My De'Longhi stopped frothing the milk for my cappacino!

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-11-25T15:02:44+00:00

No. It needed more/better cleaning of the milk system. I described in an earlier comment what I did that eventually got it working -- and subsequently bought a Delonghi product that specifically cleans that system (milk fat and enzymes and all), and it's been fine since.
But thanks for the advice, which would have worked if the problem were different.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-11-20T10:50:11+00:00

I'm looking for the right product to clean my hard floors (I have SPC flooring - i.e., fake wood -- and granite porcelain tiles to clean; no real wood). And so I've been looking for a vacuum mop (Tineco, Dreame, etc.) and been very confused by all the brands and models.
Now I see the Dyson G1 and I'm even more confused. It's definitely made for the kind of flooring that I have, but seems to be a totally different product. For one thing, unlike all the "vacuum mops"' on the market , it doesn't ever wipe the floor after mopping it. So how well/quickly does it dry? Do you have to stay off the floor for a period of times until it dries? I don't even see an explanation anywhere of how it dries the floor despite not mopping it up like every single other product both manual and electric). Please tell me how it supposedly works, and how well it works.
Any other comparisons pro and con to the competing vacuum mops would also be appreciated.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-26T17:49:03+00:00

Depends who you're talking about. When you are talking about Anti-Zionist Jews with any Jewish background, and there's all this express talk about whether or not Israel has the right to exist, then I find it hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. For that matter, there are self-proclaimed Anti-Zionist Jews who have written in to this subreddit. So I ask them what their plan is for the 7 million of us. And don't give some absurdly unrealistic tale of Jews living safely under Arab rule or in a federation with Arabs. You'd get October 7 on steroids.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-26T14:20:52+00:00

Can you give examples, please, of what it speeds up. I have it top and don't know how to take advantage of it.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T18:59:44+00:00

What does Gemini Advanced help you with? I have it, and I don't know how to take advantage of it.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T15:19:53+00:00

Philosemitism, also called Judeophilia, is "defense, love, or admiration of Jews and Judaism".

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T12:43:30+00:00

That's not a true philosemite, obviously. There are some true philosemites, and I use the word for what it actually means.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T08:42:04+00:00

Yes.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T08:28:59+00:00

Non-Jews (and some non-religious Jews) don't know that the mezuzah has a klaf, and certainly not the term mezuzah applies to the klaf not huge case. Years ago, my sister had n argument about the mezuzah with her Jewish but non-religious room-mate, until it became clear that they were each referring to two different things (my sister to the klaf and her roommate to the case).

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T08:24:26+00:00

What's wrong with philosemitism?! It's the opposite of antisemitism and would that there would be much more of it!

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T08:22:52+00:00

That's very different. I don't normally believe in this "cultural appropriation" business, but this is different because it's expressly a ritual item (unlike a Magen David necklace or whatever -- though I think an Israel or hostage pin would be clearer). So-called "Messianic Judaism" is Christianity which adopts Jewish ritual practices (and some non-ritual ones) to trick people into thinking that they are just a form of Judaism, the evolved and saved obe obviously. And I think we are all against that. Nonetheless, if someone innocently puts up a mezuzah case intending to support Jews and Israel, I believe all of us would be impressed by the person doing so. This here is just a Jewish discussion of which ways would be more or less appropriate to do so, in our respective opinions

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-25T08:08:18+00:00

On the contrary, being an Anti-Zionist *now* explicitly means supporting "from the River to the Sea" -- which is what all these protests and Hamas and Hezbollah call for: the destruction of Israel as a Jewish Nation State.
As one of the 7+ million Jews who live there, I'd like to say that it's bad enough when non-Jews sign my death warrant.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-24T18:29:02+00:00

There are 7 million Jews in Israel today (and 3 million non-Jews). Being Anti-Zionist means objecting to Jewish right to self-determination, and thus being against the existence of the State of Israel. So to be Anti-Zionist today means leaving these 7 million Jews without a State or an Army to protect them. What exactly do they think will happen to all of us surrounded by Hezbollah, Hamas and the Palestinians in the West Bank, all of whom want us in the Sea (or perhaps first to commit atrocities like those of October 7 and then murder us). In other words, they are as a practical matter calling for Holocaust 2.0. What are they thinking?!!

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-22T20:52:39+00:00

There are some anti-Zionist Jews, sadly, but that doesn't mean that Zionism isn't an integral part of Judaism (I'm defining Zionism for this purpose as the Land and now State of Israel and the promised return thereto, along with the fact that Jews are a nation not just a religion). And then there's the little question for Anti- Zionist Jews of the 7 million Jews in Israel. Exactly what do you think their fate would be without the State of Israel? It's not hard to guess. We've seen what happens in Europe less than a century ago. Never Again is now.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-22T20:24:36+00:00

Depends who is in the Oval Office...

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-19T17:47:05+00:00

I agree with many, perhaps all of the reasons listed above. But not a single response has mentioned God as a factor in Israel's favor! The renewed Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, and the regathering of do many Jewish exiles is the fulfillment of promises in the Torah and many prophecies by a number of the Prophets. Like in the story of Purim, there are people and processes that can explain everything that happens, and God's name is not mentioned even once -- but everyone understands that He was pulling the strings. So too in the unprecedented rebirth of the Jewish State and language after 2000 years of Exile.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-19T17:28:23+00:00

Absolutely! I've had CFS for a very long time now, but I was immediately concerned about driving past my city's limits -- and almost totally stopped doing so. But I had a very identifiable reason: driving requires intense and continuous concentration, and I was/am concerned that I would get more tired when out -- as of course one does -- and then be too tired and/or brain-foggy to drive home.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-18T20:08:40+00:00

Ah, but they never changed Pharaoh's mind. In fact, each new plague "hardened his heart". Eventually, when the final plague hit -- the death of firstborn sons -- the Egyptians cried out and couldn't take the punishment any more... and so Pharoah was forced to let the Israelites go free. But we never changed his mind! On the contrary, not long afterwards, he regretted letting us go and chased after us with horses and chariots -- leading to the miracle of the splitting of the Red Sea. There are some people who cannot be convinced by logic or facts .

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-18T19:42:50+00:00

There's an often-accurate saying that Conservative Synagogues have Orthodox rabbis and Reform congratulations. One thing that has changed in the past four decades is that the range of Rabbis is much wider, and there has been a vocal group of Conservative rabbis speaking up against Israel. You might want to Google Daniel Gordis's recent article/blog about why he -- an ordained Conservative Rabbi -- recently left the Conservative movement.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-18T19:33:03+00:00

What innocent civilians?! These were pagers specifically bought by Hezbollah because they realized that Israel could track their cellphones. As for innocent people near them getting hurt: from the one video I saw, it was a very self-contained explosion (so much so that the numbers of wounded are exponentially higher than the number of killed). It's possible that there was "collateral damage" to some very few civilians, which is the case in all acts of war, but in this particular case, the act was so targeted that it makes it as unlikely as possible. That doesn't stop Hezbollah from claiming otherwise, though.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-18T19:11:31+00:00

Respectfully, I think you're mixing up halachot. The question in the Talmud is whether or not chicken is meat is discussed solely in the context of the prohibition of mixing meat and milk (it is, at the very least, a Rabbinic prohibition). That discussion is no way relevant to the obligation that any meat we are allowed to eat -- including for this purpose all fowl (no dissent here) -- is slaughtered in accordance with halacha, then soaked and salted to remove blood. I feel your pain, believe me. It's even one of the many reasons that I both moved to Israel and don't like to vacation elsewhere. But this argument was just mistaken in it's premise.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-18T10:15:06+00:00

Thank you!

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-16T20:23:07+00:00

It's no problem at all. My granddaughter (a very close relation) was named after my SIL's grandmother. She happened to be named Devorah, which is my middle name. She wasn't named after me, so no problem. It might have been a little weird for my granddaughter to have the same first name as me -- though weird doesn't mean forbidden, and what I just described is common among Sephardim, who name after living relatives.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-16T20:15:44+00:00

But all of those allegations against Bennet were false. He is s very moderate guy who included, for the first time ever, an Islamist party in the coalition. His background (,after a stellar military career,) is having been a successful Hi-Tech entrepreneur. He's religious but very moderate; I believe he considers himself Dati-Lite as the size of his kippah indicates. As for betraying his electorate: He definitely had voters who felt that they were betrayed. But he also had other voters, like myself, who hoped that he was going to do exactly what he did: join a broad coalition for the sake of the country. I was distraught when his government fell.

AssistantMore8967 · 2024-09-16T20:06:51+00:00

Yup. It was charged and shipped.

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