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If it’s cold and she doesn’t feel like turning up the heat, Eeees might put a pair of sweatpants on under her skirt/robe. Does that count?
The Wolf
looks what unfolding in front of our eyes prophecy after prophecy that indicates the arrival of moshiach
Posts like this would be much more helpful if they specified what prophecy and in what way they were being fulfilled *AND* how it is now qualitatively different than other times we thought it might have been fulfilled but wasn’t.
The Wolf
While you’re right in some cases, I don’t think backgammon is
one of them. Although how you play does matter, for two players
with equal levels of knowledge, it comes down to luck.
True, luck can turn any game of backgammon — but that’s why you play a match and not just a single game. (Plus, the doubling cube adds quite a bit of non-luck-based strategy).
If the two players are truly equal players, then, over the long haul, they’ll each win about 50% of the matches they play, which is how it should be. If not, the skill of one will definitely that percentage over 50%.
The Wolf
It’s just like I said: There are so many ways to make cholent that one really can objectively say what is a good cholent recipe.
Heh… I never even make it the same way twice. My way of making cholent is “throw whatever we have in the pot.” So, the meats, sauces, vegetables and mix of spices are different every time.
The Wolf
Let me ask you… when someone on the news reports “The White House (or City Hall, or the Governor’s Mansion, etc.) today released a statement saying…” do you object on the grounds that a building is incapable of releasing a statement?
The Wolf
Wolfish: There was great competition for even the tiniest job in the Bais HaMikdash.
And so? That supports my contention that it was possibly done by a Kohein from the active mishmar.
Or did I miss something?
The Wolf
Why don’t you tell us a bit about your husband, so that we have some better idea of what he might appreciate.
The Wolf
About a decade ago, I became very interested in photography and continue with it to this day.
I also enjoy cooking and writing.
The Wolf
Who said the floors were ever dirty or needed to be swept?
Why would you say it never got dirty? Of course it did.
People walked on it all day. Blood and other liquids certainly got spilled on it numerous times.
The Gemara describes how people used to be lowered into the Kodesh HaKadoshim in partitions to clean it. If the Kodesh HaKadoshim didn’t keep itself clean, then certainly the floor of the chatzar didn’t.
Lastly, the Mishna in Avos lists 10 miracles that happened in the Bais HaMikdash. Keeping itself clean is not one of them.
As to who actually did it — my guess (and that’s all it is) is that the levi’im or hired help cleaned the chatzar and the kohanim of the active mishmar cleaned the heichal (or, perhaps, they cleaned both).
The Wolf
Flatbusher, indeed many rabbonim caution against non-family being invited as social guests for meals.
And there are plenty of rabbonim who don’t have a problem with this. I, myself, have eaten by the homes of rabbanim who didn’t have a problem with having my mother and sister (and later on, my wife) there as well.
The Wolf
Was it only once? Calling Moshe Rose, Calling Moshe Rose.
No, this was actually in person.
The Wolf
DY: Have you been to homes where there are no family pictures with females in them? I haven’t.
I had someone tell me once that by having pictures of women in my home, I was practically prostituting them. Let’s just say that I disagreed with him – vigorously.
The Wolf
once mashiach comes and reveals himself there will be no more bechira and thus one can no longer do tshuva. Just something to think about
What is your source for this? It contradicts the Rambam, among others.
The Wolf
Whatcha talkin ’bout Mr. Wolf? I made a comment. You quoted and replied to my comment. I quoted and replied to your comment to me. Where does Syag fit into this picture?
I was responding to him, above. That’s why I always quote the people I’m responding to in italics, to avoid this sort of misunderstanding.
The Wolf
Without nitpicking every word like it’s a gemorah, the point is you pass a lot more pedestrians in parts of NYC than you do in many other places.
No, the point was to rebut Syag’s assertion that I do pass that many people but don’t realize it.
Of course some parts of Brooklyn are more crowded than others. I never denied that.
The Wolf
wolf – sure you do, you just didn’t realize it because none of them said “hi”
Actually, I don’t. I know because my wife and I actively try to say “Good Shabbos” to them going to and from shul.
The Wolf
If you’re questioning the reliability of something being reported, challenging the credibility of the reporter is very much on point.
Actually, it’s not.
Look, some crackpot may say that aliens with three legs and green and purple hair live on Titan (Saturn’s largest moon) and that they hold Elvis concerts three times a week. But the factuality of the information (or lack thereof) does not rest on the fact that he’s a crackpot. It rests on the evidence. The fact that he’s a crackpot is really beside the point. It all boils down to the evidence and arguments. If he can provide credible evidence for it, then it’s true, regardless of his being a crackpot or not. And if he can’t provide some evidence, then I can be comfortable dismissing his claims — again, regardless of his being a crackpot or not.
Snopes made some valid points in their article. Pointing out that Snopes has a bias (whether true or not) is really beside the point.
The Wolf
I hate doing things by rote,
I didn’t say that I was doing it by rote. I said I was doing it because it’s a mitzvah. That’s not rote – and for me, that’s enough of a reason. I don’t need a deeper reason than that.
The Wolf
OOT you don’t bump into dozens of people every few blocks.
I live in Brooklyn. I don’t bump into dozens of people every few blocks either.
The Wolf
They didn’t bury them. They placed them on elevated platforms.
–source– the Lone Ranger, season 2, episode 14
Heh. 🙂
In truth, however, I wouldn’t be surprised if customs varied from tribe to tribe and region to region (i.e. in some places they buried, in others they left corpses for exposure and in other places, used other methods). However, even if you discount the indigenous Native Americans, there are certainly early European cemeteries that have been lost over time in the city.
The Wolf
It is no “ad hominem”.
Sure it is. Rather than addressing the points made in the Snopes article, you instead went for Snopes = biased. That the very definition of an ad hominem attack.
The Wolf
Even in Eretz Yisroel this problem should exist, no?
It was inhabited primarily by Jews for almost a thousand years from Yehoshua’s conquest to the destruction of the First BHMK. They lived on the land, died there and were buried there. However, we don’t know where their cemeteries are, as none of them have survived to modern times*. They could be almost anywhere.
The Wolf
* And if you’re going to tell me that you *do* know of one or two… certainly there were many more than that that we don’t know about today.
When I’m mafrish challah, I do it because it’s a mitzvah. I don’t knead* a depper meaning than that.
The Wolf
* pun intended.
Snopes very frequently has an agenda dismissing things without compelling evidence because of the writers own biases. And in this particular case it seems even they are equivocating rather than being entirely dismissive, even though this is one of the type of things Snopes tends to be biased against.
Ah, yes… rather than address the points, you just go for the ad hominem.
The Wolf
Is it menchlach or not necessary for a man to wish Good Shabbos to women he passes in the street. I think older women one should definitely say good shabbos, my question is to the same age women or younger?
I make it a point to say “Good Shabbos” to all Jews on Shabbos*. And I say “Good morning/afternoon/evening” to those who don’t seem to be Jewish.
The Wolf
* Yes, there are exceptions. If a group of people are walking by all talking among themselves, I’m not going to interrupt them for my “Good Shabbos.” But for the most part, yes, I try to greet everyone that I reasonably can.
(originally published in Housekeeping Monthly, May 1955)
You might want to check the Snopes article on this…
The Wolf
I usually alternate between Lizard and Spock. 🙂
The Wolf
A friend of mine mentioned to me how they feel it’s very important to say Good Shabbos. It shows good middos and Ahavas Yisrael. What do you think?
Well, I guess I show good middos and Ahavas Yisroel only one day out of every seven…
The Wolf
Sam2: So, people tend to assume non-Jewish corpses are only metamei b’maga uv’masah, even though there are plenty of sources saying otherwise. I’m going to avoid speculating about why people think that.
Well, if you’re going to worry about that, then you have to wonder where the indigenous Native Americans buried their dead before the arrival of Europeans.
The Wolf
If Nosson is claiming special privilege status based on the fact that he’s “going to be” a talmid chochom, then he is showing an arrogance and lack of humility that may prevent him from ever actually becoming one.
As an aside, I’m reminded of the story regarding R. Yaakov Kaminetzky. A young kollel husband said that his wife wanted him to take out the garbage at night. He said, however, that, as a Torah scholar, it was beneath his dignity to do so. He asked R. Yaakov what the halacha was. R. Yaakov ruled that, indeed, he may exempt himself from such duty.
The next night, there was a knock at the door. When the husband opened the door, he found R. Yaakov standing there, ready to take out the garbage for the husband so as not to degrade his (the husband’s honor). The husband got the message.
The Wolf
What’s the heter to interrupt, mock, talk or fool around in midst of the Tefila during Chazoras Hashatz on Simchas Torah?
FINALLY! An issue we see eye to eye on.
The Wolf
Make sure to go to his funeral, or else he won’t go to yours.
The Wolf
now we’re at about 7.3 million
:: slaps forehead in disgust ::
That should be 7.3 billion.
The Wolf
One thing that is not being mentioned here, of course, is that the general rise in population over the last few hundred years (world population passed 1 billion for the first time in history in 1804, now we’re at about 7.3 million) has accounted for far more neshamos than any incidental increase in twins.
The Wolf
That is a contradiction. postsem said the reason was because of neshamos coming down before mashiach, and you said because of age and fertility issues,
I don’t think it’s a contradiction. You’re just confusing the cause and effect.
More multiple births are occurring (for the reasons stated in this thread). Therefore, more neshamos have to come down (or be created) for these extra children.
The Wolf
How do you pay off/get rid of someone else’s sin(s)?
By God accepting whatever it is that He accepts for it.
I don’t see why you’re having so much trouble with this. Teshuva, by it’s very nature, is a personal thing. Having someone do teshuva for you makes about as much sense as having some sleep for you. It can only be done by the person himself. The whole point is to transform and change the person for the better.
Kapparah doesn’t change you. It just removes a part or all of someone’s sins — but it doesn’t change the person’s behavior or attitudes.
The Wolf
Alright, so how can a person make a kappara for another person’s sins?
The same way I can pay off someone’s debt, but I can’t make a resolution that they not go into debt again.
The Wolf
Getting back on topic, don’t we have the concept that great rabbonim suffered or were niftar as a kappara for klal yisroel?
A kapparah is not teshuva.
Think of it in terms of debt.
A kapparah is a note that wipes out a particular debt. Doing teshuva is resolving to not go into debt any further.
Teshuva is a *personal* process — the sinner confesses his sin, regrets his actions and resolves to no longer do so. Even if you could do the first for another person, there is no way you can do the latter two. They can only be done by the person themselves for themselves. No one else can make a resolution for you. No one else can regret something for you. Only you can do that.
The Wolf
I’ve heard stories where the parents staked out a location the girl is known to be so they can surreptitiously spy her.
This happened to a neighbor of mine. Very creepy.
The Wolf
Sorry, no advice from me here, because I didn’t “shidduch date.”
The first time I met my father-in-law was when he was sitting shiva for his father. Eeees and I had been dating for about a month in a half when her grandfather passed away. At that point, the only member of her family whom I had met was her younger sister (and that was only because she was there the day we met). So, I went to be menachem avel. It was a pleasant meeting (at least as pleasant as nichum aveilim gets). Apparently I impressed her parents that day.
The Wolf