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How does the folded hat know how to return to its original shape?
Is this topic analogous to buying a computer from a company whose CEO openly transgresses the Noachide laws?
so anyone have any ideas how to improve the standards of the coffeeroom or are you too busy circulating lashon hara?
In order to make a post, you must take an online class in a relevant middah, such as anavah, and pass a test on the content.
When doctors have to compete with personal robots that cost the same as refrigerators, they’ll find ways to make their office visits more convenient.
I’m not doubting the existence of G-d, but I don’t think it’s possible to prove it or disprove it.
An atheist could argue that everything in the above post can be explained by science. For example, from an atheist’s perspective, since we’re part of nature, we’re programmed by evolution to find nature beautiful.
Originally I had thought that I was the only one with this Shabbos bias, now I know I was not alone. And….now I have it confirmed that the bias is REAL.
In my opinion, the non-observant Jewish movements, and their “flexibility” in regard to religious practice, are to blame for the “Shabbos bias”.
I have the credentials.
The hard part is not quitting, but avoiding starting again. After quitting, the desire to smoke can last for months or years. I used to dream about smoking. I would even looking forward to bedtime so that I could “dream-smoke”. 🙂
Some things I found helpful:
1.Remove, or pack away, everything that reminds you of smoking: ashtrays, matches, etc. Of course you may still need matches to light Shabbos candles, but at least keep the matches out of reach the rest of the time. I kept some cigarettes on hand so that I wouldn’t panic, but I packed them away so that they were out of sight and it would take several minutes to access them.
2. Try to avoid going to places where other people may be smoking.
3. Do regular cardiovascular exercise. It needs to be of sufficient intensity that you have to breathe very deeply. With each breath, you’re reminded that you wouldn’t be able to do that if you smoked.
It might apply to the engineers calmly sitting at their desks designing algoritms for autonomous (self-driving) vehicles.
In the area of autonomous vehicle design, this actually has practical implications.
From the Wikipedia article on “Trolley problem”:
In 2016, the government of Germany constituted an ethical commission that addressed the implications of autonomous driving. As a result, the commission defined 20 rules for autonomous and connected driving, which will be obligatory for upcoming laws regarding the production of autonomous cars.
The article links to the commission’s report (a downloadable .pdf), which lists their 20 rules. It’s not clear to me whether they addressed this problem, but “rule 9” states:
In the event of unavoidable accident situations, any distinction based on personal features (age, gender, physical or mental constitution) is strictly prohibited. It is also prohibited to offset victims against one another. General programming to reduce the number of personal injuries may be justifiable. Those parties involved in the generation of mobility risks must not sacrifice non-involved parties.
Reish Lakish said: Whoever involves himself in Torah [study] at night, the Holy One, Blessed is He, endows him with charm during the day, as it says: [Psalms 42:9] ‘In the day Hashem commands His kindness, and in the night his song was with Me.’
Avodah Zarah 3bBecause those are more useful but also less fun.
What could be more fun than flying on a giant bird? You could even fly between the legs of the giant cows.
Why not apply genetic engineering in ways that are more useful?
Examples:
Giant, 80-foot-high cattle. Slaughter one, and you have enough beef for ten thousand pots of cholent, and enough leather to make 100 sets of gassos tefillin.
Huge, ergonomically designed birds that can carry people. Not only practical, but safe. How often do you hear about birds crashing into each other?
no one has explained why the shlemeil in Hawaii who pushed the wrong button to send out the false alert could not have typed in “false alarm” and blasted it out to the same distribution list used for the initial alarm.
There was probably no option for doing that.
IMO, the sirens + EBS radio stations are superior to the modern “high tech” approach.
@Give Me a Break
That old thread is too long to read. Why not state your viewpoint on PETA?
This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System
Back in those days, everyone had radios, with the EBS frequencies marked on them. As i recall, one of them was 640 KHz (AM). If there had been an announcement like the one in Hawaii, people would have quickly determined it to be a false alarm by tuning their radios to that frequency.
That said, I don’t know that justifies tolerance of the issurim you mentioned.
If someone were transgressing secular laws, e.g. committing murder or robbery, would a tolerant attitude toward them be acceptable? Why should we more lenient with halachic transgressors?
(Since this is the Rants forum …)
What’s the purpose of the Bar Mitzvah “event”?
Is it primarily a family reunion, or is a recognition of the boy becoming a Bar Mitzvah?
If the latter, isnt it “fake” to give the boy special instruction to present the illusion that he has the ability to read any part of the Torah and/or the Prophets?
remember seeing a news item a while ago in the Lakewood Shopper
about a man winning a minor local office due to his own vote for
himself because no one else had voted in that particular election.It would be amusing if there had been a demand for a recount.
We have invested virtually nothing in upgrading our emergency preparedness since the end of the cold war.
The U.S.’s emergency preparedness in the cold war era was pretty silly. There were sheltering provisions for a small fraction of the population, but for most it was “duck and cover”.
the end of the cold war
What kind of war are we in now? Cold, warm, tepid? Whatever kind it is, it’s been going on since the early 90s.
I got another one…..who gives the barber his haircuts?
Is this the barber who cuts the hair of everyone in town who doesn’t cut his own hair?
What’s the source for assigning interpretions to Hebrew letters in this manner?
Meno, cannabis is considered the PC term.
Using “canabis” and “PC” in the same sentence?????
We are enemies now.
You’re all missing the big picture here.
If the liberals all start smoking grass, that will keep them passive, effectively removing them as a political force.
If the military air-dropped massive amounts of the stuff on the terrorists, they’d stop doing terrorism.
If the police distributed free stuff to the violent mobs, they’d sit around smoking the stuff instead of doing violence.
Like far out, man.
Some rhinoplasty is cosmetic, some is to repair issues such as a deviated septum.
I had a surgical procedure to correct a deviated septum. The procedure was called septoplasty, not rhinoplasty. But I’m not an expert on medical terminology; maybe the terms are used interchangeably.
In the context of this topic, I suppose that a deviated septum would fall into the category of items that warrant discosure.
Why would a man care? Because maybe he doesn’t want to have children with noses that look like ski jumps!!!!!
Wouldn’t the presence of a “big nose gene” be indicated by observing the noses of family members? Unless, of course, they all had plastic surgery too.
I think thats the problem the OP refers to. He wants to know if At 8 slices per box and 2 slices per person it is unbecoming for a ben torah to have only 2 children at home.
A simple remedy is to ask the pizza shop for two or three empty pizza boxes. That will give the appearance of having enough pizza for a large family.
It is therefore incumbent upon any public group/media outlet with our community to PUBLICLY refute the book.
That’s merely providing free advertising for the book. It’s better to ignore it.
The Republican won the tie breaker today and the Republicans will continue to control the Virginia House of Delegates.
B”H
I wonder if this topic is confusing to the UK users, who use braces to hold up their pants.
You could make your own dye from natural sources, e.g. fruits, vegetables, grass, leaves. There’s plenty of time to experiment.
the drei kup stuff like 15 opinions on what the halacha could be based on the wording of the mishnah
Does “drei kup” translate as “confusing”?
If I first demonstrate that it is the regular practice of airlines to record the names of every individual flying on a given flight, I can then prove I did not take the flight because there is no record with the airline of me on the flight. In other words, the absence of evidence of me being on the flight becomes evidence of my absence from the flight.
One could argue that’s evidence of absence from the outset, not absence of evidence.
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My impression is that cars made today are harder to maintain for extended use than those from a few decades ago.
There are custom parts that are cheaply manufactured, but wear out after a few years and are expensive to replace. There are electronic gadgets that may or may not be particularly useful, but are mandated by law; they eventually stop working, and are expensive to replace. These are not do-it-yourself repairs that can be improvised in a home workshop with common tools. And if you don’t get the items fixed, the car cannot be driven legally.
Another problem with an unattended house is that it is subject to random vandalism, which can lead to more damage. Insurance companies have different rates for unoccupied houses.
In honor of this topic, I just added some chopped, raw onion to my cup of coffee.
A little uncalled for Hillary Bashing?
A little sensitive on that subject, aren’t we. 🙂
I haven’t seen her calling for Americans to close ranks and support the lawfully elected President and his policies. She’s still making paid appearances promoting her defeated agenda.
Moore is officially the loser!!!!
Time for him to get back on the horse he rode in on and get out of Dodge. Let him ride off into the sunset and never be heard or seen again.If “Moore” is replaced by “Clinton”, and “he/him” by “she/her”, then an even more appropriate statement results.
Most non-O Jews have no understanding of their religion. They are not beshita anything. They never spent much time looking into it. I would say that they are passive apikorsim.
They’re not “passive”. They consciously avoid looking into it. If a member of a non-O congregation starts asking questions or making suggestions that are not in line with the movement’s doctrine, he’ll be ignored, laughed at, or otherwise discouraged.
Any guesses on how many mezuzos the White House would require?
If the car has more dents than you have children, The car must be Yeshivish.
Unless you’re in Italy.
Coincidentally, the Daf Yomi, Shevuos 22, discusses eating dirt.
most unobservant Jews aren’t doing it beshita they’re doing it beignorance
That may apply to unaffiliated Jews, but in the case of the movements, it goes beyond ignorance. The non-O movements state as a matter of official policy that they reject the Divine origin of the Torah and the mitzvos. The leadership promotes that policy to the rank and file, and discourages dissent.
RACKET+SHADOW
You cannot pass before making at least 1 guess on your turn.
(Also, both of you will have to pass.),C[/C]HINA
The web site “jewishfireprevention DOT org” has a section with safety tips when using candles. Click the “Fire Safety” button and then select “Candles” in the pulldown menu.
Here’s a direct link, but the moderators removed it:
I wonder if there has ever been a case in which a Reform pulpit “rabbi” became a Baal Teshuva, and then tried to convince his congregation that they were obligated to observe the mitzvos.
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A Reform “rabbi” gets paid to tell the congregants exactly what they want to hear. Then, in the fashion of Orwellian Doublethink, the congregants tell themselves that they’re practicing Judaism properly, because the “rabbi” says they are.