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The overweight charges are because of fuel costs (the heavier the plane the more fuel it uses).
If your luggage is under-weight, do you get a refund?
Do fat people have to pay more?Maybe we should teach religion in our schools
Are public schools currently prohibited from teaching religion, even in optional classes? But teaching anti-religion is apparently ok. IY”H that policy will change within the next few years.
It’s not demeaning , In fact it’s praiseworthy.
I think the point was that you can’t make generalizations about an FFB’s vs. a BT’s response to a particular situation. People are individuals.
I was in Jackson Hole before I became observant. Since it was in the winter, I think the prevailing odor was burning firewood. đ
Ask an FFB about Lobster and ask a BT about it. An FFB would likely be repulsed by it, but a BT might have a problem if he smelled one.
An FFB might become obsessed with the idea of eating a prohibited food to experience the taste.
A BT who’s eaten lobster has made a conscious decision to stop eating it.Of course using a phone that already shows everything for that specific day is pretty much fool proof,…
I’ve never used a phone for davening, but I wonder if it’s really “foolproof”. I sometimes find myself saying the wrong words out of habit, even if the siddur or machzor has the occasion-appropriate text clearly printed. Maybe phone siddurim deal with this by highlighting unusual changes, e.g. flashing text or blinking arrows, etc.?
It tends to take me most of the interval between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur before I make it through Shemoneh Esrei without mistakes.
The real question is on the people who give money to get their name or the name of a departed relative on a siddur. Donât they realize they are just giving money to the pockets of the owners? Not that there is anything wrong with that. It is much better than blowing money on a fancy car or wedding.
They also have the benefit of memorializing their names and their departed relatives’ names in a place where many other people will see them in conjunction with performing the mitzvos of prayer and Torah study.
As a BT who didn’t start seriously learning Hebrew until well past childhood, I like the Artscroll (Ashkenaz) interlinear siddurim and machzorim. They allow me to gradually increase the percentage of text I read in Hebrew (vs. English), while knowing what the words mean as I read them.
In the US, being a Facist is very looked down upon
In the U.S., anything is very looked down upon, depending on one’s agenda du jour.
As to progressive lenses, Iâve been wearing them for years. I got them when I started skiing the more difficult slopes years ago and found it hard to read the smaller signs warning me of âpritzus aheadâ while trying to avoid running into a tree.
That’s why I got contact lenses – I couldn’t read the trail signs. đ
Whatâs the best way to break the ice and propose towards the end of the first date?
If you have true emunah, have the wedding fully arranged in advance, and arrive there at the conclusion of the date. Everything will be so obvious that there will be no need to propose.
Labels are for shirts, not for people.
It’s really weird today the way that the traditional communist/socialist nations, Russia and China, are reviled in the media. But meanwhile, our largest corporations are making billions of dollars doing commerce with them. And the U.S. was becoming more socialist every day, at least under the previous federal administration.
In addition to the points made above, you can’t reliably determine the poster’s location from his IP address. He could be using a proxy that’s in a different location, even a different continent.
If your wife is your cousin, when youâre with strangers and you want to keep your relationship secret, just tell people sheâs your cousin.
It may be safer to say she’s your sister. (Bereishis 12:13)
They can live up to 10 years…
My ten-year-old cats would be outraged at that! They still act like kittens.
Cats can live 15-20 years.
For the speech, simply choose a published shiur or teaching that one finds meaningful and appropriate, and read it.
Have the yeshiva create an internet resource like dafdigest DOT org. (Don’t imitate that; think of something original.)
It’s like a lion, but smaller.
Do you have specific questions?
The existing “Iran deal” is a useless but expensive “feel good” measure. It’s on the same level as bulletproof backpacks.
the U.S. politicians that made the Iranian nuclear deal should be held accountable
What does “held accountable” that mean? They may deserve long prison sentences, but we know that nothing will happen to them. Giving them publicity will only help them to make lots of money from books and speaking fees.
But they should have more people on death row & after their death â dissect them!
Medical students should learn anatomy by dissecting average people, not the psychos on death row.
You need animal dissection because there arenât enough cadavers! A lot of medical courses have gone the computer simulation route.
Has anyone tried making fake cadavers using vegetable sources? After the medical students are through with their dissection exercises, they could eat the cadavers (or donate them to the local food bank).
Why should scientists use cats and dogs over cows?
Because theyâre smaller.Exactly. Have you ever seen a scientist lift and carry a cow?
According to some quick web research, it looks like in most states, there’s no law prohibiting eating your pets.
And even if it’s not legal, it’s probably easy to get away with, as long as you’re discreet about it. (“What happened to your dog?” “He ran away.”)
Heâs the only one you should be going after.
Are not the other two boys liable under Vayikra 19:11?
I think itâs ridiculous to say that if someone is mekarev someone, they then have to support them financially.
I think the point was that you have to provide the person with the tools needed to finish the job without your assistance, unless you’re planning on being a permanent mentor.
An analogy would be teaching someone to drive a car, but omitting some details, such as how to turn on the headlights when it gets dark, or how to make left turns.
On the other hand, BTs find that the zâchus of teshuva gets amortized over the years, so eventually they feel very much like a stam Yid. They may still have a strong sense of bechira, but itâs very hard to transmit it to their children.
I’ve read that paragraph several times, but can’t quite figure out what it means.
Plus, if Hasheim made the weather hot, what right do we have to change that?
Wouldn’t that apply equally to cold weather?
Who has it easier, a âBaal tshuvaâ or a âfrum from birthâ?
What is “it”?
I solved the yichud problem by taking my convertible with the top down. Yes, she sat in the front passenger seat, this is no rear seat.
What if it had been raining?
Suppose you have a mechitza in the car?
When all cars are self-driving, maybe they’ll also help each other find parking spaces, and then do self–parking.
Being obligated in the mitzvos (which applies to every Jew without exception), and being criticized for failing to observe the mitzvos, are different things.
Another consideration is whether the person is in a position to influence other Jews. For example, a religious or secular leader, a teacher, or an author should be held to higher standards.
Once I was working with some Italians, and I helped myself to some of their Expresso. I thought it was just plain coffee, so I drank a normal sized cup of it. I didn’t sleep that night.
What would happen if insurance companies eliminated risk groups and simply charged everyone the same premium? Would that destroy the insurance industry?
prevent hilonim from falling the missionary groups traps.
The best protection against that is Torah education and observance.
Cats are more carnivorous than dogs, so they really donât need chometz in their food.
Chometz isn’t in cat food for the cat’s benefit. It’s a cheap “filler” that reduces the manufacturer’s cost.
The problem with women drivers is not that they have accidents, but rather that they cause others to have accidents.
Local stores here sell powdered milk (Cholov Stam) for about the same price as “fresh” milk, if I buy a large package. A 64-ounce package costs $16 and makes 20 quarts; that’s $3.20/gallon.
3.2 ounces of powder makes one quart of liquid milk; 1/3 cup of powder makes one cup of liquid milk.
The great advantage is the shelf life. You can keep the powder on the shelf for years, and mix it with water as you need it.
Powdered CY milk was tried about 20 years ago. It did not sell well and has rarely been tried again.
That’s strange. Every grocery store I’ve seen has a good supply of kosher Cholov Stam powdered milk. It must sell adequately, or the stores wouldn’t have it on the shelves.
That said, chometz cat food is a bigger issue than dog food.
Humans donât eat dog food. BUT, every few years youâll see an article in the general newspapers about impoverished elderly people who buy canned cat food because they canât afford human tuna, etc.
Are those two statements intended to be related? Surely, someone who eats cat food due to poverty will be unable to observe many mitzvos. Chometz-on-Pesach would not be at the top of the list of their transgressions.
The problem that started this topic would disappear if there were powdered CY milk. Why doesn’t this product exist?
CTLAWYER: Do you hate cats?
Suppose you first bake the flour in a hot oven to kill the bacteria?
Iâm running out of pesach food options.
Matzah with tomato sauce, and potato vodka. What else do you need?
Oops.
When reviewing the laws about Pesach, I thought it said you were supposed to EAT your pets before the end of the fourth hour. đ