkeit. I.E. Make a BT.
Sounds wild but I think Hashem will like it.
Im with popa lol
Ahavas Chinam to me Mechaper for Sinas Chinam.
A blind guy on a bar stool shouts to the bartender, “Wanna hear a blonde joke?”
In a hushed voice, the guy next to him says, “Before you tell that joke, you should know something.”
Our bartender IS blonde, the bouncer is blonde. I’m a 6′ tall, 200 lb black belt. The guy sitting next to me is 6’2″, weighs 225, and he’s a rugby player. The fella to your right is 6’5″ pushing 300 and he’s a wrestler. Each one of US is blonde. Think about it, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?”
The blind guy says, “Nah, not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.”
Honestly, I think if girls realized what dressing untzniusgig does to a man they would stop. I dont think most girls would appreciate knowing what goes on in a guys mind when they dress a certain way (and walk…talk…act…)
Additionally, girls need to realize that they will be over on Lifnei Iver which is a Deoraysoh multiple times a day if they are purposely not dressing as Tzniusdik as they can.
You can dress nice and you should but dont dress in a way that degrades you and makes men look at you like an object of desire.
I believe in live and let live. Obviously a person should limit his taavah, gaavah and what not and not be focused on Gashmius. However, understand that having a lot of money is a HUGE Nisayon (Im sure youre thinking why can’t I have that Nisayon? lol)You dont know why they built such a big house and frankly its not our business. It could be the wife needs it, it could be the husband needs it, it could be it was done for the sake of shalom bayis, or for hachnosas orchim…You dont know and you will NEVER KNOW. Its a good habit to get used to NOT thinking about other people except in terms of how can I help them, how can I do a chessed…
Its very important to mind our own business.
If you think about the rich guys mansion then do you want him in turn to think, look at that guy, hes so jealous, such bad middos…Theres always something to look down on someone for and its a bad middah to do so. Lets be dan lekaf zchus others and thereby live an emotionally healthy Torahdig life.
Camps dont pay because they want you to pay. If camps paid them you would be charged more to send your son to camp. Additionally this way they offer the parents an opportunity to personally show appreciation to their sons counselors, waiters and Rabbeim. The tip system also motivates people to do a better job so they get a bigger tip. I hope this helps.
Be Happy:
Great Moshol. Thanks. The only thing missing in the Moshol is that anger is bad for the person who is angry. It hurts him too not just the one that the anger is taken out on.
A young naval student was being put through the paces by an old sea captain.
“What would you do if a sudden storm sprang up on the starboard?”
“Throw out an anchor, sir,” the student replied.
“What would you do if another storm sprang up aft?”
“Throw out another anchor, sir.”
“And if another terrific storm sprang up forward, what would you do then?” asked the captain.
“Throw out another anchor, sir.”
“Hold on,” said the captain. “Where are you getting all those anchors from?”
“From the same place you’re getting your storms, sir.”
A blonde was telling her priest a Pollock joke, when halfway through the priest interrupts her, “Don’t you know I’m Polish?”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” the blonde apologizes, “do you want me to start over and talk slower?”
Avram Kaplowitz goes to his favorite kosher restaurant on the Lower East side to have a _bissel_ tongue in raisin sauce. He is surprised to see, instead of another elderly Jew waiting on him, a Chinaman.
Avram is not pleased. While he speaks five languages – Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, Russian and English – his English is weak and he knows almost no Chinese. Imagine his happy surprise when the Chinese waiter asks him for his order in fluent Yiddish!
Avram chats with the waiter, gives his order and eventually finishes his meal.
While paying his bill, he says to the cashier: “You know, I never heard of a Chinaman speaking Yiddish before.”
“Shah!” says the cashier. “He thinks he’s learning English.”
Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, “Esther, I ‘d like to ride in that helicopter”.
Esther always replied, “I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars — and fifty dollars is fifty dollars”.
One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, “Esther, I’m 85 years old. If I don’t ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.”
Esther replied, “Morris that helicopter is fifty dollars — and fifty dollars is fifty dollars”.
The pilot overheard the couple and said, “Folks I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say a word I won’t charge you! But if you say one word, it’s fifty dollars.”
Morris and Esther agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word. When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, “By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn’t. I’m impressed!”
Morris replied, “Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know — fifty dollars is fifty dollars.”
An elderly man in Miami calls his son in New York and says, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough.”
“Pop, what are you talking about?” the son screams.
“We can’t stand the sight of each other any longer,” the old man says. “We’re sick of each other, and I’m sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her,” and he hangs up.
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone, “Like heck they’re getting divorced,” she shouts, “I’ll take care of this.” She calls her father immediately and screams at the old man, “You are NOT getting divorced! Don’t do a single thing until I get there. I’m calling my brother back! , and we’ll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don’t do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?” and hangs up.
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. “Okay,” he says, “They’re coming for Passover and paying their own airfares.”
A man who has finally made it in business treats himself to a new Lamborghini. After buying it, he feels guilty so he goes to the Orthodox Rabbi and asks for a mezuzah for the Lamborghini.
“You want a mezuzah for what?” the Rabbi asks.
“It’s a Lamborghini,”
“What’s a Lamborghini?” asks the Rabbi.
“A sports car.”
“What? That’s blasphemy!” the Rabbi shouts. “You want a mezuzah for a sports car? Go to the Conservatives!”
Well, the man is disappointed, but goes to the Conservative Rabbi and asks for a mezuzah.
“You want a mezuzah for what?” the Rabbi asks.
“For my Lamborghini”, the man replies.
“What’s a Lamborghini?” asks the Rabbi.
“A car, a sports car.”
“What kind of sports car?” asks the Rabbi.
“Italian.”
“What? That is blasphemy!” the Rabbi shouts. “You want a mezuzah for a Goyishe car? Go to the Reform!”
Again, the man feels guilty and disappointed, but goes to the Reform Rabbi.
“Rabbi,” he asks, “I’d like a mezuzah for my Lamborghini.”
“You have a Lamborghini?” asks the Rabbi.
“You know what it is?” says the man.
“Of course! It’s a fantastic Italian sports car. What’s a mezuzah?”
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A building contractor wants some quotes to build 2 flats…
“How did arrive at that figure?” asked the contractor….
The contractor sais “how did arrive at that figure?”
A Rabbi is walking down the street in New York when he is shocked by a sign hanging in front of a building.
The sign reads, “WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 HAMAS TERRORISTS THAN WITH ONE SINGLE ISRAELI”.
Enraged, the Rabbi walks up to the building to go inside and yell at the owners, but he is stopped by a smaller sign saying, “THE CHEVRA
KADISHA” (Hebrew Burial Society).
h2 thanks for the jokes. These are great!
Count me in.
Just be careful with letting your kids play near the roads. Nebach we all remember what happened to that boy last summer. Kids must always be attended to and supervised. Dont let them go trail off on their own to explore. Always know where they are.
If we care about our fellow Jew we care about all of them.
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You should tip them just like you tip counselors. Its just proper and shows appreciation. The boy slaved away so your son can eat 3 meals a day. The waiters work VERY hard and are the most under-appreciated people in camp.
I cant tell you what to do with your money but realize that if you didnt tip in a restaurant the waiter would not forget you and the next time you came to that restaurant hed make sure something nasty ended up in your food.
Its just low class not to top. Especially a camp waiter who slaves away 3x a day every day of the summer for your child.
You are Karging out on $35-$40? Seriously think about it. The tip in some fancy restaurants are almost that for one meal!
Mosherose:
Halacha dictates what fear means. One isnt supposed to be scared that their Totty is going to hurt them if they wear jeans.
WANT TO HEAR A SHOCKER?
Rav Shlomo Volbe Zatzal held that it is asur to hit a child who is older than 3 years old. Yes thats not a typo. Older than 3! He says in our dor where chutzpah is rampant hitting ones child is lifnei iver because the kid will hit you back!
Also due to the lack of personal attention most kids have from their parents, they misinterpret the smack as hatred and abuse.
The sifrei Mussar say that the root cause of Kaas is Gaivah so if we worked on Gaivah and our over inflated egos, we wouldn’t have Kaas.
Hey while you are at it you may want to include Pollard as well.
In short:
People are angry because they have expectations of themselves that they arent meeting. Many people feel like they are living a life devoid of meaning and feel lost and that they arent getting anywhere and that causes a lot of frustration. Sometimes this can be in the subconscious and the person just feels so miserable inside.
I am sincerely jealous that you have no other problems in your life that you need to go so far to find some problem. With all due respect you are “hoking ah chainik.”
I still dont know what I want to do in life. I think many people just find some kind of job that they think they can do and will help pay the bills. Or go into the family business…
Yes its a big wake up call. Run your business squeaky clean or if you get caught there will be no mercy by the US govt. . Do I want Rubashkin to sit in jail? CHAS VESHALOM. Is 27 years excessive? YES! VERY! But maybe Hashem is telling us that we need to clean up our act. The fact is that a huge Chillul Hashem takes place every time a Yid is arrested. What we could do is make sure to be 100% honest in business.
Those of you who are in business with non Jews know good and well that there are plenty of opportunities to make a kiddush Hashem and go out of our way to be extra honest and kind and fair…
Its time to start following Shulchan Aruch as well as the 5th chelek.
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There are virtually hundreds of medrashim about moshiach and one needs to know pshat. However I am fairly certain that Moshiach can come through everyone doing Teshuvah and having Ahavas Chinum and it wont require bloody wars and destruction of the earths oceans and the like.
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Something I wanted to add to the topic:
Whats the big deal about what the guy wears before he is married when most Kolel guys put on colored shirts (almost all change how they dress) once they start working?
Wouldnt you rather marry someone who knows who he is and doesnt change with the tide? Wouldnt you say for a Kollel guy to start changing once he goes to work is a sign that he wasnt that serious about his “shtarkkeit” to begin with?
A guy who wears the colored shirt before marriage and is working will likely dont change once he is married. He is frum, he davens with minyan, goes to a shiur or has a chavrusah…what you see is what you get. Isnt that preferable to a girl? Or do most girls prefer to let others do their thinking for them?
Imma613:
Camp Rayim has been around for 22 years. Bonim is still only a few years old.
Rayim is from the most popular camps in the mountains and has excellent headstaff and has a Torahdik atmoshphere. The counselors are Bnei Torah and the camp makes sure the boys have a great time as well as not loose what they learned all year in Yeshivah.
Good luck getting your kid in now but your best bet is calling the head counselor of both camps you will get a better idea what each camp is about.
The WOLF is 100% correct. In todays world the color of the shirt means nothing. I went through the Yeshivah system and I know plenty black hat white shirt whatever guys who need that uniform like a luch in kup. Instead I would look more at other factors like
Yarmulka size- I think it says something about ones Yiras Shomayim
Neatness- If the guy looks shlumpy he doesnt respect himself and isnt such a mentsch.
How he carries himself. Is he arrogant, self absorbed, condescending, rude…?
The true litmus test for a guys frumkiet in my opinion is as follows:
Find out his shul manners.
If he davens with Kavannah and doesnt talk by davening, in all likelihood the guys is gold. If he respects the shul, his fellow daveners, and takes Davening seriously it means he has Emunah and a deep connection to Hashem. Usually the daveners and those who wont talk by Davening are much frummer and more “REAL” about their Yiddishkiet.
If you can get this info on a guy it will save you hours of senseless shidduch calls.
Im sure most of the guys will agree with me, but again, a lot of “frum” people talk by davening so they wont like what I am saying. However if you are honest you will agree that the Modern Orthodox looking guy without the hat that Davens the long Shemoneh Esrei and listens quietly to krias Hatorah is probably a lot frummer than the Yeshivish looking guy who talks through most of Davening and Krias Hatorah.