5TResident

29th century?

Next time a Jewish member of the House claims to be supportive of Jews and Israel, remember this vote. Jewish politicians, in the House and Senate, only care about themselves. This is ESPECIALLY true of Hypocrite #1, Chuck Schumer.

Aviary – giving “petch” was child abuse. Don’t kid yourself. You didn’t need to give “petch” to help a boy learn. My sons are now learning in Eretz Yisroel, one in his third year. They attended a Yeshiva where they didn’t give “petch”. BH a lot of fine boys came from that Yeshiva who now are in chinuch without ever having had “petch”.

And I’m not talking about “petch”. I’m talking about sadism. I’m talking about the principal who once hit a kid so hard he knocked him unconscious and an ambulance had to be called. I’m talking about a rebbe who relishes verbally abusing children, calling them “ferd” and “hoont” and putting snow down their backs for laughs.

You say that many Bnei Torah came from that Yeshiva. I personally know three classmates who went off the derech after graduation because of the abuse they received. Does that make it worth the “petch”? And now you’ll tell me these three probably had bad parents or were going off the derech anyway. You’d be flat out wrong. All three were from yeshivish Flatbush families.

Deal with it.

When I was in Mirrer Yeshiva, they went out of their way to keep us from learning to speak Hebrew. They told us that Ivrit was only spoken by the non-religious Jews in Israel and that Ivrit was an impermissible version of Loshon Hakodesh, which was only spoken by the greatest tzaddikim in Tanach. We were expected to know Yiddish (which I did). The Yeshiva refused to provide a Hebrew language course so we could take the Hebrew Regents exam. They even wouldn’t mention Yom Ha’atzmaut.

I wish I could ask my father anything – he was niftar over 41 years years. Yom Kippur is his birthday.

I’ve been living in the 5T for the past 21 years and I’m ready to get out. There is too much development going on, with large buildings planned, and the level of gaiva is ridiculous. Middos are lacking too. I’m not saying Teaneck is better but the 5T, in my mind, is done.

Zaphod’s just this froody guy, ya know?

I’m not a safek manzer because I look EXACTLY like my father. And he was an only child so there’s no chance of hanky panky with a sibling. Plus, I have photographic evidence to show that my nose is the same as every male ancestor in my father’s family since at least 1800.

Best invention: Indoor plumbing. People take it for granted. My mother grew up in a little town in Eastern Europe and she had an outhouse in her backyard. She’d tell me about having to visit the outhouse in the middle of the night in the winter.

Worst invention: Social media. It gives a voice to people who really shouldn’t have one.

One word answer: Shidduchim. Or, more precisely, admitting that one has autism or has autism in the family would be a death knell for the possibility of being redt shidduchim. It’s shallow and stupid but that’s how it is.

Reb Eliezer, the same goes for Paul McCartney – his children were born to his now-deceased wife Linda, who was Jewish.

Lawyer

I have an English name and I use it constantly. That’s because when I was a kid, my classmates would tease me endlessly for my Hebrew name.

Didn’t China save the Mirrer Yeshiva by allowing it to relocate to Shanghai during the Shoah? There is no historical animosity between the Jews and China although it’s true, you never knew.

When he’s completed his education and has a good job with which he can support a spouse and not be a burden on parents, in-laws, the government or Klal Yisroel.

I’m 56. Full disclosure. Bar mitzvah in 1978, I leined parshas Tetzaveh. Shoin.

How frum is your definition of “frum”, though?

Avi K: When I was in high school in Mirrer Yeshiva, I was taught that Loshen Kodesh was the true language of Torah and Ivrit was the language of non-frum Jews and shouldn’t be spoken.

We are the Chosen People – but what were we chosen for? This is widely misunderstood. We were not chosen to have the favor of Hashem no matter what – that much is clear. Jews have suffered more hatred and death than any nation on Earth. Rather, we were chosen to carry the עול of the Torah – to be the light unto the nations. And when we fail, we are punished.

Choosid: I’m sorry, but such a Chulent will only exist in the time of Moshiach. Moshiach will be the true Great Uniter, someone whom every Jew from every walk of life will recognize as the Redeemer. The Moshiach is the only one who can create a Chulent that will be delicious to every Jew everywhere. Until then, there will be machlokes over how Chulent should look and taste.

Health: You mean Area 51. You’re probably thinking of Passenger 57, with Wesley Snipes.

I feel we have too many bank branches in the 5T. We have Capital One, Apple Bank, Chase, Citibank, Roslyn Savings Bank and one or two others within a 3-4 block radius. We did have an HSBC too but that one closed.

Here’s why I thought Trump would be re-elected.

People tend to re-elect Presidents who are in office while the economy is good. Jimmy Carter was thrown out after one term largely because of horrible inflation and his lack of confidence that the economy could rebound. Bush the First was bounced in 1992 because of a stubborn recession that began in 1990. I thought Trump would be re-elected because, prior to COVID, the economy was humming along and unemployment was at record lows among minorities. The Democrats were reduced to claiming that the “jobs” that Trump created were in fast food restaurants and the like, but jobs were jobs. The COVID pandemic was a blessing for the Democrats. The virus spread quickly without any knowledge of a cure or a vaccine, people died, the country went into lockdown and the economy tanked. Unemployment skyrocketed. Trump bumbled his way through this (not sure how anyone could have done much better – there hadn’t been a health crisis like this in 100 years) and in the end, the Dems were able to blame everything on him and, with the help of the leftist media, got their man in.

I have no doubt that had COVID never happened, Trump would have been re-elected.