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Australia and Canada have their own versions of Football. the Canadian Football league plays a game similar to the US football
Australian Rules football is a totally different game most like Rugby and almost unrecognizable to Americans Canadians or Europeans
It is not a “Kula” to eat the regular twizzlers
There are communal and Shidduch pressures to keep chumras, otherwise you wont get into a good school or get a good shidduch for your children
Aside from the fact that one probably needs to be matir neder before changing a minhag, assuming for arguments sake that all these kashrus issues are just minhagim.
I doubt your grandparents and great-grandparents only ate Hemish brands.
And the point is people are being many times forced to accept chumras and spend more money when cheaper alternatives are available. Living within ones means , means avoiding expensive luxuries and a chumra is just that a “Luxury”
In fact how many Achronic Sefardic Sefarim besides the Meom Loez and thats only because the english translated version took hold first
How many times have you heard a Chiddush of the Baba Sali, Chacham Tzvi or even Rav Ovadiah Yosef (Ive heard a few from Rav Ovadiah Yosef, but not many)
Because Ashkenzic Chiloni felt that the Sephardim were of a lower class of people and Ashkenazic Rabbis felt that Sephardic Rabbis are not of the same stock as the European Rabbis
Since you are related to the R’Y of BMG you should have no problem getting a good Shidduch
The title of this thread is how to spend less and buying twizzelers without a hemish sticker is cheaper and you arent sacrficing anything except the right to pay more
Not I am not discussing only Twizzlers, Since I dont have a word for all that stuff that they stick the hemish sticker on it, I am just calling them twizzlers since thats one of the products that has it.
If you Like Mike and Ike or Ruffles, You can call them that as they have it too
I think he Rambam did not belive in Shaedim
Do you really think twizzlers changes anything in the production process when these “run” are created. Its extortion plain and simple there is not a single difference between the Hemish twizzlers and the regular twizzlers.
They have a huge factory and it costs money to change even one iota of the proccess. Too bad too many are fooled and are forced to pay more for these products
Twizzlers was just a subsitute for anything that is made by a normal brand and a Hemish Sticker is slapped on it. Ive seen it on paskez stuff, Ruffles and more.
How do you think it would look if someone living in a basement apartment being forced to take the bus because they cant afford a car gave money to Tzedkah and they found out the money was given to pay someones mortgage on Bedford Ave and to pay for his Lexus Lease
Empire Chicken is cheaper, Millers Cheese is cheaper.
Kleins ice cream is twice the price of Turkey Hill.
Hemish Twizzlers costs about $1 or 2 more than non Hemish Twizzlers.
C’Y Milk costs more , even in the regular supermarket.
Stop with the Chumras
If you cant afford it, there is no need for expensive Chalov Yisroel, Chassidic Shechita, Twizzlers with Hemish Haschgachas. Hemish brands in general when cheaper kosher non-hemish brands are available
Sephardim do name for living parents and grandparents
Put him a room and close off all vents, close windows close door and put towels under the door so no air escapes
then give him a pack of ciggarettes and tell him to smoke and not to leave until he does
this method makes over 30% of smokers quit right away
So tell me exactly who says it or what sefer it is that if given a limited amount of Tzedkah money (meaning you only have money for one and not both) One is required to pay the mortgage for someone on Bedford Ave as opposed to feed 100 people via Tomche Shabbos, Fixing a Shul (Money for Tzibur) or giving a Yeshiva money so they can pay the rebbes
Ive seen people pull out the ebt (food Stamps) cards from a coach bag. Maybe the bags are fake I dont know as I cant tell the fakes from a real one. But I am sure some of them are real.
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Its one thing if a family member foots the bill, Sort of like a parent paying the childs rent or the parent or sibling paying the lexus lease, that is a little different. A parent may even go into debt to pay their childrens mortgage or rent
I am talking about there is a finite amount of money available for Tzadekah. If you add up all the potential Tzadekah money available from all orthodox jews and also add in money from sympathetic non-religious jews you will get a number. Whatever that number is I dont know, If you go going to ask people to pay peoples mortgages on houses on Bedford Ave, another Tzadekah is not going to get the money. Perhaps a Yeshiva will not get that donation to pay a rebbe. perhaps a Shul will not be able to make a repair. Perhaps a Kiruv organization will not be able to run an event to attract people. Perhaps Tomche Shabbos will not be able to feed a family on a shabbos. Etc
A mortgage in the 5 towns might cost you $3000-$4000 a month (Property taxes alone are over $1000 a month)
The reality is just 6 month of raising a mortgage for this would be $24,000.
Its very hard to raise that kind of money and not a very good use of limited Tzedakah money.
And Brooklyn might be a similar amount although the Property taxes would be lower. Houses on Bedford Ave easily are worth over $1 million dollars
FYI
There is a website called Jewish europe that gives all kosher restaurants, Shuls , Mikvahs and Hotels in Europe
Spain is a pretty cool place to visit, However Kosher food is hard to get, The only place to really get it is Barcelona and madrid. Its best to bring it with you. There are a couple of restaurants in Barcelona and a supermarket in Madrid.
I saw streets named for Rabbanim in Toledo and Segovia, even NY doesnt have that
Its costs about $1500 for a round trip ticket to Israel, It costs about $200 for a round trip ticket to Florida
Id much rather go to Israel and support the economy, but the prices are just too high
Go to most supermarket stores in Borough park or lakewood and you will see a very high percentage of people using the Benefit card (Food Stamps isnt a stamp anymore its a card like an ATM card)
Our chachomin and Gedolim have syata dishmaya not to be nichshal in “mistakes” (as it says Hashem Imo). To start thinking that they might be mistaken is to question our Emunas chachomin.
So those Rabbanin who said to stay in Europe when the Nazis came were not mistaken
FYI
If you need to contact the MODS just make a post “For Mods read only”
And if you need them to contact you , put your e-mail address in that post saying contact me
The favorite food in my house is Sushi, We dont eat Gefiltle Fish on Shabbos. We eat Sushi and not California rolls either, Usually Yellow Tails. Only the best in my house
For Kiddish Any Domestic Wines are Assur in my house, especially wines from New York. We only drink imported wine from usually Italy but sometimes France.
For Motzei we eat whole wheat Organic Challas.
For the Main course on Shabbos we usually go a little easy and have Roast Lamb Chops. Chicken is banned from my house
We are also a bit of a little drunks around here and ALWAYS have Johnny Walker Blue.
I am glad to know that if anything would happen to my income you would continue to support me in my cullinary tastes
I want to live on Park Ave, I am a pauper in that area.
I am taking up Tzdekah for this great cause. Will you B’H in the Zchus of all the great givers of Tzadeak gives to my cause and help me pay the rent so I am not thrown out on the street C’V
BDE
Government does not accept any new Section 8 cases to pay rent (unless you are a battered woman) in NYC and other places.
As quotes there is no Chiyuv Mitzvah to live in NYC. Baltimore is much cheaper. Scranton, PA is much cheaper. Detroit is super cheap. Cleveland is Cheap
Internet is banned at BMG. In fact its assur to even hold a smart phone there.
All the real bocherim there know that
A OTD Bochur of Rav Chaim Brisker saw him after he became OTD and said, Rebbe I have many questions
Rav Chaim said, Ill answer your questions on condition you had these questions before you were OTD, otherwise they are EXCUSES.
OP said when he schnoors he is upset when people only give him $1 instead of $20 . He calls the giver CHEAP for not given the $20. He should be happy the giver gives whatever they give even if its a Penny.
Did a quick google and I stand corrected. Anglicans (And its american counerpart Espiscopalians) do go up to the minister , drink the wine and eat the cracker
How is attending an Anglician Church service, with cheese-n-crackers invoked and prayed to in front of a cross, not avoda zora? (Or different than a Catholic Church service, for that matter.)
I am not expert on Christianity, nor do I know the exact difference between the various demonimations, but the “cheese-n-crackers” is part of the catholic mass. Protestants dont do that, nor do many have icons . Also some dont even belive in the trinity (They are called Unitarians).
Most Halachas related to christianity are based on Catholism which is what was common in places jews lives (and the most common in the North East United states which most jews live)
FYI the Kosher Soup Kitchen is called Masbia
There is one in Rego Park, NY, Williamsburg and I think Borough Park
There is a Levush Yehudi…
The Nazis made the jews wear a Yellow Star and they copied the idea from the Rome and Venitian Ghettos where the jews were forced to wear a mark of shame
You came here wanted people to applaud your “schnorring”
Without sounding mean if I was in your circumstance this is what I would do
1) Go directly to DSS and apply for Food Stamps, WIC Section 8, HEAP, Welfare SSI Medicaid and any other government program there is , Just to be able to pay some bills and be able to put some food on the table and pay rent.
2) After I had at least some backup Id start to look for a JOB. Instead of schorring people for money, how about Schnorring them for a JOB. Id be spending all my time browsing the job websites asking anyone I know about a job. Id walk into stores and ask to fill out a job application (Most jobs arent advertised)
No offense here , but you say you are destitude and your wife is pregnant. I realize Hashem helps, but if things are really that bad, it might be better to wait until things get a little better before having more kids, Did you at least apply for Medicaid and WIC . What if its a difficult pregnacy, what about if your wife needs a C-Section. Kids are always going to the doctor.
“May we have only Nachas from our children and share many Simchos.”
Serious question if your child got a PHd in cancer research and discovered the cure for cancer, but was Melachel Shabbos and ate treif, Would you get Nachas from them?
At least One Gadol Hadors son did get a PHd while he was not OTD, the Gadols grandchildren are. Do you think he got Nachas from his Son and grandchildren?
Not passing red lights even when no one is around- ever heard of a traffic ticket?
According to some here Since the Zionist entity is assur and we are forbidden to follow any laws from this Koifer Government , Al Pi Halacha you are Putar from paying the traffic ticket, In fact its a great Mitzvah Not to pay
And what if the winner gave 1000? How will they eat their nearly $1Mil loss?
They could buy insurance that the winner will not give $1000.
They have these contests where you have to shoot a basketball from the opposite free throw line and if your make it, they give you $1 million dollars, They buy insurance against someone making that throw, its costs about $10,000. Oorah could buy similar insurance
Id love to see Charedi sovereignty
Imagine a Society where nobody works and everyone is on Kollel Stipend
Imagine a society where nobody pays taxes since everyone is poor
Everoyne is either a Rebbe or Morah
Nobody is a policeman or Fireman since there is no tax base. No Army so the arabs can go right in and conquer it.
Everyone walks since there is no money for road upkeep since there is no taxes
The only construction is done by outside workers on a true torah system of no mortgages since you cant charge inerest
Ive been to Paris and why a jew would rather be in Paris than Israel is beyond me and the Arabs are worse in France. At least in Israel they are a little afraid of punishment for committing a crime. In paris when an arab kills a jew, he is looked upon as a hero.
Besides Paris is just plain dirty, the Seine is disgusting
Would you address an important emperor or king or queen looking at your phone, or be on your job interview using your phone?
I am sure Hashem can tell if you are using the phone as a siddur as opposed to reading e-mails and doesnt care if its an electronic book, real book or by heart
Most of the Charedim in E’Y are not Yerushalmis and not decended from any of them.
Most of them came after WW II
There are people with sight issues and need larger print , With a tablet or phone you can blow up the print making it easier to read
GAW
Actually there isnt free speech in Israel, There is no written constituion like there is in the USA. Its like the United Kingdom where there is implied constitution.
A Nazi march would not be allowed in Israel like it is the USA as they can ban it as hate speech
FYI If Dinah D’Malchusa Dina doesnt apply to a “Secular Jewish Government”
Why obey such things as traffic laws since one could say its an averiah to stop at a stop sign or go through a red light (As long as you wont get into an accident like there are no cars around) , Why not double and triple park like they do in Brooklyn
Or just throw garbage into the street, After all what Halacha makes its assur to throw trash into the street, there is no danger throwing a candy wrapper in the street.