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Oorah is giving away tickets to Israel every night of Chanuka. and it’s free to enter. Check it out- and congrats on making aliyah!!
My REAL birthday was this week 🙂
“Nobody is forcing you to send your daughter. If you feel there is a perceived peer-pressure, GET OVER IT. HANDLE IT LIKE A MATURE ADULT. Don’t knock every one else who can afford it.”
+1
WIY- I understand the enormous responsibility that women have. But you can’t possibly think that the responsibility lies solely with us. What apushatayid said is right. Since the beginning of time, men have shifted the blame to us, women. Yes, women have great influence over men, but to say that we are the direct and only cause is simply untrue. Why are men unable to accept responsibility? I’m not trying to minimize the responsibility of a woman. I’m just trying to understand why men can never take any.
Thats what I understood from your first post. I’m still trying to understand how your second post answers my question.
Look at the ads- Kleins Monument Factory and Misaskim. How ironic!
(I wrote a whole long thing but it got deleted by mistake, sorry)
It is very hard to understand. But if it makes you feel better, you aren’t really supposed to, you’re not God.
sorry Yatzmich, I misunderstood you.
WIY can you please explain what you meant b4??
WIY and Yatzmich- What are you saying? that the reason for all the problems in todays Jewish society is because girls are slipping in their tznius? Because that’s not true.You say that if a girl has a boyfriend it’s because she dresses provocatively. So it’s not at all the guys problem?? Please!?!?? Why are you not holding the guys accountable??
Maybe you are right in saying that Hashem is sending us a message. But I don’t think you are in a position to diagnose the problem. I feel like everyone blames the women for Klal Yisroels problems. What happened to “Bzchus nashim tzidkanios nigalu avoseinu,,,,v’asidin l’higael” We are the reason Moshiach will come. So please don’t label us women as the ‘problem’.
Ken Zayn- here you go. Oh, and I’d rather coffee, not tea. Thanks.
abseil- to rappel
aubergine- eggplant
barrister-
bedsit- a rented single room and bathroom
buggy- can be a few things but I’ll say baby carriage
bespoke-
biscuit- cookie
bonnet- hat (old fashioned0
candy-floss- caravan
courgette- zucchini
estate-car- station wagon
ex-directory- phonebook
fly-over- when a place is a short flying distance away
fortnight- 2 weeks
full-stop
greengrocer- a grocer who sells vegetables
hob hoover
handbrake
ice-lolly- a popsicle
icing-sugar- icing
jumper- a pullover sweater
kitchen-roll
lodger- someone who lodges?
lollipop-man
lorry- truck
motorway- higway
nappy- diaper
number-plate- license plate
overdraught- when u spend more than u have in the bank (isn’t it with an f?)
petrol- gas
plaster- what you plast with
plimsoles- sounds familiar but i don’t know
postcode- area-code
rubber- do u mean rubbers? if yes then rainboots
rubbish- garbage
rucksack- backpack?
sellotape- do u mean cellotape?
serviette- a napkin, towel, tissue
spanner- i think it’s a tool of some sort
sweets- candy
trainers- sneakers
marrow- like the thing thats in bones?
verruca- Charlie and the chocolate factory 🙂 like, a wart?
whinge-
windscreen- windshield
bumper- the thing on your car
zed- the letter “z”
Okay, some of these I completely made up if you can’t tell.
oneofmany-I had the same problem so I called Apple and they said:
1) Don’t charge too frequently
2) when u do charge it, only charge it until the battery is full. Never leave your iPod plugged in for an extended period of time, like overnight. That totally destroys the battery.
Goq- that’s so sad. I’m sorry. I remember the only time I was ever hit. I had done something really bad and my father told me that he would wait a few hours before he potched me because he wanted to make sure it was out of love, not anger. I think I’ll always remember that.
I do not feel that hitting is helpful in any way. How does hitting teach anything but violence? Hitting can scar people for life. But that’s just my opinion and evidently there are people who believe that hitting is beneficial. If you do feel it’s absolutely necessary to strike your child, count to 30 and make sure there’s not one ounce of anger in the slap. Because if there is, it’s not discipline, it’s violence.
Jewish concerts??
awww thx
*blushing*
I knew you were English! (u are aren’t you?) You say things funny- like maths. And you totally post with an English accent!!
I am so looking forward to shabbos. I had such a hard week. So, have an amazing shabbos everybody, full of rest, menuchah and happiness:)
We are all born with predispositions, some good and some bad but in the end it is really our choice whether to fight off our bad tendencies and be a good person.
Did that even make sense? Sorry, my head is all jumbled up and I cant get a sentence out straight.
thx mods! I love the coffeeroom and i rlly appreciate everything you do. Just ignore the ppl who complain. They don’t seem to realize that you have your own lives outside the coffeeroom.
I wear the Ralph Lauren button down mens shirts because they are more tznius than the really fitted girls ones.
popa- Fine, take the mitzvah. I’m doing it Lishma. (and I prob. get sechar too. It’s just a commandment for men cuz they need the whole requiring thing to actually do it. Unlike… oh right, women.)
Note: that last part was in a mocking tone too
Aries is so right. It is most definitely lashon Hara to talk about this. Even though you are not necessarily saying specific names it is still Lashon Hara. For example, when you see a rainbow you are not supposed to point it out because it is like you are speaking Lashon Hara about Klall Yisroel.
Another thing, Unless you know the whole situation, you absolutely may not judge. Everybody has their struggles and tznius may be theirs. I’m not justifying what these women are doing but judging them is so not right.
Maybe tznius is not your struggle so you don’t know how it feels.
It’s like when we learn about how Bnai Yisroel used to be oved avodah zarah we say how can they have done that? it’s completely irrationa1. we cannot comprehend how they could have done things like that. If Bnai Yisroel from that generation would see us now they wouldn’t believe how we can do what we do now. But Hashem gives everybody their specific nisayon and unless you are in that persons shoes you cant judge them.
So Aries, +1
so abcd2- i should ask her not to cut my nails in order? She’ll think I’m psycho!!
Hi, can someone answer my questions?
1) Do these halachos apply if someone else is cutting your nails for you? Should you tell the manicurist to cut every other nail? And should you only go get a manicure on the days that u are allowed to cut your nails?
2) Also- is filing your nails considered cutting?
Maybe it’s just me but I never minded learning Meforshim like the Kli Yakar, Malbim, Ramban… I found it made class more interesting. I hated it at the beginning because it was really hard but then i grew into it.
Who says the Torah is exclusively for men? Why should they be the only ones who know how to open up a Ramban and understand it? It’s YOUR Torah too, don’t you want to be able to learn it??
I’m not saying that in my spare time I open up a sefer and learn but I do realize now that it’s important for girls to learn. I hope that you can grow to enjoy the different meforshim and really gain from them.
All the best.
Please come back AYC!!! THe coffeeroom has been so boring without you. I never doubted you for a minute. I hope u can forgive us and return to us soon!!
This once happened to me but I was the one who dialed. I redialed someone who had just called me by mistake and then (ahhhh, i’m still embarrassed) I said something mean about her. I felt so bad bec me and my friend talked abt her for like 3 minutes until she hung up. That really taught me not to speak Lashon Hara.
MR is in Har Nof, next to the Jerusalem forest, very centrally located. They let you pick alot of your classes which is amazing. They take very good care of you- like they find you places for shabbos and if enough girls want they keep the dorms open and cook for you on shabbos and yom tov. It is a relatively new seminary which has its pros and cons. I heard that it is very well established for a new seminary.
Whatever you choose I wish you all the best.
Do these halachos apply if someone else is cutting your nails for you? Should you tell the manicurist to cut every other nail? And should you only go get a manicure on the days that u are allowed to cut your nails?
Zahavasdad, in Cedarhust, Central Ave is having supposedly huge black Friday sales. There are quite a few sefarim stores there. Z. Bermans, Judaica Plus, Five Towns Judaica. Check it out.
omg… thank you!!! I’ve always wanted a subtitle!!!
mods, can i have “if the shoe fits…”?
Starting early is good but i want shabbos to end later. i don’t like it that shabbos is over at like 5:30
ok, i don’t think it’s necessary to start a petition just because thats a little harsh, but you are definitely welcome to ignore Ice Cream if you want to. And Ice Cream, admit it, you were a little annoying, no sorry, REALLY annoying. Why don’t you just start over with a different user name or refrain from posting for a little while, say… a year or two?
Okay, sorry, that was a little harsh too.
Shtickyguy is awesome. He has a really gr8 sense of humor. He’s one of those ppl where the username matches the personality.
It depends on the game.
There is a corelle store near Roosevelt field mall in Garden City and if you bring in your broken dishes, they replace them (I think). I don’t know the exact location but try googling it.
2scents, it all depends on the kid. If your kid is the type to hang out with guys here and get drunk here and do stupid things here then of course you shouldn’t send him/her. But if your kid is responsible and wouldn’t think of breaking curfew or going to ben yehudah or hanging out with guys, why wouldn’t you send him/her? It all boils down to knowing and trusting your child.
hey mods- i know youre busy but I really want a subtitle. Please?? Then I’ll feel like an official member of the coffeeroom. Thanks in advance 😉
TWIXXXXX!!! there is always one in my bag for those “I need chocolate” moments. I don’t really like chocolate but that is the only exception.
Can you please translate these words???
Anyone here into “A series of unfortunate events”? My little sister got me obsessed with them even though they are kind of kids books. Lemony Snicket is a literary genius. I esp love his dedications. (V’hameivin Yavin) I definitely recommend them.
all time fav words:
epiphany
doink(y)
Drink alot of water, it cancels out the bad stuff.