Perhaps women could count as 3/5ths of a man in regards to Congressional representation? It’s a good compromise.

What do you mean “becoming”?

Sadly, because money.

No.

I think we need to amend Poe’s Law. Sometimes I can’t tell if something is satire, trolling (well, it’s @Joseph, so I know it’s trolling, but many here don’t realize that), extremist views, or white supremacy.

Say hi to all the Horowitz’s (if there’s any left living there). You probably know a few, pretty much any nussach sefard Horowitz who is a Levi can trace their lineage back to Scranton.

Yes, I suppose he was. Eretz Yisroel under the Romans would be called Palestine in revenge for Bar Kochba’s zealots only a few decades after that man supposedly lived and died.

What Chassidim send their daughters to is a Bais Yaakov, it’s just not part of the Bais Yaakov organization. It runs using the system popularized by Reb. Sara Schenirer ZT”L therefore it’s a Bais Yaakov.

Shopping for a chumra has been the Yeshivishe way for a while. Someone I know was at a matza baking chabura and the head of the chabura insisted on a Chazon Ish chumra, an Aruch HaShulchan chumra, and at least one from the Ben Ish Chai.

There is a blood test you can take to see if you need it, but I’ve been told that the test will come up negative (meaning you need to re-vaccinate) for 90% of adults between the ages of 30 and 60. I’ve also been told by a doctor that a negative result doesn’t necessarily mean that the person isn’t immune, just that their measles antibodies is less than a certain percentage.

Derech agav, there’s a video going around of the crowd outside Bill DeBlasio’s announcement for a fine for un-immunized children. One repeats “Show me a double-blind study” several times which is the exact same thing one of the users in the thread below kept saying. I wonder if it’s the same person or this is a standard anti-vaxx soundbite.

Studies on vaccines you might have missed.👨‍🔬💉🚫

You mean like Rav Hutner ZT”L?

Do you want to see the remains of a Mikdash or a living Mikdash?

@Health Lakewoord Cheder, obviously, or whatever the official name of their Mesivta is called. I don’t know any other Lakewood Mesivta older than 15 years that goes by that name.

It’s not a new trend. Lakewood mesivtas that aren’t the Cheder only started popping up in the last 15 years or so. The first ones to start emulated the Cheder and followed vague apocryphal out-of-context sayings of Rav Aharon Kotler ZT”L so they didn’t have English. Every subsequent mesivta to open up was too afraid of being “der modernische platz” that no one would dare send their kids to, so they didn’t open English departments either.

Everyone wants their son to be a gadol in limud and sit in klei kodesh for life. But if you understand that the world isn’t perfect and your child may need to actually have a parnossa for himself, and still not be ostracized from the community, you’ve got to send to an out of L’Wood mesivta, like Brooklyn, Cleveland, or Philly.

Ironically, “Am Hanivchar” isn’t from Chazal. The phrase probably originates from 19th century anti-Semites.

Thank you bigots and anti-Semites of the world over for reminding us that we are in galus.

@Joseph Your trolling schtick to get people angry may have been funny once, but now you’re just being dangerous. Telling people that measles “aren’t so bad” is validating the horrendous activities of the so-called anti-vaxxer crowd. Please think about what your doing.

@Joseph You’re reading the statistics wrong. I’m not sure if you’re doing this in-character, or you’re honestly unclear about the situation. Irregardless, there are probably people who believe as you do with misleading statistics.

For a person that has measles, they are far more likely to end up in the hospital than a person with the cold or flu. And the less people that vaccinate, the more likely someone from a family that does vaccinate will get the disease. That’s why anti-vaxxers and their apologists (“I personally vaccinate, but I understand bla bla bla…”) are a danger to us all.

@akuperma Yes, Baltimore is for the most part a single frum community with one Vaad and one major hechsher, which is amazing. But Chabad has always operated independently as its own thing as Chabad is wont to do in frum communities. The Chassidishe community/cheder is kind of artificial. The entire thing is a multi-Chassidus kollel supported by one guy and they also operate in seclusion with little interaction with the major frum community.

@tralala1 People don’t care about how you’re dressed or where you go for vacation as much as they do in New York. People wearing last-years style and going to their in-laws in St. Louis for Yom Tov is not something that even elicits a passing comment.

There are no Chassidish schools. Just one playgroup and it’s only for members of the Chassidish kollel. The closest thing you’ll find to a “mainstream” school is Torah Institute for boys and BY for girls. Both have a larger variety of backgrounds than you may expect in NY (like, kids with TV and also kids who’s parents learn in kollel for life), and they are excellent schools.

Beazer is a Maryland goyish developer that built a huge development next to the frum community. It was the In place for a while, but it’s kind of Out these days. A Beazer house will still run you 600k for four bedrooms and an unfinished basement, and they are almost impossible to get. Summit Park is very In and just as close.

Assur according to the Gemara. The couple has to have a choice and they must meet beforehand.

The Satmar Rebbe Reb Yoel ZT”L put a stop to the practice many moons ago, but many Chassidim unfortunately refused to listen to his psak.

@Joseph, I’ve never wanted to use nivul peh on a troll as much as I do to you. I don’t know why you still get to me, everyone here knows you’re faking it. There’s actually far less crime in Baltimore than NYC, Lakewood, or Monsey. I can’t name a single Baltimorean who went to prison, but I can name many from NYC, Lakewood, and Monsey.

@tralala1 if you’re asking if something is “suitable for in-town” you’re probably going to be disappointed no matter what the situation is as you’re clearly already judgmental and/or sheltered.

I second @Gamanit. The Brother HL line are excellent printers.

I disagree.

Goyim have always had anti-Semites in their ranks and have always covered for them. Whether it’s the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the Green Party, or the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia, there are anti-Semites and people make excuses for them.

Let’s get this straight: There’s one person you’re talking about (Ilhan Omar) who made some comments that were intended to criticize Israel, but worded rather anti-Semitically. She was roundly criticized by her entire party and that should have been the end of it. But now every time she speaks about foreign policy, some idiot in the ADL or NY Post is trying to make it as if she asked for another Holocaust.

Meanwhile, our beloved President has said far worse and gotten away with it. Steve King R. IA has had openly racist and anti-Semitic views for a long time and the worst that’s happened to him is that he doesn’t sit on any major committees.

So by all means, make fun of Jewish Democrats! But don’t come crying to daddy when your own Republican hypocrisy is revealed.

A friend of mine was in a seforim store buying his arba minim. A Rosh Yeshiva of a small local high school walked in behind him and starts hemming and hawing over the lulavim. He was frustrating the moicher, so he starts ribbing him. “Hey, Rabbi Ploni was here yesterday and kvetched that you hadn’t paid him in weeks”. The Rosh Yeshiva mumbled something about bad finances and they went veiter. The moicher then started a new topic “Rabbi, lately I’ve been having a terrible Yeitzer Hora. I have a huge tayva for an aishes ish” The Rosh Yeshiva was shocked and started telling him how terrible it is and he has to keep away at all costs. The moicher then responds “well, you’re being oiver on a d’Oraysa too, so I guess that makes us even”.