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Maybe a year or seminary would have supported me for 2 years of kollel, but I still think it was worth it because if it wasnt for that, I would not have married someone in kollel at all. So 2 years was worth hopefully 10 years.
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Yes it is sad, and we should be living in eretz yisroel, and it shows how truly far we are in galus that people go there to visit or temporary as if it were any other vacation spot. My family is very into going to Israel, we go around 3 times a year. I always love it, but the differnce is when I go with my family we stay in rechavya with all the other Americans, but spending a year in Israel and seeing how people really live there showed me a different view. Now I am counting down the days to get married, not so I can be married, but so I can return to Israel, because everyday I really have a truly miss for it. May we all be zoche to be there soon by the coming of Mashiach.
I do hear what you are all saying, I do not know how you are comparing our generation to ones before us, even our parents, becuase we grew up in different lives and we just cant compare. Our generation is also into making things easy and as simple as possible. Some things u learn in seminary such as independance u can learn in life experince, but if were so into making things as simple as possible, y not in this area as well. But that is not even why I think it is a must. The lessons I have learnt have not only made me make changes in my life, but see life in a totally different way. I do see a difference in everyday things with my friends who did not go to seminary and those who did. You can speak to your daughter and say if she really wants to go, maybe she could help out financially, not paying for seminary, but maybe she can make some extra money, or i have friends who either chipped in on their spending money with their parents, or paid for the food by themselves. Europe is a totally different story, Amazing and should be mandetory for every person. AND NO I AM NOT ON A SEMINARY HIGH!!
Having just returned from Israel this past year I would say seminary is an essential thing to a Jewish girls life. I am not denying the fact that it is alot of money, but I think every penny my parents spent was worth it. Not even so much which seminary you go to, being in eretz yisroel for a year, the land of keddusha which moshe begged hashemt to please let him into. Our parents did not have this option as kids, but now that we do I think everyone should grab the oppertunity, If you have any further questions please ask.
I am a teenager with my phone stuck to my fingers, I will admit I am addicted to texting. It is a Terrible thing! beside the fact when i get together with friends, it is not like the good old times spending time with your friends. Every person is talking to five other people we just happen to be sitting in the same room. It is very sad.
I think the bigger problem is communication. We learn to be open and talk threw texting, but you loose your ability to talk normally to people because texting makes it so much easier. as rabbi wallerstein sais “It is so hard on dates, because they have such a hard time talking, but if you give each of them a phone they can have a 8 hour conversation”
There really is no answer to texting but it is really a terrible thing and try to minimize it, but it is not really working that well
because I spoke to them about it, and they did not want to get invovled, when they themselves confirmed that their was a problem
Mi Kiamcha Yisroel,
I know a family, on their way someone their car died, they had 10 kids, and each jewish car that passed by took 1 or 2 until they all arrived at their destination.
Really so so nice
These are all sensativities, and we cant decide them for someone else.
If a yeshiva boy would get thrown out of yeshiva for going bowling, or to a pool hall, why is it acceptable to bring a girl he is planning on building a bnb with, ok?
In Rav Folks book on engagement it is not proper to compliment one another, so why do u think it is acceptable on a date?
These are just comments, but again I cannot say rules for someone else
People hae totally lost the consept of tzinues!
We now make it into a book of rules like we do most things in our life, so if it doesnt say, it isnt, which is so not the jewish way of looking at things! its an attitude, its sensativities.
You just have to understand y we were created and keep trying to be better, not just obey by the rulebook, learn to understand the mitzvos, how special they are, and you should want to do them for yourself.
Maybe she shouldnt have wrote it as halacha, but people should have come to these understandings and sensativities themselves, but for those who have not, she gave them to us to have places to strive to reach.
I think people try to push away the problem, not accepting it about themselves or loved one. when I tried to get help for my friend with an ed, it was very hard because the school doesnt really want to get involved, her mother didtn want to accept this about her daughter, so u know what even though people were aware noone did anything about it.
like jewess was saying, some girls are blessed to be skinny, so i think people should stop going around giving them names, in seminary there were so many nicknames of skinny girls because in peoples minds obviously if someon is that skinny they must have an eating disorder.
They must speak to a therapist who gets to the root of the problem, because it stems from major emotional issues, alot having to do with not having cotrol over life so they pick an area where they can have control.