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  • in reply to: Drinking day to day just like Purim #681968

    drinking from the Yehuda Mond Foundation

    At first glance I thought it said: “drinking from the Yehuda Mond Fountain”

    in reply to: General Shmooze 4 #681964

    It was not closed

    in reply to: General Shmooze 3 #902759

    This thread was not closed

    It just fell off the front page from disuse

    in reply to: Pictures in Shidduchim #690768

    Mayan

    youve got some splainin to do.

    in reply to: Pictures in Shidduchim #690761

    vitameatavegamin:

    one of the funniest episodes of all time.

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681580

    I am looking to find out, in the absence of Neveim, and Urim v’ Tumim, what Hashem wants me to do, by asking a Talmid Chochum who has a much clearer and purer and vastly greater Chochmah , Daas, and knowledge of the Halachah than I.

    I am not looking to show how clever I am, I am looking to please my Creator.

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681577

    You see, you don’t see, I see, I don’t see, haifa girl supposes, shindy wonders.

    No there is not a specific source for every scenario.

    That’s why you need to find out what the Halachah is.

    By asking a Posek.

    If not before the situation occurs, then after.

    Issues of Shomer Negiah certainly seem to be applicable here to me. Is the woman an aishis eish, or other Arayah?

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681573

    It is fact not Tznius to walk behind a woman. This is a famous and clear Gemorrah, and the Halachah. How exactly to apply it to holding a car door open I’m not sure.

    As far as the Tzedakkah, if you wish to do the correct thing if this ever occurs to you, you should ask a Posek now, what to do. There are other issues, re Taharah between a man and woman touching via an object, that are more critical here than Tznius. You should ask a shailah

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681570

    I think you’re probably right haifa, I just think it is critical that we know how to make a cheshbon before doing any significant action, and that our Cheshbon be based solely on Torah, the Torah that comes from Har Sinai. Not the “Torah” that is distorted by outside values of whatever time and place we are currently exiled to.

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681568

    In my scenario I believe the Halachah is to help

    Then you should, of course, help.

    Personally, I would also help, then I would, as soon as possible, ask my Posek what the Halachoh is, for next time.

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681566

    I would want a man for a son who follows the Halachah, with proper Derech Eretz. What is the Halachah in your scenario? I suspect it is to help her. But if it’s not, it’s not.

    How the readers of the new york times would consider my actions is not my concern (unless the issue of Chillul Hashem is a factor in a particular case.) What we consider “nice” behavior based on the liberal american air we breath is not how we guide our actions. We guide them based solely on what HaKodeshBorchu desires and has commanded us to do.

    That is why we are a separate People, a Holy people, the children of Hashem, His Avodim.

    What is the Halachah?

    in reply to: Helping Man up with a Carriage #681563

    That is a very good question.

    All of our feelings aside, what is the Halachah? In other words what does Hashem consider the correct thing to do, as transmitted to us from our Creator in His Torah. No values from any other source have any relevance whatsoever.

    I wouldn’t necessarily draw a parallel between saving a life and helping with a stroller.

    in reply to: The Riddle Thread…. #1068940

    Or a hairbrush or any other kind of brush. You can do the same three things with it, if you want to.

    in reply to: The Riddle Thread…. #1068939

    Or a simpler answer: A toothbrush

    You can put it on your chair or bed and sit on it and sleep on it, and of course brush your teeth with it.

    in reply to: The Riddle Thread…. #1068938

    a chair, a bed, and a toothbrush

    in reply to: YWCR Slow? #683398

    da

    i didnt think you were blaming me

    I just wanted to clarify my role for the future

    in reply to: YWCR Slow? #683396

    I’m not involved with the update process. I can only tell you what they tell me. I have no further information right now.

    Personally, the CR is very fast for me now and recently.

    in reply to: Good Forwards (Emails) #1059508

    Yes, it works well with short easy words or with words that are not completely mixed up.

    in reply to: Good Forwards (Emails) #1059507

    automobile

    in reply to: New Moderating System #684213

    I understood you.

    I dont think we can do that

    I’ll check

    in reply to: Do we Need Some New Laws? #682578

    Opium is the main ingredient in paregoric a very effective anti-diarrheal and anti-tussive (coughing)

    It used to be widely available over the counter.

    I don’t think heroin was ever used medically (not sure though)

    in reply to: Do we Need Some New Laws? #682577

    Cocaine is the preferred anesthetic for many ENT procedures. It is also used by ophthalmologists to help in the diagnosis of Horner’s syndrome. It cannot be prescribed for individual use.

    I’m not sure if doctors can get it anymore for the above uses, though it used to be found in every operating room.

    in reply to: New Moderating System #684211

    I believe you have 5 minutes

    in reply to: YWCR Slow? #683390
    in reply to: New Moderating System #684206

    The final bug removal and polishing off of the new software might lead to occasional temporary slowdowns over the next few months.

    in reply to: Number of Participants in the Coffee Room #921518

    Does this mean this place might get another dose of fun?

    Hopefully from you

    I’m too busy

    in reply to: New Moderating System #684204

    Okay

    There never was a new moderating system. We just completed (mostly) installing new servers and re-doing the software.

    During this time the Moderation Panel was inoperative and it was necessary to allow posts to appear before being approved.

    There were many improvements on our end.

    On your end you will notice 3 changes:

    1. No more downtime

    2. Faster loading

    3. When you post you will see your post immediately, so that you can edit it. However the post will not appear on anyone else’s computer until it is moderated and approved. You can verify this by logging out. You will no longer see your post(unless it was already approved.)

    We apologize for some of the ugliness that appeared while the Moderation Panel was down.

    in reply to: Number of Participants in the Coffee Room #921515

    Very nice to have you back kapusta

    in reply to: Do we Need Some New Laws? #682558

    volvie

    The consequences to society of legalizing vs. criminalizing crack and other forms of cocaine require careful and thoughtful analysis. It is not necessarily as simple as you might think.

    I personally never gave the matter much consideration. But I’m sure haifagirl will present some thoughtful comments on the matter.

    She’s probably sleeping right now.

    in reply to: Good Forwards (Emails) #1059503

    “I think it needs to be pretty common words that people will automatically recognize rather than very hard words like these”

    amuboolite is a pretty common word.

    in reply to: Good Forwards (Emails) #1059495

    99- They are in the right place

    77- I can’t get the first word.

    in reply to: Good Forwards (Emails) #1059490

    I’m not aellotlsuby ciacevond that hshopyites is clletmopey rablanseoe.

    depends to some extent on how you order the letters.

    in reply to: Information on Judaism #681435

    ecriop

    This forum is full of good information and misinformation.

    It is not the place to begin a serious study of Judaism.

    Please contact a nearby Orthodox Rabbi.

    in reply to: The sixth Noahide Law? #681420

    ecriop

    This forum is full of good information and misinformation.

    It is not the place to begin a serious study of Judaism.

    Please contact a nearby Orthodox Rabbi.

    in reply to: Eating Melava Malka #681335

    The entire body is nourished by whatever food is eaten whenever it is eaten.

    Except the LUZ bone.

    The luz bone receives it’s nourishment only from the food eaten at the Melaveh Malkah.

    The luz bone is the bone from which the entire body is reconstituted at Techias HaMesim.

    Good idea to keep it well nourished.

    in reply to: FYI: Contacting Moderators Working Once Again #1193702

    And thank you smartcookie for being so thoughtful.

    in reply to: FYI: Contacting Moderators Working Once Again #1193701

    Wolf

    If you can prove that you are worthy of receiving an answer and will show that you really care about finding an answer, then take the trouble of emailing me and i will give you an answer. It’s too easy just to post in the CR.

    in reply to: Sourcing #681300

    No, but I won’t allow anymore onesided hijackings of Shidduch threads

    in reply to: Sourcing #681297

    Yes

    Or: “I know the source but I won’t give it to you until you first prove you’re worthy.”

    But I’m talking about reasonable people.

    in reply to: Sourcing #681295

    Of course no one need feel compelled to give a source for everything they say.

    This is a coffee room, not an entrance interview to a top Yeshivah

    Not everyone here is a Talmid Chochum.

    No one need fear to speak because someone will demand a source.

    And if someone does request a source, please do not pursue the matter if the poster is unable to bring one.

    in reply to: Shadchanus – How Much? #681090

    if I were AZ this would be my next post:

    you know i am quite sure of my position on the matter of the proper usage of these terms, however i can see i am not convincing anyone. as a matter of fact i can see i am antagonizing a great number of people here in the CR.

    now since i have stated the only reason i am trying to convince anyone of anything here is because i want to help these girls and not just to win arguments about ancillary issues, and by antagonizing the very people i wish to enlist in my cause to help these girls, i am hurting the cause.

    therefore although i am right and everyone else is wrong, it is more important that i gather as many people as possible to my cause and therefore i will try my best to stop antagonizing the very people i am trying to enlist to help these girls by not calling them agunos, at least in the CR.

    in reply to: Shadchanus – How Much? #681084

    No, thanks anyway, I think I’ll relax.

    I do think you should not use those terms (in that manner) here anymore however, as it bothers quite a few other posters, including me. If you want to use them elsewhere, go ahead.

    Thanks

    in reply to: Shadchanus – How Much? #681082

    3. there is no boy for the girls to marry

    Where is this stated?

    What is meant, that in a particular time and situation of war, or some other unusual circumstances there is literally no male available for marriage? Or that there are millions of males available but she is having difficulty finding a suitable one?

    Can you please clarify where that is stated and to what it is referring.

    Thank you.

    in reply to: FYI: Contacting Moderators Working Once Again #1193691

    That thread was deleted

    Im back to the original email

    [email protected]

    in reply to: Gatorade Is Officially Kosher!!! #1092994

    For the sake of the other posters please keep your unrelated conversation to the Shmooze thread

    in reply to: Blackberry vs. iPhone #675965

    For the sake of the other posters please keep your unrelated conversation to the Shmooze thread

    in reply to: Less Then Four Weeks Away (YIKES) #1009308

    For the sake of the other posters please keep your unrelated conversation to the Shmooze thread

    in reply to: Who Inspires You #696281

    For the sake of the other posters please keep your unrelated conversation to the Shmooze thread

    in reply to: Why Moshiach is Not Here #675999

    It’s the old mashul about a little person standing on the shoulders of giants.

    Or how about the single straw that broke the camel’s back.

    Or if you remember chemistry lab, the single drop of acid that finally made the solution turn red.

    Or the long fuse, but the final spark sets off the explosion.

    in reply to: Frumster??? #675843

    And that’s the way my 4 married children did it.

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