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I don’t know if the ice cream is worth seminary tuition.
But it’s definitely worth the plane ticket.
Zislik has the best ice cream. And smoothies.
Go to Israel for an extended period of time, whether to seminary or not. Even if you do nothing but go to the Kosel and eat ice cream, you will still gain just by being there.
Blah blah blah blah. The guy didn’t ask if it is ideologically appropriate to wear only white shirts. He asked where to find cheap ones. Give him a break.
@Sam2, you’re referring to Chedva Zilberfarb. I believe the story is in Hanoch Teller’s Hey Taxi.
And FYI…Hamsa means five in Arabic. Ahimsa means nonviolence in Sanskrit. No connection.
I don’t know, Bookworm. I was wondering the same thing.
VeltzMeshugener +100
That was AWESOME!
When is the application deadline this year?
MordechaiRyan, get over to the Nightly Dvar Torah thread, they need you.
Or maybe nobody knows of a pool in Queens that has separate swimming hours for men and women.
@Torah613–what a beautiful mashal. Best I’ve heard in ages.
The Hebrew edition Mishpacha claims that Yosef is, in fact, Rav Ovadiah’s middle name.
Make a star chart. I don’t know what your kabala is, so for example, every day you don’t listen to secular music you get a sticker. (Yay! Morah is so proud of you!) After some predetermined number of stickers, you get a proportionate reward. Sounds babyish, but I’ve used this system and it works.
The world is a more complicated place than high school teachers would have you believe.
House cards: pick a Lakewood development.
Ooh, can I have a subtitle too?
Hash-m is equivalent to G-d. Grow up.
@ LevAryehBoy: ha! I never noticed that.
All the people sound the same because they are (a) all written by Walder in his writing style, and (b) translated from Hebrew.
That is not antisocial behavior unless you are walking around robbing people and graffiti-ing your local train stations. What you are describing is introversion, or possibly asocial behavior.
Actually only around people I know. I have no problem davening in front of total strangers.
Vanilla Coke is still around.
Thank you ilovetorah. It is blatantly untrue that MOST kollel guys are doing nothing all day.
@What’s in a name–Find me a doctor today who’s on the level of the Rambam.
Yes, very normal. Besides for shul I won’t daven if there’s another person in the room.
The only way to really stop is to go cold turkey. Step by step doesn’t work. You have to just quit and never go back.
I don’t remember where I read this, but the yetzer hara is like a tantruming two-year-old. When the two-year-old is screaming for something, you don’t indulge him (he’ll just do it again next time), and you don’t scream back at him (he likes to get any reaction out of you). You let him finish the tantrum and go on with life.
You can do something similar with inappropriate thoughts: instead of freaking out and trying to push them away while calling yourself a rasha, and instead of indulging them, you just let come and go.
Hatzlacha.
@N.U.
You flatter me 🙂
Does anyone know the lyrics to Meydad Tasa “Mul Shalhevet/Against the Flame”?
Stop encouraging and pushing conformity, even subtly. Conformity doesn’t equal observance. And stop making disparaging and/or condescending comments about people and groups who are serving G-d but are “different.” Observance doesn’t equal conformity.
Smile E. Face
+1,000,000
<<nothing against quiet people, but if you happen to be quiet, make urself more outgoing! we all have those things that wer not so good at and that’s what life is all about – we have to make ourselves normal.>>
If you happen to be outgoing, why don’t you make yourself more introverted, since, clearly, you are not so good at being quiet! It might be hard for you to change the personality God gave you, but hey, life’s all about becoming normal!
She didn’t memorialize the Munich athletes, all she said was that if there had been a moment of silence, she would have participated.
I can’t decide if this is crazy or not.
Somebody welcome meeee back…*sniffle*
I respect teachers in yeshivos.
Just out of curiosity, is the child of two mamzerim a mamzer? I remember a teacher saying he/she is not and being very confused. Isn’t it hereditary?
@Don’t Forget the One Above: You have no business collectively referring to all kollel guys as “greasy.” It’s the Nine Days. Cool your jets.
Sister Bear — Books will too be there when you’re down.
What’s popular anyway? Seriously, since when does quantity of friends count over quality?
TweetTweet: Not everyone WANTS to be brought out of their shell.
Anyone know what the most common types are?
Adorable-why do you wish you’re an introvert?
Canine-why on earth would it bother me that I’m an introvert? It’s so stereotypical to think that people who would rather read a book than throw a party are miserably shy.
Introverts: what about extroverts annoys you most?