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We’re all playing house on the Lord’s dime.
Also, I heard that in Israel they call people who are OTD…?????? ?????.
Hee hee. Snort.
You are asking if it is easier? Or if it is statistically more likely? Or some other question.
Sorry, but I simply don’t agree with you. The term class can be used to describe any classification, and there is nothing inherently offensive about this classification.
I would rather be Untouchable than think that every time someone classifies people, that implies a class system.
I like morahrach’s idea, if you must do it.
But, as others have mentioned, it kind of forces you to choose who are your “closest friends”.
If you could be either one, and had to be one, which one would you be?
Marc Angel is a talmid chacham, yet people challenge his conversions.
Seriously? Is that really where you want to be placing your flag? On him?
I would like to be kreacher.
troll
I actually misread the question. I thought he was asking how long the engagement should be.
not fast enough.
I think it is a kvisah problem; not a hachana problem. Look in a shmiras shabbos k’hilchasa; I’m sure you’ll find the sources.
We haven’t won yet. We’ll have won when the army is chareidi, and we let the chilonim be irreligious objectors.
I haven’t seen any contradiction so far…
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I have a different kler about kavua.
So last night I bought 2 cans of diced tomatoes, and 1 can of whole tomatoes. Then, I came home and pulled out one of the cans and opened it. And it was the whole tomatoes.
Now, if it was kavua, then I understand it was a 50-50 chance, so I happened to get the whole ones.
But if it wasn’t, then rov says I got the diced ones, so I how come they looked whole?
What about hitting people who go off the derech?
I don’t know anything about it.
But, if you want a productive answer, it’s better to ask it more subjectively, like:
Does anyone know if the bnei torah in Miami Beach use the eruv?
Or:
Would a ben torah from NY feel comfortable using the Miami Beach eruv?
And, since you probably won’t trust any answer you get anyway, (because you will get both answers), it is even better to just call a rav you trust there and ask him (subjectively, again).
Cook something!
It’s ok, you didn’t know. And she didn’t know that you didn’t know.
haifa! it’s a kid! stop!
Now you’re just changing the circumstances to annoy us. You certainly didn’t read my remarks as telling you to be dishonest in order to keep him and then be the one to say no.
Gentlemen, we have been trolled. I probably deserved it.
I don’t think you even understand the objection. You keep talking about honesty, when that isn’t the problem at all.
The problem is bein odom l’chaveiro. It is a mean and horrible thing to manipulate people for personal gain, especially in such an emotionally sensitive area.
I am even more troubled that you say you won’t do it because you want to be honest. Honesty is still about yourself–you are still only thinking about yourself while interacting with other people.
I’m not kidding here; I think you need to think about this, especially inasmuch as you are considering getting married. You need to interact with other people while considering what is going in their life–not only how the interaction can help or hurt you.
And it has nothing to do with shidduch dating. I’ve done way more shidduch dating than you have (I can guarantee that one, with AAA rating). I am intimately familiar with the dynamics you are referring to.
And even DY is only arguing in terms of degrees–he agrees it is unethical. And even he is thinking about the other person–he thinks sometimes the other will be less hurt this way.
I think you are a good person, but you have been very misguided in this area of personal interaction.
(facepalm)
Of course I am.
But please don’t mislead people into going to Rutgers either. I think most people graduating Rutgers today get a job that does not requires a JD. Like working retail, for example.
Why post-2008? What changed?
Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, etc.
To be more precise, the legal market is something like half the size of what it used to be, and the jobs are now only going to students at the top schools. By top schools, I mean ivy league range, so in NY, that would be Columbia and NYU–and even they struggle.
There are 45k students graduating law school every year, and only 15k entry level jobs for them. And most of the jobs are very low paying compared to the debt you need to take for law school.
Cardozo Law school is good too.
Post-2008, going to Cardozo law school is pretty much the same as taking out a mortgage on a house and then burning it. Except that the student debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
troll on YWN
You’re actually conceding more than I wanted. That’s an interesting perspective. Maybe if I had a secular education I would have thought of it.
Also, re the side benefits of secular education in terms of analytical skills and creativity.
I agree that the way many yeshivos teach gemara is not very good, but I still think the guys are picking it up anyway. My experience with yeshiva guys who have little secular education is very positive as far as analytical and creative skills.
But I still concur that you need to give your kids the tools to live in the world, and many of our schools don’t prepare them for that. The smart ones can take the LSAT and go to Harvard, but not all of us are so smart.
I once discussed this with my rosh yeshiva, and he said “they can get a GED”. I didn’t quite know what to respond to that.
And it’s a huge oversimplification to blame immorality on secular knowledge; especially since almost all the things that I assume you’d point to as immoral are far, far less prevalent in the upper, more educated classes.
I do agree that it is not because of secular knowledge. But I don’t agree that the things I think are immoral are only in the lower classes. Perhaps we don’t agree on what is immoral.
When I found out a sibling-in-law was expecting, the first thing I did was tell our 3 year old nephew so that he could drive her nuts and blab to everyone.
But it’s ok; you can’t lock popa out of the know. Popa knows.
I want Lapid in the govt.
I don’t mean to be condescending, but I think you should take it back.
mdd: Cool your heels, I don’t think they should take the money either.
Our land? Have you gone mad? Did I miss the memo telling us Moshiach came? How can anyone besides Joseph talk like that? If the arabs were in control, or the British, or anyone else, you would be subject to their rule. Face it, the irrelegious are the sovereignty and their rule is no different from your perspective than any other ruler.
Agreed 100%.
But, the same way if the British or Arabs were in control, there might be no moral duty to join the army, the same can be true.
Now, I happen to think that even under the current regime, there is some moral duty to contribute, but I think it is tempered by the other sides willingness to cooperate with us. So that, if the other side is trying to destroy religion, then we have no duty to play into their hands. And, that is how I understand the case to be.
Do they realize, however, that in chutz la’Aretz they won’t be able to stay in kollel forever as they do in “the evil Zionist Israel”?
You’re kidding right? You can learn in Lakewood forever just fine.
Also, you’re missing half the point. Many of the chareidim would want to work, but they are not willing to go to the army. Observe the American chasidim–who are just the same and share the same rebbes with the Israeli ones. The American chasiddim almost all do work, and the Israeli ones would do the same if they didn’t have to be in the army to be allowed to work.
They don’t avoid the army in order to learn; they learn in order to avoid the army. A little fixing of the army would go a long way to solving the problem.
Here’s what the law says. Do you think my trick works?
(a) Definition of terms used in this section.
(1) Sugary drink means a carbonated or non-carbonated beverage that:
(A) is non-alcoholic;
(B) is sweetened by the manufacturer or establishment with sugar or another
caloric sweetener;
(C) has greater than 25 calories per 8 fluid ounces of beverage; and
(D) does not contain more than 50 percent of milk or milk substitute by
volume as an ingredient.
The volume of milk or milk substitute in a beverage will be presumed to be less
than or equal to 50 percent unless proven otherwise by the food service
establishment serving it.
(2) Milk substitute means any liquid that is soy-based and is intended by its
manufacturer to be a substitute for milk.
(3) Self-service cup means a cup or container provided by a food service
establishment that is filled with a beverage by the customer.
(b) Sugary drinks. A food service establishment may not sell, offer, or provide a
sugary drink in a cup or container that is able to contain more than 16 fluid
ounces.
(c) Self-service cups. A food service establishment may not sell, offer, or provide to
any customer a self-service cup or container that is able to contain more than 16
fluid ounces.
(d) Violations of this section. Notwithstanding the fines, penalties, and forfeitures
outlined in Article 3 of this Code, a food service establishment determined to
have violated this section will be subject to a fine of no more than two hundred
dollars for each violation and no more than one violation of this section may be
cited at each inspection of a food service establishment.
I have a better idea. You sell smaller cups, that have a false bottom!
(Or, even better, you offer a deal if you buy two small ones. And you give out free cups….)