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So, call the cops, or one of the local politicians who are bored and need something to do. Try the city advocates office. He is always looking for something to do.
You may also want to consider that the owners of the real estate firm that owns the proerty in question are jews.
For what it is worth, instead of stopping at bay parkway, get on the belt for a couple of exits and go to coney island, brighton or manhattan beach.
Interjection, I should have clarified my question, even though I thought it obvious due to the subject nature of this thread.
Please define “good boy” and “good girls” as it relates to shidduchim and then explain why it is harder to qualify as good as it relates to shidduchim for a boy, then for a girl.
Before I comment on what you wrote, I want to be sure your answer remains the same in light of this info.
As a general comment, I think you are overstating the yetzer hara faced by “boys” and understating the yetzer hara faced by girls. You replied to someone “you will never understand what boys face” yet you presume to understand what girls face and how simple it is for them to overcome. I think that is rather presumptous, but can’t disagree with how you feel, if that is how you feel.
Can someone articulate what it means to be a “good boy” or a “good girl”?
Can the one who posited that it is harder to be a good boy than a good girl, please explain that statement?
Why not go to a different shul where the pace is one you are comfortable with.
We dip challah in honey so the apple in honey is anticlimactic, therefore we make the haeitz on whatever of the shivas haminim we have and eventually get to dipping an apple in honey.
Hey, at least they won’t be texting. Try to find SOME zchus for each jew, as you would want them to do for you.
“My brother brought his date (right before getting engaged) a bag of flour and told her to bake him something.”
If she was smart, she would have taken three dollars from her purse and told him to pick up a loaf of bread at the nearest bakery. If she had the cajones, she would have told him to go earn the three dollars for the loaf of bread. If she REALLY had guts she would have responded, yes sah, mastah.
So, the citation from web md says might have found one aspect that will help some people. A cure? I sure hope the magazine didn’t extrapolate all that. What did the magazine really say?
What makes the teacher unqualified?
Of course everyone missed the point of the OP. He is talking about the coffee, not the donuts. He is pointing out that you must ask for c’y milk with your coffee.
Can someone definitively state exactly what it is the Rosh Yeshiva said in France?
Has anyone established what the Rosh Yeshiva actually said, not some half baked heresay? Until that point, why debate something he may not have said at all.
A salient point here is that todays secular Israelis are not the “spiritual heirs” to the original secular zionists. Polls show that there is little in the way of the original zionistic attitude in todays Israeli society as a way of life. As for their antagonism towards a torah way of life, is it any different than many members of the reform movement here in the US? They grew up this way and quite frankly know as much of a torah way of life as lihavdil elef havdalos buddhism, perhaps even less. There are many, many secular israelis, who through exposure to a torah way of life, while not necessarily running to embrace torah and mitzvos (yet) are not antagonistic towards those who are shomrei torah umitzvos. Are there those who would do anything negative to a torah jew, certainly, are they members of the government, certainly is such antagonism unique to Israelis, definitely not. Read some of the statements by those against the hamptons eruv for example to see this hatred and antagonism is not unique to secular israelis. It is common among those who are “secular”.
Shopr Rite cares about your business, not the torahs demands of modesty. But, at least they value the business enough to give in and cover the offending magazines.
If the shvigger is smiling, he should cry. If she is crying he should smile.
If they are kosher, shehakol, unless you eat it with bread then the hamotzi excempts the bracha.
Have the grandparents send money on a monthly basis. Cheapest way for you, to get money to her.
Is there ever a reason to waste money?
Lchaim.
All this of kool aid is making me thirsty can I join the lchaim?
I am curious what the Satmar Rebbe Z’l would advocate here in 2012. Would he advocate dismantling the state and handing it over to “moderates” such as Turkey who would be atched over by the ever fair “international community”.
I didn’t see the mechaber inside, but I’m willing to bet “klal” doesnt mean “no females”, rather those females who you are forbidden to, you should not under any circumstance inquire about them. But hey, you won’t find my commentary on the side of the shulchan aruch.
Know what would be even more awesome? After you moved to wherever it is you wished to move, you would be able to get your children into the local yeshiva (I’m talking a situation where you toe the line so to speak, but still can’t get in because you are perceived as “them” not “us”).
I’m a day late and a dollar short to this discussion. I won’t answer yes, or no to the question posed by this thread, I will say that the Rav of my shul, when he passes my wife in the street, says good morning, afternoon or whatever is appropriate at that time, and if she sees him first she extends the gretting first. When I see the rebbetzin or vice versa we do the same.
Also, to the wolf who chastised himself for inquiring about the welfare of his wife and daughters, may I direct you towards the sfas emes on the mishna in avos (I don’t know if this is a stand alone perush on avos, or it is mentioned in another sefer of his, I’m sure searching the bar ilan CD or whatever these digital otzer hasfarim are called will find you the source) “al tarbeh sicha im haisha” where he explains the difference between the hebrew words sicha and dibbur.
Isn’t kalman berstein, shmulkas younger brother, who had a pizza shop on the lower east side?
Not sure about derek, but there is a horse racing at saratoga named jerek deter.
How is long hair on the front of your head a chatzitza for tefillin.
As an aside. I remember a shiur given by rabbi reisman where he mentioned a group of strong men david hamelech had. The gemara describes them as tough guys and one of the descriptions of them is that they all had a bluris. At that point he got sidetracked and mentioned that bluris, despite its common translation as chup, is not a chup. He mentioned rashis explanation of bluris and also the halacha of bluris and tefillin. I don’t remember what he said except “a bluris is not a chup”. I remember thinking “mohawk” as I heard his explanation.
Does anyone truly want an answer to the original question that opened this topic? Email Rabbi Zwiebel, Shafran or any other Agudah spokesperson. (I won’t, because the question itself doesn’t bother me in any way that I want or need an answer.)
So, bottom line. Hatikva wasn’t sung at the Siyum HaShas because (tongue firmly planted in cheek) clearly the medina represents everything that is wrong with the world. But america, the goldener medina, where nobody is forced to serve in the army, whose entitlement programs probably support more torah than anyone in the world bar none (well perhaps aside from “the medina) and whose policies and culture help foster growth in yiras shamayim, surely her national anthem should have been sung.
Rude, maybe. Tacky, perhaps. Necessary, who knows. The real question is, will it make the chassan kallah happy.
I hate to stick my nose into a week long conversation and focus on one point. Turkey? Is that because they are the modern day successors to the Ottoman Turks? Why not give it back to the.original Caananites? Moreover, you trust the Turks not to destroy whatever jews and jewish way of life currently exists. They have a hard enough time being “moderate” as it is, imagine they were surrounded and pounded by Hamas and the other terror groups and how quickly they would capitulate to any and all demands of jewish destruction if it meant their safety. Yes, the secular israelis do not make life easy for a torah jew, do they wish their destruction? When the hellenist kings ran the show in e’y, did chazal advocate dismantling the kingdom and giving it over to the greeks or the romans? You might be “anti medina”, but surely you don’t wish to condemn an entire population of jews to life under the “moderate” turks.
Which word in the MB means tshup?
Unless your friends name is sara devorah, don’t sweat the beard or peyos.
I’m not sure the relevance (but staying on topic doesn’t seem to be a requirement here), but it should be noted that the koran is filled with numerous statements that are rabidlt anti jewish and venemous anti jewish statements are attributed to mohammed. Islam, like xtianity is rooted in jewish hatred and its adherents learned its lessons well. This hatred exists independent of zionism or a jewish state. It might be a convenient excuse to vent the hatred, but it is surely not the cause for any hatred.
Finally, the reality is, we can not turn back the clock 75 years. The reality is there is a “state of israel” and one must live with the reality.
The hashkafa of the satmar rebbe z’l is completely inknown to me, but I have a hard time believing, as some strongly imply, that were he alive today, he would be advocating the overthrowing of the government or would advocate voting for a completely non jewish slate of candidates. If he would, could someone point to where in his writing this is specifically advocated?
Rabbi Akiva Eiger surely did not wear the same type of head covering as the Rambam or Rif and quite frankly it did not concern him. What mattered to him was the torah of the Rambam and the Rif, not their head covering at the time they said over their torah.
Side issue. How did one segue into the other? Why not discuss supply side economics too?
I’m a little late to this discussion with zero interest in reading almost 4 pages of posts.. Can someone bring me up to speed here? Which of the three oaths forbids the singing of the star spangled banner at the siyum hashas?
I’m trying to picture the scene… Shlomo Gertzulin welcomes everyone to met life stadium, thanks everyone for coming and the next thing you hear is a rendition of hatikva sung as only the duet of abish brodt and chazan helfgott can sing it.
The story of the glasses was on Yahoo last week, it was a story from the AP desk in Jerusalem. Perhaps the AP picked it up from Haaretz, perhaps not, it is likely these other “news” outlets are running with the AP story. What is says about the credibility of the story? Zero.
I don’t like to parse other people comments, but the train ride out to cedar knolls this morning is a long one and I’m bored looking out the window. So to pass the time, I’d like to address your points.
a) There is no greater copout than saying, don’t shoot the messenger, I am just repeating how my friend feels.
b) nor do I believe it is so unreasonable for a parent to believe that their child will keep their shoes on in school or that a good double bow will remain tied all day. Nor is it unreasonable to assume that if the teacher requests children to remove their shoes, that teacher will help them put them back on. Nor is it unreasonable to assume that in the event a childs laces come untied, teacher will gladly help child redo their laces. Nor is it unreasonable to assume that if the teacher finds something about a child so terribly frustrating, they will address said something with the parents of the child instead of allowing frustration to build up inside of them, and who knows, take it out one day on said child.
c) I find it irresponsible for someone who claims to be such a caring teacher to use such a broad paintbrush when clearly it is not the case.
d) if teacher has an issue repeatedly tying
A childs laces, they should address it with the child or their parents. Any teacher that comes to dislike a student over something so silly as shoelaces, should seriously think about a different profession.
e) at least you are honest with yourself. That is a lot more than can be said about many people.
f) I truly hope you don’t teach the way you type, on autocorrect, or autopilot. If you do, I can see how something as trivial as untied shoelaces can get you all worked up.
g) sometimes the only way to respond to outrageously ridiculous is with sarcasm. Ridiculous statements and assertions do not deserve serious or well thought out responses. I know that I am writing a lot faster than I am thinking right now.
As to the names people use, why does it offend you if someone goes by the name “I’m the best” or “number one poster”. I guess if you come unglued at the thought of tying shoes, this might bother you too.
h) neither is the conversation that often comes up in the parents room. You know, the one about those teachers who are in it for their own egos and not those they are teaching. One example are those teachers who do their childrens art projects for them, lest, chas vshalom, a parsha project goes home with coloring outside the line, or a purple sky and pink trees..
Wishing you and your students a most successful year of teaching and learning.
The sites that reported the story. Do they have a track record for anything but sensationalism?
While this sounds far fetched, so does a grown man spitting on a 7 year old girl. Since I don’t know what to believe, I don’t believe any reports coming out of E’Y.
All who eat chalav shell hacompanies that have government regulations and oversight that satisfies the requirements of chalav yisroel are more then welcome in my minyan.
Sigh.
Someone should get permission from Ami and reprint Rabbi Frankfurters editorial from this weeks issue.
If I didn’t know better, I would suggest this topic was started after reading the editorial.
“parents shouldn’t send their kinds with laces if they don’t know how to do them themselves.”
I agree, it is important for all parents to know how to tie their laces. I also agree that it is quite unfair for parents who can not tie their own laces to have those who are not their kind do it for them.
My comment about appealing to the broadest base was in reference to tznius.
My comment about lashon hara, was as it relates to forums such as this.
I really should stop assuming everyone knows exactly what I am talking about and start to be more clear. Maybe that is where I will go too far.
There is no such thing as “overboard” as it relates to yoursef. Imposing those rules on others though is another story.
Publications often try to appeal to the broadest possible base, so their adherence to a stringent viewpoint should be seen as nothing more than a marketing tool.
Where I would like to see people go overboard is in there adherence to the laws of lashon hara and rechilus.
What is with all these discussions about shoes? Shabbos shoes, teachers and muddy shoes and now teachers confiscating shoes. Shoe fetish?
Mewho. Nothing I wrote addressed anything you wrote.
I was also addressing one specific post. I even thought it was self evident. I guess it wasn’t so obvious.
I will be clearer, yes the toll booth attendant should be more attentive to the number of occupants in the car. Midvar sheker tirchak however is incumbent on the one driving the car, not the attendant in the toll booth.