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  • in reply to: Oldest Current CR Posters #1211678
    hershi
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    DY, the poster 42 mentioned (and you linked to) posted about a minute or two ahead of the poster squeak mentioned, on the CR’s very first thread (which can be found easily), where they were the first non-mod comments. (This also doesn’t take into consideration posting on the main site, which precedes the CR.)

    in reply to: Oldest Current CR Posters #1211671
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    squeak, are you answering the title or OP? While you may be correct about the OP, you’d take the cake on the title. (-:

    in reply to: stuttering problem for shidduchim #919898
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    You are in good company. Moshe Rabbeinu had a stuttering problem.

    in reply to: Covering Arm with Tefilin #917506
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    So one should roll their shirt sleeve and/or jacket sleeve over their arm on top of the Retzuos and Tefilin? Certainly the Tefilin and preferably the Retzuous too?

    Also, does anyone else have trouble getting their shirt sleeve over their arm and/or their jacket sleeve over their arm? Any suggestions?

    in reply to: Touro college #919582
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    A degree in “business”, imo, is almost useless (from any college). It has no meaning. You need something else that you can get a job with coming out of college with a bachelors. (Unless you intend to get a masters or doctorate.)

    in reply to: How do you actually forgive someone? #917554
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    Does forgiveness require that you love or like the person as much as before he insulted or hurt you?

    in reply to: How do you actually forgive someone? #917550
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    Goq: That sounds very bitter.

    in reply to: Internet Bullying #917337
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    Wouldn’t you raise the issue with authority figures (parents, rebbeim) or even friends that you felt hurt? Why should this be different?

    in reply to: young couples and shalom bayis #918588
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    Since a child may be iy”H born as soon as 9 months after the wedding, the couple can bond during their shana rishona.

    Shana rishona is taught as being important to chasanim and kallahs.

    in reply to: 120 Years #917570
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    Moshe Rabbeinu.

    in reply to: Planning a Bas Mitzvah – Ideas #917305
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    $20 a person for 100 people is $2,000. Overkill for a bas mitzvah and the OP said a $400 limit she wants.

    in reply to: FISCAL CLIFF #917010
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    akuperma: My understanding of the new law passed by Congress last night is that it ONLY raises taxes on individuals with income exceeding $400,000 or couples exceeding $450,000. Where does your $105,000 figure come from and what does it represent?

    in reply to: Japan boys finally free #916991
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    If you tell airport customs or security that you are taking a package for a stranger, how will they react?

    in reply to: Help! Have Gallstones; Can I Avoid Gallbladder Removal?? #925594
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    bb8: Are you saying the risk of cancer increases if someone with a gallstones problem does NOT have the surgery to remove it?

    in reply to: Internet Bullying #917333
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    DY: If you were away from school for a couple months and the day you came back your teacher announced to the class “the pig is back”, you wouldn’t feel bullied?

    in reply to: When do you tell… #917693
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    The most important point is to make sure that your mother-in-law knows as soon as your mother knows. One should NOT get preferential treatment in knowing sooner than the other. Otherwise, you have a recipe for disaster.

    in reply to: how does Hashem want girls with good voices to use them? #917095
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    WIY: The vast majority of people who have a good singing voice, including men, never perform publicly. And they do not feel unfulfilled at all.

    in reply to: What did the dirty diaper-throwing individuals hope to accomplish? #917387
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    What is the penalty for misdemeanor littering? 400 NS fine?

    in reply to: Making it financially with less #917264
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    gaw: Must he sell his shirt too and buy a cheaper t-shirt? That’s what your other must-sell items (i.e. hat) leads us to believe.

    in reply to: Classic Yeshivishe Haircut #918391
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    Use a frum barber.

    in reply to: Making it financially with less #917262
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    Met Council.

    in reply to: Making it financially with less #917257
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    ChanieE: You may not singlehandedly solve the homeless problem regardless of what you do, but the best practical suggestion for an ordinary person to help alleviate THIS problem is to give Tzedakah to organizations working on it (and there are such organizations) or better yet to give Tzedakah directly to homeless yidden.

    in reply to: Classic Yeshivishe Haircut #918386
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    A chup is hair that’s too long.

    in reply to: Making it financially with less #917255
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    ChanieE: Give Tzedakah.

    in reply to: What information to you look on blogs for? #916874
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    Usually the weather and the latest sports.

    in reply to: Question about football #961790
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    Canada and Australia call it soccer, much like the U.S.

    in reply to: how does Hashem want girls with good voices to use them? #917076
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    Only if their are no guests in the home.

    in reply to: Help! Have Gallstones; Can I Avoid Gallbladder Removal?? #925581
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    Presumably, by now, a decision was made one way or the other.

    in reply to: Help Using Scanner To Monitor Police #916889
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    What does delayed mean?

    in reply to: Haircuts in Lakewood #916758
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    Is it really that difficult to get a barber’s license?

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    Yichusdik: You disagree with Rashi so you simply write Rashi off as being “inconsistent”?!?! That is simply mind-boggling.

    hershi
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    The idea, even in the form of a question, expressed in the title of this thread is borderline chutz lmachne.

    in reply to: How do I stop my wife spending??! #1177085
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    The OP wrote that he already had a conversation with his wife and that it didn’t help.

    in reply to: Making it financially with less #917215
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    Use coupons.

    hershi
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    Thanks again, JS. I was trying to save a copy for myself. I presume saving it from YT will be a lower quality than if done from the original. If it is complicated to describe how to do from the original, that’s okay. I appreciate your help.

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    Just Smile: Thanks a bunch, that was very helpful. Did you copy that off the link in your OP? How did you manage to save it?

    Thanks again

    P.S. I thought YT had a time limit for videos. How’d you get past that?

    hershi
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    Is it possible to download the video feed from the above site and save it to your computer?

    Anyone, please?

    in reply to: Enough with the yiddish already #878249
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    The litvish and chasidish have a different havara. Just as almost every language has people speaking it with different dialetcs. They are still the same language. And in almost all cases people speaking the same language with different dialetcs can easily communicate with each other.

    Think Southern drawl.

    in reply to: Black hat #877087
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    The M”B says a hat is needed in addition to a yarmulka.

    in reply to: Whitelist vs. Blacklist & Remote vs. Local Internet Filtering #876460
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    Regarding ISP-side filtering, although in practice I think that all the Jewish services require human intervention to modify the filter, theoretically the ISP could setup a simple administrative password-based login to add sites to the filter. But even in such a case, it would still be more difficult for a non-administrator to hack around the filter compared to beating a local system based filter. Though as far as self-discipline for the admin himself, it would be all-too-easy to allow oneself past the filters via the administrative access.

    in reply to: Enough with the yiddish already #878238
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    Yidden always had a unifying language that was unique to Yidden. For the last thousand years, Yiddish has served this purpose. It is no coincidence that Roshe Yeshivos give their droshos in Yiddish in America, Eretz Yisroel and the world over.

    in reply to: Enough with the yiddish already #878236
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    Ladino is very uncommon even among Sefardim. And even those that know it, it is their second language, not first like Yiddish.

    During the asifa the vast majority of yidden, even those not fluent in yiddish, were paying attention to the yiddish speaking rabbonim shlita. They were looking at the scrolling English translation at citifield or asking their neighbors (ie at the other venues) what the rabbonim were saying. Many got a sense even without a translation. Just like the Polish Minister who understood the Chofetz Chaim, who spoke in yiddish even though the Minister didn’t, and there was no translation.

    in reply to: Beis Din of America #877371
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    I agree with rebdoniel about the problem of creating a get me’usa (and mamzeirim) by forcing a get kneged halacha.

    in reply to: The Longest Seder Contest�How Late Will Your Seder End? #1199585
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    We usually make a minyan for Sefira towards the end of the second Seder, and finish about 2:30 AM.

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    Sam: That would work, thanks. I could dilute the wine with grape juice and tolerate it just fine. Is it correct though that that would be lchatchila lchol hadeios? And does it matter with any deios how much is grape juice and how much is wine in the mix?

    Also, does anyone think a very low alcholic content wine (i.e. 3.5%) might be more tolerable for the stomache? And if it is, is using such a wine entirely, more m’hudor than mixing a higher alcohol wine with grape juice?

    in reply to: Problem Being Unable to Consume Much Alcohol – And Can't Get Drunk #866384
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    popa: Yes, like mentioned earlier, I can perfectly tolerate any amount of grape juice. Yet, I would much prefer to use wine, and would appreciate suggestions as to what wines might be easier consumable.

    in reply to: Kabbalah, Zohar and The ARIZAL #866763
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    Very relevant. Kabbala touches almost everything we do as Jews today.

    in reply to: The Israeli Settlers #866282
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    What are the borders of halachic Eretz Yisroel?

    (Shmitta, Maaser, Teruma, etc.)

    hershi
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    So what do I do for the Seder? After the second Kos, my stomach is kicking from the wine.

    in reply to: Photographers in Women's Section #861828
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    Well, the eardrum busting musicians make sure no one would hear it anyways. Do the women hear the men sing despite the decibel volume of the band?

    (You still have the dancing in front of men issue outstanding.)

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