Conference & Chat Room

This room is dedicated to real-time conferencing -- that is, meetings of from 2 to 25 persons, where everyone in the meeting can instantly read what you type, and you can instantly read what everyone else types.  Its like talking to people who are in the same room with you, except that everyone types instead of talks.

Visitors to The Rabbi's House are welcome to use this Conference Room for their personal use anytime it is not needed for an official Rabbi's House function.   For example, you can agree with one or more friends to meet in this room at an arranged time, and you can "talk" with each other here as long as you like.

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If you use this room, there are several things of which you must be aware:

1. Except for Rabbi's House functions, use of the room is on a "first come, first served" basis.
2. Unless you use the "Private Chat" mode, your conversations in this room are not private. Everyone who enters this room can "hear" everything which is said.
3. The software used for this Conference Room is a free version provided for evaluation by PARACHAT. As such, it contains advertisments for products and services which are not endorsed by this ministry. We realize that this is distracting, but if this software proves successful, we will lease a version which will not have the advertisments.
4. To use the room, you must enter a one-word Nickname. Your first name will do, unless someone else in the system is already using the name. If that happens, add a numeral to the name (e.g. Tom1 or Pat2).
5. For ease of use, you will find it convenient to click on the "Float" button and then maximize the screen.
6. More than one conversation can go on at a time by blocking out those with whom you are not speaking.  Select (click on) those you want to exclude in the User Panel, and then check "Ignore User").
7. Remember that what you type is only sent when you press "Enter" on your computer.  If you spend several minutes typing without pressing "Enter", your correspondent(s) will see nothing on the screen and will wonder where you have gone.   It is therefore best to press "Enter" after each sentence and then type "k" or "over" when you are finished and want the other party to type.
8. Please e-mail us at Feedback@TheRabbi.com to let us know how you like this conferencing service.