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Post by peachymom1 on Aug 3, 2016 23:49:52 GMT -5
What’s on your mind – how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.
Some of us take weekly turns starting the thread:
Angelika
Holly
Lee
Louise
Lynne
Peachy
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Post by peachymom1 on Aug 3, 2016 23:50:22 GMT -5
Good morning everyone!
I’m reading five aliyot this Shabbat morning, from Mattot-Masei. I’ve read them all before, so it hasn’t been hard to practice and prepare. But I’ve been thinking more about what the words mean. The first topic of the text is about vows. Nowadays, we often think of vows in terms of the promises we make during a wedding ceremony. But in Mattot, the text goes on for some time about vows, and the subject is all over the Talmud as well.
Do you often make promises you can’t keep? To yourself as well as others? Like, I vow never to touch chocolate again? Do you think we can realistically make such a vow? What about promising someone you’ll do something for them or show up at their party or event? If you do make a vow or promise of that kind, how do you feel when you break it? Do you feel like you’ve let yourself or someone else down, or is it not that big a deal to you?
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Post by hollygail on Aug 4, 2016 0:27:23 GMT -5
Yasher koach on the five aliyot!
I rarely make promises I know I won't be able to keep. I can't even remember the last time I may have done that. I rarely make promises to myself, and if I did, for sure it would NEVER be not to touch chocolate for any period of time, let alone forever! 
I do think it may be realistic to make such vows, and I suspect most people would feel bad about breaking this kind of vow. It seems to me that when someone promises me something, I expect the individual to carry through on it, and if for some reason s/he doesn't, I become suspicious. If the person tells me why s/he didn't do it, and it sounds reasonable to me, that's one thing, but if the person doesn't bother to get back with me about it, or gives me a b.s. story, I'm likely to stop being friends with him/her.
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Post by happysavta on Aug 4, 2016 0:32:18 GMT -5
Keeping promises to others? I take commitments very seriously and will go above and beyond to keep them.
Keeping promises to myself? Fuggedaboutit. I didn't get to the pool again today. But as Scarlett O'Hara said, "Tomorrow is another day." So I'll be a charmin' Southern belle and say the same.
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Post by lee058 on Aug 4, 2016 4:49:14 GMT -5
Good morning everybody. I woke up around 5AM and decided to get up for the day. Hope you are all well today. Re making promises/vows: I try hard to not make any I can't keep. It makes me feel very uncomfortable when that happens.
Not much to add at the moment. Maybe after I have some coffee.
Have a peaceful day, Lee
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Post by momof2 on Aug 4, 2016 7:42:16 GMT -5
Boker Tov!
I too only make promises that I know I can keep. That is especially important with DD. She might remind me of something I told her, so I follow through.
Nothing exciting, staying home today. DH will be back sometime in the afternoon. It'll be nice to have him back. Last night, DD was crazy. She was streaking and screeching in the house. Of course that bothered DS. DS then joined us for bedtime stories.
Today, DD needs to write thank you notes and will have time on the trampoline. That's the plan.
I maintained my weight this past week, not bad for a weekend at my parents.
Have a good day.
Tamara
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Post by louise on Aug 4, 2016 11:54:41 GMT -5
I tend to keep promises, at least to the best of my ability - promises to myself, a whole nother story. Still weepy today but I have a project to do that requires focus but not deep thinking -I'm planning to find an empty conference room and set myself up with it. |
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Post by savtele on Aug 4, 2016 13:37:13 GMT -5
Boker Tov All! Yes, Peachy, Yasher Koach!
I don't make many promises. If I do, I try very hard to follow-up/follow-through. Sometimes it becomes necessary to ask for help, or to ask someone else to take over. I'm ok with asking for help.
Promises to myself - I don't even know what that means. I do know that if I want to do something that is out of my normal "comfort zone," it's a good idea to make my transition as simple as possible. Have the gym bag packed & by the door, so I don't have to go looking for stuff when I'm ready to go. Have the refrigerator full of good fruits/veggies, ready-to-eat, so I don't have to start a big food prep when I'm hungry.
John is outside watering right now. Nice summertime sound, that sprinkler. I need to think about closing down the house before it gets too hot.
Have a good day everyone!
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Post by louise on Aug 4, 2016 15:40:51 GMT -5
I had fun making an avatar using the software this program has - take a look!
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Post by happysavta on Aug 4, 2016 16:28:19 GMT -5
Hey , y'all. I got to the pool!!!!
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Post by peachymom1 on Aug 4, 2016 23:11:33 GMT -5
About today's topic, I have a half-sister who's been divorced three times and is now on DH #4. I'm not close to her, and I wonder how a person can take wedding vows that many times and still mean them. She seems to finally be happy this time around, but that might be because she is also her DH's fourth wife...
My one and only DH was given the go-ahead to drive today, hooray! It's been four weeks since his hip replacement, and he's over the moon to be driving. He can go back to work a week from Monday, which is even better, since he has major cabin fever. The only bad news is that he hospital bill came. Blech!
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