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a daughter of two mothers is the best book ever!! especially if you liked behind the walls, it is written by the same author.
mine is also. maybe they have 2 people interviewing?
some seminaries already sent them out, for example Michlalah. Most seminaries (I think all the B.Y. ones) are sending theirs out on February 24.
boro park girl and dunno-
did u ever consider that the reason it is so difficult and pressured for you to decide what to wear is because you had a uniform and arent used to choosing your own outfit?
i never had a uniform just a dress code and i dont feel any pressure in choosing what to wear. for me its not a big deal to pick out an outfit because ive been doing it my whole life.
and for all those of you who think having a dress code increases competition and jealousy in a school that is not true at all. in my school we have a dress code and there is way less competition than in schools that have uniforms where girls feel a need to express themselves in their shoes and accesories and when it comes to rosh chodesh its a huge deal. it takes me literally 2 seconds to decide what to wear in the morning i have 3 school skirts and about 8 button down tops and all the tops match all the skirts so i really just have my own personal uniform. so you cant really argue that it makes it harder to get dressed in the morning, its really quite easy and plus i dont have to have a whole seperate wardrobe for sundays because i have tons of sweaters that i wear to school so it actually saves money b/c i dont need 2 wardrobes- 1 uniform set and 1 out of school set
that doesnt make sense cuz i also applied to bnos chava and my interview is also the 24 in new york
i just had my nachlas interview and it was short and easy. they ask u to read a ramban and it was a really easy one. then they ask questions about it. then theyll just ask a few questions about u. dont be nervous its very easy and really short like 10 minutes for the whole thing
about aveilus- when my uncle was in aveilus his rav told him that he could listen to music to help him fall asleep as he could not fall asleep without music.
wednesday….look at the end of the shir shel yom
which car dealership?
there should be a Rav on board to answer halacha questions
my parsha teacher taught us something that relates to this topic regarding yaakov and eisav. theres a mashal to parents who have 2 perfect babies who eat everything parents give them and dont have any allergies- real angels. their third child however is not so perfect, he is a picky eater, spits out all his food and has a lot of allergies. The parents arent going to say to their baby,”this is how we eat in our family!”, they are going to try their best to get their child to eat properly, whether it be going to an alergist, or doing airplane to get the child to eat.
The time comes for the first 2 children to go to school and they are doing great, they play nicely, they behave and the teacher tells the parents how good they are. when the 3rd child goes to the same school he has a very hard time, he is misbehaving, it takes longer for him to learn the aleph bais etc. Just like the parents didnt tell their baby, “this is how we eat in our family!” they shouldnt say to their child, “In our family everyone does well in this school!” They have to realize that all their children are different and have different needs. Just b/c something worked for child 1 and 2 that doesnt mean it will work for child 3.
This relates to yaakov and eisav who were both brought up in the same home by the same parents, yet turned out so different. How is this possible? Rav Hirsch explains that yitzchak and rivka treated yaakov and eisav the same until they were 13 and failed to realize eisav unique talents that needed to be developed in the proper way. Had they realized eisav’s talents and treated him differently b/c of them he probably would not have become a rasha.
So for those of you who say, “How many kids with issues come from the finest of homes and backgrounds?” you have to consider that maybe the parents didnt recognize their child’s individual means and assumed that the school (or whatver it is) that worked for their other children will work for this one. parents have to realize that their children are not clones and have different needs.
i actually googled a seminary i was interested in and a thread that was started a year ago came up and i read it and then went to the main coffee room and read some of the threads. then i had a question and signed up to post. didnt know abt the CR till then even though i look at the yeshivaworldnews sometimes. glad i found it 🙂
how about meohr or chachmas lev?
deli roll, chicken wontons (yumm), stuffed cabbage, roast beef, pepper steaks, franks in blanks, grilled chicken salad etc
I don’t think it is a problem for young children to read books from a public library as long as the parents check what they are reading. However it is important to teach your child that there is such a thing as a bad book. I grew up in a home where reading was very much encouraged. As a child I knew that TV and Movies were bad but I didn’t know there could be bad books. Because of this, when I was a teen (I still am) I didn’t think to worry about coming across something totally inappropriate in a book. When I read one of these inappropriate books (that many of my friends were reading, and did not know better) I was shocked to see how disgusting it was.
I think parents need to be really careful with what their teenagers read. As a teenager I see what girls in my class read and I don’t think their parents would be happy if they knew they were reading these shmutzy books.I think dirty books can be way worse than movies because a book is something you read in private and teens can read the most horrible books without their parents knowing. But don’t think that telling your kids not to go to the library as they will borrow books from their friends or figure out a way to get them if they really want to. I think that more importantly, parents need to give their children a strong foundation so that they won’t even want to read these books. Maybe a lack of knowledge in frum teens leads them to want to find things out from goyish sources. You should trust your kids and teach them how Yidden view these issues and then maybe kids won’t feel a need to read inappropriate materials. Make your children to feel comfortable enough to approach you to ask questions and don’t lie to them or avoid answering them, otherwise they will find out from the nonjewish ways. Don’t blame it on the library.
“Pluses are:
Top notch middos
Bas talmid chochom
Good brothers “
helpful- i find it hurtful that it matters what a girl’s brother and father are like rather than what the girl herself wants for her family. I happen to have great brothers who are talmidei chochomim. However, our father is a baal teshuva and wished he could learn gemara and be a talmud chochom, but it was very difficult for him. He worked and I dont think this is a chisaron for me, a girl who wants to marry a tulmud chochom and raise bnei torah. Why is yichus so important? Don’t we all know that people can be very diffenrent than their families and parents?