With the fast of Tisha B'Av approaching, I wanted to put out a quick and simple thought to my readers: Take care of those around you - your family and friends, the strangers you meet -- even your enemies.
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July 15th, 2010
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Although my knowledge of Spanish does not exceed the vocabulary used in Dora the Explorer, this past Friday afternoon, when we arrived at Rabbi Bentzion Klatzko's house for Shabbos and he told me, "Mi casa es su casa," even I knew what he was talking about.
July 9th, 2010
Lindsay Lohan and the Blame Game
Whether or not you care to keep up with the latest gossip coming out of Hollywood, doing something as simple as logging on to email basically guarantees that you will. Which means that almost everyone at this point has heard the recent news in the ongoing saga of actress Lindsay Lohan who has been sentenced to ninety days in jail for probation violations.
July 7th, 2010
Filming a New JITC Episode This Sunday!
It's been a while since I updated everyone on the latest happenings here at JITC. As I mentioned a couple blog entries ago, my family moved right before Passover, so we've been getting settled over these last few months in our new home and neighborhood which we're very much enjoying!
July 1st, 2010
Pour Out Your Kindness Like Water
I’ll call her Lindsay in order to protect the innocent; the only one really guilty of anything was me. You see, I found Lindsay to be annoying -- like really, really annoying. The very sight of her drinking water made my skin crawl. Well, it wasn’t just the way she drank the water, it was also the way she poured it. She always poured it into the same orange plastic cup inside which she always placed a straw. As I’d watch that straw bob up and down with the water’s glub, glub, I’d scream in my head, “why aren’t you drinking straight out of the bottle like the rest of us?”
June 28th, 2010
How Many Chances Do You Get When it Comes to a Mitzvah?
Dear Allison,
There are 613 Mitzvot which is a lot of rules to follow (although not all apply at this time). What happens if you break a mitzvah, e.g. you ate a bacon sandwhich? Would that mean that there's no point in you following that specific mitzvah any more because you've already disobeyed it and God gives you marks out of 613? Or are you allowed to break them, but you have to try to not break them in the future and God looks at what you did for the majority of the time? And also - are the Mitzvot supposed to benefit you in this life or after you die?...Hope that's not too many questions!
Thank you,
Lucy
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June 21st, 2010
(Former) Hebrew School Nerd
I'll admit it. I was a Hebrew school nerd. I didn't hide under my desk like the other kids did if the teacher left the room, I refused to play toss the yarmulke in the halls as we'd walk to assemblies, and I never dreamed of making fun of my fourth grade teacher's penciled-on eyebrows (though I did wonder where her real ones went).
