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oot for life, I tried to post the answer, with the steps I used to solve it, but the mods aren’t approving it yet. I still see it highlighted in yellow.
Mods, is there a way to hide a post until the reader clicks a button?
Here are the steps I followed to solve it (it only took me 10 minutes to recreate). I put the clue number before the step where appropriate:
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. – second house is blue
13. The German smokes Prince. – not the first house
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. – not middle house
The second house can’t drink coffee, smoke Dunhills, or be the Brit, because it’s blue
4. The green house is just to the left of the white house. – House 3 can’t be white, house 5 can’t be green, and house 1 can’t be green or white
5. The owner of the green house drinks coffee. – not the middle house. Therefore, House #4 must be green, and drinks coffee. That means #5 is white.
1. The Brit lives in a red house. – the only colors left are yellow and red. We know the Norwegian is in house 1, so he must be yellow. That means House 3 is red, and is the Brit
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. – house 1, the Norwegian
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. – house 2
So at this point we know the following:
House 1 – Norwegian, yellow, Dunhill
House 2 – Blue, horses
House 3 – Brit, red, milk
House 4 – Green, coffee
House 5 – White
3. The Dane drinks tea. – can’t be house 4
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. – can’t be house 1, because he smoked Dunhill. Only drink left for house 1 is Water
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water. – house 2
13. The German smokes Prince. – not house 3
For house 3, the only brand left is Pall Mall
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. – Brit, in house 3
2. The Swede keeps dogs. – not house 2
13. The German smokes Prince. – not house 2
House 2 must be the Dane, and therefore drinks tea
Therefore, house 5 drinks beer
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
Therefore, house 4 smokes Prince
13. The German smokes Prince.
Therefore, house 5 is the Swede
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. House 3 is birds, so house 1 must be cats
2. The Swede keeps dogs.
The only item left is the German keeping fish.
No, but you can post it in a separate thread and write “spoiler alert – answer to zebra puzzle” in the title.
Ok, I solved it this morning. Took me about half an hour.
Should I post the answer, or do other want to try and figure it out themselves?
My wife’s sister lives with her family in Ramat Beis Shemesh. They are definitely chareidim. They have a neighbor who is not frum at all, whose son was going into the army during the fighting in Gaza earlier this year.
The neighbor told my SIL how she’s nervous for her son, but also proud of what he was doing. My SIL told her children to daven for him. She got the full name of the boy, and gave it to her kids. They also took it to yeshiva, and told their Rebbe what the situation was. The Rebbe told the class that they need to appreciate the soldiers, and daven for their protection. He wrote the name of the boy on the side of the board (don’t know if it was chalk or a whiteboard), and said, “Have in mind that our learning should be a zchus to protect him! If anyone else has names of soldiers, we will add them to the list!”
Every morning after that, the Rebbe would start class by reading the names of the soldiers, and saying out loud that their learning should be a zchus to protect them.
My SIL told her neighbor this, and she broke down crying in appreciation of what they were doing. Showing appreciation causes a great kiddush Hashem!
Here we go again. Another thread that has disintegrated into the old Zionism arguments.
Let’s look at the original premise of the thread: why do we have these arguments? There are legitimate Rabbonim on both sides, so why don’t we just say each side should follow its own Rabbonim, and that’s it?
Let’s look at some other well-known machlokisim:
Next week, Bonei Olam is having a Chinese Auction – in Williamsburg! But the Satmar Rebbe held that IVF was NOT allowed, and children born from it could be mamzerim! Why don’t Satmar chassidim protest the Bonei Olam auction?
Many chassidim never accepted R’ Moshe’s heter for regular milk in the US. For them, it’s not chumrah, regular milk is assur! Yet I’ve never seen chassidim arguing strongly against someone accepting the heter and drinking regular milk!
Why is Zionism different? Why don’t people just accept that it is a machlokes, and people should just follow their Rav’s opinion?
I don’t think it’s the same. As frumnotyeshivish said, there are two parts to this – halachic and political. If your Rav holds it’s assur to go up, then don’t! But there are many big Rabbonim who hold that with the proper preparations, you can go on certain parts of the Har HaBayis. If you follow one of those Rabbonim, there is no reason not to go. Obviously you shouldn’t shop around for a heter!
The political question is a different one. My personal belief is that the Arabs claim it incites violence, but they’re really just looking for an excuse. If it wasn’t this, it would be something else. They want to kill Jews, plain and simple.
Honestly, if he doesn’t want to fix things, there’s not much you can do. He can leave a get with the beis din, and get a heter me’ah rabbonim to remarry. If you won’t be happy anyway, why do it to yourself? Hilchos gittin exist for a reason. Sometimes you have to do it. Yes, it says the mizbe’ach cries for a divorce, but do you think Hashem enjoys it when a husband and wife can’t live peacefully together?
Lior: Ok, can you tell me what really happened?
oomis, I don’t believe that in the legend, Icarus was trying to compete with the Greek gods. Icarus’s father, Daedalus, built the labyrinth for the king of Crete. The king imprisoned them there. To escape, Daedalus built the wings. Icarus was simply overcome with the joy of flying, and ignored his father’s warnings. He flew too high, the wax melted, and he fell.
My post from a few months ago http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/getting-closer-to-hashem easily relates to the story of Icarus. We all need to know our place!
And your point is….?
Honestly, I don’t know enough about the details of Hilchos Shabbos to argue with them. I just know that my Rav told me it’s a bunch of garbage. I seem to recall reading an RCA statement on it, although I can’t find it now. It rejected the app.
I only hope that it never gets released. I think that anyone who actually uses it most likely wasn’t really keeping Shabbos beforehand either.
I think the best answer is to not force chareidim into the army, but government stipends should only be given to those who have done their service. No army? No money for you!
I have an iPhone 5. I avoided getting a smart phone for years, but after getting promoted at work, my company wanted me to have one. I said fine, you want me to have one, you pay for it! So they are! I was told that sometime in the next year I’ll be upgraded to an iPhone 6. I don’t care that much either way.
Avram, notasheep: I have no problem with someone asking to switch seats. I don’t sneer at anyone for it. Avram, you mentioned asking to deplane. If a chareidi wants to get off the plane because (s)he will have to sit next to the opposite gender, that’s fine. My issue is when planes are delayed because either they wait until the last second to decide to leave, or when they refuse to sit down, but want to stay on the plane. Either case causes other people to look at them in a bad light, and causes a chillul Hashem.
You want to leave the plane if you can’t get a seat you find acceptable? Fine, but get there early enough so you don’t cause a delay. I have absolutely no problem with that.
As for spending extra money for a seat (as DaasYochid posted about): so it costs a lot. So what? How much is halachah worth? We spend thousands of dollars extra every year to ensure we eat only glatt kosher meat, many people spend extra to eat/drink only chalav Yisrael. For Pesach, how much is spent on cleaning help to ensure that we go beyond the requirements of cleaning for Pesach? How much do we spend on the extra-mehudar hand made matzos when machine shmurah matzah can be just as acceptable? The fact is that we spend tens of thousands of dollars every year on things that are really chumros, but are important to us. Why should this be any different?
DaasYochid, I’m not aware of any teshuvos arguing on R’ Moshe. If you know of one, please let me know.
Here is a translation of the teshuva:
sem613: There’s a big difference between a preference and a demand. In your case, you wouldn’t want it. You may even ask to switch. But what if the response was “No”? Would you then refuse to sit in your seat? That is the issue here. I have no problem with someone requesting a seat change. But you can’t demand it, then refuse to sit in the sit you were assigned if you don’t get your way.
Let them learn the Igros Moshe a bit, where R’ Moshe zt”l paskens that it’s muttar l’chatchilah to sit next to a woman on a bus or train. I see no reason the same shouldn’t apply here.
147, I don’t know, because the kibbud hasn’t been auctioned off yet for my shul.
I do know that the person who usually gets chosson Torah (the same person has been buying it for him for many years) has finished Shas many, many times. I believe he has taught the entire Shas to others (via Daf Yomi and other shiurim) about 6-7 times already. He has an incredible knowledge of Shailos u’teshuvos from the major poskim, and can quote from all of them with ease.
Definitely deserving of chosson Torah!
DaasYochid, there’s nothing wrong with giving the OP advice. After all, he came here looking for it, didn’t he? He’s not required to listen, but when he wants advice, why not give it to him?
Ok, I haven’t seen any guesses on the first one I posted, so here’s the answer.
It’s also I Want to Know, by Miami Boys Choir. It’s even from the same part of the song – exactly the same part, in fact.
In the original release (on Miami Meets Toronto), the full line was “So now my days are filled with truth, It’s given me peace, feels like my youth”.
When it was performed at Miami Experience, that line was changed to, “So now my path becomes so clear, I’m part of a chain linking thousands of years”.
They actually changed a lot of lines from the song. I like the original version much better.
Yom Kippur is about forgiveness. Rosh HaShanah is not. On Yom Kippur, we all confess our sins, so we declare that ALL sinners are welcome.
Ok.
The first one was sort of a trick question. The answer is staring you right in the face.
Where’s DaasYochid? He should know this!
I recently sang at a chuppah. For Mi Adir, I used the tune from Chatzos Lailah, from Miami Boys Choir. For Mi Bon Siach, I used the one from Lev V’Nefesh 2. Then, I used Shwekey’s Im Eshkacheich.
Ok, back to naming tunes! Here are 2 more, personal favorites of mine (although they should be easy!)
It’s given me peace, feels like my youth
I’m part of a chain linking thousands of years
catch yourself: throwing the PC out the window is like throwing your entire closet out just to get rid of the peanut butter.
Randomex, I don’t know if I’d consider some of those songs as emotional. I Will Follow Him? Really? That’s emotional? Mitzvah Tantz?
The other issue is that as I said, he doesn’t write his own material. Take Deaf man in the Shteeble. Yes, it’s a touching story. Many people enjoy it. But they don’t know that it’s taken from a song about a baseball player whose father was blind, and after his father dies, he says, “It’s the first time that my father saw me play!” It takes away a lot from it.
Lenny Solomon makes Shlock Rock.
Country Yossi does have some touching songs (Deaf Man in the Shteeble, anyone?), but mostly does funny. He also doesn’t write much original music, although he does write his own lyrics.
IMO, Abie Rotenberg is one of the best (if not the best) composer of Jewish music over the last century. Look how many of his songs are known by almost the entire Jewish world! They have withstood the test of time. He also has some funny songs, but I don’t know if he wrote his own lyrics or someone else did it for him. They’re in the Journeys series: Ninth Man on the Team, The Wedding Song, Atheist Convention, etc.
But yes, AR does touching better than most. Some songs were pointed out already. I’d add In a Vinkaleh, Conversation in the Womb, Who Am I?, Memories, and some others.
Moishe Online, from Destiny 4. Really, throwing your entire PC out the window? The problem is the user, not the PC.
Learning, saying tehillim, etc are great in the right time, but during davening on R”H is not the right time! He needs to go to a shul where he’ll be able to concentrate on the davening, not use something else to distract himself!
Why can’t I answer it?
Why can’t you go to another minyan? If the davening just makes you want to scream, then you probably shouldn’t be there.
Country Yossi and the Shteeble Hoppers! In the Year…
Randomex, I see why you’d think that, but I don’t think those words are from that song (unless there’s a second version with slightly different words.) I’m listening to it right now to double-check.
I’m not sure where those words are from.
Some of your words are slightly off, but it’s still recognizable as Country Boy.
It’s Be a Mentch, from Miami Experience 2.
Here’s a hint: the album came out in 1992, and was second in a series.
I can’t believe DaasYochid hasn’t gotten it yet!
Dash: In order to (properly) season a pan, it needs to be heated in an oven. I don’t know how factory seasoning is done, but my Rav said a self-clean should be enough no matter how it’s done.
Is there a user here named “The Future”? I checked and didn’t see a profile page for that name.
Dash, my Rav told me that’s enough.
Ok, getting back to actual words instead of trying to write out a tune…
“Thinking of your friends should be a rule of thumb”
PAA: I agree with that.
Wow, 2 posters here have reached common ground!!! This calls for a celebration!!!
I don’t. R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l also held that metzitzah is only done for medicinal purposes.
I’ve never heard of that. My mother would make a dish for yom tov with ground chicken and beef (although she didn’t mix them together – they were separate parts of the same dish, and were cooked together.)
Patur Aval Assur: So if the study shows that there may be correlation, and more research is needed, it would seem the Chassam Sofer would hold not to do metzitzah b’peh. He wrote that if there’s even a minute danger (which the study shows there is), we should not follow kabbalah on it. Doing metzitzah with a glass tube would seem to be the preferable method from a halachic standpoint!
DY: You wrote, “which seeks to stop people from practicing milah in a manner their ancestors have done for generations”. I was just pointing out that milah HAS changed in the past. The way we do bris milah today is not the same as when Avraham Avinu did it.
DY: Actually, bris milah has changed somewhat through the generations. Most notable was the addition of periah about 2,200 years ago. People were trying to get Jews to undo their bris by stretching the remaining skin. Rabbonim added periah to the bris, so that there wouldn’t be any skin left to stretch.