tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667300728000905514.post393660261694205821..comments2022-12-13T06:23:31.311-07:00Comments on Mo-Drash: The Gap Between Theory and Practice - Day #6rabbimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03977073523743946880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667300728000905514.post-73739508804017560022011-10-05T17:54:44.191-06:002011-10-05T17:54:44.191-06:00So - in theory - I had wanted to read your posts e...So - in theory - I had wanted to read your posts each day - so that I too could reflect with your guidance during this 40 day period - but in practice - there was quite a gap - 34 days to be exact! So for the last hour or so - I have caught myself up. I feel as if I have taped my walls and windows and I'm ready to paint. I am not feeling anxious but rather - quite at peace among the chaos in my house knowing that I have not even started to prepare dinner for my family. It should have already been made - but I've been busy - reading and reflecting and spending a little time in my godspace. Tonight... my family can WAIT! And when we do eventually sit down to enjoy our time together as a family - I will bring my timbrels in anticipation of much to celebrate and to rejoice! And hey - Happy Belated Birthday! So - you may not have had a Tom and Jerry Birthday Party - but that doesn't mean the little kid in you still doesn't want to run around like crazy searching for clues and eating cake and ice cream. Anyone that loves camp as much as you do must certainly love birthday festivities too. Don't kid yourself - 'cause you might just wake up one morning and decide that you're not a kid anymore - and that would be tragic! So - thank you - thank you - thank you so much Rabbi Mo for your Mo-Drash. And as I head off to my kitchen for dinner - I truly have much to be grateful for and much to digest tonight!Susienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667300728000905514.post-61307761995571228792011-10-04T18:46:57.316-06:002011-10-04T18:46:57.316-06:00This is the best definition of sin that I've e...This is the best definition of sin that I've ever heard. The gap between our personal code of behavior, and our actual behavior. I liked that you didn't try to excuse your behavior (much), but just said what you did and how you felt about it.I know I fall short of my own idea about my ideal behavior every day. Every day that goes by where I don't exercise, for example, I feel guilt, like I committed a sin. <br /><br />As to your specific "perpetration", you have described well EVERYTHING I go through every time I pass a homeless guy begging for money on some street corner. I wish someone would tell me what the "correct" response is, because, again, I'm not sure giving them money really helps, but I don't like to pretend they are not there either. Sometimes I give them money and think, "I did what I could, and if it doesn't help it's not my fault," but I don't know if I am being honest with myself about it. An interesting conundrum.Larrynoreply@blogger.com