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Nechoma, thank you, I would never have known if I hadn’t caught this thread. btw you can tell your friend they sell a tomato peeler that works very well.

Sorry Popa but 20+ years later I am still grateful for my year in Sem. I am way too lazy to type all benefits I gained from the year but they are many! Certainly not everyone has to go to sem in Israel, but they should do some kind of sem even if it is half day (IMHO).

I heard a report that she chose this home because she absolutely wanted no life extending measures done to her. She knew the policy and that is why she chose the place.

As you can see from above everyone has their own agenda. The beauty of freedom is that we get to choose for ourselves the things we want to do or not do. Legislating all these narishkeiten takes away from that freedom and leads down a very slippery slope.

I do not recognize this term. What exactly if “free time”? How would I know what it is? (sarcasm intended).

Hi, I’ve had trouble with this since I was a child. Currently I take prevacid which someone else recommended as lansoprasole which if it is not expensive in Israel, lucky you because it is not cheap in the usa and i have to fight my insurance co every two years to keep on getting it. Mercury, I took this throughout pregancies. I also fill in with tagamet when I need to. (not good in pregnancy, took zantac then but tagamet works better for me.) you will learn in time what bothers you when you eat it and what to stay away from – not the same for everyone. This is very livable with and once you have it under control it should not affect your life greatly(except what you eat).

torah, you must not be from boro park. On one block alone on one side of the street there are 4 banks. from 45th to 47th there are i think 8 banks. I think there might be more than 18 in an 11 short block stretch. I don’t remember exactly and will have to count again but there are many many banks on 13th ave and that is not the only place in bp to have banks.

only 18 banks? it feels like more.

I’m trying to figure out why everybody feels that used is such a boosha. Used clothing in really good condition does not look any different than new clothing that is washed once. There are many many people who make decent salaries who happily accept used clothing as it is a huge money saver. Often the used clothing is nicer stuff than they would buy for themselves. No one is chalila trying to make any of these victims feel bad, but I’m pretty sure that many of these people are pretty happy with hand me downs in their normal lives. Used does not mean old or torn or out of date. Much of it is very desirable.

I think in this case that probably the response was so overwhelming and so many people need so many things that a huge warehouse would be needed to store all the donations and a huge staff required to sort it and display it properly and since that is not realistic it makes more sense to actually give the people money and let them buy what they need. But please do not make people who take hand me downs feel as if it is a less than desirable thing to do.

If you want to live in the NY area which as far as I know offers the most to special needs children, maybe look into the lower East Side. I don’t know so much about it but from what I hear it has a diverse community. The people who live there love it. They have a boys yeshiva and girls elementary school both of which have small classes which will benefit your special needs child. Maybe look at Far Rockaway which has what is probably considered the best yeshiva in accommodating special needs besides being tops for regular ed children and I think might have a large BT community because Shaar Yoshuv is located there.

The answer to your question is it is not so simple. Most of the time a girl who helps out a lot at home will be a girl who is trained to be a balabuste and usually she will be able to run a home the way you want. But that is not always true. I have seen girls who never had to lift a hand at home become unbelievable balabustes and some girls who have made shabbos from when they were children be not able to cope nearly as well. I am impressed that you understand that this is not always intrinsic and realize that this is important. Kol Hakovod!

1. Women in the mountains do the same thing they do in the city. They take care of their homes and children. In the country children do not go to day camp for a straight day. They come home for snacks, drinks bathrooms etc. all day. They also come home for lunch which means lunch has to be made on a daily basis.

They shop and cook and clean and clean and clean and clean. They shlep their laundry to a laundry room and work on their middos while sharing public machines. They watch their children outside and chase after them. If they are lucky they sometimes manage to fit in a swim.

Also just because you only know of Regency’s shiurim does not mean there are no other shiurim available. Aside from publicized shiurim of which there are many, some colonies like my own have their own shiurim. My colony has 3 shiurim weekly for women plus a daily tehilim gathering at which they also do shmiras haloshan and tefilla.

ICOT some carpools are 2+ so you get the discount if you have 2 people in the car. We try to be honest and are unsure if it is two or more, so we ask the toll attendant and we have gotten it with 2 people in the car.

My daughters were told the translation for ‘Isha Zona’ in Yehoshua was ‘Isha shemocheres mazon’ which means one who sells food. Also, we learned the metric system in elementary school because the US was going to switch over. (I know, I’m dating myself). It’s a good thing they never did because I never got the hang of it.

Why is this an acceptable thread on YW?

I’m surprised no one else picked up on this topic. I have many the same questions and no answers.

Oomis, sounds delicious.

Dash, start your own.

Medium, this recipe doesn’t call for garlic, is not gebrokes and I would try to substitute a different veggie for mushrooms if i did not use mushrooms. Try zuccini. also if u don’t use mushrooms because they are not peeled, u can use fresh and peel them.

I don’t agree with you. I know many families who have the opposite. I think every family has its own dynamics and every child is different.

or just let her have the bob because it will make her very happy and get it out of her system. Not letting her have it will just make it stick in her mind and make it that much more of an issue. Hair grows and you can change the style in a few months if it really does not look nice. Right now she probably just wants what her friend has. I am sure it will not look as bad as you think.

You need to talk to as many people as possible. Now before Pesach it is harder to find because everyone took their cleaning ladies extra hours but usually from what I hear in Lakewood they are not so hard to find. Just ask everyone you interact with, at work, in local stores, your relatives, husbands chavrusas etc. Many people in Lakewood have cleaning women for only 2 hours at a time. Where in Lakewood are you looking, I could ask around for you if I know someone in that neighborhood. Also how often a week are you looking for?

Bowwow I am impressed with your determination! Hatzlocha Rabba!

Just make sure you take off any card or name on the shalach monos. Also it’s better if you don’t recycle it exactly as is but change it somewhat.

I always thought the 6 section were chassidish and the 4 litvish or heimish or whatever. Personally, i wash the yarmulkas when needed and actually dry them for a few minutes, then stretch the trim as much as possible and turn in inside out and fold either in half or in 4 to dry. It works fine for 3-4 washings and then they begin to fray or fade so i just wipe with a damp washcloth if it is not filthy. We use the 4 section velvet ones that are officially not washable and for younger kids have a design.

you need to give a lot more detail, are you a family member or just a guest etc.. the answers will depend on what you are looking for.