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According to Wikipedia, “Ten minutes of skipping [jumping rope] is roughly the equivalent of running an eight-minute mile. Skipping for 15–20 minutes is enough to burn off the calories from a candy bar and is equivalent to 45-60 minutes of running depending upon the intensity of humps and leg swings. Many professional trainers, fitness experts and professional fighters greatly recommend skipping for burning fat over any other alternative exercises like running and jogging.”
“Any ER in the US will serve anyone regardless of ability to pay.”
An ER will provide the minimum (i.e. cheapest) services to deal with urgent medical needs. Then they will aggressively try to collect payment for their services.
Two points:
1) “The government should pay for it” is a euphemism for “other people should be forced to pay for it.”
2) Universal, affordable health care is a myth. The basic problem is that the underlying costs are too high, e.g., salaries of doctors and other medical professionals, costs of medical equipment, profiteering by drug manufacturers.
“It doesn’t matter why they VOLUNTEERED, they VOLUNTEERED.”
Of course it matters, if they felt they were pressured into “volunteering.”
“In 1970 I was 18…prime draft material…how old were you?”
I was draftable too.
“Remember, National Guard Troops are VOLUNTEERS, not draftees.”
But in 1970, when the Kent State event took place, the draft was still in effect. Many men joined the National Guard to avoid getting drafted into the Army.
It could be dangerous, though. The hat could catch on fire while you’re putting the cookies into a hot oven. Or the hat could slip over your eyes while you’re slicing the dough, and you could cut off a finger.
There are a lot of smart, highly-paid people fighting terrorism now. They could certainly figure out how to keep the mansions out of the hands of fake terrorists.
Thanks to the new administration, the U.S. government’s “war on religion” seems to be ending. A recent Presidential executive order and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision are strong indicators that the tide is changing in favor of religious practice.
Joseph, I’m sure safeguards could be created to address that.
lowerourtuition11210, thanks for your reply.
Actually, I was wondering if there’s any issue with arranging, l’chatchila, for a Jew to spend his Sabbath watching non-Jews working on the restaurant facilities, for the purpose of ensuring that the kitchen remains kosher.
Offer every terrorist or potential terrorist a comfortable life of luxury if he refrains from terrorism.
This might be done by allocating a geographic area and setting up large estates with nice mansions, and requiring the terrorists to live there in order to receive their benefits.
This would be far cheaper than the hundreds of billions of dollars currently being spent on the military and defense industry.
“This restricts the pupils’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development …”
Ironic, isn’t it.
Regarding work being done by the landlord on the Sabbath:
Would it have been permissible to have a reliable Jewish witness observe the work and then testify that the workers didn’t use the ovens or other utensils? If so, that would have avoided the need to review the camera video recordings.
Has there been an explanation of why the OK removed the certification? The restaurant owner’s statement in the article says “personal issues”, but doesn’t provide any details.
“As to the price of canned tuna versus fresh tuna, most of us don’t purchase food for our families based on finding the cheapest option available, unless of course, that’s also ‘your preference’.”
You don’t need to buy expensive ingredients to prepare a good quality meal. That’s like thinking that you need expensive vacations to have a full, rewarding life.
Yes, I suppose I “live in the boonies”. Thanks for understanding.
“With fresh tuna so readily available in most cities (especially the NYC metro area) its hard to understand why anyone would eat cooked tuna from a can, frequently packed in oil.”
In my location, I couldn’t find any way to obtain kosher fish other than canned. But I only get the kind that’s packed in water.
I eat canned tuna (OU) raw. All you need is a can opener and a spoon. Does that count?
I don’t know if “20 minutes” is always a realistic limit.
While slicing a vegetable with a newly purchased, very sharp knife, I cut off a chunk of a finger tip. I was tempted to go to the emergency room. Instead, I wrapped the injured area with gauze and adhesive tape. It took about 24 hours for the bleeding to stop completely, and a week or so for the skin to grow back.
I also included a specific request for healing in the relevant blessing of each Shemoneh Esrei,
But that’s just my personal experience.
Why can’t some observant Jews get together and design an affordable, Shabbos-compliant refrigerator? Or even a kit that can be assembled from off-the-shelf parts?
This isn’t rocket science. Or is it?
Isn’t praying an essential service?
Every time I see this topic, it makes me want to eat some peanuts. Does that mean I’m deficient in some middah?
New product idea: A “reverse sunlamp” that makes you paler.
“1. Is it safe to spray liquid nitrogen all over your house?”
Liquid nitrogen is dangerous to handle. For example, you could splash some in your eyes.
“9. Can you eat the contents of the frozen pack of peas that you just used on a fresh bruise to reduce its swelling for the past hour?”
Same question, but how about if the peas have been in your freezer for three years and used on bruises a hundred times?
True caffeine addicts don’t need brewed coffee. Just eat some coffee beans or grounds, and chase it down with water (or the beverage of your choice).
Honor + meow = homeowner
“In the old days, every downtown (remember those?) had a store that specialized in men’s hats.”
Hats used to be necessary for survival, to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. These days, we’re usually never far from an indoor, comfortable place.
“I wonder if you can create a sign for yourself when you’re awake, and use it in your dream to prove whether it’s real or not.”
In the dream, try to read the entire Torah (assuming you don’t have it memorized).
“Does anyone have any ideas?”
Sleep on beach. Donate villa money to support Torah study.
Regardless of the arguments here, I personally think it’s really cool that the U.S. President’s daughter and son-in-law, who is also acting as one of his top advisors, are promoting Jewish observance.
There are a few time zones that are 30 minutes offset from the other zones.
The number I used to use gave the date/time in GMT.
“In the 1980s I was the Consul General for a small European country in one Connecticut city…”
Did you get to wear a fancy uniform, with epaulettes and ribbons, and a big hat with feathers?
There’s also McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
I briefly experimented with soy “milk” and almond “milk”. In the local stores, all the soy milk hechshers, and all but one of the almond milk hechshers, indicated “dairy”, due to additives. And although almond milk tastes similar to cow milk, the contents label indicated that it had practically no nutritional value, so I gave up on it.
Does Israel have any control over the location of the embassies?
For that matter, how that does work in general? If France decided to move their U.S. embassy to New Orleans, could they do that? Or does the U.S. decide on the location?
“TV is worse because it is nonstop. You don’t need any input whatsoever, and it’ll just keep playing forever. Which is a huge promoter of laziness. One needs to provide constant input when using the internet. ”
Not true.
TV addict: continual channel-surfing with remote control: Click … click … click … click … click
Internet addict: Click … click … click … click … click
Another consideration is that TV has always had objectionable content.
In the early days of the internet, it was too slow for transmitting video. It’s only in recent years that the internet has become a practical alternative to TV. Advances in computer technology (processor speed and storage capacity) are also relevant here.
“clown makeup is fine tho as far as I know”
Is that all the time, or only for special situations (e.g. Purim, employment requirement)?
“Anybody else think it’s strange that the most common way to commemorate Memorial Day is with a BBQ?”
It makes as much sense as observing Thanksgiving by watching football games on TV.
You have to buy your own toys.
The next step is an app that vocalizes the text, even imitating your voice, and infusing the proper emotions: a self-davening siddur.
“for $2.75 one can access the technology known as the nyc subway system, ride for 30 minutes and expose themselves to the very same shmutz.”
You can’t carry the NYC subway system in your pocket where you can access it 24 hours a day.
“No, it sounds like she’s afraid she will waste too much time and mental energy on it, which as far as I’m concerned is a ruchniyus issue.”
One possible solution is to take a vow, in the presence of witnesses, that you will use the smartphone only for strictly work-required activity.
The biggest security flaw is that everyone knows the President lives in a big white house. How can you be safe if everyone knows where you live?
“What if the boss walks in, with an entourage of chashuve people (goyim), …”
If I had known when I was younger what I know now, I would have made it a top priority to start my own business and be my own boss, instead of having to work for someone else.
“If one just said the words Baruch ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech Haolam (e.g., of asher yatzar) and there is a goy who asks you a question, what should you do? (It happened to me one time but I had only said Baruch ata Hashem so I quickly ended off with lamdeini chukecha.)”
What about smiling and holding up your hand, as if to say “please wait,” just as you might do if you were in the middle of a conversation with another person?
I wonder if this is relevant to the “dispensation”:
“Likewise, it is permitted to attend to affairs of the public on Shabbos, such as going to the governor or to the meeting hall of the government officials, to speak on behalf [of the community], because affairs of the public are considered mitzvah necessities.”
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 90:5That seems to be based on Shabbos 113a: “‘From seeking your wants.’ [Isaiah 58:13] [This teaches that] your wants are forbidden [on the Sabbath, i.e. one must refrain from activities that further his own financial affairs], but the wants of Heaven[, that is, things involving a mitzvah,] are permitted.”
Why is a “rainy day” considered negative? Rain is necessary for life. We pray for G-d to provide rain.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to save for a drought?
There’s an easy solution to the labor cost of in-school meal preparation. Assign the teachers kitchen duty on a rotating basis!
While a teacher is doing his kitchen shift, the students can be assigned “study hall” or whatever the modern-day equivalent is.
The ideal system, of course, is that the boy’s father sends his servant to a well, and waits for a girl who shows up and offers to draw water for the servant’s camels.
“Back when food was actually cooked in each school and ladeled out as the kids went through the line, the cafeteria ladies could adjust the size of the portion by age and appetite.”
Why did that system go away? Did it cost too much?