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can i become a moderator so that i too can eat all the chocolate i want?

hey Editor – can you un-retire me? “80” pass some of that chocolate over here.

You have to ask really really nicely, chocolate works too!!

Pretty please with chocolate on top.

kilo: Huh?

Pretty please with scmerlings chocolate dripping down the sides with caramel chocolate icing ontop of a chocolate ice cream come with melted chocolate and chocolate sprinkles on it…

Ok cud i be a mod now even though im just 13 yrs old??

Hey mods, you can only have your chocolate while actualy moderating. So if the result is increased mods activity then I’m all for it.

Pretty please with scmerlings chocolate dripping down the sides with caramel chocolate icing ontop of a chocolate ice cream come with melted chocolate and chocolate sprinkles on it…

Can I get all of that with extra onions please?

MODs:

(sorry for adding this to your work!)

yes mods thank you for everything!

would you like lots and lots of the fat free chocolate or just a little of the real deal?

Thanks again.

thanks. you should post on the self esteem thread. you are doing a great job in all your work with me! thank you for everything you do here and for the pumping….

mod 80- I’m getting nervous. do you consider me to be a tough cookie?

minyan gal,

A rabbi once told me that it is easier to work with someone with good middos who’s learning about Frumkeit, because it’s an education issue. Someone who purports to be frum but is lacking in middos is a much harder problem to deal with.

Another rabbi once said, don’t judge Judaism by Jews. That’s especially important for me to remember when I hear about frum Jews pulling “shtick” (I don’t mean wedding “shtick”). We are human, we all make mistakes, and sometimes it is hard to be dan l’kaf zechus (to give the benefit of the doubt).

As a BT, I admire and respect you, especially for taking this on later in life.

Having said that, I don’t like to clean. I do like to live in a clean house, though. LOL

How could someone adorable be tough to deal with?

Wandering Chana: Thank you for your kind words. I certainly agree with your statement that although you don’t like to clean, you like to live a clean house. I am with you on that one. I think that I should add to my list of what I would do if I won the lottery – full time housekeeper. Also, if you had not told me, I would never have known that you are a BT. Your knowledge of all things that encompass Yidishkeit is vast. You are an excellent student and I certainly admire you. I love learning these days and people like you make excellent teachers. I have been attending a variety of classes at my shul and have been taking the JLI courses at Chabad. Next week will be our last class in the “Shabbat” course, which I have enjoyed. Last evening we learned the 39 malachot which was very interesting.

To Mod 80: Thanks also for your comments. Sorry that it takes you longer to examine my posts – maybe someday you will just have to skim them. I would like to share with you and the rest of the posters the phrase that I recently coined. If I do say so myself, I think it is pretty darn good.

“You don’t have to be frum to be a mentch, but you must be a mentch to be frum.”

” “You don’t have to be frum to be a mentch, but you must be a mentch to be frum.” “

Wow!! we should have that quote on bumper stickers.

I once heard a noted mechanech saying; when teaching young adults you first teach them to be a mentch, then to be a jew, then to be an erlichah (honestfrum) jew, finaly you can start to teach them gemarah.

Moderator 80 – thank you so very much for directing me to Rabbi Gottlieb’s website. I listened to the lecture you suggested and plan to listen to many more of them. I like his style and the way that he covers both sides of the argument in a calm fashion. I was more than a little surprised by some of what he said. I think there are a lot of posters here who could benefit from listening to him instead of simply stating their position without stating any reasons – and they are absolutely 100 percent right, no matter what. I think I shall just give up on those kinds of people with whom there is no reasoning with at all. It certainly isn’t worth getting upset over. I shall certainly continue listening to him. The internet is really amazing. You can learn so much without leaving home. What would my Zaida have said?? I appreciate you keeping me “under control” and reaching out to me with this website. You are definitely a mentch.

amc: thanks for your kind words. Before my divorce I didn’t really know that I was unhappy until we separated and then I realized I was happier each day. Since my mother’s passing (her third yahrzeit begins tomorrow)and my rediscovery of shul, I am fantastically happy. I thought that I would honor her memory by going to shul for shloshim but found that I loved it so much that I stuck around for 11 months and then, of course it was so much a part of my daily routine that I am still there. Nobody would have been more surprised than my dear mother. She really wouldn’t believe it. There are days that I still wish I could pick up the phone and let her know how content I am with life now. I think that she is smiling down on me every day.

Yes, I am referring to dovid gottlieb. com. I listened to one of his lectures last night and it was terrific. I plan to work my way through the list. I look forward to learning a lot and I am greatful to Mod 80 for directing me to the website.

Sorry mod, I was a little strong in my post (that I assume) caused the ‘why is it hidden’ thread to be closed. It is just something that I feel very strongly about. Didn’t mean to cause any issues!!!

Thanks for moding so carefully!!!

Bumpius humorus! (First and fourth posts.)

(I found this Googling [nuclear zeeskite]. No, you can’t ask…)

Can I eat chocolate when my post is in moderation, or is it only my post that can eat the chocolate?