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I've often wondered how medical professionals deal with the stress they find in their patients. Some doctors are heartwarming geniuses. Others... are not.
I remain sad that the woman whose cruel remark resulted in the first half of the title for
has never, to this day, realized that she reacts to ill people in a destructive, condescending manner. Utterly clueless.
A medical crisis - you'd cry too, if it happened to you. Use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. GOD gives you Permission to Weep. And you can say that to any critics after explaining that "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To."
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I'm sharing the fun with the Haveil Havalim blogpost group (I've done this before) and you. About that Shilo trip: I belong to a Facebook group of women from all over Israel's map. Our skin colors, accents and life experiences are diverse but our friendships are united and strong. Every few months we share a get-together called a face-to-face (f2f in facebook language). This past Tuesday we shared lunch and spiritual insights in Shilo, site of the long-ago Tabernacle.
Here's a photo of me praying on the archaeological site, protected from wind and sun with a wide-brimmed hat and scarf to protect my skin and eyes.
Bracha Barbara Goldman provided the ladies with the text for a prayer: Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu melech Ha'Olam Meitziv G'vul Almana. In the Artscroll siddur it appears under "Blessings over phenomena and events", and says, "upon seeing a destroyed synagogue that has been restored to its previous grandeur", and literally translates "Who sets a limit for a widow". It is based on the gemarra Brachot 58/2, which uses as its source a verse in Mishlei 15:25. There is a shiur in Hebrew prepared by Rav Yair Hiller on the subject.
You can contact the tourist authority for scheduling Shilo visits with tour guides (awesome experience for families & large groups) at http://telshilo.org.il/en/
I ate some matza and said a few pertinent prayers the next day on Pesakh Sheni. Ruti Mizrachi explains what it's about, that life can be a do-over in some respects, at Once Again, with Feeling!
I can't show you a picture of the Mon/מן aka Manna from heaven but I can let you know that I felt some excitement on Friday last week. It was the 16th of Iyar, the anniversary of when the all-nourishment no-waste food that tasted as one wished, began to fall. I recite the Biblical passageabout it daily. It's a way of asking GOD for the blessing of having one's needs met with ease. As for Lag B'Omer (today!), that's a fun, spiritual dayfilled with not 1 but 2 day's worth of...
Bonfires supervised by safety-minded adults,
Toy bows and arrows to remind us of the rainbow-filled sky that illustrated GOD's promise never to destroy the world with a flood again plus the human need to pray,
While we're thinking about arrows, here's my zinger of an OP-ED to kneseteers who promise to protect Israel, then endanger it. "Emor m'at v'asay harbay, MKs. Find your spines. Stick to the program GOD gave us. Got it?"
Headline-making individuals and the rest of us can do some apropos introspection (please do) with Reformism is NOT Judaism.
While we're thinking of Torah and its decency/GOD-centric values (ahem, me-centric reformists), let's see what Batya Medad and Paula Stern have to say about... Sorry, Not all Mothers are the Same
Let's get back to the feel-good stuff, by visiting Meira Josephy's MitzvotUnplugged! I have to sign off, now. I'm heading to southern Israel with friends delivering United with Israel's above-ground bomb shelters for kindergartens in
Netivot (did the Boston Marathon Massacre clue you in to the capricious, unpredictable and evil nature of islamic violence, yet? NONE of it is Israel's fault. Islam is about dominance). We'll enjoy
A farm tour/presentation at Moshav Tifrach by Torah scholar/Talmid
Chocham/Farmer Reb Shmuel Rappaport (Rav Moshe Feinstein's great-grandson)
A
Lag B'Omer picnic
Planting Fruit Trees (hands on) at
Moshav Tifrach's orchard
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which organizes the annual marathon. A Boston-bound friend will mail them for me when she arrives in the USA next week.
So many prayers are with the survivors. May GOD bless us all with the sweetest, most healing answers possible.
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addresses is the question "Why?" As in "WHY, WHY, WHY,
did this happen to (me, her, him, them, us. Fill in the blank as you wish)." I have no doubt that thousands of people are asking that about the Boston Marathon Massacre. I shudder to realize how callous the pat, trite responses that "We can never know 'Why,' or 'Why is a crooked letter (and hence a forbidden question)'" will seem to sad people trying to recover from the shock and misery. In the hope of easing some pain and suffering, Here's an excerpt from the EMPOWER Yourself book. It is followed by a thought I've added today, for the next edition:
Are you weaker for not knowing the reason
for your
suffering? Not necessarily. Learning
to deal with unknowns is part of your
growth.
It leads to the next psychological step, and
it's a good one!
You have the medical crisis and you don’t
know why. That
leaves you with a great
big "WHAT?" What are you going to do about
your medical crisis or that of your loved one?
Back in Chapter Two, I asked you to list the positive
actions, ideas, and emotions you and/or your loved one can pursue in order
to
cope with the medical crisis at hand.
You can revisit that chapter as often as
you wish, and keep adding answers. You can
also eliminate responses that no
longer
make sense to you.
Remember: The alternative to coping with a given problem
is worse. It’s called not coping
in all the unpleasant ways possible.
Do you know what you're doing? You're being proactive. You
are taking charge instead of lying around behaving in Victim Mode.
Here’s a thought for readers with another take on the “Why?”
questions they have.
Sometimes the question "Why?" means "How
can I focus on what I need to spiritually accomplish?" or "What have
I left undone/
What needs to be achieved emotionally, physically or otherwise?"
It is not necessarily a question
of anger or doubt, or an accusation that GOD owes us
better than what we're
getting.
"Why?" can be a most pro-active word that leads us into a
moral inventory (a “fearless” moral inventory for the more honest stock-assessors
among us).
From there we can work on reasonable solutions and increasingly better perspectives that help us to heal.
A medical and/or emotional and spiritual crisis - you'd cry too, if it happened to you. If it did, use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. GOD gives you Permission to Weep. And you can say that to any critics after explaining that "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To." You'll find the license to cry in the preface of the book. Buy the E-book or print edition today for a brighter look at tomorrow. Click on the wordsEMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.
Face Your Future with Optimism. Face your questions with courage. Let it grow over time.
I go to sleep by 8:00 PM-ish as a rule. I usually waken about 4:00 AM. This morning I
learned of the Boston Marathon Bombing, and sadly realized that part of the
wider world is living as we Israelis do: Victimized by psychopaths dedicated to
indiscriminate destruction. As decent people worldwide pray for an end to the horror - forever - I ask that you reach out to friends, to family and to mental health professionals if you need relief from emotional stress.
This is not a challenge to go alone.
A medical and emotional crisis - you're crying too, if it happened to you - even on the inside if it doesn't show on the outside. If you're remembering past trauma now, reach out for help quickly. Use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. GOD gives you Permission to Weep. And you can say that to any critics after explaining that "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To."
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