🍫Syag Lchochma

TAOM – I don’t think anyone is blackmailing her. She was saying that someone contacted her to say they figured her out and that she should be careful. She herself was worried that the person may tell her parents.

I can’t say I am not devastated to hear that such young kids are going through all of these horrible things (and this is without even knowing what these things are). It is so horrible that your parents are not succeeding at protecting you from all this pain and getting you the help you need. Maybe some of these fathers are sick and in pain, but maybe those mothers need to get those children somewhere safe. I don’t know the stories, but I do know there ar a lot of very young people here going through a lot of things that they shouldn’t even be knowing about!

But what I wanted to say was how unbelievable it is to me that high school girls are talking about crying to Hashem and begging for change and tshuva. I never met anyone like that and I am so encouraged to know that there are girls out there who know Hashem cares so much!

I asked this riddle to my husband and then gave him the answer that she wanted to meet the guy again at the sister’s funeral. My husband said that makes no sense because if she kills her sister she won’t be at the funeral, she’ll be in jail. (Such faith in our justice system)

My mother started a chessed organization 25 years ago that ran entirely on volunteerwork. Not a penny went toward anything but clients needs. There was a LOT of money going through each year but it was still small scale. They ordered food and had it delivered to an alley or shul hours before it was packed to be delivered. Because there was no warehouse, it had to be bought based on schedule, not price.

In order to expand and provide peole with more food more consistently, a warehouse needed to be purchased and manned. Someone needed to be available to distribute the food. In order to serve more people, money needed to be invested into the organization.

Even though it is in a sense “my own” organization, if I found out that the amount going to administrative costs was beyond a certain percentage, or that things were being purchased/distributed irresponsibly, I would not continue there.

Though you need to spend money to make money, it doesn’t have to be fancy amenities for fancy people unless the profit justifies it.

I’d like to buy an ‘S’

Well let me just clarify then – I was saying that you calling me a non person was better than you calling me a jerk. So there. It seems all this name calling falls squarely on your shoulders and I’m too shamed to sit here and take it so I’m gonna go hang out in a friendlier thread.

And just btw that’s streeKgeek with a K. I thought I would be finished with this announcement by now…

well that sounded just a wee bit jerky. she hasn’t been here for a while.

I hear people quote CR stuff. I have a friend with a child who has social difficulties. She will quote CR conversations in the name of friends to initiate conversation with peers. I wasn’t so sure it was a bad idea. Unless she is specifically remembering the apikorsus.

I don’t think you need to include those things. I think you should leave it blank and send it to the one she goes to. I think it’s the line between application and registration.

don’t bother. it probably doesn’t matter to remember all the details. It was just a reason why they may have used the word, “but” even if it wasn’t a negative intent.

it makes them have an oniony flavor which I think is better than just a potatoey flavor. no real difference in looks/texture/cooking

Pureed instead of grated and lots of onions. The oiler/crispier the better.

Is this a normal thing to do?

which part, wanting to hire someone to iron, or wanting to emulate a picture in a magazine?

Either way, we don’t mess with Shalom Bayis questions here in the CR. If it will make him less grouchy, I say go for it.

was this thread written in code?

Smile E. Face – You heard that too, huh? Well aint that a coincidence 🙂

need seminary help – No, but I know my kids had to submit their SS#’s and I thought my daughter was told that it was to have an alternative means of identification. They would use the SS# to find your DY number.

I don’t blame you for shuddering but I hope you are also thanking Hashem profusely and thinking about why you were zoche to be spared! (not to imply you shouldn’t have been ch”v)

Gosh, onegoal, I can’t tell if that’s happy or sad.

Hi, btw!

I was under the impression they took your social security number for this very reason.

I absolutely did not mean that I know what Hashem is planning and I think it was pretty obvious in context (as DY pointed out). I didn’t even mean that there is no onesh in this world, which I also think was pretty obvious in context.

We cannot just take our hits as a pay-back for a deed done and leave it at that. We are obligated to take everything Hashem gives us and use it to serve Him. We can look for patterns and messages, but we should never consider it an open and shut deal, as in, “I did x, I got y, now let’s move on”

DY – thank you, the voice of reason.

Lost1970 – I too have suffered greatly in my life, and I think it has increased my value of life, it has woken me out of my do-it-by-rote life and it has transformed me into someone I never would have been. I cannot say I am grateful for my pain, but I can certainly say I am trying to serve Hashem the best I can as the transformed person I am. I only say this to encourage you, we can channel our pain into a drive for growth. And if your ability to grow is by the millimeter, I assume, though I can’t possibly know, that Hashem will love each milimeter.

LAB – that was the very sufganiyot I had in mind! YUM!

Has there recently been an update that I missed?

I would only eat the sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie anyway.

My dad loved canned salmon. I try not to even look at it. After my mom died I made salmon for my dad. I took all those spine bones out flaked it up with a fork to break the chunks up, added mayo, relish and a touch of yellow mustard. I can’t tell you how it tastes but I know he liked it.

I would rather have snew than the 15 degree weather we have today. bleh!