Pashuteh Yid

Men should look for an attractive girl, but B”H, probably 90% of girls are.

BTW, it is generally said that for guys, their resumes are their looks. Women are looking for confidence and success more than looks. They may not realize this, but even an odd-looking guy who dresses up spiffy and has his own company suddenly can look very attractive.

Story I heard from a friend: His father had been driving for his family lumber business since he was 13 or 14 without a license. When it came time for him to get a license, the form asked how many practice hours he had. He put down 100,000. On the test, he was so relaxed, he drove with one hand on the wheel, as many experienced drivers do. The inspector didn’t like it, and failed him.

The second time he shows up in a pickup truck filled with logs in the back. The inspector asked him what this is all about. He said, after my test I need to deliver these to the lumberyard.

There is a mod in every shul. There is a mod on every block.

Beware.

1dayatatime, Yeshivas Ruach Hakodesh teaches one to know all the answers without even learning at all.

Here is the thread:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/oh-vs-oy

BTW, did you know that ZeesKite played a major role in the discovery of electricity by Ben Franklin? If he can do it, anybody can.

Seriously, you should probably first think of what exactly is upsetting you. Try to identify an exact cause. Some people really have major reasons to be depressed Chas vShalom. I.e., poor health, handicap, constant physical pain or loss of a limb, no job, rejection from a school, broken shidduch, divorce, loss of a loved one, etc.

But if one doesn’t have any of these, then probably one is not counting his blessings properly. Many would give millions to be physically healthy and able to function.

Try setting huge goals. Study as hard as you can and try to get into the top program in the field you like the best. Make yourself into all you can be. Do a lot of chessed. Build projects. Become an expert in a particular craft. The more you can say you have done, the better you’ll feel.

First, the words livsumi means to exude a nice fragrance, meaning to be a bit happier. Where do you see the words completely smashed in the gemara? Second, the gemara right afterward says that one amora got drunk and stabbed another amora. The next year they discontinued the practice, since it could be pikuach nefesh.

So any possibility of pikuach nefesh means we shouldn’t drink. Bezman hazeh, we are told by big Rabbonim that many get into trouble, so obviously there is no chiyuv. If one can be yotzei according to the Rama with a bit of extra wine and a nap, who is it who takes it upon himself to be frummer than the Rama.

Especially when it leads to all kinds of chilulei hashem and nezek. It is purely the yetzer hara that imagines it is a mitzvah to drink to that extent. Believe me, if anybody is afraid of getting punished by the RBSH for not drinking, I will personally vouch for them upstairs.

It is amazing what the yetzer hara will do and how it will twist an aveira into a mitzvah.

Here is a very useful diet tip.

Always keep a box of Entenmann’s donuts on your desk. This way, whenever you are tempted to eat junk food, you’ll take a donut instead.

As Groucho Marx said, you need a sanity clause.

BTW, Tetracycline can badly discolor teeth, so be careful.

Who said sun is bad? I have heard the exact opposite.

There are a number of oral medications a dermatologist can prescribe, but one, Accutane, is so dangerous, one dermatologist told me I wouldn’t give it to my worst enemy.

Prescription Benzoyl Peroxide 5 and 10 % topical gel seems to work well for me. There are other topical antibiotics as well. One book written by an MD also recommends zinc supplements (like Freeda Zinc Gluconate 30 mg) which seems to make skin heal much faster. On Pesach when I can’t take it, any acne sore stays around much longer. However, there are some risks that zinc can replace copper in your system, so talk anything over with a doctor.

What’s with these two almost identical comments from APY and TBT?

Zeeskite, there are people suffering terrible yissurin that are so difficult one cannot process what they are going through. Nobody really has the answers as to why some have it easy, and some have a constant struggle.

I take it the OP is female.

Nevertheless, not true that a combover always looks bad on men. PM Binyamin Netanyahu has one and he always looks great. I once saw a picture of him on a boat, and it had blown to the side. For it to look right one needs an expert barber, but it can be done.

There is a mayseh brought down from the Vilna Gaon in which I think Reb Chaim Volozhin came to him and said he learned Masechta Sukka 14 times. The Gaon asked him how many times is Abaye mentioned, how many times is Rava mentioned? How many times is Sukka spelled with a vav, and how many times without.

He said the number of times with a vav was equal to the number of sukkos kesheiros in the mesechta; and the number without a vav was equal to the number of sukkos pesulos. (I also heard it may be the gematria of sukka with and without a vav that corresponds to the numbers of kesheiros and psulos.) I don’t know which is correct, or if I’m saying either of them right.

Let me add one of PY’s remazim.

The gemara on top of page 93a in Sanhedrin says Gedolim Tzaddikim Yoser Mimalachei Hashareis.

Roshei Teivos of first two words are Gimmel and Tzadi. Gematria 93 (same as page number).

Gematria of first word on page which is “Gedolim” is also 93.

My father tells me the story that in one of the old hotels in the Catskills, a certain Rabbi was reading a beginner’s book on how to play golf. When my grandfather asked him why, he said he is the new golf-pro.

Sorry to hear everybody is leaving. Please reconsider. May you be blessed with good health and success in whatever you do.

One thing is that it may sometimes takes a bit of time for the Rav to get back to you. It used to be quicker, but the community grew, so don’t get frustrated.

Ofcourse, I know a perfect Rov for you whom I have used for years. A gaon shebgeonim, and one of the warmest and most aideleh people alive. Totally mekubal in and a product of the Yeshivishe velt. He is the Rov of a rather large kehilla so I hesitate posting his info online without asking him. He is busy yomam valayla with chesed, bikur cholim and shiurim, so I am worried if he receives a slew of new phone calls, he may simply not physically be able to function, as he is up most nights as it is.

I am sure privately I can give him one more person. Maybe the Mods will let you contact me.

The most important thing Kilobear said was Oisvarf.

THere is a famous quote from somebody whom I don’t remember. “The difficult we do right away; the impossible takes us a bit longer.”

I was taking umbrage at the statement that the world would be better if there was no internet. The internet started as a way to send msgs and files among 7 research universities. Then more and more applications and uses came into being. But the idea of linking computers together is not at all traif, and is quite useful.

One cannot turn back the clock of technology and go back to the stone age. One must improve the world that is here now. Would the world be more perfect without cameras? It is actually cameras that cause the problems you refer to on the internet. People post photos and videos. Why blame the internet, and instead make a campaign to forbid cameras. Would anybody make a statement that in a perfect world there would be no cameras? But they have brought a lot of joy to people over the years, in addition to many educational and professional uses.

Saying what SJS said, that in a perfect world, there would be no improper sites on the internet makes much more sense than saying in a perfect world there would be no internet.

Even without any utilities, you could probably type Format C: /P:7 /X.