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LMS - Last Man Standing.. Not FMS (First Man Standing) - This game is for night time only, not morning, afternoon, or evening.. NIGHT TIME ONLY!!

At night while most of the world is sleeping there are some members which are looking to socialize since they have no one else to speak to; they play a really exciting and fun game which basically every couple minutes you write a comment, the comments range from standing to sleeping, from young grasshoppers to old grasshoppers. it usually begins around 1:00 am EDT

RULES OF THE GAME:

1) Game starts at 1am Eastern, 12am Central, 11pm mountain, 10pm pacific... You get the point.
2) Anyone can call a roll call, just make a reply with "Roll Call". The roll call must be readable to the naked eye.
3) No more than one roll call every thirty minutes.
4) You have 30 minutes to respond to the roll call to stay active.
5) To respond to a roll call just post a reply with "Here" or "y y y"
6) If after one hour there are no more "Roll Calls" or "Heres", then the last person to post correctly either by calling a roll call or with a reply of "here" is declared winner of LMS.
7)You must have been awake for at least 12 hours before making or answering a RC.



OR IN SHORT:

When someone calls for a roll call. No more than one every 30 minutes and you have 30 minutes to respond "Here".


Poll

If Men Could Become Pregnant, Would You?

Yes, I love delivering babies!
Noooooo! I'm afraid....
Not sure. I'll ask my LOR

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« Reply #16500 on: November 27, 2023, 03:34:04 AM »
Didn’t know where to post this, interesting idea for a non-profit charity.

https://ripmedicaldebt.org/

The 100x ROI is a compelling value proposition. Though if it’s being sold for 1% of face value that means the creditors don’t expect to collect, so perhaps those who owe might not feel crushed because they either can’t or don’t care to pay.
I'm involved in a non profit that helps the lowest tier of our community. Someone sent me a story about this group and offered to sponsor the first penny on the dollar, to buy medical debt of frum indigents.
I wouldn't even know where to start, if anyone has pointers.....

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« Reply #16501 on: November 27, 2023, 08:20:40 AM »
I'm involved in a non profit that helps the lowest tier of our community. Someone sent me a story about this group and offered to sponsor the first penny on the dollar, to buy medical debt of frum indigents.
I wouldn't even know where to start, if anyone has pointers.....

These are probably sold in massive tranches that have frum debt mixed in. You can try with doctors offices in the frum neighborhoods but they’ll either charge much more than 1% or they’ll sell you debt they’ve given up on collecting which means those who owe have probably given up on paying as well. Might only work in the macro and not for the Jewish community specifically.
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« Reply #16502 on: November 27, 2023, 09:09:44 AM »
I'm involved in a non profit that helps the lowest tier of our community. Someone sent me a story about this group and offered to sponsor the first penny on the dollar, to buy medical debt of frum indigents.
I wouldn't even know where to start, if anyone has pointers.....

For this to work, you'd have to start with the debtors as opposed to the ones holding the debt. Most medical debt is institutional - hospitals, large practices, testing/diagnostics groups. Having them filter through their AR for Jews, never mind frum Jews, is probably illegal, if it were even physically possible. Working the other way, you have a chance to approach the institution as a third party willing to pay off specific bills at a steep discount. You may not get the same discount as the wholesalers, but it would still be relative pennies on the dollar.
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« Reply #16503 on: November 27, 2023, 09:44:18 AM »
These are probably sold in massive tranches that have frum debt mixed in. You can try with doctors offices in the frum neighborhoods but they’ll either charge much more than 1% or they’ll sell you debt they’ve given up on collecting which means those who owe have probably given up on paying as well. Might only work in the macro and not for the Jewish community specifically.
For this to work, you'd have to start with the debtors as opposed to the ones holding the debt. Most medical debt is institutional - hospitals, large practices, testing/diagnostics groups. Having them filter through their AR for Jews, never mind frum Jews, is probably illegal, if it were even physically possible. Working the other way, you have a chance to approach the institution as a third party willing to pay off specific bills at a steep discount. You may not get the same discount as the wholesalers, but it would still be relative pennies on the dollar.
That's what I was thinking. Would need to get the collection letters from the debtor and work that way

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« Reply #16504 on: November 27, 2023, 09:54:28 AM »
I think I won't be able to look at a laptop seller site for a week or so...
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« Reply #16505 on: November 27, 2023, 09:58:03 AM »
I think I won't be able to look at a laptop seller site for a week or so...

Maybe you need to find a Cyber Monday deal on Tylenol.
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« Reply #16506 on: November 27, 2023, 10:04:51 AM »
Maybe you need to find a Cyber Monday deal on Tylenol.
With free shipping to IL and THEY deal with customs.
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« Reply #16507 on: November 27, 2023, 03:38:12 PM »
Extra kavanah in davening when saying מתיר אסורים in ברכות השחר and in שמונה עשרה, both thanking Hashem for the hostages already released, and davening for those still in captivity, may they be released soon.
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« Reply #16508 on: November 30, 2023, 12:06:24 AM »
Clearly, not all non-Hamas Gazans are innocent. That doesn't mean none of them are.
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« Reply #16509 on: November 30, 2023, 12:20:38 AM »
Clearly, not all non-Hamas Gazans are innocent. That doesn't mean none of them are.

What non-binary world do you live in??
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« Reply #16510 on: November 30, 2023, 02:56:43 PM »
Just got regards from someone who credits me coming to put on tefillin with him (I don't recall using the term "wrap" back then) on Fridays 38 years ago, for him being שומר תומ"צ nowadays. (He came a very long way, was married to a non-Jewish girl back then!). Every few years someone meets him and comes to me with regards and credit from him.

His description of me excludes the prefix Ex.

So he actually reached out to me via WhatsApp today.


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Approx 35 years ago a Lubavitch bachur put tfilin on me for the first time… I was in my 20’s then… it was on Queens Blvd

Over the years I kept in touch w/ Rabbi W… I believe he mentioned it was you…

A few days ago I met in Manhattan w/ two cousins whom were out to share the tfilin mitzvah and told them the story… one of them then sent me your number

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I invited him to meet my family (not knowing that he currently lives in EY)
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YIH next trip
Would be lovely
Just got back to Israel
I had flown in for my bechor’s wedding… I have 5 kids… all frum
From a boy that had no BM at 13 and made it at 20 w/u putting in רש״י for the very 1st time
Today I also put on רבינו תם תפילין that my father ז״ל gifted me
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« Reply #16511 on: November 30, 2023, 03:04:28 PM »
So he actually reached out to me via WhatsApp today.


I invited him to meet my family (not knowing that he currently lives in EY)

If his father gifted him RT tefillin how come he had no bar mitzva? Does that mean he turned his father to become frum as well? Then that's another yid on your account!!

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« Reply #16512 on: November 30, 2023, 03:27:54 PM »
If his father gifted him RT tefillin how come he had no bar mitzva? Does that mean he turned his father to become frum as well? Then that's another yid on your account!!

I was thinking the same. I guess I'll hear the full story when I eventually meet him.

To me, another amazing part is that from someone who was married to a non-Jewish girl, he ended up having 5 children who were most likely conceived and born בטהרה!

None of this is "on my account", it's all about the Rebbe! Going out on Friday afternoons to meet yiden and put on them tefillin and say a few words of Yiddishkeit wasn't my idea.
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« Reply #16513 on: November 30, 2023, 03:33:54 PM »
I was thinking the same. I guess I'll hear the full story when I eventually meet him.

To me, another amazing part is that from someone who was married to a non-Jewish girl, he ended up having 5 children who were most likely conceived and born בטהרה!

None of this is "on my account", it's all about the Rebbe! Going out on Friday afternoons to meet yiden and put on them tefillin and say a few words of Yiddishkeit wasn't my idea.
Beautiful!
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« Reply #16514 on: November 30, 2023, 03:35:19 PM »
Goes on the account of both, the משלח and the שליח.
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« Reply #16515 on: November 30, 2023, 03:37:50 PM »
דברי הרב ודברי התלמיד, דברי מי שמעו

That's when they contradict each other, when the תלמיד is working a great deal to execute the wishes of the רב he deserves great credit.

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« Reply #16516 on: November 30, 2023, 03:43:24 PM »
That's when they contradict each other, when the תלמיד is working a great deal to execute the wishes of the רב he deserves great credit.
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« Reply #16517 on: November 30, 2023, 04:47:16 PM »
The beautiful thing is that there can be many more people you impacted and you may never find out about them (until 120).

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« Reply #16518 on: November 30, 2023, 05:21:25 PM »
The beautiful thing is that there can be many more people you impacted and you may never find out about them (until 120).

I believe there's a JEM video about this concept. And there's a famous sicha of the Rebbe about bochurim who went on Shlichus and thought they failed, yet had a serious impact.
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« Reply #16519 on: November 30, 2023, 05:23:43 PM »
The beautiful thing is that there can be many more people you impacted and you may never find out about them (until 120).

I just heard bishem the GRA that the Yom Hadin Hagadol is to include all those affected throughout history by the person's actions.
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