tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763532437435602439.post6861545001313506151..comments2024-03-27T13:26:48.484-07:00Comments on I'll call Baila: A rif-raf of random thoughts about workBailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14115498582378133552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763532437435602439.post-90510263727806491382009-07-12T12:51:37.758-07:002009-07-12T12:51:37.758-07:00Last shabbat a friend and I were talking to a hare...Last shabbat a friend and I were talking to a haredi man outside our shul (not haredi) who had come to daven ma'ariv motzei shabbat.It turned out I knew him and after he went his way and we went ours I told my friend that he was a ba'al tshuva. She said: "I knew it!" He was looking us in the eye!Risa Tzoharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012097234847651866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763532437435602439.post-28448895163190505082009-06-23T03:54:42.277-07:002009-06-23T03:54:42.277-07:00I cannot imagine living in Israel and not being ab...I cannot imagine living in Israel and not being able to wear open-toed sandals. Then again, I would go nuts if I had to wear closed shoes in a New Jersey summer, too. I have discovered that I like covering my hair with the Israeli fancy snood I bought last summer in Tsefat. There are some benefits.<br /><br /><i>I've learned the hard way not to discuss topics like Women's Tefillah Groups. Sex, on the other hand is sometimes okay to discuss.</i> This made me smile. I have memories of being at a table (in New York) where most of the men at the table talked about the "horrors" (my word, not theirs) of Women's Tefillah groups and the women just sat quietly.Leorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303493764579879710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5763532437435602439.post-13624281838853723092009-06-23T01:46:34.762-07:002009-06-23T01:46:34.762-07:00Reports in Hebrew? I'm very impressed!
To this...Reports in Hebrew? I'm very impressed!<br />To this day, whenever I have to write anything longer than an email in Hebrew (and sometimes even then!), I have one of my kids read it over...Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.com