tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90595982847190772592024-02-19T20:28:20.033-05:00The Jewish Teenthejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-62953691719961928182012-05-20T20:28:00.003-04:002012-05-20T20:29:18.365-04:00How I Am Bringing Shabbos Into My House<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Bringing Shabbos into my house was a lot simpler then I thought it would be. I already light Shabbos candles every week. I was hoping my mother would take ownership of lighing...I was surprised with my fathers enthusiasm. Some men in my Chabad House have began saying Kiddish by the lunch Kiddish. That how I first began thinking of asking my father to say Kiddish at home. Combined with my new Kosher pots I knew I had the resources to bring Shabbos into my house.<br />
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On Wednesday I asked my father if I sent him a link with the Kiddish would he practice and be willing to say Kiddish on Friday. He said yes. I then asked him if he would listen to a recording of it as well. He said yes again. So I sent him transliterated Kiddish with a recording. Courtesy of chabad.org. To get Challah the campus Shlucha had an extra so I paid her for that. My brother said it was "The best Challah ever! I just can't stop eating it!"<br />
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Right before we lit I heated myself a mushroom barley soup and mozzarella stick. I also put a few cookies on a napkin.<br />
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After I was set up we lit and then turned around to watch my father who'd put on a Yamuka(his own doing) say Kiddish-with tune! Next my father said Hamotzi. As we ate Challah my brother commented that, "This is so nice, I can't wait to do this next year!" I told him "don't worry we are going to do this every week!" :)thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-59329320601972807382012-05-17T20:08:00.001-04:002012-05-20T20:29:30.321-04:00Getting Kosher Pots<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Taking on Kashrus is the hardest thing I have ever done. Running a mile is not as hard, biking, even passing the deep end test for the 1st time wasn't as hard. My parents reacted to my decision a lot better then I was expecting, and I am so grateful.<br />
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A little background information: Over a year ago I took on eating only Kosher food all the time except for at dinner. The reason for this was I had read on line that when you a BT stops eating there mothers meals the mother flips. Imagine, your parents raised you, they took care of you when you were sick; and now you decided there food isn't good enough for you? Good luck with your relationship. I also continued using my family dishes. A month ago I decided it was time to take on Kashrus completely.<br />
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I'm honestly happy I waited tell now to only use Kosher pots because I don't think I could have stood up to my families constant complaints and misunderstandings earlier. Everything was and is Hashgota Protis (HP), Divine Provicdnece. <a href="http://thejewishteen.blogspot.com/2010/12/everything-happens-for-reason.html" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Everything happens for a reason.</a><br />
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A few days before Pesach, I told my parents I'm no longer eating dinner with them because the food is not Kosher, after Pesach I would be buying my own pots and pans. Pesach came and went, the week after came and went and on Sunday I went to the store to buy my stuff. I hadn't bought my stuff immediatly because I had to figure out some technicaltieis which I will write about in another post.<br />
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Meanwhile I go to the store I find the stuff I was looking for and then I check the prices. Pretty average for the Pot and Pan. But the spatchela to make my eggs(which I still haven't used yet...) was over $5 no way was I going to pay such a big sum. I left the store feeling defeated but hoping my parents would agrea to drive me to another store.<br />
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I walked home, and my mother when I told her I hadn't bought anything sounded very sad. My father and sister came home and immediately wanted to see my pots. Even though everyone was upset about me getting pots when I didn't have them their neshamos kicked in and so my father and mother argued about whether they would buy me pots. This occurred while I said Tehillim. :)<br />
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After the arguing stopped my father came in to try to get my approval(he was arguing that they should buy them for me). He didn't get it. My sister, who I need to write is one of the strongest people against my Yiddishkite, this is good, because they say those types of people usually become religious themselves :) called my father into the other room. Shortly thereafter my sister walked into my room and said "Get your stuff Dad's taking you to the store. Its my idea so you should thank me." :)<br />
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We went to a cheaper store, were I was able to get a Pot, and to Pans. All on sale. We found a set of spatchels and spoons for $5. My father was very excited and even agreed to take me to the Mivkah to Toivel my pots. Everything is Hashgota Protis.<br />
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I turned down his inspiring offer. All of this shopping happened on Sunday. I didn't go to the Mikvah tell Wednesday because my mother said she couldn't take me tell then. I had the option to walk but I didn't because I wanted my mother to be able to be apart of the Mitzvah by driving me to the Mikvah.<br />
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It wasn't tell the Sunday after that, that I walked close to 7 or 8 miles to the hardware store to buy a metal sheet. I needed it to put it between my kosher pots, and the nonkosher stove top. My mother was very angry by this so I didn't cook tell later in the week. The first thing I made was rice for the family.<br />
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I am very humbled, and amazed by myself. <br />
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Nu, please give me praise in the comments.thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-89885060997780072472012-03-19T17:58:00.000-04:002012-03-23T18:01:10.562-04:00$300 & A Trip To NY What Would You Do?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>This past summer in the second week of camp I started being Tznius. The 1st day I wore a skirt I'd gotten from Old Navy. I thought it was very campy. Well my holy but imperfect friend set me straight telling me it was very nebby (nerdy). I was very hurt and countered suggesting she take me shopping sense she has god style.<br />
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Well my unholy friend, the other friend, and my friend who answers everything with a question and I went shopping a few times that <br />
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After the summer I visited my friend who answers everything with a question and went shopping with my holy but imperfect friend. Before going to the stores we added up all my hard earned counselor money, that cashed I'd made from long hours mowing lawns, and the astonishing profitable start up business created out of need to water plants. All in all I had $300, enough to buy a laptop or Ipod touch etc. You know something fun, something cool.<br />
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It was the first time I had so much money all at once and I spent all of it. I used the money to buy skirts because that was a priority. With no help besides for choosing what to buy I bought my own Tznius wardrobe. My holy imperfect friend said it was "Very inspiring to watch."<br />
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Well what would you have done? Would you have spent the money on clothes or a Laptop?<br />
If you have any questions about starting to be Tznius comment or email me: thejewishteenblog@gmail.comthejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-52393149918966186312012-03-17T21:00:00.001-04:002012-03-23T17:47:03.878-04:00I Finished The Whole Tehillim nbd.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>This Shabbos was Shabbos Mevarchim and it's custom for once to finish the whole Tehillim. Tehillim is divided into 5 books called sefers. It's also divided into 7 days for the week and 30 days for the month. The most Tehillim I've ever done in one day was 4 Sefers, an extremely accomplishing fact itself. This Shabbos I did the whole Tehillim!!!!!!<br />
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Normally its best not to say Tehillim at night, but on Shabbos Mevarchim you are allowd to start saying Tehillim Friday night which is what I usually do. I try to do the 1st Sefer which is 52 pages in my book of Tehillim, so at night 10pages at a time and taking a beak isn't so bad. However this week I was very tired on Friday and went to sleep.<br />
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I woke up a little after 8am did Brachos ate a Bannana did Karbones and then did one days worth of Tehillim. I went to Shul which hadn't<br />
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After the delicious tasting Kiddish I went home to say Tehillim. I finished the 2nd Sefer and said Mincha while waiting for my friend who was suppose to come over. She didn't and out of misery formyself I took a break in the middle of the 3rd Sefer. After I got overmyself I realized it was 4:45 and Shabbos didn't end tell 8:26. It dawned on me, I am totally capable of finishing the whole Tehillim. There is enough time and I wanted the ragging rights. My motivation for finishing was if I finished I was going to walk to my Shliachs house and celebrate. After Shabbos I would be able to tell my friends and they'd be proud of me. I wanted to do it for myself as well, but this motivation, and the idea of my Shliachs food and reaction was the real motivation.<br />
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The rest was a blur, I said Tehillim tell 8!!! Taking only a little food break, a bathroom break, and a moment to read my Haom Yom.<br />
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When I finished my Tehillim was to late to go to my Shliachs house, but man was I happy!!!! I can barely believe it. I DID THE WHOLE TEHILLIM!!!! Around this time last year I wasn't even keeping Kosher! IT took me about 4-5 hours give or take one. I texted and told literally everyone religious that I know and so i got congratulated a lot :)<br />
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These are some of my favorite reactions:<br />
"Very proud!" -the Shliachs who food motivated me<br />
"Amazing"<br />
"That is beautiful!" <br />
"You are so good!"<br />
"Mazal Tov!!"<br />
"I'm sure that took work, good job!"<br />
"You are sooo good!"<br />
"You should have all the Brachos!"<br />
"AHHHHHH!! AHHH! AHHH!"<br />
"I'm very impressed"<br />
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and my all time personal favorite answer by the best Rabbi on the plante, texted seconds after being sent...<br />
"Good."<br />
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Well...Nu congradulate me in the comments!thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-16380020524967508302012-03-16T23:43:00.000-04:002012-03-23T16:58:58.805-04:00I'm Geting A Vayikra Chumush!!! <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I am pleased to say that I am getting a Vayikra Chumush!!! Here is the story: Last week my moms friend called asking for a babysitter. I got the job. Baruch Hashem I was so happy because the women paid me the exact amount I needed to buy a Chumush and its time to buy the Vayikra because we are already almost done with Shemos.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My mom made an appointment and it turns out I have a no longer contagious rash that is a post side effect of the cold I just got over. To convince me not not tell my sister about the rashi I was bribed with the exact amount I need to buy the Vayikra Chumush!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Feel free to wish me a congratulations in the comments!</div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-51921763918522601182012-03-15T00:23:00.000-04:002012-03-23T17:58:55.398-04:00How to Finish Chitas Before Midnight<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All Chitas owners want that my-Chitas-can’t-close-look. All Chitas sayers want to get sleep before midnight. I have a lot of friends who do Chitas every day and some friends who do Chitas some days and everything in between. One thing they all have in common is a the challenge of being able to do everything within a reasonable hour. Hopefully this post will help with that.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Consistency</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whatever you do, whatever level you are on <b>it is important to do it every day. The goal here is routine. If you find there is something you make an option then take a break from it until you feel the stuff you are already doing is a part of you.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> To understand the importance of consis</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">tency lets take 2 cups of water. The 1<sup>st</sup> cup you boil for 20 minutes straight. The 2<sup>nd</sup> cup you boil for two minutes when you realize, you put the water in the wrong dish. So you turn off the burner, switch the water to the correct dish and re-boil the water. Two minutes later the same thing happens. Stop and Start. Stop and Start. This two minute stop and start boiling intervals continue for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes the stove breaks. Which water is hotter?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 1<sup>st</sup> cup is someone who does a little Chitas every day. Every single day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 2<sup>nd</sup> cup is someone who does the whole Chitas every day. For a two days and then stops. And then starts again.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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When your stove breaks it is hard to keep the flame going, if the water is already hot then it will remain hot. Same with habits and routine if you install them while you are enthusiastic about them.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The stove is your enthusiasm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spit it up into Chunks Throughout the Day</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A lot of people Daven in the morning, Daven Mincha and then at approximately 10pm (or later) begin doing all the other parts of Chitas. To avoid doing this, and <b>to be more productive throughout the day make sure you do at least one thing before Davening.</b> A suggestion is Hayom Yom and Sefer Hamitzvohs before Shacharis and Tanya before Mincha. In addition to helping you get Chitas done early in the day learning before Davening helps you get read to Daven. After Shacharis or Mincha say your Tehillim while you are still in a holy concentrating state.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Get a Chitas Partner</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You don’t need to do the entire Chitas together, but learning regularly with someone is very special. By learning Chumush or Tanya with someone you are better able to really understand it .<b>If you learn even one small part of Chitas, like Sefer Hamitzvohs with someone, naturally the conversation will flow to the discussion of Chitas and you will remind each other to do it.</b> If you decide to learn a harder thing like Chumush with some you create a lasting bond and friendship. My Chumush partner and I push each other to spiritual limits. I care about her so much that this post is dedicated to her because she always stays up late doing Chitas and truly inspires me. A great thing about having someone to learn with is the day you decide you can’t finish will be the day your partner pushes you to finish.</span></div> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Use Your Strengths</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am addicted to the internet. I <b>recognize this and try to use this to help me grow as much as possible.</b> One way I do that is by receiving Sefer Hamitzvohs and Hayom Yom in my email. I don’t learn Tanya yet but if you do, Chabad.org has all of these, so I encourage you to sign up. If your strengthis are multi tasking in school or work do Chitas there. If you drive a lot then listen to daily shiurs on Tanya or Chumush. There are many things you can do just be creative. Maybe you are good like me at taking breaks, Chitas time!</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now if you had time to read this, then that means two things, you are doing something right(by reading this blog) and you have time to do Chitas! So go learn!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are a Chosid you can do this!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have any other Chitas tips please share them in the comments. Thanks.</span></div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-3870291876365427552012-03-14T11:44:00.010-04:002012-03-23T17:45:30.976-04:00Pie Day<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I would like to clarify something, I love pie. Apple and chocolate are my two favorite flavors. I also enjoy pecan pie.<br />
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My school has a lot of vacation. We have Winter Break, Midwinter, and Spring Break(there are a few more just these are big ones), before all of them Teachers celebrate the day before vacation with an extremely grilling test but usually at least one teacher decides to have a pot lock style party. I prefer the second type of teacher.<br />
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Nonetheless as much as I like the party's its very rare that the food is kosher, (I got to public school) so how do I withstand the temptation of the food? The answer is simple, but to understand let me tell you a story. <br />
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In my Spanish class the teacher decided it would be fun to make salsa. Split into groups we divided the ingredients that would we would need to make the salsa. All the ingredients were natural products, like tomatoes, etc. so I was planning on eating the salsa. When the time came to make the I realized both the bowl and the spoon were not plastic. <br />
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I quietly moaned. I was so upset. I was so bummed that I asked what the bowl and spoon were normally used for. The answer was plain noodles. <br />
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Oh my Yetzer Hara cried, " noodles are Parve just eat the salsa, the ingredients are kosher who cares about the dish." At the same time my Yetzer Tov cried, "You don't know if maybe the bowl is also used for pig soup, or if the spoon is used to mix meat and milk. Don't do it." My Yetzer Tov won and I decided I was going to eat the salsa.<br />
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As classmates passed out the chips I asked to see the bag. It was of course Trief. At that instance I overcame my Yetzer Hara and realized I could not eat the salsa.<br />
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If I ate the salsa (which I later found out was disgusting) I would be committing an Averia and not to mention seriously upsetting my stomach, all for a one minute pleasure. It wasn't worth breaking a connection I worked so hard to make fora small bite of homemade salsa.<br />
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I asked myself how would I be able to look my ancestors who fought to just be Jewish. How could I answer those who walked through the mud and dirt everyday to get to Yeshiva? How could I answer those who lived from week to week and quit there job to keep Shabbos?<br />
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The most important question I asked myself when nonkosher food is offered to me is what will I tell the Jews who were in the camps and still only ate kosher food?<br />
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So to answer how I resisted the pies I first of all tried to avoid looking at them, and and I thought of people who had real Mesira Nefesh.thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-63637944160696846152012-03-13T00:06:00.001-04:002012-03-14T11:43:11.622-04:00How I got My Family to Light Shabbos Candles-Sometimes its Good to Push<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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After Rosh Hashanah my friends went home and left me all alone for Yom Kippur and Succos. Erev Yom Tov for Succos I was chatting my friend and again she attempted to convince me to light. I kindly told her(just kidding it was actually really sharply<br />
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A week or two later(after Succos was over) I schemed in my head how I was going to get my family to light. It was Friday afternoon and my neighbor asked me to go down the street and buy her a few things from the supermarket. I gladly accepted because while I was there I was planning to buy shabbos candles. I knew the store sold them because I had spotted them a few weeks ago when I went for another reason. I bought a box and the only option was a $10 box. I grudgingly but happily payed. <br />
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When I got home my mother asked me what I bought. I didn't jump around the bush. I told her, "Shabbos Candles can we light tonight?"(remember it was Friday afternoon) She replied sure why not?<br />
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So the lesson as my young shlucha pointed out when I related her this story is "with out that extra push from you it never would have happened."<br />
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I'm a firm believer that a push is not a bad thing and actually helps people do something they already want to do. Thoughts?thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-38864983797501541562012-03-11T10:03:00.002-04:002012-03-14T11:43:31.651-04:00What Happens When a Non-Lubavitcher Starts Learning Hayom Yom?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.judaism.com/gif-bk/20896a.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.judaism.com/gif-bk/20896a.gif" width="320" yda="true" /></a></div>I won a book from AHTO, the new fancy blue Hayom Yom. I was soo happy because the book has the Hebrew with vowels text of the Hayom Yom and a little something in English. When I went to New York to my shock and delight my holy but imperfect friend gave me some sefers. One of which was a big fancy blue new Hayom Yom. Perfect now I had a gift for my father who has recently started going to minyan once a week. (of course that to is all thanks to my push)<br />
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This would be a great ending but I'm happy to say the story continues. On the 3rd day my father told me he hadn't read the page that day because <span style="font-size: large;">"He was to busy reviewing the last two days." </span><span style="font-size: small;">I told him not too worry, I had the book at home and he can borrow mine. Later that night I went in my room and found my father looking for my Hayom Yom.</span>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-58072927088506489862011-11-01T16:33:00.002-04:002011-11-01T16:33:52.692-04:00"Science vs. Religion: Mayim Bialik and the OTHER Big Bang Theory" Ep. 4, Season 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/4aT9RHmhngk?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-71681462995230574452011-10-31T09:14:00.001-04:002011-10-31T09:14:00.540-04:00My Chitas Saying Game Plan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://merkazstam.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/135x135/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/c/h/chitas_burgundy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="http://merkazstam.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/135x135/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/c/h/chitas_burgundy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Sometime during Tshrei I decided to take upon myself saying Chitas. That my readers is no easy task. I asked myself;<br />
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How am I possibly going to remember to say tehilllim before it gets dark?<br />
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How am I going to have the will power to put the time needed aside to compile with my goal of saying chumush, tehillim, mincha, maariv, kiryat shma, tanya hayom yom, daily mitzvahs etc. In addition to the hour, give or take a few minutes it takes me to daven shacharis??<br />
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Thus I made for myself a game plan, I put reminders in my ipod to remind when to say certain things and I made steps, or a daily checklist.<br />
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After shacharis I run out the door, down the street to my neighbors house where I get in there car and we go to school. I knew I couldn't count on being able to say chitas everyday at school, so I decided that no chitas will regularly be said at school. Which is how I get to step two:<br />
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HOLD ON LISTEN TO TANYA????? huh!!!<br />
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That's right, my dear friend told me all about the jewishcontent.org's apps. They have Tanya in English, Hebrew, Chumash, everything! The best part is I can download there free apps, and choose wether I want to hear my Tanya in English or Yiddish. <br />
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I always choose Yiddish.....<br />
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Fine I wish I choose Yiddish, I'm not fluent, although I'm learning, so I choose English. Then a browser opens and a podcast of someone, I think it's JJ reads a line of Tanya in Hebrew then explains it in English. It's awesome. <br />
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It's because of my friend who told me about the apps that I even considered taking on chitas everyday.<br />
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After step 3, I do my homework, my chores call my friends, tweet, Gmail, go on facebook, all that good stuff. Then at approximately 9:55 my ipod again goes off with a reminder that I need to begin Maariv in 5 minutes.<br />
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I admit on step 4, as it's close to my bed time and I'm tired I don't always say maariv and Kiryat shma. But ever sense Simchat Torah I have been saying Chumush everyday.<br />
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Now if only I had sucha good plan for having productive Sundays.....<br />
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Do you say chitas? How do you do it? Whats your Chitas saying Gameplan? Please tell me in the comments below.thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-19979003839142680722011-10-27T15:49:00.000-04:002011-10-27T15:49:00.076-04:00Tshrei 5772 In Crown Heights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1BCXqPGH2E0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-35464055706221824172011-10-25T16:00:00.001-04:002012-03-14T00:00:08.977-04:00The SS St Louis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYD6XXLtrUIRlpYW4mNO_-7R9Bbd0ayWXku9Ew8lC6QOsybjxSd5rnvwjoLwqgVJkg9-XqLBINMeoTtT_5adZpkSEzCwsSw5R5EUcGYlx2-j4m53mMsNnNZQybmfym4CWBHvqlyMyeF9v/s1600/liberty+jews.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYD6XXLtrUIRlpYW4mNO_-7R9Bbd0ayWXku9Ew8lC6QOsybjxSd5rnvwjoLwqgVJkg9-XqLBINMeoTtT_5adZpkSEzCwsSw5R5EUcGYlx2-j4m53mMsNnNZQybmfym4CWBHvqlyMyeF9v/s320/liberty+jews.png" width="317" /></a></div> This cartoon appeared in the New York Daily Mirror on June 6, 1939 while the S.S. St. Louis, which had over 900 German Jewish refugees, was awaiting admission to the United States from the Roosevelt administration. The administration refused admission The passengers aboard the S.S. St. Louis left Germany after Kristallnacht, looking for freedom in the United States they were rejected, and thus went to Cuba. Cuba allowed them to dock, but wouldn’t let the passengers stay in their country. The ship, set sail back to Europe and the passengers all prayed they would not have to return to Germany. They had this fear because no country on earth would take them. At the last second, as the S.S St. Louis approached Europe, Holland, France, Great Britain and Belgium each agreed to take a proportion of the refugees.<br />
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The cartoon itself has a critical oxymoron; it’s the first thing most refugees sailing by ship to America dream an anxiously await to see, The Statue of Liberty, an international symbol of freedom for people all over the world is holding a sign shouting, “KEEP OUT”. A ship in the political cartoon with words in the smoke saying “JEWISH REFUGEE SHIP” it appears is sailing away from the city which lies beyond the Statue of Liberty. This symbolizes the ship; the S.S St. Louis is being rejected by the Statue of Liberty which symbolizes the United States government.thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-5902857749415684562011-10-17T15:06:00.000-04:002011-10-17T15:06:28.881-04:00"Out of Town"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.frumsatire.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/stop_frum_satire1-300x179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="http://www.frumsatire.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/stop_frum_satire1-300x179.jpg" /></a></div>A while ago, <a href="http://www.frumsatire.net/2011/05/29/what-does-out-of-town-mean-to-you/">Heshy Fried</a> wrote a post explaining how out of town people talk/act etc. He then asked people what being out of town means. Who is an out of towner?<br />
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Well I have an answer: Being out of town means a variety of things:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You don't live in Brooklyn- <span style="font-size: small;">Basically you don't have a shul on every street corner, you don't have 5 billions kosher food options, and you don't have another 5 billion schools to choose from. You also have a life outside of your own neighborhood, oh and you own a car.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You don't live in NY- <span style="font-size: small;">You might live within driving distance of the big apple, and you might work eat and go to school in NY but you are an out of towner. You spend waaaaaay to much time driving, and only have one pair of sneakers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You live in a big Jewish Community, but not in NY- <span style="font-size: small;">La, Boston, Florida etc are all big Jewish communities, in some parts of these cities there are Shuls on every block and lots of Kosher food choices. Communities but none the less, out of town communities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You live in a suburb of a big Jewish Community-</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">If you drive 45+ to school, but still occasionally go out to eat, this is you. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">All your friends live in town, but you don't.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You're liven it up in Alaska or some other foreign country- <span style="font-size: small;">Yes, I'm aware Alaska is not a foreign country.</span></span> You have your own quarter of the city, and one shul, and a restaurant but no school. You are in an out of town foreign city, and you have located the Jewish community.<br />
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Let the long debate continue. Who is an out of towner?thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-13382267555179565502011-09-23T16:39:00.000-04:002011-09-23T16:39:29.673-04:00Please Sign the Petition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim//2010/04/28/sholom_370x278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim//2010/04/28/sholom_370x278.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hi guys!!! I'm sorry I haven't posted or tweeted in a while. School is taking over my life! SIGH. I've lost sleep, but now its friday :) so I will catch up over shabbos. Please read this<br />
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The White House has released just a new tool to allow people to influence goverment called "We the People." It is essentially a petition site, and they promise: "If a petition meets the signature threshold, it will be reviewed by the Administration and an official response will be issued. And we’ll make sure that the petition is sent to the appropriate policy makers in the Administration." The White House promises an official response to every petition that garners at least 5000 signatures in a span of 30 days.<br />
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This is a petition that really matters, so please use this as an opportunity to help Sholom Rubashkin.<br />
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Tell President Obama to stop ignoring 47 members of Congress and many others in the Rubashkin case!<br />
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<a href="https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/call-investigation-allegations-prosecutorial-judicial-misconduct-case-sholom-rubashkin/tj7Fx42T?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl" target="_blank">Click here to sign this petition today and join the fight for justice for Sholom Rubashkin.</a><br />
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1) Click "Create An Account" and fill out form<br />
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3) Click "Sign This Petition"<br />
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Our goal is to accumulate tens of thousands of signatures. Yes we can do it!<br />
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We have a rare opportunity to let the White House know how disappointed we are that our concerns expressed through our elected officials and many legal scholars have not been taken seriously.<br />
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Every U.S. citizen 13 years or older with a valid email address can sign this petition.<br />
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President Obama is facing elections next year, and he wants to know what is on people's minds. By having thousands of people all across America express their outrage with the overzealousness and misconduct in the case of Sholom Rubashkin, it will send a powerful message that we really do care!<br />
Guys seriously SIGN THE PETITION!!!!!!!thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-76044649212192457162011-09-05T21:49:00.000-04:002011-09-05T21:49:10.232-04:00It's That Time Of Year....<span style="font-size: x-large;">THE JEWISH TEEN WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT SCHOOL STARTS TOMMOROW AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!!</span>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-84945880783960053982011-09-04T21:20:00.001-04:002011-09-04T21:21:38.868-04:00The Sun Will Come Out....Tommorow...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://grannyearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/granny_cough.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://grannyearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/granny_cough.jpg" width="256" xaa="true" /></a></div><em>Over at the blog </em><a href="http://sundayscribling.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #551ed8;"><em>sundayscribling.blogspot.com</em></span></a><em> the prompt for the week was "tomorrow".</em><br />
I woke up this morning and thought to myself; "I need to think of a blog post, what am I going to do?" Then it dawned on me, I was going to be given a topic to write about from sundayscirbblings.com. <br />
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I woke up late today, as its towards the end of summer and I am enjoying every moment of it. I got up and began my day, I ate and then davened. (Well first I checked my email) After davening I began getting things ready for school as I start on Tuesday. <br />
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Every Sunday I try to make a to do list and be productive. Today was different. I just wasn't into it. I listened to music for an hour after davening. Texted some people and played angry birds.<br />
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Around 2 or 3 I start thinking about what I'm going to do this year. Which reminded me that I needed to write a blog post, which made me hope that the prompt would be something about the future. Well I was in luck.<br />
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So now allow me to write my thoughts. Imagine if there was no tomorrow? Having the ability to say, "Oh I'll do it tomorrow" I believe is taken for granted.<br />
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You need to actually do something today (allow I probably shouldn't be talking as I didn't do much today) but seriously guys. Just do it. <br />
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</div><div align="left">And thats exactly what I did! I listened to this song and I did something! I did as my mother asked, went to the grocery store and am now back writing you a post. Good night.</div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-33695289835647315702011-09-02T15:07:00.000-04:002011-09-02T15:07:37.979-04:00A Few Nice Videos Before Shabbos 9/2Most of these videos have previously been seen on <a href="http://gruntig.net/">gruntig.net</a> <br />
Well my brother and I have been watching Kinderlach videos all week so here are a few.<br />
EVERYBODY WANTS MOSHIACH NOW!!!<br />
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Hello we are the kinderlach!! :)<br />
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A boy named Zlata- Camp Govah Music Video 2010<br />
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Am Yisroel-Camp Govah Music Video 2011. Which do you like better? Am Yisroel or Zlata?<br />
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No Talking in Shul-Govah Music Video 2011 (Officially this camp makes a lot of music videos)<br />
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</div><div align="center">Camp Simcha Lighting Up The Night Music Video</div><div align="center">You can't help but love this!!</div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/DdJ8p1oEUbM?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Honest Reporting-What has Israel Ever done for Peace?</div><div align="center">This video cracks me up. Its funny but true. These guys are trying to show how biased the media is. Check them out at honestreporting.com Personally I am not in love with there website, but I do like there videos. A lot. Especially this one.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-83568355671897569232011-09-02T13:10:00.000-04:002011-09-02T13:10:03.036-04:00TJC's Jewish News Week in Review: September 2, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/glZiIW29BRs?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-12101492862399458462011-09-01T16:38:00.002-04:002011-09-02T13:58:40.552-04:00The Most Imporant Thing About Israel Education<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wornickjds.org/storage/Israeli%20Flag.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1259691957832" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://www.wornickjds.org/storage/Israeli%20Flag.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1259691957832" width="320" xaa="true" /></a>Learning about Israel is something I've grown up with. I come from a very Zionist minded education and surroundings. Knowing Israel is suppose to be in Israel, that its holy(I don't think this is empathized enough), that Israel is not a bad guy, and that its very safe to live in are some key things I believe should be taught to encourage Israel identification.</div><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><br />
<ol style="text-align: left;"><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why Israel? Why does Israel have to be in Israel?</span></div></li>
</ol><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">I know this may sound like a silly questions, but its not. Before there was a Jewish state, the UN proposed multiple suggestions of places were there could be a Jewish State. Zionists insisted the Jewish state be made in Israel because, that is the land of our for fathers, its the holy land, and whats a Jewish state without the graves of our for fathers? Not to forget the all to important kotel, and the holy city of Jerusalem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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</ol><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">When you go to Shul, you act and dress respectively. When you go to the kotel most people do the same. Israel should be treated with the respect of a Shul, but on an even higher level. That means if you want to live in Israel, you need to know Jewish law, you need to respect Jewish law, and you need to live by Jewish law.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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</ol><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">If any other country in the world was to defend it's borders, they'd be applauded. Only Israel is portrayed as acting with terror when defending themselves. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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</ol><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">Say what you want about “they could bomb you” “It's a war zone”, “there's soldiers everywere” Exactly, there are soldiers everywhere. The soldiers, and the police do everything in there power to keep Israeli, yes Israeli, not Jewish, Israeli citizens safe. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;">When you watch your local news, or read about local news on the Internet, and get to the crime section you are notified about all the crimes happening within your city. Possibly surrounding city's.Israel is very tiny, about the size of (get this). When Israelis watch the news, and here about crimes, the percent is much lower. Take into account, Israelis, get a report on there entire country. Can you imagine how many crimes happen in your little state alone?</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br />
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2nd. A little bit before the sefira started I discovered this amazing artist, his name is Ari Goldwag. The first song I stumbled upon of his was "Finally Here" its about what it will look and feel like when moshiach comes. It's in English and I honestly listened to it 4 times in a row the first time I heard it.<br />
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BTW. That free A Cappella download you've been listening to for the last few weeks, yes the one about hashem loving you, its called "Hashem Loves You" (go figure) anyway, its by Ari Goldwag.<br />
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I really love how Ari Goldwag is a truly a singer trying to spread yiddishkite, doesn't seem like he's in it for fame or money. <br />
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3rd. I would like to inform you all that starting hopefully in September I will begin posting long posts with out videos again. <br />
4th. To my bestest friend in the whole world, who's been bugging me to post, are you happy now? :)thejewishteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080104499632500535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9059598284719077259.post-88938003323659388552011-07-04T23:20:00.000-04:002011-07-04T23:20:43.318-04:00Wings of SongThis video in my opinion is very goyish. Because of he things this boy sees, and the way its filmed to me seem to almost be similar to goyish music videos. Either way, I don't understand the message the video is trying to say. Any one understand it? Please comment! I really want to know!<br />
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<span dir="ltr" title="Share the Light Film">So here are the Seven Noahlide Laws for you to be able to share with your non Jewish friends. The following is from: <a href="http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/noahide.html">http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/noahide.html</a></span><br />
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<li><b>Incestuous and adulterous relations are forbidden.</b> Human beings are not sexual objects, nor is pleasure the ultimate goal of life. </li>
<li><b>Murder is forbidden.</b> The life of a human being, formed in G-d's image, is sacred. </li>
<li><b>Cursing the name of G-d is forbidden.</b> Besides honoring and respecting G-d, we learn from this precept that our speech must be sanctified, as that is the distinctive sign which separated man from the animals. </li>
<li><b>Theft is forbidden.</b> The world is not ours to do with as we please. </li>
<li><b>Eating the flesh of a living animal is forbidden.</b> This teaches us to be sensitive to cruelty to animals. (This was commanded to Noah for the first time along with the permission of eating meat. The rest were already given to Adam in the Garden of Eden.) </li>
<li><b>Mankind is commanded to establish courts of justice</b> and a just social order to enforce the first six laws and enact any other useful laws or customs. </li>
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