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If you did, what did you turn out to be?

I did and I’m old now and had a career in real estate and decided to convert to Judaism late in life, half wishing I had become a theology major instead but I was too afraid that they would try to convert me to Christianity. History always stayed in my life. Did it stay in yours?

Anyone?

There’s bunches of maps but I can’t identify the streets very well. They are all poor quality and most are downright illeligible

Note: this isn’t a question about nutritional advice. Strictly looking for intake number, if you keep track

Sedentary meaning average 5000 steps or less per day in this definition. I didn’t understand why I wasn’t able to manage my weight but apparently I was eating too much, using my calorie intake calculation from just two years ago. So for the WOMEN who know how many calories they intake, please share? My current apparently has to be a little less than 1200. I am at the overweight/obese 1 line myself and would like to continue losing.

I’ve created a few flashcards and word lists on Claude and learned the alphabet and a few words.

Is there some kind of a shortcut that I’m missing or do I really need to learn two new words for every definition? At this point I don’t see any other way. It’s taxing my brain like never before and I do know other languages… French in Spanish

My example,
‏שלום > shalom = hello

Obviously shalom is one of the easy ones, because I’ve already memorized it, because we say it every Shabbat like a thousand times (lol)

Am I on the right track? I probably won’t get as far as conversation but I’d like to learn to read a decent amount

At first when they blocked it all off between Dunlavy and Shepherd I thought they were gonna put new tar down since they were unnecessarily putting new tar down on surrounding streets but it would have been such a waste because the tar that was there was already good enough. But no they painted the road black. All of the bumps and things that were there before remained

She is going on 90 and figures she only has two years left tops. But she’s doing everything in her power medically to stay alive, meaning doing everything a doctor tells her to do, to the point of excessive and unrealistic and unnecessary treatments. She asked me how to end it.

So all this has left me wondering, how many of us are afraid to die? I don’t think I am but I’m not sickly and I’m 22 years younger than she is. I do not plan to use any medical intervention to prolong my life beyond the thing that’s supposed to kill me to begin with

She’s not setting a very good example, in other words, because I basically still follow her lead even though I’m old. But I never was afraid to die as an old person. But maybe I’m not old enough yet?

They are always complaining about old people. When I was young, the last thing on my mind was complaining about old people. Never did I utter a single word that was negative about old people

Preferably with nice piano like you would hear in the synagogue. Maybe I need to relocate to Spotify?

If I get another degree in Jewish studies, will it in any way make up for the fact that I was not raised Jewish?

I have read so much and as soon as I figure out that I figure things out, then another wrench is thrown into my situation. For all these times I was thinking Judaism does not believe in an interventionist God (like Christians beli ve). I’m getting kind of upset because I think that all my beliefs identify with Judaism but not the God belief. I believe in Baruch Spinoza. I really don’t know what to do about all this. I don’t want to bark up the wrong tree.. I definitely don’t want a bunch of Christian origin converts piling up on me so if you’re that, please excuse yourself. All I know is I feel like I fit and I feel like I’m home. I will continue going to Shabbat services every week but if the rabbis don’t want me, well, there’s nothing more I can do.

But I don’t see anything wrong with putting Bailey’s in my coffee every morning at this age!

I see a lot of God worshipers here, with strong belief that God takes an active part in their lives. My understanding re god is that God created and you (Jews) do the best you can with what you got, with your special gifts, while constantly acknowledging that you got them and thanking God (praying) to acknowledge and to acknowledge the covenant between God and Jews. Can somebody explain to me what I am missing in my translation? Am I way off? Note: I am not Christian or atheist

Last week after a conversation and her agreement about using my car for errands and shopping while I am visiting her, she complained for four days about how it was terrible. Mind you, it’s brand new.

So three days ago I said OK we’re gonna use your car from now on and I’m going to put your car in the garage instead and that’s the way it’ll be until I leave. So that’s what we did, for three days.

This morning she asked what car we were going in I told her we’re going in her car, which is why it’s in the garage etc. etc., because she wanted to go in her car, and not my car… is that right??
So she said yes and got in the car. Then I closed the door and I got in the driver seat. Started the car, and she said …. is this your car??

For reference, our cars are completely different. Mine is a black BMW five series and hers is a light colored Toyota Corolla.

Needless to say, i can now see the why I’m not upset anymore.And a lot of you gave me some really good helpful tips and pointed out a few things things that I didn’t realize

Kugel. The rabbi/father of the girl is quite the character. Quite dishonest but funny and willing to come clean at a moment’s notice. Definitely enjoying him. He only likes the burnt part of the kugel

For context, I love my mother and always have been very close. She can barely walk. She had many surgeries on one of her legs last year and she has fainted twice in the last month. I came to Florida to help her out and because I didn’t know if I’d ever see her again. I planned to stay a month or two. I’ve been here a week. She was supposed to go to the doctor this morning and she needs help going from the car to the building. My car is parked in the garage so that we can easily go in and out and her car is parked in the driveway because it’s much smaller and doesn’t have tinted windows. So we decided we would take my car for outings so I put it in the garage so she wouldn’t have far to walk. So she said she’s going to walk out to the car and I said ok (I was in the bathroom taking a shit) and now she’s walking out to her car so we had a big fight in the middle of scorching sun in the driveway and then she said never mind I’ll just go by myself. Which has left me feeling very upset with that horrible knot in my throat when she criticizes me.

A few days ago she said she got that stain I left on her white couch out (I was like HUH!!!) The stain was there when I got here last time and she’s had her grandchildren and the whole side of the family here multiple times consistently since they live close by. She blamed the stain on me and my cats. It was like a blood or food stain. I didn’t bleed nor did I take food near her couch ever. When I got here last year (also to take care of her) I asked her if she tried to get it out with anything. She said it wouldn’t come out. I was so shocked that she blamed me for the stain that was already there when I got to her house. That gives you an idea of her opinion of me. I’m not her favorite child but I’m the most successful one and the favorite child is the one who lives in the next town over and the favorite child can do no wrong. But I’m the one with the time to take care of her. The favorite child (65F) has a family of seven including grandchildren and two jobs and a mortgage. I have an abundance of time and no responsibilities plus I WANTED TO HELP. I’m upset and really don’t know what to do.

Additional: Also the favorite child is a liar and pretends she’s wonderful so of course I hate her. So I hate her favorite child. Both of them were second born. I’m first born

Some days are better than others, and I’m ready to go full throttle into it with classes starting in October.
Somebody here today said Judaism is not a belief system, which I agree with.
Then others say God guides them, which I don’t agree with. That sounds way too Christian to me. I think of/refer to God as the guy that created stuff including us, then he expects us to do what we’re supposed to do, move forward in a positive way, trying as hard as we can.

Isn’t there a quiz that I could take that asks me basic alignment questions so I know if I’m on the right track?

I should make note, that I love history especially Jewish/hebrew history, love Israel, the entire Jewish people, and my congregation

People were very critical of me because I was criticizing Genesis and not the rest of the Torah. I was trying to make sense of it so I could believe God gave it to us. At this point I don’t believe God gave it to us but I believe that it should be followed. Does that make me not Jewish? And what about the people who were criticizing me so voraciously? Does that make them not Jewish?

Since it’s so much to take in, do I need to know the names of the letters or would it be more helpful at the beginning to identify the letter by the sound?

First of all, every service I’ve gone to in the last three months has been awesome. This was my least favorite but if it was the only one I ever went to, I would’ve liked it. Maybe it was because there was too much English? It was obvious the rabbi was trying to engage the congregates. Maybe that style just doesn’t work for me? I have an adverse opinion of Christianity and church

I’m not inclined to go back but I have a conundrum… The major classes are offered there and it’s my understanding I should take classes at the synagogue that I wish to have a community relationship with.

What to do what to do… I feel so much more at home in the other one (conservative). I also attended this, my favorite one this morning as well, for 45 minutes. It never fails… People kept coming up to me even during when the service was in session welcoming me back and asking my name again if they didn’t remember. I only got that kind of reception one other time, in a different city. I should go where I feel most comfortable, correct? I’ve been to a total of six synagogues. And the second one today was definitely not my favorite.