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Just surfing 2007-06-05 00:45:00 This is an article on a blog about the difficulties of keeping nida for a deaf person. I don't think I've ever read a better explanation of the positive aspects of hilchot nida than this. Fantastic read.Jewish Deaf Motorcycling Dad: The Niddah DifferenceDoes conservative Judaism always have to be wrong on principle? I don't think so, and neither do the people at 'This is Babylon'. Look at this post about the state of kashrut and ethical behaviour:This is Babylon.Even as a vegetarian (or perhaps because I'm a vegetarian) I think that kashrus cannot be used as an excuse to avoid hygiene, health or humanitarian laws (or any other laws for that matter, but that is a different topic).There is an interesting (if flawed) article here about the impossibility of evolution based on the staggeringly large numbers involved:Math Formula for the Impossibility of Evolution(I think the obvious flaw, even if all the numbers are correct is that we are here. Therefore whatever the statistics say, i
How grateful we are! 2007-06-05 00:18:00 another birthday present I got from friends in England (which I use all the time) is the new 'Singer Siddur' ("Hebrew Daily Prayer Book" - I'm checking out Amazon's new feature, though I don't think it is working) with a revised translation and commentary by Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks. I really like the translation and the layout, and although there are a couple of mistakes and additions that need fixing for the next edition, I find that I much prefer it to the Artscroll or any other English siddur.I was just thinking about the words that we say each Shabbat at the end of p'sukei d'zimra (and I'll use the Chief's translation):If our mouths were as full of song as the sea, and our tongue with jubilation as its myriad waves,If our lips were full of praise like the spacious heavens, and our eyes shone like the sun and the moon,If our hands were outstretched like eagles of the sky, and our feet as swift as hinds -still we could not thank You enough... for even one of the thous
The reason they wear hats! 2007-06-04 03:11:00 Now I know! I could never figure out why Lubavitch were the only chasidim who didn't wear shtreimelach. Now Ha'aretz newspaper has found the answer.It was all based on a fight for selection to be the next Rebbe after the death of their father in law (there were three sons in law, and the elder had been expected to take over as Rebbe until that time)Even after his selection, the widow of the previous rabbi did not accept the choice and "did not allow the Rebbe to set foot in her house and also did not agree to give him the Riyatz's shtreimel [fur hat]. That is how the custom began of the Rebbe wearing a fedora instead of a shtreimel."The article also explains why the Rebbe was so encouraging of children with special needs and dealt with the topic:Friedman also uncovered interesting information about the Schneerson family: In order to preserve the family's distinguished lineage, there were many marriages within the family; these often led to the birth of mentally and physically handi
Scary phone message 2007-06-04 02:02:00 I just received possibly one of the most scary phone
messages ever. By bank manager left a voice message (and just when I was about to panic that we were over our limit and they were going to cancel our credit card and take all the children as collateral*) to wish me a 'Happy Birthday!' (though he said it in Hebrew). AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH! Don't do that to me without a warning first - please!Someone has just found me the ideal present, The Pessimist's Mug. It's not that I don't think that things are great, but I just feel that a little bit of depression every now and then serves as a great antidote to all this happiness about.Have a look at the mugs they sell as well. They are hysterical.Also from the same website, a book that nobody can afford to be without!The Art of Demotivation. Make sure you read what it says about the chairman's edition (as a vegetarian I especially like the footnote)And finally, chaptzem has worked out how to tame Mordechai Ben David. Click here to make him s Read more:Scary
18th Sivan - Yarzheit of R' Yerucham Levovitz 2007-06-04 00:07:00 Today is the Yarzheit
of the 'mashgiach' of Mir. R' Yerucham is possibly the most famous mashgiach.I remember that R' Wolbe once said that for the first few months that he was at Mir he thought the Yeshiva had a different mashgiach specially for Shabbos. It was only after some time that he realised that R' Yerucham looked and acted so different on Shabbos (because of the Mitzvah to dress and behave differently, and because of the extra kedusha) that he looked like a different person.This is Wikipedia's entry on the great manYeruchom LevovitzFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Redirected from Yerucham Levovitz)Jump to: navigation, searchRabbi Yeruchom Levovitz (ca. 1874-1936), or "The Mashgiach" as he was fondly referred to by his hundreds of students, was a famous mashgiach ruchani and Baal Mussar (ethicist) at the Mir yeshiva.He was a disciple of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel of Kelm as well as Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Chofetz Chaim) of Radin.He was the spiritual leader of the Mir
17th Sivan - end of Noah's flood 2007-06-02 23:16:00 According to the Talmud in Rosh Hashana (11b) based on the verses in Bereishit (and according to the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer) today is the day that the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat.The flood
is one of those issues that bible critics love to use as proof that the Torah cannot be true. It is only unfortunate that some 'believers' try and use it as proof that the Torah and Bible are true! I'm not convinced by their evidence.National Geographic think they have found evidence of the flood. Look at thisWyatt has found the ark! It proves everything (I'm sure if you look closely you can see the graffiti which says 'Ham is a Meatball'Oh whoops! No he hasn't!There is a really good site here which shows all the flaws in believing that the flood happened literally as described - some of his points can be answered easily based on Talmud and Midrashim, some can be answered by the usual 'it was a miracle' answer, but many, if not most, of his points are very valid and require serious th
Eeyores' birthday 2007-06-02 14:27:00 It was my birthday today. Both my Hebrew one and my English one, and since you know that the two only line up every 19 years, you know how old I am (clue - I am not 57 or 76, nor 19 - figure it out yourself).And it was a wonderful birthday. Quite like Eeyore's birthday actually: "Many happy returns of the day," said Piglet again. "Meaning me?" "Of course, Eeyore." "My birthday?" "Yes." "Me having a real birthday?" "Yes, Eeyore, and I've brought you a present."But unlike Eeyore I got some excellent presents (from my wonderful mother-in-law) - 4 pairs of Winnie the Pooh socks, which as you know was something I really wanted.Thank you Savta!(The actual socks were much nicer than the ones in this picture, but it was the only picture I could find)This blog is from Rabbi Sedley. You can see more divrei Torah, halacha and shiurim at my new website RabbiSedley.com.
16th Sivan - Yarzheit of R' Gedaliah Nadel 2007-06-02 14:01:00 This Shabbat was the 3rd Yarzheit
of one of the most exciting and radical Rabbis that you have never heard of. Rabbi Gedaliah Nadel was probably the closest student of the Chazon Ish, and was asked by the Chazon Ish to become the Rav of the neighbourhood. You have never heard of him because the B'nei Brak crowd decided that his thinking was heretical, and banned the only book of his material, before it was even published. The rumours have it that he was slightly off his rocker, but in fact it is more likely that this is historical revisionism (in his own lifetime) than actual fact.This is what the Jerusalem Post has to say about him:It is uncommon for the People of the Book to ban books - but that is precisely what three prominent rabbis of Bnei Brak have done. The ban was especially surprising considering who was responsible for the ideas in the banned book.Rabbi Gedalia Nadel, who passed away a year and a half ago, was recognized in his lifetime as one of the greatest, if not the gr
'GLAT' kosher 2007-05-31 04:13:00 While we are on the topic of boxes and getting out of them, this is the reason that google are the number one search engine on the planet:It is one page of their job interview questionnaire (the GLAT). You can find the answers and more questions here. By thinking outside the box (literally) google have been able to consistently create products and services that work. I have no idea how they think of these things.This is what we should be doing in Judaism as well. Escape from all the 'normal' thinking and problems, and view things in a new way, so that we can see the beauty in everything and escape from the boxes.One team who have tried (with quite a bit of success) is Aish (not that I am their biggest fan, but they get points for trying). Look here to see that I am not the only one who finds Torah in Simpsons (though I would not have chosen such an obvious one).Time to get out of the box and get GLAT!This blog is from Rabbi Sedley. You can see more divrei Torah, halacha and shiurim a
I like... being Jewish 2007-05-31 00:24:00 I like music. When I say that I don't mean that I only like a specific kind of music (for example only music in D minor, or only microtonal music). True, there are some kinds of music that I don't like, but many more that I do like. And even those that I don't like, I am prepared (to a certain extent) to give them a go.I like heavy rock though I don't like death metalI like Bach and Beethoven but strongly dislike Gamelan musicI like reggae but I don't like hip hop or rapI like sixties acoustic, but I don't like free form jazzI like Ladysmith Black Mambazo but I don't like Miami Boys ChoirI like Billy Bragg but I don't like the cover versions of his songsI like punk but not all the aggro that goes with itI like glam rock but not David Bowie's attitude to JewsBut what do you do with someone like Fish, or Marrilion, or even Dream Theatre? They don't fit neatly into any category, except that I like them all.Having labels for music is kind of useful when you have to chose an onlin Read more:Jewish
Right Wing Modern O? 2007-05-30 02:14:00 I found this test on the internet (it was a link from re-jew-venate). These kind of tests never mean anything, and are always wrong, but actually I think this just about sums me up (I do usually wear a hat, and feel guilty when I don't). If nothing else, this test might explain to Richard the difference between chareidi and not.Try it and post your results.This is me:Left Wing Modern
Orthodox: 37%Right
Wing Modern Orthodox: 74%Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 66%Right Wing
Yeshivish/Chareidi: 33%This means you're: Right Wing Modern O.What does it mean?You're shteiging away in the YU beis medrash and really enjoying that Kant class in the afternoon. You've achieved shiurvanna - the perfect synthesis of frumkeit and the outside world. Everyone to the left is way too modern and everyone to the right is too rigid and machmir. Sometimes you feel guilty about not wearing a hat.This blog is from Rabbi Sedley. You can see more divrei Torah, halacha and shiurim at my new website RabbiSedley.co
Fantastic Friends 2007-05-30 01:07:00 The Talmud in Bava Metzia (24a) says that one of the three things a person is permitted to lie about (tell fibs) is how well he was treated and looked after when he stayed in someone's home. Rashi explains that if he were to be honest about how well he was looked after, the hosts would be inundated with requests for hospitality and he would be doing them a disservice.Notwithstanding that advice from the Talmud, I have to say how wonderful my hosts were in both Leeds and London. Those of you who know them already know what wonderful ba'alei chesed they are, and how warm and friendly. For those of you who don't know them, I won't say their names in this forum, and in that way will hopefully be able to stick to the Talmudic advice.Whether it was driving to the other side of town to pick me up, inviting guests who they thought I would like to see (and would like to see me), having an open door policy, providing everything I could ever need, and making me completely at home - they did i Read more:Fantastic
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Not grumpy and not old - an apology 2007-05-29 14:25:00 Those of you who know me will (hopefully) realise that in my last post I was using the phrase 'grumpy old men' as a term of endearment. I include myself (see my profile) in the lovely people of Leeds who are 'grumpy old men' (though some of them are none of those).It was only several days later that I saw that some people had taken offence at this phrase. I have been unable to get to a computer until now (I have just arrived back in Jerusalem), and have been walking around with a sick feeling in my stomach at the thought that I had offended people. To those who took offence, I offer my sincerest apologies. I certainly didn't mean it as anything other than an expression of love, friendship and closeness. I know that if you don't know me (and perhaps this is a British/ New Zealand divided by a common language thing) this might not seem like such a nice phrase, but it was meant with the utmost love and care for all those wonderful people in Leeds who made not only this trip so speci
Where are the socks? 2007-05-25 08:55:00 I have to admit that this has not been the most succesful trip so far. For example, the main reason I came here was for a wedding. Except that the wedding has been called off (for good reason, but still very sad).I had hoped to pick up some stuff that I had left in Leeds from 3 years ago, and which has been sitting in someone's garage since then (nothing all that essential, but some cutlery, a pasta pot, some kilt socks and some other equally essential items - oh yes, and a trampoline). Except that in the past 3 years they have migrated to the bottom of a huge pile of stuff and I wasn't able to get to them at all (and didn't have time to empty the other stuff).I had come to leeds to speak in 2 Shuls, which was fine, except that I lost my voice by the second day, so it was a very quiet sermon (I properly lost my voice - how am I going to yell at my kids when I get home?)And finally, the other thing I needed was some Winnie the Pooh socks from Asda. I went there last night (after yomt
England trip 2007-05-21 03:45:00 I'm off in a couple of hours to England
. i'll be in leeds for Shavuot (speaking at the tikkun lail in UHC, sermon first day at BHH at second day at UHC).Then I'll be in London for shabbat and will be giving a shiur to women in Hendon on Sunday night.If you are able or interested in coming to any of those events I look forward to seeing you.this is also an apology that I probably won't be able to blog until I get back.I have had this blog now for exactly 6 months. It started out as a way to keep in touch with the Midreshet Rachel women and share some shiurim with them. I also thought I could sell some mezuzut that i had written online. but after sekking the few that i had i found that i didn't have any time to write more.And i got slightly addicted to blogging. i realised it is like giving a sermon without the stage fright. And without having to connect everything to the Parsha. So it is a lot of fun.During the half a year we've had kittens (though not for long) and a baby (and sh
2nd Sivan - Minchas Elazar 2007-05-19 16:00:00 Today was the 70th yarzheit of the Munkacher Rebbe, the Minchas Elazar. You can read about how the American chasidim celebrated at theyeshivaworld.comThe rebbe of Munkacs (or Munkatch), Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira (who led the community from 1913 until his death in 1937) was the most outspoken voice of religious anti-Zionism. He had succeeded his father, Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Spira, who had earlier inherited the mantle of leadership from his father Rabbi Shlomo Spira. This Hasidic dynasty was based in the town of Mukacheve, known as "Munkacs", "Minkatch" or "Munkacz" in common Jewish usage.This is a video from 1933 of the Rebbe warning American Jews to keep Shabbos.(For a longer video of life in Munkatch in 1933 click on this link http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1622609518319953327&q=munkatchThis is what Wikipedia has to say about him:Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira (December 17, 1871 in Stryzow, Poland – May 13, 1937) was one of the Rebbes of the Hasidic movement Munkacz (or Munkatsh). His
Thank you Open Office! 2007-05-17 02:59:00 I have been going crazy (not unusual) for the past 2 days trying to get Microsoft Word to do something very simple (I could have done it with a pen and paper). The programme kept on crashing on me every time (I think it has a thing against Bamidbar). After several hours (over 2 days) and dozens of crashes (just Word, not the whole computer luckily) I decided to give up on Bill Gates and try Open Office. I downloaded it from here and it is simple, obvious, clear and most importantly IT WORKS!! Yay!!! Thank
you Open Office and Sun computers!I can now get on with my work, (while listening to the phenomenal Steve Vai - check out this clip (unless you are still not listening to music because it is the Omer, in which case please don't). Bulgarian Wedding Music?????OK, better stop blogging and get back to work. Thanks for listening/ reading.This blog is from Rabbi Sedley. You can see more divrei Torah, halacha and shiurim at my new website RabbiSedley.com.
The best toy ever! 2007-05-17 01:43:00 My good friend and colleague, Rabbi Tanchum Burton has found the ultimate in post-modern, egalitarian, torah observant children's toys. It is the egalitarian barbie! You can see her giving the daf yomi shiur, wearing her tefillin and doing hagba. Fantastic! Click the link (and tell him I sent you).rabbiburton.comWhat could top that? Your thoughts on the back of a postage stamp please. (How about the tonka toys succah, or the lego aron kodesh, or how about the do-it-yourself playmobile brit kit? I'm sure someone with photoshop can create any or all of those and things that are more fantastic than I can even dream of.This blog is from Rabbi Sedley. You can see more divrei Torah, halacha and shiurim at my new website RabbiSedley.com.
29th Iyar - Tefillat HaShlah 2007-05-17 01:33:00 There is a special and beautiful prayer the the Shlah wrote to be recited today (Thursday, 29th Iyar - Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan). It is a prayer for children, who will grow up to be G-d fearing and righteous.I highly recommend that everyone recite this prayer right now. Either English or Hebrew will do. As a service artscroll have put the prayer on the front page of their website.You can see the prayer (which is on 3 pages, though it isn't actually all that long, here: page 1; page 2; page 3I can't send you to the Artscroll website without also mentioning this fantastic blog, by someone who does exactly what I wished I had the time and ability to do. (Even the title is perfect - 'What's bothering Artscroll', or the web address 'elucidation-not-translation'. Check it out here: He gets is perfect!Have a wonderful day, may your preparations for kabbalat hatorah be succesful and meaningful.(BTW this is the biography of the Shlah (which is an abbreviation of the name of his book - Shn
28th Iyar 2007-05-16 00:43:00 Not only is today Yom Yerusahalayim and also the yarzheit of Shmuel HaNavi (as per my last blog), but my brother also told me several interesting things about the date.He claims that if you do the maths (and I'm not quite sure how to do it, but it certainly seems approximately correct) this is the anniversary of the first battle with Amalek in the desert (at Refidim). If you look at the end of parshat Beshalach you find the Israelites complaining about whether G-d is in their midst or not. Then the tribe of Amalek comes and attacks. Moshe tells Yehoshua to prepare an army, and the next day they wage proper war against Amalek (while Moshe stands on the top of the mountain, Aharon and Chur hold his hands up and as long as Moshe's hands are in the air, and the Israelites remember G-d they are victorious). So today is the anniversary of that first victory. The 'tomorrow' of the verse represents an ongoing war with Amalek for eternity (as the next verse says), and we have still not defe
28th Iyar - Shmuel HaNavi 2007-05-15 05:57:00 Tomorrow is Yom Yerushalayim. No doubt everyone will be blogging about this important and wonderful modern festival.In my day job at Torahlab.org I have just completed (just in the nick of time) a source sheet for students and a teachers' guide about Yom Yerushalayim. If you are a teacher, Rabbi, student or just plain interested you will find interesting and inspiring sources about Yom Yerushalayim. They can be downloaded (free of charge) from torahlab. Click on the link for the source booklet pdf and the teachers' guide pdf.If you have time you should also visit their website: www.torahlab.org (even though hopefully in the next couple of days they will have a brand new website up and running at the same address). Click on my blog there - at the moment Rabbi Burton is leading with the most reads of his blog - help me out please!(this is a cross posting from torahlab)Yarzheit of Shmeul HaNavi28th of Iyar, Yom Yerushalayim, also has another meaning in the Jewish calendar. According to
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells 2007-05-15 01:39:00 (also posted on www.torahlab.org/thestorysofarThe following posting was added to a discussion group yesterday. My wife and I were arguing about whether it was serious or a joke. (my opinion: anything signed by ‘Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
’ is by definition a joke – that is the joke pseudonym of choice).[Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells was the nom de plume of a prolific writer of letters to the "Thunderer" - the London Times - during the first half of the 20th century. His alias became almost as widely known as the title of the Fleet Street newspaper itself, and was synonymous with diatribe. He delivered scathing attacks on organisations and individuals that came to his ultra-critical attention.He was self opinionated and convinced of his own infallibility. He was the quintessential Englishman. But what marks him out in particular is that, despite being regularly published, he was never identified, and his real name remains a mystery to this day. He was simply "Disgusted of Tunbridg
27th Iyar - Megillat Taanit 2007-05-14 21:18:00 In Megillat Taanit it says that today is a day of celebration because on this day the Chashmonaim nullified the decree of the Greeks. This is the day that they 'removed the garlands from Jerusalem.The Greeks would put garlands of flowers (roses) outside their temples of idolatry and also outside all the stores and markets. They would sing songs to their idols. they They also wrote on the horns of oxen and the foreheads of donkeys 'the owner of this animal has no portion in the G-d above'. This is also what the Plishtim (Philistines/ Palestinians) used to do, as the verse states "no plough can be found..." (Shmuel 1 13:19-22).Here is the original text:בעשרין ושבעה ביה אתנטילו כלילאי מן ירושלם דילא למספד. שבימי מלכות יון היו עושין עטרות של ורד ותולין אותן על פתחי בתי עבודה זרה שלהם ועל פתחי החניות ועל פתחי החצרות ושרין בשיר לעבודה זרה ו
26th Iyar - the Ramchal 2007-05-13 21:52:00 The Ramchal - Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato passed away on this day 240 years ago (and was born 300 years ago). Today his writings are amongst the most influential for mussar (Mesilat Yesharim), hashkafa (Derech Hashem and Da'at Tevunot) and kabbalah (Kelach Pitchei Chachma and Adir Bamarom). Though he died before the age of 40 he left behind a huge number of works, which also include poetry and drama. He was the Jewish equivalent of a Rennaisance man. Despite his brilliance (or because of it) he spent most of his life being attacked as a suspected Sabbatean. He also felt that the Mashiach was coming at any moment, and depending on which letter you read either thought he was the Mashiach, or one of his students was.His clear thinking and analysis, his ability to present complex issues in a straight forward and simple manner, and his breadth of knoweldge, make the Ramchal one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the past few hundred years.He is buried in Tiveria, next to Rabbi Akiva (g
Pizza for 4 with all the toppings - to take away! 2007-05-13 08:26:00 Today the BBC reports:A British climber is in the closing stages of an attempt to set a world record for the highest mobile call.Rod Baber is making final preparations to scale Mount Everest and make the call from its north ridge. What I want to know is whether the pizza place will deliver when he finally makes that call!Someone should tell him that at the time of the tower of Bavel they made a similar attempt to climb to the highest point in the world (and construct the tower that would take them there). They weren't going to make a phone call - they didn't need to, since everyone lived in the same place and spoke the same language - but they wanted to show that their technology was greater than G-d. I hope Mr Baber won't make that mistake, but will realise the wonders of nature and the Creator who made them. It astonishes me that G-d made a human being who is able to live at sea level and is also able to ascend to such heights and breath (just about) and even move around a little Read more:Pizza
Mussar from headphones 2007-06-07 08:25:00 I recently purchased a pair of headphones manufactured by Maxell. They say on the outside of the packaging 'LIFETIME WARANTY'. They look like this, only white and black:This is pretty impressive for fairly cheap headphones, but I was curious as to whose lifetime they were referring to (and how they know I won't pass it on as a yerusha to my children.Luckily all my questions were answered as soon as I opened up the packaging and read the terms of the warranty:Maxell warrants this product to be free from all defects for a period of 90 dys from the date of original purchase. This Warranty does not apply to normal wear or damage due to accident, abnormal use, misuse or neglect...So in fact it must be referring to the lifetime of a geriatric moth. AND this warranty covers neither normal wear and tear, nor abnormal use. Huh??? So what exactly would be covered??Luckily they were cheap, and I didn't expect them to last a lifetime anyway, but it started me thinking about how things appear f
What's worse than Jewish music? 2007-06-07 05:21:00 NOTHING! Not even the original dodgy 70s disco eurovision pop song that it was ripped off from!(I know this is old news, but I thought this edit was well done. The only problem is that I have had this tune in my head for the past 24 hours!!!)And for some real Jewish
music, check out Blog in Dm.Back to the disco:Wikipedia know all about themDschinghis Khan (Pronounced "Jingis" Khan (IPA pronunciation: 'dʒɪŋ.ɪs kaːn)) was a German pop band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.Appearing at the height of the disco boom and following on the heels of other German-produced bands such as Boney M, Arabesque, and Silver Convention, the band achieved wide popularity throughout the world, especially in Europe, Russia, Australia and Japan, though they went wholly unnoticed in the United States. Their songs invariably were themed on histor
Life Coaching and invisible ice cream cones 2007-06-07 01:59:00 Ben Goldfarb is a good friend of mine (it makes me feel very old to think how long I've known him for). And yet he still continues to amaze me. He sits and learns every morning, and is an NLP life coach in the afternoons. He he has worked in the hi-techindustry in Israel. He served in a reserve combat engineering unit of the IDF since 1991 and was transferred to a reserve unit of the IDF's MilitaryIntelligence Branch in 1999.not to mention public speaking trainer, father, and now - comedian! Here is his standup routine on Stimulus Response:Don't press my buttons!!As always, the trick is to translate thoughts into actions. It is all mind over matter (but if I don't mind it doesn't matter).What could be more important in life than a keyboard for pushing your butons? Unless of course it is an invisible
ice cream cone. You can't have anything better than that surely! (Lefty sells one to Ernie in this classic Sesame Street sketch):Watch out for Lenny the Lip and don't drop your invis Read more:cones
Grandma Rose's Song 2007-06-06 17:44:00 I was introducing the kids to the beauty of Simon and Garfunkel last night (my wife went out, and when she isn't at home who knows what may happen!) We listened to a few songs and then I took out the guitar and we tried to sing a few.It seems that whenever I ask another Rabbi if it is permitted to listen to non-Jewish music they tell me that if it is Simon and Garfunkel it is OK. Do they not know of any other bands to give as examples? It doesn't really help me because I am far more likely to listen to Whitesnake or Ozzy than some Jewish boys with acoustic guitars.I remembered that Lazer Beams holds that S&G are really chasidim. Poor things!Emuna is a bridge that takes you over the troubled waters of this perilous earth, and gets you safely to the other side. Two good Jewish boys, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, are really Breslevers at heart, even though they don't yet know it. Such a beautiful melody could only come from the upper portals. I've often sailed through an hour or more Read more:Grandma
Life made simple - simple information for windows 2007-06-06 01:40:00 This programme just made my life a whole lot easier. I bought myself a new computer on my way to England, and now I have the fun job of transferring all the old files and programmes from this to that. Of course I am not clever enough to keep the keys and codes that I need in a safe place. Instead of having to run around the house finding evrything I need, this simple programme showed me everything I will ever need to know about every programme and every password on my computer.System|Information|WindowsI'm sure you would never use this programme for nefarious acts such as illegal copies of software and things. Or stealing passwords. Please don't.But if you have forgotten the password for an internet site, or need to reinstall a programme onto your computer, this little thing gives you all the answers.I know this is well off topic from my normal blogging (don't worry - more to come soon - it seems that people like my ideas of quantum halacha, so hopefully I'll put up some more on th Read more:information
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