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 Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:02 pm
Okay so I've been going to shul almost weekly for the past year. For the past like say 6 month's I've been going to the othodox synagogue, then the 6 monhts before that I was going to the Chabad House place. So Now the people whom kept me at the othodox shul (i can't make up my mind of where to go.) Are moving so I've nothing keeping me at the othodox shul. The rabbi there I don't think wants to help me at all with my conversion. There is a rabbi at the chabad house who wants to help me. (don't know if he wants to help me convert or just learn about judaism, probably the second one).
My problem is that i have to choose between the othodox shul where I think I've gotten a start on gaining people's respect, or go to the chabad house and get help but be surrounded by a bunch of introverted shy people. ( I don't like quiet people. It's a nervous habit, I get really nervous and uncomfortable with silience).
What should I do?
I'm thinking about doing a I'll go to the chabad house as long as I can then got for a week or two to the othodox place just to detox myself from the annoying feelings and go back.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:05 pm
gah i really really want to move out of omaha! but i can't cause I have to go to college here in omaha. It sucks. On the bright side at least i'm in lincoln. That'd suck a**.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:42 pm
Well perhaps you should just continue going to the Orthodox place and see if the rabbi doesn't actually want to help you. I don't know much about rabbis, but they seem like pretty complex fellows that don't openly show their feelings towards you. Know what I mean?
There's nothing wrong with Chabad house, but if you don't like the people there, there's no use in going. Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you.
But look on the bright side. We have 2 temples, both nondenominational. One is in my town, the other is 30 miles away. I still haven't gone because I'm shy. At least you can establish yourself somewhere.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:03 am
yea good point i can't complain. good idea i'll see how that works out. oh well.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:15 am
kingpinsqeezels Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you. The word "temple" refers, among non-Reform Jews, to only one thing: the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, which has been destroyed for nearly two thousand years. The Reform call their synagogues "temple" on purpose, to indicate that they no longer look to the Holy Temple at Jerusalem in any way -- they don't consider that the messiah will have any need to rebuild the Temple when and if he ever comes. (They, meaning the entire movement's official stance. Individual Reform Jews may feel differently, of course.) The correct term for a Jewish house of worship is any one of the the Hebrew phrases: "beit midrash" (house of study), "beit knesset" (house of gathering), or "beit t'filah" (house of prayer). It's also equally correct to call it a synagogue. That word is derived from the Greek synagogue, which is Greek for "house of gathering." Only a Reform synagogue is called a temple, and only by the Reform. You'll never offend anyone by calling a synagogue a synagogue, but you may ruffle some non-Reform feathers by calling one a temple.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:32 pm
Ah, well thanks for that information.
It seems like everywhere I go, I ruffle feathers. I'm used to it by now. But thanks, because I would have never known otherwise.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:55 pm
Divash kingpinsqeezels Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you. The word "temple" refers, among non-Reform Jews, to only one thing: the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, which has been destroyed for nearly two thousand years. The Reform call their synagogues "temple" on purpose, to indicate that they no longer look to the Holy Temple at Jerusalem in any way -- they don't consider that the messiah will have any need to rebuild the Temple when and if he ever comes. (They, meaning the entire movement's official stance. Individual Reform Jews may feel differently, of course.) The correct term for a Jewish house of worship is any one of the the Hebrew phrases: "beit midrash" (house of study), "beit knesset" (house of gathering), or "beit t'filah" (house of prayer). It's also equally correct to call it a synagogue. That word is derived from the Greek synagogue, which is Greek for "house of gathering." Only a Reform synagogue is called a temple, and only by the Reform. You'll never offend anyone by calling a synagogue a synagogue, but you may ruffle some non-Reform feathers by calling one a temple.
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:44 pm
Donovinhs Knight Divash kingpinsqeezels Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you. The word "temple" refers, among non-Reform Jews, to only one thing: the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, which has been destroyed for nearly two thousand years. The Reform call their synagogues "temple" on purpose, to indicate that they no longer look to the Holy Temple at Jerusalem in any way -- they don't consider that the messiah will have any need to rebuild the Temple when and if he ever comes. (They, meaning the entire movement's official stance. Individual Reform Jews may feel differently, of course.) The correct term for a Jewish house of worship is any one of the the Hebrew phrases: "beit midrash" (house of study), "beit knesset" (house of gathering), or "beit t'filah" (house of prayer). It's also equally correct to call it a synagogue. That word is derived from the Greek synagogue, which is Greek for "house of gathering." Only a Reform synagogue is called a temple, and only by the Reform. You'll never offend anyone by calling a synagogue a synagogue, but you may ruffle some non-Reform feathers by calling one a temple. Well at least she said something. I mean, I don't want to walk around acting all cool, thinking I know everything, and really be saying something wrong. It's like walking out of your bedroom with a condom stuck to your foot when the parents are standing there looking at it.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:23 am
kingpinsqeezels Donovinhs Knight Divash kingpinsqeezels Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you. The word "temple" refers, among non-Reform Jews, to only one thing: the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, which has been destroyed for nearly two thousand years. The Reform call their synagogues "temple" on purpose, to indicate that they no longer look to the Holy Temple at Jerusalem in any way -- they don't consider that the messiah will have any need to rebuild the Temple when and if he ever comes. (They, meaning the entire movement's official stance. Individual Reform Jews may feel differently, of course.) The correct term for a Jewish house of worship is any one of the the Hebrew phrases: "beit midrash" (house of study), "beit knesset" (house of gathering), or "beit t'filah" (house of prayer). It's also equally correct to call it a synagogue. That word is derived from the Greek synagogue, which is Greek for "house of gathering." Only a Reform synagogue is called a temple, and only by the Reform. You'll never offend anyone by calling a synagogue a synagogue, but you may ruffle some non-Reform feathers by calling one a temple. Well at least she said something. I mean, I don't want to walk around acting all cool, thinking I know everything, and really be saying something wrong. It's like walking out of your bedroom with a condom stuck to your foot when the parents are standing there looking at it. iamnotgonnalaugh iamnotgonnalaugh iamnotgonnalaugh iamnotgonnalaugh .... ::busts out laughing:: rofl
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:54 am
kingpinsqeezels Donovinhs Knight Divash kingpinsqeezels Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you. The word "temple" refers, among non-Reform Jews, to only one thing: the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, which has been destroyed for nearly two thousand years. The Reform call their synagogues "temple" on purpose, to indicate that they no longer look to the Holy Temple at Jerusalem in any way -- they don't consider that the messiah will have any need to rebuild the Temple when and if he ever comes. (They, meaning the entire movement's official stance. Individual Reform Jews may feel differently, of course.) The correct term for a Jewish house of worship is any one of the the Hebrew phrases: "beit midrash" (house of study), "beit knesset" (house of gathering), or "beit t'filah" (house of prayer). It's also equally correct to call it a synagogue. That word is derived from the Greek synagogue, which is Greek for "house of gathering." Only a Reform synagogue is called a temple, and only by the Reform. You'll never offend anyone by calling a synagogue a synagogue, but you may ruffle some non-Reform feathers by calling one a temple. Well at least she said something. I mean, I don't want to walk around acting all cool, thinking I know everything, and really be saying something wrong. It's like walking out of your bedroom with a condom stuck to your foot when the parents are standing there looking at it. perfect point, it seems rude that people go around telling you what they know but if we never went around correcting eachothers we'd be stuck in like ... a really long time ago time.. that isn't cool >.> yea.. pretend that made sense!!!
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:15 am
Agreed without the quote tree; I'm glad she's always here to help me learn. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:02 am
Donovinhs Knight Divash kingpinsqeezels Unless of course the rabbi at the Orthodox temple does not want to help you. The word "temple" refers, among non-Reform Jews, to only one thing: the Holy Temple at Jerusalem, which has been destroyed for nearly two thousand years. The Reform call their synagogues "temple" on purpose, to indicate that they no longer look to the Holy Temple at Jerusalem in any way -- they don't consider that the messiah will have any need to rebuild the Temple when and if he ever comes. (They, meaning the entire movement's official stance. Individual Reform Jews may feel differently, of course.) The correct term for a Jewish house of worship is any one of the the Hebrew phrases: "beit midrash" (house of study), "beit knesset" (house of gathering), or "beit t'filah" (house of prayer). It's also equally correct to call it a synagogue. That word is derived from the Greek synagogue, which is Greek for "house of gathering." Only a Reform synagogue is called a temple, and only by the Reform. You'll never offend anyone by calling a synagogue a synagogue, but you may ruffle some non-Reform feathers by calling one a temple. Ya know, you dont always have to be such a know-it-all ninja I'm not trying to be a know-it-all. I'm trying to give information that was once given to me. Look, if your fly was unzipped, I'd tell you about it, rather than let you walk around with it open. It might be embarrassing to be told, but imagine getting home at the end of the day and discovering that NO ONE had told you, and it had been like that for hours. I'm letting someone know something early on, instead of waiting years and then finding out that some folks had been upset, that she'd never meant to offend. She's a nice person, and I'm quite sure that offending anyone on purpose is something that kingpinsqeezels would never do, so I'm helping her not to do it by accident either.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:03 am
And I'm glad to be here among people who can teach me, too. Thank you. smile
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:47 pm
No, I would not want to offend anyone, or say something stupid. I like to think I know what I'm talking about at least 80% of the time however.
But back to helping Yvette.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:09 pm
I think you know what the problem is, you need to get out of Omaha.
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