Wednesday, January 15

"Need Anything?"

There is a facebook page called "צריכים משו?" (sic).  On it, people post all sorts of offers of things they are giving away, as well as interesting queries and requests, such as ideas for names for their new baby. There are offers of furniture beign given away, requests for a ba'al koreh for Shabbat, and questions such as how to open a corked bottle of wine without a  corkscrew.  
The group is not "religious," anyone and everyone can (and should) join.  

Today I received a post which I have to share:

שלום עליכם!ב״ה זכיתי ללוות חתן ואנו בדרכנו לכותל..אז שמות לברכה בשמחה:)
In English: Today I have the privilege of accompanying a Hattan and now we are on our way to the Kotel.   Please send names of people who need tefillot / berachot.




Monday, January 13

Even The Traffic Signs Are Jewish

DD2 is (finally) learning for her drivers' theory test.  I am very grateful that my children do not feel that a driver's license is their birthright right, but rather they recognize the awesome responsibility a driver has on their shoulders.    I imagine that having been one car behind a jeep that was hit by a drunk driver last summer helped drive that point home...
Yesterday, in the course of reading the theory book, she came across the Intersection warning sign:
At the bottom of the page of the official theory book, there is a note pointing out that the junction is shown by an X, and not a cross, because this is a Jewish country.

There are things we take for granted, but we can feel so much better if we appreciate the thought that goes into them.