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I’ve seen this in almost every shul:
1) By hoitzo’as sefer Torah, one or more people repeat “Gadlu la’H-shem iti” after the chazan
2) When the sefer Torah is returned, some people repeat “Yehalilu es shem H-shem” after the chazan.
The above occurs so often, I wonder if there was some old minhag to daven this way.
Help me out here, please –
What’s a good abbreviation for someone who’s a Wise Old Lupine Fellow?
(moderator – please delete this post if it annoys …er, someone)
minyan gal-
kapusta-
AinOhdMilvado-
Thank you for the kind words – glad you got a chuckle out of it.
Speaking of “showing our age”, I asked a jr. if the terms “shtotty” and “Borse” are still used. The former is, the latter apparently isn’t.
You may enjoy this thread:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/nursery-rhymes-for-jews
myfriend–
It’s really not worth explaining here, but if you’re curious you can Google “Mr. Ed”.
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So as not to (totally) hijack this thread:
I recommend getting a quality hat. It will look good for a lot longer, and when it does begin to lose its shape over time it can be steamed and blocked to look great once again.
A cheap hat will look nice for a much shorter time, and once it starts going, it’s pretty much gone.
A Borse is a Borse, of course, of course,
And nice black yeshivishe Borse of course
That is, of course, the only Borse that should be on your head.
Go right to the source, request the Borse
He’ll give you the hat we all endorse.
This is the rule we must enforce.
Accept nothing in its stead.
People yakkity yak a streak; “what a wonderful hat” they say
And on your head will be your Borse; you’ll look shtotty all day.
A Borse is a Borse, of course, of course,
And one can be bought with no remorse.
You never thought of buying a Borse?
Well listen to this.
You need one to be “redt”.
The Jewish Press has several ads for Shabbos Chanuka getaways.
charliehall–
“I’m also not convinced that torture provides consistently useful information. Police detectives know that they can get criminals to confess under interrogation to all kinds of things that they did not do! That may be one reason why self-incriminating evidence is not permitted in a Jewish court.“
That’s an interesting theory.
Self-incriminating evidence isn’t allowed where misa (capital punishment) or malkos (lashes) are involved.
It is allowed in civil cases (where admission of an involved party is considered the equivalent of 100 witnesses), and for certain kaparos that specific transgressions require.
With regards to why we don’t accept a person’s own testimony in order to give him malkos, we say ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? – a person may not make himself a rasha.
Rava in Sanhedrin 9b and 10a explains that a person is a relative to himself, and therefore is unable to establish himself (via his own admission i.e. testimony) as a rasha.
As discussed in the gemara, we even go so far as to “split” the testimony of witnesses – accepting part of it and not accepting another part – because a portion of the testimony is on a relative.
Self-incriminating testimony and its facets are found in several places – Tosafos in the gemara in sanhedrin brings down a couple of other places – it actually differentiates between witnesses who claim their earlier testimony was coerced with monetary or physical threats.
WolfishMusings-
Moq-
I didn’t get a definitive answer over Shabbos re: the arabic “shem” in question.
Since islam is not avoda zora, your point does makes sense.
Freshly Minted – Answer
A bowl contains between 50 and 100 mints.
When you divide all the mints into groups of five, there are four left over (which you eat).
You then take all the mints, put them back into the bowl, and divide them into groups of four. Three are left over (which you eat).
You now take all the mints, put them back into the bowl, and divide them into groups of three. Two are left over (guess what happens to them – hint: chomp, chomp).
Yet again, you take all the mints and put them back into the bowl. Now, you divide them into groups of two. None are left over (you already ate enough).
How many mints were originally in the bowl?
(from a puzzle magazine)
answer: 99
a) 99 / 5 = 19 remainder 4 (four left over)
b) 95 / 4 = 23 remainder 3 (three left over)
c) 92 / 3 = 30 remainder 2 (two left over)
d) 90 / 2 = 45 remainder 0 (zero left over)
snapplegrl–
whats the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
A jeweler sells watches, a jailer watches cells.
baron fritz–
ronrsr–
Thanks for the puzzle site info.
As far as the cigarette puzzle:
c) 3 cigarette butts + 1 hobo searching for a fourth butt.
Be Happy-
B”H – that’s truly excellent news that all of us can “Be Happy” to hear.
Over Shabbos I was thinking that we hadn’t heard about your situation in a while, and maybe a post letting you know we hadn’t forgotten about you would be a good idea.
I don’t have any advice (sorry), but I know cancer survivors who over time regained their strength, hair (where applicable), and other physical attributes.
IY”H may you continue to have a refua shelaima.
Gut Shabbos.
blinky-
Thank you.
Please include “ronrsr” in the invites to puzzles like this – I think he enjoys solving as well as writing them.
On to the puzzle! (I’m not sure about all of them.)
A)orator______________4)bespeak
B)actor_______________6)display
C)cleaners employee___9)despot
D)landlord____________2)disown
E)heir________________12)disclaim
F)huge man____________8)demote
G)credit card owner___1)discharge
H)tormentor___________11)despite
I)ogre________________3)demean
J)kind person_________10)define
K)duke________________13)discount
L)teacher_____________7)district
M)seismologist________5)defaultThe Definitive Conservative vs. Liberal Quiz
Rules:
Ready?
Go!
1) X = pinko, Y = ?
2) X = hypocrite, Y = ?
3) X = moron, Y = ?
4) X = traitor, Y = ?
5) X = nazi, Y = ?
6) X = commie, Y = ?
7) X = puritan, Y = ?
8) X = g-dless, Y = ?
9) X = uptight, Y = ?
10) X = wingnut, Y = ?
11) X = socialist, Y = ?
12) X = greedy, Y = ?
13) X = ignorant, Y = ?
14) X = racist, Y = ?
15) X = baby killer, Y = ?
16) X = taliban, Y = ?
17) X = tree-hugger, Y = ?
18) X = chicken hawk, Y = ?
19) X = surrender monkey, Y = ?
20) X = pro abortion, Y = ?
21) X = anti choice, Y = ?
22) X = birther, Y = ?
23) X = gun nut, Y = ?
24) X = extremist, Y = ?
25) X = loon, Y = ?
26) X = Kenyan, Y = ?
I will b”n look into whether the Arabic term discussed above qualifies as a shem H-shem and should therefore be capitilized. (clearly G-d, L-rd, etc. meet that criteria)
If anyone has a mekor, please post it here.
Until then, in the interest of erring on the side of caution, I’d appreciate it if a mod would edit my prior post and capitilize the word in question.
Moderator-80-
There is some disagreement if both locations count as sweetbreads.
Shari Lewis used to enjoy ordering lamb chops in restaurants, just for the reactions.
Beatrix Potter used to…
…not eat rabbits, but disect them (for scientific purposes).
(those of you who will now be skipping lunch need not thank me. really, it’s my pleasure.)
Does “my words” count as something I’ve eaten?
I don’t always remember to.
When I do, on Memorial day and July 4th.
It’s a little hakoras hatov to the medina shel chesed.
myfriend-
The current Neversink was established when the prior one was drowned by the Neversink reservoir:
Also this:
A couple of points:
From CNN: Bush further declares that the new techniques proved effective, yielding information on al Qaeda’s structure and operations, and leading to the capture of Ramzi bin al Shibh, the logistical planner of the 9/11 attacks who was captured on the first anniversary of the attacks. And if there were any lingering doubts or conflict about the use of waterboarding, Bush discloses that he received reassurance from an unlikely source: terror suspect Abu Zubaydah.
The former president writes, “His understanding of Islam was that he had to resist interrogation only up to a certain point. Waterboarding was the technique that allowed him to reach that threshold, fulfill his religious duty, and then cooperate.”
Bush elaborates that Zubaydah gave him a direct instruction, “‘You must do this for all the brothers.'”
squeak-
I did a bit of research (google = research), and it seems that the WTC had two zip codes, but each tower didn’t have two.
According to ChaCha, “The Empire State Building is the only building in New York City to have its own zip code. It’s 10118.”
As per Wikipedia:
There are four types of ZIP codes: Unique (assigned to a single high-volume address), P.O.-box-only (used only for P.O. boxes at a given facility, not for any other type of delivery), Military (used to route mail for the U.S. military) and Standard (all other ZIP codes). As examples of Unique ZIP codes, certain governmental agencies, universities, businesses or buildings that receive extremely high volumes of mail have their own ZIP codes, such as 20505 for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C., 81009 for the Federal Citizen Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in Pueblo, Colorado; 30385 for BellSouth in Atlanta; and 21412 for Bancroft Hall, the midshipman dormitory at the United States Naval Academy. An example of a P.O.-box-only ZIP code is 22313, which is used for P.O. boxes at the main post office in Alexandria, Virginia, as well as for the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In the area surrounding that post office, home and business mail delivery addresses use ZIP code 22314, which is thus a Standard ZIP code.
Sometimes zip codes are retired. An example is the town of Halcott Center in Greene County, NY, whose 12437 zip code was eliminated (it joined the 12430 area).
Much of the NY Catskill area is less populated than it was half a century ago, and several towns have disappeared under reservoirs that were built for NYC’s water supply – Union Grove, Neversink, Shavertown, and others. (For some reason, the thought of those old towns buried underwater gives me the creeps – those who were born and grew up there truly can’t go home again.)
With all the wise guys here, no one mentioned the electric-blue Hyundai with a turbo supercharger and nitrous oxide fuel injection?
ronrsr–
I think my solution was the “Goofus” one, while yours was “Gallant”s (I used to read them in the doctors waiting room). I had a feeling it wasn’t quite right since it wasn’t a “neat fit”.
Great words!
The third one in the first puzzle and the third one in the second puzzle literally had me laughing – 3 in the second is quite imaginative. I suppose “disheartened” might also be a fit in the first 🙂
Do 13 and 15 in the second puzzle share a solution? I wasn’t sure about those two.
baron fritz–
I have 3 lives. I am hard enough to split a rock, yet I am light enough to float above the treetops. I can also be used for healing. What am I?
Water.
Three lives: vapor (steam/mist), liquid (water), solid (ice)
Split rock: ice can do that
Float above the treetops: clouds, fog
Also used for healing: We don’t believe in lourdes
blinky–
Looks like “ronrsr” prepared a double portion for you today.
Unless, of course, someone else grabs them first.
Sacrilege–
Sorry, I don’t get cellist jokes.
squeak–
I think I read somewhere that Smokey the Bear had his own zip code. Could it be a building in Jelly… er, Yellowstone Park?
I seem to remember that each of the twin towers has two separate zip codes.
Hatzlocha raba to the storeowners.
1) electrician c) delighted
2) musician a) denoted
3) cowboy f) deranged
4) tree surgeon b) debarked
5) blackjack dealer p) discarded
6) dry cleaner d) depressed
7) veil maker l) unavailable
8) fruit sellers h) impeached
9) baseball players *
10) hatmakers i) decapitated
11) yoga teachers m) distressed
12) Nuns n) uninhabited
13) Filing clerks j) defiled
14) apiarist** k) bereft
15) meteorologist e) disgusted
16) marijuana
salesperson o) disjointed–
*can be “decapitated” (lose their cap) or “discarded” (no longer appear on a card).
There is a second “disgusted” that I can’t figure out where to put.
**a beekeeper, hence “bee-reft”
-it not only has its own zip code, but it also has its own post office.
-the shopping carts come with GPS systems.
-the space shuttle astronauts use it as a reference point.
-if you order and eat a fleishig sandwich in the deli section, you will be milchig by the time you reach the pizza in the dairy section.
-it has its own weather system.
-you can actually see the curvature of the earth if you stand on one end of the aisle and look to the other.
-there is a life-size model of The Pentagon in the toy section.
-announcements on the P.A. system get charged for long distance.
Dr. Pepper–
What bracha in the regular weekday shemona esrei mentions a person and his grandson but not his son?
Ata Chonain mentions Adam and Enosh (not in the proper noun form, though).
snapplegrl–
whats the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?
I haven’t heard that one in more than 30 years. Since I did hear it, I’ll leave it for someone else.
ronrsr–
what is the difference between a woman and a postage stamp?
Postage stamps on letters make the mail go.
A woman doesn’t let’er male go.
Thank you for the kind words, but while your “before and after” list is great, mine was copied.
I’ll leave the solutions to “blinky”, but one point – unless the “baseball players” and “hatmakers” share a common solution, I couldn’t figure them all out. “Disgusted” was listed twice, but I only found one fit.
Rabbi Tuli Klein’s phone number can be looked up on whitepages.com
He lives in Passaic, NJ
blinky–
“i really liked the before and after riddle- any more of such coming????? (hint hint)“
Since I cribbed the ones above, I don’t know when & if the next batch will be available (sorry). If you like word puzzles, you can start at the beginning of this thread – there are several along the way.
Moderator-80–
I saw a slightly different version of that joke in Readers Digest a few years back – I think it had someone outside his tomb hearing the composer’s songs being played backwards.
ronrsr–
I think your talents are in demand, by “blinky” for one.
“With great power comes great responsibility”.
Nothing in common – Answer
What’s the difference between a violinist and a geologist?
A geologist works with various strata.
A violinist is more likely to work with a Stradivarius. ?
(don’t bother groaning – it only encourages me)
Before and After – Answers
1) angler o) debated (ronrsr)
2) banker l) disinterested (ronrsr)
3) barber m) departed (ronrsr)
4) calculus teacher f) disintegrated (ronrsr)
5) cashier j) distilled
6) innkeeper h) dislodged (blinky)
7) journalist g) depressed (blinky)
8) magician d) disillusioned (blinky)
9) model c) deposed (ronrsr)
10) pastry chef b) distorted (blinky)
11) podiatrist n) defeated (blinky)
12) politician k) devoted (ronrsr, blinky)
13) teacher e) degraded (blinky)
14) trapper i) deferred (blinky)
15) vintner a) deportedThe unfortunate vintner can no longer manufacture port.
blinky-
“#8 is D” is correct ?
dd-
Agreed.
– Someone who brought shmutz magazines to the dorm (now a well-known rov who many of you have heard of)
– Someone who cut yeshiva to go to ballgames and movies (now a superb yeshiva ketana rebbi)
– Someone who participated in all of the above activities (a serious learner in a well-known kolel)
Freshly Minted
A bowl contains between 50 and 100 mints.
When you divide all the mints into groups of five, there are four left over (which you eat).
You then take all the mints, put them back into the bowl, and divide them into groups of four. Three are left over (which you eat).
You now take all the mints, put them back into the bowl, and divide them into groups of three. Two are left over (guess what happens to them – hint: chomp,chomp).
Yet again, you take all the mints and put them back into the bowl. Now, you divide them into groups of two. None are left over (you already ate enough).
How many mints were originally in the bowl?
(from a puzzle magazine)
Before and After
If a judge is disrobed when removed from his job, would a fired electrician be delighted?
Match the fifteen jobs below with their post-job descriptions:
Job:
1) angler
2) banker
3) barber
4) calculus teacher
5) cashier
6) innkeeper
7) journalist
8) magician
9) model
10) pastry chef
11) podiatrist
12) politician
13) teacher
14) trapper
15) vintner
Post-job:
a) deported
b) distorted
c) deposed
d) disillusioned
e) degraded
f) disintegrated
g) depressed
h) dislodged
i) deferred
j) distilled
k) devoted
l) disinterested
m) departed
n) defeated
o) debated
(from a puzzle magazine)
Nothing in common
What’s the difference between a violinist and a geologist?
Throughout the twentieth century, Life was one of the most well-known magazines in the world, famous for its articles and especially the amazing pictures that often accompanied them.
Life magazine lost popularity in the late twentieth century, and a decision was made in early 2000 to fold the publication.
The final issue of the magazine was supposed to carry one last photo and update of Story, now a man in his sixties.
Sun!
Bava Kama, 8th perek, 4th mishna:
??? ???? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ???? ??? ????? ?????? ?????? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ???? ??? ????? ?????? ?????? ??? ?????? ???? ??? ?????? ???? ?????? ???? ?????? ????
“A deaf-mute, an imbicle, or a minor are bad to be involved with; one who damages them is responsible for the damage, but if they should damage another, they are not responsible to pay for the damage.
A slave or a woman are also bad to be involved with; one who damages them is responsible, but if they should damage another, they are not responsible to pay for the damage. But, they (the slave or woman) may have to pay after time; if the woman gets divorced or the slave is freed, they are then obligated to pay”
The Rav Mebartenura explains that a married woman and an eved actually have an obligation to pay for the damage, but are unable to at the present moment. Once they are able to – i.e. the woman gets divorced – they must pay up.
What’s missing?
Place the same three-letter word in each blank below to complete four different words:
—choke
—der
—dry
—ken
(the first and second words aren’t that common)
(from a puzzle calendar)
– icot
(the word “original” is a link)
I agree with “cantoresq”.
No rebbe or menahel should consider this type of step without thinking hard about if they’d consider this a fair way of dealing with their own child.
No yeshiva or bais yakov should consider taking such a drastic step unless they have exhaustively considered any, every, and all possible alternatives.
If parents have to be asked to remove their child from a school it should be done in the most bekovadik, private way possible, and the school should also continue to be involved in helping the parents place the child elsewhere.
Three Canteens – Answer
Two men wandering in the desert come upon a trail. In hope of finding help sooner, they decide to split up, each taking half of their remaining water, and to set off in opposite directions.
They have only one 14-cup canteen full of water, and two empty canteens that will hold nine cups and five cups, respectively.
The only way for them to measure water is by pouting water from one canteen into the other until the first is empty or the second is full.
How can they measure seven cups into each of the two larger canteens?
(from a puzzle magazine)
the answer
First of all, a correction.
Here are the steps:
a) 14(14) 9(0) 5(0) starting point
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=====/ =====/There’s enough baloney in the original post to keep us all fleishig until the election is over.
The foul-mouthed, disingenuous, dishonest, name-calling troll who started this thread wasn’t worthy of a response to begin with.
The poster who suspected this was “charliehall” should offer a real apology – he’s never used the filthy, perverse language the OP used, nor has he ever compared Republicans to the nazis YM”S.
WellInformedYid-
I’m highly skeptical myself, although there were some rumors that his original family name had Jewish origins.
I’d still be quite happy to witness his reaction if he was convinced it was true.
Helpful-
I wasn’t aware that the only choice was a two or three term limit.
In that case, I’ll b”n go for the three-term choice – half a loaf, etc, etc.
Is Obama going to be a one-term prez?
It’s way to early to tell.
In 1994, Bill Clinton was hugely unpopular (Democrat candidates asked that he not appear with him, and Republican ads tried to link their Dem opponents to Clinton), the Democrats lost the House and Senate, and at one point a frustrated Clinton actually felt compelled to say “I’m not irrelevant”.
Two years later a hugely popular Clinton crushed Bob Dole in a landslide.
1994 proves nothing in 2010, except that it is way too early to tell what 2012 will bring.
If term limits are on the ballot, I’ll be voting “No”.
Why?
1) I think it’s a bad law. Terms can already be limited by voting poorly-performing officeholders out. Term limits removes the option of retaining those who are doing a great job – think Giuliani. The main thing this law does is remove voter choice.
2) The term-limits law in NY is the brainchild of billionaire Ron Lauder. He and fellow-billionaire Bloomberg decided that the law was good for everyone else, but not for him. Do we want to implement a law that can be (and already has been!) yanked away by a few people when it’s to their benefit, much like Lucy pulling away the football as Charlie Brown is getting ready to kick it?
Going to the Dogs – Answers
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6) Buck is the main character of this early 20th-century novel, set in 19th-century Alaska. The Call of the Wild by Jack London [yet another depressing-ending story by this author] (squeak)
7) The annual Iditarod race commemorates the delivery of life-saving serum to Nome, Alaska by packs of sled dogs, thereby bring an end to the outbreak of this disease. Diphtheria. [The plane which was supposed to deliver the serum had engine trouble, leaving dogsleds as the only alternative.] (squeak)
8) Balto, the most famous of the serum-delivering dogs is memorialized with a statue in this park. Central Park (squeak [another one I didn’t think anyone would get])
[As pointed out by “squeak”, she had puppies, but they haven’t made an appearance in many years] (squeak)
11) Winston Churchill and Orel Hershiser share this nickname. Bulldog (squeak)
[The USSR sent it into orbit with no means of safely retuning it, so the dog quickly suffocated] (squeak)
13) Nipper famously listened for (and to) this. His master’s voice. [Although people are familiar with the picture, I didn’t think anyone knew the dog’s name. The picture was of a real dog listening to its deceased master’s recorded voice. There is a landmarked large model of Nipper atop a building in upstate Albany, NY – the only one of its kind remaining in the U.S.] (squeak)
14) This U.S. President had him as a Buddy. Bill Clinton (squeak)
[The famous “Dog that didn’t bark”] (squeak)
[Savage Sam (its sequel) would’ve been acceptable, but this was the correct answer] (squeak)17) The “Dog Star”. Sirius. [Also, the brightest star in the sky] (squeak)
18) A small tent. Pup Tent (squeak)
19) A type of three-masted sailing ship. Barque. [Alternative spellings are barc or bark]
20) “Searchlight” is Little Willy’s dog in this popular 1980 children’s novel by John Reynolds Gardiner about a dogsled race. Stone Fox (squeak)
squeak-
You’re always welcome to jump in with answers.
IMO, it’s only considered “chapping” if you aren’t part of the explicitly stated target audience (i.e. a kid’s riddle), or if you already heard the answer to a puzzle/riddle.
squeak-
(460 / 500) * (1 / 70) = 1.31428571% chance of a “real” hit
(10 / 500) * (69 / 70) = 1.97142857% chance of a “fake” hit
(((460 / 500) * (1 / 70)) + ((10 / 500) * (69 / 70))) * 100 = 3.28571429% chance of real or fake hit
(((460 / 500) * (1 / 70)) / (((460 / 500) * (1 / 70)) + ((10 / 500) * (69 / 70)))) * 100 = 40% chance that the “hit” is real.
(((10 / 500) * (69 / 70)) / (((460 / 500) * (1 / 70)) + ((10 / 500) * (69 / 70)))) * 100 = 60% chance that the “hit” is fake.