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Just utilize the time you would have spent on the Monsey scoop, getting a head start to cleaning up for Pesach, or preparing something from the Haggodo to say over in 22 nites from now.
22nd Adar is a good day, becaue it too is my cousin’s Bas-Mitzwah.
It also is a bad day or maybe not, as this is 7th Yohrzeit of the previous pope, who was there for 26 & 1/2 years.
A text is certainly better than nothing; Just like Nichum Aveilim & Bikur Cholim must be done in person; But assuming this is not an option, certainly texting is better than nothing.
As for your question, if reasonable possibility that you may forget to call her tomorrow, text her right now.
Now that the Viznitz Rebbe passed away on 20th Adar:- In 2 years time shall his sons be observing the 2nd Yohrzeit:-
a) 20th Adar hoRishon?
b) 20th Adar haSheni
c) Both of the above, and if so, will they be fasting &/or making a Siyum & going to the Kever both times, and taking the Omud from another Oveil both times? or just one of the 2 dates?
The Dutch are also great, though. Can you figure out these, as some examples?
“Sjeemot” is old seforim & Tashmishei Kodesh put in box for burial. It is also another appelation for the 3 sets of verses recited at very end of Ne’iloh.
If referring to Exodus, it is Sjemot in Dutch.
Money doesn’t talk, despite the verse in Koheles. Being realistic about age gap issue and sometimes a young lady somewhat older than a young man:- Being realistic of this facet, is what talks.
Just as money isn’t talking too well for Romney, nor did money talk too well for Bloomberg his 3rd time around, it ain’t talking for Nasi; Their common sense utilizing proven sttaistics is talking loud & clear for Nasi.
[Quoting from the previous Godol haDor:- Moreinu hoRav Avigdor haKohen Miller ZTKLLH’H]:- Well let’s make a little experiment:- How about skipping a good breakfast for a few days, and coming back to us, with the results of your little experiment.
According to the Medrash that each of the tribes was born with a twin sister, and Benjamin with 2 triplet sisters, Leah would have no reason to name her daughter Bas Sheva, rather than Dinoh, her birth being way after 7 children.
But then, Dinoh would have been the 7th daughter, which brings us back to the 1st paragraph in this coffee room discussion.
Also don’t watch videos of the tragic victims who took the plunge from the WTC.
We don’t coin new names. ………. Bas Sheva is already an extant name in Nach.
So don’t crowd around a defenseless baby during his Beris to watch him in excrutiating pain, and don’t take pleasure from the sight.
Experience shows, that most people who have been divorced, Davka wish to remarry, to a divorce[e] and not a never married, as it is easier to relate to & identify with someone who has also been down this same ugly path of divorce.
According to the compendium of names at end of Chapter 129 in Eben ho’Ezer, Bas Sheva is spelled as 2 words.
Both Bas Sheva & Bat Sheva are spelled the same way in Hebrew, so this entire question of which name to utilize, is a mute point.
If you wish to strictly adhere to Ashkenazic pronouciation, here are some quandries which I have:-
Why do Ashkenazim pronounce Ezra & not Ezro?
Why do Ashkenazim pronounce Hadassah & not Hadassoh?
Who invented Nochum, since Nachum is written with a Patach?
Who invented Yeruchom, when 1st verse in Haftoro of 1st day of R’H calls him Yerauchom?
Who invented Yerachmiel, when name is Yerachme’el?
As far as 1st question, if there is prcedent to utilize name of Bas Sheva for 7th child or 7th daughter:- There is only 1 prcedent:- Utilize a name which both Dad & Mum like, and find pleasant; & if Elisheva is more your taste, this works just fine.
It is a great way of being Mekayem the Mitzwah of “Tashbisu Se’or miBoteichem”.
Instead of being Zoche to fulfill this Mitzwah only at breakfast time, you’ll have 2 opportunities each day to fulfill this Mitzwah:- Breakfast & Supper time.
Now What? make sure the Republican have a landslide victory this time around, come November 2012.
No better than the fight looming for the Republican Nomination. Whoever emerges shall be so bruised, that shall be hard to realistically be strong enough to fight off Obama, come November.
All the Schmutz that the Republican candidates have lunged at each other, has been carefully recorded by the Democrats, & Obama shall make an identical repeat performance invoking the same schmutz that these Republican were exchanging with eachother during Primary season.
I know cases where a child takes a parent to bais din. It becomes a rift that cannot be healed. One person’s das torah isn’t always another. It’s so sad that we have fallen to this level. ….. Tragically these are the current rifts sitting in a Beis Din between 2 brothers [A.K.A. Satmar], and between an Uncle & Niece [A.K.A. Bobov]; …….. How truly sad & tragic that they cannot broker Sholom & Harmony, especially in these days of Bein Geuloh l’Geuloh, as we are transitioning from Purim to Pesach.
We should all be 1 large Happy family, with Ahavas Chinom, Heralding the arrival of the Moshiach come this Nisson.
13th Avenue:- This is a thing of the past. It is now the Raoul Wallenberg Way.
If you don’t own a car, live in BP, where a lot of things are within walking distance.
If you do possess a car, move to Flatbush wheren there’ll be more space to park you car, and distance shan’t be an impediment, in light of being able to drive around.
Is the Swedish Ambassador going to be invited to Borough Park to come & attend the official naming ceremony?
Check the Pesach list for Tums, so you don’t have to go out in 26 days, and buy another box of Toms.
ZeesKite:- Stop being Kofui beTov. Be grateful for this wonderful service, that Yeshiva World is offering us.
Cinemas are cheaper than theatres, so it is this simple:- Do what is least harmful to your wallet! Especially during a recession as severe as the current recession.
Just don’t make the mistake that Chizkiyohu made, trying to outsmart haShem and not get married, because of various concerns he had.
Your job is “Get Married” & leave the Cheshbonos up to haShem.
If Chizkiyohu haMelech was not up to making acceptable Cheshbonos, with all due respect to you, you surely aren’t.
I don’t know how the slopes are, but please bear in mind, that according to some Shitos, parts of Western Alaska may possibly be considered on the West Side of the Jewish Dateline, so please be careful to abstain from skiing both on Friday & Saturday.
Derech haMelech should study the Gemoro in the early part of Tractate Bobo Basro:- Someone who dresses in a Rabbi’s Garb and isn’t holding by that level, the Gemoro has some less than nice things to say of that individual. However, someone who is of caliber of a Rabbi, but humbles himself to a business/lounge suit, the Gemoro speaks nicely of this person’s meekness.
But Derech haMelech’s application of foolish to the names he appended this appelation to, is very inappropriate to say the very least. No-one is looking up to any of those individuals on his list because of their white shirt, but because of the Torah knowledge they have been Zochim to reach & disseminate.
Well Logician:- Feif Un concurs with me.
Thank you Feif Un, for backing me up.
yungerman1:- …
I highly doubt anyone can make a cherem today like it was done back then.
Clearly if we could make a Cherem today, within 5 minutes of WW2 being over, there should already have been a permanent & irrevocable Chrem on Germany & Austria.
Fortunately for myself, I am on a Nach Yomi program, where we learn 5 Pesukim (verses) each day, hence on track to covering Nach in 9&1/2 years.
Suffice it to quote what I have heard several times directly from the Godol HaDor:- Moreinu HoRav Avigdor haKohen Miller ZTKLLH’H:- B’H that Sara Schenerir came around, and she is the best thing that ever happened to the cause of increasing Harbotzas haTorah, because she educated/inculcated girls such that they comprehended the Chashivus of Limud haTorah, and these girls then were seeking/searching boys sitting in learning, and these young ladies were prepared to sacrifice their luxuries/Gashmiyus to promolgate Limud haTorah..
My son when he was young had a pair of cufflinks with his name on them. After wearing them every Shabbos & Yom Tov for over 2 years, one of them, once got lost when playing.
He was so upset, that the following time I was in Meah Shearim, I got smart, and ordered 2 pairs (4 pieces) of identical cufflinks, so even if he were to again loose a cufflink even twice, he would still have the matching cufflink.
This overcame the singles crisis, of-course coupled with Murphy’s law, that because of the 2nd pair, he has not lost even one from the first pair, in several years.
The Halocho utilizes expression of “Your Shabbos clothing should not resemble your weekday clothing” rather than some expression of keeping an extra set of clothing for Shabbos.
In light of this phrase, and in light of common usage being that Shabbos garb for most people implies a business [lounge] suit & white shirt {& tie & hat}, hence on weekdays I make a point of not wearing a suit & white shirt; Consequently during the week, I wear either a suit with a color shirt, or white shirt with Blazer & pants (& tie & hat}.
To me this Halocho is more significant than some so called yeshivish uniform.
The Taam vadaas brings down that the Chasam Sofer held one should celebrate his bris day instead of his birthday. ……… Indeed the christians do, since jesus’s Bris would have been 1 week later on January 1st, hence they count their new year from January 1st.
I am already looking towards bashing Naturei Karta on Seder nite, when we mention the Purim story in vaAmartem Zevach Pesach.
Gabi:- How about my schedule:- I go to Hashkomo & am home by 8.30, at which time I make Kiddush & Motzi for Seudoh Sheinies {accompanied by cake & ice-cream & nice dairy treats}; & my family loves this schedule; I can spend time with my wife & children. By lunchtime in winter & even in summer if after 1.30, I consume Seudo Shelishis [Cholent etc.], most of the time after I attend an early Mincho.
I circumvent issues of starving all Shabbos morning V eating before going to Shul to say my prayers, and circumvent issues of having 2 meals on a short Shabbos afternoon almost in immediate succesion.
Even if I do go out to a Kiddush later in the morning, I am not so ravenous to stuff myself; Even if I were, in winter time I would already be beDieved Yotzei Seudo Shelishis on basis of cake consumed at the Kiddush.
By the way, with my schedule, I don’t even have to alter times of my Davening, on Shabbos Erev Pesach.
I don’t dip my fingers & then put them into my pockets etc., because after I did do so once or twice, my pockets & fingers became so sticky thereafter, that I discontinued this practice.
FYI skiaddict:- I gleefully recite Naturei Karta + all 10 sons all in 1 breath, because they all are so closely connected with Iran, hence they are 1 & the same.
It is good policy to give non perishable food, and assume that the Shelach Monos packages won’t necessarily be emptied nor refrigerated by the recipients in a timely fashion, espcially if giving to the local Rabbi who is probably smothered with Shelach Monos. …. It is also means the giver can already pack a few days before Purim, without worrying about perishing food.
Often a good idea to give Kosher Al Pesach food. …. When we consolidate our Shelach Monos after Purim:- 1st order of business: Segregate Kosher Al Pesach items from Chometz items.
The elevators are pre-programmed for more weight [i.e. using exgtra elecricity for much higher weight than is actually in elevator/lift] than will probably be the weight of the several passengers in the elevator/lift at any time of use, so Naysberg:- Your issue was long ago already dealt with & taken care of.
If woman instiguated the divorce, she absolutely does not receive Kesuvoh money, and receives nothing.
Contrary to popular belief, pouring non Mevushol wine by a Nochri renders it non-kosher. …… Just touching the [already open] bottle, without pouring it, does nothing to render it unfit.
As for attending Goyish parties, having been at some xmas parties at my work place, irrespective of whether allowed to be there or not, simply the Tumoh of such an atmosphere, is enough to make my Neshomo get out of there as fast as possible; i.e Quickly eat the Kosher meal they supply me, and depart right away.
So why does it also mention the people who come to daven in the shuls?
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This is very clearly mentioned, but just goes 1 step further, and excludes someone who utilizes Shul both for socializing & praying. The Blessing is only covering someone who utilizes Shul exclusively for praying.
Only rule I know of, is that the 10 sons are to be recited in 1 breath;
Given that albeit the Ba’al Koreh can be Motzi the Tzibbur their obligation of Megillah reading, yet he cannot be Motzi their Chiyuv of 1 breath, hence several Shuls have the Minhog for all the congregants to recite the 10 sons in their own 1 breath before the Ba’al Koreh repeats it, much as is done by the other 4 verses recited by the congregation & then repeated by the Ba’al Koreh.
It is lamentable that this beautiful Minhog has not been universally adopted by all congregations.
To toi & gemara lochen-kup:- Given that you seem to think that giving Tzedoko is such a tremendous Zechus, how about devising some method of making money non-Muktzoh, and being able to dispense it on R’H during Teki’as Shofar & uNesane Tokef? & on Y’K during Ne’iloh? ………. Or would you toi & gemara lochen-kup admit that certain situations are just off limits? Be it due to Kedushas Zeman, or kedushas Mokom of Shul Davening.
& do you toi & gemara lochen-kup want to make a Takono that when Purim is a Saturday nite as was these past 2 years and shall again be the next 2 years, that no Minyan can commence Maariv until say at least 1/2 an hour after nightfall so that people can come to Shul after Shabbos with wallets in their pocket, so that the Aniyim don’t loose their once a year opportunity to collect on Purim nite?
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I heard from a well known shadchan in Lakewood who has made plenty of shidduchim that in all his experience,70% of girls said no within the first 8 dates. After 8 dates, 80% of the time it was the girl that said no. Let’s stop blaming the boys. Yes there are some picky boys, but there are just as many picky girls out there. Perhaps the guys get blamed because they can go out with 50 girls in a year while for a girl it takes longer than a year to get that many dates. The girls are just as much to blame for this whole crisis as the boys. Let’s stop with the blame.
& I shall add a shocking but accurate assertion to what this Shadchan said:- Simply because these girls are being so picky, many of the boys eventually get so frustrated, that they simply tragically end up going out with & marrying a Shiksa.
The vast majority of boys who end up marrying a Shiksa but came from observant & even tradditional homes, would much rather marry a Jewish girl, but when they keep being turned down, frustration leads to other consequences and an easy to catch shiksa who isn’t being so picky.
So when will the Bais Yaakov movement begin giving this timely message to their girls, telling them to be realistic & cease being picky JAPS?
I am not even a member of that shul, let alone the rabbi of that shul! ……….. The Rabbi has a right to make Takonos to enhance the quality of davening at his Shul, even though popa-bar-abba feels otherwise.
2 weeks ago I was on vacation in a Northern American city, and when a schnorrer came in, 1 of the members of the Shul mentioned to him, that the Rabbi had instructed the members only to give to schonorrers who have enough courtesey to don Talis & Tefillin & actually pray at that Shul Minyan. ………… Naturally the Schnorrer jirred at him, and moved onto the next person, asking for money.
To answer whether to follow Rabbeinu Tam’s opinion, we would need more information, the most pertanent being at which latitude you are residing? If you are as far North as Rabbeinu Tam & his contemporaries resided, then there may be some serious obligation to await 72 minutes. Assuming you live somewhat closer to the equator, and if you reside in the USA or/& Israel this is the case, clearly 72 minutes is way longer than the time it takes to get dark & have 3 stars emerge, therefore some fabricated Chumro cannot override any Chiyuv; This includes absolutely not keeping leather shoes on your feet past regular Zeman on Tischo b’Ov nite, not delaying Channukah candle lighting beyond 1/2 hour from real Zeman, not delaying Seder nite commencement when kids may fall asleep & you may miss Afikomen by Chatzos.
Hence you Besalel are 100% absolutely correct & Halachically compliant!! & both Yungerman1 & Yankee Doodle must apologize to Besalel for their having maligned Besalel’s correct Pesak & statement.
When will the police enforce all traffic laws for Bicyclists?
They too are bound by red lights & also other traffic laws, but the unfortunate reality is that every time I cross at a red light, I have to check that no bicycle nor emergency vehicle is approaching before I can cross, and even when crossing a 1 way street, each time I have to check the inverse direction because of inconsiderate bicyclists.
Then when I take M34 bus on 34th street in Manhattan, I have never yet been on a bus which didn’t have to cross over to main lane, because invariably there is always someone parked or stopped in bus lane. Each person thinks his/her errand is so important so as to hold up buses, but sum total is total inconsideration & suffering to the travelling public.
I have had times that I arrived at the Kossel or some Shul in Meah Shearim approximately 25 minutes before Sof Zeman Kerias Shema, where clearly if I don my Talis & Tefillin & commence my prayers right away, I had enough time to reach Kerias Shema in time, and yet when these schnorrers literally pounced on me, and I told them I must 1st reach Kerias Shema in time, and to come to me after I conclude my prayers, they simply don’t care, and think they are more important than haShem.
I have never been at a Shul in Meah Shearim nor at the Kossel on [Shushan] Purim, but out of interest:- Do these schnorrers walk around during Esther reading, expecting money as Esther is being read, causing congregants to miss even a single word? & thereby loose the entire Mitzwah of reading Esther.
But the paper thinks it sells better if they put in their photos:-………. How about the frum newspapers putting some pictures of the other 50% of the human race if they really care to sell better? Putting a picture of a Chasunoh with the Chosson & [grand]father & rabbi, but nothing of the bride & [grand]mother is insulting to the guest of honor.
& when Sarah Palin &/o Hillary Clinton become the next presidents of the United States of America in 2012 & 2016 respectively, then will the frum newpapers cease to print pictures of the President of the United States of America?
So Haifa girl, if you are in Haifa, you should be near enough to Amukah, so go there, and thereafter go on a Jewish dating sight.