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No, you’re not the only one. My mom does not read Hebrew, but she will read the English translation. She won’t use any bencher except an old one from my wedding, because she knows exactly which page to go to.
It must be even harder in a bencher that has more than one version of benching!
People who post in the CR run into every sort of problem: bittul zman, bittul Torah, moshav leitzim, etc.
Guter yid, again, you are misreading what was written.
A St. Petersburg attorney says Facebook and social media are used in 90 percent of her divorce cases.
She did not say Facebook caused 90% of divorces. She said Facebook is used, as evidence, in 90% of her divorce cases.
In fact, if you continue down the article, you’ll see the following:
A recent survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers found that Facebook is cited in one in five divorces in the United States.
That’s only 20% in a national survey. Again, the article uses the word cited, not caused. Read the article more carefully to distinguish what she’s actually saying. Nowhere does she state that Facebook is the cause of 90% of divorces.
Ultimately, what you wrote is incorrect:
Which means that out of those americans who did decide to tie the knot and get married, such a big percent lost their marriage (in full or in part) because of facebook!
Mitzvahgirl613! It’s tourist season now! There are no $400 flights! If you find one please post where!
Does it come with a filter?
I consider my daughter reliable. She and others like her won’t accept a shidduch with a boy who uses the internet without a heter, even if it means staying single.
I’m sure your daughter is reliable, but it’s pretty obvious that you can’t make a sweeping generalization based on her and “others like her.” My daughters are all reliable, but that doesn’t mean I would make such a statement based only on them.
Guter yid:
If that wasn’t enough, news reports suggested past few days, that in the “general population” in the USA, 30-90% of divorce paperwork mention Facebook in it.. Which means that out of those americans who did decide to tie the knot and get married, such a big percent lost their marriage (in full or in part) because of facebook!
You are reading this incorrectly. “Mentioning” Facebook in divorce paperwork does not mean “cause of divorce.”
I have yet to see any one mention 90%. Can you tell me when you saw that figure?
For every yid who is redt a shidduch over these on line services, many more make themselves unfit for shidduchim by using the internet without a heter.
Did you actually hear this from someone reliable, or did you make it up yourself?
Ariel51:
Shavua tov.
First of all, please, please, please, start using punctuation and upper case letters in your posts. Your writing is almost impossible to decipher.
I think you’re misunderstanding how the financial aspect of aliyah works. Your absorption basket is money from the government deposited into your bank account for a limited amount of time. The deposit is once a month. It’s not enough to live on; it’s there to help with expenses, not cover them completely. You will get part of your first installment in cash when you arrive at the airport, but again, this is only walking around money.
Assuming you get a grant from NbN, are you aware that if you take the grant and then move back to the U.S. before five years, you have to pay back the grant? Do you also know that financial assistance from NbN is a one time shot?
I assume you’ll be renting when your first get here. You will need money to cover the checks. Your landlord may want a check for a large amount of money – not to cash, but as a deposit should you damage the apartment or decide to skip out without paying. If he doesn’t want the large check, he may demand proof that you can cover the rent. Without a job, how will you do that? What about furniture – an oven, a washing machine, and refrigerator? In most cases (unlike the U.S.), they are NOT supplied with the apartment. You buy them, and take them with you when you leave.
I assume you’re single – please correct me if I’m wrong. will you want to live in a city? If so, the rents will be much higher.
If you’re male – and relatively young – you will be expected to do at least some time in Tzahal. Are you ready for that?
You will get a break on health insurance for several months, then you are responsible for paying into the system, either through payroll deductions from work or paying yourself. Transferring your drivers license will cost several hundred shekel, when all is said and done. You will need money for transportation as well, either for buses or gasoline and insurance for a car. If you want television, you will need cable. Don’t forget that some food items are more expensive here, some are not.
I’m not trying to scare you, but you need to do “due diligence” before you make a commitment to come on aliyah. The more research you do before hand, the better off you will be.
Gmail does a much better job at filtering out spam than Yahoo. Also, there are no picture ads. All in all, I think Gmail is a much smoother user experience. I switched several years ago.
Nechomah, where do you get your bagels? We get ours at Holy Bagel, which I find pretty close to what I would get in America.
I personally prefer to learn on my own on Shavuot night. I can learn what I want at my own pace, and I can take a break when I want to walk around a bit. I generally go to one or two of the shiurim, depending on the topics.
Something else we do here is lein Megillat Rut before davening, not during.
Some people borrow a cup of sugar; some people borrow a chossid. That’s how the world works.
Don’t feel bad oomis1105, our oven stopped working as well – and we just paid the repair guy 400 sheks to fix it earlier this week. Now he says he can’t come back until after the chag!
The Zionists caused the loss of Jewish access to the Kosel and Yerushalayin from 1948. So there is nothing to celebrate. If they hadn’t caused us to lose access, we would have had access after ’48 just as we did before ’48.
Wow, and what kind of access was that? Let’s see, a wall of houses almost up to the Kotel itself, Arab trash strewn everywhere, access allowed only when the British felt like it, and no blowing the shofar there at all. Hmmmm, sounds like wonderful access to me!
I highly doubt there is anything you can do.
Do you not have a rav to ask?
The Wolf has the best answer. Call the Chaplains’ office. If it’s a “very Jewish city,” odds are that a Rabbi will be on staff.
Did you try looking and searching online?
Do a Google search on nitrition college major and you’ll get a list of schools.
Additionally, you could go to the websites for the Jewish schools and find the majors each one offers.
It’s my understanding that 65% of demographics professors make up statistics on the spot, so I would have to see the professor’s sources before agreeing with his statement.
To make sure their brain didn’t leak out.
But obviously it’s OK for other kids to be in the Army, right?
Obviously you’re claiming to be some lawyer or legal expert, just FYI I don’t respond to demands.
I’m not claiming I am an expert – I’m claiming you’re not. Claiming knowledge about a legal case from reading media quotes is ridiculous.
Mods, it’s time to close this already. What’s done is done.
“Baltimore is one of the most corrupt cities in America”
Based on what measurement? If it’s so corrupt, why do so many heimish families live there? Why has the community grown so much over the past years?
“Seems to any non-prejudiced observer that the Judgment would have to be Non-Guilty due to self-defense. Any other Judgment would not be based on any rules of law. This would be called a miscarriage of justice!”
Health, I thought you were a health professional. When did you graduate law school? Were you in the court room for the trial? Have you reviewed the transcript? Tell us some the actual rules of law you know that were used in this case, as well as those that were violated.
No insurance?
I thought the halacha was that the pot has to be destroyed using a shinuy, like rolling over it with a steamroller. I guess I better go back and check that again!
Ahhhh, the old days, when all I had to worry about was homework and camp.
Mod-42, there is no inyan to stay up both nights (all night) for Shavuot, since the second night/day apply only in ch”l anyway.
If renting a car, be sure to ask if you are allowed to drive the car over the Green Line. There are companies that won’t allow you to do so.
Also, ask for a Shabbat discount. Not every place has it. Basically it means that you pay only for the insurance over Shabbat, but not for the car. If you do end up driving the car on Shabbat and get in an accident, the insurance doesn’t cover it. (Budget has a Shabbat discount.)
The haelige Admor of Shiputz, Moreinu v’Rabeinu HaGaon HaTzadik Shloimie Rosenbaum of Tzfas, shlita, davens while standing only on his right foot. He tells his many talmidim not to follow his example because they may hurt themselves if they fall over.
The haelige Rebbe says HKB”H watches over him when he davens so that he doesn’t fall over, even at his advanced age.
On Yom Kippur, the haelige Rebbe davens an extended amida during Ne’eila, so at that time a chair is placed under his left knee, helping to support him while he davens. This is the only time during the year this is done.
May we all be zoche to emulate the Rebbe, shlita, and bring Moshiach quickly and speedily. Omein.
Nombody2, she said she wasn’t making aliyah.
If you’re not making aliyah, then you’re probably stuck unless you want to pay for extra luggage. Buy what you need in Israel. Or make aliyah.
I believe Ami publishes Rav Avi Shafran’s column, so that’s what I read.
The rav of my shul at the time mentioned it a few years ago when someone in our neighborhood was caught having joined a bowling league.
Was caught? You make it sound like the person was doing something illegal.
Maybe s/he just wanted some exercise and/or relaxation. It’s not a crime, you know.
Anything with peanut butter.
I must say that getting up during the week to daven in shule is a personal struggle, but I always feel that my day starts off better if I go to shule. So, I go – but it’s not easy.
Is there a website for this?
. . . and he doesn’t have to wear a tie.
If he doesn’t want to wear a tie, make aliyah. I haven’t worn a tie in over 5 years.
Back in Europe ghat [sic] is what people wore.
If you look at photos of Jews back in old Europe pre-Holocaust, you will see that most of them are not wearing black hats; most are wearing gray hats.
btw, what do they do on this “yom zikaron”? Do they learn Mishnayos?
In my shule, yes, they do learn Mishnayot and say Tehillim in memory of the fallen soldiers.
Of course now a lot of Yidden live there, and Torah flourishes by leaps and bounds. No thank you to the Zionist inventors..
Because the Turks/British/Arabs would certainly allow all these Jews into Israel to live and learn, right? If there were a “rolling my eyes” symbol I would insert one here.
FYI – JFK does not have a baggage policy. The individual airlines have baggage policies.
I was hoping to watch it live on the internet. Will YWN carry it live?
You do not live in a Jewish country, ergo you have no rights to go around blocking streets for Shabbat. If you feel that strongly that you need blocked streets, make aliyah and go to someplace where the streets are blocked – Mea Shearim, Kiryat Sefer, Bnai Brak.
I worked an overnight shift (8 p.m. to about 6 a.m.) for a few years. In fact, I was working it while I dated my wife and after we were engaged. I worked nights all week; on Friday mornings I would go home, daven, sleep an hour or two, then drive to NY for Shabbat. My kalla would leave me a shopping list, so I’d walk down Avenue M and pick stuff up. I took a nap in the afternoon with the family I was staying with, then walk to the subway to meet her when she came home from work. We had a normal Shabbat and Sunday, then I’d drive straight to work from NY on Sunday night.
During the week I would find an early minyan, then go to sleep. I also tried to take a nap in the afternoon. My eating schedule during the week was breakfast in the early afternoon, dinner before I left, and a lunch type meal in the middle of the night.
What is a capstone?
why cant a smoker be a ben torah??
Because he’s knowingly violating an issur d’oreita.
Because he’s putting himself at risk for heart disease.
Because he’s putting himself at risk for hypertension.
Because he’s putting himself at risk for emphysema.
Because he’s putting his family at risk for all these diseases from second hand smoke.
Because he’s putting himself at risk for an early death, making his wife an early widow, and his children early orphans.
I hope this answers your question.
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One can switch from nusach Ashkenaz to nusach Sfard. I did so myself, under the direction of our rav here on our yishuv. (There are no nusach Ashkenaz shules here.) I did not switch my pronunciation, as he told me that most people who switch end up saying the words incorrectly.
Avhaben, why would you ask your question here? Don’t you have a Rav to ask?
You want to send them so they can learn about the beautiful mitzva of yishuv ha’aretz, and how much they will be missing out on by not living here.