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  • February 24, 2009 4:54 am at 4:54 am in reply to: Talking With Members of The Opposite Gender #662960
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    qwertyuiop, you forgot my anivus again

    February 24, 2009 3:16 am at 3:16 am in reply to: Talking With Members of The Opposite Gender #662956
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    As shkoyach said earlier there is a difference between an issur and a siyag. There is no issur for men and women to speak to each other. If there was then as jphone pointed out, how can a man go to a bakery and ask a women behind the counter for a loaf of bread. Chazal say to stay far away from arayos. There are some obvious issurim that can come about when men and women interact and therefore certain interactions themselves are assur. When it comes to arayos, in addition to the issurim that the Torah says bifeirush, there is an issur diyoraisa of “lo sikrivu”. Chazal explain this to mean that it is assur to do something that might lead to the actual issur mentioned in the pasuk. For this reason negia is assur diyoraisa. I assume that if a women is walking down a crowded street and a man brushes against her neither did anything wrong as long as it was completely unintentional (If one of them caused the accident then he/she obviously committed an issur and the other one did not). Speaking is a little more lenient in that a man is obviously allowed to buy bread from a woman at the bakery and speak to her in the process. If a man and women pass on the street on Shabbos they are allowed to say “Good Shabbos”. This doesn’t mean that they can have a whole conversation. There is no exact way of explaining what is assur and what isn’t. Every situation is different and you have to use seichel to figure out what might lead to an unhealthy relationship, but it is better to err on the side of caution and remember that chazal say to stay far, far away from arayos.

    How do you apply this to online conversations? When men and women speak to each other online in a forum such as this, neither knows who the other is or what the other looks like. You can’t even know for sure that Joseph is a man or Bais Yaakov maydel is a women no matter how much they insist that that is the case. Even if you can determine another poster’s gender, you still don’t know their age and whether they are married. We have rules here in the Coffee Room about revealing personal information and therefore the issur of “lo sikrivu” should not apply at all because the chances of the conversations in the Coffee Room leading to actual contact between posters and then leading to issurim is very low. If, by some chance you do know another poster’s real identity and you are of the opposite gender than you probably should not be conversing with them online.

    There is another issur besides “lo sikrivu” which is for men to have bad hirhurim (I assume that women acting untznius is an issur of lifnei iver regarding this). The moderators try to not approve any posts that may cause this. Of course, each person has to know himself and if having an online conversation with an anonymous women you have never met will cause this then you shouldn’t be having those conversations.

    February 20, 2009 12:08 am at 12:08 am in reply to: The Funniest Purim Costume #999633
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    Hey Curious, you missed my number! Don’t expect to get your posts approved in the near future.

    February 18, 2009 1:52 am at 1:52 am in reply to: Suggestions to Improve YWN #1225099
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    Last post first is an interesting idea for people who are constantly reading the coffee room, but imagine if you are here for the first time or not so often, would you want to have to read everything backwards?

    February 2, 2009 6:48 am at 6:48 am in reply to: Ungodly Hour? #636351
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    Let’s try to keep G-d in our lives, even at this late hour (for some).

    February 2, 2009 5:00 am at 5:00 am in reply to: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews #828980
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    Yep, and their brothers’ Moishe Friedman. (is that you?)

    February 2, 2009 4:57 am at 4:57 am in reply to: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews #828977
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    I think the most common last name in my phone book used to be “Cell”.

    February 2, 2009 4:56 am at 4:56 am in reply to: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews #828976
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    Looking through my cell phone contact list I think Friedman is the most common last name. I have a lot of those in my phone book, some with the same first name so I have to add their location, age, or some other identifying thing to the name to differentiate.

    February 2, 2009 4:51 am at 4:51 am in reply to: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews #828974
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    Is it a last name, or just the prefix of the last name?

    February 2, 2009 4:45 am at 4:45 am in reply to: Most Common Surname Among Torah Observant Jews #828972
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    Solomon is a fairly common last name.

    February 1, 2009 11:20 pm at 11:20 pm in reply to: YWN Coffee Room Nightly D’Var Torah #1123601
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    Mod 72: You better make it good. We want moish’s parents to be impressed.

    Moish: Will brooklyn19 be there to shep nachas as well?

    February 1, 2009 9:54 am at 9:54 am in reply to: A Humorous Item #1172137
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    I heard this joke as the 3 F’s, family, food, and filosophy.

    I also heard it with cholent and kugel. I don’t think I ever heard fish before.

    February 1, 2009 9:40 am at 9:40 am in reply to: Ungodly Hour? #636328
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    In that case, maybe I will close it for the night.

    February 1, 2009 9:21 am at 9:21 am in reply to: Ungodly Hour? #636322
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    Closed? What gives you that authority, Joseph?

    February 1, 2009 9:13 am at 9:13 am in reply to: POLL: Chinese Auctions & Free Gifts #637713
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    No prying personal info. Let’s get back on topic. What do you think of the free gifts at the Toras Chaim Chinese Auction?

    February 1, 2009 8:21 am at 8:21 am in reply to: Random Questions #1079019
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    You guys certainly are complicated! But, I like complicated stories.

    February 1, 2009 8:18 am at 8:18 am in reply to: Random Questions #1079016
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    So, I guess she’s back from England. Is she still living by your house?

    February 1, 2009 8:14 am at 8:14 am in reply to: If You Could Have Anything… #1154901
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    Moish, the concept of a genie and of 3 wishes comes way before Aladdin (not that I believe that Joseph never saw Aladdin 😉 ). Some people associate genie with an older show, but I wouldn’t dream of mentioning names of shows on this site!

    February 1, 2009 8:04 am at 8:04 am in reply to: Random Questions #1079014
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    Random question for moish01, how is brooklyn19 doing?

    February 1, 2009 8:02 am at 8:02 am in reply to: Random Questions #1079012
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    http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=7992

    February 1, 2009 7:54 am at 7:54 am in reply to: Random Questions #1079007
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    I assume the time is based on your computer’s time zone setting. Double-click the time at the bottom of your screen and check which time zone you are using. It could be that when you moved from Ireland to Brooklyn I”h that you changed the time instead of the time zone.

    February 1, 2009 7:49 am at 7:49 am in reply to: The Laboratory II – Try Your HTML & ASCII Art Experiments Here #1053308
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    The blue color is for links, that is why when you use an <a> tag it turns blue. I don’t think this forum allows any HTML colors so only blue (or purple if it is an already visited link)

    February 1, 2009 7:47 am at 7:47 am in reply to: The Laboratory II – Try Your HTML & ASCII Art Experiments Here #1053307
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    teen, only “a” works. It stands for “anchor” which I guess is a fancy way of saying link. The reason they all turned color is that you didn’t “end” the link with a </a> so the whole thing is a link from the first <a .

    February 1, 2009 7:10 am at 7:10 am in reply to: Post Here – So We Know You’re In The CR #903822
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    I had a long Melave Malka. And yes, I do keep a late zman

    February 1, 2009 6:57 am at 6:57 am in reply to: Post Here – So We Know You’re In The CR #903818
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    Shabbos is now over in Hawaii

    January 30, 2009 9:20 pm at 9:20 pm in reply to: Good Shabbos! #1135432
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    It’s more than 30 minutes before Shabbos in Hawaii

    January 30, 2009 8:39 pm at 8:39 pm in reply to: A Humorous Item #1172131
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    I have never kept Shabbos in Ireland

    January 30, 2009 8:01 pm at 8:01 pm in reply to: A Humorous Item #1172127
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    Are these posts on topic? Does that mean I am a humorous item?

    January 30, 2009 9:28 am at 9:28 am in reply to: YWN CR Rosh Chodesh Shevat Festival #635419
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    I think JayMatt and Phyllis might be here too

    January 30, 2009 9:18 am at 9:18 am in reply to: Speaking Out Against Smoking in Yerushalyim #635260
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    Here’s a smoking joke, does this go here or under Humorous Item?

    Don’t Smoke

    A couple of hours into a visit with my mother, she noticed I

    hadn’t once lit up a cigarette. “Are you trying to kick the

    habit?” she asked.

    “No,” I replied. “I have a cold, and I don’t smoke when I’m

    not feeling well.”

    “You know,” she observed, “you’d probably live longer if you

    were sick more often.”

    January 30, 2009 9:04 am at 9:04 am in reply to: Hangman! Join the fun! #1126597
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    g

    January 30, 2009 9:02 am at 9:02 am in reply to: Hangman! Join the fun! #1126595
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    teen, good for her!

    January 30, 2009 8:52 am at 8:52 am in reply to: Is YWN addictive? #635982
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    Back on topic, is Yeshiva World addictive? What am I doing on now if not addicted?

    January 30, 2009 8:48 am at 8:48 am in reply to: Is YWN addictive? #635980
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    Hamaivin yavin

    January 30, 2009 8:47 am at 8:47 am in reply to: Is YWN addictive? #635978
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    I once lost a bunch of powerade during a fast. Haven’t been able to drink that stuff since.

    January 30, 2009 8:45 am at 8:45 am in reply to: Thank You Mods & Editor #954870
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    The real question is, what time zone am I in? (hint, Hawaii is 12 hours behind Eretz Yisroel)

    January 30, 2009 8:42 am at 8:42 am in reply to: Thank You Mods & Editor #954866
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    Good question

    January 26, 2009 10:52 pm at 10:52 pm in reply to: Hamantaschen Recipes #1222750
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    42 days until Purim!

    January 23, 2009 2:24 am at 2:24 am in reply to: The Wasp and the Zombie Cockroach #692780
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    To quote Mufasa, it’s the circle of life.

    January 22, 2009 5:56 am at 5:56 am in reply to: Suggestions to Improve YWN #1225019
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    JayMatt, I (and I believe some of the other mods too) sometimes access the site from my cell phone. I do wish that there was a special mobile version as it does get tedious at times.

    January 22, 2009 5:12 am at 5:12 am in reply to: Should The CR Have Sports Threads? #831649
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    Good point jphone, I just noticed that as well. How about those Haifa Heat?

    January 21, 2009 4:43 am at 4:43 am in reply to: Jonathan Pollard #633649
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    Lev melachim biyad Hashem. Just because President Bush didn’t pardon him doesn’t mean President Obama won’t. Please continue calling and emailing the White House daily to give President Obama the message.

    January 21, 2009 1:55 am at 1:55 am in reply to: General Shmooze 2 #676130
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    Joseph, what do squeak’s posts’ taste like? Are they crunchy? Do you eat them with ketchup?

    January 20, 2009 10:53 pm at 10:53 pm in reply to: The Weather #655697
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    Looks like my hat and payos got knocked off. How embarrassing, to be seen in public without my hat! And where are my tzitzis?

    January 20, 2009 10:49 pm at 10:49 pm in reply to: General Shmooze 2 #676121
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    I don’t have time to go searching for everyone’s deleted comments. The moderating is going slow enough as it is, do you want it to go slower?

    January 20, 2009 10:43 pm at 10:43 pm in reply to: Smoking #633322
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    Give me a break? Didn’t he used to post here? What happened to him anyway?

    January 20, 2009 10:40 pm at 10:40 pm in reply to: The Weather #655693
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    Ouch!

    January 20, 2009 8:39 pm at 8:39 pm in reply to: General Shmooze 2 #676111
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    squeak, I just searched and found only 2 of your posts deleted in the past day, is that too rough for you?

    January 20, 2009 8:15 pm at 8:15 pm in reply to: The Weather #655686
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    January 20, 2009 7:51 pm at 7:51 pm in reply to: General Shmooze 2 #676106
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    It wasn’t just Joseph. Recently, a lot of posters were trying to pry personal information out of other posters so we started cracking down. The basic rule is, don’t try to pry out personal information. Any questions or comments directed towards trying to “figure out” a blogger’s identity will not be approved. Posts that ask others to meet them at “Plonis” will not be approved. We understand that sometimes it is not done intentionally. Joseph asked another poster about their profession in response to another post which may or may not have given it away. Although others may be able to figure it out on their own based on the original post(s), we felt that asking directly “do you work in such and such” is not acceptable so we deleted the post and closed the thread to make the point that this was happening too often.

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