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I think there is at least on mod in Israel, as I have sometimes seen entries in the CR after Shabbat ended here but well before it ended in the States.
u gotta figure that her husband or father would have paskined so.
According to the news report on the home page they are not telling her father until after the chag ends.
Also, you make a brocha of leishev b’succah on it.
On a drink of water? Show us a source. I have never heard anyone hold this way, nor have I ever learned this. So, again, please tell us the source for this.
Is it unTznius for a girl to ride a bike, razor, ATV?
No.
The Israeli government used to have a policy of never negotiating with terrorists. They never should have stopped this policy, and really, they should go back to it.
Where exactly would you have me go for a slower davening? What makes you think on a yishuv with 5 shules that anyone is davening slower? The teimani shule? That’s a little out of my league. It’s not like I’m walking around Brooklyn and there are 10 shules on every block.
do you mean to say that you feel that getting to work on time is more benficial to your Parnossah than pouring out your heart slowly with extra Kavannah to Hashem?
Constantly getting to work late tends to grate on the bosses nerves, so getting to work late is detrimental to keeping one’s parnassa.
Is the day so short that being in shul an extra half hour, on Shabbos no less, will interfere with ones schedule?
I come home, make kiddish, and take a nap in the morning before lunch.
Fasts are always easy when they end at 5:50 or so.
The davening was fantastic. (For those of you reading the “fast minyanim” thread, no, I didn’t daven at my usual minyan. I walked to a local hesder yeshiva where I’ve enjoyed the most fantastic YK davening every year for the past 4 years.)
That explains a quicker minyan; the davening is in their native language!
We’ve been here 4+ years, B”H, and you know, it’s amazing how much faster I daven than I used to. It’s not something conscious, just something I picked up from being in that environment.
My regular Shabbat minyan is about 90 minutes – start at 7:30, end around 9 or so, depending on the length of the parsha. There’s no drasha, no mee she’bayrachs. (Occasionally the Rav will come in and speak, but only about 4 minutes.) I have no problems keeping up, and I’m quite used to it now.
I went back to the states for a bar-mitzvah about a year and a half ago. The davening went from 9 to 12, and it was painful to sit through all the extra stuff. Mee shebayrachs that lasted 5 minutes apiece. A 30 minute drasha. The family asked me to daven P’sukei D’zimra; I made an effort to daven slowly. The gabbi told me to slow down, I was still davening too fast.
And what’s with the korbAnoT? With a yiddish screen name, korbOnoS is more up your alley.
Mamashtakah was something we used to say all the time as kids. My screen name was almost “Shtotty,” which we also used to say all the time. KorbonoT is because I’m in Israel. I say it like that all the time now, it’s gotten to be a habit.
And for those who say my numbers are too quick, I’ve been to faster minyanim than mine. I know I was at one that finished inside of 30 minutes.
My minyan:
Brachos till Hoidu? 4 minutes, including korbanot
Hoidu till Borchu? 7 to 8 minutes, depending on who’s davening
Borchu till the start of SE? 4 minutes
SE? I think 5 to 6 minutes, I don’t usually look at the clock when we start
Chazarahs ha’Shatz? quick, but I don’t know off hand; perhaps 5 minutes including duchening
Tachnun till Olainu? short tachanun to the end of ein Kaylokaynu is about 6 minutes, I think; it may be a bit shorter
All in all, a non-laining day with tachunun is about 34-37 minutes, depending on the chazan.
French toast?
Gumball, please realize that typing in all caps is usually considered “shouting”. I’m getting a headache.
SEMENARY!!!-its spelled SEMINARY!!
In this case, its is spelled it’s!
You shouldn’t send them to Israel. Just live here instead.
Just wear a white shirt with dark dress pants. That’s all you need.
Is PB healthy to eat?
It’s OK if you’re eating natural PB with no added sugar.
If you’re eating the regular brands it’s like eating junk.
In Baltimore I had two 3 shules within an 8 minute walk.
On our yishuv I have 5 shules within an 8 minute walk.
Your hypothesis regarding OOT shules is incorrect. Perhaps you need to visit more OOT communities.
You’ve all got it backwards. Outside of E”Y, you’re all OOT.
If you hold one hand inside the other, or lock you fingers – how do you hold a siddur?
We once parked in Boro Park to do some shopping. We got back to the car and were loading it up, when my wife noticed about 6 frum kids sitting on the stoop and staring at us. She turned to them and said, “What’s the matter, you’ve never seen people from Baltimore before?” Didn’t do anything, they just kept on staring.
How about battery operated. Does that matter?
mamash: Why not do the same as your Rov does (daven Ashkenaz when not at the amud)?
For one reason, I like davening everything along with the rest of the shule. Another reason is I personally just don’t like switching back and forth (I daven for the amud alot). Third reason is the Rav gave a psak that it would not be a problem. Fourth reason is the majority of Israelis daven Sfard. Last reason is I like the wording better – it makes more sense to me.
(A few months ago, I attended the morning minyan at a shiva house up the street several times to help make a minyan. For various reasons, I davened for the amud, and it was nusach Ashkenaz. After over 4 years of davening exclusively nusach Sfard, it was extremely difficult to go back to Ashkenaz. I had to literally daven with my finger on each word to make sure I didn’t mess up.)
Mamashtaleh, why the change?
There are 5 shules on my yishuv. All of them daven either Sfard, Eidot Mizrach, or Ari. The two shules where I daven are nushach Sfard. I decided when we came that I wanted to be a part of the minyan, and daven along with everyone else. I spoke to the Rav at length, and he agreed I should switch. (BTW, he himself davens Ashkenaz when not davening for the amud.)
There is one shule that has one minyan a week that’s Ashkenaz – an early morning Shabbat minyan.
Ashkenaz before aliyah, Sfard after.
These coats are very tzniusdik
Obviously, if they attract so much attention, they are not tznua!
Chili powder.
I personally called Moreinu v’Rabienu HaGaon Harav Shloimele Rosenbaum, the haliger Shaputzniker Rebbe of Tzfas, shlit”a, and put to him the following question:
“Is there any reason that wearing sunglasses would not be considered tznua?”
His answer, word for word:
“That’s one of the most retarded things I’ve ever heard.”
So someone go ask a gadol if it’s assur to wear sunglasses, and report back to us. Please report his answer and name – no hiding behind anonymity.
I thought this thread would elicit additional thoughts as to why it might have been assured . . .
Wearing sunglasses has NOT been assured. Can anyone tell me even one gadol who has said that wearing sunglasses is assur?
One makes aliyah because it’s a mitzva to do so, just like any other mitzva in the Torah. That’s really the only reason to come.
Brings back the old days, with the white Good Humor trucks with the bells. That’s a good memory!
BTW, the majority of Americans living in Israel are New Yorkers.
Based on what? Cite?
Also how exactly is one to support a family there if they dont speak the language and never served in the army.
I manage, B”H, as do many, many many other people I know.
Next excuse.
I for one have started Pesach cleaning
You’re not finished yet? I finished my kitchen twice already!
GAW, outstanding!
If you are serious about a job, look into going to college. When you apply for jobs, you usually submit a resume and/or fill out an application. You want your resume/application to stand out from the crowd; you want it to put you ahead of the pack.
With the way the economy is now, there are many more people looking for jobs than there are jobs available. Since the people hiring now have the upper hand and can pick the very cream of the crop, why would they select someone without a degree for a counselor position when they will most likely have many applicants with degrees? In this case, not having a degree puts you behind the pack.
kylbdnr, was that accelerated degree program accredited by the state or some college accreditation board?
Kako, I’m sorry you feel that way.
I was at work when chatzot came, so I had to wait whether I wanted to or not. When I left work I turned on the radio.
What’s to follow? They are complaining; they are being funded by the leftist New Israel Fund, and are being lead and cajoled by Tzippy Livni and Kadima. Some have legitimate complaints, some are just hanging around for the anarchy.
I respect rebbeim, who always seem to be available, even at 2 or 3 in the morning, and always seem to know the right thing to say.
I respect ba’alei teshuva, who have chosen a path that often times is not the easiest way in life.
Baltimore is Rabbi Shalom Salfer.
I’m working after chatzot.
Refua shalyma to Feif Un!
So what? Does it really make a difference whether he at McDonalds? Does anyone really care?
“Does the boy wear a bobby pin or clip to keep his yarmulke on?”
If you show up for shabbos mincha with a tie you’re a nerd. This despite the fact that anyone showing up to shacharis without a tie is clearly weird, a verdict worse than anything a court can hand down.
Very few people wear ties at all here. In fact, I’m proud to say that I have not worn a tie for any reason over the past 4+ years.
In America, my wife worked part-time. She started at 4 days a week, and got so good at her job that she was able to cut it down to 2.5 days a week and still do everything she needed to do. Here in Israel she works from home in the evenings.
I usually take a nap after I get home from shule in the morning, so in the afternoon I play a game or two with the kids, then read or learn until 5:45 mincha. (By the way, anyone ever play “Perpetual Commotion?” It’s a great game to play with kids about 10 and up.)
Though I do not know many who practice this, there is a Chumra to not use deodorant or soap to cleanse ones body because there can be no anointing while the Beis Hamikdash is not standing
I certainly hope these people use the mikva after everyone else.
There are plenty of people here who are older than 35.
Haifagirl, did the husband say what he thought *would be* appropriate foods for mourning? Just curious.