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Without a doubt, the boss that pays 75,000 and doesn’t appreciate my work. Now if it was 35,00 vs. 36,000, that might be a different story.

another super-quick bloomie-o (oreo/trios) recipe:

EASY TRUFFLES

1 box oreo-type cookies

1 8-oz. tub tofutti cream cheese (could be milchigs if u want)

chocolate chips/chocolate bars, for melting

Crush cookies in food processor until finely ground. Add cream cheese and blend well; this happens rather quickly. You may need to mix by hand.

Form into small balls and freeze till hard.

Melt chocolate, dip truffles into chocolate.

Tips:

1) DO NOT skip the chocolate coating – it is essential and transforms cookie balls into little bites of heaven.

2) For an extremely cute presentation, serve on lollipop sticks decorated with a small ribbon bow.

3) These freeze well, so one batch can last you weeks!

I always thought it was as a reminder that on the very first erev shabbos, Hashem braided Chava’s hair before presenting her to Adam, who was called the “challah of the earth”. So a braid in challah = adam and chava –> the 7 days of creation, for which Shabbos is an Ois that H’ created the world. I don’t have a source, but that’s what I remember reading somewhere.

Where I live, cheese is so expensive! I never eat milchigs for supper during the week! I save it for when I go out to eat as a really special treat.

Well, I would venture to say that there are many inter-related factors, but basically, it boils down to one… MONEY!

– Hungarian Jews were much wealthier than their European counterparts. They had the means to do things more b’kovodik, and that was passed onto their offspring. Affluence makes it easier to do things more respectably.

– Hungarians always followed the derech of being ehrliche baalei batim, as opposed to cobblers and poor yeshiva students. This derech comes from the Chasam Sofer, who was the rov in Pressburg (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire).

– Additionally, the Yidden in Hungary were not as prosecuted by the goyim as in other regions of the continent. This allowed them to work and maintain their money better than others in Poland, Lita, etc.

– Hungary was one of the last countries to be affected by the Holocaust. Their collective psychological suffering wasn’t as lengthy as it was for others, which means that they were able to rebound more easily than Jews of other nations. (Of course, I don’t want to minimize anyone’s terrible suffering, and this is just my theory.)

– Hungarians were exposed to a culture of luxury because the Austro-Hungarian Empire was wealthier than other countries (Poland, Lithuania, Russia, etc). Again, being exposed to that wealth got transmitted into their genes, and B”H the descendants of Hungarian Jews have channeled that culture of luxury into beautiful Yiddishe traditions, enabling the rest of gang to learn from our wonderful ways and embrace beauty.

I love the PUSH mashal. Good metaphor!

It’s really important not to just get married b/c you want to get married. You SHOULD feel good about getting married, not like it’s a way out of something or there’s nothing better to do. If you marry for the wrong reasons, you will either be miserable or divorced, like one of the previous posters commented. If you should happen to be single, it’s okay to be sad…sometimes…but don’t wallow in it, and don’t let that rule your life.

I think that’s what the people who say “this will pass” mean. I don’t think they are promising anything. They are just telling you not to worry about it, b/c worrying is so draining and futile. If you’re single, you should travel and you should have fun. If you want to get married, and you’re trying, then you aren’t doing anything wrong. So don’t wallow…

very important: how does the boy intend to support his family. If he has no clear direction, RUNNNNNNNNNNNNN!