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December 20, 2010 9:00 pm at 9:00 pm in reply to: A Radical Solution to the Shidduch Crisis? #719429gavra_at_workParticipant
smartcookie:
So you disagree with “the chevra” who says that the Chassidish solution can apply to non-chassidim?
P.S. It is not crazy, it has to do with expectations and exposure.
In the Alter Heim, you came home from work (as a boy),& your father told you that you were engaged, and you asked to who?
And it worked, and they were happy (see: “do you love me”, Fiddler on the Roof).
gavra_at_workParticipantBe kind whatever you do.
Always a good idea.
gavra_at_workParticipantCaller ID.
Don’t say hello when picking up the phone, say good evening.
and HANG UP!
If they don’t get, they will stop
(As opposed to if you (help) build it, they will come).
December 20, 2010 8:20 pm at 8:20 pm in reply to: A Radical Solution to the Shidduch Crisis? #719424gavra_at_workParticipantSof Davar- don’t start. If you’re not Chassidish you’ll never understand.
If you can’t understand it, does the system still work?
And if it doesn’t, why suggest it? 😉
It may help to explain it (slowly, like to a child), and then people who “don’t understand” might take it seriously.
December 20, 2010 8:15 pm at 8:15 pm in reply to: The classics, Yidden, and the recent closed thread #719330gavra_at_workParticipanthavesomeseichel: I did specificly mention it (just “a modest proposal”) at the end of one of my posts, plus I quoted it in italics.
SJS: At first I thought you meant Frost (real classics), then Dylan, but then I got it (although I have never read it, but I really should).
gavra_at_workParticipantAZ:
If you are saying that only older girls should pay to play, then it will help those who do. But what stops the younger girls from also paying? And if they do, you are back where you started.
December 20, 2010 7:55 pm at 7:55 pm in reply to: A Radical Solution to the Shidduch Crisis? #719418gavra_at_workParticipantPBA:
You can use it over on the Jonathan Swift thread.
ronrsr: Why does the boy need to be mature?
gavra_at_workParticipantAgree with J&W 22 (surprise):
The market (and that is all shidduchim is, a market) will function as it is supposed to do. Supply and demand. If the Shaddchanim drop out, a new method will come up. Supply will match with demand & equalibrium will be reached.
At this point equalibrium has been reached. There is more of a market for boys (for whatever reason, AZ or not) than girls. Greasing the rails more with more money will not make a difference on a Macro level, but it (just like if you are rich & beautiful) will help on a Micro level.
gavra_at_workParticipantSam:
I’m not saying the lawbreakers or illegals (or legals) that get benefits should be allowed to stay (they should not). That is a red herring.
Yum.
December 20, 2010 2:45 pm at 2:45 pm in reply to: A Radical Solution to the Shidduch Crisis? #719392gavra_at_workParticipantAgreed:
Boys should get married at 17, and girls at 18.
Simple solution 🙂
gavra_at_workParticipantGreen Eggs & Ham liker 🙂
Yes, if half a billion people in China can prove that they have jobs waiting for them in the US, and will not be a burden to society (i.e. there is some sort of visa that disallows benefits of citizens, such as unenployment & healthcare) then I have no issues with them working in the US.
gavra_at_workParticipantno.
gavra_at_workParticipantI think they should deport the illegal people. They’re turning our country into a non-English-speaking country and spreading dangerous diseases around and stealing your stuff.
I think they should deport the Jews. They’re turning our country into a non-English-speaking country and spreading dangerous diseases around and stealing your stuff.
I can just see where this logic is going.
I believe everyone in this world has the right to a better life, and the right to work towards it. As such, anyone who is willing to work and will not be a burden on the state should be allowed to do so (so that they will not be breaking the law, it should be legal).
P.S. I am a US Citizen.
gavra_at_workParticipantYum:
Juicy Lashon Hara.
And yes, it makes me in the mood for a steak.
December 16, 2010 9:41 pm at 9:41 pm in reply to: Inappropriate Opposite Gender Interactions in the Workplace #1075599gavra_at_workParticipantCN: Invite an additional co-worker (either gender) on the project to join, so it becomes more businesslike.
I have not had a problem with it.
December 16, 2010 6:04 pm at 6:04 pm in reply to: Inappropriate Opposite Gender Interactions in the Workplace #1075597gavra_at_workParticipantSDHN:
Realize that not all “Frum” workplaces have Torah/Yeraim Jews running them. A cousin of mine had a similar problem (boss hit on her consistently, and they were both married) in a very “Heimish” office. She ended up leaving rather than continue in that job.
gavra_at_workParticipantA23:
I thought that either:
1: Parents of the school (voluntarily or in lieu of tuition) make the calls.
2: Individuals who want/need the extra money but stay at home (like Kollel wives) make the calls.
Not that it should be a business with a workplace and the whole shabang.
Guess I learned something, Thanks.
gavra_at_workParticipantWork
December 16, 2010 3:57 pm at 3:57 pm in reply to: Inappropriate Opposite Gender Interactions in the Workplace #1075591gavra_at_workParticipantHas HaRav Shmuel Neiman ever worked in “The Workplace”? Most work gets done outside offices; its called a cubicle. (not my line, but a good one). 😉
I, for one, agree with cantoresq.
Just want to add if you are upfront with people that you will not touch them for religous reasons, they will be careful not to offend YOUR sensibilities and will avoid trying to cause you problems.
gavra_at_workParticipantThere are companies that do this!?
Wow.
December 15, 2010 7:58 pm at 7:58 pm in reply to: How do you let someone know they are not wanted? #718252gavra_at_workParticipantBack where?
(I know, I’m that guy, and the place is here 🙁
jk
gavra_at_workParticipantSo from the parallelness (is that even a word?) we can figure out what the original means, no?
gavra_at_workParticipantMan you are quick 🙂
I don’t divulge what I do (other than work :-), but everyone who has learned Gemora for real is a natural Lawyer. It comes with the job.
gavra_at_workParticipantMr. 80:
So the word “frum” has nothing to do with “Torah” per say.
Just like someone can be a “frum” Catholic or Unitarian, they can be a “frum” Reform Jew.
gavra_at_workParticipantTo the Right, Ever to the Right, Never to the Left, Forever to the Right!?
Where there’s gold, A market that will hold, Tradition that is Old, Reluctant to be Bold!
Come sing Hoshana Hoshana!
gavra_at_workParticipantWhat is meant by a “Frum Goy”.
And it is common usage.
gavra_at_workParticipantIt is their (the callers’) parnassah.
They get a (rather large) percentage of the take.
So they need you to give.
And when your parnassah is on the line, you will be rude.
gavra_at_workParticipantNothing.
It is a made up word and can mean whatever you want it to mean.
gavra_at_workParticipantRon Paul – Heath Shuler
gavra_at_workParticipantTheodore Roosevelt National Park is in North Dakota.
I don’t think it would be much of a National Park if not for TR having lived there.
Wildlife viewing, just like any other open area.
Dr. Hall (or anyone else), have you been there?
December 13, 2010 3:22 pm at 3:22 pm in reply to: How do I know what gender I'm speaking to? #717143gavra_at_workParticipantI am Male.
For some of us it is easy.
gavra_at_workParticipant😉
This is so funny and wrong I don’t even know where to begin.
I’ll just say you are disagreeing with Rav Moshe Wolfson, who says learning is a much easier lifestyle (since that is the language you understand).
If you want to debate this please start a new thread.
Emphasis added.
Being that you completely misunderstood me (Are you ESL?), I guess I can’t say anything about the “at work” part either.
But I now understand more how the p’sakim in the names of the “gedolim” get created.
B’Hatzlacha
G@W
P.S. this was a response to MF, who said:
Yeshiva and learning Torah is harder than working. If there is anyone who shouldn’t be complaining, it is those who are in college or working. The Yeshiva guys should be handed a silver platter for the Avodas HaKodesh they sweat for.
If anyone would like to argue with me and agree with MF, please bring some sort of reason why.
gavra_at_workParticipantOylam:
The main thing that is checked out now is the size of the bank account.
Jail is also good, as we can assume Cayman Islands.
If you don’t have those (Chas V’Shalom), then you might need a picture.
But at that point, you lost the top 20% of Bochrim anyway.
gavra_at_workParticipantAnyone that wont pick up a penny because goyim USED to throw pennies at Jews and make fun of them is NOT SO SMART (THE WORD I USED GOT EDITED OUT)
When was the last time that you saw that happen??
IIRC R’ Avi Shafran said (IN CC) that it has happened to him recently with a quarter.
December 10, 2010 2:51 pm at 2:51 pm in reply to: Orthodox/Hasidic Borough Park, Brooklyn Voted Republican #716451gavra_at_workParticipantAny numbers for other jewish areas, like Kiryas Joel & Williamsburg?
December 10, 2010 2:49 pm at 2:49 pm in reply to: What Is Your Immediate Reaction To Thread Titles #716384gavra_at_workParticipantDon’t judge a book by its cover?
gavra_at_workParticipantOnly an Indian.
gavra_at_workParticipantlearn
gavra_at_workParticipantBesides, you would probably take Lake Shore Drive (From WRP) to 55 (or 290/88) to 80.
A quick search (I don’t Ski) brings up Wilmot.
December 7, 2010 8:46 pm at 8:46 pm in reply to: Kosher Activities For Teenage Girls On Motzei Shabbos #885568gavra_at_workParticipantplay pool
Is that when you pretend to do laps? Show off your latest strokes?
🙂
Seriously, I imagine many here will say billiards is Assur. Why, I don’t know (he’s on third, and I don’t give a darn :-).
gavra_at_workParticipantYeshiva and learning Torah is harder than working. If there is anyone who shouldn’t be complaining, it is those who are in college or working. The Yeshiva guys should be handed a silver platter for the Avodas HaKodesh they sweat for.
😉
This is so funny and wrong I don’t even know where to begin.
I’ll just say you are disagreeing with Rav Moshe Wolfson, who says learning is a much easier lifestyle (since that is the language you understand).
If you want to debate this please start a new thread.
gavra_at_workParticipantOomis,SJSinNYC and others, there is such a thing as Halocha, which is the Will of HaShem Isborach. According to it, men and women do not have the same rights and obligations when it comes to marriage.
What is this refering to?
gavra_at_workParticipantPBA:
😉
December 7, 2010 4:32 pm at 4:32 pm in reply to: Shaitle Fraud Chillul Hashem Video: Sha'ar haTumah haChamishim #717798gavra_at_workParticipantthanks wolf.
gavra_at_workParticipantAnd what about some (repeat: some) evil ex-wives who indoctrinate father-hatred in their children, keep their children as much away from their loving caring father as possible, use goyish courts in violation of halachic rules on monetary ownership to squeeze and steal every possible penny from her ex-husband in the form of alimony and child support?
What about them?
(I know, I’m setting myself up)
December 7, 2010 3:58 pm at 3:58 pm in reply to: Shaitle Fraud Chillul Hashem Video: Sha'ar haTumah haChamishim #717795gavra_at_workParticipantThanks cantoresq.
Is this TV show real or is it made up, like wrestling?
Seems like a made up story to me.
December 7, 2010 3:35 pm at 3:35 pm in reply to: Shaitle Fraud Chillul Hashem Video: Sha'ar haTumah haChamishim #717791gavra_at_workParticipantBeing that I can’t see youtube, can someone summarize the video please?
gavra_at_workParticipantOnce again:
Sometimes it is worth getting beaten by Beis Din, or for the Ra’avad, starve.
And yes, in certain cases it should be encouraged. Health of the wife from STDs, for example, which a Bais Din may have no clue or may disbelieve.
gavra_at_workParticipantSometimes it is worth getting beaten by Beis Din, or for the Ra’avad, starve.
Besides, I don’t think that will actually happen in the here and now. When Moshiach comes, he will create Shalom.
Unless you know of a case where Bais Din has beaten someone for not willing to comply (I was going to use a stronger term, but thought it might be blocked)?
gavra_at_workParticipantOfcourse:
Have your Kehila hire a real shadchan.
Then he/she will concentrate on your singles.
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