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Brooklyn parents are flocking to the Red Hook furniture giant to drop off their kids at a free day care service called Smaland - even when buying a sofa is not on the agenda.
In the year since Ikea has been open, the day care center, which welcomes kids from 36 inches to 50 inches in height, has gained a crew of regulars.
"They come a few times a week. It's just a way for the parents to have a little bit of their own time," said the store's spokeswoman, Lorna Montalvo.
The Swedish furniture and housewares store offers free day care, complete with counselors, a ball pit and an arts and crafts station.
Even though the time limit per child is only 45 minutes on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends, Smaland still draws parents starved for me-time.
"Sometimes, you see parents come by, drop off their kid and then go right upstairs and have a meal," Montalvo said.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 08:02 PM Anonymous Says:
This is a really great option to get away....the prices are great and the gravlox and other vegetable items at the restaurant are wonderful too. Its a sad commentary about the lack of affordable day care in the community at large and especially for large heimeshe families.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 07:55 PM Anonymous Says:
a good thing for time limits otherwise parents would leave their child over from nine till five.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 09:38 PM Anonymous Says:
“ This is a really great option to get away....the prices are great and the gravlox and other vegetable items at the restaurant are wonderful too. Its a sad commentary about the lack of affordable day care in the community at large and especially for large heimeshe families. ”
?how could you buy gravlox at their restaurant? Fish needs a proper hechsher.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 09:56 PM Anonymous Says:
“ ?how could you buy gravlox at their restaurant? Fish needs a proper hechsher. ”
gravlox is from SALMON not some chazerfish....
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Jun 23, 2009 at 11:05 PM Anonymous Says:
“ gravlox is from SALMON not some chazerfish.... ”
Am hooretz so what if its from salmon first u need a proof based on halacha that's its salmon not ur own boich sevoro second what about the rest of the ingredients.
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Jun 23, 2009 at 10:20 PM Anonymous Says:
“ gravlox is from SALMON not some chazerfish.... ”
even if its from salmon- once its prepped in a non-kosher kitchen w/ non-kosher utensils it should not be consumed.... same goes for cut veggies
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:20 AM Anonymous Says:
“ even if its from salmon- once its prepped in a non-kosher kitchen w/ non-kosher utensils it should not be consumed.... same goes for cut veggies ”
Same for cut veggies?.. You never buy water melon from a non kosher fruit stand?
that knife was used for traif fish. as long as its metal and wiped clean and cold its ok . de Am uretz de
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Jun 24, 2009 at 10:15 AM Anonymous Says:
“ even if its from salmon- once its prepped in a non-kosher kitchen w/ non-kosher utensils it should not be consumed.... same goes for cut veggies ”
The article does not identify which Vaad is providing the hashgacah to IKEA.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:01 AM Y from BP Says:
“ even if its from salmon- once its prepped in a non-kosher kitchen w/ non-kosher utensils it should not be consumed.... same goes for cut veggies ”
I'm afraid to say it but, could the Anonymous writer be from the MO chavreh? They certainly mean well, but have an abridged version of the Shulchan Oruch. Reb Chaim Shmulevitz described them as 'pshorim machers'.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 11:09 AM Common Sense Says:
“ Same for cut veggies?.. You never buy water melon from a non kosher fruit stand?
that knife was used for traif fish. as long as its metal and wiped clean and cold its ok . de Am uretz de ”
Really? Which posek did you get that from? I asked imy Rov f I could have the mates on a fishing boat use their knives to clean my fish and was told they would need to use my own kosher knive an cutting board. Yes,their kniives are both metal and cold. So unless you have a Rov to back you up or are a Rove yourself, you may want to refrain from paskening for the oillam.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 11:26 AM Hando Says:
All of you - choose your own level of kashrus, and abide by what your own minhagim and hakpada.
Stop lecturing other people about what they should or should not be doing. Nobody said "you know, IKEA's gravlax can be eaten by chassidim"
- number 1 simply said "this is a great option to get away" and mentioned that they like the vegetables and smoked salmon (which, in europe, is eaten by all with no hechsher implied nor required - but that's not the topic of my comment, so please don't start). So now he/she attracts a barrage of attackers who begin their mussar of what level of kashrus they keep?
Stick to the point. Read the story. Make a comment you think is relevant, on the story or its details. And, as we approach the 3 weeks, stop bashing other yidden for no reason nor purpose...
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Jun 24, 2009 at 04:24 PM Raphael Kaufman Says:
“ I'm afraid to say it but, could the Anonymous writer be from the MO chavreh? They certainly mean well, but have an abridged version of the Shulchan Oruch. Reb Chaim Shmulevitz described them as 'pshorim machers'. ”
You are uttering a slander on Torah Jews. You should take your own advice and spend more time learning Shulchan Aruch, not to mention Chafetz Chaim.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 04:22 PM Raphael Kaufman Says:
“ Really? Which posek did you get that from? I asked imy Rov f I could have the mates on a fishing boat use their knives to clean my fish and was told they would need to use my own kosher knive an cutting board. Yes,their kniives are both metal and cold. So unless you have a Rov to back you up or are a Rove yourself, you may want to refrain from paskening for the oillam. ”
My Lakewood Rav (name available on request) actually paskens azei (pardon my Litvishe accent) but I, to my wife's dismay, generally clean and fillet my fish myself. You don't have to have a degree in icthyology to identify fish. Most of our local sea fish (at least the one's that you might consider eating) are Kosher. Salmon is readily identifiable by a lay person. If you are in doubt, look at the skin side of the fillet. Scales are easy to spot. If the skin is removed, it's somewhat harder but anyone who cooks know what a flounder fillet looks like.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 04:46 PM Raphael Kaufman Says:
“ Am hooretz so what if its from salmon first u need a proof based on halacha that's its salmon not ur own boich sevoro second what about the rest of the ingredients. ”
A salmon is kosher b'metzius-snapir and kaskesses. You don't have to have yorah yorah to identify fins and scales on common kosher fish. Nor do you have to fear that something that looks like salmon and smells like salmon isn't a salmon. For less common fish, you would probably have to know what sphenoid and cycloid scales are so I would avoid eating a fish with which I am not familiar, so no Peruvian parrotfish. P.S. this only applies to fresh fish or whole smoked fish. Canned fish is an andere ma'aseh and definitely need hashgacha. Not all that long ago, plenty of people who thought they were eating canned salmon were actually eating canned shark with red dye #2.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:28 PM Mike Says:
“ You are uttering a slander on Torah Jews. You should take your own advice and spend more time learning Shulchan Aruch, not to mention Chafetz Chaim. ”
How about some time learning to treat EVERYONE with respect?