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You didn’t seemingly rely on me.
Allow something which is assur because others are more assur? I don’t think so.
I don’t know if those kehillos would fall back on it b’sha’as had’chak to do melachah.
I hadn’t read upthread. Cool. I’m also proud of the fifth grade popa.
In a case of extreme and dire need, the person isn’t concerned about theory.
Excellent point popa. Though many of the top franchises are not food related as I said.
Yes, but the kosher ones are.
So are you in favor of or against a franchise which sell sukkahs and s’chach?
There is a chiyuv to give tochachah when a certain line is crossed, but I don’t see how you are differentiating between “intrinsic halachic nature” and “behavior”. I guess I’m not clear in how you’re using those terms.
Flatbusher, how and why are those different?
When you say Chaf-K, do you mean Kof-K? Because I personally am more comfortable with them than the others you mentioned. Cup-K, OTOH, is no good.
KVH is supposed to have improved, but I’m not so familiar with it.
How is he doing?
Will bl”n add her name in R’foeinu. Keep us posted before surgery, will bl”n say some Tehillim then.
I love your attitude, oomis.
Joseph, ZD, if kosher restaurants would have to sell at the same prices as treif restaurants, I don’t think they could turn a profit.
29, Carlos & Gabby’s (east coast kosher Mexican chain) could copy Taco Bell’s menu if they wanted (I have no idea if they do).
I’m not sure why one would expect a kosher version of a treif restaurant to be any better than a regular kosher restaurant. If the food is good at good prices, it should succeed either way, and if not, not.
The novelty of a kosher Taco Bell might get people in the door, but they’ll only come back if it’s good on its own merits.
Of course they wouldn’t get too many non-kosher customers with the price of kosher supplies being much higher than non-kosher.
If the food was good, they would have had enough kosher customers to stay open, novelty or not.
CTL, what’s her Tehillim name?
I heard Subway didn’t work because the food wasn’t good.
Who says you can light a second before shkiah? The actual shkiah can vary from posted times because of atmospheric conditions, so you need to give a couple of minutes as a buffer to make sure.
See, you’re pushing college, and that’s not necessarily wrong for some people, but based on your own experience, you ended up in your own business rather that using your CUNY degree, so it’s not necessarily right for everyone either.
I think you’ve mentioned that you sell online. That doesn’t require a degree, does it?
If a business has growth you dont need as much to buy a pre-existing business
Hmmm?
No one in their right mind would pay 150k down for a business they have to work at full-time 5 days a week that nets only 30k.
What if they think it’s got a lot of growth potential?
The part that’s silly is that it seems that (at least someone on) each side is not recognizing the advantages of the other side.
This is silly. If we’re generalizing, it’s really very simple.
A college degree (al pi teva) is an advantage for a career, but not a guarantee.
Going to college can be a spiritual pitfall, but a downfall is also not certain.
For a man, factor in bitul Torah.
So, it’s a balance between the possible advantages and the possible disadvantages.
V’su lo midi.
Your loss.
Ubiquitin, I’m not arguing good/bad for the overall economy. I’m saying prices will go up.
Gavra, it increases profit by lowering costs.
I understand that increased labor costs can incentivize automation, aside from cutting corners on other forms of customer service. I just don’t know how much, and the proponents can claim that the overall benefit to the workers outweighs the loss. They may even be right.
CA, I’m not discussing the social or political aspect, just how it affects prices.
I don’t think what I’m saying, that prices increase with higher labor costs, is really debatable. Whether the overall economy improves is more complex, and might very well be a subject of debate, and certainly, the social, moral, and political aspects aren’t so clear cut.
Also, ubiquitin, your answer to my question would not favor minimum wage increases.
A well lit parking lot will bring in more customers; higher labor costs for the same labor will not.
Gavra, I can grant the minimum wage increase proponents that we haven’t reached that point.
Why should they? They may impact whether it’s worth it to be in business, but if the motive is profit, that is determined by profit per item x number of items sold – flat overhead. The number of items sold is heavily influenced by the price, and the profit per item is a product of price – cost per item, but flat overhead doesn’t influence the customer’s decision whether or not to make a purchase.
I mean cost per item sold. Flat expenses should not factor in.
Of course it depends on supply and demand, but cost per item (which impacts profit per item sold) should definitely also factor in, and there’s almost no way for increased cost per item sold to not result in higher prices.
I am assuming that higher labor costs result in higher cost per item, because there is a limit to how much product one worker can produce (serve, etc.). This may not be true for every business but should be true for most.
Ubiquitin, it probably would. It would depend on controlling for other factors. I’d like to hear.
Is higher cost generally leading to higher prices really debatable? What would be the theory behind it not?
It actually does apply to other situations (e.g. barber), but since for the most part, despite it technically being muttar, the poskim frown upon it, it’s kind of reserved for cases of need. A haircut is just not that important.
Handshaking is a different story. The poskim who asser, according to my understanding, hold that it is inherently derech chibah so ???? ??????? doesnt apply.
Do you ask grape juice bottle labels all of your shailas?
I mean, they’re saying it’s considered grape juice and according to some opinions etc., but it should be a posek who determines whether you should use wine (as many poskim, including R’ Moshe, hold) or don’t need to, not the Kedem company.
I can’t imagine it would be so awful that he couldn’t drink four cups of it.
I think the desirability of those jobs by frum women because of the ability to have flexible hours has something to do with it.
Where did you ask me a shayla and seemingly rely on me?
Based on ‘??? ???? ?”?, ? the poskim are mattir (at least b’dieved, depending on the specific situation) a male doctor dealing with female patients.
The idea is that the issur is based on the concern that there will be improper thoughts, which is reduced by his mental involvement in the job he is doing.
This obviously has nothing to do with Shabbos.
The rabbonim are not misinformed. The internet is dangerous (some therefore are totally machmir, but many do allow some access), and most secular entertainment is assur.
Who cares how they and I know it? You know it’s the truth and you’re not fooling anyone if you say it’s mostly fine.
An exam with a 90+% pass rate is a formality, any way you put it
An exam can be muderously difficult yet have a high pass rate. It depends on the barrier to get to the point of taking the exam.
Why is it an insult to be in a low-barrier field?
I think if someone works very hard for something and the attitude is, “no big deal, anybody could do that”, that could be insulting.
You’re doing it again.
It’s also odd that you would question his desire to rebuke. It is a mitzvah. Yes, perhaps sometimes it is “lo sisa alav chet” and you can’t do it in practice, but you’re still supposed to want to do the mitzvah. Not to put someone down, ch”v, which some have cynically accused LF of, but because you don’t want him to do the aveirah and cause chillul Hashem.
NC, the heter is tarud b’umnaso. It doesn’t need to be pikuach nefesh.
I can’t speak for Dirshu or their “pass” rates.
I think you missed my point.
A high pass rate doesn’t mean there isn’t an entrance barrier; that barrier may very well be long before the stage of taking exams.
What are the percentages for actuarial boards?
Also, not sure percentages reflect difficulty. Say 90% passed Dirshu’s exams – that doesn’t mean it’s easy, and a huge percentage of the overall population would fail.
Soloveitchik Grape Juice
Made by Lipton?
And I hope you don’t go OTD from mine.
Popa, I hope mik5 doesn’t go OTD from that tochachah.
Not every one who receives harsh rebuke goes OTD.
Yes, I agree with you that different people need to be treated differently. That’s why you can’t make the same rules for everyone.
You didn’t answer my last question.
Kapusta, the point can’t be stressed enough that tochacha does not mean harsh scolding (unless only that will be effective).
In s similar vein, someone once complained to the Chofetz Chaim that no matter how much he yells at people not to be mechallel Shabbos, they don’t stop.
The Chofetz Chaim asked him if when he puts on tefillin, he yells.
He responded that there’s no inyan to yell when putting on tefillin.
The Chofetz Chaim told him that there’s no inyan to yell when giving rebuke either.
ZD, I’ll repeat what I wrote earlier: Was it the tochacha which sent them OTD, or perhaps watching movies made them go OTD? Or perhaps whatever caused them to watch movies also caused them to go OTD?
Also, do you consider not watching movies a chumra or obligatory, and if the former, would you say the same about something obligatory?