tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post2377537599462355518..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Surely Someone was Jesting?ProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-90631103601668954162008-03-30T13:50:00.000-04:002008-03-30T13:50:00.000-04:00Oy. Some of this just goes too far.Oy. Some of this just goes too far.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-11627102241238937832008-03-30T13:06:00.000-04:002008-03-30T13:06:00.000-04:00We go by Blumenkranz book. Saves lots of money for...We go by Blumenkranz book. Saves lots of money for Pesach and has explanations as to why somethings is kosher or not. In addition he always has cute things in there that are fun to read. For example soaking tired feet in tea. Never tried it, though.<BR/><BR/>His how to kosher suggestions are off the wall, sometimes, but then he goes and gives something realistic about the same subject. <BR/><BR/>Here what he said about fish. Fish food is hometz, so you need to empty out your tank completely, wash each and every stone, castle, crevice carefully, and then feed your fish matzah meal only. <BR/><BR/>OR, change water as usual 30 days prior to pasach and make sure your fish is fed only warms.<BR/><BR/>OR, give your fish a 10 day feeder and sell the whole tank.<BR/><BR/>Why did he even bother with the first one? Especially since your fish will die, if you change ALL the water and wash everything in the tank. They do need bacteria in the water to survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-22628508837046522952008-03-30T08:18:00.000-04:002008-03-30T08:18:00.000-04:00Found a great recipe online for homemade dog food ...Found a great recipe online for homemade dog food and substituted whole wheat matza crushed for the wheat in the recipe. No more chometz problem. Our dog must like it because he waits by his bowl and growls if you aren't fast enough in putting the food in. For birds you have a problem I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-56129819887602533352008-03-30T02:43:00.000-04:002008-03-30T02:43:00.000-04:00It can get funny. That's why I wrote how my dog A...It can get funny. That's why I wrote how my dog Awol helped me.<BR/>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/2670Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-71492020428778917222008-03-29T23:14:00.000-04:002008-03-29T23:14:00.000-04:00My mother knew a woman who got divorced because of...My mother knew a woman who got divorced because of the way her husband treated her. One incident I can't forget is that he decided one year that she had to scrub the driveway on hands and knees before Pesach; she was 8 months pregnant. I suppose it would have been bittul Torah for him to do it.<BR/><BR/>I have seen water with a hechsher, as well as paper goods of all kinds.<BR/><BR/>When my oldest was in kindergarten he carefully explained to me how he learned that every thing needs a pesach hechsher, and proceeded to grill me about a banana.<BR/><BR/>I can see the pet food problem. Most pet food contains chametz, and we have had trouble keep rodents healthy over Pesach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-55989539662585926482008-03-29T21:35:00.000-04:002008-03-29T21:35:00.000-04:00There has been kosher L'Pesach Pet foods for a lo...There has been kosher L'Pesach Pet foods for a long time now (over 10 years) both in Israel and the US.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050726600713409716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-36864037055254521842008-03-28T15:05:00.000-04:002008-03-28T15:05:00.000-04:00We were at someones home for lunch one Shabbos aft...We were at someones home for lunch one Shabbos after Sukkos and a few bochrim who were there were seriously talking about marketing kosher for Pesach pet foods, since they seem to present a problem. They figured they could probably make enough money not to have to really work the rest of the year. I looked now to see if they actually went through with it and I don't see anything, but I really would have loved to see which rav was going to put his name on Kitty litter and Little Friskies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-43303793173380502722008-03-28T14:38:00.000-04:002008-03-28T14:38:00.000-04:00What we'll do is ignore such people and live authe...What we'll do is ignore such people and live authentic Jewish lives as opposed to 'heimishe' lives...<BR/><BR/>Actually, I think things are going in the opposite direction (in some circles) now that R' Blumenkrantz a'h is no longer writing Pesach books. The OU has said things like shampoo and washing detergent can be used without a Pescah hechsher even if they contain chometz...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-6986924912917665632008-03-28T14:13:00.000-04:002008-03-28T14:13:00.000-04:00Well, my husbands works with Bobov guy who says th...Well, my husbands works with Bobov guy who says that fish is not kosher for Pesach because you don't know what that fish just ate. He claim that this particular mishigus (my word not his) came from Europe. It is the same guy who doesn't eat garlic on Pesach, because in the old country they used to store garlic together with hametz to survive a winter.<BR/><BR/>As far as toilet paper hachshar is concerned, there are people who insist on having hechsher on everything, this way they don't have to think. By everything they include apples, potatos and so on. I actually heard them say it. No embarrasement either. They did not see anything wrong with that statement.<BR/><BR/>And since we know that there is a market for all kinds of idiots, then someone takes adventage of it and markets it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-86328563285221759822008-03-28T13:30:00.000-04:002008-03-28T13:30:00.000-04:00Well, you know here, they have poseked that the ta...Well, you know here, they have poseked that the tap water is not kosher l'pesach. Because people throw bread into the Kineret on Rosh Hashanah. Hello! The fishies eat the bread! And the water is filtered! <BR/><BR/>Wait....that means...fish is no longer kosher l'pesach. Bye bye gefilte fish.Gilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246089571573457394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-9276989163809696782008-03-28T13:00:00.000-04:002008-03-28T13:00:00.000-04:00Litvak,In Williamsburg what else could it be but a...Litvak,<BR/>In Williamsburg what else could it be but a heimishe hechsher? For sure it wasn't the OU. My dad only bought the paper so he could bring it to show us and so he could then explain that there are real differences between halacha, chumra and just plain craziness.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-3433526119288359312008-03-28T12:49:00.000-04:002008-03-28T12:49:00.000-04:00So that really happened, it's not just an apocryph...So that really happened, it's not just an apocryphal story, huh? <BR/><BR/>Let me guess. <BR/><BR/>I bet it was a 'heimishe hechsher' too ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-16203409661133447852008-03-28T11:37:00.000-04:002008-03-28T11:37:00.000-04:00I draw the line at toilet paper. Can just see one ...I draw the line at toilet paper. Can just see one rav arguing that brand X is more kosher then brand Z. Then another rav would get into it and say that both the others are wrong and only the MO use X or Z--only brand Q is acceptable for truly frum people. And then the machlokes will bubble over and someone will write a kol koreh banning one brand as not being in keeping with the kedusha of am yisroel. Come to think about it, there are already a lot of those "toilet paper" issues already out there.<BR/><BR/>I suggest opening a window in the bathroom if the fumes are affecting you this badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com