Little Froggie

Chash… Obviously you’re new here. This place has been “home” to many peoples, all walks of life, for many a year. You may not know… this place – scratch that – this home has a long history. Some have moved out, (some have moved UP) some are still here. This place went through a LOT (putting it mildly), many cycles… ups and downs, right, left and mostly upside down! Many personalities, opinions, feelings, ideas and ideals. Each had what to offer… Every once and a while someone ‘from the old time’ would come by and leave another “I WAS HERE (AGAIN)” post in the form of another quip…

Though I may not “Know” my sister at the opposite side of the mechitza, a fitting Mazel Tov best wishes is surely proper. Family is family, no?!?

Syag… Please allow me this once…. I think just a casual reading of the post make it abundantly clear he was only pulling the OP’s leg. Albeit his modus operandi… In my opinion it was surely in jest.. too appealing to let it go by..

RY/ NOPE!!!

Sometimes you have to park “out of town”, and walk to your house!!

Who cares? It’s the “PARK” that’s a misnomer. Ever tried?!?

He ate? He only served!!!

Took you five years to realize you weren’t joking?!? (and how do you remember something you wrote five years ago?)

Any other ideas or ways to show disrespect and impatience with HaShem???

Wannan learn? Do it at YOUR expense, while you’re eating, hwhile you’re working, while you’re shmoozing… There’s no greater disrespect towards HaShem than coming in to HIS house and DISREGARDING HIM. Anyone who does this instantly looses my respect toward him. המחלל את השם גופו מחוללת על הבריות.

Yeah, I know, today when you come in to a Shul to daven, there are these “news stands” where you can pick any of the many “news” bletelach. Torah of course. “150 THINGS TO DO INSTEAD OF DAVENING” Truly disgusting.

A camp with 70 girls up to ninth grade. So I assume it’s 7, 8 and 9th. Now, 70 girls divided by three would make it to 23 and a third girls per grade. Pretty small for a camp, you;d say.

Anyways, if it’s a camp that has only 50 in the TC, its quite small, and it would be unrealistic to DEMAND someone be admitted without having to foot the bill this extra admission necessitated. Think buses, outings, food, bedding, indeed – room and board. What if an extra bunk has to be built just for your daughter? They MUST except anyone at their expense. Think about it. And it’s a camp not a school, which while some consider it a necessity, it’s technically a luxury.

I happen to be closely involved in a camp (slightly bigger), so I know what goes on (no, I’m not the Boss…yet!). And I think, as a parent, the important thing to know about a camp is its clientele – what are the girls like. And is the camp selective, do they research the girls they admit. What are the camp policies? These (the girls) are the people who are going to greatly affect and shape your daughters’ future. There are many camps out there each offering a unique something. Each with it’s own balance of Ruchnius and Gashmius. Remember – one summer can uplift like nothing during the year can. And, regretfully too, the same the other way…

This should be the main point.

..Been doing that for the past ____ years!!!!

*(go look yourself… don’t wanna embarrass myself)

No. It’s not worth coming back (to read this).
See? I didn’t either..

CA, No. I got unaddicted to the Coffee Room (or did I, OOPS, I’M BACK!!!)

Nope. Not gonna do it again, Well, maybe just a half our.

Anyone else on my team?!?

OK… So no one answered him…

In the name of ALL KLAL YISROEL Yes. We (all of us) did serious teshuva. Yes, exactly like YOU demanded from us…
We did teshuva.
We did Kinnus.
We did Taanis.
We’re not in a state of denial.
We know that there’s no such thing as coincidence.
We know that Hashem has a plan and reason for every tiny thing.
We know that every person’s life is planned out by Hashem from a to z….
We all woke up from denial and faced reality.

To all of us here: let this year be a year of yeshuos, refuos, nechamos, much gladness and happiness, fruitfulness and accomplishment to all of us and our families, and all of K’lal Yisroel.

Oh sure. The Get Store, right next to the shoe store. As advertised: Give a quick Get while you shop for shoes…

Re-un-re-unBump

My three point five sense.

First of all, yeah, I’m of the male species, at least for the unforeseeable future. I used to be…

Now to business…

To the females here..  There’s a certain aspect in the essence of Torah that only men have the true connection to. Likewise, the Torah (areas of Talmud etc.) was meant as an antidote and cure for the strong pulling of the Yetzer (euphemism for certain urges..) , a strong force only found in the male species of mankind. Hand in hand – one for the other, and one because of the other. Where one finds a fence/ resisting of immorality, there you find Holiness. It is that Holiness that toiling in Torah (areas mentioned above) study is for and about. Nothing at all denigrating at all, it’s just not meant for that halve. (No – don’t get me wrong, they are at the forefront of the guiding force…they are at the helm, from their lofty position they intuitively steer their husbands and sons towards the Beis Medrarsh. It’s just that at the door they withdraw. As in the words of Rabbi Miller, Rachel, wife of the great Rabbi Akiva, brought him towards the Bais Medrash and there he became who he was. However she did not join him there.)

In area of Torah, where there’s a ready translation for all areas of Torah, to a degree that is a disservice to the true essence of Torah . Any Joe off the street can spew his head on anything found anywhere.. confounded by the invention of Rabbi Google. It was done for a certain purpose, a great purpose, something that allowed thousands of men to be able to study Torah otherwise foreign and difficult for them. However, our Torah greats saw a translation of the Torah and its exposure, revealing to all, as a great misfortune.

To the males here… Now, very important. Choosing and broadcasting certain parts of Talmud, Medrash or other areas or Torah that would cause others discomfort, pain or uneasiness… No not a good idea at all. Yehuah ben Gerim tried that… Actually he did much less. He did not even intend to harm anyone, it’s just that the Torah of the Sages belong in the Bais Medrash, not outside. As Rabbi Avigdor Miller zt”l said, Torah truths do not always have to be broadcast to all. If you know a certain passage will distress a gentile and you go ahead and spew forth… no.. not a great idea.. Moreover; that’s the exact application of קרדום לחפור בו and much worse, לומד לקנטר. No benefit, reward at all from that or it’s likes… y’know what I mean…

And to both sides of the isle: for one to denigrate the species of the other side, is to denigrate their Great Creator. You all know the Medrash of the Tanna who said something disparaging to an unsightly looking individual… “go tell my Maker he made a blooper”. Besides all the hatred, Sinas Chinam generated… Please hold back. Someone who needs to belittle the other side to prove that he/she (or she/he) is a something… needs help… And no, I don’t think anyone here is qualified… (oops, I’m jumping to a conclusion)

edited slightly (with permission from the author)

Oish… I’m getting so confuse…
RY, care to weigh in on these important, pressing issues? We turn to you for guidance…

Great question. So great that the Gemarah and Medrash actually ponder the same… Sounds exciting… look it up yourself. Anywhere a Gemarah or Medrash can be found. (actually its mentioned more than once in Gemarrah, and numerous times in Medrash!)

Gosh!!!

I changed three user names since then… you probably won’t remember then one you called!!!

What happened was their idea of placing machine or technology in front or in place of person. No. No machine in the world would EVER replace mankind. True, there are advantages of automation and technology – but a person has and should have the last (actually beginning, middle and last) word.

Technology should never have forced the plane anywhere, it should just have given the pilots the reading or assessment (wrong or right) of the situation. And maybe suggested the proposed correct course of action. But it should be up to the pilots to act. HEY – There are trained pilots in there, those who trained a long time, learning how to fly. And they’re sitting right there. Let THEM direct the plane up or down as needed. They know how to do it. No need to override an experienced pilot’s training.

And btw nothing comes CLOSE to a Cessna, in a Cessna YOU’RE flying it, you actually feel it. In the other ones you’re controlling machines that control machines that control machines that fly it.

Weren’t thinking ’bout me, were you?!?

Come in RY, Come in RY. Your signal is cracking up…

RGP.

Yes. Yes. And Yes. It’s not an edele expression. We are bidden, urged by Chazal, by the Torah, to use a Loshon Nekiah. It mirrors and reflects the character. And it affects and influences the character. It goes both ways. Male and female, both need a clean Neshamah!

(I get your drift. That’s my answer to you in my humble opinion. It’s coarse to be mentioned by both genders… think of the word belly – actually it is its translation. Would you call yourself with that obscene, crude word?)

WB!!!

Long time no see!!!

I have the same problem. Really.

Figured out the best way to deal with it is to just get up and fire up. At the beginning it feels like I’m beating a dead horse, after a while I feel the engines starting to sputter and purr. And then twirl and whirl at full blast!!! {HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU’RE RUNNING WITH THOSE SCISSORS!}

Anyone from Scranton?

Hmm…