Daf Yomi CPR and Life Support

Some say chazal said 'bo Shabbos bo menucha' due to the many lomdei Daf Yomi who drop out during the five month Mesechta Shabbos marathon. If you:

>Have fallen behind and are giving up
>Travel
>Only do amud alef with your chevrusa and don't want a zebra striped view of shas
>Aren't satisfied with or don't understand Artscroll's pshat

Then here are some useful web resources to get you back up to speed:

1. http://www.ouradio.org/index.php/daf (English) Comments: Takes 38-50 minutes - this is a lunchtime shiur posted approx 2:30pm EST weekdays - On Fridays 3 shiurim are posted for Fri,Sat,Sun. 'e-daf' displayed(old Vilna blatt). This is a Daf Yomi said for businessmen from an OU kashrus Rabbi.

2. www.yutorah.org/daf.cfm and http://cbey.org/shiurim/daf/dafframe.asp (English) The above two are the same shiur by Rabbi Shalom Rosner, a YU musmach with an undergrad degree in hard science. Posted early AM EST (it's a 6am shiur). Takes 35-45 minutes. The YU site provides 'e-daf' with a software 'magnifying glass'. No Shabbos shiur. Talks fast, packing a lot in, provides Halacha l'maasa where relevant, frequently brings Rishonim and Acharonim.

3. http://hadafhayomi.co.il/ Israeli site provides English, Yiddish, Hebrew, French shiurim. Meorot Daf provided (new print) with print option, but it's apparently scanned in so it's not sharp when printed. However, it is clearer than 'e-daf'. Posted for days ahead. Video of the magid shiur available for those with high speed connection. Yiddish and English shiurim are very clearly explained (the most detail and overview of the three), but take full hour with a dvar halacha at the end.

None of the shiurim go thru every Rashi on the blatt, but the shorter two are great for catch up. I've done 3 blatt on a motzoi Shabbos, although I wouldn't want to admit it or do it again.

Disclaimer: The internet is a corrosive, spiritually depraved wasteland with no redeeming value.

Science Project

I know, I've referred to this phenomenon before. But it just hit me right between the eyes.
My daughter, who learns in a chassidishe Bais Yakov type school with a respectable secular studies program (which is itself a subject for a posting when contrasted with the comparable boys institution) was assigned a science project, preferably experimental, along with the rest of the class.
Now all of us know how to get a science project in BP. You simply call up your local Nobel Prize Laureate, and ask him for his discarded experiments.

But seriously, there are only 5 ways to get this done: (Ideas are ordered by educational worth)
1. The school provides books with ideas, and preferably a lab and/or a resource person.
2. The children go to the public library for research.
3. The children go to Barnes and Noble or Borders and buy a book of science experiments.
4. The child goes on the internet.
5. The parent goes on the internet for him.

Number 1 is not provided.
Number 2 is prohibited.
Number 3 is prohibited.
Number 4 is prohibited.
Number 5 is prohibited.

Footnote: The children all produced science projects.

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I continue to apologize for the paucity of my recent posts. I respectfully request those of you who follow this blog or feel it worthwhile to please wish me well in my business endeavors.

Sorry For the Delay

As you can imagine, I've plenty to say, but no time to put it down.
I'm trying (BE"H) to put together a substantial (for me) business purchase.

I apologize.

Hope to be back with you soon!