Each Tuesday, Jennifer and the boys and I have been going on tiyulim around the city. So far, they've included the shuk at Machaneh Yehuda, a walking tour of Yemin Moshe, an afternoon at "Park HaMifletzet" (the Monstor Park - named for the 3 slides that come out of the "mouth" of a "monster"), and, this past Tuesday, Me'ah She'arim. As we started off through the neighborhood, I pulled the older boys aside and told them that some people call this a "very religious neighborhood," because the people here dress differently. "But do you know who else is very religious?" I asked them.
"Us?" they answered.
"Yes, we are. We live in a very religious house," I explained, "but being religious doesn't mean that you have to dress differently than everyone else. Abba and Ima think it's very important that Jews never forget who we are - and that means being different sometimes - but we also think it's very important that Jews participate in the world around us. We think that's a really important part of being very religious."
Here is a link to the photo album on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=249523&id=685431968&l=46e89e7cd0
You should be able to access it. Enjoy.
Rabbi,
ReplyDeleteFirst, this has nothing to do with your post above (although I do wonder how/why you have so many b&w photos in the album).
As part of the Beth EL Hanukkah bazaar a group of men take over the synagogue kitchen and mass produce latkes. Ron Grunwald has been organizing this for the last few years. Here is a link to pictures of our "handy" work. I'm sure you'll recognize quite few of us.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80962751@N00/sets/72157625206965939/show/
Hal Sandick
(Ritual Committee member)