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For some people the beracha on peanut butter is hagomel…
If we aren’t supposed to sleep on Rosh hashana, why does the Rabbi speak, it’s lifnei iveir!
I am not from Chicago, though I visited a few times. When I was there, I saw this guy with a black fedora in shul, was that you popa? Or were you the guy eating the Burger Buddy at the table next to me in Great Chicago? Or were you the guy shoveling the snow in front of the kollel?
Ksiva vchasima tova to all!
Good to have you back Pashuteh Yid, ksiva vchasima tova to all
Does Joseph have some poppa in him?
There’s a little bit of popa-bar-abba in all of us
Moshe was told by Hashem to go down because B’nei Yisrael had built an egel. He didn’t “beleive” Hashem until he actually saw it for himself so as not to be mekabel lashon hara. Once he saw it with his own eyes he broke the luchos
Is there ever a time when kohanim can say this tfila for dreams, or are they “yotzei” with the tzibur saying it while they are chanting?
I heard a similar story where he came late to Kol Nidrei and he said that he had heard a Jew crying from hunger so stopped to feed him.
If your laptop doesn’t have a number pad you can use the one within the regular keyboard when num lock is on.
You can also use the “character map” under the start menu under accessories.
Baa
Kesef, Gelt, Mamon!
Chazak chazak v’nischazak!
Kavei el Hashem.
Chazak v’ameitz libecha.
V’kavei el Hashem!
Hashem Hu HaElokim.
That is why you should shop online with pictures disables when possible. For the specific item you are looking to buy you can show just that picture.
I was in the supermarket the other day trying to decide between two boxes of cereal and I decided to pick the one that did not have pritzus on it. Leka darka achrina is a very hard thing to pasken. On the one hand, we are allowed to live “normal” lives, on the other hand, if something is not necessary and causes an issur, it is assur. Defining “necessary” is the hardest part. In this particular case I really couldn’t care less which cereal to choose so I chose the one without pritzus. But what if I davka wanted that one, am I allowed to buy it or am I mechuyav to pass on it since there are other choices even though I don’t like the other choices as much? What if I have a child screaming for the other one?
Another story that comes to mind is a friend of mine was giving somebody driving directions. He mentioned that the fastest way was to take a certain road but that road has some bad billboards so he suggests taking a different route even though it could add a few minutes to the drive. This really struck me because I always wonder why people are in such a rush when driving. I see people swerving between lanes and wonder how much time they actually save and what risk they are putting themselves and others into to save a few minutes and often they will hit traffic down the road and not save any time anyway. In this case, the person was davka suggesting to add a few minutes to the drive to avoid pritzus. Those people who are always in a hurry would never think of this and even after hearing the reason might scoff and say that it is an extra, unnecessary, holier-than thou, chumra. But is it? There is a halacha of leka darcka achrina and here there is clearly another derech. Does the extra few minutes take away it’s status as a daarka achrina? Every case is different but it is… something to think about. (Sorry Rabbi Salomon I had to do that)
I don’t find any problem with it. Just smile and say “Amen”, you are receiving a bracha. I was always taught not to take a bracha lightly even a “birchas hedyot”. Even a “hedyot” has the power to give brachos, especially at a time when he is in the middle of doing a mitzvah (simchas chossen vkalla). Always answer Amen when someone gives you or someone else a bracha.
In terms of actually saying “IY’H by you”, If everyone would look at it this way it would be fine. But limayseh many people are hurt by it so perhaps it’s not a good thing.
It already exists. It’s called Facebook.
Ok, I’ll start. I’m a gorgeous, rich, 21 year old sfardi girl, 7 foot 3 inches, 482 lbs with a mustache and beard. I graduated high school at age 13 then went to BJJ for 2 years then got my PhD in Physics from MIT. I’m looking for a 42 year old chasidish guy with braids.
Popa, your thread is retardedly falling off the page…
We are not supposed to give out personal information to dangerous stalkers.
Popa, can you date squeak?
My ancestors didn’t have cell phones or computers.
That reminds me of the guy who said he would rather die peacefully in his sleep like his grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers.
And about your comment about not driving, that’s all great if u live in Brooklyn where u have a shul, school, kosher supermarket, etc all within a block of where you live. If you live in “the suburbs” it just isn’t practical not to drive.
We are aliens from Outer Space. I was actually born on Io, the 3rd moon of Jupiter which, unlike Europa, is covered in mice.
FTR, it’s not Yeshiva World’s lashon, I got this email ad from a bunch of different lists, all with the same wording. Maybe YW needs to hire mods for their ads 🙂
This sounds familiar. I think we had a thread like this years ago, joseph, can you find it for us?
How about floss? Some people use loose string, others use those floss on a stick “plackers”. Does one’s choice in this define his level of Orthodoxy?
Many (if not all) nisyonos in this world would not be nisyonos at all if we could see the big picture in front of us. I don’t stick my hand in a fire because I know it will hurt immediately. Some people have the self-control to understand that even though smoking might not hurt them immediately, it will hurt them when they get older. some people see the same when it comes to aveiros. Aveiros are a lot harder because the damage we are doing is to our spiritual self, and our physicality blocks us from seeing this clearly. So yes, there is din v’chshbon, but don’t make a blanket statement that all non-smokers have self-control and will therefore be held more accountable for their aveiros. Hashem is the ultimate fair, honest judge who knows everything that goes on in a person’s life and everyone will be judged based on their situation.
But if you want to use this case of smokers as chizuk to stop yourself from sinning, kol hakavod!
Sreifa instead of chenek. The man gets chenek though.
Why should someone carry a mincha-maariv with them when they have a blackberry/iphone/etc that they can daven from?
With the little mincha/maariv’s you have to worry about bringing them into bathrooms etc. Phones are a lot easier. And it’s the same davening they are reading from the phone then from the printed siddur so what’s the problem? (They should turn off the network though so that they don’t get calls while trying to daven)
Mother101, if someone is not going to buy it because it looks funny, I don’t think that it matters whether they read it here in the CR. On the other hand, some people might not have known about them and will now buy. In many cases like these, any publicity is good publicity.
Aniya so’ara lo nuchama…
Cool thanks. I thought that was all one link “stick topic (to front)”. I guess the parentheses are a separate link.
Metlife stadium? Are they trying to emulate the Amazin’ Mets?
Vayizkor elokim es noach…
I agree with popa, complimenting a name is somewhat unusual for a first meeting. Perhaps he had never heard of a name like yours before. Is he perhaps ashkenazi and you have a sfardi name or something? Or stam you have an unusual name?
If I met a girl for the first time and she was wearing a large basket of fruit on her head and I complimented her for it, would I be out of line?
I posted that ur IP was Australia and u denied that. You are obviously still there, perhaps going out with a girl there. Perhaps just vacationing and trolling. But personally I think you are probably not even a male at all.
Weird. I stickied this topic but it doesn’t seem to have worked. Its still in regular list but the only opption I have is to “unstick”
You need to click on “to front” -95
I’m hungry. Where are those rookie mods who were supposed to bring donuts to the YW Secure Hurricane Shelter.
Looks like either it didn’t work or someone else un-stickied.
(By the way, I’m enjoying this use of the word “sticky” as a verb. I hope Haifagirl approves)
Krispy Kream plain glazed donuts hot off the press. Yum!
Bar Shattya, with 31 games left the Cubs are 57-74, 20.5 games behind the 78-54 Brewers. So if the Cubs finish 26-5 whille the Brewers finish 5-25 they would end up tied. So yes there is still a chance. Go Cubbies!
Popa, 80, The charlies, squeak, dr pepper, ICOT, wolf, kapusta, oomis. And what ever happened to Pashuteh Yid who I used to like?
Hold on, are all of those that I listed really Joseph?
Seems like we have a lot of active threads today. This fell to the 2nd page pretty fast. I’ve re-stickied it.
Remember you can always see old threaads by going to:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/page/2
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/page/3
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I actually un-stickied it as an experiment to see if there are people who don’t notice the sticky threads. By un-stickying it after a new post it goes into the regular thread of threads. I’ll put it back up when it’s close to falling off the page.
Seems like it got un-stickied. I can stick it back up. Anyone have a thumbtack?