tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post8648411558335666836..comments2023-12-17T13:19:52.073+02:00Comments on Our Shiputzim: A Work In Progress: Counteracting the meraglim IIMrs. S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-12468801866327412522010-07-21T22:28:15.443+03:002010-07-21T22:28:15.443+03:00Miriam - Amen! (How did the fast go, BTW?)
Minnes...Miriam - Amen! (How did the fast go, BTW?)<br /><br />Minnesota Mamaleh - Thank you so much for your kind words!Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-92022920698699582122010-07-21T22:00:46.548+03:002010-07-21T22:00:46.548+03:00this was absolutely beautiful and truly touching. ...this was absolutely beautiful and truly touching. i could totally feel the moment, like i was right there with you! lovely post, thank you!Minnesota Mamalehhttp://tcjewfolk.com/category/minnesota-mamaleh/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-40716231486663597832010-07-21T10:11:58.467+03:002010-07-21T10:11:58.467+03:00In hospitals not near the center of the country th...In hospitals not near the center of the country there is the candles, the kiddush etc. BUT there is also the fact that half the people there are "cousins" whose entire extended family comes to visit and they dont stand up for kiddush and they bring in Chametz on Pesach.<br /><br />יהי רצון שנזכה לגאולה השלמה בקרוב!Miriamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-13276589734579983002010-07-19T14:40:37.714+03:002010-07-19T14:40:37.714+03:00G6 - Thanks, and have an easy and meaningful fast!...G6 - Thanks, and have an easy and meaningful fast!<br /><br />MiI - Great story! (Although it probably wasn't amusing while it was happening...)<br /><br />Jennifer in MamaLand - Amen, ken yehi ratzon!<br /><br />Toby - One Rosh Hashanah, I escorted a relative to the hospital and saw several volunteer shofar blowers making rounds of all the patients and their families. <br /><br />Malke - Very true! That Shabbat in the hospital felt like, well, Shabbat. Which is more than can be said for the Shabbos I spent with one of the Shiputzim kids in an American pediatric ward...<br /><br />Ilana-Davita - Good point about the food. It's truly a privilege to be able to eat the regular hospital food instead of overheated, double-wrapped airplane meals...Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-21024729424285255862010-07-19T11:43:30.629+03:002010-07-19T11:43:30.629+03:00Great post and quite fit for this pre-fast day - a...Great post and quite fit for this pre-fast day - and for other days too.<br />While I am past giving-birth age, if I had to be in hospital, I'd certainly prefer one where I wouldn't have to worry about Shabbat, food and other issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-46700312306266652572010-07-19T10:41:58.680+03:002010-07-19T10:41:58.680+03:00Unfortunately, I did not have any kids here, but I...Unfortunately, I did not have any kids here, but I also had the experience of having one of mine in a Catholic hospital in the States. It was ok-no holidays in August-but when my then 2 year old came to visit, and passed a statue of J.C. in the lobby he did manage to remark in a loud voice, just as a nun was passing by "Look at the funny man in a dress!"<br />On a more serious note, I did have the experience of being in the hospital in the US for non-childbirth related reasons over Shabbos and yom tov and besides having to contend with my own pain, fear and disappointment over being separated from my family over yom tov, had to deal with this horrible nurse who sighed VERY loudly every time I asked for help with some Shabbat related act. We should not need to use hospitals here for other than happy occasions, but I imagine that at least that aspect you dont have to deal with as much.Malkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-13116449103492844252010-07-19T09:24:15.128+03:002010-07-19T09:24:15.128+03:00So nice! Having had all of my kids here, it's ...So nice! Having had all of my kids here, it's not surprising to hear at this point, but definitely nice! I actually had my firstborn a few months after we made aliya, on the first night of Chanuka. My husband ran home to light candles, figuring that there was no way we'd be allowed to do that in a hospital - but lo and behold, about an hour later, some sherut leumi girls came around with a cart full of chanukiot, offering everyone a chance to light. <br />How could any Jew not want to live here?tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539537363084834903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-71673776507040407102010-07-19T07:39:12.835+03:002010-07-19T07:39:12.835+03:00Beautiful - amen! I fasted Tisha b'Av for man...Beautiful - amen! I fasted Tisha b'Av for many years, but last year was my first since I actually set foot in Israel. Now that's TRUE heartbreak - having just been there, feeling that ruach, and feeling it snatched away by life in chutz la'aretz. I never cried on Tisha b'Av before.<br />Yehi ratzon that our family should join yours & so many others back there soon.Jennifer in MamaLandhttp://ronypony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-20749177232709746362010-07-19T01:26:26.294+03:002010-07-19T01:26:26.294+03:00Ah, that reminds me (lehavdil) of my stay in Schne...Ah, that reminds me (lehavdil) of my stay in Schneider over Shabbat with a 5-day-old. Everyone lit candles in a special room with a fancy contraption that someone had donated, and the ceiling caught fire! Had to unplug the IV and sit outside the ward for a couple of hours while they cleared the smoke.mother in israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715046177293916034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3089133433897831130.post-22220946466310310532010-07-19T00:55:18.712+03:002010-07-19T00:55:18.712+03:00Amen.
Lovely post.Amen.<br />Lovely post.G6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15932781801654313054noreply@blogger.com