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It’s a shame that someone who reads the Torah in public is so cold inside.
Cold? No.
Self-critical? Yes.
Someone who recognizes the truth about themselves? Absolutely.
Is that a shame? Perhaps.
Wolf: do you have a persecution complex or something? 🙂
No. I don’t believe I’ve ever stated or implied that anyone was persecuting me.
The Wolf
I guess it’s showing your love for the kedusha from all the mitzvos and maa’sim tovim that those hands did.
I guess that’s just another sign that I’m totally wicked. Having never kissed the hand of a tzaddik (and having no desire to), I guess that means that I have no love for kedusha and mitzvos.
The Wolf
If I don’t see a rainbow, I assume we’re not as bad.
When I went to Niagara Falls, I saw a rainbow every day. I suppose that’s simply because I am terribly wicked and when I went to Niagara Falls, I guess I became so wicked that God displayed a rainbow in the falls every day I was there.
The Wolf
You only need one reason.
I don’t know what you mean by this.
But no matter what you have done you can do Teshuvah.
Not if I don’t regret it. And there are plenty of things that I do/have done that I do not truly regret.
The Wolf
The Be’er Moshe (8:36) says it is a valid minahag.
Yet another reason I’m going to hell. I should have covered the mirrors in my house when my kids were babies.
The Wolf
Wolfish: Why don’t you have the same argument against women being FORCED to go to ritual bath waters monthly and do personal inspections for a week in advance? Or do you?
Oddly enough, no one is *forcing* them to do those things either.
I don’t observe my wife when she does her bedikos. I also don’t watch her go to the Mikvah. I *trust* that she does these things and tells me the truth that she does, but no one is actually *forcing* her to do them.
The Wolf
he secular see Back of the Bus and the Zip Lock bag
Forgive the ignorance, but what is “the Zip Lock bag?”
The Wolf
I’ll answer. ????? ????? ???? ?????. If you have a shaila on it.
Thanks.
The Wolf
because we believe in techias hamesim and how will your body dig itselg out (burry with a branch in hand to dig our way out) if you are missing body parts
if for whatever reason ch”v somebody looses a leg or st they burry it i guess so the person will have it after techias hamesim
Somehow, I suspect that if HKBH can resurrect the dead, and create whole bodies out of dust (which He’ll have to do, since most dead bodies have long since decomposed to nothing), He’ll have no trouble adding in a missing organ where the person does not have it.
The Wolf
I DO NOT WANT to be out on the streets at night.
I WANT to ride in the back of the bus.
When there are guests over, I WANT TO eat in the kitchen instead of at the table with my family.
I DO NOT WANT to drive.
And you’ve completely missed the point.
No one is *forcing* you to do any of those things. If YOU want to sit in the back of the bus, stay in at night and eat in the kitchen, then all the more power to you.
His point was that women are forced to do these things… even those who otherwise may not want to.
The Wolf
3) “Mr. Kennedy, your shoelace is untied.”
Considering he was sitting in a car, he might not have bent down to tie his shoes right away.
“Duck, Mr. President!” might be much more effective.
Or, if you prefer, instead of saying something to President Kennedy, why not just go and tell the head of the Secret Service detail in Dallas that Oswald was in the Book Depository?
The Wolf
Wolf – What is? Using the same one, or using the same one?
I don’t understand your question. Please re-state it.
Thanks,
The Wolf
Most towns probably had just one or maybe two yeshivas.
Before the invention of the printing press, most towns probably had no more than one or two gemarahs.
The Wolf
to be able to see things (people) as they really are, not as they want us to see them.
I recall reading somewhere (sorry, I don’t have the source, but if anyone else has it, I’d appreciate it) that HKBH did a great chesed to us by not allowing us to be able to know what other people *really* think about you.
I’m not so certain that I’d want to change that.
The Wolf
Tough choice between being able to see kriyas yam suf or maamid har sinai.
If you’re going to go that route, why not just go and witness Creation?
The Wolf
How did Jews live 100 years ago?
Through (among other processes) ingestion, respiration, homeostasis and excretion.
200?
Through (among other processes) ingestion, respiration, homeostasis and excretion.
500?
Through (among other processes) ingestion, respiration, homeostasis and excretion.
The Wolf
Oh yeah, seeing the future is a good one!
But only in a fixed timeline. Otherwise, the future you’re viewing is only a possible future, not THE future.
My dad used to say he had the ability to see through walls
In the ’40s, the editors at DC had to come up with a reason why Clark Kent wasn’t drafted for World War II. They creatively came up with the story that Clark (accidentally ?) failed the eye test because he read the eye chart in the next room.
As long as we’re talking comic books and superheroes, I recently found an interesting blog called “The Law and the Multiverse” which discusses various legal issues that superheroes would have to contend with.
The Wolf
The ability to assimilate everyone else’s powers. Duuuuh.
Of course, that’s only useful if you know for sure that there are other super-powered people in the world. It’s not of much use if you are the only one.
Likewise, there could be issues with assimilating powers from people who can’t control their powers (Cyclops ?) or whose powers involve gross (meaning large, not necessarily disgusting) physical changes (Angel, [pre-transformation] Beast?).
(Now guess who my favorite X-man is. 🙂 )
The Mimic, from X-Men 27-29. (Yes, I read quite a few comics as a kid.) 🙂
The Wolf
Wish me Mazel Tov and I hope you all get the siyatta dishemaya to do the same.
If it works for you, then, indeed Mazal Tov.
It would not work for me.
The Wolf
You would hope not to be friends with someone who would not be genuinely happy (or at the very least indifferent) at your good fortune.
If your case is true, then the person needs better skills at picking his/her friends.
The Wolf
Who would you meet and what would you say?
I would meet my younger self and tell him what a rotten person he turns out to be. Maybe that’ll convince him to change.
The Wolf
With all this talk, I am always reminded about how blessed I am that my in-laws and I got along perfectly from Day 1 and that my parents and stepmother get along with my wife perfectly.
Interestingly enough, the first time I met my future father-in-law was when he was sitting shiva for his father. Eeees and I had begun dating only a few weeks earlier and I had never met her father prior to the point when his father passed away.
The Wolf
For the record, I predict that Spring will begin on Mar 20 at 5:04 Universal Time.
Yes, I realize that according to some shittos, I probably just transgressed the sin of “nichush” (predicting the future).
Don’t care.
The Wolf
Do you use the same Chalah board and cover for Shabbos and Yom Tov or do you use the same one?
Use the same one.
Yes, I fully realize that there is possibly some shittah that says that this is against halacha, probably on the level of yeharaig v’al ya’avor and that it comes with a loss of one’s chelek in Olam HaBah.
Don’t care.
The Wolf
“it was like a scene from Titanic”.
The (apparent) failure of the OP to realize that this was a real-life event reminds me of a joke I heard.
A couple is standing in line to see the movie Titanic. While they’re waiting, they’re discussing the film and one of them says, a bit too loudly, “I hear the special effects when the ship goes down are awesome!”
An annoyed voice from behind them says in a voice filled with sarcasm “Hey, thanks for spoiling the movie!”
The Wolf
It’s one thing when YWN allows people to make references to movies in the CR, but in a headline on the main page? (I have not, myself, seen Titanic, but I have heard from some who unfortunately have that it includes the worst of pritzus).
You are, aware, of course, that the Titanic disaster happened in real life (in fact, the 100th anniversary of it will be this April). The reference could just as easily have been about the actual disaster and not the movie.
The Wolf
If you are disturbing others, then you should not do so that loudly.
The bottom line is this — you are 100% yotzei by saying Amen in a normal voice. If you want to do so in a louder voice and you think it’s the right thing for you to do with regard to your ruchniyus and connection to HKBH, then all the more power to you… but it can’t be at someone else’s expense. If it’s disturbing the person next to you to the point where they can’t concentrate on their davening or even if it just makes them uncomfortable, then you should not do so. You should not build your personal ruchniyus on the backs of other people.
The Wolf
How about words that are only common in the negative?
Nonplussed
Disheveled
Ruthless (I got Eeees on this one once while playing Scrabble. We play a cutthroat game where challenge-losers forfeit a turn. One time, I played “ruth” which earned me a challenge. I figured that if you can be ruthless, you can have ruth. Sure enough, it was in the Scrabble Dictionary and she lost a turn.)
The Wolf
Today I davened to Hashem for something small, but I got what I davened for.
While this may be in ignorance, since I don’t know what it is you asked for, I have to ask: Does having a prayer answered count as a miracle?
The Wolf
????? ????? = Septaguint (work produced, not actual writing)
I guess I’m not understanding your point. I’m not sure what you mean by “work produced, not actual writing.”
The Wolf
????? ????? = Septaguint (work produced, not actual writing)
Um… not quite. The Septuagint that we have today is not the famous ????? ????? described in the Gemara. Aside from the fact that the extant LXX doesn’t have the changes recorded in the Gemara, there is also the fact that there are several *other* differences between the Tanach and the extant LXX.
For example, I’m sure many of you are aware of the verse in the Christian Bible in Acts that says that 75 people went down to Egypt with Yaakov (as opposed to the count of 70 that we have). Most people in the frum world tend to assume that the author of Acts simply made a typo. The truth, however, is that the author of Acts was using the LXX, where Beraishis 46 lists 75 people, not the 70 (or 69) that we have in our version.
In addition, the LXX that we have today covers all of Tanach while it’s clear from the Gemara in Megillah that the ????? ????? only covered the Chumash.
As a result, you cannot say that the ????? ????? (i.e. the work that was produced) is the Septuagint that is extant today.
The Wolf
levirate
From the latin “levir” meaning “brother in law”
Tetragrammaton
Again, latin “Tetra” = four, “gram” or “gramma” = letters.
Pentatuch
Once again, latin. “Penta” = five. “tuchos” = tool or book.
The Wolf
When I was a kid, I thought it was called a “haftorah” because it was half as holy as the Torah reading.
Yeah, I was an idiot as a kid.
Nothing has really changed since.
The Wolf
So Wolf, are you trying to say that you don’t either think that things necessarily need a hechsher in order to be eaten. Because you can just come out and say that. We already proved that it’s considered okay by some poskim.
No, that’s not what I’m saying. Not at all.
I was simply pointing out my hypocrisy.
If I truly believe (as I do) that foods *do* require hechsharim, then OP must believe (if the standard is as I quoted from the OP) that I am a hypocrite since I eat fruits and vegetables without a hechsher.
The Wolf
Wolf – So your saying that hashem needs to put an OU on his apple trees?
If the standard is
“Well you know you are not allowed to eat something which is not certified kosher?” And she said that it’s not such a big deal since all the ingredients are kosher.
… then perhaps He does, if He wants me to eat their fruit. After all, I know all the ingredients in an apple and it’s not certified kosher by anyone.
The Wolf
I routinely buy fruits and vegetables without a hechsher. But then again, what do I know? I’m just a lowlife rasha.
I guess I should do teshuva and make sure to only buy apples with a hechsher from now on.
Ah, forget it. I’ll just continue in my wickedness.
The Wolf
Like apushatayid said, a man is halachicly obligated to insure that his wife and daughters never wear non-tznius clothing.
Never???
The Wolf
(Mishpacha in this case) that they are off the Jewish beaten track, according to the leaders of Torah Judaism
Why should they observe the ban? I don’t observe it.
The Wolf
Sorry MR THE WOLF, I got an argument between my fingers. Lol. I hope you forgive me. No bad intention at all.
No need to apologize. I wasn’t offended, merely amused.
The Wolf
Why would I want to know about the anatomy of 144?
The Wolf
Thanks, Wolf – so how do you think I should approach the college? Do you think they would allow my idea if I show them a detailed plan of action?
I don’t know. Just because you can show that there is no state regulation against it doesn’t mean that there isn’t a school policy regarding the matter.
Nonetheless, I can’t see how it can hurt if you give them a detailed plan and/or ask them to show you the regulation in question.
The Wolf
Mods,
Thank you for reconsidering.
The Wolf
Mods,
I know you normally don’t allow links, but I thought this time it was appropriate as it provided the OP of proof that his desire to persue a concurrent degree is not illegal under New York State Education regulations.
On those grounds, can you please reconsider my previous post.
Thanks,
The Wolf
Mrs The wolf
Do you know something about me that I don’t know?
The Wolf (who is most definitely a Mr. Wolf and NOT a Mrs. Wolf)
It’s clearly not against state regulations as there is a student at Fredonia (SUNY) going for a concurrent BS/BA.
http://www.fredonia.edu/commencement/seniorplans.asp (See Rachel Foltz).
The Wolf
You’re right. There is no reason. I’m going to have one now.
Happy?
The Wolf
I do not observe bans unless told to me directly by the person making the ban.
The Wolf
by the way, just so you all know before you decide to call yeshivos a bunch of money grubbing thieves,
Did I miss something?
I saw some comments intimating that yeshivos may care about money more than keeping some kids in school. That point may or may not be true and is certainly debatable. But I failed to notice that anyone in the other thread used the term “thieves” or any synonym thereof.
the average yeshiva now wants 10K a year, gets 6 or 8K a year, and the average cost per student in public school is 17K a year to the state. so just keep that in mind when you’re talking about yeshiva tuition.
My understanding of this (and I could be wrong) is that heavily disabled children skew that average, as the cost of their care is much higher than that of children without disabilities. Most yeshivos do not accept children with severe disabilities (as they lack the facilities to care for them).
I’d be curious to know how the costs compare once non-disabled children are removed from the equation.
The Wolf
Wolf, you would pick arsenic. But would it be with or without old lace. (10 points for someone who gets the obscure reference of the day)
I get the points. It’s one of my favorite movies.
Should I mix it with some elderberry wine?
The Wolf
wolf, enough with the nonsense.
What do you care? You’ve called me a “little shnuck” on these boards in the past. Why do you care what a “little shnuck” thinks?
The Wolf
You know what? I don’t really care to argue the point anymore.
So fine. I’ll concede all of the following:
There was no spitter.
There was no one yelling “prutzah” or “zonah” at little girls
The people who did protest were either actors dressed to look like chareidim or maybe the whole protest never happened and was the invention of the leftist-secular media to make the chareidim look bad.
The whole non-Chareidi section of Beit Shemesh is just a construct of the leftist chareidi-hating media designed to portray the image that chilonim and dati people cause trouble for chareidim.
Happy now? I’ve agreed with all your points (and more).
The Wolf