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Perhaps some startup company in EY will begin manufacturing a basic line of small appliances that have been made “water resistant” and “toivel friendly”. I’m not sure if the higher costs for “sealing” such items like sandwich grills, toasters coffee makers, blenders, etc. makes it even remotely economically feasible since the large percentage of frum families are not the type that are going to purchase the really high-end, very expensive version of these appliances.
The gerrymandering has been a problem with both parties, although given that there were more Republican-controlled legislative bodies in the 2010/11 cycle, there were more Red states whose electoral boundaries were distorted to assure Republican control than blue states seeking to lock-in Democratic friendly district boundaries. When the Dems took control of both Virginia legislative bodies last year, they suddenly had questions about the wisdom of a bipartisan commission they had previously approved to limit future gerrymandering. After much debate, it was finally allowed to go forward but showed that political hypocrisy was still alive and well on BOTH sides of the aisle.
Can anyone suggest how to merge a “shiduch crisis” thread with corresponding threads related to “techeles”, “election fraud” and “toiveling Dominion voting machines”? Would like to make it less obvious when hijacking the OP to more relevant and timely issues
Yeshivish shprach are VERY contextual. For example, “Azoy”
“Perhaps Trump’s son-in-law) is really Moishiach.” “Azoy?” (really, is that so?)
“..and how are feeling this morning?? ” “Azoy” (so-so).
The “Velt” was wrong pre-covid and will continue to be wrong post-covid. A baas yisroel should value the ability of a bochur to live a balanced life and make at least some contribution to his family while learning. A young woman whose priority is to marry someone who lacks the education and motivation to “work” may not be your beschert anyway so keep looking and good things will happen. Much hatzlacha.
Common Saychel: Minks reportedly don’t make good streimlach and as reported yesterday in the NY Post, there have been numerous Covid outbreaks traced to mink farms. The only positive I can think of is to agrivate the PETA types in the neighborhood.
Common Saychel: You are right. I was on the website of JOE JURGIELEWICZ & SON, LTD., which is a much larger specialty poultry operation which apparently contracts with multiple small farms who license their particular breed of LI ducks and other poultry and Peleh in Swan Lake is one of their suppliers. They advertise the Peleh products on their website exactly the way that Pelleh does but make clear their hashgacha is from OU whereas the Pelleh website is clear that they rely upon Rav Dovid Miller. Not an unusual marketing arrangement but can be confusing.
P.S. The squab product is also “sold out” or otherwise unavailable on the Pelleh website as well so I’ll have to stay with cornish hens for now.To avoid confusion, Reb Foreman recommends that the grill NOT be plugged in while being toiveled.
CS: Sadly, Pellah is “sold out” of king pigeons (aka squab) but I’ll keep checking to see when it comes back into stock. In the interim, I placed an order for some of their Duck sausage. I also found the story of their firm’s history fascinating moving the farm and production facilities from the Hamptons on LI when the land became too expensive to the site of an abandoned nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Two generations of Cornell U vet school grads run the business. Also, only about 1/3 of the products listed on their website are “kosher” so you have to be careful when ordering.
Well, I found the answer to my own question.
“….Pelleh Poultry’s award-winning squabs are young King Pigeons, a variety specifically bred for market (not the ones from Central Park) Featuring tender meat with a delicate gamy flavor, the King Pigeon breed is now the most popular squab bird on the market. At four weeks, the birds have achieved adult size but have not yet started to toughen from the exercise of flying. This is the ideal time to prepare them for the table. Pelleh Poultry receives the squabs from their supplier, David King. and are meticulously processed to the highest standards of (OU) kashruth…”
Well, not Chassideshe hashgacha but I guess pigeons may be more of a Litvishe delicacy
Common Saychal: Where can you find pigeon (aka “squab”) with a good chasideshe shechita? The plumba is likely to be larger than the bird?
Charlie: When I was growing up in Pelham Parkway, there were tons of birds (not just pigeons) especially when you headed up towards Pelham Bay. When I went back a few years ago, not much diversity beyond the pigeons. I suspect the proliferation of feral cats may have some role.
Does anyone believe we will ever see a viable third party in our lifetimes? A few months ago I would have assumed a substantial number of traditional Republicans would have split from the Trumpkopfs and reclaimed their long-held policy agenda without all the “America First” isolationism, raciist tropes, vulgarity, and threats against those who disagreed. Given the total silence among the R’s to the Biden win, that doesn’t look like its going to happen anytime soon and they will quietly folllow the Trumpkpf over the cliff. (Perhaps more objectively, they and a good percentage of the 75 million Trump voters will go over the cliff).
“Don’t bring up politics”
Why not?? Especially if you have very strong feelings about public policy issues and government in general. You don’t want to wait until your in the yichud room and suddenly discover your beschert is a Trumpie or RHINO while you hold strong progressive values. Your political views are very much part of who you are and its something I would want to know about the person I’m going to live my life with.
There is no magic formula that will “make it click” for every single person. As much as it sounds like a cliche, just be yourself and soon you will find your beschert. Don’t let anyone pressure you into rushing into the first relationship that goes to a third date unless you really feel the connection.
Much hatzalacha.I don’t think you will find any photos or portraits of a “gadol” with a pet dog, much less a cat or gerbil. Going back to the time of the avos, we know that as shepherds, they more likely than not had herding dogs that were work dogs but not household pets. My recollection from some prior exchanges on the this question is that there are some references in gemorah about prohibitions on keeping dogs that pose a risk of personal injury or property damage to neighbors. I would imagine that in the Alte Heim, the challenges of feeding large families precluded the notion of keeping pets for pleasure (rather than as workdogs or cats to control vermin and pests). Even today, i don’t recall seeing a photo of some gadol or chashuvah rav sitting at his shtender learning with a pet schnauzer at his feet. I’ve also heard some argue that there are inyanim regarding walking a taking care of a dog on shabbos that raise questions. At the other end of the spectrum, there are some ehrliche yidden who treat the petirah of a pet like a member of the family, even to the point of engaging in some kind of “levayah” for Lassie.
I plan on getting vaccinated on Tu B’shvat so perhaps we establish a new minhag of Chanukah Sheini for those unable to entirely miss their annual quota of sufganiyot
Health; You ask, “What would they hold if I married my Dog….
Would he/she get my Worldly Possessions?In your case, I suspect SCOTUS would make a special exception since you beschert would likely be a perfect match, unless the animal protective services were to file an amicus to protect your fiance’.
Seriously, if at this point in time you are still making analogies between men and women whose lifestyle choices conflict with your beliefs, than those mindless comparisons warrant a companion with equivalent intelligence and compassion.
They have not yet requested a pardon for Barron for cheating on his algebra exam
Health: I wouldn’t look to the founding “fathers” for much guidance on ethics or morality since several of them were gay and others were literally “fathering” children in adulterous relationships with their slaves. The practical effect of the SCOTUS ruling was that gay couples had the same rights to engage in contractual relationships with one another as other couples and that such contractual rights had to be honored in other states beyond those where they had been “married”.
If you don’t like Roberts, I guess you have a problem with Gorsuch too since he supported the SCOTUS decision that sex discrimination laws also applied to LBGT individuals (sine they were literally be discriminated against because of their gender identity.“But one thing I give Trump credit for – Right now 5 out of 4 SCOTUS Judges, don’t put Party/PC over LAW!
Geez….thats 125% of the Court. Awesome achievement for Trump. I guess the other 4 of the 9 justices are just political hacks, such as John Roberts and Steve Breyer, who are lacking in any principles or respect for law and will do whatever they are told by Pelosi.
In the spirit of hakoros hatov, more than half of the invitees to the annual WH chanukah party have sent their regrets. Well known Trump supporters such as Harvard law professor/Fox News afficiando Alan Dershowitz have declined to attend, most citing concerns over the Covid virus infections at recent WH events. There are some true believers such as Mort Klein (ZOA) who are willing to take the risk and others have until tomorrow to RSVP.
Syag: We probably need a national “time out” but thats unlikely to happen. Even 4 years of “boring” would be a welcome respite where you don’t get up in the AM and check your news feed to see if martial law was declared overnight, we bombed Translyvania or another hypocritical Dem politician felt an obligation to attend some high-priced reception or fly off to Cabo with his mishpacha while telling everyone else to lock down in their basement until next Spring.
Look forward to your return to the CR when everything is “back to rnormal” or in time for the 2024 election cycle (whichever comes first).Syag: But your original point is duly noted.
At this point, its painful to check in once a day to read the meshugaas being posted by the Trumpkopfs about their latest conspiracy theories or the “treasonous judges” (many appointed by the Trumkopf himself) who won’t go along with his rants and keep kicking Crazy Rudy in the kiester. (and out of court)
Yes, losing hurts but time (2024) is the great healer.
If you get vaccinated, it will include a “free” microchip implanted in your upper arm below the shoulder so that you can be more readily tracked by the deep state. If you need additional “news” to further elevate your anxiety level, watch the president’s 45 minute rambling (and at time incoherent) rant video released by this AM by the WH which incorporates bits of his all-time favorite conspiracy theories from the past 4 years (e.g. the Dominion vote counting switcheroo was coordinated from an underground bunker in Area 52 (no. 51 was already booked for a socially distanced chassanah). Perhaps he should hunker down, chill out and focus on pardons for his mishpacha and Crazy Rudy.
Torahvalues: It will be a looooong wait for another Trumpkopf.
In fairness,Trump didn’t “ruin” the GOP. He was very clear before he was elected in 2016 as to who he was and what he would do. The ruination of the GOP was in the hands of those Republicans who as a prior poster noted, twisted themselves into lying sycophantsand conspiracy theorists to avoid being “tweeted at”.
Syag: I’ll agree 100 percent to avoid any manifestation of my chronic TDS in responding to posts or where the Poster has no political agenda or links to POTUS. The premise here of the OP is that reduction in activities by certain Dem hypocrites that are assur on shabbos is the “answer” the climate change. Sadly, sarcasm will not reduce green house gas emissions nor will the anti-science beliefs of the incumbent’s chassidim. There is definitely a common thread to those who will jeopardize the health and safety by rejecting mainstream science and advocating “wishful” solutions to real problems.
Very high correlation coefficient between climate deniers, covid deniers, mask efficacy deniers and Trumpkopf believers….
I would agree with the predicate of the OP as long as we do so in a manner that doesn’t increase carbon emissions. Cattle raising is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions so when making your chulent, cut back on the red meat and consider chicken, or even better, tofu. Not all agree with the chiyuv to eat red meat on shabbos and you can be mehader shabbos even more by purchasing more expensive seafood.
Its easy to cry gevalt and invoke pidyon shivuim every time some mindless Yid (of whatever age) is imprisoned for smuggling drugs into a country where it is strictly prohibited. However, unless individuals face consequences for their illegal actions, there is no deterrent. Perhaps its time to hold people accountable for their actions and not assume their imprisonment is the result of a bunch of ant-Semitic goyim persecuting some poor helpless yidden based on concocted evidence or lying witnesses.
Are you also feeling angst about Purim? Or should we begin debating churmrahs and kulahs about doing a preset Zoom seder with the machatonim?
Seriously though, given the timeline for vaccinations, I wouldn’t plan on changing anything we have been doing until sometime next summer. While I’m comfortable with taking a vaccine, the timeline of getting enough people either vaccinated or already having been infected and having antibodies may be a few months longer than many are assuming.The tragedy of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) knows no political boundaries. Like a mutated form of Intellectual STD, it has sadly infected individuals from across the political spectrum of all ages, ethnicities and religious beliefs. While medical science has offered several formulations that provide short-term relief, it is a progressively debilitating state of mind that ultimately becomes all-consuming. There are unconfirmed rumors that the incoming administration plans to launch Operation Warped Mind to find a cure.
“before you accuse me of being some lefty, I am a Republican Committeeman for over 25 years and a former member of the GOP executive committee”
Seychel: Surely you know that your legacy Republican credentials are irrelevant unless you have recently (and frequently) reestablished your NEW Republican bona fides by genuflecting to Trump and wear your MAGA hat to bed. Otherwise, you are, by definition, a RHINO and have lost your chelek of the RNC’s olam haboh.Say it ain’t so….YWN becoming part of the left-wing, drive-by, socialist, FAKE news mob??? If you have any doubts, just go through the archives and look at all the flattering stock photos used by the YWN editorial staff whenever a headline mentions either Hillary or Obama, where the photo has no contextual reference to the news item. Or use the search function and see if you can find a story in the past few months where any references to the ehrliche governor of NYS or mayor of NYC doesn’t have some pejorative prefix (perhaps rightfully so). In simple terms, while not a yiddeshe version of NewsMax or OAN, many of us will assure you that the YWN news editors have not gone rogue. Nor should you expect to see Rav Avi Weiss’ columns replacing those of Rav Hoffman or any of my less than respectful postings about certain rabbonim or askanim get by the Mods. However, if your definition of “liberal” means anything that doesn’t conform to the alternative reality of the Trumpkopfs, than perhaps you have a legitimate broigas with the YWN management.
Cuomo again pushed the envelope one step too far and did so with a legal and political tin ear. Even the majority SCOTUS decision acknowledged that in very limted cases, severe restrictions may be required as a last resort and the justices will defer to the public health experts. In this case however, the NYS restrictions were per se discriminatory in that they imposed different restrictions on similarly situated gatherings and failed to first consider less intrusive measures.
At some point, step back and realize you are being trolled by some not-so-good trollers. Personally, I found some wonderful meds for my own case of TDS with relatively few side-effects.
It is NOT a binary choice. We do have public officials with an IQ above that of a carrot who have good policy instincts (albeit not on all issues) but don’t find it necessary to engage in pritzus, racist and misogynistic rants and bullying of anyone who doesn’t genuflect to them. Sadly, they typically don’t end up as the candidates from which we choose our Presidents.
Syag: Sorry you are having a bad day……think positively…your guy has said he may run again in 2024 so they can reuse all the MAGA hats and other campaign stuff, perhaps only needing to paste a “24” over the “20”.
As to Cuba, for those of you who haven’t had an opportunity to visit the Island, good news is that Biden has said he will lift the Trump-era rules which have restricted even “educational” tours to the island. There is a small but vibrant frum community in Havana (90 percent of yidden left under Castro).“there is next to nothing on the internet for a jewish person in general”.
Huhhh????? Either you haven’t ever been on the internet, OR youare living in a cave somewhere off the grid. You have instant access to ganz tanach, shas, virtually all meforshim and hundreds of thousands of seforim on divrei kodesh. That excludes the billions of documents that may have relevance to normal yidden in their everday life from how to register their minivan to changing the air filter on their lawn mower. And, of course, telemedicine appointments with you doc when you don’t want to go into an office and wait for 30 minutes in a room with sick people, ordering groceries so you don’t have to waste time and get up close and personal with other shoppers at Persimmon, transferring funds to the virtual tzadakah box via Zele, changing you health insurance open during open season, making a tee time for golf on Sunday AM after davening and and ordering a refill on your meds.
Otherwise, nothing to do.CT Lawyer: Good point on Gitmo!! He did great with the Cuban-Americans in South Florida and there are some great golf courses on the southern coast of the Island. There are some wonderful scenes in the Godfather of the good ole days in Havana.
“Does Moishe’s move people to Federal prison?”
Yes. Otisville (aka “Club Fed”) is within the 100 mile perimeter defining a “local” move under Moishe’s tariff sheets. Many ehrliche yiddeshe “businessmen” will vouch for its facilities. While it doesn’t have an 18 hole golf course, there is a really nice miniature golf course on the north side of the exercise yard between the two guard towers.
“If the state can mandate what you do with your body, then why can’t the state dictate whether someone gets pregnate “…
Several reasons. First, getting “pregnate” requires TWO people to be participants and even then, there is no guarantee. Second, and perhaps more to the point, the SCOTUS decision cited earlier was not a per se mandate for getting vaccinated but the right of state or local government to make vaccination a prerequisite for someone to participate in certain public activities where there failure to get vaccinated poses a threat to others. If you wanted to live in your basement and not step foot outside, there is no such legal mandate.“What is the President’s Next Move”
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