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Anything other than non-fat milk (skim milk) will be adversely affected by freezing — the fat sort of congeals. With non-fat milk, it should be as good as fresh, with about the same shelf life after thawing. When we lived in a community where the cholov yisrael milk came in once a week, we used to freeze it.
Aren’t locuts the plague that the frum merchants in Williamsburg are trying to fight?
Potatoes are a dull food and I wonder how many among us find them tasty and have a desire for them year-round.
Oh, wait a minute. There are lots of tasty ways to prepare potatoes. Never mind.
Is there a height difference between frum girls and non-frum (but Jewish) girls? If so, why?
kfb, I’d be very surprised if more than 10% of people in the frum community earn more than $150K a year. Yet somehow they manage the expenses of a house, children, and tuition.
Which are A&B’s “more dietetic varieties?”
Speaking of Rabbi Gavriel Cohen, his guide contains the following error: regarding dog food, he says any is acceptable “since it does not contain any grains.” If fact, virtually every dog food contains grain. Needless to say, dog food is fit for a dog to eat.
How about chocolate eggs? They seem to be associated with rabbits at this time of year.
Speaking of seminaries and money, my daughter’s seminary had to close because they ran out of money. It seems that most parents didn’t pay. When I mentioned that to a friend who was planning to send her daughter to seminary, she quipped, “I didn’t know that was an option.”
I highly doubt that A&B makes KFP gefilte fish year round simply because there’s not much of a market for it. The KFP fish is typically sold at a discount from the chametz stuff after Pesach.
Appliance repair. There’s a ton of information on the Internet on repairing appliances. I’ve fixed dryers, ovens, and a furnace using information I’ve found on the Internet along with mail-order parts.
DIY oil changes.
It’s interesting that the article quotes the Star-K as saying that quinoa is grown near barley. The 2013 OU Passover Guide says it’s not grown near any of the five grains (but it may be processed near them).
I believe Partners in Torah has a list of suggestions on what to learn with newcomers.
The reason grammar as taught in school is so boring is that it’s usually taught as a series of inscrutable rules. If you’re interested in a more accessible method, check out Arthur Whimbey’s prototype-construction approach.
yytz: Anybody who’s planning to become a PA because it’s lucrative and it’s easy to get a job should investigate carefully. I have anecdotal evidence that there are not a lot of jobs in the field.
Frumnotyeshivish, people came from all over to Radin to meet the Chofetz Chaim. It’s inconceivable that none of them had a simple box camera. ZD, as I pointed out, photography was not a big deal for quite some time before the Chofetz Chaim’s petira.
twisted, could you explain why the Rema considered mustard kitniyos because it’s sharp when no other kitniyos that I can think of are sharp? I thought the idea of kitniyos is that they’re things you could make bread out of. I shudder to think of bread made of mustard flour.
snowbunny, why is it inappropriate for children to read this thread? If they have alcoholics in their family, a thread such as this could be helpful (especially the recommendation of Al-Anon).
superme, you’re confusing New York State’s requirements for credits with the requirements for Regents exams. You’re required to have 3 credits each in math and science and 4 credits each in English and social studies. One yeshiva I know meets this requirement by offering the 4 major subjects through 11th grade, but only English and Social Studies (U.S. History) in 12th.
I don’t know if Facebook causes divorce, but it sure seems to breed narcissism. Why else would people post what they had for lunch for the edification of their hundreds of so-called friends?
I once had a student who had over 1000 Facebook friends. I thought that was pretty amazing until I found out he was dealing drugs. Probably many were business contacts (and he hadn’t made it to LinkedIn yet).
This is an observation of fact, not a halachic opinion. All kitniyos are seeds (as are the five species that can become chametz). Potatoes are not seeds. Therefore, it’s quite a stretch to declare potatoes assur. I don’t much doubt that there have been attempts to declare it assur since there are all sorts of crazy chumros out there.
truthsharer, are you saying that maize is kitniyos only because it’s called corn is some places? If so, why is it kitniyos in places where it’s called maize? And why are peanuts considered kitniyos? Does “pea” trump “nut?” What about places where they’re called “groundnuts”?
Wrong. For a Regents diploma, you must pass one science, one math, Global History, U.S. History, and English. For Advanced Regents, you need an additional science, math, and a foreign language. A Regents diploma might ease college admission, but after that no one cares.
Purple1, Iranians aren’t Arabs.
Mayonnaise and ketchup most certainly aren’t kosher l’Pesach without Pesach hashgacha. They both contain vinegar, which most likely is made from grain.
There’s a lot of adulteration of honey, particularly if it’s imported (some “honey” from Turkey has been found to be 0% actual honey).
Since a lot of the items listed (e.g., extra virgin olive oil, coffee) are available at regular supermarkets, it’s unlikely that there would be price gouging. In fact, there’s so much competition in the kosher stores in the greater NY area that in many cases prices are lower than normal before Pesach.
An important way to save money on Pesach foods is to avoid highly processed prepared foods, especially those that try to mimic chometz foods. Things like cold cereals, pasta, and frozen pizza are way overpriced and don’t even taste good.
Akuperma, he died in 1933, when photography was widespread and cheap (the Kodak Brownie camera existed in one form or another starting in 1900).
I’ve never seen a cholov yisrael farm, but I’ve been told that the mashgiach witnesses the milking.
I said that there’s no financial incentive [in the United States] for adulterating cow’s milk with milk of beheimos t’maios. I’ll expand upon that — there’s no financial incentive for adulterating it with any kind of milk. Goat’s milk and sheep’s milk is considerably more expensive than cow’s milk.
I was skeptical of RD’s claim that it’s illegal to sell milk from beheimos t’maios in the US, but then I found a members-only website that advocates for camel’s milk. In order to buy camel’s milk on this website, you have sign a disclaimer that’s full of gobbledygook about how the 1st and 14th amendments give you the right to buy camel’s milk. That leads me to believe that it really is illegal to sell camel’s milk in the US.
A few points:
Sydeals says you can buy Cholov Yisrael virtually anywhere in America. Definitely not true. It’s not available anyplace that’s far from a major center of frumkeit. Try getting CY in North Dakota (other than by going to a dairy farm and watching the milking yourself). This is a problem for Chabad shluchim.
ZD is correct in saying that it’s simply not practical for a dairy farmer to mix pig’s milk into his cow’s milk. I found an article that says it’s very difficult to milk a pig anyway. In the U.S., there’s no economic incentive to pass off the milk of a beheimah t’mayah as cow’s milk.
Miss America not only isn’t frum, she isn’t Jewish. Except for Bess Myerson, who’s 88 years old.
My Jewish birthday has been a day before my secular birthday at 19, 38, and 57. When I’m 76, they’ll coincide, but when I’m 95, there will be a two-day difference. The good news is that they’ll coincide again when I’m 114.
Health, it wasn’t a scientist, it was (allegedly) George Bernard Shaw. The woman was (again allegedly) Isadora Duncan.
The idea that our Constitutional rights come from G-d is certainly what the Founding Fathers believed, but it doesn’t exactly jibe with the Torah. For example, the free speech guaranteed by the Founding Fathers would include the right to curse one’s parents.
RD — Where in the Torah did Hashem grant us the right to bear arms? Certainly, women bearing arms is problematic.
snowbunny, are you making that up? The worst I’ve read is that race horses are commonly treated with a drug that’s not safe for human consumption, so it’s possible that people consuming horse meat are ingesting unsafe drugs. That’s not to say that they’ll get die or even get sick. Presumably, it takes continued ingestion of that drug to cause harm.
The OP writes “Better drink on Friday night then smoke pot 4 times a week.” This is a perfect example of why spelling matters. I suspect he meant “than.”
ari-free, even hippophages have a beef if their beef is horsemeat. The kinds of meat that people eat depends on the culture. Brits don’t eat horse, but French do. Substituting cheaper meat is cheating, pure and simple.
Purple, several years ago my daughter (probably in middle school at the time) had a mouse in her classroom. Most of the girls (and the teacher) were acting like you, but my kid grabbed the mouse by the tail, presumably while the mouse was traumatized by all the screaming. She then took it out and asked the principal what she should do with it. She said to put it in the trash in the teacher’s room. So she did.
Dor Yesharim does wonderful work, but they test a limited number of disorders. I’m pretty sure that there are some genetic disorders that cannot be tested — no one knows what genes cause them. My suspicion is that occasional cousin weddings aren’t very dangerous, but if there’s a pattern over several generations, it’s another story. The hemophilia of the royal families of Europe demonstrates this.
When my daughter got her license, I called the broker and even faxed her driver’s ed paperwork. When she went off to Israel, I called them to inform them, only to find that they had never put her on the insurance in the first place.
My parents were so negligent that they let me have wine when I was eight days old.
The area that 147 refers to is called Marble Hill. It’s part of the Borough of Manhattan and New York County but it’s no longer part of Manhattan Island. You can check out Wikipedia for the origins.
There was an interesting article on high heels on the BBC website a couple of weeks ago. It’s titled “Why Did Men Stop Wearing High Heels?” Apparently they were originally worn by Persian cavalry soldiers. According to someone from a shoe museum, “When the soldier stood up in his stirrups, the heel helped him to secure his stance so that he could shoot his bow and arrow more effectively.” The bottom line is that high heels aren’t for walking.
The problem is that P3 pays $41.98 an hour, which is much less than someone certified in O-G can make. Please note that the only real O-G certification is from the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. It’s a rigorous training program, so there are not a lot of people who are certified. You can Google the Academy and click on “find a practitioner.” If you fight for it, the DOE may approve an “enhanced rate” so that they’ll pay something close to the going hourly rate. You’ll probably need to engage the services of an advocate to get this.
Certainly. Go to Google Maps and check the “Avoid tolls” box. I would recommend the US-20, I-84, I-684 route, but there are others.
Of course, all the alcohol will have evaporated.
Confucious and Yenta raise the canard that Koch was a homosexual. As far as I know, the only evidence for this is that he never married. When he was running in the Democratic primary for governor, some people used the slogan “Vote for Cuomo, not the homo.” Mario Cuomo distanced himself from this slogan.
As far as I know, cemetery plots are available in Jewish cemeteries in the outer boroughs. Koch’s wish to buried in Manhattan could be interpreted as a slap in the face for the other boroughs.
The late “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong-il, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on Hennessey Cognac while his people starved.
When you give tzedaka, be sure to ask the whereabouts of your lost punctuation too.
Insert a politician. HTH.
None of their locations are in Queens, but some are in places on Long Island where the Queens Vaad holds sway. To my mind, the one that stands out in the Hewlett location, which is on the edge of the 5 Towns Vaad’s sphere of influence. But I guess the owner wants to have the same hashgacha everywhere (unlike Seasons for example).
Whenever I’ve spoken to someone at a call center in India, they tell me their name is something like Jennifer or Sean. That’s along the lines of what Veltz said.
Oomis, don’t forget that Steed always referred to Emma as Mrs. Peel.
In common parlance, every “dollar bill” has George Washington on it. At least if you’re talking about United States currency. Canada’s dollar bills used to have a non-president on them, but they’ve been replaced by a coin.