What are you doing this tisha b'av-, that's different than in the past? |
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 Aug 10 2008, 02:00 PM
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 ùbúntú  Group: Members Posts: 1,967 Joined: 5-December 04 Member No.: 864  |
We've done it all these years already: said eichah, are fasting, reading stuff relevant to the day, possibly going to see the CCHF presentation etc.
> How are you making this tisha b'av different than all the rest so they don't run together? -------------------- "Life is a combination of magic and pasta." -Federico Fellini  |
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Aug 10 2008, 02:08 PM
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Back at Imamother - where I belong  Group: Members Posts: 3,392 Joined: 20-October 05 Member No.: 1,939 |
I'm not.
-------------------- The poster formerly known as "Live-from-New-York"
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Aug 10 2008, 02:25 PM
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 Rebbe Group: Members Posts: 2,466 Joined: 11-September 05 From: NYC Member No.: 1,819 |
Entertaining my daughter?
Seriously, it does kind of change things when you have to worry about a kid besides for yourself. Can't just stay in a dark room resting all day. -------------------- www.adiel.com Sukkos fun!
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Aug 10 2008, 03:38 PM
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Back at Imamother - where I belong Group: Members Posts: 3,392 Joined: 20-October 05 Member No.: 1,939 |
what are you doing, big toe ?
-------------------- The poster formerly known as "Live-from-New-York"
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Aug 10 2008, 03:39 PM
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 Gabbai  Group: Members Posts: 804 Joined: 26-January 06 From: chicago, il Member No.: 2,285 |
QUOTE (LoveToLaugh @ Aug 10 2008, 01:25 PM)  Entertaining my daughter? Seriously, it does kind of change things when you have to worry about a kid besides for yourself. Can't just stay in a dark room resting all day. yup!! just went to the park and now i am oh-so-thirsty. doesn't really feel like tisha b'av when you don't go to shul. -------------------- Make aliyah, and live in the country where your forefathers walked.
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Aug 10 2008, 03:46 PM
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Back at Imamother - where I belong Group: Members Posts: 3,392 Joined: 20-October 05 Member No.: 1,939 |
i've been to shul on tisha b'av maybe twice.
-------------------- The poster formerly known as "Live-from-New-York"
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Aug 10 2008, 06:23 PM
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 Knows she doesn't know Group: Members Posts: 5,854 Joined: 19-July 04 Member No.: 583 |
I actually cried.
-------------------- Proud member of the "I don't always wait until I finish reading the thread to respond" club. Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~ Margaret Young The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. ~ Banksy Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. |
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Aug 10 2008, 07:01 PM
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 grannylicious Group: Members Posts: 3,647 Joined: 23-December 04 From: anywhere there's wifi Member No.: 947 |
QUOTE (Red Hare @ Aug 10 2008, 09:46 PM) i've been to shul on tisha b'av maybe twice. I go at night to hear eicha. Been doing that for a few years. -------------------- "Mommy, is this the house where we are allowed to swing on the chairs, or the house where we're not allowed to swing on the chairs?"
- My three year old granddaughter. There is being a real father, and there is being in the same room as your wife when she conceives. |
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Aug 10 2008, 07:23 PM
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Back at Imamother - where I belong Group: Members Posts: 3,392 Joined: 20-October 05 Member No.: 1,939 |
the fast starts late. i always go to bed.
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Aug 10 2008, 07:50 PM
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Rebbe Group: Members Posts: 2,466 Joined: 11-September 05 From: NYC Member No.: 1,819 |
QUOTE (Red Hare @ Aug 10 2008, 08:23 PM) the fast starts late. i always go to bed. Really? I never missed Eicha until this year. It was weird to read it all alone, just like the first posuk of eicha. But I read rashi and the English and I think it was more meaningful than hearing it leined in shul. Bigtoe, I guess that's something else I did different this year. -------------------- www.adiel.com Sukkos fun!
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Aug 10 2008, 07:52 PM
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Back at Imamother - where I belong Group: Members Posts: 3,392 Joined: 20-October 05 Member No.: 1,939 |
On a side note - it's very cool now in NYC - I got out my long underwear !!!!
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Aug 10 2008, 08:26 PM
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Knows she doesn't know Group: Members Posts: 5,854 Joined: 19-July 04 Member No.: 583 |
As kids we go to shul. But once the first baby comes along, there is no mitzva in going to shul and being busy taking care of the noisemakers.
-------------------- Proud member of the "I don't always wait until I finish reading the thread to respond" club. Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~ Margaret Young The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it. ~ Banksy Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. |
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Aug 10 2008, 08:29 PM
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 Masmid  Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 17-June 08 Member No.: 7,323 |
I bought that Artscroll Kinos, and much like pathway to prayer changed my high holy days, it made a huge difference in my understanding of the day.
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Aug 10 2008, 09:13 PM
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 Gabbai Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 18-July 08 From: Pacific Northwest Member No.: 7,390 |
I'm not medically allowed to fast anymore so I understand that it would be an avarah for me to do so...but it just doesn't feel right...
-------------------- It's like classic h.com discussions: He who does what I don't do is an ignorant fanatic and he who doesn't do what I do is beneath my religious contempt. - meleh Once, many moons ago when morals still existed.... - TDP |
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Aug 11 2008, 08:27 AM
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 חסד ואמת Group: Members Posts: 9,067 Joined: 16-November 06 Member No.: 4,063 |
QUOTE (bigtoe @ Aug 10 2008, 03:00 PM) We've done it all these years already: said eichah, are fasting, reading stuff relevant to the day, possibly going to see the CCHF presentation etc. > How are you making this tisha b'av different than all the rest so they don't run together? I went to a beautiful shiur. -------------------- "If they would allow one dead soul to visit an assembly of philosophers, that would be the end of all their teachings."
The Purpose Is Practice Updated 8 Teves 5769 |
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Aug 11 2008, 08:29 AM
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grannylicious Group: Members Posts: 3,647 Joined: 23-December 04 From: anywhere there's wifi Member No.: 947 |
QUOTE (YoelYitzchak @ Aug 11 2008, 03:13 AM) I'm not medically allowed to fast anymore so I understand that it would be an avarah for me to do so...but it just doesn't feel right... Sorry to hear that, what's wrong? -------------------- "Mommy, is this the house where we are allowed to swing on the chairs, or the house where we're not allowed to swing on the chairs?"
- My three year old granddaughter. There is being a real father, and there is being in the same room as your wife when she conceives. |
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Aug 18 2008, 05:20 AM
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 Rebbe Group: Members Posts: 1,459 Joined: 6-August 05 From: עיר של שלום Member No.: 1,709 |
I was helping someone overcome an issue...
I also paid attention to the words of Eicha, and finally understood what it was saying. And I actually cried a bit, which is rare for me. I never cry. Chas ve'shalom to even think of it. -------------------- על כל אחד ואחת להוסיף בתורה ובמצוות כדי להכריע את עצמו ואת כל העולם כולו לכף זכות!
'It is every Jew's duty to add in Torah and mitzvot in order to bring the geula.' |
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