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It says not to speak to a woman, even a relative, in the street. Passersby won’t necessarily know that it is a relative and it doesn’t look good. Also, Sefer Chasidim says not to kiss your child in Shul. I think the idea was not to offend those who, unfortunately, don’t have children.

Middle, it’s actually a written rule. Have a look at the coffeeroom rules.

Sure he’d force himself — by drinking wine!

Coffee, I don’t disagree with your point, but that Inish thing is a poor excuse.

oy vey, there’s a big difference between falling asleep and going to sleep. With the first you are Yotze Ad Delo Yada, with the latter you aren’t.

You don’t find it in early Sefarim either as a guide to behavior. Somehow, today, it is evoked very often as a reason to go someplace or do something. Yiddishkeit was never meant to be based on outsiders.

Deiya, if there is no way out then the whole thing is Tamei.

You might have seen his name on a thread that was revived recently. I doubt that account is active. However, I think you got the right party.

This is the cry of the Maharal. People think his main point was the Mishna of Ben Asor, but his main point is actually that there is no Yedi’as Hatorah. He says that in one or two years someone with no background in Torah can be up to par with any Lamdan. I’ve seen this myself. The Maharal actually says exactly what OnTheBall said earlier, that knowing how doesn’t make you a Talmid Chacham. I was really surprised to see someone question that. Like a Maggid Shiur of mind once said, being able to steal doesn’t make you a thief.

In Beis Hatalmud the idea was that the people in America should see the depth of Torah. That served its purpose by now, even if it justifies the extremely slow pace. It is really sad because in the end there is no Kinyan. They don’t end up really knowing those ten Bletter, either. They just have some famous Chaqiros floating in the head. So now we all know that a Migui is either a Raaya or a Koach Hataana, and there’s a Siba and Simman, and Umdena Shaft Nisht Ah Kinyan. Now what?

Bochurim don’t really relate to all that anyhow, which is why they cannot be tested. The thing is that there is something between what’s called Iyun and Bekius. That is what Chazal call Mareh Panim. Rashi explains that to mean giving a reason to everything. The funny thing is that while getting all heated up about how the Rashba in this Sugya relates to the famous Reb Akiva Eiger in Kesubos, there is little focus on the flow and Svara of the Gemara. What should be emphasised is how much everything actually makes sense. The point in learning is to adapt your mind to that of the Torah. That is done by making sure you agree to what it says.

Very good Tzushtel, Twisted.

We’re not making fun, we’re having fun.

You really want to know? Joseph Shida is rumored to have lurked in the CR, and drank up almost all the coffee. The CR staff banded together and locked him out with a chain with all sorts of Sheimos. It still manages to poke its head(s) in and leaves very distinct footprints, but it barely ever drinks up all the coffee. People get frightened whenever they think they see him. Some don’t believe in the whole thing, and therefore ignore anything with his footprints.

And you took Bar Shattya with you?

There is no Hebrew word Nu. Those that pronounce the Kamatz as Koomitz, say Nee.

You don’t say Nu, it is a noise just like a click with the tongue or snap of the finger. I know it’s a lot of fun to show how the whole world got it wrong, but usually, when something is common practice, the focus of our Chachamim was to realize its merit. Continue Nuing.

Which ibn Ezra are you talking about, the one in Bereishis about Malachim?

There is a reason why we admire the survivors who went ahead with their lives and rebuilt families. Many became totally broken and did not move on. Their story is untold. Perhaps for younger people it was easier to look ahead, but what about those who’ve had families beforehand?

a maamin, why 4 exclamation marks in one comment?

I wrote, very few survived, because ofCourse wrote that very few of our generation-type would survive the holocaust.

By the way, I don’t think that whole talk is appropriate. Don’t throw our generation in the garbage. We have toys that take our time, fine. The victims of the holocaust are people we can relate to very much, as you will see when you read personal things about them. There are pictures. We are (mostly) from the same century. We both rode in trains and had electricity. They weren’t from the ‘olden days’, the types that ‘were able to handle these things’. They were people like you and I. During those horrible years simple people reached amazing levels of Chessed, Mesiras Nefesh, and Emuna.

In our generation we had a Yid that was mentioned by President Bush for his selflessness. That wasn’t an everyday thing for him, either.

Well, if it would meow, I’d say it’s suspicious.

aries, I thought the same.

ZeesKite, did it ask you weird questions?

Very few survived it then, too. Not everyone went on to rebuild their lives. Those who did are heroes.

Now let’s hear the other side of the story from YWN.

Are you running on a 1950s system?

I was in a Yiddish store that played music. It made me wonder if why they couldn’t have that the whole three weeks. Who invented that electronic “dance” sound, and why?

I’ve had nephews that pretty much fit that description. You’ll clime out of it. You’ll look back and enjoy it (the way we are). One nephew was strapped in, with a child leash meant for this purpose, and he broke the gate of the crib, then the rest of the crib, and ended up on a ripped up matress. Don’t get anything expensive for these couple of years. Your kids have spunk and it’s a good thing that you’ll appreciate in the coming years, B’ezras Hashem.

It’s funny how you’d want to put it on men when, I think, every story I’ve heard so far was a woman. And it makes sense, since they tend to be more absent minded.

Chacham, why do you talk like that? There are quite a few MO members of this CR, and you can easily tell that they are full of Yir’as Shamayim.

Why is it even given different names. When you look at the big picture, we are one and the same. We Daven in each other’s Shuls, we eat each other’s Hechsheirim (more often than we realize), we dance together at Simchos and we care and Daven for each other. We keep the same Torah and Mitzvos. Yes, there is a different approach toward modernity and dress, but calm down.