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Visitor Comments: 8
(8)
Devora
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September 30, 2009
Amen!
Thansk you for the beautiful bracha, may you nd yours lso be blessed!
(7)
SUZI CLARK
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September 28, 2009
A wise and beautiful explanation of why we fast.
Thank you Lori. This was a short and sweet explanation in such a meaningful way, of why we fast. Now I know I can hold out another 35 minutes without passing out.
(6)
Anonymous
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September 27, 2009
amazingly said!!
(5)
al
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September 27, 2009
What 'easy' might really mean
It's nice to talk about how the fast should be 'meaningful' rather than 'easy', but the fact of the matter is, when the fast gets too hard, many people start looking at the clock and concentrating on how hungry they are, and at that point, it pretty much ceases to be meaningful. Wishing all a fast that is easy enough to allow the day to be meaningful!
(4)
Sara
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September 26, 2009
Keep 'em coming.
Like always, Lori - wonderful and meaningful video. Your light truly shines.
(3)
Matityahu
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September 26, 2009
Chazak uvaruch (correct hebrew to a woman?)
As a ger who was involved with the Reform circle before I decided to become Jewish, I hated the address, "have an easy fast." After all, if H" commands us to "afflict our souls", I thought, why are we saying this to each other?" Are we wishing to each other to slide by the commandment the best we could slide by? So when I became a Jew, I said to my Orthodox rabbi, "I hate the idea of wishing others an easy fast....what can I say beside that?" His response, "Have a meaningful fast." and this is what I always used.
(2)
Rosen
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September 22, 2009
constructive fasting
Thanks again, Lori!...By paraphrasing an earlier Aish video on "Misery", I remember one of the important things said, which I'll paraphrase is that contructive regret is more important than (paralyzing) guilt. So, it's good to hear that Yom Kippur is really more about constructive regret and atonement, preferably while fasting, than it is for induced guilt trips.
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Iris Groober Moskovitz
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September 21, 2009
A gut gebenched yor.
Lori, as usual, manages to get the message across loud and clear. May we all be zoche to a meaningful Yom Kippur, and meaningful and spiritual year. May we all have gezunt, parnassah and brochos in abundance.
Lori Palatnik is an author and Jewish educator who has appeared on television and radio and has lectured on five continents, illuminating traditional practices and life-styles for our contemporary world. She and her husband, Rabbi Yaakov Palatnik, live in Washington, DC, where she is the Executive Director of The Jewish Women's Renaissance Project of Aish DC.
(8) Devora , September 30, 2009
Amen!
Thansk you for the beautiful bracha, may you nd yours lso be blessed!
(7) SUZI CLARK , September 28, 2009
A wise and beautiful explanation of why we fast.
Thank you Lori. This was a short and sweet explanation in such a meaningful way, of why we fast. Now I know I can hold out another 35 minutes without passing out.
(6) Anonymous , September 27, 2009
amazingly said!!
(5) al , September 27, 2009
What 'easy' might really mean
It's nice to talk about how the fast should be 'meaningful' rather than 'easy', but the fact of the matter is, when the fast gets too hard, many people start looking at the clock and concentrating on how hungry they are, and at that point, it pretty much ceases to be meaningful. Wishing all a fast that is easy enough to allow the day to be meaningful!
(4) Sara , September 26, 2009
Keep 'em coming.
Like always, Lori - wonderful and meaningful video. Your light truly shines.