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iacisrmma: So you’re saying not to take this statement practically or for face value then?

Thank you and I am glad that you know the story so well. Please do tell me what the great rabbi said to the man who was on bedrest because he was unable to walk. I am not sure if they had wheelchairs back then, but maybe he had an answer for someone who was paralyzed and also could not dance?

This is a serious question because thank G-d adults are living longer today and there must be some way to fulfill this joyful dancing for those with limited mobility.

B’esrat Hashem that clarifies the logic.

Let them be; they’re creating a new language, like the Ladino of America.

The question is whether they are receiving an adequate education and practice of the English language. If so, then at least they have a language that speaks to them. It may be tinged with Yiddish and Yeshivishe, but language is a framework for life.

There are some things that cannot be translated into English that only they in their time can communicate by merging the languages.

For the sake of Yiddishkeit, perhaps the language barrier between their casual conversation and that of others actually keeps their ties with Judaism strong. They cannot rid their Yiddishkeit from their tongue.

What’s the difference between criticizing them for not speaking 100% English and previous generations doing all they can to assimilate? Aren’t you making the same argument that the Reform movement made to enforce English?

Can Trump admit to anything?

LU: Thank you. I really like how you said that a woman can be doing her tafkid without being married. My answer was based on the messages that I’ve been getting from rabbonim and learning. I also am not married and have been single for many years.

Still I do hope to be married one day B”H. That said, I feel like being a partner to someone is a big deal. Marriage to me seems like it provides a nurturing relationship where you can expand beyond yourself and share intimacy, and give back.

Yet… of course I def agree that a woman can be single and offer a major blessing and contribution to the world. Amen.

Maybe her purpose may not necessarily be solely tied to being an eizer knegedo to one particular man, but perhaps an eizer knegedo to mankind?

Agantzyoorpeerim: You’re a sharp one 😉

May you marry someone in good time who is good to you always and avoids this type of negative behavior.

I wonder how one can prevent this marrying a man who behaves in this manner once married. Sometimes there are red flags. At the same time, some people marry quickly, and this type of behavior may become progressively more dominating in time.

It’s important for there to be consequences to such actions. Technically this is called financial abuse, and is a legitimate problem in a relationship, G-d forbid.

Thank you for sharing LU.

Hashem created the woman primarily to be her man’s *eizer knegedo.*

To say that she was made to bear children and raise them is complementary towards being an eizer; yet not her raison d’etre. Only Hashem is in charge of who gives birth. Raising children is one tafkid, but it’s not the most vital, ironically.

If it was to stay at home raising children, then the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Rebbetzin would have missed out on her calling. Yet she did not. Her purpose was to support and lift up her husband, according to his needs. Furthermore, there are couples that marry later. Even then, the wife is the eizer knegedo.

How that plays out depends on the individual couple. Generally it’s about the woman’s special intuition, where the husband gains insight through his wife. The wife offers the husband something spiritual and beyond tangible, foremost.

For old times sake, maybe one of us should accuse someone else of being a troll, in Sparkly’s honour 🙂

I thought you can vent to relieve tension and for healing purposes so long as what is said is in certain context and spoken with pure and constructive intentions.

To make the world more just doesn’t Hashem need us to bring light on injustices?

Isn’t that why even rabbonim today make it a point to ask us to not cover up abuses domestic and otherwise, even when we’re afraid of being shunned by neighbors and community, G-d forbid?

Ani mamash rotzah litagen ha radio amok ve lehageesh etzeh le davar. (Hebrew feminine)

Ani mamash rotzeh litagen ha radio amok ve lehageesh etzeh le davar. (Hebrew masculine)

FYI: I’m not totally sure if it’s litagen amok (deep fry) the radio, or litagen (fry) the radio amok (deep).

Rabbi Arush’s Prayer of Thanks totally made me appreciate being single way more. It says that even what I don’t have is for my ultimate benefit and a gift from Hashem.

So I see where I am at today as being for my best. I still desire and want to be married but I know that I am not ready yet for a good reason and anything can change in a moment.

flatbusher: Good point. I learned it from imamother and so true, I did assume that it was common knowledge.

Thanks for schooling me on this one 🙂

Is this a serious question? Who doesn’t bring WiFi into the sukkah? Just kidding… honestly that’s a great question.

Maybe ask yourself if WiFi would honor the holy experience of sukkot. And if so, then proceed by asking your LOR

Omgosh yumms!!! I really wish that I didn’t look up Siegelman’s cakes because now I want to eat all of them!!! I’ll probably dream about eating them.

Are the ones not labeled dairy really pareve?

Do they sell them OOT?

Kindness

Marriage for women is not chiyuv. Rabbis encourage it but it’s not halachically required for women. Men are chiyuv.

Who wants to marry any stam guy? Maybe LU wants to marry her husband which can be a stam guy but the stam guy who is meant for her.

LU & All: Gmar Chatimah Tova & May you have the sweetest and best good year yet (and forever so on in the Book of Life 120 years)~ 🙂

AMEN!!!

What exactly is chocolate salad?

What about ice cream salad topped with chocolate salad? Does that count?

Mazel tov!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

If you dislike soup then why not dehydrate it?

Do you have a therapist or someone objective in your life to talk to?

Often it really helps to talk to someone face to face, especially when for a teenager with siblings also vying for their needs also being met.

Maybe a school counselor or social worker who you can ask to talk to you about life for an hour? Adults want to help teenagers. You’re important and so is your happiness.

MA: I’m confused. What’s the difference between that and Jews that are still living like their in Eastern Europe on American soil?

I’ve made a shofar from scratch. The last worry is the germs of the previous blower.

Imagine scooping out reeking matter from an ram’s horn then placing your lips on there. Baruch Hashem someone kissed it first. That’s one generation of lips farther from the source.

I’d be last in line for that shofar in a heartbeat.

Technically all the people who say they showered today when they didn’t shower are liars.