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[edit] Michel Yehudah Lefkovits

Do you have any information on Rav Michel Yehudah Lefkovits that you could contribute to his article?

[edit] Shabbos

So nu, you archived my message and did not answer? - CrazyRougeian talk/email 17:45, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

On the pic, no rush. On Jacobs, I actually found out about him to-day through that article. Things really do come in doubles. Do you live in England? That would make no sense, since it's prob. Shabbos there now. All the best. - CrazyRougeian talk/email 17:54, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Novardok yeshiva

Nu, you happy? What's "Plogid"? Check your source please. Perhaps you've misspelled it. - CrazyRougeian talk/email 15:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Index

Good idea, so long we wouldn't be replicating Tzemach Dovid. Of course, it would have to be in userspace. - CrazyRussian talk/email 23:54, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please join Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism

Nesher: Please join Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism, one of the largest forums for discussions between editors of Jewish articles. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism#Directory of participants and join or commence discussions at the talk page Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism. Thanks for considering this. IZAK 06:25, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Breslov rabbis

Hi, I saw you made a new category for the many Breslov personalities. I just want to note that while most of them are rabbis, Moshe Breslover, Yitzhak Sternhartz, and Michel Dorfman are not. (Reb Michel's title of Rosh Yeshiva of the Breslov Yeshiva in Jerusalem is more an administrative post, in recognition of his mesirut nefesh in acting as the de facto head of Breslov Hasidim in Communist Russia.) Why did you get rid of the Category:Breslov Hasidim which would better categorize these three personalities? Yoninah 22:48, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Okay, maybe it wasn't Category:Breslov Hasidim but Category:Breslov Hasidism. Not everyone is a rabbi in Breslov, you know. I will ask a knowledgeable source tomorrow to double-check on those names I mentioned. Yoninah 23:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Okay, you get the go-ahead! All the people you recategorized were indeed rabbis. I also went ahead and recategorized Alter Tepliker.
Now, let me ask you about Category:Breslov Hasidism. Incongruently, Nachman of Breslov is included in this category amongst a bunch of Breslov issues and concepts. Can we take him out of there? Why doesn't he deserve his own category, Category:Rebbe of Breslov? Yoninah 09:17, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
Oh, thanks for pointing out that line to me. I added it to the Category:Breslov rabbis page too, to avoid any misunderstandings. Yoninah 13:52, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dash ettiquette

Excuse the wikistalking, but you may be interested in the Chicago Manual of Style’s brief description.

“ What is the difference in usage between an em dash and an en dash?

A. I will try to condense the various bits of information scattered throughout CMS. First of all, there are three lengths of what are all more or less dashes: hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—). I frame it this way because the work they do is roughly related to their length (though I don’t think CMS puts it this way outright).

The hyphen connects two things that are intimately related, usually words that function together as a single concept or work together as a joint modifier (e.g., tie-in, toll-free call, two-thirds).

The en dash connects things that are related to each other by distance, as in the May–September issue of a magazine; it’s not a May-September issue, because June, July, and August are also ostensibly included in this range. And in fact en dashes specify any kind of range, which is why they properly appear in indexes when a range of pages is cited (e.g., 147–48). En dashes are also used to connect a prefix to a proper open compound: for example, pre–World War II. In that example, “pre” is connected to the open compound “World War II” and therefore has to do a little extra work (to bridge the space between the two words it modifies—space that cannot be besmirched by hyphens because “World War II” is a proper noun). Now, that is a rather fussy use of the en dash that many people (justifiably, I suppose) ignore, preferring the hyphen.

The em dash has several uses. It allows, in a manner similar to parentheses, an additional thought to be added within a sentence by sort of breaking away from that sentence—as I’ve done here. Its use or misuse for this purpose is a matter of taste, and subject to the effect on the writer’s or reader’s “ear.” Em dashes also substitute for something missing. For example, in a bibliographic list, rather than repeating the same author over and over again, three consecutive em dashes (also known as a 3-em dash) stand in for the author’s name. In interrupted speech, one or two em dashes may be used: “I wasn’t trying to imply——” “Then just what were you trying to do?” Also, the em dash may serve as a sort of bullet point, as in this to-do list:

—wash the car

—walk the dog

—attempt to explain em and en dashes

This explanation is not intended to be exhaustive (for much more, see chapter 6 in CMS 15), but I do hope that it helps to frame the different potential of each length of dash.…

 ”

As a quick shortut Alt-0150 is an en dash as is –, Alt-0151 is an em dash, as is —. Enjoy :) -- Avi 15:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

In general, birth and death dates should be separated by an en-dash (cf. Chicago Manual of Style, 15 ed.: 6.83–6.84), unless words like “from” or “between” are used, in which case the WORD “to” should be used. -- Avi 15:49, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I only have two things two add to that: 1) OMG! :) :) and 2)OracoCu is fine... - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:21, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1945

oops! Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] alma mater

dude - have you read the first paragraph of that article? "It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary." Are you sure you want R' Chaim Pinchas to link to that? :) - CrazyRussian talk/email 13:47, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ndash and kovno

On ndash, it's ok, but it needs to be in unicode per MoS. I know of two ways of fixing that - either run AWB, which I only have on my home computer, or replace it with a character that is available in normal ASCII.

On Kovno, arrrrrrgh!! Is what I'm doing not reasonable? Nobody has refuted my arguments - they just misinterpreted me as trying to rename the Ohr Somayach as "R' Meir Simcha of Daugavpils", something I am not trying to do. Act like you're in golus - it's the three weeks... - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] acharonim cat

great idea, nesh, but we need to give rock-solid inclusion criteria, even if we have to draw a somewhat arbitrary line. Year of birth cutoffs would be splendid. What do you think? - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:47, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

OK. I proposed Chacham Tzvi for OBRCW. - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] replacing ORBCW former

Check out User:Crzrussian/Sandbox - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:56, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:

OK, I'll run ORBCW, I say make both the Oracocu - wehy not - if the volume of work on Rav Frank is small - so be it. We can handle it. See my new nomination. Also, is everything ok? May I ask why you'll be away? - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:26, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

So what do you say about
    • Making both Frank and Tzitz oracocu
    • My non-standard addition to ORBCW?
- CrazyRussian talk/email 19:34, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Deal. Make it the Tzitz Eliezer. - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:42, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Har HaMenuchot

Check out stub! Enjoy your vacation. - CrazyRussian talk/email 19:55, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] vote please

Please vote your consience on Iggud HaRabbonim.

Thanks.JJ211219 16:39, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where are you?

Hi Nesher: I was away and now I as I look for you I see that you have left. What happened and why did you leave? You are missed! Your intelligent presense is needed. Please come back when you are able too. In the meantime, Zai Gezunt and all the best. IZAK 17:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I second that. The 'permanent' notice is kinda sudden. I pray everything is okay. --Shuki 01:43, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I hope all is well too. But if it is a case of throwing in the towl, then, you know, often-times editors come into Wikipedia with "guns blazing" and they then subsequently face disappointment that they cannot carry through in exactly the way they would have liked to have done which then leads to frustration and a form of "yiush" ("giving up") which is the wrong thing to do because Wikipedia is a "work of art in progress" and both a "living organism" and "vast mechanism" that needs constant tending and attention. After all that is why it is so appealing since "anyone can edit" and why we are all granted a "my watchlist" button to moniter the pages that matter to us most. I do hope that Nesher can be coaxed back to Wikipedia to continue his essentially masterful work here, especially relating to Orthodox Judaism and its rabbis. He is obviously well informed and is more than able to hold his own in the give-and-take on Wikipedia. I am completely mystified by his departrure and I would be glad if either he or anyone else could let us know, openly or through Email, why he has seen fit to leave Wikipedia so abruptly. Perhaps some others would know. Thanks. IZAK 07:01, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Everything OK I hope- ksiva cechasima tova!JJ211219 20:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Grammar Nazi

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