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big deal, are you predicting the demise of John Roberts? He just turned 61.
Matan1, that’s the beauty of anonymous chat rooms like the CR: anybody can be an expert on anything. Did you know that I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform?
I use “Hey you!”
RebYidd23 (regarding wishing people Happy Purim): One Purim, my wife wished a freilichen Purim to a young woman who was wearing funny clothes. When she reacted with puzzlement, our kids pointed out that the young woman wasn’t Jewish. In our neighborhood, if you judge by what some people wear, every day is Purim.
147, you have to be pretty drunk to have a Purim seder.
It was a heimishe brand, and she was protected because of its kedusha.
Joseph, I very much doubt if the two Nachum Eisensteins are brothers. George Foreman might have given all his sons the same name, but we don’t do that.
Joseph, which Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein? The one in Israel or the one in Lakewood (formerly of Detroit and Boston)?
There used to be a guy who would drive around my neighborhood on Shabbos with Jewish music playing in his car. Dunno if he was a goy.
apushatayid, you mean like Perry Como or Johnny Mathis singing Kol Nidre?
Excellence, to whom are you referring when you say “They did not stand at Har Sinai. We did.”? Non-orthodox Jews? If so, when a non-orthodox Jew becomes a BT, does he or she retroactively stand at Har Sinai?
On the original topic, when I lived OOT, there was just one seforim store. The owners were frum. They sold women’s taleisim — I remember seeing one that had the 4 imahos on the 4 corners. I think they also sold conservative and reform prayer books. I don’t know from whom they got a heter.
“MO today means … Shacharis at 9 AM on Shabbos regardless of zman Krias Shma, etc.” So Lubovitchers are MO?
What vaccines are recommended for goldfish? If you try to stick a needle in a per rock, it’s likely to break.
I got as far as the second paragraph, where the author uses the term “Open Orthodox/Neo-Conservative.” Open Orthodox I understand, but isn’t neo-conservative a political term? Has anyone here seen it used to describe the religious beliefs or practices of a group of Jews?
OK, I’ve heard that in the shtetl, everybody put their cholent in the town bakery’s oven. So how did the bakery make pareve bread?
Joseph, in the 1930’s and 1940’s, communism was considered as big a threat as terrorism is today. The fear wasn’t that they would take over by electing a communist president, but that they would foment revolution.
I haven’t read most of the replies, but a number of them refer to (and refute) the presence of gangsters among Jewish refugees. The argument against the Jewish refugees wasn’t that they were criminals, it was that they were communists,
Ketchup is sweet and I don’t like sweet cholent. My secret blend of herbs and spices is lots of cumin and tamari and lesser amounts of salt and pepper. Of course, lots of onions and garlic, along with potatoes, beans, barley and/or hominy, and meat. I add mushrooms when I happen to have them.
I can’t vouch for the veracity of something I heard on the radio, but here it is. The Syrian refugees who are being considered for asylum in the U.S. are not the ones rushing the border in Eastern Europe. They have been in refugee camps for a couple of years and have been vetted extensively.
Actually, the lights on Ocean Parkway are synchronized nicely. I often travel from Ave Z to Ave P without getting any red lights. This is going around 30-35 mph around 9 AM. My big problem in Flatbush is crossing Coney Island Avenue. The lights on the cross streets are always out of sync.
What are chareidi publications going to do if Hillary Clinton becomes president?
I don’t check the CR for a few days and I return to find it has become the gefilte fish room. What type of coffee goes best with gefilte fish?
Joseph, how dare you call a spade a spade? That’s a derogatory term for an African-American.
Joseph, you’re correct that charities (and politicians and pollsters) are exempt from the DNC list. But I’ve had robocalls from furniture stores, which are clearly illegal. And not disconnecting when hung up on is also illegal.
I’m not sure why the OP feels compelled to answer every call even if he has an elderly mother with many health problems. It’s highly unlikely that someone calling about his mother will have “Unavailable” as their caller ID.
My complaint about some of the allegedly frum robocallers is that they’re breaking the law by not disconnecting when I hang up on them. If I pick up the phone again after hanging up, they’re droning on about the sale I don’t care about or the Chinese auction that I’m not interested in. G-d forbid that I should actually need the phone for an emergency.
the plumber = G. Gordon Liddy?
Rats are actually pretty intelligent animals.
“Native American” usually means American Indian. Are you claiming that American Indians celebrated Halloween?
As the name indicates, it’s the evening (e’en) of All Hallows Day, also known as All Saints Day. It has been celebrated in Europe (the British Isles, at least) for centuries. The famous Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote a poem about it in 1785.
Ask your rav.
Move to Venice.
DaMoshe, get some rain pants. You wear them over your regular pants and you stay dry.
The problem with the ads on YWN is that they’re those obnoxious flashing things.
I got to try out my new rain pants last night.
If you have (or plan to rent) a smartphone with the proper bands for Israel, be sure to download Moovit and Google Maps. Moovit will be a great help with the buses, and Google Maps will help you figure out walking and bus routes.
re golfer’s remark about martial arts: A martial arts place near me was advertising “bridal boot camp.” It’s not clear whether this is for offensive or defensive training.
Fathousewife, your menu explains your name.
Use a mechanical pencil. Or use clay tablets with a stylus like the Babylonians did.
I think we’re all in agreement that soap is not a food. “Not a food” isn’t equivalent to “absolutely impossible to eat by anyone-human or animal.”
Getting back to the original question, there seem to be a number of answers:
1. Way back when, some Jews used laundry detergent for washing dishes because there was no such thing as dish detergent.
2. Some people hold that there’s a problem with using treif laundry products on tablecloths, dish towels, and napkins.
3. Some people regard hashgachas as symbols of quality or purity.
4. The kashrus agencies are willing to accept a fee even if they hold the product doesn’t need hashgacha.
ROB, you imply that anything made with lye is inedible. if you take lye (sodium hydroxide) and hydrochloric acid, both of which are inedible, and mix them together, you get sodium chloride, which is clearly edible.
There’s a difference between inedible and unpalatable. Google “worst tasting foods.” Google “people who eat soap.” And animal fat is still not an emulsifier.
I googled “dog ate soap.” The first result was on a vet’s website in which she said “I have seen a number of dogs that really like eating soap. I have no idea why!” QED.
Fireflies. Unless you’re in Israel, where there don’t seem to be fireflies.
DY, thanks for the correction. According to most authorities, we can use regular soap for washing our bodies despite the fact that it’s made from treif animal fat, but there are those who are machmir.
link removed, can be googled though
Ever since I watched a dog eat cigarette butts, I’ve questioned the idea that there’s anything that a dog won’t eat.
As Nisht points out, ROB’s information is erroneous. Yes, soap is made from lye and fat. Fat is not an emulsifier. Although lye is highly caustic and highly basic, soap isn’t. Soap tastes bad, as anyone who has accidentally got some in his mouth can testify, but there are many foods that taste bad. If you don’t believe me, google worst tasting foods.
Years ago, I was approached by a black man in Muslim garb, presumably a recent convert, in a supermarket. He wanted to know what I, as a Jew, do about soap. I explained that halacha doesn’t care about what we wash our bodies with, just what we eat. I don’t know if it’s normative Sharia to require non-pork soap for washing. Consult your local imam, I suppose.
The following is what I recall being told by my mother, A”H.
Until the 1940’s, everybody washed their dishes with soap. Jews used “kosher soap,” which I think is still available (in two colors, red and blue) and is made of coconut oil or something like that. Then Tide came out. It was intended for laundry use, but since it wasn’t made of animal fat like regular soaps, Jews used it to wash dishes.
ZD, on my recent trip to Israel, that was the minhag in most or all of the shuls I davened in. It’s less common in the U.S. I know Breuer’s follows that minhag.
This is more of a problem when the kaddish sayers are scattered all over the shul. If they all stand in the same area (like just behind the bimah), it’s easier for them to stay in sync. Also, if the shaliach tzibur is saying kaddish, he should set the pace and say it loudly enough that the other kaddish sayers can follow. When the shaliach tzibur isn’t saying kaddish, the loudest one tends to be the leader, so you need to be the loudest.
OTOH, if she cooks like Paul Proudhomme and looks like Paul Proudhomme, she’ll probably have a problem with shidduchim.
I had gray hair in my 30s. I was told that my father had gray hair even earlier.
I’m skeptical of the idea that Grecian Formula restores the original color. That would imply that the composition of gray hair differs depending on the person’s pre-gray color. A little googling reveals that Grecian Formula smells terrible, contains lead, and you’re only supposed to wash your hair once a week when you use it. Ugh.
Memorial services almost always involve prayer.