1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/mail-jewish February 2007 2 374 30_mail-jewish Vol. 53 #94 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:16:04 -0500449_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 53 Number 94 Produced: Thu Feb 1 6:16:04 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Eilat not Halachikly Israel? [Stu Pilichowski] Illusion and not Magic? [Michael Gerver] Medical Equipment Shaila [Dr. Josh Backon] Medical Ethics [Carl Singer] School admission standards [Leah Aharoni] Speaking in Shul (5) [Shayna Kravetz, FriedmanJ@aol.com, Harlan Braude, Andy Goldfinger, Carl Singer] [...] 377 395 30_mail-jewish Vol. 53 #95 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:15:50 -0500576_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 53 Number 95 Produced: Thu Feb 1 20:15:49 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Back to the back of the bus [SBA] Guterman survey [Art Werschulz] Heter Meah Rabbanim [Meir Shinnar] Modesty Edict [Orrin Tilevitz] more on seperate seating [Menashe Elyashiv] Smoking [Alex Heppenheimer] Talmidei chachamim increase peace ? [Heshy Summer] Those bad, bad Charedim [Janice Gelb] tlush - etymology [David Curwin] Tzvi Dovid ben Avigayil Aviva [Rabbi Meir Wise] Update on separate seating buses in Israel [Sarah Beck] [...] 773 357 30_mail-jewish Vol. 53 #96 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Fri, 2 Feb 2007 05:59:13 -0500408_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 53 Number 96 Produced: Fri Feb 2 5:59:13 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

ATID Fellows -- Apply Now [Jeffrey Saks] Eilat not Halachikly Israel (10) [Menashe Elyashiv, Yisrael Medad, Tzvi Stein, Akiva Miller, David E Cohen, Stu Pilichowski, David E Cohen, Harold Greenberg, Emmanuel Ifrah, Ariel Ozick] Learn to Lein [Mordechai Horowitz] [...] 1131 328 30_mail-jewish Vol. 53 #97 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Fri, 2 Feb 2007 06:13:03 -0500398_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 53 Number 97 Produced: Fri Feb 2 6:13:03 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Drug use and other problems in the frum community (2) [Carl Singer, Yeshaya Halevi] Ketuba [Chana Luntz] A question of applying / comparing ethics with halacha [Carl Singer] School admission standards [Tzvi Stein] Traif Cheese Pierogen [Orrin Tilevitz] [...] 1460 367 30_mail-jewish Vol. 53 #98 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:44:52 -0500405_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 53 Number 98 Produced: Wed Feb 7 5:44:52 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Drug abuse in the frum community [Jonathan Baker] Heter Meah Rabbanim (2) [Meir Shinnar, Joseph Ginzberg] Speaking in Shul [Daniel Geretz] Talking in Shul (4) [Joshua Goldmeier, Martin Stern, Orrin Tilevitz, Eitan Fiorino] Traif Cheese Pierogen [Martin Stern] [...] 1828 386 30_mail-jewish Vol. 53 #99 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 7 Feb 2007 06:02:42 -0500568_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 53 Number 99 Produced: Wed Feb 7 6:02:42 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Drug abuse in the frum community [Frank Reiss] Eilat not Halakhically Israel (4) [Yisrael Medad, Daniel Geretz, Ira Bauman, Rabbi Wise] A question of applying / comparing ethics with halacha [Michael Rogovin] Rav Kook on "talmidei chachamim marbim shalom" [Yakir] School Admissions [Yakir] Traif Cheese Pierogen [Harry Weiss] Two Sedarim in Turkey (4) [Binyomin Segal, Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz, Leah Aharoni, Martin Stern] [...] 2215 262 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #00 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Wed, 7 Feb 2007 06:25:41 -0500705_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 00 Produced: Wed Feb 7 6:25:41 EST 2007



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Administrivia [Avi Feldblum]



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From: Avi Feldblum Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 06:21:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: Administrivia

Hello and welcome to volume 54!

We have come once more to issue 99, so it is time to roll the volume number from v53 to v54 and start again. As is my custom at times at this point, I include here the standard Welcome message that all new readers receive when they join the list. This covers a number of points related [...] 2478 388 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #01 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:02:59 -0500424_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 01 Produced: Thu Feb 8 6:02:59 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Back to the back of the bus (4) [SBA, SBA, Mordechai Horowitz, Lawrence Feldman] Chareidim and Drug Problems [Andy Goldfinger] Drug abuse in the frum community [Carl Singer] Jim Crow and Israeli buses [Tzvi Stein] Spitting [E Sherer] update to the bus beating story [Tzvi Stein] [...] 2867 388 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #02 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Fri, 9 Feb 2007 05:20:45 -0500579_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 02 Produced: Fri Feb 9 5:20:45 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Drug abuse in the frum community [Jonathan Baker] Eilat not Halakhically Israel [Jacob Sasson] Mirrors and teeth in babies [Nachman Yaakov Ziskind] Muzinka [Joel Rich] Purim and History [Lisa Liel] Rabbi Jacob Kret, zt"l [Orrin Tilevitz] Talking during Davening [skyesyx@aol.com] Talking in shul [Joel Rich] True smicha [Joel Rich] update to the bus beating story [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Vomitting and Bentsching [Baruch C. Cohen] [...] 3256 363 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #03 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM30_Fri, 9 Feb 2007 05:47:06 -0500396_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 03 Produced: Fri Feb 9 5:47:06 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Back of the Bus [Perets Mett] Back to the back of the bus [Janice Gelb] Drug abuse in the frum community [Russell J Hendel] School Admissions (2) [Tzvi Stein, David Greenberg] Speaking in Shul [Russell J Hendel] Traif Cheese Pierogen [Orrin Tilevitz] [...] 3620 302 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #04 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:12:53 -0500732_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 04 Produced: Mon Feb 12 22:12:53 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Drug abuse in the frum community [Izzy]



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From: Izzy Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:21:00 Subject: Re: Drug abuse in the frum community

I am an alcoholic and an Orthodox Jew.

Russell J Hendel makes a number of good points that illustrate why so few Orthodox Jews become alcoholics and drug addicts in comparison to the general population, but while he comes close to a solution, he misses the mark slightly. Secondly, the strong Jewish prohibitions against drinking seem [...] 3923 360 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #05 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:24:10 -0500486_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 05 Produced: Mon Feb 12 22:24:10 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

'bentsh'ing over mon [Perets Mett] Drug abuse (and depression) in the frum community [Michael Gerver] Drug Abuse in the Frum Community [Carolynn Feldblum] Personal Additions to Prayers [Martin Stern] Purim and History [Ben Katz] Retroactive Get Annullment [Joseph Kaplan] Smoking again [Arnie Kuzmack] Traif Cheese Pierogen [Martin Stern] [...] 4284 388 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #06 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:20:55 -0500699_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 06 Produced: Tue Feb 13 5:20:55 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Personal Prayers [Shoshana L. Boublil] Talking in Shul (4) [Akiva Miller, Carl Singer, Martin Stern, Gershon Dubin]



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From: Shoshana L. Boublil Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:13:36 +0200 Subject: Personal Prayers

As an Orthodox Jewish mother, it has pained me to see that the focus of discussions of personal prayers, or personal requests has been solely discussed within the format of the 3 set prayers of Shacharit, Mincha and Arvit. [...] 4673 367 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #07 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:47:57 -0500415_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 07 Produced: Tue Feb 13 5:47:57 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Back to the back of the bus (3) [Meir Shinnar, Perets Mett, Martin Stern] Beit Din Experience [Anonymous] School Admissions (2) [Martin Stern, Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Talibanization [Mark Goldin] Talking during Davening [Batya Medad] Talking in Shul [Orrin Tilevitz] [...] 5041 460 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #08 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:37:38 -0500498_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 08 Produced: Wed Feb 14 5:37:37 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

'bentsh'ing over mon [Rabbi Meir Wise] Personal Prayers (4) [Leah Aharoni, Martin Stern, Akiva Miller, Akiva Miller] The power of prayer [Shoshana L. Boublil] Purim on the J Site and 95 Purim Hotsites [Jacob Richman] Sakuneh [Carl Singer] Talking in Shul (3) [Michael Perl, Joshua Goldmeier, David Riceman] Talking in Shul -- length of davening [Carl] [...] 5502 339 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #09 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:45:37 -0500399_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 09 Produced: Wed Feb 14 5:45:37 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Beit Din Experience [Rabbi Wise] Drug abuse (and depression) in the frum community [Russell J Hendel] Drug abuse in the frum community [Frank Silbermann] Jewish Sociology [Yisrael Medad] Smoking again (3) [Frank Silbermann, Joel Rich, Russell J Hendel] [...] 5842 332 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #10 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:54:07 -0500504_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 10 Produced: Thu Feb 15 5:54:07 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Drug abuse (and depression) in the frum community [Mark Symons] Drug abuse in the frum community (2) [Art Werschulz, Izzy]



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From: Mark Symons Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:34:57 +1100 Subject: Drug abuse (and depression) in the frum community [...] 6175 337 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #11 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:01:04 -0500523_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 11 Produced: Thu Feb 15 6:01:04 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Length of davening time in Shul [Shmuel Himelstein] Purim Torah [Carl Singer] Talking in Shul (4) [Ira Bauman, Akiva Miller, Russell J Hendel, Russell J Hendel]



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From: Shmuel Himelstein Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:51:20 +0200 Subject: Length of davening time in Shul [...] 6513 394 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #12 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:43:39 -0500453_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 12 Produced: Sat Feb 17 22:43:39 EST 2007



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Beit Din Experience [Shimon Lebowitz] Lengthy Misheberachs [Richard Fiedler] Purim and History [Lisa Liel] Purim Torah [Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz] Sakuneh (2) [Joel Rich, Barry S Bank] "That Dreaded Disease" (3) [Edward Black, Eli Turkel, Martin Dauber] Tikkun Chatzot [Medad] Women's Prayers [Carl Singer] [...] 6908 367 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #13 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:34:25 -0500386_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 13 Produced: Wed Feb 21 5:34:25 EST 2007



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Length of davening time in Shul [Martin Stern] Talking in Shul (6) [Ari Trachtenberg, Frank Silbermann, Akiva Miller, Joel Rich, Harry Weiss, Orrin Tilevitz] Talking in shul - as a social outlet [Carl Singer] Ten Commandments [Mark Symons] [...] 7276 375 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #14 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:45:28 -0500453_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 14 Produced: Wed Feb 21 5:45:28 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Beit Din [Tuvia Lent] Beit Din Experience (2) [Anonymous, Ari Trachtenberg] Bris Milah, Shabbat and Tefillin [Brandon Raff] Depression, Alcoholosm and Drugs [Andy Goldfinger] Drug abuse (and depression) in the frum community [Sarah Beck] Jewish sociology [Norman Miller] Talking in Shule [Russell J Hendel] [...] 7652 387 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #15 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:55:46 -0500437_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 15 Produced: Wed Feb 21 5:55:46 EST 2007



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Back to the back of the bus [SBA] Eilat not Halachikly Israel [Chana Luntz] Pictures of Jerusalem Rally to Free Jonathan Pollard [Jacob Richman] Shabbat on the Iranian Threat [Ari Trachtenberg] Smoking again [Arnie Kuzmack] "That Dreaded Disease" (3) [Rabbi Wise, Carl Singer, Akiva Miller] [...] 8040 405 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #16 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:23:09 -0500450_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 16 Produced: Thu Feb 22 5:23:09 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Davening Time [Shmuel Himelstein] Length of Daveing time/Uninspired (2) [Frank Reiss, Avi Feldblum] More about shul / "slowing down" [Stu Pilichowski] Talking in Shul (8) [Shmuel Himelstein, Irwin E. Weiss, Esquire, Avi Feldblum, Leah Aharoni, Orrin Tilevitz, Carl Singer, Edward Black, Elazar M. Teitz] [...] 8446 266 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #17 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:33:44 -0500487_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 17 Produced: Thu Feb 22 5:33:44 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

10 Commandments being read across [.cp.] Beit Din (2) [Irwin E. Weiss, Esquire, Rabbi Wise] Bris Milah, Shabbat and Tefillin [Carl Singer] Captives [Carl Singer] Elat [Rabbi Wise] Smoking again [Joel Rich] "That Dreaded Disease" [Dov Teichman] Web Site for finding Shuls [Jeanette Friedman] What to do with Conservative Responsa [Anonymous] [...] 8713 391 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #18 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:58:10 -0500591_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 18 Produced: Fri Feb 23 5:58:10 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Back to the Back of the bus [Shoshana Ziskind] Conservative Responsa (3) [Jeanette Friedman, Yehonatan Chipman, Andrew Sacks] Length of Davening [skyesyx@aol.com] Talking in Shul [Joel Rich] Torah Centered Judaism [Andy Goldfinger]



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From: Shoshana Ziskind Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:26:36 -0500 Subject: Re:Back to the Back of the bus [...] 9105 317 30_mail-jewish Vol. 54 #19 Digest12_Avi Feldblum22_feldblum@EGPS.EGPS.COM31_Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:19:43 -0500393_- Mail.Jewish Mailing List Volume 54 Number 19 Produced: Mon Feb 26 5:19:43 EST 2007



Subjects Discussed In This Issue:

Beit Din Experience (2) [Harry Zelcer, ERSherer@aol.com] Length of Davening [Stu Pilichowski] Pace of Davening [Carl Singer] Torah-Centered Judaism (3) [Meir Shinnar, Jonathan Baker, Daniel Geretz] What to do with Conservative Responsa [Ben Katz] [...]