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One should follow one’s Rav’s advice, however, when we Mater Neder Erev Rosh Hashana, doesn’t it include those things that we may have committed to in a dream? I’m not sure, but I think it includes things that occurred during the past year and any things in that realm that may occur in the future.
I don’t recall who makes it, but last year I liked the ones in the plastic squeeze bottles. They don’t separate.
The glue that holds the towels to the cardboard is Kitniyot. Therefore, the Vaad HaKashrus of Baltimore recommends not using the first three (3) sheets or the last three (3) sheets.
I put my husband’s lulav in a cup of water and keep it in the basement where it is cooler. The aravos and hadassim are wrapped in paper towels that have been someone moistened and then put foil around that to keep the moisture in. When not in use, the entire lulav with the wrapped aravos and hadassim sit in this cup of water. Hope this helps.
If you drink alcohol and then need to take medication later (like a sleeping pill), you may not realize that you need to wait about 8 hours between the two. Although the enclosed pamphlet may say “do not mix with alcohol,” they do not indicate the length of time you need to wait between the two. This information I got from a pharmacist.
How do you spell Rav Eliyashev’s name in Hebrew?
To all parents who have only one or two children. If you are unhappy with your lot and want to give your children away, please let me know. I will be happy to take them off your hands. I have none.
FYI – Horses are not obese because they have a lot of muscle. I think this topic is a waste of time and not worthy of a discussion.
Cinderella, let the incident with the dessert be a kaporah. The incident with ankle is as well, but I have heard of stories where people have had things happen to their ankle and it is tough to heal. I really hope she is okay and hers is totally healed.
I had the same problem last year, and here is the solution. Either buy larger floaters that do not get fully immersed in the oil or if those are not available,take the smaller ones and cut strips of foil and mold it around the smaller one to a size that it it is sitting on top of the oil and not fully immersed. The lights will last for hours with out any sinking.
I have read various comments people have been putting out there about this project. It bothers me that the people behind it are being very secretive about who is organizing this project and which Gedolim are endorsing it. However, once vertification can be established, the bottom line is that if you are an older single girl (having been there myself), you would give anything to have someone really working for you in the hopes that you will walk down the aisle one day. It is very depressing to watch your siblings getting married and having children, while you sit home waiting for someone to think of you. Those who got married early and have children right away, do not have a clue as to the desperation felt by older singles. While $11,000 is no small sum, however, over the course of a lifetime, it is not a lot of money. When I was single and without family in New York to help things along, if I had the cash, I would have given it in a heartbeat. If you got married easily, it is difficult to envision what life is like for an older single girl and the desperation she feels. Therefore, those commenting should try to put themselves in the place of these single wonderful ladies, who are accomplished and have wonderful middos, and who deserve a chance at happiness.
Really, let’s get 50,000 signatures for Rubashkin so Obama will have to sit up and take notice. Let Judge Reade be the korban out of this situation. There was another incident in Iowa which appeared online, maybe even on this website, called Postville, Iowa’s Dirty Secret where discrimination reared its ugly head. We should send a message to Iowa and to Obama, that we will not be quiet and we will be heard and get justice for Rabbi Rubashkin.
Please everyone don’t stop at 25,000 – keep adding until the last possible moment to make sure the White House sits up and takes notice and does something so that Yidden will not be subjected to the likes of Judge Reade.
We need to get as many signatures as possible. On the upcoming Yomim Tovim and Shabbosim we will not be able to vote, so we have this opportunity to give Rabbi Rubaskin as many votes as possible. The White House is trying to get the Jewish vote, so let’s show them that this issue is of paramount importance to us. Let him go after Judge Linda Reade and make her the korban. That would be sweet justice. So, please keep on voting so that we can make our voice heard and that Rabbi Rubashkin will know that we are solidly behind him.
At Bed Bath and Beyond they have a head massager for $3.99 that might help. It stimulates the scalp.
While I don’t have the solution to the shidduch crisis, I think there are several factors that have contributed to the situation:
First, there is the issue of going out with more than one person at a time. I know that the Rabboninim have come out against multiple dating, however, if he is free and she is free, I don’t think there is anything wrong with going out for a look/see first date. Many a girl has lost out because she had already said yes to person #1 when another suddenly became available and she had to say no to person #2. Then, by the time she goes out with person #1 and it’s a no go, and she wants to move to person 2, he is no longer available because he moved to the next girl on the list. Months and months are wasted waiting for person 2 to become available again or for another shidduch to materialize. By the time a girl is 25, she could have lost out on a number of shidduchim because of timing.
Also, because person #2 has been suggested and may sound more interesting than person #1 and because the girl might think person #2 is in the wings waiting, she might not give person #1 the same attention she might otherwise have given him had person #2 not been suggested. So she goes through the motions of going out with person #1 and rejects him, thinking person #2 is on the horizon, but by that time, person #2 has moved on to the next prospect on his list. So she is left with no one.
The second factor that has contributed to the shidduch crisis is the tremendous peer pressure to marry a learning boy. There are many fine learners out there who opt for various reasons to go to college and still have a seder at night. These YU types are many times written off and not even considered and many a fine bochur is missed out on because everyone wants “the best boy in Lakewood.” Each potential shidduch should be evaluated on his or her own merits but many times people use their checklist and if he or she doesn’t meet all the requirements, they are rejected. Years down the road, the bochrim and the girls would be thrilled with some of the suggestions they rejected when they were younger.
We need to be a little more lenient permitting girls to go out with more than one shidduch at a time when it is a first look/see date. Much time is lost otherwise.
Several comments:
Men should not be discussing this issue especially online. Obviously you have been looking where you should not. Would you tell your wife about this scenario? I don’t think she would like this in any shape or form.
As a woman, I have difficulty approaching other woman who are wearing less than tzisudik clothing, so it certainly would be inappropriate for a man to do so. However, in the case of where the button popped and the woman was totally unaware, asking snother woman to inform her would be the most appropriate. Handing her a note will let her know that a man saw something he should not have and cause her great embarrassment. In the case of the tight skirt, most women are aware if their clothing is tight, so a man looking is inappropriate and he should not comment.
Although I don’t have any affiliation with the new supermarket in Queens, I do know from first-hand experience of a Kosher supermarket that opened before Pesach and invested in a lot of Pesach products and when no one was interested in trying a new supermarket Erev Pesach, they lost a lot of money. Eventually, they closed down. So, the owners of this supermarket were smart to wait until after Pesach to open.