a saying for today

I love a crooked tree more than I hate a crooked man.
-- Frank Kramer, Councilman; Feb. 1, 1916; Palo Alto, CA

wishing all my dear friends and everyone a wonderful shabbos, full of nechama, simcha and bracha

Uman to that!

Hey zemmy... Just dropping by ur thread to say Shalom. Hope you had A great shabbos!

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 12 Aug 2011 16:05:



The Kotzker Rebbe zt wrote:

Back on Track wrote on 12 Aug 2011 21:36:

Rosh Hashana?

and thanks for dropping by BOT, great to see you

Blind Beggar wrote on 15 Aug 2011 13:44:

rebbe BB, i think we differ in our interpretation of that saying. to me it seemed like the idea was to appreciate and focus on the crooked trees, which have a special beauty, as opposed to moping about and being bitter because of crooked people (reminiscent of torah 282 - Azamra )

Umain!

a saying for today

Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.
-- Francis Marion

On shabbos i was speaking to a guy who has a yeshiva for bochurim. In the conversation he said that he heard that there are yidden who go to SA, but he said it doesn't make sense that there are yidden who need it.
i felt like bopping him on the head and telling him that many of my friends go and it is exactly his attitude that puts an obstacle in front of people who need it. i am still considering if, and what to tell him about this subject

You bring up a point I have been thinking about.  Does anyone have experience telling a regular friend (who you assume does not have a problem in this area) about your problem?  Did they understand? How did it affect your friendship?

my chavrusa and close friend of many years knows about gye, and he figured out my screen name in about 5 minutes flat (i still wonder about that) but he did not read my story and i don't know how much he infers/deducts about my 'problem'. we are as good friends as ever.

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 15 Aug 2011 15:17:


Is that what you really meant to say?

N.B.

po·mol·o·gy   /poʊˈmɒlədʒi/ [poh-mol-uh-jee]
noun
the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.


The loquat, Eriobotrya japonica, is a fruit tree in the family Rosaceae, indigenous to southeastern China. It was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes known as the Japanese medlar. It is also known as Japanese plum and as Chinese plum.

Loquats are unusual among fruit trees in that the flowers appear in the autumn or early winter, and the fruits are ripe in late winter or early spring. The flowers are 2 cm diameter, white, with five petals, and produced in stiff panicles of three to ten flowers. The flowers have a sweet, heady aroma that can be smelled from a distance.

Loquat fruits, growing in clusters, are oval, rounded or pear-shaped, 3–5 cm long, with a smooth or downy, yellow or orange, sometimes red-blushed skin. The succulent, tangy flesh is white, yellow or orange and sweet to subacid or acid, depending on the cultivar. Each fruit contains five ovules, of which one to five mature into large brown seeds. The skin, though thin, can be peeled off manually if the fruit is ripe.

The fruits are the sweetest when soft and orange. The flavor is a mix of peach, citrus and mild mango.

from a zoo to a fruit store??????

bardichev wrote on 15 Aug 2011 18:16:



Other Uses of the Loquat:

Animal feed: The young branches have been lopped for fodder.

Medicinal Uses: The fruit is said to act as a sedative and is eaten to halt vomiting and thirst. (Take two loquats with each shot of Woodford).

isn't pomology the study of Flatbush mega-groceries?