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Skepticism of government and “science” will be here to stay.

Your son is in 10th Grade and you know nothing about camps “at all”? Where has he been every summer until now, in a closet? Don’t mean to be rude, but most boys have been in camp since at least 5th Grade.

Where are his friends going? Most boys want to go with their friends. (Unless in this closet you have had him locked up in he has no friends.)

“Most owner-occupied clusters of summer homes are already seeing arrivals from the city.” Already? Most people who own summer homes have been going up for two months already.

Garlic works great to prevent Covid19. It encourages social distancing!

lowerourtuition11210: “Is this pure Torah event or a massive fundraising event? It can’t be both.” The last siyum already proved it can be.

If anything, the last Siyum proved that it CANNOT be both. OP is completely correct. My first Siyum was 1990 as well, and the description desrcibed what we all felt. My last Siyum was my last one. I have no intention to go to this one, for the reasons given by the OP.

Look forward to attending the Dirshu siyum instead.

CTRebbe – If you think that 50% of attendees of the Siyum Hashas don’t understand Yiddish, you are quite mistaken.

I agree that the Chassidim are under represented at the Siyum HaShas. Having almost all the speeches in Yiddish, is only going to make them have less of a reason to attend.

No one said that the majority of Jews speak Yiddish. Obviously, we are referring to Orthodox Jews, particularly those in the tri state area that would make the bulk of the attendees. Yes, it is fair to day that the VAST majority of those understand Yiddish.

To be honest, I don’t care one way or another. I have no intention of attending. I plan on going to the Dirshu siyum, where my guess is that almost all of the speeches will be in Yiddish, with no complaints.

As I recall, there were almost no Yiddish speeches at the last Siyum. I if recall there was one, maybe two. No offense to the OP, but there were many more people offended by the lack of Yiddish than those somehow “insulted” by one or two speeches.

Yabia Omer – I know that you believe that the “VAST majority of American Jews do NOT understand Yiddish”. This is a frum event in the NY area, and I would venture to say that the majority do understand Yiddish. Just simply add up all the people in Boro Park, Williamsburg, Monsey, Monroe, and the vast majority of Lakewood.

oiyveyismear – Exactly the Chet pf Adam Harishon according to the Meforshim. Adam Harishon’s logic was if I increase the power of my Yetzer Harah and I overcome, I will be better off.

We daven every day “Lo liydei nisayon”

In Europe most people ate non Shmurah Matzah (except for the sedorim). I heard from someone old enough to remember that in Munkatch there were 7 Matzah Bakeries. 2 were Shmurah and 5 were not. All were hand matzos, of course. (A concept that no longer exists, hand non-shmurah matzah.)

There is the famous story of the person who told Rav Chaim Kanievsky that his daughter’s name was “Shira”. Rav Chaim said that is not a name, and he must change it!

When asked where he got the name from, the father answered that she was born the week of Shabbos Shira, to which Rav Chaim answered “If she was born the week of Parshas Parah, would you call her Parah?”

Haggai Resnikoff learned for two years at Yeshivat HaKibbutz HaDati at Ein Tzurim before majoring in history at the University of California in Berkeley. Following graduation from Berkeley he spent several years in Israel doing graduate coursework in the Hebrew University Talmud department and learning in various batei midrash in Jerusalem. He came to Chovevei after spending a year as a Judaic Studies teacher at Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito, California. During his tenure at Chovevei Haggai had internships at Congregation Beth Sholom in Potomac, Maryland, Congregation Beth David in West Hartford, Connecticut, and Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in Manhattan as well as taking part in the JOIN Community Organizing Fellowship. He is married to Maya Resnikoff, a chaplain and educator with ordination from JTS. Haggai is interested in modern halakhic issues and their overlap with academic textual issues. He is enthusiastic about martial arts, cooking, and English literature.

If you inhale Dihydrogen Monoxide it can be fatal.

Here’s my opinion (based on personal experience):

First child – tell parents right away. They are sitting on eggshells. See above comments mentioning Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s opinion

Subsequent children – tell parents as soon as the doctor confirms all is well. Saying this unfortunately from experience.

Regarding people other than parents, there is no reason to announce. They’ll figure it out eventually. Your siblings will have heard within 30 seconds of you telling your parents (even if you tell them not to say…)

As someone who pays 5 tuitions, plus camps, I wish my biggest worry was the cost of the mikvah Friday afternoon.

In Boro Park it costs $3.00.

KolMevaser – I’m sure you must have other criteria other than a dorm. The types of yeshivas in your opening list are so varied.

BTW, some of the obvious ones are missing: Philadelphia and Riverdale.

writesoul – It is not a taste issue. Frankly, I think its an anti-Yiddish issue. For hundreds of years these were the standard names for girls. Now everyone feels the need for “Hebrew” names, and convert all the Fraidas to Aliza, Gittel to Tova, Golda to Zahava, etc. or, to use names from Tanach that no one used for 3000 years.

You think that our great grandparents didn’t know the names from Tanach? Ask anyone over 70 if they new anyone growing up named Michal, Yael, or Avigayil.

What’s wrong with nice regular Jewish names, like Gittel, Golda, Hinda, Raizel, Fraida, Blima, Faiga, etc?

Where do you all find such strange names?

Any recipes for us traditional folks, who don’t use the exotic ingredients in all the recipes you are posting?

Do blue shirts cost less than white shirts? Whether you agree or not, white shirts are standard attire in the yeshiva world. Those that wear blue shirts are making a statement of not conforming.

As they say, in Rome do as the Romans.

Vayakhel-Pekudei are separate next year. (As a general rule, it is usually separate in a Leap Year, and together in a regular year.)

I think the OP is mistaken, as are many of the replies. Shidduchim were always done the way the Chassidim do it (there is nothing “Chassidish” about that method). There always was a Shadchan, checking information, etc. No “mixers”.

We have tried for some reason to “adapt” the old way to the American “dating” system, and have the mess that we have. The blame should be put on the “dating” part, not the Shadchanim or the information part. That part hasn’t changed.

Unfortunately the MO crowd thinks that things are supposed to be the way “it used to be” in America 60 years ago. Those who now a little history outside the mess that was Orthodoxy in America before the War, know otherwise.

Almost any sofer in Boro Park will do same day checking, not only for mezuzos but for tefillin too.

Another reason is said, that the badchan is reminding everyone that they are wearing their Shabbos clothing, and they shouldn’t leave money in their pockets and forget to take it out before Shabbos.

The solution is to give the money to the badchan, so you won’t have any problem!

mods – can you please remove this misinformation post. If the best the OP can do is quote some Rabbi who would not be accepted by anyone in the “Yeshiva World”, then it doesn’t belong here.

This Rabbi was one of the rabbis involved with “ordaining” “Rabba” Sara Hurwitz. Enough said.

old man – I appreciate the compliment, especially after the discussion about Rabeinu Tam on the other thread.