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I had to visit a Public School today to see a special ed class and there was a boy there with a Kippah
I think more and more people with special ed children are sending their kids to public school since the cost is so high
I meant 30 miles NORTH of Borough park
New York recognizes marriages performed in other states
All one has to do is take metro North or drive to Greenwich, CT where its legal (Its about 30 North of Borough Park) get married there and drive back or take metro-north back to the city and NY will recognize anything performed there.
Kupat Cholim seems to work nicely in Israel and the government does not tell you when to die
Do you go to the supermarket??
They have magazine staring you in the face at the checkout line there while you are waiting so you will buy them.
Barnes and Noble you must hunt out this things and might not even know they were there unless you looked for them
The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is a OU affiliated shul
Ive been to the South and thats where I saw and heard it. Not in Florida, I heard it in Tennessee, NC and Texas. I have not been to Alabama or Mississippi
I did not see or hear it in the Midwest.
In Utah everyone tries to convert you to mormonisn
Yes they have a special knife but if the guy needs to cut his bacon sandwich that he has for lunch do you think he would hesitate using this special knife?
Yes he would, if a health inspection would occur when that happend and he was caught doing that, the store would receive a heavy fine
“Well, they aren’t really chareidim.”
isnt that Lashon Hara
Its one thing to say “I WONT ENTER A LIBRARY” and quite another to declare its ASSUR for all
I know this is not the case here, but there might be facts that we dont know about where the shul was forced to sell to a Buddist temple (Like some creditor esentially forcing sale to highest bidder)
I know of a few shuls that became churchs because they became bankrupt and were foreclosed by the bank.
Because the bank foreclosed the building had to be sold to the highest bidder. There is not way to stop this from happening aside from rasing a few million dollars to buy the building at the foreclosure auction
Alot of stuff is not easily observed out of town
Outside of maybe Baltimore and South Florida Cholov Yisroel is not available, MAYBE you will be lucky to get milk, certainly not Ice Cream or cheese
Kosher items in general are harder to get out of town. In NY Bread and Ice Cream are all Kosher, this is not the case out of town and some items kosher in NY are not kosher elsewhere.
You also might be subject to issues involving other religions. In Ny other religions sort of keep to themselves. This is not the case elsewhere. Ive seen bible quotes on buildings 50 ft high crosses. People talking about their savior every other word
I did a quick yahoo search and found this on a website
the kosher food is available at the following places
Animal Kingdom – Pizzafari
Disney’s Hollywood Studios – ABC Commissary
Epcot: Liberty Inn – American Adventure
The Food in the park is already there. Go to the information area and ask where the Kosher Food is.
When you get to the restaurant , you have to ask to see the Kosher Food menu. They will then get it for you
Its all double wrapped airline food
I ate it at the magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom
It was Meat at the Magic Kingdom and it was Pizza at Animal Kingdom.
but there is Kosher food at Epcot and Hollywood Studios as well.
Disney is well aware that many people who keep kosher go to the park. You will see lots of frum people there. I even saw chassidim there
Rav Forst in Far Rockaway forbid even having a BBQ on July 4th
Rory Lanceman belongs to Young Israel of Hillcrest
Mark Weprim Belongs to Young Israel of Jamaica Estates
The reality is if you have a shul in an area with no minyan anymore (Like parts of the Bronx or Brooklyn).
You need money for upkeep and things like insurance (You dont want part of a building falling on someone walking by because the building was not taken care of)
You might not really have a choice, You have to sell the property (and the buyers you might like are not available)
The crisis is a man with 4 children is unemployed and needs a job desperately
If you get the Disney Meal Plan, you can order Kosher
Also there is Kosher food available in one restaurant in each Park (Airline Food esentially) Double wrapped
I might suggest to see if you can get them to hang around Jewish religious groups on Campus so they can meet fellow religious jews at the college.
There will be a Rabbi at the group who can better talk to them in the college environemnt
Most universities in NYC have such groups (Even Colleges like St Johns or Fordham)
I have no problem with College, I am a graduate myself (I dont have an advanced degree, only a lowly BA)
I did work when I went to college, but I realize not everyone can.
Its not true that people OTD give their Kids “everything” otherwise you would see every kid driving a Lamborghini, ever girl with a hemes bag and every guy wearing a Armani Suit.
You do need to cut off the cash and make them get a Job.
I knew a guy who married a disabled woman, Because of her severe disabilty they could not marry civilly (Due to Medicaid issues) and had to live seperately (She Needed assistance that he could not give)
About a year after they married, she slipped into a Coma and never came out of it (About 6 months this went on for until it was over)
Ive heard from Frei people that a Frum therapist is the worst person to send them to .
They get to a point of ” No More Rabbis” and feel cornered when you try
Crow
Instead of trying to surmise what a Halacha might be, Why dont you ask your RAV and you can also ask about eating Salad without Sharp Vegatables Like Onions and Radishes and no Dressing.
I asked a Shalia and I was given an answer.
If you ask a Rav a question and get an answer you are supposed to follow it
If you were driving and you had a child in the back seat who was complaing they had to go to the Bathroom.
And you see a well known Fast Food restaurant
Would you stop so they kid could go, or would you say Maris Ayin and keep going maybe to a Gas Station which bathrooms arent as clean as the well known fast food restaurants
I was told the Knife is not a problem because in Fancy restaurants the knives used for salad are not the same knives used for cooked stuff.
They have whats called a Salad Chef and the utensils used for Salads are not used for any other items
I asked the exact Shalia and I was given the answer, I was surprised at the answer as I figured the answer was for sure no you cant go.
You are welcome to ask a Rav and ask about the Salad WITHOUT Onions or Radishes (Something to do with the sharpness somehow the sharpness goes into the knife)
While I was given the Salmon answer, I am unwilling to do it because of complications, but I was given that answer and I double checked it
I am not sure going and having nothing including water is a good idea.
Some restaurants have minimum order amounts per person and you have to pay if you order or not (This might be stealing) or the waitress get no tip even though she probably asked you if you wanted anything more than once and you didnt order anything. She still had to set up your place and clean up after you
If you are unwilling to order the salad, I think the Coke or a Beer (If an appropriate situation – ie others are drinking a beer) might be a better choice
I should have said Rav Feivel Cohen
FYI
While I am a little leary of doing this, A Major Rav told me and I had it Verified twice
If you get RAW SALMON (ONLY Salmon as its very indentifiable – No other Fish looks like it) and give it to a chef and have them double wrap it, they can prepare it for you.
Labruit is nasty and I dont like it, but I mentioned it anyway as it is an option, Its also expensive like $11 a box
The Meal Mart ones are somewhat better and can be eaten at room tempature
I have been in many parts of the US
Kosher Food Can be difficult to find, the best thing to bring is Labriyut or these Meal Mart Meals that are double wrapped and can be heated in a microwave
You will not find a Minyan in many parts of the US, maybe in Big cities you will, but it might not be anywhere near where you are staying, You will probably be staying downtown and the minyanim are on the outskirts and can be difficult to find if you are not familiar with the area (GPS would definatly help)
What happens if you have to go out to dinner with a client and there is no Kosher restaurants around?
I have asked this Shalia as it came up , and You order SALAD with No Dressing or Sharp Vegitibles (Like onions or Radishes)
The jewish guy lost
Somehow tution for Scientology schools was made tax deductable and he tried to fight on that basis
But he lost the IRS gave the Scientology school tutition tax deducatble status and nobody knows why. Not even the catholic schools get deductability
Well I dont like it. Makes me look old.
Its alot easier to fix grey hair than it is hair loss.
ANY parking lot (except city ones) are private property and the owners can let anyone or not let anyone park there.
The owners only want customers park there, they pay the taxes and upkeep of the lot and are responsible for anything that happens in the lot (ie someone gets mugged, the owners are responsible)
They are probably towing cars now as its summer and people think they can park there for free and go to the beach
There are different levels of Cheresh. If someone can consent or object to a get, they probably arent a true cheresh.
First Alert
I also have a Fire Escape ladder from First ALert
Women are from Venus not Pluto
Not at all. Actually I had gone out with her once and wasnt interested
Like any friend one should try to help friends.
Actually it was my place to size him up, I would do it for any friend in order to prevent a mistake, my mistake was not expressing my misgivings about the guy.
I will now give any woman my opinions of a man if I am asked and I will give me honest opinions.
This happend to a friend of mine on the first day
the CO dectecter went off on the first day and the fire department came down to their apartment
Many years ago I did have a female plutonic friend, There was no interst on my end of anything.
My main regret was when I met her (now ex-) husband. As a male friend I was able to size him down and figure out something really bad that maybe a female who was excited to get engaged could not see
I was able to size that this guy had an issue keeping a job. I kept my mouth shut and didnt say anything as I did not want to ruin her shidduch and unfortunatly I discovered I was right.
BTW I have heard that many girls will no go out with a guy if he doesnt have ANY car.
Driving through Flatbush and Borough Park, you can look into many of the house and see beautiful chandiliers and what seems to be remolded houses and sometimes even brand new houses.
This does not seem to bother people, but someone drives a Mustang or a nicer car, this bothers. Why is it ok to have a nice house and not a nice car.
Many people spend alot of time in their cars, commuting or maybe their jobs require them to be in their cars alot. If you are going to spend alot of time in the car anyway. Why shouldnt it be nice.