WolfishMusings

The last vacation we went on, Eeees and I went to St. Thomas. We even found a place that has good sized outdoor private pools for each room.

But that aside, the islands (we also took a day trip to St. John) were just stunning. We had a wonderful time.

The Wolf

I’m sure you’ll be very surprised what you see on the nanny cam.

I’ve got to tell you, sometimes I wonder about all these stories you hear.

I did quite a bit of babysitting growing up, and I never did anything* that would actually shock me as a parent. Is it just me?

The Wolf

* Well, that’s not entirely true. One time when I was about 15 I was babysitting and let the baby sleep through the afternoon without realizing that it meant that she would be up all night with the mother. Needless to say, I didn’t let that happen again — but it’s not something that was threatening to the baby either.

No one is forcing me, I just don’t understand why Miami becomes a mini brooklyn!

Because Florida has many features that people from Brooklyn want. And Idaho does not have many (if any) of those features.

I’m not sure why that’s so difficult to understand. Did you think that people just picked their vacation destinations at random? People go to places where there are features and amenities that they want.

The Wolf

everyone always

Oh, and for the record, I’ve gone on a few vacations over the last 12 years… and never once went to Florida (not that I went to Idaho either….). Clearly not “everyone” or “always.”

The Wolf

How come everyone always goes to florida? How about going to Idaho or Washington?

If you want to go, there’s no one stopping you.

Obviously people don’t go there because there isn’t as much of a demand to go there. More people prefer Florida beaches to Idaho mountains.

The Wolf

If having pictures of women in public is disrepectful and undignified, do you think I should take down the picture of my mother that is hanging in my home? After all, people who aren’t relatives come into my home and can see it.

The Wolf

We just read last week about Sarah Imeinu, “Hinei BaOhel” – that was the ideal.

And there are posters here (or, rather one poster) who will tell you that the ideal is that a husband not even look at his wife at all — and he based that on a passuk too.

The Wolf

Please accept apologies from an am haaretz who assumed people would understand that I meant siman shin in mishna berura. I forgot there were talmidei chachamim like yourself who would turn to the original shaarei teshuva.

Thank you, but the fault for that is mine. I should have realized which Shaarei Teshuva you meant and had I not been so uneducated, it probably would have occurred to me before I penned my “poison letter” post.

The Wolf

Does that also apply to my wife’s Challah (i.e. that I’m forbidden to eat it on Motzei Shabbos since it’s not new), or does she have to make new challah for Melava Malka too? And if not, why not?

The Wolf

My apologies. Apparently I was too stupid to realize which “Shaarei Teshuva” you meant.

The Wolf

Yaffa80:

Here’s siman shin:

http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=30774&st=&pgnum=70

It concerns tevillah on Erev Yom Kippur. It has nothing to do with the subject at hand.

And to reiterate: I don’t care what other posters say — I’m not going to throw out perfectly good food because you have the notion that food made for Shabbos shouldn’t be eaten during the week. Deal with it.

The Wolf

I don’t drink hard alcohol, including Scotch.

The Wolf (who is proud to say that he’s never been drunk in his life.)

No bait.

Just the way I feel sometimes.

The Wolf

what do young girls need it for anyhow?

Why is this a “girl” issue any more than a “boy” issue?

The Wolf

When’s the last time we made a mishabeirach for the American army?

My shul makes a MiSheberach for the government every Shabbos. I would presume the army is included in the government.

The Wolf

Darchei Noam,

I’m not sure what your question is. You learn to swim the same way you learn anything else. Find someone to teach you.

The Wolf

Instead of worrying about whether the girl you’re dating is your bashert or not, focus on the things you *can* be aware of:

Her midos

Her personality

Her looks

Her hashkafos

How she makes you feel.

If she’s good in all those areas, then go for it and don’t worry about if she’s your bashert or not.

The Wolf

Wolf: How many fingers do you need to count all the movies without female characters (or even kosher attired female characters) in movies that came out in the past 30 years?

Doesn’t matter. You said there were no such movies. I contend that there is at least one (which I have shown) and probably more.

The Wolf

People were talking about the after marriage.

Really, now, does it matter?

What a Gerrer couple (or any other couple, for that matter) do behind closed doors is really no one’s business but their own. If they choose to follow their Rebbe’s dictates regarding how and when and so forth, so what? Why is that such a big deal to everyone else?

Unless you yourself (or your close relative) is contemplating marrying a Gerrer chassid AND is intent on keeping those rules, then I don’t see how this is a problem for anyone else.

The Wolf

But *if* we determine that the way you met is something that needs tshuva, then you could have charata on that aspect alone.

If a con-man swindles a home from an widow, then later says he has charatah for the way he acquired the house but refuses to give it back to the old widow (or otherwise re-compensate her), would you say that that is a true charatah? I would not. I don’t think you can truly have charatah only on the manner while keeping the benefits of the ill-gotten gains.

Whether HKBH could have otherwise paired us is irrelevant. The con-man could have otherwise bought the house legitimately too.

The Wolf

what is a Razor?

My buddy Occam had one. 🙂

The Wolf

your the president.

Hey! How did you guess??

The Wolf

Wolf:

I think you are incorrect. We don’t listen to bas kol’s. We just follow halacha. The halacha is you kill him. Like the tanur.

Ah, but I don’t think the two are congruous.

By the tanur, we’re dealing with an issue of what the halacha is. Here, we’re dealing with an issue of metzius — is he guilty? After all, he (and others) can continue to bring evidence even after the conviction is handed down. If new evidence comes to light that he is innocent, then he is set free, the previous conviction notwithstanding.

The Wolf

that every body part

Do you really want to waste the precious few words you have on lashon hara and nivul peh?

Do you want to waste the precious few chews you have on potato chips? Do you want to waste your precious few arm motions playing ball with your kid? Do you want to waste your precious few steps exploring the zoo?

In other words, if the point is true, why is *speech* always singled out. I *never* hear anyone say “don’t eat that pizza — you only have so many swallows and you might want to save it for something more holy.*”

The Wolf

(*As if there could ever be anything more holy than pizza. 🙂 )

and many Zionist

Are you saying that otherwise Orthodox converts who are Zionist are not mekabel ol mitzvos?

If not, please explain.

Or am I misunderstanding you?

The Wolf