🍫Syag Lchochma

I already tried 🙁

oh barf!

I don’t think many hanna sachs girls have been there recently. they have become a touch less modern, but they are really more about where you are going than were you are at.

Sorry, I can top all of that. My friend had a cleaning lady who died while still employed by her. When she went to “pay her respects”, she saw the cleaning lady in an open casket WEARING ONE OF HER SWEATERS!!!

Okay, bud. NOW you’ve crossed the line.

Is it easier to get in?

No, it was much harder actually. It was unprecedented and they were wondering if it would be a good idea.

Is it more fun?

No, it was harder. For some reason the girls thought that because I was born frum, I was probably an expert at it. HA

Is it more interesting?

Nothing to compare it to but it was very interesting. I came from an MO lifestyle and could not FATHOM why anyone would ‘leave it all’ to become frum. I once made everyone sit around a table and tell me what made them decide to become frum. It was the most effective jump start my neshama ever had.

Are there multiple hashkafos presented to choose from? Is that a good thing?

No. The school had a derech. They were informed and educated on others way but presenting it as a self-serve cafeteria isn’t always productive in the beginning stages.

Are the girls more worldly? Are they modern?

The girls were more “worldly”, but they were not more complete. One was a banker in Hollywood and had lots of stars as customers. I found that more exciting than she did. They had experienced more and felt empty still. To them it was more proof that the outside world wasn’t the “real world”.

What other questions should I be asking?

“did you find them to pull you down spiritually?”

But not recently, the heat’s been turned on.

Happy CRanniversary!

My kid is going to Israel for 299.

I think that people have to distinguish between the things that they FEEL are being asked and imposed of them, and the things that really are. If someone tells you how the Rebbitzin behaved and that you should strive for it, they weren’t meaning tomorrow. There are people that we need to look up to and consider leaders, and that doesn’t mean BEING them, in means using them as your guide and compass.

You have to monitor yourself and always be moving forward. There are plenty of people out there who are willing to accept people doing different things then them, if they themselves are respected for their levels as well. For example, if you are going to listen to 50 cents, please don’t do it while I am in the car with you. And don’t tell my kids that it’s really too bad they aren’t allowed to listen to it because they are missing out. See what I mean? It isn’t what you are DOING, it is what you are striving to be and how you present yourself.

And every day is a new day.

Skokie doesn’t really like to take kids who are struggling and they are cautious when it is someone from the yeshiva, as opposed to Day School, system.

I think the key was that you were gonna use it to find out who he was for a purpose. If you are gonna show it to 100 of your closest friends first then no.

I kinda like yours, 73.

so do I. I made it myself 😀

Shticky, that was awesome. And if it really happened, than it was even funnier. Especially since it wasn’t me who baked it.

popa – do we add one for each night?

wow- from everything you said it does not sound like he has a rebellious nature. I hope he works this thru and comes out stronger in his faith. I have seen it happen.

Goq, I was wondering the same thing!

it’s not manipulating kids to do things, it’s teaching them that they are worthwhile and appreciated. And when they set an example of middos tovos they deserve recognition. I couldn’t care less about grades, when I say ‘do well in school’ I mean in regard to following Hashem’s path.

thanks feif, I needed that

physical rewards will encourage them as well, if not even more than something not physically tangible.

I agree that you could supplement the love but I think it is very wrong to say the physical rewards encourage more. Kids who get prizes from teachers who are not warm do not internalize the success the same as they do from teachers who give affection and pride.

A cool illustration of this – I ran a pre-school group and asked the teachers not to use “rewards” lichatchila. The children recieved praise and privileges and were very motivated. Sometimes I would give out treats and say, “the whole class is receiving this treat because of these 5 boys who had exceptional behavior this week (or day, or morning)”. Even though everyone got a treat, the other kids also wanted to be the ‘reason’ for the treat.

How to make people look at your thread? Have eclipse post last.

That’s pathetic!

that’s pretty insensitive

whilst the woman knows she has everything to gain by demanding the divorce.

sure, that’s why the men are almost always remarried 18 months later and the women can spend the next 30 years looking for a husband.

I would have to find a new hero. Even if I could forgive them, it would be hard to keep them as a hero. If it is a Rav it is much more disruptive and unsettling, but then again they wouldn’t have been a “hero”.

Definitely a female. I knew it the first time I saw it happen because it was EXACTLY what I would have done given the right.