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Yom Tov Dishes & Menus :: RE: Imitation dairy recipes for Shavous

Author: atlastamom
Subject: re: Imitation dairy recipes for Shavous
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:58 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 10

Btzimtzim, can you please post that pareve pizza sticks recipe?
dh is lactose intolerant and i am always looking for new pareve things...
tia!
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Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: mimivan
Subject: re: How often do you wash tzitzis?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:57 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

it sounds LIke some ladies hand wash and some launder...

which is better?

Judaism :: RE: Perek Shirah Questions

Author: Debbie
Subject: Re: Perek Shirah Questions
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:56 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1

amother wrote:

I have been saying Perek Shirah but I do have some questions, I would love some feedback:

1. why 84 animals? why not more or less?
2. who wrote Perek Shirah?
3. why these specific animals, why these specific animals with their specific song?
4. why isnt the spider included- or other animals?

Thank you!!!

The spider is included;it's in perek revi.
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The Social Scene :: RE: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!

Author: amother
Subject: Re: re: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:55 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 345

amother wrote:

GAMZu wrote:

Mishie wrote:

I've already PMed Louch about this....
But, I think that Louch and Chen are the same person!!!!!!!
Their style of writing is SO similar, isn't it??

Yeah, I thought of that a while ago, too. (I think I posted this thought on one thread or another...)

So, louche, do you have anything to say in your defense??

hey hold on everybody. let's give louche her privacy, before she disappears like chen did. I don't know if I could get over that...

I'm so glad someone else said this as well. I'm not louche and I'm not chen but I understand what it means to desire a little privacy. Leave them alone already. Its really not fair to do what you ladies are doing.

School age children :: RE: "party" ideas for 9-10 yr old girls?

Author: Squash
Subject: re: "party" ideas for 9-10 yr old girls?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:55 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 6

my dd went to a bday party sunday where they painted cheap cardboard picture frames and then got some decals to glue on.

pop some popcorn. thread a needle with a long piece of thread and then make popcorn necklaces. i remember doing that on my own when i was about that age and a friend came over. not fancy. really cheapo. fun.

Inquiries & Offers :: RE: looking for a maternity gown

Author: Maya
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:54 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 5

It can fit sizes 4-8 at least, maybe even 10, depending on how you carry. It's a dark beige straight gown, with rows of lace starting a bit under the bust down till the floor.

I can get a picture of it shortly.

If anyone is interested in it, I will put it in the Classifieds section.
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Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Can you name the Sheva Mitzvos B'nei Noach?

Author: Crayon210
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:53 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 9

Someone once told me that sometimes the process is too quick and they do start cutting up the animal before it's fully slaughtered.
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School age children :: RE: "party" ideas for 9-10 yr old girls?

Author: la456
Subject: re: "party" ideas for 9-10 yr old girls?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:51 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 6

a craft is great. go to oriental trading.com they have many decorate -able items, lots of fun!
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Chinuch / Education :: RE: Chinuch issues with making Aliya

Author: Imaonwheels
Subject: re: Chinuch issues with making Aliya
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:50 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 45

And Ora, as a chareidi who lives in a mixed Torani community it is not easy and I don't think I would do it over again if possible.
Here are the problems:
1. The most Torani communities I have seen do not forbid mixed projects or socializing. For a long time the madrich for the boys here was under the comunarit of the snif.
2. Peer pressure to yes do army or sherut leumi.
3. Allowing any missed learning time at all for things like demonstration. Politics in the school system.
4, Talmud Torah, yeshiva katana and kollel are frowned on as much as school, yeshiva tichonit, army or sherut and working are in some charedi circles.
5. There are many hashkafa differences. The need to learn Eretz Israel, which is already ingrained, hard wired in yishuv kids instead of working on the weaker areas like tznius, derech eretz, tzitzit, learning and c"v yirat shamayim.
6. The prominence of the snif which puts gibush chevrati above gibush mishpachti. My dd was our first madricha in Ariel in our yishuv. They had to do all kinds of political stuff but she was not allowed to make any peulot discussing tzniut or other specific mitzvah.
7. The Torani schools don't really want charedim. My ds was told by a teacher in Elon More, "We don't want dosim here". Kids and teachers have always made my kids feel like outsiders because they sometimes dress differently and go to different schools. Another of my sons was punished for being the only kid in the yishuv in the cheder (and having one of the parents who started it) by being denied marching in a yishuv parade when he was only 3. The only kid not allowed.

The truth is that the Torani communities are very tolerant and patient with those weaker but have a very low tolerance for those who are charedi. In fact, out of ignorance I always berated myself that we are closed and insular until I went to the yishuv. Then I learned that some shtarker DL are more closed than Satmar. A few royal families married to each other. The school problem is exactly the same as for charedim. A kid may want more Torah, more spirituality but there is no school for him because it is more important that the school be mamad than the right school for my kids.
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Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: GAMZu
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:48 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

DH hand washes his tzitzis once a week.
My son's tzitzis I wash every 3-4 days of wear, usually when the other pair comes out of the laundry, so he can always have a pair available.
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Miscellaneous :: RE: can i freeze cooked franks in a blanket?

Author: B'tzimtzim
Subject: re: can i freeze cooked franks in a blanket?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:45 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1

Sure can. I do it all the time.

Inquiries & Offers :: RE: looking for a maternity gown

Author: koolmother
Subject: re: looking for a maternity gown
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:43 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 5

maya what size style is it? do you have a picture?

The Social Scene :: RE: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!

Author: Maya
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:40 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 345

downsyndrome wrote:

mom7270 wrote:

I second maya and mama bear

I know them both; you gotta' see 'em both to understand why I am so amused. They ARE both such wonderful women, so strong-minded, yet so, so different!

We are quite different, but I'm still flattered.
Also, am I the only one who doesn't find Clarissa and Cassandra to be so similar? And their signatures tell us exactly why!
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Yom Tov Dishes & Menus :: RE: Imitation dairy recipes for Shavous

Author: B'tzimtzim
Subject: re: Imitation dairy recipes for Shavous
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:39 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 10

It may not fullfill the inyan of eating dairy, but it definately gives the chag more of a Shavous 'flavor'. Dh holds that he must eat meat for every Yom Tov meal. So we usally have a milchig appetizer for one meal (to make me happy) and the rest is fleishig. But that doesn't mean that I don't try my best to have everything in the spirit of Shavous. Here is a pareve "Milchig" lukshin Kugel that I just love. It's expensive and fattening, so I only make it once a year, for Shavous.

1 lb. fine Noodles, cooked and drained
6 Eggs, beaten with a fork
2 sticks Margarine, melted
8 oz. plain pareve Toffuti cream cheese
2 cups pareve sour cream
1 cup Sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla

Topping:
1 cup Cornflake Crumbs
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon

Starting with the eggs, combine all kugel ingredients, aside for noodles, in a mixer. Add the noodles by hand. Pour into a 9x13 pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over kugel. Bake for 1 hour at 350.

I also make pareve cheese cake, and whatever else I can find that has a 'milchig taam'. I have a recipe for pareve pizza sticks (no fake cheese - just tomato sauce and whatever else) that is supposed to be good, but I have never had a chance to make them yet.

Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: koolmother
Subject: re: How often do you wash tzitzis?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:38 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

i wash my son whos 5 tzitzis after he wears them when he takes them off they go straight into the laundry along with everything else he is wearing.
my husband i wash whenever he decides to put them in the laundry and once in a while is when i see them on the dresser at night i put them in the laundry.

Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: Mrs. XYZ
Subject: Re: re: How often do you wash tzitzis?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:38 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

newima wrote:

I finally washed a whole bunch of dh's tzitzis when I realized he was going to the dirty pile to find a "clean" pair.

wow, how many tzitzis does he have? My dh only has one shabbos, one weekday, and one spare (for when I wash). He only wears the woolen ones though.

Miscellaneous :: can i freeze cooked franks in a blanket?

Author: yo'ma
Subject: can i freeze cooked franks in a blanket?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:34 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1

I hate cooking (no matter how easy) for my kids. I made franks in a blanket obviously and one kid had 2, 2 kids had 1, and the other had 1/2. THEY LIKE IT!!! Now I have more than 1/2 leftover (my dh and I are having chicken) and want to know if I can freeze them. TIA

The Social Scene :: RE: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!

Author: wif
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:34 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 345

GAMZu wrote:

wif and miriamf and mamacita

Am quite flattered. First of all to be even mentioned when I have been absent for a while, and second to be compared to well-written and level-headed people such as Miriamf and mamacita! It's--well--gosh, I'm all choked up.

But what else can we expect from GAMZu, Spreme Ruler of the Universe?
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Chinuch / Education :: RE: Chinuch issues with making Aliya

Author: Imaonwheels
Subject: re: Chinuch issues with making Aliya
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:28 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 45

Also, if you are planning aliya include the kids from day one in your ideals, excitement. My dd was only 6 mos old when we arrived and I never spoke to her in English when alone with her from the day she was born. There was no doubt about aliya and it was a deal breaker from the moment I became interested in dating. Of course, my boys were born here and we speak Hebrew in the house all of the time.

My nephew was brought to us at age 6 and he just turned 15. His adjustment has been difficulted, but obviously for personal and not aliya reasons. His father just visited him for the first time in nine years. They were strangers. The father tried hard to convince him to leave us and Israel to live a frei life among goyim in the states. A lot more freedom at an age where he wishes we would give it to him. He said he would want to visit only if he can come back. He is Israeli through and through.

All teenagers go on a journey uniquely their own at some point and part of that is testing the world outside of what they were taught at home and school. The length of this little journey and how far from home they get depends on us. If we gave uncompromising values in important issues, were good examples and come from a place of what is good for them as opposed to what we want or what people will say then the worse they will do is maybe join another hashkafa. Big deal. I have a Lityvishe dd and a DL ds. They fit in with the rest of us, who are Chabad without problem. They also don't spit into the well they drank from. They show highest respect to the Rebbe and their brothers' minhagim.

I have been a mashpia to teenagers and it is obvious that the touchy feely walking on eggshells is causing more of them to go off than strictness. The kids want to do the right thing. If their parents are sure then they will follow them, if the parents are not consistant or wishy washy they will look for someone who is sure in his derech. There is no promise that person will be someone we want influencing our children.
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Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: newima
Subject: re: How often do you wash tzitzis?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:20 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

I finally washed a whole bunch of dh's tzitzis when I realized he was going to the dirty pile to find a "clean" pair.

Salads & Dips :: RE: terra chip salad

Author: greeneyes
Subject: re: terra chip salad
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:18 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1

Do you have Kosher Palate? There's a terra chip salad in that cookbook. I was actually directed to that recipe by Lani22, & I've been making it ever since. (Thanks, Lani!) I usually make the salad with romaine lettuce, avacado, different colored peppers, terra chips or sticks & I use the dressing from the kosher palate.

If you don't have the cookbook, I can gladly type out the recipe for you.

Here's a link to the other thread:
http://www.imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35848&highlight=

Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: mimivan
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:15 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

chocolate moose wrote:

you have to wash tzitis ?

Wow, you ladies are making me feel much better.

The Social Scene :: RE: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!

Author: TzenaRena
Subject: Re: re: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:12 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 345

Mrs. XYZ wrote:

Sarahd and tzenarena

Y, thanks, Mrs. XYZ, I'm sincerely touched. sarahd is one levelheaded person, besides all her other maalos.
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Vacation and Traveling :: RE: Did anyone here fly Spirit?

Author: Mrs. Mommy
Subject: Re: re: Did anyone here fly Spirit?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:11 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 24

pinkbubbles wrote:

I went on a Spirit flight once a couple of years ago, and swore never to do it again. The staff was rude and the plane felt like it was falling apart. It was from NY- FL.

i had a very simialr experience, also from NY-FL. it was terrible. i usually go jetblue but the tickets were so much cheaper there that i booked it. i rather pay $100 more per ticket and go jetblue. it was so bad. I truly hope you have a better experience than i did.

Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Noahides believing in Yoshke?

Author: mimivan
Subject: re: noahide posts
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:10 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 9

justaonthermother...

I'm curious to hear what you have to say...you don't have to bite your tongue...why would it get deleted if it isn't a personal attack (Not that you would do such a thing) You can pm me if you want...too much suspense for me !

Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: chocolate moose
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:08 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

you have to wash tzitis ?
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Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Noahides believing in Yoshke?

Author: justanothermother
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:08 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 9

OOOHHH. I have things I want to say but I would get deleted in no time, so I'll bite my tongue here. Ouch.

Chit Chat :: RE: I made challah for the first time today!!

Author: MrsLeo
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:06 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 18

chocolate moose wrote:

anonymous amother, no one knows you or your background if you post like that.

anyway, I never heard anyoen poskening like that.

I'm the amother. I dunno why i decided to post amother.
If you read my post its says:

Quote:

...but that doesnt apply these days. My teacher specifically made a point to say "has anyone ever heard of that?" and noone did to prove that it doesnt exist today anymore.

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Vacation and Traveling :: RE: Did anyone here fly Spirit?

Author: yentaof8
Subject: re: Did anyone here fly Spirit?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:05 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 24

We didn't get that special (too bad) but our fares were decent - maybe 350 but for cross-country, I think that's not bad. It was fun!!

Chit Chat :: RE: I made challah for the first time today!!

Author: chocolate moose
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:05 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 18

that's what i meant.

if someone i knew like TR posted that, it'd be something else.
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The Social Scene :: RE: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!

Author: amother
Subject: Re: re: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:04 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 345

GAMZu wrote:

Mishie wrote:

I've already PMed Louch about this....
But, I think that Louch and Chen are the same person!!!!!!!
Their style of writing is SO similar, isn't it??

Yeah, I thought of that a while ago, too. (I think I posted this thought on one thread or another...)

So, louche, do you have anything to say in your defense??

hey hold on everybody. let's give louche her privacy, before she disappears like chen did. I don't know if I could get over that...

Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Noahides believing in Yoshke?

Author: mimivan
Subject: re: Noahides believing in Yoshke?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 5:02 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 9

I understand why this thread was split...but my answer is different from the title....the Rabbi was talking about NON-JEWS (non Noahides) believing in Yoshke...I think with Noahides, one should not believe in Yoshke...I would need to ask the Rabbi about this to clarify...

All he was saying is those who believe in Yoshke as an intermediary but not as Gd (a non-Jew) is not committing avodas zarah...but I think one who commits himself to being a Noahide is on a higher standard and more is expected. They should be more machmir in distancing themselves from a.z by not believing in Yoshke at all...and they should believe in the Jewish messiah...

I think so but am not an expert in these matters.

Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: ChossidMom
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:58 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

mummy-bh wrote:

Not as often as I should!!

Took the words right out of my mouth!
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Chit Chat :: RE: I made challah for the first time today!!

Author: amother
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:58 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 18

chocolate moose wrote:

anonymous amother, no one knows you or your background if you post like that.

anyway, I never heard anyoen poskening like that.

This is straight Rashi. See Rashi on Bereishis 18:8. CM is correct in that lemaysa we do not hold like this today (see Bava Metziah 87a). Avraham Avinu was makpid for himself.

Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Noahides believing in Yoshke?

Author: ChossidMom
Subject: re: Difference between Jewish marriages and others?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:57 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 9

I told her she doesn't have to keep all kinds of jewish laws. She just keeps saying how much she loves God and wants to do stuff for Him. It's not really a sukka anyway. It's just a tent. She really is a special person.
Thanks for the Yoshke as Messiah update...
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Parenting our children :: RE: Anyone Read:"I Was Really a Good Mom Before I Had Kids&

Author: littles
Subject: re: Anyone Read:"I Was Really a Good Mom Before I Had K
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:57 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1

I heard about this book and was thinking of reading it too. Please give me more info on it. I'd also like to hear from others that have read it as well. Can I just ask why you are anon, though?

Cleaning & Laundry :: RE: How often do you wash tzitzis?

Author: yo'ma
Subject: Re: re: How often do you wash tzitzis?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:54 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

mummiedearest wrote:

when my dh starts having to look for his tzitzis in the morning for more than 30 seconds

Chit Chat :: RE: I made challah for the first time today!!

Author: Crayon210
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:53 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 18

What does her background have to do with her post?

She just said that no one paskens that way. Did you read her post?
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Cakes, Cookies, and Muffins :: RE: Cake recipe that doesn't need mixer?

Author: chocolate moose
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:52 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

unless you're separatin eggs, you don't reallyneed a mixer at all.
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Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Noahides believing in Yoshke?

Author: mimivan
Subject: Re: re: Difference between Jewish marriages and others?
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:52 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 9

ChossidMom wrote:

Tehilla,
My friend doesn't believe in the holy trinity garbage. She believes in one God. She just believes that the Messiah has been here already and will come again. Is this assur for Noachides?

I went to a shiur in which the Rabbi was talking about the 7 noahide laws. he said the non-jews can believe in Yoshke as an intermediary, as long as they don't believe he is G-d. (Ideally, Noahide should not believe in Yoske at all, but he said a gentile who believes in Yoshke as a prophet or a messiah is not guilty of avodas zara if they seperate that from G-d)

If they pray in a church they should not have any images of him or bow down to any pictures or statues.

Chossidmom...I think your non-Jewish friend "celebrates" Succos because it is written that all non-Jews will bring sacrifices (and did) during Succos...but living in the Succa is OUR mitzvah (I know she means well, but...)

Chit Chat :: RE: I made challah for the first time today!!

Author: chocolate moose
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:52 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 18

anonymous amother, no one knows you or your background if you post like that.

anyway, i never heard anyoen poskening like that.
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Inquiries & Offers :: RE: need ride with woman from baltimore to DC

Author: chocolate moose
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:50 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 2

amtrack also goes
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The Social Scene :: RE: Pairing up posters who you find similar!!!

Author: ChossidMom
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:48 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 345

downsyndrome wrote:

GAMZu wrote:

Dunno if it's been said, but...

downsyndrome and chosidmom

Yay!!! Another shining medal which I will pin to my heart and memory.

Waitaminute! You stole my line!
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Inquiries & Offers :: RE: need ride with woman from baltimore to DC

Author: btMOMtoFFBs
Subject: re: need ride with woman from baltimore to DC
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:48 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 2

maybe look on luach.com for rides, too

Chit Chat :: RE: I made challah for the first time today!!

Author: amother
Subject: Re: re: I made challah for the first time today!!
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:44 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 18

Rosycheeks wrote:

she wasnt very specific, just said she heard something like it. Something about being "tumah" and challah.
I dont want this turning into a circus, If anybody has something normal to say, say it. If you just want to bash about one thing or another, this is not the thread for it.

I learned in high school that in the time of Avrohom Avinu, Sarah was not allowed to bake because she was "tameh" so that's why Avrohom prepared the food for the malochim but that doesnt apply these days. My teacher specifically made a point to say "has anyone ever heard of that?" and noone did to prove that it doesnt exist today anymore.

Cakes, Cookies, and Muffins :: RE: Cake recipe that doesn't need mixer?

Author: greenfire
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:43 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

didn't read above ... but here is how you do it

in one bowl you mix all the dry ingredients

in another all the wet ... then mix together

how do you think they made em before mixers ...

Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Saying Tehillim - Questions...

Author: mimivan
Subject: Re: re: Saying Tehillim - Questions...
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:39 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 10

ora_43 wrote:

I think hardly anyone fully understands the meaning in Hebrew. I speak Hebrew and I still don't understand many words, the wording is very complex.

Still, from what I've heard it's best to say it in Hebrew. I recommend an interlinear translation (ie w/the translation for each Hebrew word written directly below the word), that way you can say it in Hebrew while reading + understanding in English (or modern Hebrew, or whatever other language).

I say prayers for individuals after saying tehilim. I have an artscroll Tehillim w/prayers in the back, so I just use that. That's probably one of those things that depend on minhag, though.

Yes, my dh is Israeli and said " Do you think we understand every word of what we are saying?"

Inquiries & Offers :: need ride with woman from baltimore to DC

Author: amother
Subject: need ride with woman from baltimore to DC
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:38 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 2

I am starting a new position at my company which requires me to be in DC 2X a week, and the other two days I can stay in the Baltimore office. I am trying to figure out how I will get to DC. Ideally, I want to try to find a ride, and my Rav suggested that it's best to find a ride with another woman, as opposed to carpooling with a man. a As of now, the days that I go to DC are flexible. Anyone know of any women who drive to DC a few days a week for work? Even a ride onw way would be okay. My job is near the Foggy Bottom metro station--- even to be dropped off at the red line in silver spring would be a good deal.

I don't want to take the Marc train because:

1) Parking at Penn station in baltimore is $$, in addition to the train ticket.
2) Free parking at west baltimore is kind of scary. Anyone want to meet for coffee in Mondowamin?

Halachic Questions and Discussions :: RE: Saying Tehillim - Questions...

Author: mimivan
Subject: Re: re: Saying Tehillim - Questions...
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:38 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 10

TzenaRena wrote:

grin wrote:

god Q. All I know is a story of the Tzemach Tzedek's mother (I think - TzenaRena, please correct me if I'm wrong) who said Tehilim in broken Hebrew - she couldn't even read it properly, let alone understand - and the Rebbe said that her Tehilim was what kept him safe thruout his travels in S. Peterburg trying to abolish the Czar's decrees against the Jews.

It is about the Tzemach Tzedek's Rebbetzin. I don't think it was "broken" Hebrew, but with mistakes.

She once asked one of her sons why, when she has been saying Tehillim for so many years, she doesn't know it by heart? Her son told her: it's because you make different mistakes each time you say it,(ie. she is saying something diffferent each time... no wonder she doesn't know it by heart.)

It grieved the Rebbetzin that she had said the holy verses incorrectly, and she asked her husband, the Rebbe for a tikkun. The Tzemach Tzedek understood that it was because of what the son had told her. He called that son over, and told him that it was his mother's Tehillim which had protected him, the Tzemach Tzedek from the antagonism and hostility of the government, when he was in Petersburg, working to annul the harsh decrees against the Jews (the Tzemach Tzedek was charged, arrested and endangered numerous times),

and that he should ask his mother for mechilla.

I love this story

Cakes, Cookies, and Muffins :: RE: Cake recipe that doesn't need mixer?

Author: Crayon210
Posted: Mon, May 12 2008, 4:36 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11

Spice and Spirit has a cinnamon crumb cake that (I think) doesn't call for a mixer.
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