tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post113206169688486448..comments2024-01-13T16:40:44.641-08:00Comments on The Jewish Connection: Helping Yourself through Helping OthersPsychoToddlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00874353280798371891noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132553758277708912005-11-20T22:15:00.000-08:002005-11-20T22:15:00.000-08:00My story is so different.My story is so different.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132170026221198112005-11-16T11:40:00.000-08:002005-11-16T11:40:00.000-08:00Mirty - I'm glad to share. Pearl - coming from a w...Mirty - I'm glad to share. <BR/><BR/>Pearl - coming from a writer like you, that makes your words even more special. <BR/><BR/>Shoshana - thanks. <BR/><BR/>I really should write more, keep it going while its there, I'll sit with my thought tomorrow so what comes out.Chaimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236429066890015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132168816050081732005-11-16T11:20:00.000-08:002005-11-16T11:20:00.000-08:00Very nicely written - can't wait to read the rest....Very nicely written - can't wait to read the rest.Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365142117481675663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132164222157462892005-11-16T10:03:00.000-08:002005-11-16T10:03:00.000-08:00Chaim, great sensitivity came through in your word...Chaim, great sensitivity came through in your words. I look forward to reading/learning more about your personal experiences.torontopearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246510242496347242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132096204486287692005-11-15T15:10:00.000-08:002005-11-15T15:10:00.000-08:00thanks for your comment Dindel. Well said.thanks for your comment Dindel. Well said.Chaimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236429066890015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132095400351681492005-11-15T14:56:00.000-08:002005-11-15T14:56:00.000-08:00I wanted to share some mental notes on what you we...I wanted to share some mental notes on what you were writing. I was reading what you wrote and it sparked a few thoughts in me about how I grew up and things I personally experienced. I had some very similar experiences. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand I did thankfully was very close to my mother and connect with her (who also had very little knowledge of her own as a bal tchuva.)But she always urged me to learn told me to things and do them as they feel to me. If I don’t connect to something and she didn’t have an explanation herself. (very often she had no answer) She would tell me to look in to it and do my own research. That’s where I connected and how I learned. <BR/><BR/>I realized somewhere along the line that I was my own bal tchuvah. And if I wanted to know something I was going to have to open a book and figure it out myself. Cause the System and my home had unfortunately never taught me why I want to do it. Just that I should and there will be consequences if I don’t. <BR/><BR/>It is unfortunate. <BR/>But hey that’s life. <BR/><BR/>Today I don’t call my self religious. I say I’m “mostly frum”. That’s enough for me. And every day I learn just a little bit more. :)Dindelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133718838525028283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132073132515486242005-11-15T08:45:00.000-08:002005-11-15T08:45:00.000-08:00Simple, Jack, Ezzie & Stacey .. Thanks for your co...Simple, Jack, Ezzie & Stacey .. Thanks for your comments!Chaimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236429066890015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132069676718466982005-11-15T07:47:00.000-08:002005-11-15T07:47:00.000-08:00I know his story, I know his history, it's the pas...I know his story, I know his history, it's the passion that he had in the first place that was missing in his parenting style. It's as if he went from passionate baal teshuvah to grump, old school, old Europe shtetl do it because your father did it and his father did it mentality.Chaimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236429066890015749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132066968382076072005-11-15T07:02:00.000-08:002005-11-15T07:02:00.000-08:00This was interesting, Chaim. I am curious, though...This was interesting, Chaim. I am curious, though. Did you ever ask your father directly about his experiences?Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548101428086781420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132066148636902042005-11-15T06:49:00.000-08:002005-11-15T06:49:00.000-08:00Ditto!It's interesting how so many go through simi...Ditto!<BR/><BR/>It's interesting how so many go through similar experiences... you've captured the feelings perfectly.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132065974824394682005-11-15T06:46:00.000-08:002005-11-15T06:46:00.000-08:00Chaim that was very interesting.Chaim that was very interesting.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13256892.post-1132064064090499462005-11-15T06:14:00.000-08:002005-11-15T06:14:00.000-08:00I look forward to continue reading your story. Tha...I look forward to continue reading your story. Thanks for writing it, Chaim!A Simple Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158902792838896670noreply@blogger.com