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  • #1263360
    rebshidduch
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    Any advice on how to become more religious?

    #1263411
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    Daven three times a day with kavanah.

    #1263437
    Joseph
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    What does being “religious” mean?

    #1263472
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    Try to think positively of others even when they annoy you.

    #1263546
    yungermanS
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    learn the jewish laws with a study partner, starting with the more frequent laws

    #1263545
    DovidBT
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    Make it a priority to study the Torah every day, even if it’s only for a few minutes. Coordinating it with the weekly parashah is a convenient way to ensure that you study the whole Torah every year.

    #1263582
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    1. Think of an area you need to work on and take on one aspect of that area that you will try to do 100%.

    For example, if you feel you need to work on tznius, start making sure that your knees are covered whenever you are sitting.

    2. Make sure you go to some kind of shiur at least once a week.

    3. Hang around people who are the type of people whom you want to emulate, and try to become friends with them.

    4. Don’t hang around people whom you don’t want to emulate.

    #1263655
    rebshidduch
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    Lilmod, the reason why I asked was because now not only is it the other guy now it has gone to more guys in fact I am not dating him but another guy (younger than me) so I really do need to work on this.

    #1263661
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    “so I really do need to work on this.”
    Work on what exactly?

    How much younger?

    #1263776
    rebshidduch
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    Lilmod, not talking to random guys and having them date me. I am going to meet him iyh soon. But I feel like we should not even be talking without a shadchan but he comes from a much more religious background than me which is why he makes me feel funny sometimes.

    #1263796
    WinnieThePooh
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    so it was bound to revert to RebShidduch’s dating life..
    1. you follow the advice that CR posters already gave you
    2. you stop talking to, hanging out with, giving rides to, spending time with, confiding in, doing kiruv on, studying with, etc. any boy, no matter what age, religious affiliation, how much he promises you he will learn in the future, or degree of interest he shows in you, unless it is a shidduch date with the purpose of seeing whether he is a potential marriage partner, pre-approved by a parent.
    3. see point 1.

    disclaimer: this advice is specifically geared to RebShidduch based on her previous posts and not meant to be generalized to other situations.

    #1263806
    takahmamash
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    Stop wasting your time on Internet websites like your Rebbe told you.

    #1263812
    rebshidduch
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    Winniethepooh, I agree but it is very hard for me.

    #1263828
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    I was going to suggest that you consider switching out of a coed college so that you won’t be around boys and the temptation won’t exist.

    However, you now mention that you will be meeting this boy soon, but it’s not a shidduch. I am wondering what that means. How did this boy enter your life if you haven’t met him yet?

    I definitely think you need to get to seminary right away. What is happening with your Midreshet Rachayl plans?

    #1263842
    Chaver
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    Keep more Mitzvos

    #1263843
    roshvrishon
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    why do you want to be more religious? is it because of a boy or your not happy with your own status? it it’s because of a boy then fuhgettaboutit. it’s not going to work. if it’s your own ambition that’s driving you than by all means, pick any advice that was given and fits with your style.

    #1263927
    Chaver
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    It is quite funny that you write that you think its wrong to talk to this guy but when you talk about meeting, you say that you will meet him Iy”h

    #1264878
    Mammele
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    #1264894
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    Mammele, I had responded to that comment here:

    Shidduchim for those with a past

    and Rebshidduch responded to my comment here:

    Shidduchim for those with a past

    #1264903
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    I don’t know if you ever saw those posts or if you did, if you understood what it was in reference to. I couldn’t write it next to yours because the thread was closed.

    #1264924
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    I agree with Mammele.

    #1264930
    Lightbrite
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    It sounds like RebShidduch is ambivalent right now. She can have mixed feelings. It may not be logical but it’s possible to feel this way and that way, and go back and forth trying to resolve the cognitive dissonance.

    Has no one ever been torn?

    —–

    And/or maybe with this guy she is looking for, perhaps subconsciously, contradictory qualities:
    Like some bochurim are looking for a wife that is this and that, but this and that usually don’t go together in one person.

    As explained in Dr. Benzion Sorotzkin’s Finding The Bashert: Why Is It So Difficult To Hear The Bas Kol?

    Thank you 🙂

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