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A blog for people who seek alternative approaches to kiruv and the baal teshuvah experience.
https://x.com/i/status/2061627065313710178
Let’s talk about real heroism for a second. On the Iron Shark roller coaster at Galveston’s Pleasure Pier, a massive mechanical failure left eight charter school students trapped. They were dangling nearly 100 feet in the air, facing dead skyward under a baking Texas sun for four straight hours. The Galveston Fire Department showed up and immediately put their lives on the line. They extended a massive 105-foot tower truck to it’s limit over the water, scaled the structure in the extreme heat, and manually strapped each terrified student into safety harnesses to pull them out one by one. The ride is completely shut down and under federal investigation before it ever opens again. But these first responders didn't hesitate. They just showed up and did the job.
This man has been a girl's stepfather for over 17 years, since she was a baby. Now it’s time for graduation and she chose her absent biological father, who just came back, over him. There's only one ticket available and the teenage girl gave it to the biological father. The stepfather doesn't object to the biological father attending but wants to attend the graduation of the girl he raised and supported. He is being excluded. He calls the mother who condones the exclusion of the stepfather.
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You went to school to memorize facts you never use. You were trained to raise your hand, wait your turn and follow instructions.
Then they told you, get a job, work 40 hours a week, give half of it to tax, retire at 67 if you're lucky. Escape the matrix.Psychiatrist Dr. Mark McDonald is going viral after appearing on The Edit Alaverdyan Podcast and making what many people are calling one of the most controversial statements of the year.
His claim? “Women are disproportionately destroying this country.” But that's only the beginning. According to McDonald: • America has become afraid to criticize women • society constantly calls out male flaws but ignores female ones • weak men are enabling the problem • fathers are failing to step up • and what he calls “toxic femininity” is driving some of the most destructive cultural trends in the country McDonald argues that many of America's biggest problems aren't political at all... They're symptoms of a deeper imbalance between masculine and feminine influence. The comments immediately exploded: • “This man just said what millions are thinking.” • “This is one of the most controversial takes I've heard all year.” • “He's identifying a real problem nobody wants to discuss.” • “Blaming women for society's problems is insane.”דָּבָר אַחֵר: וַאֲבַדְתֶּם מְהֵרָה, וְשַׂמְתֶּם אֶת דְּבָרַי אֵלֶּה וְגוֹ׳, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֲנִי מַגְלֶה אֶתְכֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ לְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ – הֱיוּ מְצֻיָּנִים בַּמִּצְווֹת, שֶׁכְּשֶׁתַּחְזְרוּ לֹא יְהוּ עֲלֵיכֶם חֲדָשִׁים. מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ בָּשָׂר וָדָם שֶׁכָּעַס עַל אִשְׁתּוֹ וּטְרָפָהּ בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ, אָמַר לָהּ: הֱוִי מְקֻשֶּׁטֶת בְּתַכְשִׁיטַיִךְ, שֶׁכְּשֶׁתַּחְזְרִי לֹא יְהוּ עָלַיִךְ חֲדָשִׁים. כָּךְ אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל: בָּנַי, הֱיוּ מְצֻיָּנִים בַּמִּצְווֹת, שֶׁכְּשֶׁתַּחְזְרוּ לֹא יְהוּ עֲלֵיכֶם חֲדָשִׁים. הוּא שֶׁיִּרְמְיָהוּ אוֹמֵר (ירמיה לא כ): ״הַצִּיבִי לָךְ צִיּוּנִים״ וְגוֹ׳ – אֵלּוּ הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מְצֻיָּנִים בָּהֶם, ״שִׂימִי לָךְ תַּמְרוּרִים״ – זֶה חֻרְבַּן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (תהלים קלז ה-ו): ״אִם אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְגוֹ׳ תִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹנִי״ וְגוֹ׳, (ירמיה לא כ) ״שִׁיתִי לִבֵּךְ לַמְסִלָּה דֶּרֶךְ הָלָכְתְּ״. אָמַר לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל: רְאוּ בְּאֵלּוּ דְרָכִים הֲלַכְתֶּם וַעֲשׂוּ תְשׁוּבָה, מִיָּד אַתֶּם חוֹזְרִים לְעָרֵיכֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״שׁוּבִי בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל שׁוּבִי אֶל עָרַיִךְ אֵלֶּה.״