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Eishes Chayil: I’m beginning to think you are engaged in a really good troll. Hopefully, by now, you have narrowed your search and decided to rely exclusively on the advice of one our resident CR shiduchim to find a husband for your beautiful, financially independent and VERY, VERY chassidish daughter. He is from a mixed family (Vishnitz father, Belz mother) but went to a well know Litvish yeshiva where he became a big talmid chacham (at least in his own mind) who is considering starting his own chassidus, but in the interim earning some extra money running up and down Eastern Parkway waving a yellow flag advertising the Thursday afternoon mincha minyanim at the Sloatsburg Rest Stop on the New York Thruway. Does that sound about right?
Common Saychel: Thanks for the historical context. So I guess any of our regular posters could “appoint” himself/herself/itself (preferred pronoun) as chief Rav, Rabbanit, Rebbitzen, or Baal Habaas of the CR (or perhaps the latter term is reserved for the Mods).
“The chief rabbi of Ukraine lives in BP as does the chief rabbi of Galizyah, a position that only exists in his imagination…”
I was intrigued to learn more about the imaginary world of the Galizianer Rabbanus noted by two prior posters. First I thought it was a troll but then discovered that indeed, HaRav Edgar Chaim Baruch Yona Gluck, a yekkeshe rav now living in Brooklyn but born in the Alte Hiem, insists that he is truly the Chief Rabbi of Galicia (a country dissolved after WWI.
According to an online search, Reb Gluck, is not entirely a looney tunes character. He got semicha back in the 70s from from Yeshiva Chasam Sofer (which I’ve admittedly never heard of) but was also appointed in the 80s by Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill, as a member of a government agency called the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. Does anyone know how/why/when Reb Gluck was “appointed” as Galizianer Rebbe-in-Chief since the country disappeared 100 years earlier (and no bad Litvish jokes please).The prerequisites for a CR CR, is a Rav who has learned at Yeshivos Adas Yereim, Wiener and Chasan Sofer, is known to be machmir on kulahs, has posted at least 5,000 teshuvos in the CR, and is not intimidated by Mod 29.
“Any nominations for Chief Rabbi of the CR?”
Well, if Reb E is reluctant to take on additional responsibilities, there is apparently some Galiztianer Rav in Brooklyn with time on his hands who might be willing to take the CR tzibur under his wings.
Does anyone think we need a “Chief Rabbi” here in the United States??If so, would the official residence be located in BP, Willy, Crown Heights, Monsey or Lakewood?
Uuuumein, v’Uuuumein.
For those who need to be careful about cholesterol, a good quality virgin olive oil blended with your favorite roasted vegetable and fresh herb mixes (our favorite is roasted heirloom tomatoes, leeks and eggplant with some zatar, shug and lemon juice). Roasting the veggies in an oven or grill concentrates the flavors and highlights the natural sugars. Skip the mayo since the whipped olive oil provides much of the same texture. B’taavon
“who really cares?”
Well, probably tens of thousands of Ger who would be very disappointed if the referee ruled that their rebbe had been TKO’d by a relative newcomer.Always ask questions: No ladies of the night ever tried to steal one of our kids’ science projects, much less my tuna sandwich from the cooler.
Some of these posts are borderline hysterical. You have a rare baas yisroel with a good parnassah on her own and also holds strictly by halacha and a “super” chassidish hashkafah and everyone (including her mom) seems to assume she won’t find her own chosson? Leave her alone and don’t make her crazy with shadchonim.
Rational: I was always taught to keep the succah dry because of all the work that the kids expended in making those beautiful decorations for yom tov and hanging them from the roof of the succah along with their drawings on the wall would be ruined by the rain. We never purchased decorations and in some cases, were able to retain some of the kids’ items from prior years. I’m not sure that is the inyan of keeping the succah “dry” but that was certainly our primary focus.
Chazal bring down that is is generally assur to store tefillin in a cooler in which you are also storing your lunch or your kid’s science project.
Is this some slow news day effort to reignite the Camp Ger broigas?? If the scorecard is for fundraising skills, than its R’Alter by a knockout. I recall he raised $15-$20 million earlier this year in an online fundraising extravaganza.
We’ve used a simple PVC pipe frame attached on a slight slope over the schach roof and used a rolled up tarp on a second piece of pipe attached to the “high” end of the frame so the tarp can easily be rolled up and pulled out. The entire frame and large tarp can be purchased at any Home Depot or Lowes for minimal cost. Two concerns. First, its good for light rain but don’t use it when heavy downpour is forecast since the water can “pool” and the weight will collapse your succah. Second, getting up on the ladder to roll it up or down at night and after a few glasses of wine can be a challenge
Also, I’m sure there is some chumrah somewhere that says our entire “stay dry” strategy is apikorsus and succahs are supposed to get wet.If your daughter has achieved professional success and a really good income while remaining super frum and adhering to a strict set of midos, perhaps trust that she will also be able to find her own beschert w/o shadchanus. Much hatzlacha to her.
As usual, Mod 29’s musar is well taken. Lets try again.
Baruch haba!! (If the Mods will allow a link, a proper musical rendition of baruch haba by the Miami Boys Choir can be accessed at:
BTW, I’ve driven through Bensalem township many times and know the name from the big water tower on U.S. 1 but never knew there was such a great kollel nearby.
Welcome. So you joined the CR an hour ago just to share the news??
According to many CR posters, by definition, an MO bochur is already OTD, so unclear if your metric is OTD by MO standards which would be total apikorsus by chareidi standards.h
Perhaps if we stopped supporting morally corrupt politicians like Trump , some Dems would be willing to consider voting for conservative candidates. When you put a lying, bullying, narcissistic at the top of your ticket, it makes it any easy choice.
Twenty five posts later , it is clear that there is no such thing as “the best” yeshiva in the absence of an objective metric. Last time I checked, there is no equivalent to SAT scores or AP credits etc. whereby “lamdus” or “midos” can be measured. Its all the eye of the beholder and those attributes that he/she values most in a yeshiva or kollel.
Without a doubt, Lakewood. The BMG guys are always on top of the most cutting edge chumrahs and kulahs.
Since when is the “acceptance rate” of a yeshiva a good metric of the quality of the lamdus?? Perhaps use the top five in terms of the highest tuition as a better quality metric or alternatively, which ones have the most frequent mentions in the CR.
The past several years and 4 elections later, some still cling to the notion that the Israeli political system will yield a “representative” government coalition. It is a dysfunctional system that empowers individuals who can gain short-term notoriety and media attention along with small block voting constituencies who can extort the larger pluralistic parties to “join” a coalition while continuing to threaten to bring down the government unless they are paid more and more for their “support”.
“These arguments for the outside minyanim are plainly absurd, A Jew davens in shul..”
So Moishe Rabeinu and the entire dor hamidbor were all a bunch of misguided yidden and held outside minyanim for 40 years?? Does hashem really care weather you are standing behind a shtender in a wood paneled beis medrash or in a tent or under the stars???I’m not saying they “should” have a common goal to rid the country of Netanyahu. Indeed, I suspect the new coalition will share may of his policies just as Biden has continued Trump’s policies on certain issues such as trade, etc. The reality is that all of these parties want power in a post-Bibi world and ultimately refused to sit in a government with him. As I indicated, Likud on several occasions had the opportunity to oust Netanyahu as head of the party but each time he outmaneuvered his opponents.
“How long do you think the government will last?”
As long as it takes to prosecute, convict and put Netanyahu in a jail cell since their common hatred of Bibi is the glue that holds this coalition together. Likud and the religious parties had years to rid the country of Netanyahu and form a right-wing coalition but each time the egos of the various party leaders and the outrageous demands of the religious parties allowed Netanyahu to retain power. Now they are paying the price for their intransigence.
As others have noted, the egos of likud and religious party leadership are the primary reason that this is happening. There should have been a consensus alternative to Netanyahu over the past several years, but he successfully played one faction against another, lied or reneged on all his commitments and used Trump as a role model to gain leverage. They deserve what they are getting.
grilled salmon used in a Sunday morning breakfast omlette with fresh herbs and onion. Much tastier and healthier option than salted lox.
Gerbils are NOT part of a yiddeshe hashkafah. Nowhere do you hear about anyone in the Alte Heim keeping a pet gerbil. Perhaps a goat or a few chickens?
They named an airport after Reagan and an Amtrak station after Biden. That should tell you all you need to know.
Participant: I would respectfully submit that if you contemplate a big chunk of oily Matjas on a slice of dark pumpernickel shmeared with schmaltz as your idea of “excitement”, than the dreariness is a reflection of what you see in the mirror. True excitement is a bluefin and yellowtail tuna inside out sushi roll with brown rice and nori with only a small dab of wasabi. It is also more consistent with Mesorah whose prime directive for personal behavior and nutrition is u’shmartem es nafshosechem.
“While some of the new types/flavors are tasty, I must make a Macha’ah because they are not part of the Mesorah”
Sorry, but herring is not part of our “Mesorah” simply because it was a poor man’s “fish” in parts of the alte heim.
Acharon, Acharon chaviv!!
Lakewhut: Are you intentionally trolling or just uninformed. Keystone would not have been ready until 2023-24 and would have delivered Canadian tar sand crude to refineries in the midwest and upper plains. It would have ZERO affect on deliverability of gasoline, diesel and other distillate products along in the mid-Atlantic /east coast states served by Colonial (which will be on line this weekend). If you want to give thanks, call the Trumpkopf and his cronies who twice resisted making gas pipelines subject to mandatory cyber and reliability standards.
What is a “fancy” cheesecake?? Is it made from cream cheese derived from a special cholov yisroel from cows who are known for being machmir on every inyan of kashrus?
Lakewhut: Get some help. If you cannot see the stupidity and recklessness on both sides, not sure you have a clue of whats happening. The inept Palestinian “leadership” is exploiting every misstep by the right wingers in the Israeli political circus who want to use this unrest to stoke fears and keep Netanyahu in power. For a change, Biden has pushed back on the lefty Dems who have been demanding he “send a message” to Israel and kept the U.S. out of it.
Flew back yesterday from a weekend in the metro Denver area. Everyone on the plane wore masks…no drama, no screaming at the flight attendants etc. Normal people trying to make the best of the situation. I suspect that given the ages of the passengers and flight origination, a large percentage were vaccinated but no one said, “I don’t need to wear a mask because i have both shots”. Nice to have a 3 hour flight that almost seemed “normal”.
Filing electronically with simple returns (income only perhaps with small 1099 income) should be fast since process is now automated. Anything else (aka paper returns, complex itemized deductions or deductions exceeding certain range, substantial cap gains or business expense deductions for Schedule C, etc.) almost certain to take several months.
The IRS has said that there could be lengthy delays in issuing refunds this year due to both physical limitations resulting from most of its Staff working remotely under Federal covid restrictions and the huge increase in workload resulting from distribution of two rounds of relief checks enacted by Congress. They are giving priority to the emergency covid relief checks and processing normal refunds as fast as they can. In congressional testimony 2 weeks ago, the IRS acknowledged there were still millions of pending refunds from the 2019 tax year and the backlog is growing. They also said that fewer than 5 percent of telephone inquiries were being answered. I found the automated online inquiry system on the IRS website to be of little help in getting actual status information.
There are many parents who are incredibly thankful that some Roshei Yeshiva like Rav Edelstein issued an issur against their talmidim going to Meron and insisted they stay in school and continue learning.
“…its comical how all the 45- year old CR users basically just sit on their computers waiting for a bochur to write something trollish and then attack the bochur for it”
Actually, its considerably more comical to believe all the CR “gotcha” posters are 45 yo…..those youngsters are too busy to be bashing yungerleit for trolling. Its the more geriatric posters who are generally the most self-righteous, pompous and and judgemental” …anyone in Obama’s administration should be investigated!”
Sorry your “Health is diminishing quickly. First, there is no evidence the assertion from the Iranian minister is accurate, and both Kerry and those who attended the relevant meetings have denied the accuracy of the report. Second, there were over 4,000 political appointees in the Obama administration so investigating them all will provide full employment for several hundred lawyers that Biden can hire at DOJ. Overall, one of your less enlightened suggestions but good entertainment for a slow news day.
I will leave it to the heilege CR poskim as to whether there is an age limit or other reason for restrictions on the reading/studying of Zohar in ANY language. If you have concluded you want to do so, the Pritzker editions translated by Daniel Matt are considered among the best English translations along with those published Tisby, although the latter is less complete than the Pritzker publications. BOTH are available on Amazon.
The PillowAmoretz has just come out with Trumpkopf II, a sequel to his Trumpkopf I documentary running on OAN proving beyond doubt that secret satellite lasers controlled by George Soros from an underground bunker in Chelm manipulated the voting machines in the key swing states. There are a whole bunch of right wing nutcases making a fortune pushing these conspiracy theories and fundraising for Republican primary challenges.
The “forensic audit” is a joke but allows some Arizona Senate wingnuts to establish their Trumpkopf bona fides in a political world where Republican Primaries are essentially contests over who is the Trumpiest Trumpkopf.
“There is no actual halacha that says one must send children to a sleep-away camp….”
Actually, it is a minhag many follow dating back to the alte heim. Chazal bring down the inyan of sending yiddeshe kinderlach to summer camp as part of the machlokes as to whether Orlando or Miami is the preferred venue for the Pesach sedorim.again in late August.Mag868; Just think of happy hour as a pre-shabbos kiddush club. Seriously, though, he “environment” at these spaces changes fairly frequently and what may seem “kosher” now, could change quickly with a few departures/arrivals. The spaces operated by a national firm called “We Work” are all over the NYC metro area and you should be able to find one near your location. They are clean, well-equipped, closely monitored for noisy and disruptive individuals and generally provided a positive work environment. I have used them in several cities, pre-pandemic, and was very impressed.
BP27’s advice is right on point. Unless your bochur is very “social” and makes friends easily, he will be much happier going where he knows at least a few other campers. After getting a few suggestions along those lines, perhaps check with his rebbe regarding any red flags on the ruach of the camp.
Summer travel to Canadian tourist sites is iffy right now. Border crossings limited to “essential” travel with very few waivers. May be relaxed as more vaccinations are completed but right now, they are still in full scale shutdowns in major cities. State department just updated its travel advisories and about 85 percent of top 100 destinations are still effectively blocked or strongly discouraged. We were considering Malta and Cyprus but those were open and then limited and now open again so we decided to stay home until next Fall. Travel insurance seems very confusing right now on Covid related closings.