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  • in reply to: Able was I ere I saw Elba – a palindrome #2266450
    @fakenews
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    It may be a palindrome (not related to the woman who could see Russia from her window), but it also has no real meaning.
    As far as your question, your vagueness is impressive.

    in reply to: What 50 Shadchanim Told Me #2258526
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    Who knew that all it would take to lose weight was for some rando on the internet to post a bunch of generic weight loss advice alone with a tad of hyperbole and everyone would lose weight?
    In all honesty this is probably the least useful recommendation yet.

    in reply to: Looking to start fresh #2251796
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    Baltimore is a great option.
    Very nonjudgmental, multiple different neighborhoods with many different types ranging from MO to Baltimore’s watered down versions of chasidish and yeshivish and virtually everything in between.
    There are many frum mental health professionals (including an aunt of mine), and if you reach out you are likely to find a mentor to take you under their wings and help you find your place.

    in reply to: Shaatnez testing Brooks Brothers Suits #2251807
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    If it has wool, check it.
    If it is polyester and comes from certain countries, check it. Although it may say virgin material polyester, often they will use recycled material for parts like the shoulders. The recycled materials are very likely to contain Shatnez.

    in reply to: Beware of Scams!! #2249344
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    When someone I care about is thinking about borrowing from a lender they’ve never used before, and I can’t vouch for their track record, I always suggest using an escrow account for those initial ‘good faith deposits’ (or whatever fancy name they give it). That way, the money’s not just sitting with the lender until everything’s finalized. Most legit lenders who haven’t done business with you before should be cool with that setup.”

    in reply to: Over the Top Lifestyles in Lakewood #2215438
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    R’ Chaim Epstein spoke very strongly about this.

    in reply to: Catskill busses #2209811
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    As far as I recall lakewood never had a formal run.
    You could take an overpriced bus to Brooklyn and then a bus to the Catskills…

    in reply to: Girls only kosher hangout #2199623
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    To the OP:
    The one place I can recommend you do not hang out is here in the coffee room.
    It can occasionally be toxic.

    in reply to: Girls only kosher hangout #2199622
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    Ujm:
    And perhaps to me “taking my meds“ means taking Ritalin well to you it may mean taking a double dose of MDMA combined with mushrooms and heroin.

    The context of the question informs us, as to the perceived, meaning of the words “hang out“ in the mind of the questioner.
    She seeks a healthy environment to spend quality time with her female friends, and perhaps to meet a few of their female friends while not specifically on the home turf of any of them, and preferably where there is some sort of attraction other than just the company (pizza, pottery, etc.).

    in reply to: Girls only kosher hangout #2199537
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    It seems that some people may struggle with the difference between definition and connotation.
    In your personal life, “ hang out” may mean something that to you or perhaps even to everyone is not permissible (depending on your interpretation) but that is the connotation to you.
    Whereas the definition I believe is significantly more innocuous

    @fakenews
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    A certain well known wealthy person I am familiar with, makes bog standard chasunahs with just a leather guest list.
    (Iirc, at least one wedding was the takanah package just more guests. And no he did not get the takanah discount, since he went over the first allowance)

    in reply to: what is Zaphod Beeblebrox???? #2182938
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    If you click on the username you can find the user’s posts, comments, engagements, profile etc.

    I took a quick peek asks if seems to be some sort of rants on demand something or another.

    in reply to: Groff v Dejoy #2182752
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    Aaq this has already been the case since before the the Great Depression.
    The solution was a combination of factors including frum people teaming up to open their own businesses, banks, hospitals etc. as well as the institution of the five day work week.

    in reply to: Lakewood #2182750
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    You are ten years too late.
    As far as I know any such service has either shut down or transitioned to social media.

    in reply to: ‘Eat like Chazal’ #2182751
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    Please report back after you follow this diet for a couple years.

    in reply to: Mass shootings, and non mass shootings, must stop. #2181894
    @fakenews
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    Most of this discussion is fanciful imagination and wishful thinking on the part of idealists who either aren’t familiar with the realities of the topic or are just trolling.
    For any meaningful change on this front there must be a paradigm shift in our culture, and I do not know what might induce such a shift or what such a shift might look like.
    But as it stands right now, the way I see it is that either everyone must be well-armed and proficient or everyone must be disarmed to end this incessant violence.
    At this point, there is a political deadlock on the topic (probably nominally a good thing, because of the masses were to be armed but not proficient that would probably make the situation worse.)

    in reply to: why is Yeshiva world news bashing trump non stop #2181799
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    I don’t care either way.
    As others have pointed out there are a fair amount of articles bashing both sides of the aisle.
    What gets my goat is when they (lazily) just repost what seems to be mostly editorial and partially news articles from a major paper/network.
    You have this massive article with a clear political bias…
    If you want to write an article on a given topic write one, don’t copy it wholesale from elsewhere.

    in reply to: Erez Yisrael or stay in Galut? #2180721
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    @simcha613:
    The perception of your initial comment on first read seems to insinuate that the current rulers of the land in some way constituted a part of the Geulah.
    If that was not your intention, thank you for clarifying.
    Ah gutten moed

    in reply to: I have to say, It hurts me. It really does. #2180099
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    It could also just be anxiety

    in reply to: I have to say, It hurts me. It really does. #2180098
    @fakenews
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    There are so many different ailments that can cause the symptoms you’re describing, that not only would it be reckless to try to diagnose you via chat room, but likely even when you do go to your doctor and he will give you a few possibilities.

    I would highly recommend that you don’t try some of the ideas above, because some of them can actually kill you, depending what the actual ailment is.

    For example, what you were describing can be the symptom of a heart attack. In which case taking aspirin might help.
    However, if it is an ulcer, then aspirin might cause you to die from internal bleeding.
    If you’re looking at some of the more simple solutions like taking Coca-Cola(drink it flat), or taking Tums, that may help a lot assuming that it is simply an upset stomach (of any variety) or acid reflux.

    In short, if you are inclined to think that it is not something massively serious, then take some thing over the counter. However, since you seem to be indicating that these are new symptoms for you, you probably should go check it with the doctor.

    Regardless, keep us posted as I’m sure many of us are morbidly curious.

    in reply to: Elementary Mathematical Equation #2179784
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    I only discussed second or third grade level math/maths (once we’re getting into thorny debates nobody can really win) you brought this to at least third grade honors…

    in reply to: Bulk price… Increase? #2179779
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    @Huju:
    No, this was more of a PSA because the store put their bigger price tag that they use for discounted items.
    But for the record, I even passed fourth grade math.

    in reply to: Full service gas during a labor shortage #2178653
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    In todays modern technological economy, there is less skill required or being learned as an entry level job than most entry level jobs.
    And considering that there are many openings for entry level jobs that post the same or better and provide growth opportunities, very few people are motivated to take such a job.

    in reply to: Full service gas during a labor shortage #2178249
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    @Lakewhut:
    Great way to pad employment numbers for whichever politician is in power during a period of economic slump, but right now there is a labor shortage and you can’t get your gas pumped for you at many stations.
    The mom and Pop shops are having an even harder time getting labor (I’ve seen the elderly owner of one shop, actually pumping gas himself because he couldn’t find an intent to hire for a price that he could afford.)
    In effect, this is going to put many of the smaller out of business
    As far as needing to get out of the car, myself or not, isn’t that a choice I should make, not some clown in a suit in Trenton?

    in reply to: How to do teshuva for breaking shabbos? #2177780
    @fakenews
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    As many others have noted here this is a topic to be discussed with a mental health, professional, and a rabbi or mental health professional, who is a rabbi.
    As far as always ask questions beans, it is clinically proven that under cooked beans can cause all sorts of gastrointestinal issues, which can often mimic signs of a heart attack or other major health issues. Typically a panic attack will mimic one or more of those issues. There is a large amount of overlap between a panic attack and undercooked cholent beans.
    So please, soak your beans or make sure that your cholent is cooking at a high enough temperature.

    @fakenews
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    I have seen brought down (forgive me, I don’t recall the exact source.) in the name of Chasidic Rabonim that is preferable to walk through, holding something even as minor as tzitzis or peyos, then to make a big to do of asking the ladies to move or asking somebody else to walk through with you (and potentially getting them stuck on the other side or being machshil them, and walking back through)

    So perhaps have a serious conversation with your Rabbi or Moreh Derech regarding what actual lessons to take from us.

    in reply to: Flying to Israel #2177762
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    I don’t really have an opinion on the topic (meaning that my opinion, and or my ego are not large enough that I’m going to try to push it forcefully on anybody), but when I personally flew to Israel I davened in my seat.
    You do what works for you, there’s a Rabbi with that opinion almost any way you go. or, more advisable, talk to your own rabbi.

    in reply to: Mi Shebeirach for Israel and the Soldiers #2177761
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    Is it registered dancer on the fact that you have a Mi Shebayrach that was made up by scientists for Zionists and calls the Zionist Revolution, the coming of Moshiach and you were asking people to say wholeheartedly as those written by the Anshei Knesses Hagedolah.

    There is another version that is much more tamed out that I’ve heard in some shuls in America, but even that one has pointed out by others on this thread, it’s sort of out of place (the IDF is neither our rulership nor rulership at all, unless you consider them to be a military dictatorship, which I don’t).
    Therefore, why don’t we stick with including them in “kehilos hakodesh shemasru nafshum… yizkereim..” & “kol mi sheoskim…” & “acheinu…” among many other Tefilos which would include them. (and I’m not referring to vlamalshinim with that.)

    in reply to: Storing tefillin in car #2177187
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    @dontmindme:
    If your teffilin got hot enough that the paint on the retzuos started to melt, I hope you got the parshiyos checked before you continued to use them.

    in reply to: Storing tefillin in car #2176718
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    There are a variety of environmental factors that can affect your tefillin. Heat can cause some of the lettering to melt with it housing to warp. Cold, can cause the lettering to crack. moisture can cause some of the same issues.
    The closer you get to the extremes for any of these environmental factors, the more likely you are to incur damage.
    I wish I had more specific instructions to give you, but currently I don’t because there are too many variables, such as how old they are, the quality of the hides they were made from, etc.

    in reply to: Get Refusal & Shidduch references #2176529
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    @N0mesorah: gitin are an intrinsically Halachah-based issue. Putting other feelings before the letter of the Shulchan Aruch is not just a mistake but a travesty. There is no room for partisanship.
    The Gemarah (Gitin 5A) is very clear that “כל השונה ממטבע שטבעו כחמים בגיטין יוציא והולד ממזר” which means that if you try to make an end run around what was proscribed by rabbinic authorities who are thousands of years farther up the chain of the mesorah than we are, the children WILL be mamzerim.

    in reply to: YWN fake news #2159931
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    @besalel:
    Well said.

    @Zushy
    :
    You have not addressed what @besalel wrote probably because you couldn’t verify or disprove what he said. Having lived there for a number of years, I can tell you that this happens occasionally where a purveyor of technology doesn’t have the hechsher that is fashionable this month and has a similar attack.
    And besides, I am the arbiter o f fake news on the YWN site, how dare you try to usurp me?!?😉

    in reply to: Changing the Shidduch System #2146429
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    Lakewhut:
    I am not going to provide an opinion here, because I am not well enough informed on the topic.
    However, I will call out the fact that you seem to be carrying a grievance.
    The fact that your response to Always_Ask _Questions had nothing to do with their response and instead called out your perception of how certain shadchanim choose their clientele, is quite telling.
    How about you going and dedicating yourself to arranging Shidduchim exclusively between Klal Yisroel’s poor.
    While I don’t think any Shadchan ought to exclude the less affluent, it would be irresponsible towards their families were they to solely focus on them.

    in reply to: Folding Bed Gmach #2127511
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    Sorry to not be providing the response you are looking for, but you need to provide a bit more info on your search.
    Like where you live etc.
    Also bear in mind, that many smaller Gemach’s are only year round but not over Sukkos.

    in reply to: Shofar Maintenance #2123132
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    Word of the day: “detritus“
    Posted by mobico, “detritus” means: Dead particulate organic material.

    in reply to: Tablet Mania #2123130
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    Many people who strictly use a flip phone, but also run a business on the go keep a tablet in their car so they can have access on demand without having a distraction/temptation always in their hands/pockets.

    in reply to: Best Cell Phone Service in Lakewood?? #2118304
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    I get decent 5g coverage in most areas of lakewood with Verizon. On route 70 near the Verizon store (ironically) and Costco and on route 9 near Walmart it’s not so great.

    @fakenews
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    Thank you Gefilte Fish much appreciated.
    On a more serious note, I have found that these incidents do occasionally disappear.
    A few years back I was waiting at a bus stop in Rechavia, and I saw multiple flashes from stun grenades that were used against some Bochurim who were protesting a classmate who was imprisoned for violating the draft law.
    There was nothing at all in the media until they filed a civil rights violation lawsuit (or whatever the equivalent is called there).
    So the answer to your question may well be found in my somewhat cynical responses earlier, ie that it is being forcibly redacted.
    I am not a big proponent of the Mandela effect, I am more inclined to believe that it is intentionally censored.

    in reply to: wifi and place to stay in country #2110125
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    Right Jew,
    Depending on your standard of Catskills and your standard of price and your standard of Shabbos, I might recommend Armoni inn of Orangeburgh NY.

    in reply to: Liz Cheney for President #2110126
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    I don’t know much about her policy prescriptions, but as I recall it, she is a second generation (at least) politician.
    Not that it would necessarily preclude her the presidency, but I would want to know if she has been making bank of her position before even looking at policies.
    Is she doing Nancy Pelosi level stock trades?

    in reply to: Did YWN erase an article about a bachur beaten up by cops in J-lem? #2110122
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    Never mind.
    Just look out for my smoke signals over port Elizabeth at 11:15 tonight for the answer to your question.

    in reply to: Did YWN erase an article about a bachur beaten up by cops in J-lem? #2110120
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    For more information:
    *link removed *

    in reply to: Did YWN erase an article about a bachur beaten up by cops in J-lem? #2110117
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    in reply to: people who do “property managment” for a living describe your day #2055678
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    @meshuga1 you don’t specify which 8 hours in the day.
    @OP please clarify whether you are looking for information about working at a decent sized management company, or if you want information on starting off as the latest one man show in town?
    There is a huge difference between the two, given that as part of a larger team, responsibilities are divided up, and it may be possible (depending on the ethics of where you work, the deal you negotiate, how much you are able to stick up for yourself, etc.) to have a 9-5, whereas if you will be the sole operator until you can grow large enough to hire, just be aware that most tenants will call about issues (rent, appliances/heating/ac not working etc) during the hours they are in the unit experiencing the problem. And many of these issues (depending on jurisdiction obviously) may be legally required to be resolved, or at least a good faith effort to resolve it within a prescribed number of hours (again, varies by location).
    @ejmr it can be so much more than than picking up checks and scheduling move out inspections. It can be a two am call to an emergency service plumber or hvac company, it can be a ten pm call from the pd demanding you show up and allow them access to cctv so they can find which unit a kidnapper brought a child into.
    Not to discourage you from the field, but if some clueless recruiters are telling you that’s all it is, there so much more that it can be.

    in reply to: Israeli vs. American hand shmura matzo #1954326
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    Last year I made Pesach the first time, (like so many other relatively newlyweds. It was my third Pesach since I got married) I bought two pounds of Israeli machine Matzah when that was all that was available, then I bought four pounds of an Israeli hand matzah when that became available, my in-laws sent two pounds of local hand matzah, and my parents sent a Ukrainian box that contained exactly six matzahs.
    The only boxes that had any whole matzah were the local, the Ukrainian, and the machine matzah.
    That does not indicate that everyone who bought Israeli hand matzah had broken matzah, but a lot of people are not interested in the necessary trial and error.
    Additionally, if you like you matzah thin, it is virtually impossible to ship thin matzah without most or all of it crumbling.
    When NPGS in Lakewood started importing hand matzah from Israel more than a decade ago, they discovered after the first year, and now the matzah they import is as thick as ( and tastes like) a piece of plywood.

    in reply to: Please help me identify the song #1931847
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    I think it is also on project relax

    in reply to: Please help me identify the song #1931846
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    track 10 of Baruch Levine’s Bonim Atem

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