apushatayid

After listening again to both the chumra song and the original aveira song, I have concluded that I dont like either one. I dislike the sequel even more than the original (sequels are usually never as good as the original – yes, I know that technically, one is not a sequel to the other).

Isnt this best answered by those who run day camps? why not ask them and let us know what they say.

The Goq. I’m not sure when it is that Mr. Foxman came out in defense of Oday Aboushi, but I have a hard time believing Mr. foxman made such a statement after aboushi was a featured speaker at the el Bireh Societies annual get together this past June 28th in Arlington Va. To quote Andy Kaufman of frontpagemag dot com

Certainly Mr. Foxman agrees with this sentiment. He has gotten all bent out of shape over less inflammatory things.

If boys didnt have the upper hand, would otherwise rational, intelligent and normal people promise money they dont have to a boy they never met, so that he would consider dating their daughter?

You are reading way too much into the OP.

If everyone would get close to a Rav, they will receive all the proper guidance. Of course, it’s easier to sit back and wait for someone else to do it for you and complain when they dont.

“Can “Rabbonim” set standards, and can they enforce it?”

This is not relevant. The Mishna says “asay licha Rav”. It is your responsibility to find a Rav and learn from him so he can guide you in life. If you dont do so, he cant be blamed for not taking out full page ads and hanging posters in the street detailing any shortcoming he perceives in you or your neighbors.

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for an interesting read on dov hikind bashing by ywn do a search on that site using the words hikind gordon yeshiva world

“Rav Schachter (along with a sizable chunk of other Rabbonim) holds that gluten content is what makes something Chametz.”

1)I think this is worded poorly and you really do not mean what this says. If gluten content makes something chometz, then by default all kosher lipesach matza would be gluten free and those with Celiac would have no problems on Pesach. What did you really mean?

2)Besides Rav Shachter, who are some of the other Rabbonim that belong to this sizeable chunk?

“But it doesn’t help with American oats anyway because they’re cross-contaminated with wheat.”

Which is why I specifically wrote certified gluten free oat flour.

“apushatayid: R’ Schachter is not Meikil for celiacs. He says by celiacs that Ones Rachmana Patrei.”

That may be true, but he is not my Rav. Numerous poskim a)maintain that Oats IS in fact one of the 5 types of grain and 2)maintain that is so on a doraisa level and that someone with celiac may use matza made from Certified Gluten Free Oat flour and make the bracha al achilas matza as well as hamotzi all year long whenever eating bread made from oat flour.

“I just don’t have the industrial knowledge to know what it is in that GF bread that causes it not to be KFP).”

For starters the hechsherim that certify Katz or Udis are those that follow the ashkenazic minhag not to use kitniyot on pesach and probably do not want to be involved in certifying such products. MANY certified GF products contain rice flour or corn flour, and I am guessing the preparations necessary to make a KFP run (cleaning the equipement, etc) are not cost effective.

“apushatayid, I have news for you. Your kosher supervision has been in business for a while and everybody who has ever eaten in your home has relied on it.”

But now, I am going to market it to the public.

Go to one of the parks, such as Morningside Park in Hurleyville or the park in Mountaindale. Bear Mountain is only an hour away.

there is a chumra not to sing. will that be part of the song?

“Greatest Frum Jewish Philanthropists”….

….Are the ones you never heard of.

was it the yaffed billboard?

Interesting. I always wondered why ladies adopted the practice of buttoning their jackets the way chassidim do.

“how does it make one less suited for a job such as schlepping boxes?”

Would you hire someone who had one foot out the door before their first day on the job. Typically, those who are overqualified for a position are always looking for something that fits their skill set. It is not fair to the company to hire someone who is already looking to leave. Of course, if you are the company and you wish to do chessed with your business, that is your right, however, a hiring manager whose first obligation to his employer does not typically have such leeway. From their perspective, over qualified candidates are simply not a good fit.

YAFFED (at least in their literature – I know nothing about them except what I read online at their site) does not appear to be advocating college for anyone.

On the YAFFED website under the “who we are” section, after stating why the organization was started they write:

“We, therefore, have come together to effect change, to work in concert with community leaders and public officials in order to create an improved and more diverse curriculum in our schools……”

What “community leaders” are they working in concert with by the placement of this billboard? The communities targeted by the billboard in particular and the groups overall activities in general are led by a Rebbe. How many Rebbes were consulted prior to the creation of this group or the placement of this billboard? How many community leaders are actually working with this group? I see this garnering lots of media attention and very little in the way of anything meaningful and real.

To their credit though, YAFFED is not hiding behind anonymous billboards and advertisements. They give the names and contact information of those who head up the group.

“So how does this affect the kashrus?”

Fakon (as do many other soy based “meat products”) has a reliable hechsher. It is what is sold in the DD that are under a hechsher.

“What is wrong with payless for shoes?

Nothing. What is wrong however, is that people are sitting and discussing how someone else should buy payless or second hand shoes from a thrift shop and dont fargin people a nice new pair of shoes. What is more appalling is that the subsidies for the shoes come from the owners of the shoe stores who participate in such programs and people STILL dont fargin others a pair of shoes. It is obvious you prefer the shoe store owner fund food and not shoes, however, it is not your place to tell shoe store owner how to give tzedaka.

Again, you are confusing the vouchers issues by your store with the “chessed dollars” people are talking about, not one and the same.

As for the vouchers your store donated to the local organization, obviously this organization feels they distributed the vouchers to those who need it/them. If you dont like how it is used, take it up with the organization that distributes them.

Let me ask you this question. If these children are wearing $12 payless shoes to school every day, should they wear those on shabbos as well?

Lastly, the mother who used these vouchers had to get them from a tzadaka, its enough she had to swallow her pride and approach someone for help, now you dont fargin her kids the shoes? For goodness sakes, get a grip.

Why are you reading between the lines? Just read the words that appear on the page.

“Perhaps there are hundreds or thousands of guys who have dated 5/10 years and are still single but no one seems to know where they are. Not shadchanim, not dating websites, not Rabbonim, not therapists, not the girls.”

I heard it suggested, but obviously have no way of knowing and have no idea how to even try to verify this, that the reason we dont see these guys is because they have “left the fold”, at least as the term “fold” is defined by the yeshivish community. A lot of this happens, this suggestion says, in the late high school early post high schools years (which I am calling 17-21 years old), and in fact there ARE less guys available for the average typical BY type girl. I am not a sociologist or ben sociologist, perhaps these types of guys are included under those who therapists might know of, perhaps this suggestion is outrageously wrong, I dont want to speculate it doesnt help anyone. It is abundantly clear though that, at least on a community wide level, NASI is the only group doing anything to try and resolve this problem and for that they should be commended, not condemned.

Why is everyone interested in what she looks like,the only one who should care is her chassan. Is this the people magazine website?

“How can it be that a majority of girls don’t get dates?”

Please dont put words in my mouth. I wrote many state they find it very difficult to get a date.