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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #300 on: November 15, 2013, 11:51:56 AM »
BT means Balance Transfer to me.  :)

What about in this context: And then there are always things that people do because of social convention- no matter if you're from, BT, atheist, Christian, Buddhist or animal.
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #301 on: November 15, 2013, 11:53:17 AM »
BT=Baal Teshuvah=Returnee to the faith
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #302 on: November 15, 2013, 11:54:17 AM »
Quote from: CountValentine on November 15, 2013, 11:51:56 AM
BT means Balance Transfer to me.  :)

What about in this context: And then there are always things that people do because of social convention- no matter if you're from, BT, atheist, Christian, Buddhist or animal.

Ba'al Teshuva, or a non-religious jew that become orthodox.
The Chabad sect that I belong to operates thousands of centers around the world to get these Jews to do more mitzvos (commandments) and hopefully become religious.
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #303 on: November 15, 2013, 11:59:36 AM »
Quote from: Dan on November 15, 2013, 11:54:17 AM
Ba'al Teshuva, or a non-religious jew that become orthodox.
The Chabad sect that I belong to operates thousands of centers around the world to get these Jews to do more mitzvos (commandments) and hopefully become religious.
Nice plug  ;)
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #304 on: November 15, 2013, 12:09:00 PM »
Quote from: churnbabychurn on November 15, 2013, 11:59:36 AM
Nice plug  ;)
I'm about to go put tefilin on someone, wanna join?
Actually he just told me he wants to buy his own pair now, leaving me out of a job :D
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #305 on: November 15, 2013, 12:14:46 PM »
Quote from: Dan on November 15, 2013, 12:09:00 PM
I'm about to go put tefilin on someone, wanna join?
Actually he just told me he wants to buy his own pair now, leaving me out of a job :D
lol
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #306 on: November 15, 2013, 12:32:06 PM »
Quote from: CountValentine on November 15, 2013, 11:51:56 AM
BT means Balance Transfer to me.  :)

What about in this context: And then there are always things that people do because of social convention- no matter if you're from, BT, atheist, Christian, Buddhist or animal.

Lol, and I'm reading Baal Teshuva every time I come across BT in the credit card thread...
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #307 on: November 15, 2013, 12:37:13 PM »
Quote from: wayfe on November 15, 2013, 12:32:06 PM
Lol, and I'm reading Baal Teshuva every time I come across BT in the credit card thread...
I feel for you.  ;)
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #308 on: November 15, 2013, 12:51:11 PM »
Quote from: Dan on November 15, 2013, 12:09:00 PM
I'm about to go put tefilin on someone, wanna join?
Actually he just told me he wants to buy his own pair now, leaving me out of a job :D
You should lose jobs in this way many more times! Good for you dan!
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #309 on: November 18, 2013, 03:40:40 PM »
OTD?
"There are those who go OTD simply because they’re rebelling, those who go OTD because of bad experiences, those who go OTD because they have irreconcilable questions, and there are the majority which are some combination of reasons."
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #310 on: November 18, 2013, 03:41:44 PM »
Quote from: CountValentine on November 18, 2013, 03:40:40 PM
OTD?
"There are those who go OTD simply because they’re rebelling, those who go OTD because of bad experiences, those who go OTD because they have irreconcilable questions, and there are the majority which are some combination of reasons."
Off The Derech: Lit. Off The Path
ETA: Here

Or this:
Quote from: good sam on November 18, 2013, 03:43:36 PM
Obsessive Transgressor Disorder
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #311 on: November 18, 2013, 03:43:36 PM »
Obsessive Transgressor Disorder
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #312 on: November 18, 2013, 09:06:39 PM »
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #313 on: November 19, 2013, 10:15:45 AM »
Quote from: CountValentine on November 18, 2013, 03:40:40 PM
OTD?
"There are those who go OTD simply because they’re rebelling, those who go OTD because of bad experiences, those who go OTD because they have irreconcilable questions, and there are the majority which are some combination of reasons."

It's just an acronym for the English translation of "arup fun veg." Now you got it?
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #314 on: November 19, 2013, 10:56:35 AM »
Quote from: Freddie on November 19, 2013, 10:15:45 AM
It's just an acronym for the English translation of "arup fun veg." Now you got it?
Not sure if I can trust your translation.  ;)
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #315 on: November 20, 2013, 12:19:25 PM »
CV when can we have a seminar from you on yiddishkeit,

i would love to hear your take on it!!!
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #316 on: November 20, 2013, 12:22:57 PM »
Quote from: efflpetzel on November 20, 2013, 12:19:25 PM
CV when can we have a seminar from you on yiddishkeit,

i would love to hear your take on it!!!
was already #ddscle
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #317 on: November 20, 2013, 12:26:59 PM »
Quote from: SamKey on November 20, 2013, 12:22:57 PM
was already #ddscle

WHAT? I was at DDS CLE. Der Count hut gegeben a shiur? Chazora!
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #318 on: November 20, 2013, 12:28:45 PM »
Quote from: Freddie on November 20, 2013, 12:26:59 PM
WHAT? I was at DDS CLE. Der Count hut gegeben a shiur? Chazora!
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Re: Master thread to help me with words/phrases.
« Reply #319 on: January 16, 2014, 12:06:09 PM »
This thread has come in handy. Please feel free to add to the wiki.  :)
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