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They send email to Israel at 5 pm, that’s a bit late…..
We all have Jewish names only
We have foreign passports with Hebrew names
Europe is learning to copy with Muslim names, which are much harder to say…..
We only do one seder
The Rama paskenes to finish hallel before chatzos, but we just about managed afikoman on time, we had 15 minutes for shulchan orech, didn’t have time for the soup
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Over 100 hundred years ago, in the very beginning of the 1900’s, there was a young girl, with the last name of Shiff, who had a most beautiful and amazing voice. Her talents were nothing short of professional. She was the talk of all those that knew her. For a religious Frum girl in Vienna, Austria, coming from a traditional Torah home, professional singing was not an option.
News spread of her amazing and potential talent to a famous agent, who offered this young potential star, a very lucrative opportunity and career. Thrilled, she decided to discuss the matter with her parents. When the parents heard about this terrible news, they agreed they will do all within their power, to not allow it to be. The young girl refused to listen to her parents. Her father then took his daughter to their Rav, Rabbi Shlomo Baumgarten, who tried to convince the girl to abandon this career. Reb Shlomo, sensing that he had not swayed her, suggested that they go to Rabbi Yitzchak Meir – The Kapichinitzer Rebbe, who was in Vienna at the time. Immediately, the father went with his daughter to see the Rebbe. then spoke with the girl. “Tell me, my dear Jewish daughter, why do you want so badly to go into this line of work?”
The girl answered honestly. “It is because of the fame that I will find. l will be known throughout the world.”
The Rebbe closed his eyes, deep in thought, contemplating the aspirations the girl had just expressed. After a few moments, the Rebbe opened his eyes and began to speak. “Listen closely, my dear daughter. It is the dream of every young Jewish woman to be blessed with a child who will illuminate the world through his Torah learning. I give you my promise that if you now sacrifice your chance at fame, there will come a time when you will be blessed with a child who will light up the world. He will become the one of the Greatest Halachic authorities of his time, a Posek Hador. Your fame will come, but it will be through him, your son.”
The young girl wiped away her tears and thought deeply about the magnanimous promise the Rebbe had just made to her. She was a fine, young Jewish girl and so, after considering the offer, she accepted the Rebbe’s proposition. Rabbi Don Segal found this most earth shattering and amazing story in the Sefer Kehilot of Austria and decided to pursue the rest of the story. Rabbi Segal discovered that this girl eventually got married and had a son by the name of Shmuel. This Shmuel grew up to be, none other than, Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner, author author of Shevet Halevi, the Av Bet Din of Bnei Brak and a Posek Hador.
May we be zoche to raise such children and may we have tremendous nakhat from them ad 120!
Rav Wosner was asked why he was zoche to such a long life, he responded that he never got involved in machlokes
He received a bracaha that he would never need glasses or a cane, and although he lived till 102 he never used either!
The story of him being accepted in yeshiva goes like this :
When Rav Wosner came for the entrance exam, he failed the test and wasn’t accepted. Dejected he went to the beis hamdresh and started learning. After some time Rav Shapiro walked into the beis hamdresh and asked Rav Wosner why he is sitting there learning, to which he responded “I’ve been traveling a few days to come for the test and my soul is thirsty for learning torah. The Rav Shapiro was so impressed that he accepted him on the spot, and as they say, the rest is history
Old man, since when is a luach an authority on halacah?
Smartphones are addictive, have whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, email and other social networking programs at your fingertips 24-6 is worse than a computer.
Joseph, in Israel there is a meat brand called chofetz chaim, so you get chofetz chaim sausages 🙂
Agree with you, where i grew up, the rabbi spoke twice, in the morning after lining when the women were in shul he went over all hilchos pesach, in the mail afternoon, men only and he spoke pilpul
And street names after rabonim is acceptable? Israel is full of great, yet it find it uncomplemantry
Meet you at the corner of rashbi and baal Hanes…..
This is an halachic issue, the reason why they all say together in France is because one should say amen to one kaddish, in some shuls they insist on only one kaddish being recited, I think the rabbi of the shul should decide
Hamodia is a paper that belongs to a political party, one can’t expect them to promote another party
Eat at home and make it fancy, or donate to your shul fancy food
Just in case you aren’t aware, it’s also a ????? ??????? ????, therefore the time spent saying ????? ???? will be a good investment
It’s also a good idea to start before barmitzvah, then you get used to it
Halacah states : one should add something to the evening meal in honor of purim,
I used to wear my lenses for days on end, but I have been told to stop wearing them altogether due to harm they caused
Crackers & lox or herring, 2 types and delicious
147 the ??? ????? wore white shirt…..
Veltz : how do you know that it was fascinating if you didn’t pay attention?
Are you talking about the community rav or rebbe in cheder?
I’m over 40 and still dress up, chill guys, do what’s accepted in his environment
In Jerusalem generally they start 20 min before ?? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ??????
Jack Daniels?
So if you guys were making a choshen for the kohen gadol, you would use fakes?
The Queen of England also should use fakes, the crown jewels are worth a fortune,
. Why didn’t eliezer give rivka fakes?
Sidi, it’s an emotional thing, men don’t understand it, but know it’s the right thing to do, shabbos queen also likes fresh flowers
Yayin, the bought stuff has lots techina in, has preservatives in, and generally isn’t like “the real thing”
By us they say
Once a yeshiva guy, always a yeshiva guy…
Home made chumus is 100% chumus, store made is 16-25% chumus.
So us jerusalemites who are the laughing stock of all Americans when the city shuts down because of the snow, can’t do that anymore, mighty NY succumbed to the snow……
Yes, a new clip, but I’m not sure if I can send links to YouTube here
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Sidi, the ???? ????? explains that the point of saying ????? is one should understand what they are saying, therefore learning with ??”? is ideal for us.
Goq, kids catch illness from each other much faster than adults do
Does the song wear a hat and jacket? White shirt? It’s easy to tell if it’s Jewish
What bichlal makes a tune Jewish?
??????? is missed in Yiddish
Lior, I wasn’t using that argument to suggest early marriage, just to refute Reb yid claim that at 15 some are still immature physically
Froggie, wallmart have a new year special on tissues
Take a tour of the houses of the famous stars
I am told that because of our diets we mature early these days
Soya for example has hormones that cause early maturity
So ditch the car, get off the subway 2 stops from the office, think………
What hashem expects from you is: to take one middah or one halacah and work on it, not to fight all wars on all fronts simultaneously, because if you do, you’ll lose them all
So says my mashgiaich
One small thing at a time
Hatzlacah
There are frum people that care and are health conscious, there are some that aren’t. It’s not a hashkafa issue. I’ve never seen a Rabbi jogging, but have seen rabbis walking etc
Rabbi chaim kanyevsky takes daily walks, so did the chazon ish, Rabbi wosner regularly went swimming, I’m sure USA gadolim also did excersize to maintain their health
Rabbi Shick of breslav in the north of Israel recommends his followers to marry very young, 15 or 16
In Yemen this too was the custom, and when they emigrated to the UK or Israel we used to see young men of 17 walking around with 2!!!!!!! Wifes
Have you heard of the blind museum in Holon? It’s worth a visit
The shuk on Friday afternoon
Reb chaim in bnei barak, visit the big yeshiva while you’re there, ponevez etc
If you go up north, there are some lovely hikes, it’s snowing in the hermon
Have fun