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arc-
Thank you for the kind words.
It’s fun to build things, plus years later you get to show off the scars 🙂
Welcome & good luck.
Please see the following thread, where it is discussed extensively:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/baby-wipes-on-shabbos
The above thread’s original post has been deleted, but based on the first reply it must’ve been about using baby wipes on clothing.
(The Shabbos vs. Shabbat spelling caused this “thread duplication”)
Novice Builder-
Sorry, I don’t have photos available – the shtenders I built were for others, not me.
I mostly copied the design of shtenders in the Mirrer Yeshiva bais medrash from about 30-35 years ago.
There isn’t only one right way of building a shtender, which is why I strongly recommend you check out different styles in yeshivos and shuls to find one you like.
Hopefully the ascii-based illustration below will make my foot/side piece instruction a little more clear.
Also presented is an alternate plywood-only integrated foot/side design.
(everything is presented in side view)
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As viewed from above (not drawn to scale):
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with an angle on top for the top-piece, and an upside-down "V" on the
bottom for "feet".NY Mom-
Yasher kochach for the kind words and the additional info.
Please consider posting the info on the “Support Groups” thread as well: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/support-groups#post-111487
anonymouslysecret-
I certainly am not saying all issues can be treated with meds. You’re absolutely correct that problems can be caused by traumatic experiences as well. Abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief, chronic pain and umpteen other things can also be a cause. Many times treatment involves a combination of therapy and medication. Sometimes different meds are tried with varying dosages. The degree of success varies greatly. I mentioned two specific disorders (depression and panic) because they are terribly debilitating and destructive, can often be treated with meds, and depression specifically was mentioned in the “Support Groups” thread.
joyous-
Great SN – using one’s own difficult past experience to help others is a great example of “making lemonade from lemons”.
oomis1105-
I don’t disagree about the cost of treatment, but like any health issue this has to be the highest priority.
tamazaball-
Jothar-
We can’t control people who may “stigmatize”, but we can ignore them when it comes to getting help for those who need it.
Kudos to Hamodia and Binah for their efforts.
All of us know people who are taking medication and/or seeing a therapist, whether or not we know it.
I would implore anyone who is having issues to see a professional.
Additional info/comments is on this thread:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/best-and-notbest-strollers
Nobody-
Hopefully you are feeling better now that you are back posting here.
May you also be zoche to good health, good news and simchos.
hiijacker-
Full solution, with explanation and numbers for each step:
Until we get down to 2,000 bananas, five bananas will be consumed for each mile traveled, since each mile requires three trips forward and two back. This also gives up 200 total miles traveled from the starting point (1,000 miles divided by five trips).
We are now down to 2,000 bananas remaining, which means we only need three miles traveled for each mile of actual progress. We will divide the 1,000 bananas by three (for the number of trips needed until there are only 1,000 bananas left).
This results in 333 (bananas or miles).
The camel will travel another 333 miles (to the 533 mile-mark) with a load of 1,000 bananas, return with another 333 that it eats on the way, then pick up the last 1,000 bananas and return to the 533 mile mark while eating another 333.
The camel is now at the 533 mile marker with 1,001 bananas.
The camel is loaded with 1,000 bananas and fed the remaining banana.
It then proceeds the last 467 miles, eating one additional banana for each mile after the first one.
He gets to marked with 534 bananas, and one very well-fed camel.
Regarding gambling and card games on Chanuka, please see this thread:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/kvitlach-muttar-or-assur
hiijacker-
If all bananas can be eaten before the trip starts, let it eat 1,000 and then carry another 1,000 on the trip. The third 1,000 is (I think) a lost cause. That’s because there’s no way to return and get them.
If a banana has to be eaten before each mile it’s trickier.
Let’s break it into steps:
1) Start out with a load of 1,000
2) Proceed 200 miles, at which point there will be 800 left.
3) Set out back to the starting point with 200 bananas for eating on the trip, leaving 600 at the 200 mile point.
4) Repeat steps 1 – 3. You will now be at the starting point with the last 1,000. 1,200 will be at the 200-mile point.
5) Repeat step 1. You will now be at the 200-mile point with 2,000 bananas.
6) I’ll leave the rest for someone else.
Mezonos Maven-
I always understood it to mean either deliberate or honest incompetence, so long as an advantage was gained.
But, who am I to argue with Google, the great and terrible.
goody613-
Belated happy birthday wishes to a belated birthday notifier 🙂
(here’s something to give you a smile – spell check tried to change “belated” to “bleated”. Baaaaahhhh)
YW Moderator-80-
Even though your answer doesn’t work with the described setup, it was very lomdish.
hiijacker-
You should give a hint or two, like:
1) Remember, every person can see all of the hats in front of him. The last person sees 99, the next-to-last sees 98, etc.
2) We can say with certainty that the last person (the one who can see 99 hats) will see an odd number of…
Mezonos Maven-
Not necessarily that he deliberately allowed it to burn, but due to his lack of competence he is rewarded by no longer having this chore.
This thread’s title is “What Do You Do When There Is An Incentive To Be Irresponsible?” – strategic incompetence fits that category/question.
A600KiloBear-
Lol.
My shver had a slightly different version of that rhyme.
sammygol-
Excellent – that was professional quality!
I can’t disagree with its removal, though.
Mezonos Maven-
Strategic incompetence example:
At an out-of-town yeshiva the boys take turns preparing the Shabbos chulent.
One boy burns the cholent twice in a row.
The other boys decide not to chance it a third time, and for the rest of the year his turn is skipped.
I can’t really answer your other questions.
Mezonos Maven-
You’re asking me questions about a subject I don’t know well.
(that’s just a disclaimer, I’ll still try to answer them.)
I don’t either understand the large discrepancy in tuition between litvish and chasidish yeshivas.
From what I was told, yeshiva is a community obligation among chasidim. The Rebbe gives a well-to-do community members a number, and that’s what he donates.
Perhaps it is explained by the costs of providing English/Secular studies. Maybe the MO schools put the most money into that, the litvish less but still more than the chasidish.
ALl of the followng are factors:
-Lower-salaried principals, administrators, and teachers
-Larger class sizes
-Smaller, less modern, less frequently maintained buildings
-The quality of the lunches and cooks
-“Optional” items: sports coaches and fields, music teachers, trips, etc.
What if parents are unemployed? Or the parents jobs don’t even come anywhere near paying the tuition. Are the children refused entry to the yeshiva or even thrown out of the yeshiva??
I know of at least one instance where a child had to go to public school, but I know of others where the school allowed the parents to work off the debt years after the child graduated.
Administrators aren’t bad people, and they are caught between parents who are truly unable to afford tuition and staff that must be paid.
Mezonos Maven-
Is over $8K per child standard in mainstream Brooklyn litvish Yeshivas and BY’s?
This is a somewhat rough averaging of different schools and ages.
In my experience, yeshivos are slightly more expensive than bais yakovs, high school is more expensive than elementary, and bais medrash is more expensive than high school.
(How much is it by Chasidish schools roughly?)
I am told about $2,000 – $3,000.
This is second-hand info from my chasideshe colleagues.
And are you talking about “list price” that, perhaps, very few parents pay in full – or most parents in fact pay $8K+?
I have no idea what percentage of parents pay in full, or what size the average discount is.
What does a $60K/year earner (family income) with 4 or 5 children pay in these same Yeshivas? Or at least your best guesstimate.
WolfishMusings-
$25K is just a round number — don’t get so hung up on it. Feel free to substitute $30K or $35K or more if it reads better to you.
Condensed version: “Don’t be so nitpicky”
Umm, OK.
Mezonos Maven-
But which yeshivish Yeshivas charge $8,000+ per child?
B”H I can verify that the average can be slightly higher among mainstream yeshivos & bais yakovs.
This includes tuition and all other mandatory expenses (kid’s lunch, the annual dinner, building fund, etc.) and does not include extras like dorm, or expenses like school supplies, clothing, Chanuka + year-end tips.
P.S. – this isn’t even touching the related subject of strategic incompetence.
WolfishMusings-
“In short, we’ve created a system where people are often rewarded for not being responsible… “
-Steve will have to spend out-of-pocket to fall below a certain savings level if his spouse needs medical care.
What about:
-Buying fresh bread instead of day-old.
-Throwing out socks with holes, rather than sewing them.
-Giving your nephew a nice bar-mitzva check.
Three more points:
2) $25,000 may be a little on the low side for three kids in yeshivish, non-chadishe schools.
3) The kid who finishes his dessert first is more likely to get doubles. While it would be more fair to wait until everyone is finished their first portion before distributing seconds, gluttony is sometimes rewarded.
APushetaYid-
I think people are chepering you because they don’t know what type of “party” you mean.
Are you referring to a family get-together, with a seuda, music, dreidel, etc. or something else?
Please clarify.
Edited after previous post
“Do you think it’s copying the goyisha holidays?“
No!
Not in the least – lehavdil bain kodesh lechol.
(Some people do object to gift-giving for the above reason, though.)
Happy birthday, mybat.
???”? to you, too.
(The following op-ed appeared in an abridged form in today’s NY Post.
It is written by Thomas Sowell, an award-winning economist and conservative writer.
Minor editing has been done to keep the article site-appropriate.)
Freedom Founders
Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many “czars” appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent?
Did you imagine that anyone would even be talking about having a panel of so-called “experts” deciding who could and could not get life-saving medical treatments?
Scary as that is from a medical standpoint, it is also chilling from the standpoint of freedom. If you have a mother who needs a heart operation or a child with some dire medical condition, how free would you feel to speak out against an administration that has the power to make life and death decisions about your loved ones?
Does any of this sound like America?
How about a federal agency giving school children material to enlist them on the side of the president? Merely being assigned to sing his praises in class is apparently not enough.
How much of America would be left if the federal government continued on this path? President Obama has already floated the idea of a national police force, something we have done without for more than two centuries.
We already have local police forces all across the country and military forces for national defense, as well as the FBI for federal crimes and the National Guard for local emergencies. What would be the role of a national police force created by Barack Obama, with all its leaders appointed by him? It would seem more like the brown shirts of dictators than like anything American.
How far the President will go depends of course on how much resistance he meets. But the direction in which he is trying to go tells us more than all his rhetoric or media spin.
Barack Obama has not only said that he is out to “change the United States of America,” the people he has been associated with for years have expressed in words and deeds their hostility to the values, the principles and the people of this country.
Jeremiah Wright said it with words: “*** **** America!” (edited) Bill Ayers said it with bombs that he planted. Community activist goons have said it with their contempt for the rights of other people.
Among the people appointed as czars by President Obama have been people who have praised enemy dictators like Mao, who have seen the public schools as places to promote inappropriate personal behavior (edited) contrary to the values of most Americans, to a captive audience of children.
Those who say that the Obama administration should have investigated those people more thoroughly before appointing them are missing the point completely. Why should we assume that Barack Obama didn’t know what such people were like, when he has been associating with precisely these kinds of people for decades before he reached the White House?
Any miscalculation on his part would be in not thinking that others would discover what these stealth appointees were like. Had it not been for the Fox News Channel, these stealth appointees might have remained unexposed for what they are. Fox News is now high on the administration’s enemies list.
Happy birthday, yossi z.
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tzippi-
The European-style acceptance of death, promoting euthanasia, and doctor-assisted suicide is horrific, and I hope it never gains traction in the U.S.
haifagirl-
kapusta-
A Google search for “apostrophe key brings up search” (sans quotes) returns several links addressing this issue, which seems to occur with the Firefox browser.
I’m not familiar with this problem, so rather than cut-and-pasting one site’s suggestions, I recommend you look thru the posted solutions and see for yourself which one works.
Jax-
Do you think the Yankees will end up shipwrecked?
The Angels seem to have their number.
haifagirl-
The media can’t control elections by allowing one candidate to explain his positions or editorialize without allowing his opponent(s) equal time. It also can’t accept advertising from one candidate without offering the other(s) a similar oportunity at a corresponding rate.
I imagine the NY Times(just as an example) would never accept Republican advertising if it didn’t have to.
NY Mom-
Thanks for the link.
The proposed law is very vague.
I would think more people would support it if it defined emergency situations better, i.e.
– Communication between known or suspected terrorists planning an attack
– A cyber attack on government agencies or infrastructure
– Attempts to reveal classified info
– etc.
aryeh3-
I am not defending Obama’s attempt to muzzle Fox and intimidate other media into toeing the official line.
The forced resignation of Van Jones (or any wacko) by exposing his loony past comment was one of the positive accomplishments of a free press.
I think Obama has quite a way to go before he achieves Nixon’s (or Lyndon Johnson’s) press suppressing sleazy tactics.
aryeh3-
“Net Neutrality” is another euphemism for control of information under the guise of fairness and openness.
My understanding of Net Neutrality is that my ISP can’t decide:
1) what I can and can’t access.
2) who gets priority accessing particular areas.
3) to slow access to competing sites.
Is this your understanding?
If so, why don’t you like it?
aryeh3-
haifagirl-
NY Mom-
The Fairness Doctrine was a bad idea.
Many people confuse it with the Equal Time law, which is actually an excellent law, and doesn’t allow the media to control elections.
They are also proposing legislation which would give the would give the president “emergency control” of internet!
There are certain times that freedom of the press should be abridged, i.e. in time of war.
Y.W. Editor-
This is not threatening freedom of the press.
This is playing favorites with the press.
Fox is 100% free to report what they want and how they want it.
haifagirl-
Every communist government, from the original Soviet Union until present day has been a tyranny, with accompanying loss of personal freedom. Every single one, be it European, Asian, African, or South American.
Yesterday, Friday Oct. 23, the zman hadlokas neiros for zip code 11230 (where the siren is located) was:
5:45:48 (according to myzmanim.com)
5:47 (according to hebcal.com)
The siren sounded at 5:41 and then again at 5:48 (times verified on a Verizon cell phone).
The duration of the powered siren was 30 seconds (plus several additional seconds as the siren wound down).
Hope this helps.
So, what do you think of the weather?
A masterful effort
A sight for sore eyes
the type of verse Shakespeare
would go plagerize
P.S. – gut Shabbos to you, too.
Shabbos arrives
No chasing the dollars
On which we subsist
Walking to shul
On the quiet cool street
Wishing a gut Shabbos
To those that we meet
Licho dodi inside
Our weekly refuge
From the gashmious tide
Then Kiddush at home
Let the seuda commence
With zemiros for Shabbos
(Mostly sung by the gents)
The Ima and Abba
And the kids at the table
No PC, no websites
Coming over the cable
A long Friday night
With the Shabbos mystique
Maybe some daf yomi
To catch up from the week
The weeks almost over
Gut Shabbos to all
Well… the good news is that there will be much less bittul zman after the Angels eliminate the Yankees.
havesomeseichel-
About five minutes (I think) before licht tzindin, and then again at licht tzindin.
jphone-
I was never a basketball fan, but I think I remember what you’re talking about.
Wasn’t he fouled on that play?
Didn’t the Knicks get payback a year or two later when they eliminated the Bulls after winning game 5 on a bogus foul call?
There is a siren atop the Yeshiva Toras Emes Kaminetz building in Midwood (Flatbush).
It sounds twice erev Shabbos.
I suggest you call YTEK with questions.
A woman has two children, one of which is a girl. What is the probability that the other child is also a girl?
0%
jphone-
I didnt know steroids were around in the 1880s/1890s.
I didn’t either, but who am I to doubt Jeff Kent?
“How did that get through the legs of Leon Durham” or , “how did that ball bounce over the head of Ryne Sandburg a NINE TIME gold glove winner” or even “how did Rick Sutcliff walk Carmelo Martines on 4 pitches”?
Either you’ve got a steel-trap memory, or the “Google” button is being put to good use.
The only things I remember from ’84 are the 2-0 (in games) blown lead, and Sutcliff hitting a ball out of the stadium in game 1.
feivel-
As I got older, I greatly reduced my “hoping team x loses” way of thinking – I’m sure there are people who would be quite happy if they win.
I’m not a Chicagoan, but if the Cubs win, I’ll be happy for you.
I see ballplayers as artists.
Although this may seem dumb art manages to find its place in the eye of its beholder.
Good luck – I’d never tease a Cub fan, ever since I learned middos 101, years ago.
david1999-
The ? was regarding the word usage.
I think you meant “innacurate”.
Give me Old Hoss Radbourne any day.
Any records set in the 80’s and 90’s have the taint of possible steroids use and will not be recognized.
From “hiijacker”s sum/product puzzle:
“There are two unknown whole numbers, x and y, both greater than 1, and less than 100.
Sigh.
Back to remedial reading 101.
“Moreover, it would demonstrate how irrational those who oppose eruvin today are.”
???
“How can you divide 101 cubes of sugar between 2 people such that each person adds an odd number of whole sugar cubes to his cup of coffee?”
Break three in half, leaving each person with an odd number of wholes (49) as well as an odd number of halves (3)