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Since you talk to your yetzer hara, your yh is responding in kind…
Letter from your Yetzer Hara (email)
To my star pupil,
I am writing this letter to let you know what I think of you.
Up here in heaven things are not like they are down on Earth.
Over there, people only know what they can see. If they see a person is “successful”, they think that he is the greatest guy. When they see somebody struggling, they think he might be one of the weaker elements.
Let me tell you something. Hashem gives every person certain abilities that nobody knows about down where you live. Some people are capable of tremendous things, while others were put there for much smaller purposes.
Only Hashem in His infinite wisdom is able to give every person exactly what he needs, to reach his potential.
I am very misunderstood. Most people hate me, and I don’t really
blame them. Most people think that my job is to make sure that they fail in all aspects of Mitzvos, and that I rejoice every time they sin. This is the furthest thing from the truth.
Did you ever watch a boxing coach train his student? It is really a funny sight. The coach will put on gloves, and fight against his student. At first, he won’t hit him so hard, or throw his best punches. But, as the student gets better and better, the coach will start to fight him harder and harder. He does this so that the student will improve his skills, and become the best boxer he can be. This is where it gets strange. Every time the coach knocks down the student, the student gets yelled at!! But finally, when
the coach threw everything he has at his student, and not only does he withstand the beating, but he knocks the coach down, there is nobody in the world happier then the coach himself!
This is exactly how I feel. If you fail right away, and don’t even try to fight back, I see that there is not much talent to work with, and so I take it easy on you. But if you get back up swinging, I realize that I may have a real winner here, and so I start to intensify the beating. With every level that you go up, I increase the intensity of the fight. If you finally deal me a blow that knocks me out, I will get up and embrace you and rejoice with your success.
Sometimes my job is very disappointing. I see a person with a lot of potential and I start right in on him. He fights back for a while, but when the fight gets too tough, he quits and just remains on whatever level he was on. (And he usually ends up going down!)
I feel like yelling at him, “Get up you fool! Do you have any idea how much more you could be accomplishing?!” But I am not allowed to do so. I just leave him alone, and go try to find another promising candidate.
If I have chosen you to be the target of my more fierce battles, it was not for no reason! You have tremendous ability! You were born into a very special family, you have Rabbeim who really care about you, and parents who would help you grow in Torah and Mitzvos. You are a very respectful and kind person.
I am writing to you now, because I have a very serious request to ask of you. Please don’t stop fighting! Don’t give up! I have been beating too many people lately, and I am losing patience.
Believe in yourself, because I would not be involved with you as much as I am if I didn’t think you could beat me. Know what your strengths are!
A great Rabbi once said: “Woe is to he who doesn’t know his weaknesses. But, ‘Oy Vavoy’ to he who doesn’t know his strengths – for he will not have anything with which to fight.”
Always remember one thing: you have a secret weapon at your
disposal. I shouldn’t really be telling you – but I will anyway. Hashem Himself is watching our “training” sessions very closely. I’m pleased to inform you that He’s rooting for you! If things should ever get tough, almost too tough to bear, just call out to Him with a prayer, and He will immediately come to your aid.
I wish you the best of luck, and I hope that after 120 years when your time is up in that world of falsehood, you will come up here to the world of truth, where I will be waiting for you with open arms, to congratulate you on your victory, and personally escort you to your place next to the Kisey HaKavod.
Sincerely, and with great admiration I remain,
Your Yetzer Hara
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“So when are you opening the “Wine Room?”
The “Whine Room” has been open almost as long as the Coffee Room…
An unsolved mystery indeed
Contents gone with such speed
At least they left the fridge itself
With just the air on each shelf
Hope you’re feeling LOADS better.
“we must differentiate ourselves from the Goyim”
goyim don’t do all-female mock weddings…
How about ???????, esp. those who do it WAY before the ????????
may he have a complete refua
??????? ???? ???? ?? (Tehillim 19:11)
“I didn’t see any wine at The Goq’s birthday party today.”
hic…me neither…all gone…hic
thanks for this, and back at you
(had to say this cuz I’m so afraid of you when I see you running so quickly with them scissors in hand…)
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I get it in the local grocery store.
Here’s the info on the package:
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Every vote counts, every person counts..
Think of certain countries where people died in order to have the privilege of voting. We take it here for granted.
The fridge was locked
And fully stocked
But now it’s bare
With nothing there
HI, Goq!
Happy birthday to you!
May Hashem answer ?? ?????? ??? ????? till 120!
You have a ?? of giving ????? on your Hebrew birthday and we’re all standing in line…
Any leftovers?
It’s important for your husband to support you in this, be on the same page as you, and confront his mother.
For EACH negative comment, she needs to give ONE (FIVE, you decide) positive one(s) to offset it. Otherwise, no judgmental comment may be uttered.
And tell her to catch you doing something RIGHT!
Remember when computers took up a whole room? And it was so cold in there you needed to put on your hats & gloves before entering?
So now you had freezing computers that froze…
oomis
you can refer to the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 13:1 which clearly states that one should not kiss little kids, as it’s inappropriate to show any other affection other than to Hashem.
We must use Hashem’s guidelines over our human sense. (Think of chukim.)
I’m wondering if there could be a “new gender test” for adults, too.
I was on the bus and had a tough time determining if I should sit down or not; I unfortunately could not figure out this person’s gender in the adjoining seat.
Braishis bara
Elokim es hashamayim
Vi’es ha’aretz
dz
Thanks so much for that! It’s nice to get a pat on the back every so often!
?? ??? ???? ?? (Tehillim 81:14)
-public phones (mostly broken), no cells
-black & white photos only
-fans only, no air conditioners
-slide rules, no calculators
-hanging laundry up, no dryers
You mentioned typewriters. I remember once trying to define a keyboard to a teen, and I’d said “the part of the computer that looks like a typewriter.” To which he responded, “What’s a typewriter?”
There’s nothing like the young ones to make us feel old! “When you were born, did they have cars yet?”
????? ???? ???? ??
So let me get this right.
It’s NOT “tzniusdik” to chew gum but it IS “tzniusdik” to scrutinize females… “I noticed some girls chewing gum I also noticed that many of these same girls are usually of a more modern type (or dress that way)”
Olam hafuch hu.
And can we please TRY to catch someone doing something right?
Have so much to do
Looks like I’ll never finish
Such a long to do list
“Is spelling “the” wrong a h4xx0rz thing?”
It’s a bomb thing; its legacy continues as bomb’s subtitle…
“Can I have a hint?”
The answer has already been given way above, right before gaw’s funny comment
Can someone here please consistently look for the good in Am Yisrael rather than finding things about which to be consistently critical?
Please learn the many stories of R Levi Yittzchak m’Berditchev and share with us the lessons.
TIA
ranting about having nothing to rant about, and I’m lovin’ it…
the glass is half full finally 🙂
elite => leet, l33t, 133t, and finally, 1337
hackers => h4xx0rz
After acronyms became popular, shorthanders eventually derived a “different” way to type, using Z’s instead of S’s, X’s instead of CKS’s, and numbers instead of letters, like when calling someone a “noob,”(a newbie), someone would say, “hay n00b,” using two zeros instead of O’s, and an ‘a’ instead of an ‘e’
gaw
rotf! 10 binary types!
“Is there anyone here posting thats not bored?”
Yes. When I need a break from a heavy schedule, I drop in here periodically to chillax. I can’t even remember the last time I ever felt bored. I almost never finish with what I set out to accomplish, and that’s the downside.
b wants to know if you are elite hackers.
One word answers the following:
1. The word has seven letters (ok, that’s a BIG clue)….
2. Preceded G-d… (not apikorsus, have no fear)
3. Greater than G-d…(same as above)
4. Worse than ???…
5. Poor people have a lot of it…
6. Wealthy people may need a lot of it….
7. If you eat it, you will die ch”v.
What is it?
charliehall
“Rather than this argument that is not going to convince anyone of anything, why not a thread on what you appreciate and have learned from the Torah derechs that you don’t personally follow?”
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/in-honor-or-tisha-bav-what-you-respect-about
Take a tehillim after chatzos, start from the beginning, and keep going…and going…until you’re gone.
“…there is chiyuv of hochaich tocheach es amisecha even in a case where you are not sure the person will listen to you”
It must be done only with ahavas chinam and without anger, and that may make giving tochacha more challenging.
There is a healthy and unhealthy approach when relating with oneself which should not be confused:
healthy- self-esteem, self-confidence, humility
Unhealthy- narcissism, self-absorption, egotistical
As long as we keep in mind that our neshamos are in fact given from Him, and the world a gift from Hashem, we’re OK.
Remember the 2 pockets: ?????? ???? ????? ????? ??? ????
There was a yid in town when I was a kid with the name….June December.
I kid you not.
We wondered if there would be a May or April putting an appearance into that family structure.
??? ???? ?????? ?????
Kutscher’s, Oppenheimers, etc., have different type crowds going to each and are open all summer.
Goq, this is a great question.
I’ll have to give it some thought. I’m absolutely stunned that I don’t have a ready answer for this question, even if just to myself.
Ok, I still can’t come up with a living personality who inspired me as a child yet, but I do know that Dovid Hamelech did. He was going through such tough times and yet would play music and be brave (Goliath, etc.) and be grateful (Tehillim)…I remember feeling that if he could do it, so could I (oh, the simplicity of tender youth…)
kd
Well said!
Take pictionary cards and use them for charades.
Beware: this generates a lot of laughs (for us, anyway).
LL
Kindly objectively reread hg’s and your own comments and see which one you determine to be the more “nasty” one.
TIA.
m42
And I noticed you capitalized my name, too…that’s what happens when beginning a sentence: one capitalizes on it (no pun intended! :))
“Check out the valley on eBay”
????? ??????? ???? (Shir Hashirim 6:11)
Squeak 🙂
You certainly have a way with words!