tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post7774530359906930228..comments2024-02-06T11:57:25.334-05:00Comments on The Frumanista: Breaking Bread Princess Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217157534383672867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-24359058871868176002014-03-26T10:50:04.974-04:002014-03-26T10:50:04.974-04:00See, a fellow Hungarian understands that not all H...See, a fellow Hungarian understands that not all Hungarians are chassidish, only a small percentage, in fact. If she's Oberlender, then her father's ghost shall haunt her. Princess Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217157534383672867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-82341439117476112942014-03-25T10:02:56.978-04:002014-03-25T10:02:56.978-04:00My Hungarian grandmother (who isn't chassidish...My Hungarian grandmother (who isn't chassidish) believes in almost all 'segulos', sometimes at the expense of normal, rational common sense :/FrumGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698026647411592329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-76834746099801075942014-03-25T09:52:26.063-04:002014-03-25T09:52:26.063-04:00SI: Very much so. So when we sob and plead and wha...SI: Very much so. So when we sob and plead and what we asked for doesn't come to pass, we say things like "Hashem wasn't listening." Hashem is NOT a fairy godmother! (I love it.) <br /><br />If we consider davening as a form of meditation, that we use this time to take stock of who we are and what our priorities are, then that is most definitely an opportunity for change. <br /><br />I have a little cousin who's sick. My 7-year-old niece asked me the other night, "Are you saying Tehillim for Avrohom ben Leah?" I was able to tell her this Rabbi Solomon, that if you do any mitzvah or are nice to someone because he inspired you, that is just as important. <br /><br />FG: It's fabulous! <br /><br />Grace: THAT is tzedakah! Giving another person parnossah and dignity! <br /><br />My grandmother has a shtickel chassidish blood so she kept a bundle of red string in the closet and would tie a string around a new baby's wrist. But she did it altz sentimentality for her childhood, not because she thought it had any power at all. Princess Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217157534383672867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-18746587927735525412014-03-25T05:07:11.009-04:002014-03-25T05:07:11.009-04:00I think this may be one of your most profound post...I think this may be one of your most profound posts yet. I literally got chills! Thank you so much.<br /><br />When I'm in Israel and I buy a "red string", I don't do it because I think the string has any properties to it. I do it for the parnossa of the person who is providing it, and by taking something in exchange I am also giving them their dignity. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072165656923896599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-58465638180133634462014-03-25T01:27:38.859-04:002014-03-25T01:27:38.859-04:00FG: Me Too :) It worksFG: Me Too :) It worksSporadic Intelligencehttp://www.sporadicintelligence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-53140968269980745612014-03-24T17:14:20.081-04:002014-03-24T17:14:20.081-04:00@sporadicintelligence: I love that way of looking ...@sporadicintelligence: I love that way of looking at it!FrumGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698026647411592329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-2398039174317074412014-03-24T10:51:37.422-04:002014-03-24T10:51:37.422-04:00Ye...the way we teach children about tefilah when...Ye...the way we teach children about tefilah when they're younger in order to excite them (It's like a fairy godmother!) does them a disservice when they are older because they're still waiting for the miracle, when they themselves are supposed to be that. <br />Rabbi Akiva Tatz has wonderful explanation of tefilah that takes "Davening changes you" a step further.<br /><br />He explains that you daven not just to change you, but to change your ratzon, who your neshama is, because we can change everything about ourselves through small steps and work, but who you are in essence no one but Hashem can change, and that's what you're davening for, to change who you are fundamentally in order that things that you want and seek will now good for you.<br /><br />On a superficial level - don't pray "Hashem make me Rich", more like " Hashem make me a person that being rich will be a good thing"sporadicintelligencehttp://www.sporadicintelligence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com