tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62974122011-06-07T02:44:38.668+03:00Cohen HeadThe adventures of <em>Yaakov Shmuel Yonah ben Baruch Moshe HaCohen </em>as a new immigrant to Israel. Yaakov loves life. Especially in Israel.zevbrokeitnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1131085828552469722005-11-04T08:08:00.000+02:002005-11-04T08:30:28.626+02:00Parsha NoahTwo nice things I saw in the parsha.First, Noah was an Ish Tzaddick tamim haya bedorotav. What does that mean? It means that the generation was spilling thier seed waistfully and that Noah was a master over his brit. He was reflecting an image of G-D properly and as all the other people of his generation were not, they became more like the animals and acted and interacted with Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1129096646530178732005-10-12T07:50:00.000+02:002005-10-12T07:57:26.536+02:00Erev Yom KippurThere is an inyan to eat and be very festivus Erev Yom KippurSo I went to my shwarma place and ate a wonderful laffa. I was then suprised with a huge gift basket for my bday. i was stunned. Such love, and this is my shwarma stand. I realized that this is the kesher that i will strive for bein adam lchavero this year. To humble oneself before all other man, and to love all Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1128078994115749972005-09-30T14:13:00.000+03:002005-09-30T14:16:34.120+03:00Well, i have just returned from an amazing trip. My friend Oren and I decided to ride down to the dead sea, 60 some km from Jerusalem. We left around 1pm and arrived a little under 3 hours later. It was an amazing feat, and we both feel greta about it. It was perfect minus the crazy yatushim-mosquitos, i hate those little buggers. the sky was so clear you could see clusters, shooting stars, Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1127935489198389312005-09-28T22:17:00.000+03:002005-09-28T22:24:49.203+03:00And so I am home.... Day 1 from returning. Things have changed here and with me, and yet many things are still the same.I have spent the last 24 hours with my 22 year friend who last his dad to lung cancer. I had not seen him in the last four months and missed his presence and his voice of reason. As he once said, "Thats the Point."SO in Gan Soccer, which is near my house, there is a huge Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1123483428522943982005-08-08T09:39:00.000+03:002005-08-08T15:12:00.376+03:00It is the second day of Av, and something a little unusual is occuring. It is raining , not heavily, but never the less raining anyways.This is officially the first full summer i am here and it has been very hot and very intense, and all of sudden a couple of days before the 9th of Av fast, and i am starting to wonder whether it will be scorching hot, or tolerable.......I am sorry for not Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1118008681837740582005-06-06T00:49:00.000+03:002005-06-06T00:58:01.843+03:00YOM YERUSHALAYIMToday those of us living in Jerusalem get to celebrate Jtwon day.What does this mean to me? To me I am celebrating bec i am able to be living in jerusalem, something many members of bnei yisroel did not always have to fortune to do. And so thats what i am doing; i am living, and breathing in the holiest city in this planet we call earth, in olem haza.Chag Sameach!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1117918864897642112005-06-04T23:56:00.000+03:002005-06-05T00:01:04.896+03:00COmments of Shmion PeresAlright, so I got some comments how Shimon peres is a piece of crap etc...Have you ever met him, do you know what his intentions are.I am still anti disengagemt of my own kind, but lets talk about the man.Zev, I am not sure what he took away when he saw me, but I would hope it was the same repsect that I have given him. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt that all heYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1117918511959701102005-06-04T23:52:00.000+03:002005-06-04T23:55:11.963+03:00Thursday night i had the great honor to see the Avishai Cohen Trio at the Jerusalem Festival which combines arts of all sorts.Many of my friends and I went together to this show. I cannot even explain how great of a show only to say, that the three of them put on something as good as MMW or NMA, etc...Bass, Piano and Drums, and they were all passionate about the instrument they played. Going Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1117720991150142152005-06-02T16:56:00.000+03:002005-06-02T17:03:11.166+03:00Today by chance I met Shimon Peres. I did not shake his hand or speak to him. Rather I had a deeper interaction with him as we met eye to eye for a couple of seconds.Befor ethis point I had little respenct for him based on his political views, but that has changed now. It led me to ask, who is Shimon Peres.Shimon Peres (Labour), Minister of Foreign Affairs, was born in Poland in 1923 and Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1112481603243519522005-04-03T01:35:00.000+03:002005-04-03T01:40:03.243+03:00SO its been a little over a week since i have retunred to eretz yisroel. first of all i am now living in jerusalem in the neigborhood of nachloat, right in town. its a wonderful situation with three other wonderful guys. i am right in the epicenter of jerusalem.I hope to post on a more ocnstant basis. so have a GOOD DAY.Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1109265570998350152005-02-24T19:00:00.000+02:002005-02-24T20:49:16.086+02:00Its been a bot of zman sicne i lasted posted, and harbe nikraiti alay, a lot has happened to me. First of all the scene has changed. Now i know that winter is far from being over, but the last two weeks, minus a little blessing from above, the weather has been summer-like. For example thu morning in Jerusalem felt like June -high 80s breeze!! We have had pretty sunny and warm days for a whileYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1108583508236311472005-02-16T21:40:00.000+02:002005-02-16T21:51:48.333+02:00It now wed night and this week has been somewhat lackluster. I had shmira fir anight and shabbos morning woke up with congestion in my head and have had it since then. I was really sick until yesterday morning and am just starting to recover in the good sense.In this weeks parsha it says that "one should gurd themselves" What does that mean, it means to gurd yourself so that you never have Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1108115512386415192005-02-11T11:47:00.000+02:002005-02-11T11:51:52.386+02:00Well today erev shabbos Parshat Teremuh the forcast is snow and heavy rain. Two things I love rain and snow in Israel, as it is a blessing. I have shmira tonight so hopefully it will only be snow and not rain. I am doing my laundry right now over at family firend Sue Epstein. She really saved me. Ihad no change and the only way to get money is to go to J Town as there are no intl. atm Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1107632792459575342005-02-05T20:13:00.000+02:002005-02-05T21:46:32.460+02:00THis friday night the wind and came strong and rain come down hard. Friday night after a wonderful mexican shabbat meal at the Mishpacha Grazi, I walked out the door and the hail came down. it was quite a spectacular sight of awe and splendor.
Hanging out and I watched the worst movie of all time. ENEMYMINE. DO not see this movie.Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1107455481976723162005-02-03T20:26:00.000+02:002005-02-03T20:31:21.976+02:00Parshat Mishpatim
IN this weeks parsha we learn of Shmita which is a sabbatical for the land of Eretz Yisroel. WHat this entails is that every seven years we are forbidden to reap or sow the land and that we are not allowed to ollect/gather from the land any more then we currently need.
I think what we see here is the importance and signifiance of the week that the lord set up. Six days we willYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1107238336624620612005-02-01T08:06:00.000+02:002005-02-01T08:12:16.623+02:00Good morning to all. ANd what a morning it is. TUesday 1st day of Feb, or the 21st(i believe) of Shvat.
This monring I went swimming-lischot bibreicha at the matnas in ALon SHvut. It was nice, but can get a littel crowded.
But the best part of the monring was the sight i saw leaving. This monring is very cold for israel(and perfect weather for me) and the winds are pretty strong. FOg is Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1107033224737307412005-01-29T23:07:00.000+02:002005-01-29T23:13:44.736+02:00Shavua Tov. First, thanks Becky for the comment. I am trying to get back into this blog and the note goes a long way.
Shabbos was good. Friday I woke up late and it was superb outside. it was in the 80s sunny and hot all weekend long. I decided to help my buddy clean the shul to make a little extra cash. ANd then I decided to go for a bike ride, something I have proabably not done in Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1106772850662471342005-01-26T22:36:00.000+02:002005-01-26T22:54:10.663+02:00Tu b'shevat was wonderful. WOek up to the see the sun burning bright and the shefa coming down. SPent some time during the monring to walk around the area and see all the sprouting and new growth in the land.
Got a tremp into talpiyot and I just walked all over the city, the Jeruslaem forest, old city(where there was a huge ceramony for the soldiers at the kotel), town, mea shearim etc.. Went Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1106555258313094102005-01-24T10:22:00.000+02:002005-01-24T10:27:38.313+02:00TOnight begins my most favorite holday. The holiday of Sprouting and of Trees, Plants and all other life. If you know me well then you know I have been given a green thumb(whatever that means), and I thoroughly enjoy having plants, taking care of them and seeing them grow and sprout. My prize aloe is now budding a flower and I cannot wait to see it bloom.
People, Man have a very improtant Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1102682559801043372004-12-10T14:40:00.000+02:002004-12-10T14:42:39.800+02:00SO Shabbos is here, and I did not gert any posts in. COuld this be a trend of mine. Not posting anything. It looks very much like that.
ANyways this is a wonderful shabbos for all of us to remember that we are a united nation, and that we can overcome the great, just like the Hashmonites overcame the great, we being the weak overcame the strong.
And so today we are many times back in the Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1101928345558499022004-12-01T21:04:00.000+02:002004-12-01T21:12:25.556+02:00SO This weeks Parsha is Vayeshav, and Yaakov Settled in the Land of His Father, the land of Canaan(to which G-D promised to all 3 forefathers that this land would be for the zera-see of Yisroel), and in the parsha Yosef is sold into slavery, a very interesting story with a few sub plots. Reuvan shows that he wants to take the mantle of firstborn and protect Yosef, even though all the bros "hateYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1101661986051748972004-11-28T19:11:00.000+02:002004-11-28T19:13:06.050+02:00Hello all. I have discovered a wonderful program and encourage all to use it. It is called skype and through it we can talk through a computer. I have tested it and it works pretty well. Its free when computer to computer so give it a try and we can all talk and make this world even smallerYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1100795059326622612004-11-18T17:48:00.000+02:002004-11-18T18:24:19.326+02:00Alright the Tiyul and what a Tiyul it was. Around 9am on Monday a group of my friends and myself got dropped off at Wadi Mishmar, about 10 miles south of Ein Gedi(on the road).
This was going to be an intense day, as in israel there is very few places with flat land. our hike was going to be intense accents and decensts and rolling hills all desert land with very little shade ever. it was a Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1100719391909775372004-11-17T21:20:00.000+02:002004-11-17T21:23:11.910+02:00Got back yesterday evening from one of the most intense hikes through a desert(will tell you more later) and this morning the wind was a howling. And then the rain started coming down. It appears that the winter season here has begun and I could not be happier. It rained pretty much all day with it coming down hard during the later part of the day. its not raining now but it could come on Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1100178483411340952004-11-11T15:00:00.000+02:002004-11-11T15:08:03.410+02:00Well now it is official that Arafat is dead. I am sure you can tell of all the reactions here in Israel, how are they in the States?
Shabbos is upon us here out in the Gush and I will be spending it local with some friends taking it easy as I am going on an intense tiyul next week!
Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1100077789365971352004-11-10T11:05:00.000+02:002004-11-10T11:09:49.366+02:00Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1100076827692763282004-11-10T10:52:00.000+02:002004-11-10T10:53:47.693+02:00Announcement of Arafat's Death Expected Shortly
10:08 Nov 10, '04 / 26 Cheshvan 5765
"Official Palestinian sources" told Ynet, and many media are similarly reporting, that arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat died yesterday in his Paris hospital bed, and that the official announcement will be made later this morning.
"I don't know anyone other than Arafat who has as much civilian Jewish blood on Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1100076714104260172004-11-10T10:47:00.000+02:002004-11-10T10:51:54.103+02:00Well Tuesday morning, Israel time, Israel media and some no Israel media stated to report the death of the murderous Yaaser Arafat. many other medias have reported that he is in a coma.
Whether alive, in a coma or dead, I think it is time for us to remember that he has always been a murderer, causing the deaths of thousands of jews, israelis and even Americans. He was considered a terrorist by Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1099508575521896022004-11-03T20:40:00.000+02:002004-11-03T21:02:55.520+02:00Hello and welcome and thank you for reading this episode of the Blog.
First of all I would like to congratulate President George Bush on his reelection. I hope that he continues to respect the Nation of Israel and allows us, the Israelis to take care what it needs to do for the safety of its citezens.
The last couple of weeks have been a l;ittle slow for me. First I came down with the flu Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1098631578139504092004-10-24T17:23:00.000+02:002004-10-24T17:26:18.140+02:00SO i had a wonderful shabbos, but now I have come down with the flu and I am resting tight now. I wanted to make a post as I have not in a while.
A friend asked me to tell abou my chevron trip and I will, I also plan on putting in more pics.
Things otherwise are going well. Started running again and my calves and thighs are killing me now...
Well have a good day and a good week!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1097377981415715262004-10-10T05:06:00.000+02:002004-10-10T05:13:01.416+02:00Mazel Tov to my wonderful older sister, Chaya Cohen on her engagement. More to come.Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1097060323018378022004-10-06T13:56:00.000+02:002004-10-06T12:58:43.016+02:00So I am only updating pics on whats been going on. Holidays have been great. Moadim L'Simcha Chagim Uzmanim Lisason
Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1097059404964610172004-10-06T13:42:00.000+02:002004-10-06T12:43:24.963+02:00Hamas Members On UN Payrolls
16:24 Oct 05, '04 / 20 Tishrei 5765
Some members of the Hamas terrorist organization are on the United Nations' payrolls - so confirmed UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) Chief Peter Hansen.
In an interview with the Canadian CBC news agency, Hansen justified UNRWA's employment of Hamas members by saying that many of them are affiliated with the "Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1096402971536050312004-09-28T22:18:00.000+02:002004-09-28T22:22:51.536+02:00So its the night before Sukkos and I am very much looking forward to going to hevron, a place I go to quite rarely. Today some friends and myself went to Ein Gedi, on one of the hottest days, thanks to the sharaz, and spent the day hiking. I will try to post some pic later.
I got to spend the other day with family friends the Nankins who are in Israel for the holidays.
Niothing to new going on,Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1095928959022827142004-09-23T10:33:00.000+02:002004-09-23T10:42:39.023+02:00Good Thursday to all.
We are two days from the holies Jewish Hioliday, and Iam very much looking forward to it for many reasons.
I have not used my computer tis week and therefore not made any posts, to keep myself focused on the 10 days of Repentence.
But someting occured last night I wanted to share with all.
As I have mentioned in the past, I annd many other stidents here do shmira, which is Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1095666675150998812004-09-20T10:48:00.000+03:002004-09-20T10:51:15.150+03:00PA TV Teaches Mothers to Encourage Kids to Become 'Martyrs'
23:45 Sep 19, '04 / 4 Tishrei 5765
Last week Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported the return of the infamous "Farewell Letter" clip, encouraging children to aspire to Shahada (Martyrdom for Allah). That clip attempts to make “martyrdom” appear desirable to children. Now PA TV has started to air an old clip glorifying violence, killingYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1095109293906890732004-09-13T23:59:00.000+03:002004-09-14T00:01:33.906+03:00.......On another note, I hope that if I offended any one of you this year, that you will forgive me for my iniquities. I have held no grudges against anyone and I wish that Hashem will forgive us all this year and wriute us into the book of prosperity and happinessYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1095109187286316802004-09-13T23:58:00.000+03:002004-09-13T23:59:47.286+03:00I just wanted to wish you all a happy and healthy new year!!
I hope this year is filled with wonderous events and only simchas for you all. May Hashem grant you your requests on Rosh Hashanah!!!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1094824276476807402004-09-10T16:43:00.000+03:002004-09-10T16:51:16.476+03:00So I am not going to Hevron this shabbos, as I have received the honor to redeem a freind of mine's son. In the jewish faith, 30 days after a baby bioy has been born the father of a Yisrolite must redeem his son with a Cohen. This is that G-D wants all the firsts of our labor, whether fruit animals or our children. But He commands us to redeem the first born son as it is not realistic, nor Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1094560386746902632004-09-07T15:29:00.000+03:002004-09-07T15:33:06.746+03:00Well its been a while again since I last made a post, but the truth is that not much of something too exciting has gone on, which for some of you I guess is a good thing. Shabbos was great in the Yeshiva, it was nice and quiet. Tonight I am going to my Rebbes for dinner with 3 other guys, a good bonding experience. I went to the beach on Friday and became that much closer to looking yeminite!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1093981454295443642004-08-31T22:41:00.000+03:002004-08-31T22:44:14.296+03:00Briefly:
I went to a Bris today and it was amazing. Last night though I was at a street festival on Ben Yehudah and there was African Music up the wazoo it was da bomb!
Learning is going well and played some ultimate frisbee.
Picture is looking at Zion Square!
Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1093785310262737662004-08-29T16:02:00.000+03:002004-08-29T16:15:10.263+03:00I am very sorry I have neglected the blog over the last week. I have been very occupied with my studies, which i guess is a good thing. I have also been a little distracted/busy with a young women who I had met 2 weeks ago and, I guess you could say I have my mind refocused.
Shabbos was an unbleivable experience, but it was what transpired Friday that almost klilled it. My friend Ari GreenbaumYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1093291175926702332004-08-23T22:54:00.000+03:002004-08-23T22:59:35.926+03:00Nothing really new to write, or thats nothing that I want to tell you all about! hehehehe!
School started and things are going well. I met a group of new guys. I have my own half of caravan and I got a carpet to do yoga on.
I am doing well, i could post pics but why bother. Just making a post so zev does not complain.
No but seriously i am in heaven right now.
Thanks you all I love youYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092782520461228522004-08-18T01:01:00.002+03:002004-08-18T01:42:00.460+03:00What a day I just had. its now 1am and I will be passing out soon, but wanted to share in brief the day I had. First of All today is Rosh Chodesh the new month of Elul, so we had Rosh Chodesh davening. The dean R Chaim Brovender, was therer so I quickly put on socks. Had some amazing learning in the morning and then I went in to jtown to hang with bryan Gryka, my old roomate. I also got to Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092781488090428422004-08-18T01:01:00.001+03:002004-08-18T01:24:48.090+03:00What a day I just had. its now 1am and I will be passing out soon, but wanted to share in brief the day I had. First of All today is Rosh Chodesh the new month of Elul, so we had Rosh Chodesh davening. The dean R Chaim Brovender, was therer so I quickly put on socks. Had some amazing learning in the morning and then I went in to jtown to hang with bryan Gryka, my old roomate. I also got to Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092781430913489982004-08-18T01:01:00.000+03:002004-08-18T01:23:50.920+03:00What a day I just had. its now 1am and I will be passing out soon, but wanted to share in brief the day I had. First of All today is Rosh Chodesh the new month of Elul, so we had Rosh Chodesh davening. The dean R Chaim Brovender, was therer so I quickly put on socks. Had some amazing learning in the morning and then I went in to jtown to hang with bryan Gryka, my old roomate. I also got to Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092656685326727252004-08-16T14:39:00.000+03:002004-08-16T14:44:45.326+03:00So tonight begins Rosh Chodesh Elul, which is for many of us a time of raising ourselves to higer levels of Purity in this world. It is a preparation for us for Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur, Days of Atonement, Reckoning and Judgement. Here is Israel, in my Kirya it is a time to renew the learning to start afresh and to look forward to these holidays.
I did a little shopping this morning for Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092580122725654632004-08-15T17:19:00.000+03:002004-08-15T17:28:42.726+03:00I had sucha wodnerful Shabbos experience. I had gone to the parents of a family friend. Yaffa Chazan had met my grandmother when she was only 17 yrs old and they became penpals. Now form my baubie, this was a very serious thing. She would write to you on a constant basis. Well over the years the became closer and learned of the grwoths that occured on both fronts. Pictures were sent and etcYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092380148358288072004-08-13T09:53:00.000+03:002004-08-13T09:55:48.356+03:00
So Shabbos is coming and this week I am spending it in Petach Tiokva at the mothers of a good family friend who has adopted me(like so many other wonderful families in Israel). It has been good week. Got a little learning done, and got to spend time wioth friends. but more importantly I am x steps closer to having the army issues resolved. I scored very well on my profile and now am waitingYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092259575827561222004-08-12T00:00:00.000+03:002004-08-12T00:26:15.826+03:00Well today was quite a day! Got up early to head to the beach and relax today, but on the way down the hill, I bumped into the mailman who had a letter for me from the Army to report to the Draft Board for an update on my medical background. I had a notion that this might ruin the dayl, as I am supoose to be there at 1pm. So i head to the bus stop/trempiada and am about to get on a bus when a Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1092117674865264012004-08-10T08:44:00.000+03:002004-08-10T09:01:14.866+03:00Well I would say I am getting back in the groove. I have now been on the Kiryah for two days and getting settled in. Went biking to break the bike in, and it was great. Flying down the dirt roads past ther Cherry Trees and over to the Barns, which reaked, I wonder if I can get a gas mask? Hung out with my buddy, Daniel Vinick and then I had Shmira last night which went well and quiet. HopingYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1091802912861034762004-08-06T17:29:00.000+03:002004-08-06T17:35:12.863+03:00Shalom you alls!
I hope you are all having a great day! As the Sabbath comes into Jerusalem I reflect on the past week, and what a week it was. First I went out to spend the week in Otniel, to help my family friends with a move. Can you beleive that a place like Otniel has an olympic size pool. Well it does and I swam in it every day out there. It was so hot there. By 8am if you were Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1091136631511830502004-07-30T00:25:00.000+03:002004-07-30T00:30:31.513+03:00Well last night my mom took me out to a Baseball game, Brewers v Cubs, a big deal out here in the midwest. Well the game turned out to be a classic, anbd even though Kerry Woods lost, he pitched a good game, with 10K. Here is the Jew Crew tailgating at the game
Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1090967155218783092004-07-28T01:21:00.000+03:002004-07-28T01:25:55.216+03:00Shalom my good freinds and family that peridoically look onto this blog for something from my life. Well I am back and ready to go. In a little under a week I will be returning to the Holy Land, Israel. I am very much looking forward to this now and hopefully have another great experience out there.
Enjoy the pic, which I am using as a beta test
Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1087603536989990092004-06-19T03:02:00.000+03:002004-06-19T03:06:20.803+03:00Shabbo-o-o-o-o-o-o-os!
zevbrokeitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1086248560256830392004-06-03T10:37:00.000+03:002004-06-03T17:20:01.903+03:00Yesterday I was in Jerusalem for the day. I had a drivers test (which I passed, thank you very much) and I met up with my friend, Ari Greenbaum. We had a berekas brunch and then we went to town. I donated my blood, my plasma, to the needy. I went to the shuk to buy some pears. I wanted to buy cherries but at 28 shekels a kilo, I am not ready. Anyways, I can pick them off the trees by the Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1085387566992049362004-05-24T11:27:00.000+03:002004-05-25T05:39:30.480+03:00Three weeks and counting...
Well, I have a little less than three weeks from leaving now to my visit to The States. I have neglected the blog lately and I apologize. I am trying to bring it into a new direction, one which will be started up after my return to Israel.
Living in Israel is not easy. I am living in a war zone and it causes strain on one. But it causes you to question your Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1084777710323610132004-05-17T10:07:00.000+03:002004-05-17T17:21:39.113+03:00Twenty-eight days from now and some hours, I will be landing at Chicago O'Hare airport. It has occured to me that many things have changed in The States in many regards and yet some things have remained the same.
I, for one, have had changes upon myself. How will they affect my trip and how will The States affect me?Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1084713226322526972004-05-16T16:09:00.000+03:002004-05-17T17:20:05.510+03:00Shabbos is a time for rest. And that's exactly what occurred to me this past Shabbos. In fact, I am still restful. But it was a rest in a spiritual sense.
Many friends and myself went to the Moshav for Shabbos. Daniel Vinick and I pitched up a tent in the middle of the ruins, and that's where we stayed. Shabbos was an amazing spiritual experience where time slowed and people opened their Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1084526338100828082004-05-14T12:13:00.000+03:002004-05-14T17:50:19.916+03:00Well, I am not trying to scare anyone, especially my parents, but today I had a horrible experience on the way back from the ma'ayan. At two points, cars clearly were not paying attention and I was almost forced off the road and almost side swiped.
Now last week, Friday morning, I was riding in Efrat and I wiped out scraping my left elbow and knee. They are almost healed. What could have Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1084365401183489062004-05-12T15:30:00.000+03:002004-05-12T16:46:35.786+03:00Well, I don't have much to report. I do, but am not privy to discuss it just yet. I must complete my assignment before discussing it with you all on the internet.
On another note, just got back from a great bike ride. I could ride the same path everyday and it would not be the same ride. There are many variables like the wind, and the temperature, and the hills, i.e. which direction you are Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1084252290260878132004-05-11T08:11:00.000+03:002004-05-11T08:11:39.960+03:00Testing new blogger settings.
Watch your step.zevbrokeitnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1084177920819429842004-05-10T11:26:00.000+03:002004-05-10T17:51:53.316+03:00DUDE! That's the word of the day. It is a hot one outside. Last night I was unable to sleep because it was over 70s at night. What we have is called a sharav, a hot desert sandy wind blowing through the country. Its a scorcher today, already in the 90s. I do not know if I will survive, but I sure will try.
Saturday night I went bonfire hopping as a tradition exists to have bonfires on Lag Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083907877524047082004-05-07T08:29:00.000+03:002004-05-10T17:41:45.116+03:00Summer is officially here. After witnessing a lunar eclipse, the weather at night is now around mid to high 50s if not low 60s. It is getting hard to tell the temperature with Celsius going on out here. Slept outside and really enjoyed it, for a while. Have a great weekend everyone!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083743887067567692004-05-05T18:40:00.000+03:002004-05-05T18:45:13.296+03:00There is so much that I experienced a week and half ago over the "Memorial and Independence Day" of the State of Israel. It was a first for me as an Israeli and also being in Israel. I believe I already wrote this in a previous blog, but there is a huge-meaning remembering / mourning the fallen that fought, to allow us to exist today as a state. So Yom Ha'atzmaut night, we went out to the Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083659213002519232004-05-04T11:24:00.000+03:002004-05-05T00:19:50.076+03:00From today's headline, something someone from CNN finally did that was just:
[The following is quoted from the Arutz 7 newsletter, I think. - zg]More details on yesterday's massacre of the five members of the Hatuel family are now known. Two terrorists from Dir el-Balah, the Arab village closest to Kfar Darom and the Kisufim route to Gush Katif, lay in wait around noon for Jewish cars to arrive. Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083659006241805212004-05-04T11:18:00.000+03:002004-05-05T00:02:44.920+03:00I had the opportunity to speak to some of my friends in Chicago and Milwaukee the other night while on shmira. It is interesting to see how some things have changed and some things are still the same.
For me, the last eight months or so have had huge effects and impacts on me, while some aspects of myself are still the same.
Living in Israel seems to keep one on his toes and to make sure that Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083550449979857642004-05-03T05:11:00.000+03:002004-05-04T23:18:58.436+03:00If you scroll down you will be able to see some pictures that have been posted. Enjoy!!!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083539486067510282004-05-03T02:06:00.000+03:002004-05-04T23:57:31.983+03:00Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do, what you gonna do when they have shmira for you...
It's a little after 2am...
I do not understand how the government would entrust me or any of the kollel fathers with an M-16. If I saw someone suspicious coming and starting getting shot at, it's only because of my upbringing in America that I am trained to act properly. Man, I could pop a cap in someone'sYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083523479398631122004-05-02T21:42:00.000+03:002004-05-02T23:45:12.873+03:00I am about to lay down for a brief sleep, as I have shmira from 2-6am. The polls are now closed and the referendum is at hand, whether to withdraw from Gaza or not. I believe this can have a huge impact on the course of the State of Israel.
If Israel pulls out, they are running away and abandoning their citizens. It will allow the terrorists in the area to build up, and at the very least, Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083500858644622942004-05-02T15:27:00.000+03:002004-05-02T15:31:59.653+03:00Zev, thanks so much for putting up the pictures. You rock!!!!!!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083500788937750932004-05-02T15:24:00.000+03:002004-05-02T18:23:05.873+03:00Shabbos was spent in Beit Shemesh - the house of the rising sun. It was a great time. My roommate came along with me. The power in the house we were staying at went out towards the end of dinner, but that was alright, because we ate lunch somewhere else. Mad stash of good single malt whisky. 17, 18 year stuff, got silly and ate lots of cholent. Slept decently in the afternoon.
Tonight (Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083500601591542832004-05-02T15:22:00.000+03:002004-05-02T18:24:27.200+03:00An energetic anomaly occurred last night. It rained. Yes, the month of May has passed and it rained all night. This became quite a discussion, as I am of the opinion that any rain is good. But apparently, many hold that since we are not praying for rain any more, it is a bad sign.
What do you all think of this?Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083251061578060182004-04-29T21:34:00.000+03:002004-04-29T21:40:22.420+03:00
Ein Gedi
Ma'ayan
Kinneret
Nazareth Church
Nazareth
Goren Park looking towards the Seazevbrokeitnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1083135636907222102004-04-28T09:56:00.000+03:002004-04-28T17:45:59.216+03:00Really briefly, just wanted to let you all know that yesterday there was a huge support gathering for the communities in the Gaza Strip. Over 100,000 people made it in, and even more sat in their cars in Israel, proper. I had been writing a little journal of the days events and will post it, with pics (Zev can we do this, I am getting them developed today). It was such an amazing event. I hadYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082972919819858032004-04-26T12:45:00.000+03:002004-04-26T17:12:59.030+03:00Two things:
First of all, there was a pigua (terrorist attack) right in Migdal Oz last night. It was not until this morning that I got full details. This is probably the closest I have been to an attack as it occured, and it made me somewhat reflect on how precious life is. Even though the man killed was an Arab guardsman just trying to make a couple of bucks, the loss of life is felt. The Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082900310337571822004-04-25T16:36:00.000+03:002004-04-25T21:07:22.403+03:00Well, it's an amazing anomaly. In 50 days I will be visiting the states. 7 weeks. WOW! I cannot believe how long I have been here. There have been times when the days flew by, and other times when a day felt like an eternity.
Tomorrow is Yom HaZicharon, and then Tuesday is Yom Hatzmaut, which the two I have never celebrated here.Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082657867810485662004-04-22T21:12:00.000+03:002004-04-22T22:18:32.966+03:00Well, school has started up again. I had to do shmira for Shlomo Katz on Wednesday night. It was such a pain, but I saw a fox/wolf - one or the other. Hanging out with the Katzs' right now and listening to some new jazzy music, Vinny Colaiuta. It's an in-Shabbos with Rabbi Brovendere, the Rosh HaYeshivah. This man is mashehoo nifla (an amazing guy). Pretty tired right now, the story of my Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082617930938229232004-04-22T10:03:00.000+03:002004-04-22T17:23:55.373+03:00So, it's been a couple of days but I wanted to finish the trip for you all.
So we woke up, what...Monday morning, at around 6:30am. We were all covered in mosquito bites. It sucked. Well, we had to go about 20km to get a cup of joe, because you can't start a big hike without joe. Then Menachem and I decided we wanted shwarma. Now granted, it was not even 8am, but you need energy for a Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082394562569297122004-04-19T19:39:00.000+03:002004-04-19T20:30:36.246+03:00Alright, so we are heading up north to the Golan, not really sure where we are going to go. We have a couple of different hikes, but nothing definite. And that's the way one should do it. We stop at Tirat Tzvi to pick up some tasty meats to eat and then we continue.
A little north of the Kinneret, we stumble across a rafting place. Because Monday night/Tuesday is Yom Hashoah, they were not "Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082392695319618312004-04-19T19:33:00.000+03:002004-04-19T21:07:29.466+03:00Just got back from an awesome two day tiyul!
First of all, it almost started with a big bang. That is, at the trempiata in Efrat I forgot my sleeping bag, and that made it a chefetz chashud (suspicious object). This, the day after Rantisi was taken out, makes for a tense time. Well, thankfully, we were still missing one of the partners in the group, Menachem Katz, who quickly ran down and Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1082096514748487072004-04-16T09:18:00.000+03:002004-04-16T17:19:11.950+03:00Well, most people in the world are talking about the Sharon/Bush meeting. I really do not know the details, but what I do know is that Bush is finally letting us do what we need to. You see, the State of Israel only has one peace partner in the Middle East, and it's the U.S. The Arabs, none of them, care about the State of Israel, the citizens, or the "Palestinian" Arabs for that matter. TheyYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081837527125107672004-04-13T09:21:00.000+03:002004-04-14T05:04:05.996+03:00Well, for most of you in the United States of America, no--all of you, you are still celebrating Passover. Good for you! I, myself, have already tasted the wonders of a lafa and shwarma. At approximately 12am on Tuesday morning, my friend, Jimmy, and myself arrived at a shwarma stand in the central bus station, to gorge on bread. What an experience it was! Truly, my friends. Now, this Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081791989210119322004-04-12T20:42:00.000+03:002004-04-14T05:00:57.093+03:00Well, that's all folks. Pesach is over. I am now waiting till I can go into J-Town and purchase chametz (leavened bread or grain products).
Pesach was good. I truly had a good time and really have enjoyed the vacation from yeshiva. Going to the Dead Sea on Wednesday and then next week, I'm thinking of going North.
Have a good nightYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081684717800687032004-04-11T14:55:00.000+03:002004-04-12T01:14:13.123+03:00What an amazing experience I had last night. A friend of mine invited me to an erev shira (a night of singing) at their house. It is a family of seven in which every child plays an instrument. All in all, there were a dozen people playing something, from flutes, to harmonicas, to an accordion (and I thought only Rabbi Wachsman plays it). It was so nice and wonderful as the a room, packed Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081488342454451692004-04-09T08:23:00.000+03:002004-04-09T17:26:28.530+03:00Good Friday. 3rd day of Chol Hamoed.
Well, it's a gorgeous day out and I am heading into J-Town to hang with my sister and brother-in-law. Then grab a lunch with my buddy, Ammnon, who is now is Akatz, the special dog unit of the army. Way to go pal!
Hope you all have a good day.
What's this the Brewers are 2-0?Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081429088630818932004-04-08T15:56:00.000+03:002004-04-08T17:09:09.263+03:00I want to wish a mazel tov to Baruch and Esther Boudolovski on the birth of a baby girl. Props up to Moshe and Chanie Poupko, proud grandparents. The baby was born in the evening, yesterday.Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081409494576165942004-04-08T10:30:00.000+03:002004-04-08T17:14:08.046+03:00What's up you all? Just wanted to give a hollar out to Zev, who once again is helping to mold this blog to an interactive blog with pics and comments.
Today going out on a tiyul, and just enjoying the Chag.
Peace and LoveYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081333942338488432004-04-07T13:28:00.000+03:002004-04-08T06:09:29.496+03:00Yesterday afternoon, the people of Israel prayed for dew, switching to the summer season. Well, at 2:30am this morning, as I walked from one caravan to another, you know it, there was dew. Eza kaif!-what a cool thing!
Today, because I am dog sitting (another blog), I took two dogs for a walk to the Levy's. There I had brunch and hung out with the Bloombergs and their almost one-year-old Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081039902053468012004-04-04T02:50:00.000+02:002004-04-08T06:05:51.623+03:002:50 The rain is coming down a nice steadly flow. Masheve haruach, umorid hatal-bring the winds and falls the rain.Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1081039234303072022004-04-04T02:37:00.000+02:002004-04-04T02:44:16.030+02:00Forecast at 2:38am 4/4/04 is: The fog has rolled in again and currently we are receiving a light mist of rain.
Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080919753987866792004-04-02T17:23:00.000+02:002004-04-02T18:07:42.250+02:00A guten Shabbos to all and everyone. Make it a great Shabbos. Reaffirm our brit with HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
Last night, my friends and their band, "Remedy," played at Mike's Place. They were so on, it was ridiculous. Guinness, and song after amazing song got the night started. But what made the night, was an all night Tehillim reading at the Kotel. I connected to the teffilos in a way I had Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080744325265436392004-03-31T16:42:00.000+02:002004-04-01T02:05:12.716+02:00Zev, thanks for the comments, and you too, Becky. I actually think Becky is one of my biggest supporters. For people who do not know Becky, I will tell you a little story about her.
Last year, Purim, she rented a car...no, a van for her husband and friends to ride around on Purim. She was the designated driver. Because of her, people were truly able to enjoy and be merry on the holiday.
NowYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080744068116731062004-03-31T16:37:00.000+02:002004-04-01T02:06:42.030+02:0090 Miles an hour girl, is the speed I drive. -Jimi
Today, on our way into town, through the tunnels, there was a teunah, (accident). Thank the Lord it was not serious, but it was a little eerie as we were waiting in the tunnel and did not know whether it was an attack or something else.
I was in J-Town for a record under 2 hours, just to try and fix some issues with the apartment my sis hasYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080658518030237852004-03-30T16:51:00.000+02:002004-03-30T17:29:25.360+02:00A Tremp
Today I needed to go into J-Town to do some work. That all worked out fine and dandy and I am now back at the Kirya. But literally one minute before the bus came by, a women in a Mazda minivan rolled on by and said, "to Jerusalem." I asked her, "to where?" to which she replied the kinyon, (the mall). I said, "lo toda, " (no thanks), but then she asked me where I needed to go. I saidYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080658274965803932004-03-30T16:49:00.000+02:002004-03-30T17:30:07.170+02:00Zev!!!! What's up with giving my blog site a 4 rating? What's with the disrespect? My blog should be monitored 24/7. People, this is the most important thing in the world!!!Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080626562714452022004-03-30T08:00:00.000+02:002004-03-30T08:22:44.546+02:00Um.......
Well, I just finished morning prayers. Man, am I zonked. Shmira was actually really good. Spoke all night with Leor and Rafi in Hebrew and man was I impressed, marshim, at my level and how well I am doing. I am just going to keep chugging at it this month.
I am suppose to go and do some landscaping in J-Town this morning. We'll see about this. The question I have is why am I Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080606163089042182004-03-30T02:17:00.000+02:002004-03-30T04:07:36.093+02:00It's 2am in the morning! What? That's right. I said, it's 2am in the morning. Yo Rafi and Leor, dude, I ain't gonna make it. Ma la'asot, what to do? So I am doing the graveyard shift of sh'mira, and my eyes are barely open and here I am writing to you on the computer. What? Aren't you suppose to be sitting in a booth on the bottom of the hill overlooking the Arabs' vineyards? Whoops! AllYaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080492930231552242004-03-28T18:54:00.000+02:002004-03-28T22:11:54.326+02:00So anyways, last night while we were out we met a group of Lutheran Christians from Finland. It was a very nice drunk conversation we had with them discussing the media attacks on Israel.
New thought: if and when this disengagement plan goes through, what type of freedom will B'nei Yisroel have then?Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297412.post-1080455447202254682004-03-28T08:26:00.000+02:002004-03-28T10:56:31.700+02:00Return to Otniel
Well, after a long hiatus, which I think was when Eli Clevs was here last, I returned to Otniel for a Shabbos. Otniel, as many of you know, holds a special place for me. All the people there have such pure and large hearts. They're the best!
Anyways, got a great tremp into Otniel with a driver, and then helped around the house of the Rocks, who now have an addition to their Yaakovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09003033942260466181noreply@blogger.com0