tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144154712012-01-15T21:14:00.320-08:00Discussions on Jewish Life. Societal and general issues and problems. Attempting to find Pragmatic solutions and courses of action. Lessons in basic Marketing.Pragmaticianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08724757238921859366noreply@blogger.comBlogger1321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14415471.post-17403247327062827902010-11-10T08:23:00.001-08:002010-11-10T08:23:54.260-08:00

Dear friend,Let me know if you've enjoyed the posts.I still regret the movie we chose to watch yesterday!

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I plan to write a new post every day and never get to it.Consequently I've decideed to put this Blog on hold.I don't want to close it down completely yet.Blogging has been an amzing experience and I thank all of you who made the time to visit, read and comment.I will contnue to read all your wonderful blogs and hope to pick up The Pragmatician when I'll get a chance.I will continue to read my

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Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions. Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.Cigarette : A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool on the other.Classic : A book, which people praise, but do not read.Committee : Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.Compromise : The art of

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Vos Is Neias reports about the many Jews from far and wide who traveled to Lizhensk (in hostile Poland!)for the Yarthzit of Rabbi Elimelach from Lizensk.This reminded me of and old post...Those who grew up in frum, close knit Jewish communities know how many meshugassen (follies, strange customs) there are.Some have a basis in Halacha (Jewish law), and some were generated many years ago, based on

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I started Blogging because I had way too much time on my hands.Now I have way too little time and yet I haven’t stopped.That so unpragmatic..Real posts coming soon…. Image from here

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Thank you all for your emails, I’ve been very busy lately and as such am not able to visit all your great blogs.I miss my usual daily interaction with all of you.Hope to be able to write and comment soon.

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One of my favI’ve noticed that many J-Bloggers are fans of Calvin and Hobbes, evidenced by the fact that many use a picture of one of the characters as profile image.As European, where until recently Calbert&Hobbes (Dutch names) were totally unknown, I got to know this fantastic comic strip in an unusual way.It arrived from a friend in The US, a little torn and with occasional random lines drawn

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Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave for the last few months you must’ve seen the manifold colorful and exaggerated (the best Hersher!) adds inviting you to spend Pesach in perfectly strange surroundings sharing the Yom Tov with even stranger (both meanings) people.Cities in which a Jew dressed in his Shabbes finest are just about as familiar as extra terrestrials, have been designated as ‘ideal’

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I know this has been posted on another blog before, but I thought no one would mind reading this again.Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in thereal world.Rule 1:

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Boston Legal is currently my favourite show.Just last week it took the place of Scrubs, which is now number 2 in my own imaginary top ten.In the last episode I saw (The Nutcrackers) one the main characters, a lawyer is defending a seemingly nice couple who, as it turns out are very much racists, holocaust deniers and by extension highly anti-semtic.The sister of the defendant wants to take her

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WARNING: Some of my readers own pets and hence to them this might sounds ridiculous.It’s a funny sight, but only if you’re a safe distance away.No one runs to help yet another Jew risks being attacked.It’s the kind of encounter that sends kids and adults alike on a detour only to avoid a potential collision.It’s menacing and evil.Don’t Touch! Shrill voiced mothers tell their toddlers.It’s

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From the shallow response to my last post I conclude marketing needs to be made more interesting.Therefore we’ll tackle one of the most mysterious, aggressive and illegal form of advertising.Subliminal advertising.Subliminal indicate that the subject is not completely aware, unless forewarned, of what he is seeing.Images, clever word plays, and direct orders are thrown at the reader, moviegoer or

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At the request of two readers (OK I offered) I’m going to share a couple of marketing principles, ideas, techniques and trivia with you. A little more than I year ago, I offered to discuss this and got absolutely no response, now that I did I’m going to use that as an excuse to get all "markety" on The Pragmatician.Those who are surprised to find out that my occupation and education heavily

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I haven’t’ been tagged in a long time and the one I attempted to start sort of didn’t catch on.Therefore I am very pleased to participate in this new meme, thanks to ! for Tagging me."Play according to the rules... Each player of this game starts with the "6 Weird Things about You". People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state this rule clearly. In the

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Originally Posted 7/18/05Coca Cola, not Pepsi, neither any makeshift soft drink will do. One might think that their aggressive marketing techniques have gotten to me.They attack with one of the most fearful weapons on earth: Mass Media.Everywhere they press their merchandise almost literally down my throat.Magazines, billboards and the way it is always shelved so conveniently to my reach.But it’s

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We humans are a weird breed.An innocent comment, said by someone who most likely meant nothing by it can bother us for days.We dream about unexplainable things and people we have absolutely no relation ship with or to.We regret the words we said and wish we had done certain things differently.We fixate over past mistakes instead of obsessing on how to make them better.We feel sadness for no

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Yesterday a man died, indirectly assassinated by the Police.It’s the buzz of the town.Now you could think that the man was a murderer, a danger and menace to polite society (if there’s still is such a thing), then understandably the police had no choice, self defence is and always will be a valid and legal justification at a murder trial.It isn’t so however.They stormed the guy’s apartment early

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With the winter ahead of us, my yearly childhood trauma is surfacing again.Some of you may have seen this post already, and you all had fun with it so here goes again._________________________________________________I don’t know how many of you have had a chance to ski, but I bet that those who have, loved it and those who haven’t would very much like to try it out.For me skiing is like math,

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Mel Gibson movies were once popular titles in the video store located in my neighbourhood.Since he decided we are to blame for all the world's problems, we felt it's only fair to blame him (that Rasha!) for all our problems.The Polish and Russian immigrants don't rent that many movies and thus our boycott was quite successful.We decided to boycott any movie with him in front or behind the

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Since we’ve got plenty of nice and inspiring holidays I never felt compelled to join in on non Jewish celebrations even though they are widely advertised everywhere and albeit less meaningful, they seem to be more enjoyable, less restrictive and more fun altogether.The upcoming, technically christian, but in all fairness basically world holiday is already on every billboard, in every magazine and

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This blog is not closed yet, just no time to write and no time to comment.I hope to be able to visit all your wonderful blogs very soon.Prag

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I don’t get many opportunities to come into contact with the secular and non-Jewish world.I don’t exactly live in a secluded place far away from civilization.I cross path daily with gentiles but rarely exchange more than a word or two.I studied a couple of ears amidst mostly non-Jews, but I haven’t remained in contact with anyone and my co-students were young and unmarried.My whole concept of how

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My favorite kosher restaurant has got to be in the Kanyon Malcha in Jerusalem.They have little boots one next to the other with so much choice from different brands and vendors.There’s both a dairy and fleishig side.So much choice, rapid service and affordable.My ideal restaurant would have an all you can eat buffet with chicken as main course in various shapes and sizes.Marinated, grilled,

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For lack of time to write a decent post, I'm just copy- pasting something I got in the mailbox.A woman was walking down the street when she was approached by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner. The woman took out her bill fold, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money,Will you buy some wine with it instead of

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I haven been so busy, but with fun stuff for a change.Have you all been able to enjoy Chol Hamoed?I hope you all had a fantastic Chag.enjoy the last two days.Pragps.will be posting and commenting again asap.

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With apologies to Chasidishe ShaigitzA Texan, a Frenchman and an Israeli are on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean when the engines stop functioning.The plane crash lands on a Pacific Island and the three are immediately captured by a tribe of cannibals and taken to their village.The Chief tells the captives that these cannibals are civilized and they have a custom on their island that before

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All the personas in the previous post are one single person.It starts with the I-persona, a regular good Jew but imperfect as we all are.I: What am I going to do? I know I sinned! Evil inclination: “Don’t say anything to anyone”, I reply as composedly as I can.I.E. Don’t repent, as long as no one knows what harm is there?Good inclination: “Are you nuts?” he snapsIf you do not (confess) repent you

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-What am I going to do?-What am I going to do?Such panic, such worry…“Don’t say anything to anyone”, I reply as composedly as I can.“Are you nuts?” he snaps.I’m trying to be logical.By talking it will hurt you, by keeping it quiet, no one will be hurt.-How will I live with this on my conscience?Who says you have to, block it out.-it..it won’t workIt will and I’ll help you...next post on The

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I got Tagged by YakkiActs of Kindness - גמילות חסדיםThere is no prescribed measure for the precept regarding acts of chessed (kindness/righteousness). Talmud, Shabbat 127aAn act of Chesed done for me today: Since today nothing in particular comes to mind, I'll pick something from Erev Rosh Hashana.We came home and in front of our door there was a lovely small plant with a very nice note clipped

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For those of you who like me just realized that Rosh Hashanah is starting in two days. Please remember it in fact is.We were discussing whether or not to have guest over for Shabbes, when it dawned on us that the upcoming Shabbes was no ordinary one.In fact we couldn’t have anyone over, as we’d be guests somewhere ourselves.For fellow Bloggers who share an impatient nature and an intolerance for

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Thank you for taking the time to read and comment, despite the fact that I've been absent lately.My schedule is a little overwhelming at the moment and I miss reading all of you.In the meantime I'll have to resort to post an old article. See you all soon.SIMCHA CHESSED(originally posted 19/07/05)I don’t mean the age old Minhag of brining joy to the Chosson and Kalleh.I’m talking (actually writing

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Time, it’s such an elusive concept.Time flies, time stand still etc...It’s always the same, now a minute later than it was a minute ago and in a minute we’ll all have been doing something or nothing for another 60 seconds.It never changes, that’s why I don’t wear a watch.They say we don’t realize how much can be accomplished in a whole minute.You can get something done, read another page in the

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Recycling is a positive endeavor, no one will deny that.It’s in this spirit that I post today a previously written piece(ON 15/07/06).(Oh come on it’s not like you never watch reruns!)Ps. I expect more comments than when it was originally published!Ps2.The meme is still active.As a kid when complaining about homework, exams, mifranims and the like, invariably I’d get the overused reply that I

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I don't have the time to write lengthy posts unfortunately, although there's much I'd like to share with you.In the meantime, as I told Chaverah I would, I’d like to start a meme.The idea is to give the first person you see after you read this post a compliment(unless it happens to be someone you despise)and then when you have a moment to share to whom you gave the kind word and what it was.I tag

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Comments and emails will be answered asap,please forgive the delay...

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A trip to Israel is always memorable but this year’s is even more so as I did nothing there.Nothing at all, no visits (to family or museums), no tiyulim(outings) of any kind (who needs the desert when there are so many kosher desserts available?)Nope just relax, eat and drink.I’ve made a couple of interesting observations though.-It’s amazing being able to finally taste the famous Pizza Hut pizza

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I'll be catching up on all your blogs !Please let me know if a missed an important or otherwise special post.Glad to be back....

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I'm going to 'rest' and 'relax' for two weeks.See you all then......

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Got this by email, really worth taking a moment to listen to.Here's a guy who does not call a lemon an apple and does call terrorists peace boycotters.http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=196C870646607516Take a moment to read Neil's story and take a moment to absorb the lesson.And if all the bad news and pre-Tisha Be'Av stress gets the better of you, surf you way to the

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The subject of Shiduchim remains a burning one.Hordes of singles are looking for their zivug, actually waiting is a better term as actively looking is frowned upon in chareidi and most MO circles.I think I’ve mentioned a few time that I never tire of trying.Although hundreds (slightly inflated number) of suggestions I made were either completely ignored or torn apart, even though I had people

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I try to limit my use of the car as much as possible.Sure environmental and health concerns play a role in that decision, but mostly it’s the decreasing size of my wallet that prompted me to start walking instead of driving.Unfortunately that’s not always an option and the other day I needed to fill up my tank.As I went inside to pay, my eyes fell on a chocolate bag prominently displayed at the

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As response to comments left on various Blogs, I was complimented a couple of times for genuinely deserving my Blog title.Ironically just a few days after the last known confirmation, I stumbled like a fool.Would Pragmatician be my job, I’d be fired now.It started as an innocent, albeit immature, jest.The air-condition in the office is always blasting on full power.Unless I wear a cotton pullover

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It’s hardly imaginable to find a positive aspect to gluttony, yet didn’t someone (who again?) say that every bad Middah can be channeled for a good cause?I’ll admit it, I eat way too much way too frequently.I’m lucky that the usual punishment accompanying gluttony has not yet fallen on me, yet I know I have to work towards lowering my nosh and general food intake.Last Friday my wife had spent the

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12 months have passed since my first post.It took me hours then to pen down a few lines, was the spelling right? Were my ideas original enough? Would anyone read and comment?It took awhile but readers somehow found their way to The Pragmatician and many left comments that made me laugh and think.It may sound stupid and it probably is, yet when I feel lonely somehow the thought of the many people

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Before writing anything on the subject I need to state that I have nothing against people who choose to spend their lives learning the Holy Torah. In fact part of me envies and respects them.I myself was not zoche to spend a few years after my wedding in one. Yet when a collector for a Kollel knocks at my door, he will be very welcome.In spite of all that, based on what I witnessed by Kollel

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Everyone is asking me, everyone needs to know, thank G-D people are so curious; at least since the WC there’s still one topic of conversation I can participate in.Holiday plans? travel destination? Hotel? Apartment? Relatives? Where are you going this summer?So much ado about nothing reminds of one of my first posts which no one read back then, so I count on you guys not to disappoint me again.I

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About a year ago my blog and the people I interacted with in blogland were nothing more than escapism.I wrote a few very impersonal lines when I had some time and waited three or four days to read a few responses (yeah, great!, visit my blog, etc…)Then J blogland grew and the bloggers were no longer some screen names I read and wrote to.They were people, with sorrows ,worries , great ideas and

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Sometime before my wedding, I shared some concerns with a number of “friends”.Deciding there was nothing in what I said that was confidential they felt free to repeat my talk with anyone that would listen.This mistake brought about me being looked upon as an ungrateful snobby little fellow.The conversation centered around my pragmatic head refusing to desire a lavish wedding.How foolish must I’ve

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Waiting for one’s Bashert is often trying, but if you think that those on the other side have nothing but fun....You have two choices in life:You can stay single and be miserable, or get married and wish you were dead.At a cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?""Yes, I am. I married the wrong man."A lady inserted an ad in the

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I was going through a fragment of a guide for Hatzalah members.What jumps off the pages are the extraordinary leniencies accorded to save lives.While it makes sense and we’ve all learned that saving a life takes precedence over almost any prohibition, it is nevertheless very interesting to see how far Hatzalah personnel is permitted to transgress the Shabbes, even in cases of doubt.Any suspicion

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It’s been recently discovered that the owner of two large stores frequented by many Jews here was (is?) in fact a nazi.One is a hypermarket and the other one is an electronics giant selling computers, stereos, television sets etc…The culprit, otto beisheim, who it may be suspected, committed terrible crimes against many Jews, own both of these brands.While I was a frequent customer of both stores

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It was eerily dark. I usually don’t wander through the streets that late but what can you do if up until 11 PM you didn’t get a chance to pray Maariv? That’s when I encountered Mr. BohohooHe looked grim and discontent.I didn’t want to go down that road but nevertheless I asked what was wrong?He shared the heartbreaking news that the expensive new piece of furniture he had ordered over a months

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Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California.White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language. Baby conceived naturally - - scientists stumped.Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least

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Shavuot is upon us, which is good because it means we get a long(er) weekend than usual.My Non Jewish colleagues send me off with smirky smiles, wishing me a lot of fun.While I can’t deny that I’m happy, it’s not that much fun.It’s a pretty serious Holiday, with lots of praying and studying of the Torah involved.Unlike the rich and delicious fleishig seuda (meal with meat) we have on the other

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Don’t you hate naggers?Nagging people get on your nerves, don’t they?They just never stop nagging and complaining…They are too unpragmatic about things.“I don’t know what I’m going to do about my daughter” she groans.“How am I to take care of this problem”? they mutter.“I wish he’d stop complaining about his job everyday” I hear him.I wish people would nag someone else.I want them to quite

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Strong post by Orhtomom on bullying in school.My first thoughts were that this does not happen in our schools.Admittedly some kids seem to leave any form of “derech erets”(manners) with the rest of their breakfast cereals , but bullying, no that ‘s too big a word.I went to a big heimische school for years and nothing of the kind ever happened, and I highly doubt there were cover ups of any

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I don’t get away much. But when I do, boy do I appreciate and enjoy it a lot. Even more so when no airports, planes and overweighed luggage come into play.To my Israeli readers: I love to visit, but the schlep is just too great. I understand thee need for extensive security measures, I understand airport personnel expect everyone to be fluent in Hebrew and with some effort can even understand

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I apologize for having neglected this blog for as long as I did.And for failing to read the greats posts floating on J-blogs and adding my two inquisitive and pragmatic cents.For those of you who picture me as a composed person, who manages to remain calm in the face of awkward and unpleasant situations, that person who tells others not to get all hysterical and panicky, well then you’ve got it

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I haven’t given up on blogging, it’s just that I’ve been unusually busy lately plus my home computer being in a moving box doesn’t help.The Pragmatician will be back soon IY’H.

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Remember, if you find a morsel of bread, cookie, no doubt it’s pure chamets thing during Pessach even if you worked like a maniac to rid your house of anything of the kind, no need to call Hatzohlah the firemen and an ambulance.Just go to your local Rav and ask how to proceed.I think you have to wrap it in, put it aside and burn it on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days), though I’m not sure as the

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It was on frumteens or perhaps on a blog and maybe it was on another web- forum, I’m not sure.But it was a cry for help, one that resonated within me.I could not be of much help but something was strangely familiar, very unpleasantly so.It was a girl writing about one of her classmates who was showing signs of dropping off the derech (religious way) and getting a lot of attention from the

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I have a few choice words for those responsible for the riots , but I wonder if it's possible they were told something that wasn't true, like for e.g. that the man was beaten for no reason at all?I agree withRabbi Yakov Horowitz (on orhtomom’s blog)And withHarry MarylesBut I urge you to read I'm Haaretz, Ph.D’s view on this issue as well.After that head to The Knish to unwind.

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Picking up on a terrifying post by Ex semgirl I’d like to add my two cents here.She tells the story of a girl who was not prepared properly prior to her marriage as to what her duties would be.Even sadder is the story of her husband, who, perhaps through no fault of his own, lacked sensitivity and basic human decency when she voiced her distress.This story hit a chord with me, and as if I knew

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1) An Appeal.Please fellow Bloggers, remove word verification from your blogs.I love to read what you have to say, and I know you love it when readers leave a word, a thought, a note.But word verification makes doing that, annoying and repetitive not to mention discouraging.Is it only me or do the words we need to type in reappear frequently?2) Saw this on a site and just had to share"Give a

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A modern FairytaleCast:The witch (played by a loving mother) The frightened children (played by brats)The hero (played by a bunch of bricks)..It’s the exodus all over again, only this time packed with less Matzo and twice as many clothes.Turn a page in the Hamodia, in the Jewish Press or any other Jewish periodical and try not to notice the many advertisement promoting hotels from New Jersey to

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Family XYZ: Happy Purim, here’s your Mishloach Manot (gift basket).Husband: “Oh Gitty look what a beautiful Mishloach Manah from family XYZ”.Wife:“Thank you so much here’s one ready made completely impersonal return Mishloach Manah for you”(pss Mottel we didn’t count on them brining us one, now I don’t have one for family ZYX, nah we’ll use theirs, just make sure to replace their card with

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It’s the central theme of the century, countless bestselling books have used this topic, blogs flourish on this subject, it’s the excuse for the follies of the youth, and it’s the most popular concept aroundand it's frustrating me to no end.“Finding yourselves”, “Being yourself” I hate these idioms.What is this obsession with being true to oneself, with finding out who we really are?It’s not a

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QUESTIONS THAT DON’T NEED ANSWERSI didn't come up with these myself, I got them by email and thought they were legitimate questions.I'm afraid I'm guilty of every offense mentioned here but somehow I don't feel terrible about it, yes I have to admit it, a good movie does give the impression that times moves faster than during Shul hours (unless of course there’s juicy non Lashon Horah gossip

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The Story Of The Guy Who Didn't Watch The OlympicsI have got to be weird, a geek, someone who just doesn’t get anything cool.You see I’m totally disconnected from anything that has any relation to the Olympic games.I don’t know what categories there are, who won and who flopped, heck I have no idea in which part of the world it’s taking place.I know one thing though, it ain’t happening in my city

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TZEDAKKAH- THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MITZVAHEver read those sugar sweet tales in the Hamodia or in books? The ones where a grandfather is portrayed as wisdom incarnated, and the parents are both humble and kind souls whose kids are good but basically complete morons whose level of naiveté would render even Homer Simpson jealous.Well I did and still do, and I noticed that a persistently recurring

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NOSSON SLIFKIN- Third FocusLong before any controversy surrounded any of his books, I was an avid reader of Nosson Slifkin’s books.At the time I was trying to build a respectable library of Jewish books, focusing on the Artscroll and Felheim/Targum catalogues.I needed some seforim (Jewish books) with D’var Torahs (words on the Torah) and while browsing I encountered only few titles that seemed

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HUMOR BEFORE THE WEEKENDActual Sentences Found on Patients' Hospital Charts (Proves that those medical folks are right on top of things. When you're pushed for time, it is so easy to write a note and not take the time to reread and correct.)1. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states that she was very hot in bed last night.2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side

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THE TRIP-A JOINT BLOGGER NOVELLvnsm has come up with a fun idea, she started a novel entitled “The Trip” on her blog. It tells the story of a few youngsters going on a trip.The idea is for every Blogger to develop his/her own take on the story.You can add characters, delete (i.e. kill tem off) them, change weather conditions and physical locations, you decide!Just make an effort to make sure

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RECYCLING VALENTINEWhen I started The Pragmatician, no one was reading it, at the very least nobody let me know they were reading my posts. So I have no qualms about recycling an old post today. Why today you ask? Read and you’ll find out. It was originally posted in August of 2005JEWISH VALENTINEAs if it wasn’t bad enough that music is prohibited during the three weeks from Sunday on, it is meat

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BIG WORDSNothing to me is as cute as a small child using big words. Ever heard a 3 year old pronounce ‘extravagant’ flawlessly, or ‘I’d rather not’ instead of simply no?Adorable!Less cute are kids who pick up certain big (meaning nr 2) words from their parents when the latter ones are feeling sad, angry or frustrated.You may think kids don’t pick up words that are never addressed directly to them

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PARENTS AND KIDS, who really has reason to complain? THINGS TO THINK ABOUT! 1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk andtalk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shutup.2. Grandchildren are G-d's reward for not killing your own children.3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact,

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PESSIMISTICALLY OPTIMISTICDo you know people who always smile at you, who think it’s wonderful to encounter you in the street, to see you, too speak to you, to irk you to death?Overly friendly people, perhaps simply obnoxious, perhaps fake and totally oblivious to the fact that you’re in a hurry?Sounds familiar?I’m aware this sounds strange but I love them.When studying marketing and management a

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TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARETO BE 6 AGAINA man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife turning back and forth, looking at herself in the mirror.Since her birthday was not far off, he asked what she'd like to have for her Birthday.I'd like to be six again, she replied, still looking in the mirror.On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and

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MACABRE POSTThose who grew up in frum, close knit Jewish communities know how many meshugassen (follies, strange customs) there are.Some have a basis in Halacha (Jewish law), and some were generated many years ago, based on circumstances, superstitions and customs adopted by various Rabbis.Some I find funny and enjoyable, some I find strange at best and ridiculous at worst and some can just not

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HELP! THEY HAVE BEEN CLONED!Like any good Jew, every night after eating a nice supper, feeling satiated and cozy, safe from the cold and wind that roams the streets, I’m impelled to put on my jacket and head for the cold and cruel world out there.Why any sane person would leave the comfort of home? Simply to join another bunch of frummies and daven (pray) maariv(evening prayers) together.Going to

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WISDOM IS THERE TO BE SHAREDWhenever I get a fun or otherwise interesting email, I like to share it on my blog, especially now that I can’t seem to find the time and energy to put together a decent post.I hope you enjoy these titbits of wisdom..A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked,"How heavy is this glass of water?"Answers called out

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A well rested Blogger!Hi,I'm back from an internet free week! It was a hard but interesting experience.More about that in an upcoming post.I'd like to thank the kind Blogger who nominated my Blog for one of the Jewish Blog Awards(JIB). I just don't know who nominated me, and am very curious to find out.Also thanks to A Frum Idealist for your email, it feels great to see I was missed.Check me out

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I HATE WINTER SPORTS(If you call ski a sport) I don’t know how many of you have had a chance to ski, but I bet that those who have, loved it and those who haven’t would very much like to try it out.For me skiing is like math, both being awful childhood traumas.I’m particularly sensible to the cold and skiing is certainly not a conducive activity to feeling warm and fuzzy.But since the family

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SHIDDUCH CRISIS:THE OTHER SIDEAside from the blogs by the so called rebels, disapproving of everything and everyone in orthodox Jewish life, the most popular blogs are the ones by single people decrying the awful situation that is today’s Shidduchim.Having been there, I can empathize but offer little advice as I really don’t know what to do or what can be done about it.Having been there, I’ve

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HUMOR BEFORE THE NEXT POSTI'm slowly getting into the Channukah spirit. I ate a Ponchke (special Chanukah doughnut) this afternoon and am posting this great joke.Does anybody know what happened to NormalJew's blog? Comic strip from www.offthemark.com

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CHANNUKAH CHANNUKAH C'EST LA FETE...Long time readers know what to expect of The Pragmatician before a holiday.A rant! Yeah I know not so pragmatic.Rosh Hashanah it’s the long tefilah(prayer), Yom Kippur the fast, Sukkos the cold and Pesach the diet.Channukah is around the corner and there’s no escaping this very post.I’d like to start by summing up what I like about Channukah.First I get to

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TAGGED AGAINI’ve been tagged again, this time for a different list, actually a very basic one.Here’s the assignmentName simple pleasures that you like most, then pick people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use 5 things that someone else has already usedI’d like to thank Normal Jew for tagging me.1) Listening to music while lying in a warm bath, in a tub long enough so

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HUMOR BEFORE THE WEEK-END!My mother Taught me..Private message to Eshet Chayil-I got your email and I replied to it, yet I got an error response from the email client?Jewish Mothers, they are unique aren't they, they also possess an infinite amount of wisdom which they always share with their kids.Today I bring you the story of a kid who learned everything he needed to know about life from his

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Tagged!Mcaryeh tagged me!Remember the interview mania? Every Blogger interviewed another and tagged others to interview them.No censure, no shame all sorts of questions were posed.Back then, Yiddische Mamme and Chayele were still blogging.Aah the good times.Well there's no time to indulge in nostalgia, there’s a new game in town and I’ve been tagged (=asked or instructed) to participate.The

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HUMOR BEFORE THE WEEK-END

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TRADEMARK, BRANDING, STEALINGI apologize for not posting more often; it does have the advantage of giving me time to think over subjects to post about and edit them properly.There’s this soft drink that I love. Actually not to trample the very first rule of the (in)famous 12 steps, am addicted to.I’m not talking about coca cola, which I consume in bigger measures than healthy but a brand of

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LOST YEARS SPENT LEARNING HOW TO SPELLI was always annoyed during spelling classes. Writing is just another communication tool isn’t it?So the whole point is to understand what the writer is trying to say.Who cares if the writer chooses to write “attenshion” rather than attention?”Why should it matter if you write “to who” instead of “to whom”?In my uneducated opinion it shouldn’t matter and if

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FUNNY, YET NOT SO AMUSING ANECDOTEI hate garlic, ketchup, pompous people and OVERTIME.Of the many complaints my colleagues and myself get is that the work is not done fast enough. Mysteriously reports that are not needed for weeks are suddenly urgent at the end of a long and exhausting day.They might admit we’re not machines but since we get to work with machines, we are expected to operate at

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LESSON IN GRATITUDE:I'M THANKFULI got this beautiful text in my email box and wanted to share it with my blog readers.I anticipate you will enjoy it as much as I did.I'm ThankfulFor The Wife Who Says It's Hot Dogs Tonight,Because She Is Home With Me,And Not Out With Someone Else.For The Husband Who Is On The Sofa Being A Couch Potato,Because He Is Home With Me And Not Out At The Bars.For The

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BATTLE FOR THE HAPPIEST Pesach several years ago, beautiful hotel, in the middle of nowhere, only a few locals looking at us with a million questions but unable to communicate them, and nothing to do but eat and sleep.I was bored a lot of the time, luckily for me however I got to know some nice people with whom I proclaimed I was going to stay in touch with, but never did.One of the guests was a

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RINGING and JINGLINGIt has been the longest time since I’ve had a chance to go out to a nice (ex- quiet) restaurant with my wife.It wasn’t one where they politely request the guests to shut down, or hand over their phones and I was glad it wasn't.I once forgot my cell phone home, unable to recuperate it until the evening, and throughout the day I felt an anxiety and nervousness I hadn't felt

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LAUGH ALL YOU WANTHiHope you all had a wonderful Yom Tov.Unfortunately I didn't find the time to write a decent post yet.That doesn't mean however I can't share a few laughs with u guys.Why ARE Men Happier ?Men Are Just Happier PeopleWhat do you expect from such simple creatures?(ha ha)Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves.

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Have you ever had a laugh attack?You start laughing at something slightly -, or deliriously funny, get totally wrapped up in laughter, each sentence uttered regardless of it’s meaning after that sends you laughing harder and harder, possibly until you choke.If your last one dates too long ago, come and witness me sitting in the Sukkah.I wear a double sweater, a vest a scarf and gloves. People

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IRONICALLY FUNNY When doing the Kopporoh Schlogen, one should keep in mind that in fact what is being done to the fowl should actually be done to us to atone for our sins.Of course this mustn’t be taken too literally...

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EREV ROSH HASHANAHI want to improve in various areas, especially Torah learning which I’ve been neglecting a little lately.Inwardly a voice was saying, I need motivation, and then I’m sure I’ll have the necessary courage and stamina to seriously work on myself.Then, out of the bleu, totally unexpected, I got a raise. (Before I got a chance to eat the raisins )You’re familiar with the idiom “

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