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Re: Interesting Articles...
Quote from: Menachem613 on January 19, 2017, 10:04:33 AM
The rambam was a rationalist as well.  Not bad company.
Right. - He was a modern orthodox rational physician who participated in art and culture, as well as writing the Rambam.

Do realize how totally insane this is? I bet you don't. How sad.
January 19, 2017, 10:50:42 AM 		1
Re: Lakewood Luxury Lifestyles
Quote from: yuneeq on January 27, 2017, 10:38:38 AM
Ironically you're posting this on a website that's dedicated to chasing the American dream (at a discount, of course.)
Huh?
Strongly disagree. When I used this website to churn/earn, it was definitely not for any american dream...

To each their own.. but ive never flow in J in my life!
January 27, 2017, 10:41:39 AM 		3
Re: Trump banning 7 major Muslim countries citizens entry into the US
Quote from: ilherman on January 29, 2017, 12:52:43 AM
From a legal standpoint, a federal judge can overturn an executive order from the POTUS?

In any case I have an inside feeling that if the Trump administration is not going to do any revisions on this order this is not going to end very pretty.
Yes, it's called checks and balances. It makes this country great.
January 29, 2017, 12:59:15 AM 		1
Re: Excel Problem
Quote from: Excalibur on January 29, 2017, 04:34:34 PM
I have a P&L with many line items, I'm creating a projection. The projection is broken into 1 sheet for each month

I need cells h50-af50 copied and pasted into another workbook h50 on sheet 1 in e 50; j50 on sheet 2 e 50, L50 on sheet 3 in e 50and so on.
Select all the sheets and then write your formula in one of them. It will populate them all
January 29, 2017, 04:39:21 PM 		1
Re: Looking for a good bookshelves Anyone have experience with this one from Target? Recommend?

http://www.target.com/p/carson-5-shelf-bookcase-with-doors-threshold/-/A-15007477
February 27, 2017, 10:46:06 PM 		1
Re: PSA - Stay Away From The Card Signup Farms Who Offer $5000 In One Month The legit spending scares me the most.

So they buy 100s of k of inventory for some gesheft...

 Essentially the poor yeshiva guy is now lending 50+K on his SS to some random business with cash flow problems.. No security, transparency or anything.
March 07, 2017, 07:25:22 PM 		1
Re: I've Been On DD/DDF So Long That I Remember... When it used to be fun....
March 15, 2017, 08:06:52 PM 		1
Re: Pesach Program in Greece Cancelled Just Now!

Quote from: Dan on April 20, 2017, 04:45:11 PM
Haven't had such odd non-sequitur, hard to decipher the point of, holier-than-thou, circular logic responses since CBC in his feistier era before Chaikel suspended him.
I honestly don't know why I bother.

Hey! So very offensive.

To even entertain the thought that the Chaikel ban had any positive values or results... (it was actually more like a total meltdown of proper moderation procedures etc etc etc etc. Been discussed of course.
 {what's happening to me? I actually have zero interest in fighting about this }

And then to lump me in together with the most militant of all lubavitures is just scandalous.




April 20, 2017, 10:54:53 PM 		1
Re: Pesach Program in Greece Cancelled Just Now!
Quote from: cmey on April 21, 2017, 02:34:54 AM
People aren't really speaking the same language here. Someone who makes pesach at home with each kid contributing hand made arts and crafts and divrei torah to the table, helping to bake the pesach dishes, portion out the matzah and Maror, taking turns serving & bringing washing water for zeidy etc., setting up props for the makos and acting them out, marching around the house to bitzeis yisroel, spending most of yom tov (and chol hamoed if you focus on the right venues) focused on the kids without too many distractions etc. there is no way they can appreciate the hotel scene. I've had guests come to my home who've been to some pretty decent pesach programs with their parents when they were growing up and they wistfully remark that they never knew what they were missing by not having experienced pesach at home.

On the other hand, those who go to the programs can't fathom how one can enjoy yom tov if they would have to non stop cook clean up and serve and be stuck in the house with nothing exciting for the kids to really do and hours of work with no down time for the parents for themselves.

Then again there are families who stay home and have a stressful time of it and really would do better in a hotel environment.

Bottom line is there is nothing like an at home pesach experience when it is done right, but not everyone is able to pull it off in the right atmosphere and a program is actually not a bad option for them.....

Lastly there are the programs where to goal is non stop hedonism, gorging on culinary dishes and dubious entertainment options for eight days straight while the kids are whisked out of sight so mom and dad can give their undevided attention to their pleasure trip while acknowledging that it happens to be pesach with a token Seder and a lecture or two where they are passive participants. I have nothing but pity( was going to say contempt but really pity is much more appropriate)for these folks because their choice of venue is just a symptom of the fact that they have no idea of the significance of the unbelievable holiday they are turning their backs on, a lifestyle where success is measured in terms of things and status, rather than relationships and personal growth, or both.
+10
April 21, 2017, 08:38:35 AM 		1
Re: ppd

Quote from: 12HRS on April 27, 2017, 11:55:46 AM
how is Points Per Dollar not the first thing on everyones mind here

Paranoid Personality Disorder
April 27, 2017, 11:58:52 AM 		2
Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread Aghh! from mil
April 27, 2017, 08:53:57 PM 		1
Re: Rental market implosion in Lakewood- implications
Quote from: jye on May 02, 2017, 10:38:50 AM
At best the mortgage payment would be a wash even after factoring in equity, more likely a losing proposition vs renting. As far as the fear of being squeezed down the road by rising rent prices, rent prices are almost certain to rise but that would only factor in to your rent vs buy calculation if you think house prices will be rising as well. If you think the market is softening (which in all likelihood it is) then it makes sense to take advantage of the low rent prices now, and then buy when rent prices start to go up....
+1

From an economic perspective, the average Lakewood family living on a budget should definitely be renting at this time.

Iv run the numbers, it makes zero economic sense to purchase new construction now...
May 02, 2017, 12:38:40 PM 		2
Re: Budget to penalize large families! I warned about this in the poison thread throughout the election cycle... Trump is the worst thing that happened to the frum community.

It didn't stop the Lakewood and chasidish crowd from stupidly cheering on Trump as the Titanic was sinking.

But don't expect to hear a word of sanity from the yated and our other publications...

And it's going to cost the frum taxpaying community much more in eidim support and tzdakah. So don't even try convincing me that frum business owners are better off.. this affects the entire community terribly.
 
May 24, 2017, 08:10:34 PM 		1
Re: Budget to penalize large families!

Quote from: Baruch on May 25, 2017, 11:31:18 PM
The more income you make, gradually your benefits get cut. There is no HUGE leap. By the time you get close to the income limits, you are hardly making any money on benefits.

There factually is no huge leap!

There used to be a huge health insurance leap (even though that was also somewhat gradual, first the father {and mother when not pregnant} lost it, then the mother and children lost it) but now with Obamacare, health insurance is also gradual. (Maybe not enough, but we're discussing FS here)

And EIC is capped at 3 children either way.


There is an argument to be made that programs make people not work. But it has nothing to do with family size.

There is nothing gradual about loosing health insurance. You go suddenly from virtually free health, to paying 15k a year in premiums w high deductable. I know many who hesitate to ask for a raise/look for a new job when at the threshold.
May 26, 2017, 12:39:26 AM 		2
Re: Keeping Up With The Kushners Actually, these definitions are discussed extensively by the poskim. There are quite a few categories of Jews - a mumar lehachis, a mumar leteavon, a mumar ledovor echod, a mechalel shabbos bepharhesia, a choiteh that we assume repented a tinok shenishba etc

These catagories of frumness have halachic implications in many areas.
June 14, 2017, 10:09:25 AM 		1
Re: Keeping Up With The Kushners
Quote from: JoeyShmoe on June 15, 2017, 06:40:46 PM
Is it just me that finds it weird for an article on ou.org to discuss a movie in detail including a character's "breasts and buttocks", especially when it has nothing to do with the point of the article?
Not weird at all.   - This is the OU.. the highest level of kashrus possible.
June 15, 2017, 07:33:39 PM 		3
Re: Keeping Up With The Kushners
Quote from: chff on June 16, 2017, 10:22:27 AM
http://www.vosizneias.com/272411/2017/06/16/washington-jared-and-ivanka-do-their-own-thing-as-observant-jews/
Confirmed. Modern orthodox is conservative.
June 16, 2017, 12:07:49 PM 		1
Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread
Quote from: Sport on June 19, 2017, 10:22:41 AM
Still on hold with sears.
(The 70, is hours not min.)
Keep holding. Someone will be right with you.
June 19, 2017, 03:19:32 PM 		2
Re: The funny/strange/interesting/random pictures thread My research shows that Americans hate Jews just as much as the poles and Germans.

Read through the internet comments posted annonmously throughout the internet, by Americans, on any content related to Jews....
June 27, 2017, 08:13:33 PM 		2
Re: FBI Raids Orthodox Homes and Businesses in Monsey and KJ
Quote from: MisterHock on June 28, 2017, 06:11:55 AM
http://www.app.com/story/news/investigations/watchdog/2017/06/28/lakewood-welfare-fraud-arrests-continue/434666001/
A payroll company....

#worried
June 28, 2017, 08:21:30 AM 		1
Re: Can't fall asleep
Quote from: hide4 on July 11, 2017, 10:03:19 PM
Didn't everyone?
No,this side of the world it was a regular work day. 9-7
July 11, 2017, 10:06:18 PM 		1
Re: Silent Killer
Quote from: aygart on July 20, 2017, 03:07:39 PM
You are using a false absolute. Do you feel that self control is not a factor at all in the vast majority of addictions? If so how can a 12 step plan possibly help at all?
Is self control a component in the cure for schizophrenia? If yes then is schizophrenia just a lack of self control, or a Bonafide mental illness?
July 20, 2017, 03:12:05 PM 		1
Re: Messianism among Lubavitch Is this really happening again?
July 25, 2017, 10:30:11 AM 		1
Re: Messianism among Lubavitch

Quote from: aygart on July 27, 2017, 08:26:30 AM
I wouldn't go so far as to say they were directly led astray, .

As a non chabadsker, you should please properly study the Torah, the directives, and the actions of the leadership. - I doubt you have properly done this. - an unbiased person would objectively see the truth. - there are hundreds of strange and suspect sayings, actions that directly caused the confusion.etc etc. Etc.

I would guess that your familiarity of chabad world view is limited to what you heard from the opposition.
July 27, 2017, 09:01:48 AM 		1
Re: Messianism among Lubavitch The whole concept of "nosi hador" is an invention. It makes no sense and is misleading. Wholly unesessary term.
July 27, 2017, 11:55:34 PM 		2
Re: Messianism among Lubavitch
Quote from: Dan on July 27, 2017, 11:56:20 PM
And the other viznitz don't believe their Rebbe is the manhig/nosi hador?
Noone but chabbad use term nosi hador.

Words matter. This term was coined to induce some kind of dynastic royalty attributed to the last couple of leaders.

No chassidim use this anywhere near in an extreme way as chabbad.
July 28, 2017, 12:01:13 AM 		3
Re: Messianism among Lubavitch
Quote from: jj1000 on July 28, 2017, 12:01:58 AM
How many Lubavichers do you know that won't ever say the Rebbe is mashiach in public but will tell you behind closed doors after a few shots? Thousands probably?

No reason the same can't apply elsewhere.
This!

That's why I don't buy the Dan's whole "fringe luny aurgument".
The problem is deep and systemic. They just won't necessarily all say it all...
July 28, 2017, 12:03:22 AM 		2
Re: Messianism among Lubavitch
Quote from: jj1000 on July 28, 2017, 12:07:27 AM
I assume you or some of your friends want to commit suicide if they would know they get into gan eiden. Whether you say it openly or not. Just know that... And understand what your statements say about yourself, that is what I have tried to show you in my past replies, that have gone unanswered.

Good night y'all. Hope there isn't too much to read up on tomorrow.
Just to give you a better night..

Actually, since tov lo lodom shelo nivra yoser mishenivra, it is actually very logical to want to die asap as long as gan Eden is guaranteed!
July 28, 2017, 12:14:41 AM 		1
Re: US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread Is Spicer coming back??

This is just pathetic. I thought Trump at minimum was supposed to have good management skills... Not even that.

What would happen if something serious came up in this country? How can it possibly managed by this team of Psychopaths?
July 31, 2017, 05:52:53 PM 		1
Re: Silent Killer http://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2017/07/a-tisha-bav-message-from-zvi-gluck.html
August 01, 2017, 12:33:40 PM 		1
Re: Silent Killer https://youtu.be/eYyDIGEcxpU
August 01, 2017, 06:40:17 PM 		1
Re: Silent Killer
Quote from: ExGingi on August 04, 2017, 03:14:55 PM
B.H. not an issue in my household. If there was ever any type of חשש דחשש of anything of the sort, it wouldn't be kept at home for a second.
Mho, don't keep it at home. Period.
Treat it like lethal poisen.
August 05, 2017, 09:46:09 PM 		1
Re: The funny/strange/interesting video thread...
Quote from: Work-for-ur-muny on August 07, 2017, 02:01:11 AM
Wow!!! Recent?
Wonderful, but the kid prepped for the Chanukah question.
August 07, 2017, 08:59:47 AM 		1
Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
Quote from: Alexsei on August 11, 2017, 11:51:00 AM
I mean the place
I know lol...

Yeah, its fine. if you like a zoo where you dont have to walk miles etc its fine. but its not a beautiful zoo in anyway... - BTW, the animals are officially nebachs.. so dont be surprised if some look nebach also sometimes.

(At my stage though, who cares if adults like it. if kids are happy so are we...)
August 11, 2017, 12:13:23 PM 		1
Re: Should Dan hide?
Quote from: TimT on August 16, 2017, 11:23:11 AM
If I order online & they choose to honor it what did I do illegally ? Somebody goes through those orders. I didn't take stuff without their knowledge
Actually no, people don't "go through" orders. They come flooding into some ship feed somewhere and some warehouse umpaloompa packs and ships it out.
August 16, 2017, 11:37:21 AM 		1
Re: Where are you going to watch the (Total) Solar Eclipse on August 21? I actually fell asleep this afternoon. I think the eclipse messed w my internal sched or something.... Amazing

(Also kids kept me up last night)
August 21, 2017, 08:04:45 PM 		1
Re: Lakewood Luxury Lifestyles
Quote from: Sport on September 04, 2017, 09:18:53 PM
Forget about 6 kids, 120k is not making ends meet with 2 kids.
Depends on the life$tyle..
September 04, 2017, 10:07:31 PM 		1
Re: Hurricane Irma
Quote from: chevron on September 10, 2017, 12:21:10 PM
The Lubavitcher Rebbe never reasoned WHY the Holocaust happened. Further, these concepts are often foreign to judaism, Avraham tried to save sedom and amorah, evil cities, purely of the merit of 10 righteous.

The gemara (or Rambam?) says an ir hanidachas is spared if there is 1 house with a mezuzah in it.

Truly yes there have been times where entire communities were destroyed for the sins of a few but its foolish to assign reasons why things do or do not happen
Foreign??! Achzorius!

מצות עשה מן התורה לזעוק ולהריע בחצוצרות על כל צרה שתבא על הצבור. שנאמר על הצר הצורר אתכם והרעותם בחצוצרות. כלומר כל דבר שייצר לכם כגון בצורת ודבר וארבה וכיוצא בהן זעקו עליהן והריעו.

הלכה בעריכה

ודבר זה מדרכי התשובה הוא. שבזמן שתבוא צרה ויזעקו עליה ויריעו ידעו הכל שבגלל מעשיהם הרעים הורע להן ככתוב עונותיכם הטו וגו'. וזה הוא שיגרום להסיר הצרה מעליהם.

הלכה געריכה

אבל אם לא יזעקו ולא יריעו אלא יאמרו דבר זה ממנהג העולם אירע לנו וצרה זו נקרה נקרית. הרי זו דרך אכזריות וגורמת להם להדבק במעשיהם הרעים. ותוסיף הצרה צרות אחרות. הוא שכתוב בתורה והלכתם עמי בקרי והלכתי גם אני עמכם בחמת קרי. כלומר כשאביא עליכם צרה כדי שתשובו אם תאמרו שהיא קרי אוסיף לכם חמת אותו קרי.

הלכה ד
September 10, 2017, 12:38:17 PM 		1
Re: Any kohanim want to split some silver coins?
Quote from: myi on September 17, 2017, 07:49:28 PM
Any number or idea of his name? 
 Anyone know the spot price for a 1oz silver $ coin? What's the going rate?
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September 17, 2017, 07:55:19 PM 		1
Re: iPhone 8/iPhone X
Quote from: pixi on September 17, 2017, 08:49:36 PM
.
It's no joke anymore, apple is clearly only  playing catch-up... They are no longer even considered to be innovative. Their product quality better hold up cuz that's all they have left..
September 17, 2017, 11:10:31 PM 		1
Re: Rosh Hashana davening... {Is this the right thread? }

Just watched a bunch of uman rosh hashana clips.... No words really.

But we really need moshiach now!
September 24, 2017, 10:47:49 PM 		1
Re: All Halocha Shailos and teiffa Questions
Quote from: myi on October 08, 2017, 03:01:15 PM
Can we get a picture of what you did?
Sure.. it's pretty basic
October 08, 2017, 03:05:03 PM 		1
Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
Quote from: aygart on October 09, 2017, 11:21:58 AM
People who refuse to spend $2 on fresh nice aravos for their$$$$$ minim
$4
October 09, 2017, 11:35:14 AM 		1
Re: Massacre in Las Vegas.
Quote from: Freddie on October 09, 2017, 04:54:20 PM
This guy is not a terrorist. He had a complete mental breakdown. There's no ideology behind this. He shot people strictly for sport. It was the ultimate high stakes game for him.
Also, a very well planned breakdown. Not a snap situation.
October 09, 2017, 04:59:02 PM 		1
Re: Massacre in Las Vegas. By the time the gov gets their story straight, we're going to have another jfk murder drama that will never really end.
October 09, 2017, 10:25:30 PM 		1
Re: What's The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread? Shnayim mikra app with auto scrolling!
October 20, 2017, 04:13:00 PM 		1
Re: The funny/strange/interesting video thread...
Quote from: Shkop on October 23, 2017, 11:38:09 PM
What are religion people?
They are typos.
October 24, 2017, 12:52:45 AM 		1
Re: Law School
Quote from: moko on October 25, 2017, 07:07:24 PM
+100
While I'm sure all of us have frustration in our occupations, if you don't love what you do it's time to find a new occupation...
Love is a strong word...
October 26, 2017, 12:03:41 AM 		1
Re: Law School
Quote from: CS91 on October 26, 2017, 12:15:56 AM
Not quite sure what the difference between a frum man and a frum woman is. Both are frum, both keep Shabbos/YT. Why is it "normal" if a frum guy works in big law but not normal/doable for a frum woman? It's almost like Jews are stuck in the 1800s while the rest of the world has moved on.
Oh, it's because frum women help their husbands fullfil the obligation to bear children.

After that female mothers are the needed to nurture the young children.

Is this news to you?
October 26, 2017, 07:29:35 AM 		1
Re: Law School

Quote from: CS91 on October 26, 2017, 08:43:18 AM
So you're telling me that non-Jewish women either don't have kids, or they have kids but they don't nurture their children? Wow, that's really interesting.

Or, maybe, it's because many if not most "frumer" girls schools put these ideas in their students' heads that Jewish women should only get a degree in making chulent and kugel and if a girl would actually say that she wants to be a lawyer or a doctor when she grows up, she'd get looked at like she's from outer space. There's a reason why once you shift over to more modern schools, you have plenty of girls going to college / grad schools.

Correct. Non Jewish professional women almost never have kids before 30 (or 35+ if they are very career oriented). And even then they only have a couple max..

Jewish girls are educated to observe the Torah which commands a man to have at least two kids ASAP.
This has nothing to do with chulent. It's just reality. An apple is just an apple.
October 26, 2017, 09:25:29 AM 		1