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Joseph, have you ever served on a jury? Your description of what you imagine as typical jurors doesn’t jibe with my experience.
Meno, I’ve seen kosher turkey bacon. I believe Empire makes it. If so, in addition to the ®, there’s probably an OU and a KAJ.
kitov, the reason it’s added to skim milk is because it’s removed from whole milk when they remove the fat. Eating or drinking too much of anything (including water) is unhealthy. But this is a fleishig thread, so we shouldn’t be talking about milk.
ZD, I’ve never heard of such a thing. Are these top law schools? My understanding is that a law degree from a non-so-good law school will not readily lead to employment as a lawyer. Unless you marry a lawyer’s daughter and join his firm.
I think you’d have to freeze orange juice before you ate it.
DY, why do you think a comparison of two groups in vastly different socioeconomic groups is a fair comparison?
As I pointed out in the thread that apparently triggered this one, and as Huju suggested here, comparing public schools in districts like NYC, East Ramapo, and Lakewood to yeshiva students is disingenuous. Many of the public school students in those districts are educationally disadvanteged. For example, they come from single-parent homes, are not native speakers of English, or come from families where education is not a priority. A fairer comparison would be to high-performing suburban districts.
Regarding the quality of secular studies in yeshivas vs. public schools, I was making an apples-to-apples comparison. You certainly can’t compare the quality of education in a typical yeshiva to that in a typical NYC public school, where a large number of the students come from non-intact families, are not native speakers of the language of instruction, or come from cultures that don’t value education as we do. The public schools that I’ve taught in had none of these disadvantages, and the secular education was superior to that in the yeshivas I’ve taught in. Much of it has to do with the amount of instructional time and the attitude of the students towards secular studies.
DY, the OP wasn’t talking about deductions from income taxes, but about calculations for eligibility for safety net programs. I’d be very surprised if the amount one gave to charity would be included in those calculations.
Cute. I like the part about rosemary beads.
DY, I’ve taught in both public schools and yeshivas. I disagree with your assessment that yeshivas do a better job of teaching secular subjects.
Unless you’re a school, tuition is not income, it’s an expense. Do you mean tuition expenses should be deducted from income in determining eligibility for those programs?
Joseph, at least some of the programs mentioned have Federal eligibility standards, so lobbying your state legislature won’t help.
gettingby, since the entire amount spent on Medicaid in FY 2016 was less than $600 billion, it’s highly unlikely that “there is hundreds of billions of dollars of Medicaid fraud yearly.”
CTL, since your advice seems only to apply to Jaguars, it’s probably irrelevant to all CR denizens other than you.
There should be no apostrophe in stigmas.
ZD wrote “Would anyone eat someone that might be Iffy Kashruth?” I don’t think there are any cannibals in the CR.
When SCOTUS overturns a decision of a previous incarnation of SCOTUS, hasn’t it usually been to widen the rights of minorities? For instance, Plessy v. Ferguson. Perhaps one of the CR’s lawyers could weigh in on this.
They’re all kosher in the box.
Twisted, I think I’ve seen that book. I don’t think it was unique to New England that there were talmidei chachamim in small towns, but it is striking how many there were. As you say, it was a one-generation phenomenon.
DrYidd, what makes you think turning on the defrost circuit is a derabbonon? It’s like turning on a space heater.
ZD, bubbie and zayde didn’t eat lokshen kugel?
I’ve heard that when kosher pizza first became available, some people objected. Though at some after 1492, Jews started eating potatoes, and I’ve never heard that there was a machlokes about it. It’s clear to me that the minhag of not eating gebrokts can’t have started before potatoes were available.
How about machanayim-related deaths in Bais Yaakovs?
iacisrmma, the light is the least of the problems with anything fancier than an old dorm fridge. As I stated above, in many self-defrosting fridges, the switch affects the defrost system. Many people erroneously think that taking out the light bulb eliminates Shabbos problems. If you have a 50 year old non-self-defrosting fridge, you’re fine just taking out the light bulb. But if it’s a 15 or 20 year old self-defrosting model, there’s a good chance that the switch is doing something that’s not psik reisha delo nicha lai.
Worked for me, but since the mods won’t let links through, just search for nycourts exams with your favorite search engine.
The New York State Court System pays well and has great benefits. Someone I know got a job with them many years ago after an extended period of unemployment and is now making in the $90’s.
I hope the mods will allow the following post along with its link. It may help with parnassa for some CR people.
This is from the Five Towns Shuls list:
The New York State Unified Court system is currently accepting examination applications for Court Assistant positions.Court Assistants work in both the courtrooms or back offices of the New York State Courts
By the close of filing, July 5, 2017, applicants are required to have: High School diploma or the equivalent and two (2) years of clerical experience*; or four (4) years of clerical experience*. Thirty (30) college level credits may be substituted for each year of work experience.
Starting salary is over $45,000 ($50,000 in New York City)
There are many examination based promotional opportunities. A career in the NYS Court System can lead to future examination based promotional opportunities offering salaries well in excess of $100,000 at longevity.
There is no maximum age limit;
Court Assistants initially accrue 20 annual vacation days, 13 annual sick days and 11 paid holidays. Vacation day accruals increase to 27 days after seven years.
Court Assistants work 35 hours per week, and enjoy generous benefits and pension plans.Shomer Shabbos court employees have been accommodated in the workplace with alternative work schedules.
All Shomer Shabbos applicants should check the box marked “Sabbath Observer” on the application form.
The New York State Unified Court System is an equal opportunity employer.You must file for the exam by July 5, 2017. Test date is October 7, 2017 (Alternate date for Sabbath observers will be sent to applicants that request it)
The list generated from this test is used to hire Court Assistants for the next FIVE years.
You can take this test even if you are not looking for a job right now.link removed (but it didn’t seem to work anyhow)
huju, that was covered in earlier replies. Most poskim don’t consider it a problem.
If your home’s heat is controlled by a thermostat, you have the same problem when you open your front door. While it’s possible to listen to your refrigerator to determine whether the compressor is running and delaying opening the door until it does, I’ve never heard of someone waiting outside in the cold until the heat comes on before opening their front door. They’d also need some way of ascertaining from outside whether the heat was on.
While it’s true that public school teachers in the NYC area get good salaries and benefits, some districts are hiring certified teachers into teaching assistant positions and using them as teachers. That way they can pay them half or less of a teacher’s salary. In one such district that I’m familiar with, the teachers’ union officially represents the TAs but does nothing to benefit them.
Public school teachers in many places do not get good salaries. The average teacher salary in almost half the states is less than $50K.
For those who think removing the light bulb solves the problem, unless your refrigerator is not self-defrosting, you’re probably wrong. The switch typically has an effect on the defrost circuit. This is independent of the thermostat problem mentioned by gadolhadorah. Also, it’s not a good idea to leave the switch taped all the time. We had a refrigerator that stopped working if we taped the switch for even a three day Yom Tov. A repairman told me that that was a problem with that brand and recommended a different brand.
You can read about adaptive defrost controls in Rabbi Hoffman’s article referenced above.
After running out of good quality duct tape (the cheap stuff is useless), I came up with a solution using a wide craft stick (i.e. a tongue depressor) and sticky velcro.
Avi K, Torah Vodaath started out as an elementary school.
Chaim Berlin dates back to 1904. Torah Vodaath is pre-1930. There was a yeshiva in New Haven starting in the late teens or early 1920’s.
LB, does the nutritional value of yeast survive extended cooking?
There’s an audio shiur on yutorah.org given by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz in which this is discussed. It’s called “Ten Minute Halacha – Filtering Coffee and French Press on Shabbos and Yom Tov.”
RY23: Lol!
Chabadgal, most people change careers several times during their working life.There’s a cow in coworker. I’m not sure how one orks a cow.
You just have to do to your cholent whatever Donald Trump did to his hair, which used to be dark brown.
Joseph, you didn’t answer my question about davening in a MO shul.
LB, married men who wear black hats generally remove them when they enter shul for shacharis since they don’t wear them with a tallis. Sometimes they do get mixed up.
Tuition, your MB quote is very interesting since hats are generally not worn these days. In the old days, every downtown (remember those?) had a store that specialized in men’s hats.
Pardon my ignorance, but what’s GPS other than the dohickey that tells you where to go?
If you look at photos of yeshiva types before the war, you’ll see that their hats were generally non-black. Since the photos are black and white, you can’t tell whether the hats are gray, brown, or some other color, but there’s no way they’re black.
Gadol, there’s no e in bigly. Just ask the bigly orange guy,
Joseph, if the amount of the head that’s covered were that significant, we’d all be wearing football helmets to daven. If you should follow the kehilla’s custom, would you wear a kippah seruga if you happened to be traveling and the only shul in town was MO?
Deafblind couples have other problems. Since they communicate tactually, nidah presents an issue.
To go off on a slight tangent, every couple of years the CDC issues a warning against kissing chickens. Apparently people who have pet chickens get salmonella from kissing them.
Interestingly, “high crimes and misdemeanors” is a lower standard than that required for criminal prosecution. It’s basically whatever Congress decides it is. The HC&M that Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton were impeached for were less heinous than some acts committed by other presidents. I wonder how many CR participants can even state what Johnson was impeached for without looking it up.
Happy2bme, my guess is that you’re looking at the refrigerated stuff, which is probably just made on dairy equipment. You can call the OU and ask, but the status may change from dairy equipment to real dairy without you knowing. if you want pareve almond milk, get the shelf stable stuff. Both Blue Diamond brand and store brands (Stop and Shop, Trader Joe’s) are pareve.
Dairy equipment means you can’t use it with a fleishig meal, but you can use it afterwards.
The subject of engagement rings has been discussed in other threads, where I’ve mentioned that my wife and I decided against an engagement ring because when we got engaged, in the days of apartheid in South Africa, all diamonds were tainted. Years later, she asked for a CZ solitaire, and picked one out on eBay.
The whole idea of the need for a diamond engagement ring was created by the diamond cartel. Edward Jay Epstein wrote an article in The Atlantic magazine in 1982 entitled “Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?” in which he reveals the history of a remarkably successful marketing campaign.
Diamonds aren’t forever — the one in my mother’s engagement ring became worthless when it developed internal fractures as the result of a blow.
DovidBT, I don’t think people called from Iran to find out the time. Actually, there’s one area in North America that uses a time zone that’s not a whole number of hours offset from UTC.
Yes, that’s well-known, but it doesn’t answer the OP.
Joseph, that’s the OU. Others use DE.
Syag, I know B&J is Chof-K DE. Is Breyer’s the same?
Since this seems to have turned into a pareve ice cream thread, I recommend Trader Joe’s vanilla soy ice cream, which is OU pareve and as close to the real thing as any pareve ice cream I’ve had.CYLOR?
Syag, I believe B&J dairy free ice cream is DE. What about Breyer’s?
In my experience, shelf-stable almond milk is pareve, refrigerated almond milk is OU-D. I believe the same is true of soy milk and rice milk. Since the OU doesn’t use the DE (dairy equipment) designation, I suspect the OU-D is really the result of using cows’ milk packaging lines for the non-cows’ milk.