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You can’t accuse me of being too picky… I married the second girl who said yes to a date with me (although, to be fair, I think we already knew we were going to eventually get married even before our first “official” date).
The Wolf
Not far at all. We both lived in Brooklyn (although we first met in Staten Island). From my house to her house (or vice versa) on Shabbos was a forty five minute walk.
The Wolf
It looks like the post I responded to disappeared…
The Wolf
What’s pshat in a lifetime, plus a 1000 years? How is that different from stam a lifetime?
I asked this on a different forum. The reply I got was that if the life sentence gets overturned on appeal or on some other grounds, he still won’t be walking out free.
The Wolf
so ?? ?????? ???? ????? is a mashal?!
No, it’s something that held true in one cultural setting but does not hold true in today’s culture. Marriage, including the expectations of it from the participants, have changed over the centuries. You can argue whether or not that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but the change *has* happened.
The Wolf
I remember a certain poster who tried to convince me that I was in violation of “Lo Yilbash” because I like to cook. Apparently he held that cooking was a woman’s job and that if I cooked a meal for my wife on anything other than an ad-hoc basis, I was in violation.
But then again, this was the same poster who tried to convince me that I needed to get divorced because my marriage lacked the “kashrus” of going through a shadchan.
The Wolf
Again, context is everything.
Is this more or less than the number one would expect in any given month? In any given July?
The Wolf
Speak to an attorney.
The Wolf
Do you know for a fact that there has been a larger number of crashes (and not just that you are noticing them more or that they are being reported more)?
The Wolf
bike riding is a fun, healthy activity for boys and girls of any age. is there a reason it was banned?
You answered your own question. 🙂
The Wolf
He feels that it’s probably not a real name.
Well, at the risk of asking a stupid question, what is a “real name?” What qualifies one name as real and another not?
The Wolf
Fair enough. Thanks, Mod-73.
As for the eye picture, it turns out I don’t have a good copy of it here, so it will have to wait until tonight at the earliest.
The Wolf
Mods?
(BTW, in the past when there was a thread like this, Mod-80 allowed me to post links to my pics. Still okay?)
The Wolf
I would not talk about my “vision of a future household” on a first date, even with a yeshivish guy.
Good point.
The Wolf
I like landscape as well as macro photography. Florals and waterfalls are favorites of mine. For a few years I’ve been experimenting with water drop refraction. I’ve also recently begun experimenting with HDR as well.
For a long time, I shot with a Canon XSi, but I recently bought a refurbished 7D and am very happy with it. I have a few lenses —
The 18-55 kit lens
50mm 1.8
75-300mm zoom (the cheap one)
100mm macro lens (my favorite lens — it’s not just a dedicated macro lens, it’s great for portraits and other general uses)
65mm macro lens (the 100mm does 1:1 magnification, this one does 1:5 — I took an amazing shot of my son’s iris a few months back with it). If the mods allow, I’ll put up a link to it.
The Wolf
OK, let’s start with this…. what do you like to shoot? What kind of gear do you have?
The Wolf
Off the top of my head:
Family
Current events
Things you* like to do (hobbies)
Books you’ve read
Places you’ve been
Work
Your vision of a future household
Children
The Wolf
* When I use “you,” “your” or “you’ve,” I mean both of you, not just you.
(And this is from someone who never shidduch-dated.)
nothing in particular.
The Wolf
Besides, the mother is a commoner.
This statement is incorrect. She is the wife of a peer (Prince William is the Duke of Cambridge) and, as such, is not a commoner.
And, before you state that she was *born* as a commoner, I should point out that so was her husband. In the UK, a commoner is someone who is not a peer or the monarch (or a woman married to a peer/the monarch). Prince William did not enter the peerage until he was created the Duke of Cambridge on the morning of his wedding day.
Very few people are born peers (only those whose fathers who were peers died prior to their birth). Everyone else is born a commoner.
The Wolf
I’m going to try and revive this thread. The wolf posted that he’s interested in photography, and ive had my camera out for the last week, in honor of bein hazmanim. Anyone still interested?
What would you like to discuss?
The Wolf
WolfishMusings
Why should anyone care about this baby more than any other baby? Besides, the mother is a commoner. You can be into it but its mamish shtus vehevel following this couple is no different than following any of the other non Jewish celebrities. They are just celebrities nothing more. Do you read EW too? At least the queen is someone respectable.
Why do I have an interest in anything? Why do I have an interest in photography? Why do I have an interest in history? I just do. Likewise, in part because of the history and the pagentry, I have an interest in the history of the British monarchy — including the current royals. If these interests make me a horrible person in your eyes, then so be it.
The Wolf
If one isn’t English why would one even remotely care about this? I couldn’t care less about them. Why should any of us give a ki by zeh?
Because we’re human beings, with varying interests. Yes, I’m interested in the British Royal family. I’m also interested in planetary astronomy, photography, baseball, statistics, history, writing and other things as well.
Yes, you could rightly ask me “Why do you care about photography if you’re not a professional photographer? I couldn’t care less about it.” But you know what? I don’t have to conform to *your* likes and interests. I have my own, thank you very much, and I’m not required to answer to you as to what they are.
The Wolf
Shechita should only occur in places where unsuspecting passersby will not need to see/hear/smell it. Not everyone is capable of handing the sensations involved (the sight of blood, etc.) and should not be subjected to it.
The Wolf
(Yes, I know you’ll say “How dare you say that I have to move my mitzvah to some out-of-the-way place? I should be able to do the mitzvah wherever I want.” Tough. There are plenty of other mitzvos that are only appropriate in designated places.)
Ah yes, the Glatt Yacht.
Eeees surprised me with a date there while we were dating.
The Wolf
If Nurahito has a son in the future that new son will become Emperor rather than Akishino.
That is absolutely correct. However, considering the fact that Princess Masako (Nurahito’s wife) is now 49 years old, the odds are against the birth of a son (or anyone else).
The Wolf
Just so people should know: if yournaming after 2 offrent people thenyou have to make sure that they got a long anddidnt fight…when things were goig on and everything was going badfor me my mother found out about the 2 ppl I was named after but it seems that they were fine with eachother not best friends but not enemies so….
What if the two people never met? You can certainly say they didn’t fight, but you can’t say that they got along either.
Two of my kids are named for groups of people who never met each other (with one exception who is named for an ancestor of mine and his father).
The Wolf
Apparently I’ve just heard that our Head of State has a new great grandchild.
Yes. Her first great-grandson (and third great-grandchild overall).
The Wolf
The Emperor’s *first* son has two daughters.
Actually, I need to correct myself here. Prince Naruhito only has one daughter. My apologies.
The Wolf
Its actually a bigger issue in Japan, the Emperor there is a line for 1400 years. The son of the Emperor has 2 daughters and no male heir
That’s not technically correct. The Emperor’s *first* son has two daughters. His second son, however, has two daughters and a son.
For a long time, succession was a looming problem in Japan, as no males were born into the royal family in over 40 years.For a time, they were considering changing the rules. However, that became moot when Prince Akishino (the Emperor’s second son) had a baby boy (Hisahito) in 2006.
Eventually, the throne will go from Akihito (the current Emperor) to his first son (Nurahito) and then to his second son and then his grandson.
The Wolf
Two of my kids have two names each. The other one has three names.
The Wolf
It seems that a husband is obligated to make his wife happy. Meaning without him she wouldn’t be happy.
I don’t understand how your conclusion here follows from your premise.
I have a mitzvah to give tzedaka and feed the poor. But that doesn’t mean that if I don’t do it, the poor will go hungry. Yes, they might, but it’s certainly not a foregone conclusion.
I have an obligation to make my wife happy, but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible that she might find happiness without me.
The Wolf
because no one will be poor, right?
From whence do you know this? The Rambam makes the point that nothing will change except for our subjugation by the nations. Presumably that means that there will continue to be rich and poor amongst us.
The Wolf
I have a close relative who has severe dairy allergies and is also restricted (by other dietary issues) from eating pasta or other grains in too large an amount. She asked and received a hetter to eat meat during the nine (well, eight — she doesn’t eat on Tisha b’Av) days.
Of course, if this applies to you, you must AYLOR.
The Wolf
As a public service, to prevent further misspellings between words that are very similar, I present a poem by Ogden Nash:
The Lama
The one-l lama,
He’s a priest.
The two-l llama,
He’s a beast.
And I will bet
A silk pajama
There isn’t any
Three-l lllama.*
— Ogden Nash
*The author’s attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.
The Wolf
I used to work in telephone customer service for a large electronics company.
One day I got a call, asked the customer for his order number and lo and behold, the name on the order was Alan Alda.
I asked if he was the actor from M*A*S*H. It turned out to be the actor but his agent calling on his behalf. After helping him with his order, I asked if I could get an autographed picture (since my wife is a big M*A*S*H fan). Sure enough, about a week later, it arrived.
The Wolf
I still remember the first (and, so far, only) time I had to break a fast.
It was about five years ago on Asara B’Teves. I went to work, but was feeling miserable, so I left early and went home. I got home, found that I had 101 fever and, at the urging of my wife, had some hot tea and toast at about 1:00 (with about another four hours left to the fast).
Yes, you may think of me what you will for being so quick to break the fast. I don’t care.
The Wolf
I recall very strongly a column by Rebbetzin Jungries’ that appeared in the Jewish Press back in the summer of 2008. In the column two young women wrote about how their fathers were put down to their faces because they worked instead of learned full-time.
The first one wrote (emphasis mine):
Once, my principal accused me of doing some inappropriate things that I would never dream of doing. When I told her that I was raised differently and that my Yiddishkeit meant too much to me to ever participate in the activities she accused me of, she said that she would expect such behavior from me because I was “not a good girl” as I unfortunately “come from a working family.” Even more hurtful was when I was told to “not lower myself to my father’s level” by marrying a working guy even if he would devote time to Torah.
The second one described what happened to her as she was applying for seminaries:
So, yeah, in at least some places, they genuinely disrespect people who don’t learn full-time.
The Wolf
Boruch IS a Shem Hashem
I have never seen this. Do you have a source for this?
And even if it so, it is still not one of the names which we are commanded to not use in vain (such as, for example the word “Shalom”).
H”BH also CLEARLY refers ONLY to Hashem. It should not be made into a pun.
If you re-read my post, you’ll see that I agreed with this point. However, even though it is used only to refer to HaShem (much as the term “HaShem” is), that still does not actually make it HaShem’s name, complete with the prohibition of using it in vain.
The Wolf
There is a fine line between making fun of someone and making a PUN out of someone’s name. In the case of Hashem, there is no question it should never be done.
Hashem’s name is not supposed to be taken in vain
I feel the need to point out that HKBH is NOT HKBH’s name. It is an term we use to describe Him (much like “Hashem”) but it is not His name and there is no problem with using the term in vain.
That being said, as I stated above, I feel (IMHO) that it is not appropriate to use a play-on-words of such a term as the name of a business. Or, as someone wiser than me said above:
It indicates a tremendous lack of yiras Haborei.
The Wolf
PBA,
Your latter thoughts mirror my own. I love a good joke/pun, but there are some things that should not be punned. HKBH’s name (and His common appellations) are among them.
The Wolf
As far as I’m aware, the rule of thumb is whatever you say quietly you do in your own nusach and anything out loud ie. kedusha etc you say in the Shul’s nusach.
That is my rule of thumb as well. I daven Ashkenaz, but the only time I’ll say something in Nusach Sefard is:
A. If it’s something the tzibbur says as a whole (i.e. kedusah, the second barchu in Ma’ariv, etc.)
B. If I’m the shliach tzibbur (I won’t daven for the amud in N. Sefard, but I will lain in a shul that does, and will say the kaddish after the kriah).
The Wolf
Kevin Youkilis
In Moneyball, Billy Beane refers to him as “Eucilus, the Greek god of walks.” 🙂
The Wolf
Adam Sandler
OJ Simpson… not a Jew!
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
The Wolf
Rush Limbaugh is officially Christain, but his mother is Jewish.
Do you have a source for that? His mother’s last name was Armstrong, which is not a name that is associated with being Jewish.
The Wolf
WIY: You can domesticate any animal. Wild cows and bulls are quite violent.
I think you may be confusing “tame” with “domesticate.” Elephants, for example, have been tamed and trained, but they have never been domesticated.
With enough training you can tame almost any wild animal. To domesticate them, however, requires a lot more effort and is far more likely to fail.
The Wolf
Were they 2 different breeds?
Yes.
One was a mutt (mostly Cocker Spaniel). The other was a Dachshund.
The Wolf
Absolutely. As a child, I had two dogs and their personality (yes, I know it’s an odd word to use when not referring to a person, but you know what I mean) were *very* different.
The Wolf
Let’s start with this — is he a US citizen? If so, then you can’t have him deported.
Is he here legally? If he is, is he breaking the law? If not, then there’s probably not much you can do anyway.
Is he here illegally? Then there are proper authorities you can call.
The Wolf