tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post7050760478977460629..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Interesting Posts and Articles #187joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-39172739310833681482009-07-28T19:05:03.785-04:002009-07-28T19:05:03.785-04:00Seems to me the diamond ring ought to be the value...Seems to me the diamond ring ought to be the value of the 2000 zuzim + 2000 zekukim. It serves the same purpose: upon the marriage's termination, the wife is left with sufficient money to support herself for a little while.thanbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197564008203120013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-60103151197342343202009-07-28T18:34:42.973-04:002009-07-28T18:34:42.973-04:00true enough.
why i would consider it unintentional...true enough.<br />why i would consider it unintentional: not the lack of relationship to the parent, but rather that it dated to Elizabethan England, and that it is a little known law which is suddenly being enforced in an entirely different context.<br /><br />the type of medical bills and nursing home costs that one can accrue nowadays are astronomical, and likely not anywhere akin to what they were when the law was established. indeed, i have heard of people giving away their assets to children in their later years because otherwise, their entire fortune would be swiftly consumed. The average yearly cost of a nursing home in 2004 was $70,080 per year. In Alaska, $204,765 per year.<br /><br />This enables such high costs together with foisting such costs on possibly unwilling parties. And this in turn ruins the lives / credit of the unwilling parties and lets the wealthy institutions get even wealthier. This is possibly quite different from making sure that children do not leave their parents out on the street. In the present situation, the parents will almost certainly be cared for anyway (indeed, they already have), but it allows these institutions to sue others for money they otherwise would not have access to.<br /><br />In other words, the product of a different era, such that I suspect that this scenario was never intended.<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-84195041987777826002009-07-28T11:27:42.774-04:002009-07-28T11:27:42.774-04:00Re #2, who says its unintentional?Re #2, who says its unintentional?LazerAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463856909521693296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-64969864029927028062009-07-28T06:52:30.010-04:002009-07-28T06:52:30.010-04:00Finally, somebody is willing to stand up the women...Finally, somebody is willing to stand up the women and say no diamond ring. Lukus Lukus ad mosai ata ochel mamonam shel yisrael.<br />Only an expert can tell the difference btw a diamond and cubic zirconium.a husbandnoreply@blogger.com