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I have had posts moderated also. We don’t always know what is potentially a problematic issue in our innocent posting. That’s why we have moderators.
Only Hashem does things that are always for our good, whether or not we recognize that good. People, however, who have Free Will, make bad choices to act independently, and they cannot use the excuse, “Hashem Made me do it!” Their intentions can be for something other than our good, or we would not need mitzvos to help keep us on the right track.
1) Not to place one’s hands behind one’s back.
2) One should not cut their nails on Thursday,
as they will regrow on Shabbos.
I have seen a choshuveh Rosh Yeshivah walking with his hands clasped behind his back ALL THE TIME.
Hashem makes your nails grow. Presumably if it were an issur, He would stop the growth, Your nails and hair grow ANYWAY, every day, so even if not cut, they will continue to grow on Shabbos. (Did you know that nails and hair even continue to grow after death, for a short while?) I really don’t get this particular issue.
I don’t know who it was, but there is the story of a very well-known Rov who never felt it beneath his dignity to sweep the streets of Yerushalayim. BTW, I was going to mention the story that Be Joyful posted. It really is excellent.
Refuah shelaima b’soch sh’or choleri Yisroel. Do what your doc advisee. Do crosswords or other puzzles, read, write letters, etc. Don’t exerrt yourself, though.
OH, I had forgotten about those bon bons! B”H, I didn’t think to get them. That is my personal Pesach Waterloo.
HaLeiVi – 🙂
Little Froggie – clearly…
Yes there is and I married him nearly 38 years ago.
Dennis, I remember quite well when you spoke at my shul, some decades ago. I was spellbound and would have had NO idea from the things you were saying, that you were anything BUT an Orthodox Jew. I have read “The Nine Questions…” when it first came out, and thought it was very well-written.
From my standpoint as an Orthodox Jew, it is a bit sad to me that you are notm particularly when you express so many of the thoughts that I hold (though clearly some that I do not). I have also watched you in interviews, and I believe, listened to you on the radio. So while we may not be totally on the same page religiously and even possibly politically, I respect your opinions and how you articulate them.
I wanted to be creative and not use such a mundane expressions as multifaceted. And yes, poly-faceted IS a real word. It means the same as the other.
Uh…let’s not even GO there.
Golfer – AMEIN and +1
Polyfaceted.
You can easily put a stop to it. Stop speeding. No-brainer.
Scared driver : nope and you’re right, I should. But you know what I DO do???? Every erev shabbos I set up 2 more candles than I need to bensch licht on, “just in case” I should have an unexpected orachas. We do this every week. And yes, I frequently have EXPECTED guests, but most of the ladies light at home.
Whether or not he does, I believe it is our fervent hope that he WILL come, and therefore as with any choshuveh guest whom I hope will show up, I prepare for him. If he does in fact come through the door, his first kos will be ready. I can always add in the rest.
In fact, do you know the origins of “Moshe”…? “
Yeah. It’s in the TORAH. And just in case you want to make an issue of the fact that Batya, daughter of Pharaoh, named him, the Torah says she said, “ki min hamayim mishisihu.” That is still Loshon Kodesh we are reading there, even if she named him in Egyptian.
I am so sick over this terrible tragedy. There are absolutely no words of nechama for that family. Hashem Yeracheim on the mother and daughter, as well as the father. No one should bury ONE child, much less seven.
When my parents were alive, we went to them for every Pesach (whole yom tov), with eventually five children kinehora. My husband and I schlepped all the Pesach pots and necessities down from their attic and turned the kitchen over for my mom. Then, I helped my mom cook.
We came over a couple of days in advance in order to accomplish this. I never treated this as a vacation and my mom never expressed a feeling of being overwhelmed. We took care of our kids, also, and kept them entertained so my parents could nap after lunch. There is no excuse for any young couple to treat a yom tov visit as if they are going to a hotel, but I know several such couples, Poster’s well-expressed comments notwithstanding. If this happens it ius up to the grandparents to SPEAK UP!
Bnei Yisroel packed and went away for their first Pesach! Why should this generation be different from that one? (I stay home every year).
Thank you, DY for the detailed answer!
“Anyone here know the purpose of a blech? Is it really necessary? What happens if you don’t have one? Oomis, what is the reason for covering the knobs? What does kli sh’lishi have to do with a blech?”
CB, I always thought the blech was to be a lessening of the heat between the burner and the pot (and to make the pot into a klish sheini, which DY pointed out to me, I have misunderstood). The covering of the knobs, which not every blech does, is specifically to make people aware that it is there and prevent people from accidentally turning the fire up or down. Not a bad idea. I put covers on my light switches for the same reason.
Listen, there are times when I am in a conversation with my husband who is driving or a passenger when I am driving, and I say, “No conversation, now – we need to focus on the road.” Anything that takes our attention away, is a potential sakana. It only takes ONE SECOND.
PLAIN, unadulterated, COFFEE-flavored coffee with half and half and sweetener, is the only thing I prefer to drink. I dislike flavored coffee and will only drink it if there is nothing else.
I am in total agreement on this one. My car was nearly hit by a very foolish law-breaker who was not paying attention to the road, due to her ever-so-important cell phone chat (quite clear it was not an emergency call), and she had the gall to GLARE at me for honking to get her attention and interrupting her conversation, so I would not be hit. BTW, pedestrians are EQUALLY guilty of paying little attention while crossing a street and talking on the cell at the same time.
I think it is a good lesson for teens to earn money towards the things they want to buy for themselves, while still basically being supported by the parents for food, shelter and NECESSARY clothing. If the daughter is no longer a teen, she should pay her own way vis a vis clothing,and other incidentals, especially if she is not paying rent and utilities. She definitely should pay for her phone bills. This hopefully gives her the incentive to spend wisely.
My dad gave part of his paycheck to his parents, to help pay for the household expenses, from the first day that he began working.
I think that many of today’s generation often seem to feel entitled in many respects, so it is a good idea for all working sons and daughters to put SOMETHING tzu shteier towards the home expenses, and certainly for their own. It is never a good thing for someone to get a totally free ride. JMO.
Really,DY? I would very much appreciate an explanation of that. That is not what we were taught in Seminary. Perhaps I misunderstood the terminology. I thought the first thing on the fire is the kli rishon.
I LOVED being the end of the story, telling the tale to my aineklach!
I use a blech to cover all four burners, keeping only two opposite end ones on very low. UNDER the blech and directly over the burners, I keep flame tamers, which are perforated thick metal discs. They are meant to typically be used under any pot, to turn it into a double boiler. Thus my blech has its own blech under it. By the time a pot actually goes onto the blech, it is like a kli shlishi.I also cover the blech with tinfoil, so make that a kli revii.
I love “Headbands” where each player wears a band on the forehead, with a person,place,or thing written on it. They have to guess what their own headband says on it, by asking questions of the I others. It’s a variation of twenty questions.
Middos, oddly enough, can also be a little subjective. Here is an example. A guy is a strong leader, self-assured, runs a business with seichel and confidence (not arrogance). His leadership ability is admired. A WOMAN does the very same thing – she is a tough cookie.
I have no love for Hillary Clinton. NONE. But from what I have heard on the news, what she did with her email account was also done by John Kerry (unless the reports really were grossly inaccurate), and there was no brouhaha over him. So I think that what is perceived as improper action (bad middah) by one, may not necessarily be viewed that way in someone else, who seems to get a pass.
And yes, there are CERTAIN traits that are inarguably good or bad middos.
Her husband survived impeachment. I doubt this will bother her loyal subjects.
It certainly looks like the picture on his sefer. I will readily admit it made me cry to see him.
B”DHE, and what of the mother? I hope she is doing well, under such tragic circumstances.
Yesh Lanu Hashem Echad is also a very fast paced heartfelt song.
Yesh Lanu Hashem Echad is also a very fast paced heartfelt song.
I disagree. I would consider an old song “Daagah Minayin” to be a heartfelt FAST song. Whenever I heard it, I had to dance around. Fortunately I was alone in my house most of the time.
Meforshim say Haman was wearing a pendant with an idol on it. By Mordechai bowing for Harman ostensibly, he would have actually bowed before az. Remember the youngest son of Chana who would not pick up Antiochus’ coin, because it would mean bowing before the idol, though not on purpose.
DDD, cannot take precedence over avoda Zara. Mordechai of course was right.
We had snow from a residual storm, several years ago, but it was not falling on Purim, just lying on the ground.
Money is more appreciated than chazzerai.
Black and blue, white and gold, the dress is still hideous!
She had the kind of authority that every clever wife has over her husband.