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Pac-Man,
Was there a reason given for this disapproval? And since this is a well known Gadol, can you disclose who it is?
The Wolf
The idea of having two (one “official”, one decorative) may cause issues of ??? ???? ?????? ???? i.e. it opens the possibility of double-claiming. One suggestion is to make the decorative one Posul e.g. having only 1 ?? sign it.
Not an issue by us. Everything (including the witnesses names) are in my wife’s handwriting. It’s very clear that they aren’t the signatures of the actual people.
The Wolf
I was told that I should use a standard printed one for the wedding, and if I wanted a fancy one, I could get one to hang up – but it wouldn’t be my “official” kesubah.
Heh. That’s EXACTLY what we have. 🙂 The real kesubah is a plain, printed one that Eeees has. We also have a decorative fake one made by a friend which is hanging up on our wall.
The Wolf
Ah, memories of the good ‘ol days of the Yankees in the ’70s. 🙂
Thanks for the flashback, ICOT.
The Wolf
I did not know that. Thank you.
I am happy I could be of help. You’re welcome. 🙂
The Wolf
there are a number of frauds who are mekabel the title of mekubal with no justification.
then there are those who truly learn Kabbalah. most are silent about it.
Kind of “if you know he’s a mekubal, then he ain’t.” 🙂
It almost sounds like a variation of Groucho Marx’s line regarding club memberships.
The Wolf
Someone with an STD can marry someone else with that STD.
Not necessarily. Google the term “superinfection.”
The Wolf
Kesuba does not need to be Lishma like the “other” document.
You mean my mortgage application? 🙂
The Wolf
The title is “never get married”.
Ah, okay. Now I understand.
People who are presently married should NEVER MARRY without first terminating their present marriage. 🙂
Not what you meant?
OK, how about dead people. Dead people should never marry. 🙂
Seriously, however, I can’t think of anyone who shouldn’t get married for strictly halachic reasons. There are certain practical reasons, some of which were outlined by Oomis that might prevent people from getting married.
On second thought, there are some who maintain that a woman who lost multiple husbands should not marry again. However, how often that is truly enforced* is not really clear.
The Wolf
* Much like the halachic restrictions against suicides are rarely, if ever, enforced in modern times.
I choose to disagree with this point.
Whatever.
The Wolf
Assuming they meet the standard requirements for sh’taros and kesubos, why shouldn’t they be?
The Wolf
People who are already married should not marry without first terminating their present marriage.
The Wolf
Okay, you know my intentions better than me. What do I want for lunch today?
I don’t know what you want for lunch, nor am I particularly interested.
If you claim that’s not your intention, then fine, we choose to agree to disagree.
The Wolf
but it was meant more as a joke then anything else.
Ah, I failed to notice the humor. My apologies. Carry on then.
The Wolf
The “best date ever”, by definition, must only be with the person you marry.
Why? If you have a terrific date and, for whatever reason, something unrelated to the date causes the match not to happen, how does that retroactively make the date any less wonderful than it was?
In any event, for me, the answer is every date that I go on with Eeees. I’m always looking forward to the next one.
The Wolf
I just heard someone saying that on a date, the guy should be running the conversation.
If someone needs to “run the conversation” then there is something seriously wrong. No one should “control” where the conversation goes on a date.
The Wolf
How does maris ayin apply when entering a Jewish deli, but not necessarily a kosher one?
What, exactly, is it about a deli that makes it “Jewish” aside from it’s kashrus? The style of food?
The Wolf
The highway rest areas are certainly not maris ayin because it’s known that it’s the most convenient rest stop.
I know it’s not. I was just challenging cherrybim’s statement that he would always remove any visible sign of Jewishness if needed. My challenge to him was that there were places where hundreds of people go into a building and walk right under a McDonalds sign without the least worry of maris ayin and they don’t remove any visual indication of their Jewishness. I was wondering if he would do so then as well, or would he simply “follow the crowd” and go in. There was never any question that it is certainly actually permitted to do so.
The Wolf
Are you sure they are entering a treif restaurant? Or, rather, a mall like building with several merchants and stores – and they are entering the mall area, but not the restaurant area.
Absolutely, 100% positive that they are entering the restaurant area. It’s one large area and you have to pass by the ordering counter to get to the bathrooms. It’s a McDonalds.
The Wolf
Good news. It turns out that the person working for the NYC Board of Ed who sent you that letter was actually a student of that kindergarten teacher who carried a grudge. Since the teacher’s license was revoked, the NYC Board of Ed retroactively nullified all of that worker’s actions.
WADR, you don’t know that.
The Wolf
Rest stop on the highway between NYC and the country.
The Wolf
I would remove any possible Jewish (frum) identifier before entering a treif establishment for anything.
Even if there are hundreds of other Jews entering the place at the same time and not removing their signs of Jewishness?
The Wolf
below 60 severly retarded.
Well, now I know what my -42 signifies. 🙁
The Wolf
I’m not going to get into potching because I know there’s a lot of arguments on both sides of the fence. But I will say that I’ve always felt that yelling at a kid is *always* counter-productive. I remember that on those rare occasions that my kids worked me up to the point of yelling (it takes a *lot* to get me to that point — I can be *very* patient), I always chose to say nothing instead until I managed to calm down to the point of talking sternly instead of yelling.
The Wolf
Don’t forget a change of pants. That’s a must for every kindergartner.
Actually, it’s really a must for every* four and five year old, not for every kindergartener. If you take a kid that age anywhere, you bring along a change of pants — not just to school.
The Wolf
* Yeah, I’m sure there are exceptions. You know what I meant.
It really depends. Sometimes you have to have the punishment immediately follow the misdeed in order for the child to make the connection between the two. Other times, you may be correct and it may be better to wait.
The Wolf
your chosen course of studies
Thank you for the kind thoughts and suggestions, but I did not “choose” to have all my academic achievements voided.
The Wolf
Bummer. Still, with a Masters, you should be able to color within the lines, so the do-over should be much easier than round 1.
Well, I won’t have the Master’s because it’s being revoked. But you are correct that it should be easier this time around.
Taking the vintage lunchbox, or getting a new one for the new zman?
Neither. I’m having whatever the school serves.
The Wolf
Is the Doctor a shomer torah umitzvos?
Why not? Is such a thing an impossibility?
You say “It can easily be determined via medical exam”
I figured most thirteen year old boys would have an easier time proving such a thing to a doctor rather than a rav. Forgive my sensitivity to the feelings of teens. I should have known better. My apologies. Chatasi, Avisi, Pashati…
The Wolf
My feeling toward them is like Avraham Avinu vis-a-vis Terach; sometimes you just have to break down all their idols and lech lecho!
I’m so sorry you have that sort of relationship with your parents. I know from personal experience that it’s possible to have a positive relationship with parents and grandparents who aren’t frum.
The Wolf
The good news — I graduated with my Master’s Degree a three weeks ago.
The bad news — I got a letter from the NYC Board of Ed stating that my kindergarten teacher was never properly licensed. As a result, my pre-school graduation has been voided. Since I never graduated pre-school, I was never properly enrolled in elementary school. As a result, my graduation from there has also been voided. Likewise from high school, college and my Master’s program.
I report for kindergarten in September.
The Wolf
Wolf: I asked rhetorically.
Somehow, I doubt that. I don’t believe that that was the definition of Orthodox that you had in mind when you asked the question.
But what do I know? In for a penny in for a pound, right? I’m no longer Orthodox according to your view because I’ve gone into the non-kosher restaurants on highway stops to use the bathroom.
The Wolf
I can’t get over it! my parents are sooo nice to me!!! whatever i’ll do i’ll just never be able to pay them back!
I have that feeling about my parents as well. I also have it about my in-laws, some rabbeim I’ve had (who were involved in my life beyond the classroom) and some others who have gone well above and beyond the call of duty to help my family and I during rough times.
The Wolf
For the purposes of this discussion, someone who believes in maris ayin.
Then your question of “Are the posters who eat in treif restaurants and don’t believe in maris ayin Orthodox?” is a tautology. That being the question, why even ask it?
The Wolf
It seems apparent to me from the context that Joseph was referring to entering a non-kosher restaurant, not using a portable grill to prepare kosher meat. So unless you were grilling some meat on your portable grill and then bringing it into a non-kosher restaurant to eat, I don’t think he was referring to you.
I know he wasn’t. Just kidding around a bit. ‘Tis called “humor” (although, I’ll admit, my humor is strange, unpredictable and rarely in good taste).
The Wolf
do you have a mekor for how old Tzipporah was (saying she tended her father’s sheep doesn’t prove anything)
Since shepherdesses of 80 years of age are extremely rare (to say the least), I’d say the burden of proof is on you to say that she was so than on anyone else to say that she wasn’t.
IOW, where’s your makor that Tzipporah was anything other than a young woman?
The Wolf
Are the posters who eat in treif restaurants and don’t believe in maris ayin Orthodox?
Please define “Orthodox.” There are probably some who would say that I’m not Orthodox because I’m using the internet.
The Wolf
I fail to see the need to wait beyond the thirteenth birthday (assuming the hairs are present). It can easily be determined via medical exam if the hairs are present (if the boy himself is not believed).
The Wolf
Wolf:
When we went to St. Thomas, we brought along our own meat and a small George Forman griller.
Joseph:
Has maris ayin been repealed from our laws?
Why? Did you really think that I was grilling George Foreman in the grill? Would anyone think that?
The Wolf
Interestingly enough, CNN has an article on their website today titled “Never Too Late To Be A Doctor” (mods, I’m putting the link below — feel free to remove it if you must, but there’s nothing inappropriate in it) about “nontraditional” (i.e. older) medical students, including an Army major who is now 48 and is a second-year medical student. I found it very interesting.
The Wolf
Eeees and I used the LaBriute meals when we went to Niagara Falls a few years ago. They weren’t too bad.
When we went to St. Thomas, we brought along our own meat and a small George Forman griller.
The Wolf
do u know your saichel quotient?
How is it determined?
The Wolf
My Rov just told me whoever said that is a bona-fide meshugana.
I never claimed to be anything different. I see that a bona fide rav has now confirmed it. 🙁
The Wolf
Wolfish, what happened, they took off points for bad behavior?
No. I’m just that stupid.
The Wolf
Wolf: I already answered that with the first two words of my preceding comment.
That’s fine. But the fact that you’d listen to some random person on the internet spouting stuff in the name of religion without providing a source does not mean that I (or anyone else) is required to.
In any event, now that we’ve established that you will listen to random internet people who tell you things are assur until you have the opportunity to speak to a rav, I’m now telling you that it is forbidden to think about elephants or the number “42” on Mondays. I expect you to refrain until you speak to your rav about it. 🙂
The Wolf