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@shevereshtus The minyan I daven at that has the longest Shacharit (30 minutes until Yishtabach) has the least amount of phone usage. When you show you care about davening people will follow.

I want a shul and a Beit Medrash where no one takes out their phone at any point. Is that so much to ask?

@NhavsMaimonides Must've missed this in the Moreh

To be a Jew is to be constantly annoyed by other Jews

@JYuter How would it work even if you got consensus? Do any Rabbis claim to know how to interpret biblical law with the 13 middot? Or would it continue to rule solely on the law as established by the Mishna/Gemara?

The simplest reason why it's impossible to reconstitute a Sanhedrin is that there's zero chance of any sort of consensus on its legitimacy. One group won't accept it if certain people are included, while others won't accept it if those same people are excluded.

@isaacson You enjoy learning Tanakh.

Was given a compliment from a business associate that went straight to my head. Pls help me un-gaivah myself

@FrumTikTok @JewishChron Where's @ShimmyGoodman ?

The King of England received a fresh Challah during his visit to the Orthodox Jewish community of Golders Green. Credit: @JewishChron

This would've been a game changer in Tianamen Square

Psychological warfare. Can't sleep and can't throw out your trash without trembling in fear of a rabid cat leaping out at you.

@DBashIdeas Yes: They can't handle my fabulousness.

Do most of your enemies hate you for more or less the same reason?

@realrabbilinda Was it wearing a velvet or knitted kippah?

I’m an Israeli Dog Rape Victim and Survivor ASK ME ANYTHING

@JMMusings Worth it if your wife stops driving you crazy

Turns out that in order to be approved to buy a house in the new chassidishe community Lakefront Estates in Okeechobee your wife can't drive.

My boxing match:

@minhagim You're slowly transforming into George Costanza

I’m driving now and a raven that is very obviously injured and can’t fly, is hopping across the street and I slammed on my brakes to avoid hitting it. The birds are conspiring against me.

@minhagim @elonmusk Better grab one of these if you want any hope x.com/i/status/20539…

.@elonmusk You announced Project Highland as soon as I bought my second Model 3. Because of that, I have negative equity of 10K. First M3 had 100K miles, this one has 85K. I want a Model Y so I can fit my bike in the back. Can you pls waive the negative equity on trade-in?

@JelinShlomo @artscroll Nah. But either way I don't need the book

@WiseAssOTHill @artscroll Yes

Comment KOHANIM Free ArtScroll Bircas Kohanim! Unlock the Brachah! With Shavuos approaching, learn how to tap into one of the biggest and most effective segulos! Marbitzei Torah (thanks to an anonymous donor) will be distributing, for free, the ArtScroll Birchas Kohanim Sefer

@JelinShlomo @artscroll את־הַבְּרָכָה אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְעו ּ אֶל־מִצְוֹת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוה אתְכֶם הַיּוֹם So every mitzvah is "seguloh" to "unlock Bracha"?

@WiseAssOTHill @artscroll ושמו את שמי על בני ישראל ואני אברכם It's in the book

@NhavsMaimonides Uh oh @IsqaDeQofaya

Evolution tells us we are cousins to the chimpanzee. Religion tells us we are commanded to be more than chimpanzees. If the two come into conflict for you, you have already rejected that command.

@DBashIdeas Do we know if the ice cream was pareve?

HUC, the reform rabbinical school, ordained its last class of 4 students. Its first class was also 4 students. End of an era for American Judaism. The 1883 ordination ceremony became known as the “trayfe banquet.” A few walked out—starting JTS and the Conservative Movement.

@RationalSettler Sincere Q: Do you think Chareidi leaders view that as part of their responsibility? As far as I could tell that leadership style has been dead since the Haskalah.

Rabbis Boycotting Kosher Restaurants Recently, Two rabbis from the Lakewood/Toms River area signed and distributed a letter to their communities strongly recommending that community members not patronize a kosher restaurant. They wrote that teens from the community are apparently hanging out at the restaurant at late hours, and their behavior doesn’t reflect the values the rabbis want in their communities. My son and I recently went out to get something to eat in Jerusalem and were surprised to see a scoreboard sized letter posted on an apartment building across from the restaurant we were planning on visiting. It was a letter signed by a few local Jerusalem Rabbis urging people not to patronize restaurants for the same reason the Lakewood Rabbis urged their community not to patronize a restaurant. My son lives in the Haredi world and is more familiar with their community’s issues. He explained that there are Haredi teenagers who don’t spend every waking minute in the Beit Medrash, and are considered “off the derech.” These teens hangout late at night at restaurants. The Rabbis want the restaurants to close early so the teens won’t hang out there late at night. The Rabbis are concerned other teens will see them and follow their example. My son and I had a discussion about the best way to handle the situation. He suggested the Rabbis send “cooler” Rabbis to the restaurants late at night to talk kindly to the teenagers and draw them into the Torah. Our discussion led to the responsibilities of leaders to worry about all members of the community but especially those struggling with communal norms. It’s easy to close ranks and shun those off the path, but it’s the community’s responsibility to draw them in with love.

@LahavHarkov @DBashIdeas Mazal Tov!

In the last half hour of Mother’s Day, I received a gift that can’t be topped: A healthy baby girl. I’ll be spending the next few months getting to know her.