tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post7983560560601109399..comments2024-02-26T11:19:58.885+02:00Comments on Frum N' Flipping: Frum N' Loving ItFrum N' Flippinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08916430533625318667noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-47606155796724345972010-03-18T22:12:24.834+02:002010-03-18T22:12:24.834+02:00since you don't do any of the non shomer thing...since you don't do any of the non shomer things above, how do you know you're missing anything? I used to be shomer shabbas, kosher, the nine yards. Then I realized, why am I trying to give something meaning that I didn't choose to do for myself in the first place? Is all this ritual really meaningful/ I'll find it's meaningful if I keep doing it, or am I just doing things because I'm afraid to break shabbos because of some invisible rule I've allowed to be put on me? <br />I'm not shomer negiya, and I don't have to be touched by ANYBODY I don't want to, be it old smelly men or uncles. The way the secular world lives is not the opposite of how the frum world lives (in respect to hypersexualization of women, lawlessness, what have you.)<br />On Saturdays, I can do whatever I want to, I don't have to make myself go to schul for fear that if I don't I'll feel guilty of being less good of a person, or that others will judge me. I can say from experience that living life by your own judgments rather than what some random man who's father's father's father was a rabbi tells me what I should do. <br />I believe that the most fulfilling way to live one's life is to live by what your heart, that voice that sometimes you may suppress for it contradicting the status quo, is the voice you should listen to. If you don't feel that eating kosher has a meaning for you, don't do it! Even if it's what you grew up doing, you're not a bad person for making your own decisions. You have to live for yourself, because no one else will. <br />And even though I am not 100% confident with my appearance, I still like wearing bathing suits be it one piece or two piece where ever I choose. I promise, no one is going to bite you : )GirlOnRockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466646480949407048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-78186988494696903682010-02-08T15:15:42.733+02:002010-02-08T15:15:42.733+02:00Regarding blessings, it is un-Jewish thing to sell...Regarding blessings, it is un-Jewish thing to sell them. We are supposed to be generous with them.Ze Kremenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205804457172825036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-44607834188732821212010-01-22T19:04:05.297+02:002010-01-22T19:04:05.297+02:00For those who complain about not touching men, wai...For those who complain about not touching men, wait until you learn all the harchakos!Ariella's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409352047101582583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-39129337300783534372010-01-22T16:50:31.685+02:002010-01-22T16:50:31.685+02:00Yeah, that's what I meant.
(Eyes rolling).Yeah, that's what I meant. <br /><br />(Eyes rolling).Troinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-7884649320275005382010-01-22T05:35:36.132+02:002010-01-22T05:35:36.132+02:00You don't want to touch anyone? Refuah shelaim...You don't want to touch anyone? Refuah shelaima.Rentsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-26523388903790112202010-01-21T22:21:23.024+02:002010-01-21T22:21:23.024+02:00I mean a chillul Hashem by starting a whole conver...I mean a chillul Hashem by starting a whole conversation why you can't shake his hand. They don't view that action as violating someone's chastity, so they get all annoyed and have editorials in the NYTimes.Troinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-39139051105516938982010-01-21T22:19:45.491+02:002010-01-21T22:19:45.491+02:00The Shomer thing gets on my nerves.
Not that I w...The Shomer thing gets on my nerves. <br /><br />Not that I want to touch anyone, but the concept. In college, as one of the few Orthodox individuals, I was constantly sneered at by the frei fellows, "Your shomer? I'm gonna touch you! I'm gonna touch you!" thinking that is the entirety of being observant. The concept of the shomer is a modern invention. <br /><br />Once upon a time, people didn't touch because people didn't touch. It wasn't a conversation. There was a tznius involved when dealing with other people, and shaking a gentile's hand does not violate anything, especially when very often makes a chillul Hashem. <br /><br />I kiss my great-uncle every time I see him. I find it rather insane when a ten year old cousin starts screaming like a crazy person because I put my hand on his shoulder.Troinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538026753449287703.post-43133414622581828832010-01-21T17:30:44.474+02:002010-01-21T17:30:44.474+02:00I agree with the one about Shabbos...that's th...I agree with the one about Shabbos...that's the best!Mystery Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261372717440893787noreply@blogger.com