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Should I toivel in the Berezina or in regular mikvah before Shabbos/YT?

Berezina
5 (55.6%)
Regular mikvah
1 (11.1%)
Berezina on YT morning
3 (33.3%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: April 13, 2024, 07:31:27 AM

Author Topic: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.  (Read 30114 times)

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #100 on: April 14, 2024, 07:50:34 PM »
What about nursing/pregnant fathers?


Oh. I forgot, this is Russia where they reject woke BS.

It's actually men's room and ladies' room, though I'm not sure how the images are supposed to depict that (especially if looked at independently from each other).
Bathrooms for people that wear angular lamp shades?
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #101 on: April 14, 2024, 10:03:16 PM »
Wouldn't it be called "uni-taz" in Russian?

Translating to bathroom.

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #102 on: April 15, 2024, 02:23:35 AM »
Bathrooms for people that wear angular lamp shades?

So why the distinction regarding the angle?
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #103 on: April 15, 2024, 03:25:55 AM »
It's actually men's room and ladies' room, though I'm not sure how the images are supposed to depict that (especially if looked at independently from each other).

Seems pretty simple to me, if I think like a Russian. One has a beer belly, and one is bigger on top.
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #104 on: April 15, 2024, 04:31:41 AM »
Some food comments:

Russian (CY?) milk is definitely an acquired taste. I haven't acquired it yet. Milk in Moscow and in Lubavitch was different. Neither (in coffee) was appealing to my NY taste buds.

1st floor of Marina Roshcha Jewish Center houses the Eden dairy restaurant. If I needed to sum up my review in one word, it would be the now popular word DON'T!

I arrived there after everyone else. I saw some items on their plates and asked how they were. The response was "edible". After trying them I commented that a more accurate description would be "barely edible". Looking at the menu (Russian only, Google translate to the rescue where it was a little more descriptive) the only thing that I thought I might like was a Caprese salad. I would call it "decent". A better fresh mozzarella would have made it "good".

All kosher meat in Russia is Lubavitcher Shechita, and is relatively inexpensive. I probably ate more meat in the less than a week that I am here than I do in an entire year in NY.
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #105 on: April 15, 2024, 04:34:49 AM »
Oh. I forgot, this is Russia where they reject woke BS.

On that note, I would comment that IMHO Putin's Ukraine special operation has a lot to do with keeping western woke ideas far from Russia.
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #106 on: April 15, 2024, 04:49:29 AM »
People lining up for brochos from the sandek at a bris this morning.

Brochos being generously given to each and every one.

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #107 on: April 15, 2024, 05:13:38 AM »
It's not about what you know, it's about who ate at your  Shabbos table when they were in 770.

(DS and SIL got into the mikvah an hour after closing time.)
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #108 on: April 15, 2024, 07:38:45 AM »
Bathrooms for people that wear angular lamp shades?

Finally figured it out. It's a play on the museum logo. Still unsure how the male vs female thing works.

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #109 on: April 15, 2024, 07:47:28 AM »
On that note. Rishon Cafe in the museum building is excellent. Everything was delicious, service is excellent. One of my kids started comparing the experiences. I said it is not a comparison at all. Eden is objectively bad. Rishon is objectively good. Not in the same universe. Though all portions are rather small.
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #110 on: April 15, 2024, 08:20:47 AM »
I think that by the time my family was done they ran out of several dishes.
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #111 on: April 15, 2024, 09:02:35 AM »
People lining up for brochos from the sandek at a bris this morning.

Brochos being generously given to each and every one.


Oh! It was that kind of wedding!

Double mazel tov!

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #112 on: April 15, 2024, 10:23:36 AM »
All kosher meat in Russia is relatively inexpensive

talking of groceries, how are the supermarkets or the subway stations?  ;)

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #113 on: April 15, 2024, 11:00:05 AM »
Oh! It was that kind of wedding!

Double mazel tov!

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #114 on: April 15, 2024, 12:59:00 PM »
Fascinated. Thanks and Mazel Tov!!

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #115 on: April 15, 2024, 08:00:37 PM »
It's actually men's room and ladies' room, though I'm not sure how the images are supposed to depict that (especially if looked at independently from each other).

which one is which ???

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #116 on: April 15, 2024, 08:54:00 PM »
talking of groceries, how are the supermarkets or the subway stations?  ;)

Hoping to visit those tomorrow (Tuesday).

Though I have a feeling I am missing something in your post. Might have gone straight over my head. @aygart had a good illustration for that, which I haven't seen in a while.
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #117 on: April 15, 2024, 09:47:46 PM »
Hoping to visit those tomorrow (Tuesday).

Though I have a feeling I am missing something in your post. Might have gone straight over my head. @aygart had a good illustration for that, which I haven't seen in a while.

IIRC the Tucker was amazed by something in Russian supermarkets in his recent visit.

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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #118 on: April 15, 2024, 11:42:17 PM »
IIRC the Tucker was amazed by something in Russian supermarkets in his recent visit.

He was channeling his inner Yeltsin:
https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/When-Boris-Yeltsin-went-grocery-shopping-in-Clear-5759129.php
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Re: ExGingi's 3 generation wedding & Pesach trip to Russia.
« Reply #119 on: April 16, 2024, 03:00:48 AM »
FYI most major VPNs don't work in Russia.
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