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because other teens smoke
If it calls attention to herself it’s not appropriate. If it doesn’t and she sort of blends in with the crowds of dressed-up people, then why not? I don’t know what it’s like in Brooklyn but this should be the determining factor.
When I was in eighth grade if a kid was acting out he would be sent to the…game room! I kid you not. There was a special room filled with all kinds of games for the super-restless boy who couldn’t sit still in the classroom. So you’re wondering: Why didn’t all the boys act like maniacs in order to be sent to the game room? Well, the answer is because even while you were enjoying the games you knew that you were a failure and that you couldn’t make it in the classroom like a normal person. After a while the boy would go back to the classroom on his own and behave like a mentch (until some time passed and he got restless again). This is a brilliant form of discipline, and causes no bad feelings for anyone. I have tremendous respect for my 8th grade rebbe who thought of and implemented this idea. I was in that game room many times and I don’t know where I’d be if not for him.
What artchill said. But be careful. If he’s messianic he might be the other type but just isn’t saying. Tell your friend to stay away from there. Such people can have a negative affect without a person realizing it. Im shonim al tisarav.
Chacham: I hold my own, but I agree that if the Gra was machria one can follow the Gra. twisted: the halacha is that for a beged shekulo tcheiles you need two types of strings. As for having all strings tcheiles you can do that on a beged lavan also.
I think it’s hamotzi. Here’s why: Like you pointed out, the dagan flour is the ikkar. Now here’s the important point: The fact that it is nilosh with mei peiros does NOT make it kisnin unless it tastes sweet (or different than water) enough to make it different than standard bread. Since you say it tastes like regular bread, it remains hamotzi. As far as bracha achrona it is bircas hamazon(bentching) because you have a kizayis of dagan flour in every three baitzim of corn flour (two or three zaisim in one baitza). The other ingredients is the subject of a dispute whether they are mitztaref to the shiur dagan, and in my opinion they are.(you can even make a case for the corn flour being mitztaref but there i’m not so sure) To summarize: Treat it as regular bread l’chal davar. Anyway I love these kinds of questions. Thanks for posting.
There is no such pasuk in the torah. The pesukim in mishlei mention using a shevet to discipline one’s children(not one’s hand or foot) and the gemara bava basra 21a says regarding students to use a shoelace. In addition some say (rav wolbe among them) that nowadays one should not hit at all-child or student. Regarding the issue of the OP, that won’t solve anything. To be honest I don’t know how embarrased a fifth grader will be, but he’ll be angry and confused and will act out even more. I’m no expert but I was in fifth grade and I acted out alot so I know. If a kid is acting out there’s a reason. Find out what it is and help him. Maybe these chinuch ‘experts’ too had issues when they were younger that were never dealt with…
Chacham: You are assuming that tcheiles can count as lavan when it is more or less than necessary. I disagree. The Torah clearly differentiates between tzitzis hakanaf and pesil techeiles. So you are left without the proper amount of lavan or techeiles and are therefore not wearing tzitzis.(this is without the chumra of min kanaf-veha raya a beged of techeiles requires two different types of strings because techeiles cannot count as tzitzis hakanaf even if it is min kanaf) The analogy to tefillin is incorrect because it is not assur to wear the other pair. So wear both and you’re for sure yotzei(as the shulchan aruch in fact recommends). However a beged without tzitzis is assur. So unless you are machria, wear all lavan (or all techeiles-according to most opinions).
See Sota 48a. As long as the har habayis is desolate I really don’t feel like listening to music.
When you get a haircut have kavana to be mekayem the mitzvah of lo sakifu. If the barber is jewish(and preferably he should be), when you pay him have in mind beyomo titen secharo and lo salin. With a little thought you can transform your haircut into a great act of avodas hashem. Also have in mind that you’re getting a haircut to look good in honor of hashem. There are diamonds everywhere. With a little effort you’ll become very wealthy.
MODS: WHERE IS THE TANACH TRIVIA THREAD? IT SEEMS TO HAVE SIMPLY DISAPPEARED FROM THE ENTIRE COFFEEROOM!!
emlf: It is in a thread ‘Vilna Gaon predictions about mashiach’. For the full story, google ‘keitz hageulah’ and download ‘sod hachashmal’. It is really interesting. If you want I can send you the whole article. Ask the mods for my email.
Chacham: Since you seem to be the chacham in this matter, I have a question that has been bothering me for quite some time. Since there is a machlokes how many strings need to be tcheiles, there is a serious problem in wearing tcheiles if one cannot be machria how many strings. For example let’s assume one string is correct. Well, if someone were to then go ahead and wear four strings of tcheiles, then he doesn’t have the proper amount of lavan(seven strings). So he is wearing a beged without tzitzis. Similarly if four is correct and he wears only one, again he has a beged without tzitzis. If someone wears eight strings lavan he is yotzei lavan but if he wears the wrong combination of lavan and tcheiles he is not yotzei lavan or tcheiles and he is wearing a four-cornered beged without tzitzis. So unless you know how to be machria between the Rambam, Raavad, Tosfos, how can you just pick one shitta?
Thanks aidel maidel. As I posted elsewhere, 5772-5773 are years wherein something big will happen for klal yisrael. The fact that so many great men are not well at the same time that there is a serious iran crisis (around purim time) is obviously not a coincidence. TEFILLA PEOPLE TEFILLA!! IT MATTERS!!
The biggest meshugas is that the meshugaim think they are normal. Refua Sheleima.
coffee addict: It is indeed assur to donate a kidney if there is a reasonable tzad of sakana. It is generally permitted nowadays because it is not considered a sakana.
Which Techeiles are you guys refering to? The Razhiner or the one they wear inthe old city(zilbermans)? And which one does Rav Shachter hold of? One more question: Exactly how many strings should be tcheiles?
Who was Shemaya NOT the navi. And while we’re at it, who was Daniel NOT the one of sefer daniel? BTW where exactly is Ararat?
Seeing who could die the richest.
coffee addict: It doesn’t matter who’s making the decision. Even if there is a safeik it is assur. See Choshen Mishpat 426 with piskei tshuva.
Sam4: The R’ Efraim in vayigash definitely seems literal(I didn’t look it up yet). What do you think of all this(please see my previous post)? Regarding ararat, I also had that observation. There is a medrash that sancheriv planned on killing his two sons as a korbon to nisroch and that’s why they killed him. So maybe they ran to ararat to ‘atone’ for nisroch(board of taiva) not receiving the korban. Here’s something interesting: Sancheriv is the same gematria as nisroch. His son Esar Chadon who was king after him is also gematria nisroch. Therefore since they ran to ararat to seek asylum by the taiva itself, they were spared since the taiva was the avoda zara of the king. Lehavdil in this week’s parsha, if a murderer runs to the mizbai’ach he is not spared. Writersoul: Tzidkiya Ben Cena’ana made horns of iron, however I am not aware that he wore them. Bekitzur: Malbim says that the cold waters of the yarden would normally have a negative effect on tzara’as. Therefore to make the neis bigger he used those waters to heal him. I suspect there might be another answer.
Anything on the internet that says ‘don’t look here’ is definitely kosher to look at. The unkosher stuff is thrown in your face and the yetzer hara doesn’t need to lure anyone with catchy phrases. Such is the level of our generation.
Sam2: I think the point they’re making is that since the establishment of the state, jews have been killed or wounded in israel because they were jews, more than in any other place in the world.
Go where?
The fact that he mentions the werewolf is very interesting, to say the least. Thanks for the sefer chassidim reference. I didn’t know that either. Quite frankly I don’t know what to make of it. Could it be that these things once existed but no longer exist, like many inyanim of kishuf and sheidim etc. Or perhaps since this is what the world accepted as truth, the chachamim accepted it as well (at least misafeik), similar to what the world believes today to be scientific ‘facts’, but will be proven wrong tomorrow(as is often the case).
Avi K: The three shvuos might not be Halachic but they are a reality. If we (or the goyim) are ‘over’ on the shvua there will be consequences. 1) Who said one shvua is talui in another shvua? 2) Who exactly agreed to a jewish state? The Arab countries surrounding Israel never agreed. It could be argued that since the British who were the rulers of Eretz Yisrael at the time, agreed to give their country to the jews, they were not oleh bachoma. However, they only ‘agreed’ because of zionist diplomatic pressure, and terrorist activity by etzel and lechi and others. So that would definitely be oleh bachoma. (Interesting that israel was founded on terrorism and now they are being terrorized. The shvua is reality.)
The permit test is not that important. It’s the driving lessons that are important. The best way to learn the rules of the road is by actually driving on the road.
Sam4321: I looked up the R’ Efraim. He does not say that Binyamin was a werewolf Chas V’Shalom. What he says is that the Ze’ev that Binyamin is compared to is reffering to the werewolf. He then goes on to show similarities between Binyamin and a werewolf. However, Binyamin was a human being like the rest of us. As a matter of fact he was a tremendous Tzadik and one of the four people who never sinned (Bava Basra 17a).
Evil Merodach released King Yehoyachin from prison. Shir Hashirim, Koheles, and Esther don’t mention the shem havaya. I think this is the reason that there is a dispute among tanaim regarding these three sefarim in particular whether they were written with Ruach Hakodesh ( Yadayim 3-5 and Megilah 7a). Sam4321, that is amazing. I have a comment but I want to look up the R’ Efraim first. On a similar note see Rashi top of Bechoros 8a where he mentions a mermaid (part fish part human). QUESTION: Which two incidents in tanach involve the place called Ararat?
YakovL: Interesting. Can I make kiddush on water? What about on a piece of gefilte fish?
Yemima and Ketzia. I see we need to raise the bar a bit. Which sefarim in tanach do not mention the four letter name of Hashem? (There is more than one sefer, and I mean the name Yud and then Hai etc.)
Good. Here’s one you didn’t learn in ninth: Who is Keren Hapooch?
BaalSechel: Great vort! BaalHabooze: Beautiful!
Good. Here’s one you didn’t learn in fourth grade: From which incident do we learn not to look at the face of a rasha?
What is jewish music?
Avi K: What?? Brachos 55 speaks about dreams. Did you mean that you were dreaming when you made this statement? The Torah tells us what God wants us to do in all situations. Please explain what that has to do with democracy.
Wolf: I know of Yehoyada and Iyov. Great riddle.(If there are others please post them.) Who in tanach is compared to a wolf? Do you know why?
YakovL: I’m interested in the ‘sod’. I’ll switch to bronfen if you can convince me.
the wolf is a non-kosher animal. call yourself ‘the sheep’. it will have a positive effect on your character.
An esrog miderabanan is extremely important. And anything zecher lamikdash has a very deep significance which I will not go into here.
I think you meant Sira. It is not at all clear that Sira was Yirmiyahu’s wife. I don’t want to elaborate here. Do some more research and you’ll know why. You’re right about evil merodach. What did he do?
What if you’re modern yeshivish? That’s a new one going around. There’s also yeshivish chilled, yeshivish black hat, and yeshivish leaning. There’s also MO machmir. MO liberal, MO middle of the road, modern chassidish(I’m not kidding), so maybe OP would like to narrow down his definition of yeshivish. I find this all very amusing.
See Yerushalmi Moed Katan Perek 2 Misna 3 for a source for shirayim. Rabi Yochanan would eat shirayim from the seuda of Talmidei Chachamim.
Tzira? Please explain. Who was Nevuchadnetzar’s son, and what did he do? (Only one action of his is mentioned in tanach.)
See Yoma 78 where sleeping with shoes is discussed. It is called ta’am misa. It applies to children as well.
To follow superstitions is assur doraisa-Lo Senachashu. Tamim Tihye.
The crown would fit. What was another name for Boaz? Why was Daniel thrown to the lions?
Avi K: The problem is that the democratic government of israel will never allow a situation where democracy will be overthrown in place of a Torah government. Even though theoretically if enough people voted to end democracy, then democracy would have to end, of course it would not be allowed to happen in practice. So moving to israel and voting is not a practical solution.
gavra: your personal attack on Health was just wrong. you should be a gavra and apologize publicly on this thread.