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Yet another peeve. Some of our month names should be changed back from the ones that make us utter the names of false idols such as Tammuz. How about Chodesh Ha-Aviv, Chodesh Sheini, etc? ALL the names of the months we use now are BABYLONIAN and not Hebrew.
Another – All Kohanim should learn hilchos Kehunah and everything related to it. I was stopped by an elderly gentleman after duchaning who told me: “You are the ONLY person up there who know the halachos and is doing it correctly.” I tried holding a shiur for Kohanim in the community to learn and I had only ONE taker. Even when I pointed out certain errors straight from the S.A and Rema, I was rebuffed.
“Yehuda Tzvi- If women have a chiyuv to bentsch then why not to make a mezuman?”
I said they should.
“With that logic if women have a chiyuv to daven then why not make a minyan?”
Because they don’t have a chiuv for minyan. There are those who hold they have a chiuv for mizuman. MY opinion is that this should be followed and not poo-pooed as something controversial.
147 – Good for you. More people should do it and yeshivos should stress it.
Oh, one more thing. People should be learning, and I mean LEARNING more Navi. The moral lessons there are powerful and important.
I am a regular frum joe who wears a black hat on Shabbos and davens in a small yeshivish minyan.
1. Three woman should ALWAYS do a mezuman. My Rav (father of six daughters) held this way and he would excuse himself when they did it. If women have a chiyuv to bentsch then why not to make a mezuman?
2. Orthodox Shuls should be more hospitable to woman. It’s one thing to separate, it’s another to confine woman behind a thick sheet so that they can’t see anything. When I duchan, I always make sure to tilt my body toward the woman’s section (if it’s to the side) so that they are included in the bracha. Many Cohanim don’t do this.
3. Woman learning. Many girls and women I know don’t daven what they should, don’t learn what they should and chalk it up to everything being “for the men.” I feel that we are neglecting 50% of our people when it comes to Jewish education and tefillah.
No, I am not a feminist. I am not pro; “Women of the Wall” (because of their incitement agenda. I just want to be fair to ALL Jews.
Lastly, I despise some of the racism and ethnocentrism in the Yesivish world. We had an Asian convert over for Shabbos once and another guest asked her: (shouting, as if she was deaf) “How long have you been in our country.” The woman replied: (loudly) “Three generations! You?”
Not all Frum Jews are pasty white. We should embrace all colors and ethnicities who are either born Jewish or converted and be a Kiddush Hashem to those who are not Jewish.
End rant.
Orthopedist tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:00 am PST. Hope to have good news!
Thank you so much, RT. It’s a bit challenging as I am still in a wheelchair, but you have to start somewhere!
Hey, all. Thanks for checking up on me. Baruch Hashem I am getting better. Just got over bronchitis (fun never ends) but I lost some weight, am dieting and trying to exercise so at least I’m heading in the right direction. I will hopefully see my Orthopaedist this week and have some (good I”H) news.
happiest: You are right. Derech Eretz, people. There is no reason to use this special needs classification as a pejorative. Think of those who have mentally retarded siblings, children, students. I know I will get flamed for this, but I think it’s just mean and wrong.
I was brought up in an entirely secular household. Yet, as nonreligious as my parents were, they always referred to Yoshke as Yossel. Anyone else ever heard of this?
(WebMD) Pulverizing kidney stones with shock waves raises a person’s risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, a new study shows.
In the early 1980s, getting a kidney stone removed often meant painful open surgery. Then came shock wave lithotripsy. This revolutionary technology uses sonic waves to blast kidney stones into tiny grains of sand. No surgery is needed.
It has always seemed to be safe. But now there’s disturbing new data from a Mayo Clinic study. The study appears in the May issue of the Journal of Urology.
Shock Wave Damage
The study compared kidney stone patients treated in 1985 with shock wave lithotripsy to patients given other nonsurgical kidney stone treatments that same year. Nineteen years later, the shock wave patients were nearly four times more likely to get diabetes. And, if both kidneys were treated, the patients were 47 percent more likely to have high blood pressure.
It’s not yet clear how shock wave treatment might cause these problems, says researcher Amy E. Krambeck, M.D. What seems to be happening is collateral damage from the shock waves.
“The theory is that the shear forces related to shock wave lithotripsy can cause tissue damage,” Krambeck tells WebMD. “Damage to the pancreas could put patients at risk for diabetes.”
Posted links and info. Mods took it down. So much for free speech.
Perhaps they are just in a different time zone.
Yes, I had them a few years ago. BEWARE: lithotripsy increases the likelihood of getting Type II Diabetes and hypertension by FOUR TIMES.
Just remember…
You can’t spell flatulent without chulent.
I’ll let myself out.
Bless you, Kapusta.
This mesora is directly from my cleaning woman, so argue that!”
Really? Nothing? Not even a chuckle? Wow, tough room. I’ll be here all week, folks. Try the veal!
This mesora is directly from my cleaning woman, so argue that!
Beer…? what a waste of calories! Scotch!
yichusdik: You are DA MAN!
My wife did it last night.
He should have a complete Refuah Shelaima!
My wife will add him to the list tonight when she bakes, B”N.
Do NOT remove the cover or back! It is not made to be removed and will mess up the Ipod and invalidate any warranty.
Have you tried a hard reboot? I think you press the dial button while pressing the bottom of the dial. That is obvious for the pre Ipod Touch.
Stalkenstein.
Shlomo Katz: V’haKohanim.