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the water and coffee going through the filter is considered the tov, and the coffee grounds are the ra, so the liquid being the good part MAY be separated from the bad part of the grounds that remain in the filter.
Taking the ochel from the p’soles doesn’t help when using a keili.
As an aside, it happens to be considered p’soles from ochel.
if you use the Melitta pour over cup, or the fantastic invention called the AeroPress, you might be able to use them on shabbos with a ‘klei revii’.
If you don’t mind violating two of the 39 melachos, bishul and borer (or, I guess, meraked).
ZK,
Brewed coffee has a lot more caffeine than instant. I think it has twice the amount.
Mogold,
Wrong guy.
TCG,
Here’s the link, but apparently it was not you.
Ironically, though, in your reply, you wrote, “If that is how write in your mother tongue”, omitting the word “you”.
No big deal, we all make mistakes (and the same applies to the “100’s of plains” error).
Oh, and WIY, once Via and TC French Roast were mentioned, there was no point in continuing the discussion. 🙂
DY, let’s deal with ‘zeeskite.
I haven’t figured out yet how to deal with you. 🙂
I hope you realize that WIY and I are kidding around with each other (hence the emoticons).
DY
“And you’re not a moderator.”
And you know this how?
You didn’t remove my post.
WIY,
It’s your thread, but it’s not your website and you’re not a moderator, so too bad. 🙂
Isn’t Dunkin cholov stam?
The coffee itself is parve. After brewing it, one can put in cholov Yisroel, soy milk, cholov stam, cholov akum, or pig’s milk.
You can take a guess which ones I use.
Girls feel “old” sooner than boys so therefore the group of boys on the SYAS island is much smaller in number and older in age
Older (in age) [as opposed to older in shoe size?] makes sense, but I would think that the numbers should still be the same unless there was a an overall numbers disparity.
AZ, ehrre did you get that from? I was under the impression that long term learners stay away from SYAS because it is “the Internet”.
He was being sarcastic.
So what is the objection to an iPhone as compared to any other brand?
I’ve never heard that an iphone is more objectionable than an Android phone.
DY:
Don’t you understand anything….
I guess not…
DY: no, it is the same one.
Of course (pardon the pun). I was poking fun at the notion that the shidduch crisis (the gender disparity part) is a product of the old fashioned shidduch process, when it’s in fact a product of demographics.
BUT THAT’S TRUE OF ALL MOBILE PHONES INCLUDING “KOSHER” PHONES
It’s also true of a pack of gum, but that wasn’t your question.
Otherwise I make my own fresh coffee
Ok, let’s take this in a different direction. What’s the best fresh coffee? I like some of the Gevalia limited edition varieties, and Dunkin’ Donuts medium roast is pretty good. Oddly, I liked the Dunkin’ Decaf even more, but I haven’t seen it around.
What can you do with an iphone that you can’t do with a PC and a regular landline telephone?
Stick it in your pocket.
Starbucks Via (very expensive, though). Otherwise, Taster’s Choice French Roast.
they have not enough guys
Wow, there even a shidduch crisis online!
I missed this for Yom Kippur. Should I fast again with all of these chumras as “tashlumin”, to make up for it?
Lesschumras,
How do you deal with the fact that the poskim are constantly writing “tavo alav bracha” on someone who keeps a chumra?
The definition of a “Chossid”, according to the Ramba”m (and others) is one who goes beyond the letter of the law.
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If is not authorized for lights & sirens, how are you using lights & sirens for the time you are going through heavy traffic (even if you immediately turn it off after)? You are admitting to using lights & sirens against the law.
Do you consider a legal technicality more important than someone’s life?
Oomis,
Call Town Appliance in Lakewood (yes, they deliver). They are knowledgeable, well priced, and honest. (800) 288-1647.
Specifically which Gedolim, if any, share your sentiments?
Some of the very same whom you erroneously claim were satisfied with a poorly run secular studies program.
R’ Elya Svei zt”l was particularly known for insisting that the secular studies program in Philadelphia Yeshiva be run properly.
DY: That is your own speculation.
No, it’s not. It’s a sentiment, which aside from its obvious merits, has been expressed by many gedolim (I know I heard it from my RY) and I recently heard it from a very well known menahel, from a mainstream chareidi mesivta (the overwhelming majority of their talmidim would never dream of going to college). The fact is, that in that mesivta, many parents feel as you do, and do not have their sons attend secular studies. The menahel stated unequivocally that those boys ended up no better than those who did attend classes; the opposite was true.
Eretz Yisroel has its own unique set of social and cultural issues, so the comparison is not valid, but your assumption that one can generalize that they are on a spiritual par with, and even exceed the spiritual level of b’nei Torah in chu”l, is most certainly debatable. Even if it were true, there are so many other variables involved that it would be ridiculous to try to prove your point from that angle.
well that dosent explain sept 1-sept 15 and jun 15=jun 31
Although your dates are off, you are correct that the summer break is too long – far too long, in my opinion. The Lakewood model of an eleven month school year (for boys) is beginning to spread, though. In those yeshivas that have limudim in July, the rebbeim do get an extra months’ pay (tuition is assessed for eleven months).
Marbe: If you want more days, you can start paying more tuition to increase the teacher’s salaries.
The rebbeim and moros are paid per month, so salaries would not be increased if a few days were added.
Bubka,
Same hours, no secular studies, more Limudei Torah.
Great in theory, but for the vast majority, it doesn’t work. They need other pursuits, and if there’s no secular studies program, they’ll find some less wholesome activities to engage in.
You also seem to ignore my point that a shoddy secular studies program is a disaster (and hence to identify a mesivta which has one, unless talking to someone considering sending to that mesivta, is surely L”H).
Even your point about replacing secular studies with more learning has nothing to do with a bad secular program, which is still, besides the other negatives, a waste of time.
If someone would post the name of a mesivta which had no secular studies program, I wouldn’t call it L”H. But there’s no rational way to defend referring to a yeshiva’s secular program as “not serious”.
The Litvishe gedolim only recognize the “need” for the secular studies as a b’dieved because the government requires it and if they didn’t offer it many parents would not send their children to a good yeshiva
That may have been true initially, but after seeing the products of both types of mesivtas, they would have a secular program even if there were no government regulations or parental influence. Nowadays, kids that age can’t handle a full day of learning, and a secular education, aside from having its own value, is far better than the other ways the boys would otherwisw spend their time.
Sure, it would be great if kids could keep an intensive, 12 hour a day learning schedule. But they can’t.
There is also no valid defense for having a shoddy secular studies department. Once there is a secular studies program, whether you think there should be one or not, it should be well run and taken seriously. A shoddy secular studies program is horrible chinuch because it encourages poor work habits, and poor middos (because unless the secular studies are taken seriously, inevitably the students act disrespectfully towards the teachers. It’s also a chillul Hashem.
“they do not have a serious secular studies program.”
Why is this not loshon hara?
It absolutely is either loshon hora, or, more likely, motzi shem ra.
Most Litvishe gedolim in America recognized the need for a secular studies program for mesivta aged boys, and even those who are against it would agree that if there is one, it must be a serious program.
dass yachid –REBBE PLONI IS BUSY WATCHING HIS OWN KIDS ON HIS OFF DAYS AND GETS NO HOUSE WORK DONE.
Poor guy. Should the entire school schedule be based on him?
How about the kids, who are exhausted after Yom Tov and need the day off?
How about rebbeim whose wives are teachers and also have the day off?
How about rebbeim who have alternate child care options, such as the kids’ grandparent, teenage siblings, or neighbors?
How about the working parents such as Syag who have their priorities straight?
Because that makes absolutely zero sense, Pops!
Shall I explain?
I believe PBA is addressing the notion that “sheosani kirtzono” reflects a positive attibute of nashim, by pointing out that the converse would mean that men were not created kirtzono (which is, of course, absurd).
It does, but only in very special schools where the pricipal realizes his great achrayus, not when the pricipal sees his school as the “family business”.
The two aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive.
Marbehshalom,
I didn’t mean that a rebbe tutors during his “vacation” days. I meant that many tutor on a nightly basis, besides for preparation, so that other necessities, such as shopping, home maintenance, etc. are taken care of during those days off.
I’m not trying to minimize the problem; we all know how expensive it is to raise a family, and tuition is the biggest expense for many. There’s a reason why it’s been called the “tuition crisis”.
But don’t make mechanchim the scapegoats. They are actually, for the most part, victims just as much as parents.
I don’t know what the solution is; I don’t particularly think it’s anyone specific’s fault, it’s just an unpleasant fact of life. But nothing is gained by blaming the rebbeim and moros.
its not like they can use the off days for a second job.
That’s true, but they can use it to take care of other obligations, which might enable them to do some private tutoring during other times to bring in some extra income.
It was mentioned earlier in the discussion that rebbeim and morahs have summeres off. It should be noted that most rebbeim and some (although not as many) morahs do work during the summer months, either tutoring, or in day camps or sleep-away camps.
if parents would have more time to work maye they will be able to afford more tuition
A couple of days’ extra pay will go straight to tuition? Unlikely, to say the least.
Marbehshalom,
Giving them days off helps them, if not you.
It’s being quite dramatic to claim that a woman can’t take a job because of a few days when she needs someone other than the school to care for her children.
Why are people complaining about the rebbes and morahs having so many days off? If it’s such an enviable job, become a rebbe or morah yourself!
I humbly beg mechila for the times I may have insulted other posters.
Women obtain “da’as” at 12, men at 13.
The fact that women mature faster than men is Halacha L’Moshe Mi’Sinai.
What is the health benefit to metitzah with a tube?
It removes the blood, even that which is distant from the wound.
The Aruch Hashulchan is in O”C 603:2.
147, do you feel that the Aruch Hashulchan was being disrespectful to your RY?
Why do you still do metzitza at all (with a tube)?
Because the Gemara says that not to do metzitza is a sakana.
Sam2,
For the record, I wasn’t saying that he’s a rasha, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there are gedolim who hold he is. He certainly seems to be very antagonistic towards the RW, especially chassidim.
I can relate a (unconfirmed) quote about him from a well known litvishe RY – “He’s a second rate talmid chochom… and a third rate scientist”.
This was before the MBP controversy.
And yes, my point wasn’t to prove the ancient origins of metzitza b’peh; my main point , you conceded.
It is mistaver, though, that it was performed b’peh in the times of Chaza”l and earlier. The issue is whether b’peh was b’davka, or simply the available method.
147,
Disagreeing with someone’s halachic opinion, especially when the opinion was not quoted in the person’s name, is not disrespectful.
From the OU’s site:
Aged Cheese List
By: Rabbi Avraham Gordimer
Here are some common cheeses and the lengths of time for which they are aged:
Bleu: 2-4.5 months
Brie: 3-6 weeks
Camembert (French-made): 3-5 weeks
Cheddar: 2 months to 2 years or longer (Sharp cheddar is aged for at least 5 months *)
Colby: 1-3 months
Edam: 3 months
Emental (Swiss Cheese-Switzerland): 6-14 months *
Feta (from cow milk): brined 2-3 months
Feta (from goat or sheep milk): brined 3-6 months
Gouda: 3 months
Gruyere: 7 weeks-3 months
Monterey: 2 months
Mozzarella: 30 Days
Muenster: 5-7 weeks
Parmesan: 10-24 months or more *
Provolone: 3-12 months (* If variety of Provolone which is aged approx. 6 months)
Romano: 5-12 months *
Swiss Cheese/American-Made: 3-4 months
* = Must Wait After Consumption According to OU Poskim
Sam2,
I’m just saying that if you want to convince anyone of anything you have to begin by agreeing on the same premises.
If that’s true, then there’s no point in discussing it. They don’t agree to the premise that there’s a RS”O who want us to do a bris to begin with.
Rather, we argue from the point of view that they are infringing upon our beliefs, and those who practice MBP indeed believe that it’s an age old practice.
He has a right to his opinions, even if he’s in the minority.
So do all of the big talmidei chachamim who feel that he is a rasha. The negativity you are seeing here is not merely from cynical, anonymous bloggers. There’s no reason for you, who are broad minded, not to accept the legitimate opinion that he is not a talmid chochom as a valid opinion.
We make the Borei P’ri Haetz on the date.
Sam2,
Kabbalah wouldn’t have attributed significance to something which wasn’t in practice.
Your assertion that we need to approach this according to the other side’s perspective is incomprehensible to me. They don’t think there’s any significance to bris mila at all!
