tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post5786622831131029673..comments2024-03-28T09:43:50.919+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: trusting someone just based on appearanceRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-66414072322654926582010-03-08T01:09:01.578+02:002010-03-08T01:09:01.578+02:00Being foolish enough to financially trust someone ...Being foolish enough to financially trust someone unworthy is a mistake I'm sure each of us made as we were growing into adulthood. The difference is that (a) the mistake was likely at a non-critical time in our lives and of a magnitude that didn't break us and (b) we had more savvy adults around us to put it in context - how to check things out the next time, etc.<br /><br />Someone who lives a non-income life probably gets neither.Shiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-71583396106764384742010-03-07T15:47:57.914+02:002010-03-07T15:47:57.914+02:00Never trust a chosid from Lagos!Never trust a chosid from Lagos!Yerachmiel Lopinhttp://frumfollies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-71310521792647221112010-03-07T15:39:08.360+02:002010-03-07T15:39:08.360+02:00Hey if he's collecting $800 a day then I'm...Hey if he's collecting $800 a day then I'm quitting my day job and putting on a shtreimel too!Shiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-58620762339143094382010-03-07T15:38:26.117+02:002010-03-07T15:38:26.117+02:00we're jews too - it is only natural to be more...we're jews too - it is only natural to be more trusting of someone who appears to be a part of the same community as you. there is no way around that. But if someone asks you to lend him $800 and you dont know who he is or anything about him, don't lend him the money no matter what he looks like unless you check him out first, get references, etc.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-42578945890725695422010-03-07T15:30:20.442+02:002010-03-07T15:30:20.442+02:00But isn't the point here that haredi looking i...But isn't the point here that haredi looking is automatically better? In many people's eyes haredim do things "better" be it food, tzedaka, chinuch, therapy, etc.<br /><br />Don't people go after more haredi hechsherim, mohelim,shochtim, sofrim, etc? It is because we give more importance to the "looks" of things.<br /><br />I'm certain that the haredi guy will get more tzedaka at your door than the guy wearing a kipa sruga.<br /><br />We must come to the understanding that haredi is a form of custom and not a form of standard.We're Jews toonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-11719926512869408382010-03-07T14:55:18.959+02:002010-03-07T14:55:18.959+02:00The people I know who have trouble getting by, go ...The people I know who have trouble getting by, go to work. They don't sit in the beit medrash and ask for handouts.<br /><br />If he was walking around with $800, it is unlikely that was his last dime (or shekel, as it were.)LTCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-75087231376834432752010-03-07T14:52:18.242+02:002010-03-07T14:52:18.242+02:00do you know anybody who can live off $800? Maybe t...do you know anybody who can live off $800? Maybe that is the amount he had raised over the course of the day, and along comes this great opportunity - if he lends this guy $800, he will get it back in a couple of days along with a $1600 donation!Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-28893065422953699112010-03-07T14:49:18.987+02:002010-03-07T14:49:18.987+02:00You are missing the point. Maybe some guy who need...You are missing the point. Maybe some guy who needs to collect money to get by SHOULD GET A JOB!!!<br /><br />And if he had $800 in cash to lend this character, why does he need to ask for a handout??LTCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-41146723341974526672010-03-07T13:32:01.115+02:002010-03-07T13:32:01.115+02:00I agree 100%.I agree 100%.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-23711004104839734032010-03-07T11:02:21.585+02:002010-03-07T11:02:21.585+02:00Even if the guy would have been legit, it sounds u...Even if the guy would have been legit, it sounds uncomfortably close to <i>ribit</i> to me.yoni r.noreply@blogger.com