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I said a (mostly) Shabbat morning P’sukei D’zimra, and Hallel (in it’s proper place in davening) with a bracha.

“Hot dogs and hamburgers off the grill . . .”

That’s what we’re having for lunch on the last day of the chag. Chicken wings too, I think.

Why wear a suit at all? I’ve worn a suit (and tie) exactly once in the last 11 1/2 years.

I’ll take a bus to Yerushalayim. If he’s not Moshiach, I can always take a bus home.

“Im confused why people proudly announce they have no filter. No Rabbanim condone that.”

For all the “chareidim” here who claim to follow this or that Rebbe, shlit”a, or this or that Rosh Yeshiva, shlit”a – none of their Rebbiem would allow their followers to be on this website, let alone be on the internet for non-parnassa reasons. So all the people on the internet, even with filters, well, that defeats the whole reason of “following a Rebbe” to begin with.

As long as her parents have the required $100,000 check for the boy, there’s no problem.

I have an LG 3. I think I bought it used, and I have no idea how much I paid for it. It works, that’s what’s important.

Shwekey, Im Eshkachech.

If he’s singing it, he needs to make sure he can hit the high notes, or it ruins the song.

I’ve got about 1800 songs, and my music is always set on shuffle. I never know what’s coming up next.

True story:
Many years ago, I davened regularly in a largish shule. My makom was in the front. In the row in front of me were several talkers, who happened to be machers in the shule. On one Shabbat, they were talking particularly loudly. I turned around (so I was not facing them), and shushed them quietly. One of the men took exception to this, and berated me right then and there.

I changed seats the next Shabbat, and I never did move back to that spot.

Right before Rosh Hashana that year, he came up to me, apologized, and asked mechila for embarrassing me the way he did. He said he realized that he was wrong, and that he had been working on not talking during davening. He even invited me to move back to the original seat. Of course, I forgave him, but I didn’t move back to the old seat.

And by the way, to 1: There is a conservative shule down the street from where I daven in the mornings – they have well attended minyanim 3 times a day, every day. So yes, many go only 3 times a year, but there are some who go 3 times a day.

I wanted to update my post “upthread” concerning the no longer published Minchas Yerushalayim siddur.

One of my daughters was looking through my old Coffee Room posts, and saw what I had written about this particular siddur. She took it upon herself to ask on a few Yerushalayim based Facebook groups if anyone had this siddur to sell or give away. One woman did; all my kids chipped in and had it rebound, and gave it to me as a birthday present. I was (and still am) ecstatic!

(BTW, as it turns out, I knew the woman who gave the siddur to my daughter!)

I shop at the bigger stores. The makolet will invariably be more expensive. Many of the makolets will insist on a minimum charge to use a credit card, which is in violation of their agreements with the credit card companies.

joseph, yes, he would say that. What people do on their own is between them and Hashem.

How about you go and take your abortion discussion and open another thread? T22t, did you seriously have to hijack a thread about one topic and turn it into another? Where’s your derech eretz?

Joseph, I have tried. The uninterested ones don’t reply to VMs I’ve left, or emails, or messages on Facebook. One of my cousins even flew to Israel for 10 days, and never attempted to reach out to me while she was here. (And yes, she knows I live in Israel.)

Yes.

Next topic please.

This debate has already been done. Do you really need to do this again? You can’t just find the old debate and see what everyone thinks?

Cheaper to live in E”Y, and certainly better for one’s spiritual life as well.

The simple solution is to do it yourself. I mean, seriously, people can’t manage to clean a house once a week?

Adisrael, why don’t you just call them yourself and ask?

The city of PittsburgH has an “h” at the end.

As for the rest, well, you’re supposed to be uncomfortable in America. There’s no mitzvah to live there.

Do we not read the Torah every Thanksgiving?

Case closed.

Since, B”H, I’ve only had one cavity in the past 30+ years, I doubt my dentist “uses abrasives and chemicals n my healthy teeth.” And I highly doubt we use the same dentist. In fact, since it’s been 30+ years, there are two dentists involved in my oral care.

Why do you write troll posts like this?

When we lived in Baltimore and I was a watch commander with the NWCP, the officer riding with us would ticket every car parked that was blocking a driveway during evening minyan hours. What a chillul Hashem these drivers caused because they had to run to catch a minyan. If you’re that late, catch a different minyan!