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[arib]

Woke up this morning, showered, dressed, went into the living room put on my tefillin (phylacteries) and davened (prayed.)

I haven't done that in far too long, to be honest. Not sure why, either, but it was good.

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[chaiya.livejournal.com]

I really don't know what to say here. On the one hand, I wish I could buy kosher phyllacteries and use them. On the other hand, I sometimes forget to say the Shema. Night and morning? I usually manage one of the two. How lame is that?

I encourage you to get back in the habit, though, if it felt good for you. :)

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[arib.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that Kosher tefillin are rather emphatically not cheap. My first pair was a multi-generational hand-me-down, and the second was a graduation present.

(Gee, kind of like Ron's wands in the HP books, but I digress)

If you'd like to borrow mine sometime, let me know and I could drop by one morning.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I've never leined tfilin. And I own a pair. It was my great-granduncle's set. It was left to my granfather, who gave it to me. And I've never used 'em. I'd like to learn how.

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[arib.livejournal.com]

Online "how-to" sites that I've seen aren't very good, your best bet could be to find someone who knows how, and have them show you.

[morarachel.livejournal.com]

If you call the local Chabad house in your neighborhood they would be MORE then happy to show you how to lay Tafilin. Laying Tafilin is a great amzing thing for men to do. It has so many cool sprital reasons and tecnical reasons behind it, it is a nice mitzvah for men to do. If you tell me where you live I will get you the Chabad Houses phone number.

Laying Tafilin can bring so many amazing things into your life, so Kalah Kavod!
And yes I like your comparasin to it and Ron Wesley.....la hav del.
(can you TELL I teach in a Yashivah?) ;)

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[arib.livejournal.com]

It's something I used to do quite regularly, I just got out of the habit while at YU, and yes that's ironic, I know. They do a great job of getting Torah out amongst the masses, but they don't always make their students want to do it.

I'm your basic FFB who got a little disaffected for a bit and stopped davening except for Shabbos. *shrug* It happens.

Your bio said you go to Touro, we probably know some people in common, I have a few friends there.

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[morarachel.livejournal.com]

Yes we probally do, and I also know what you mean about YU knocking it out of you. I also have friends there (pause for the sigh of a Touro girl being friends with YU guys) Actually I like to call myself a soon to be Stern girl but that is anouther story.
Yes I know what you mean also by "it happens" on most mornings the extent of davaning I do is with my students and yelling "Put your figure on the word!" in between Brachas. I always feel better when I do daven though. makes me wonder why I dont. wanna be my davaning cop? ask me everyday if I davened at all, it will make me conssious of it and get me back into it.
btw may I ask, what do you do?

[arib.livejournal.com]

I work in a group home for adults with mental illness and drug addiction. It's tiring, and the pay's absolute garbage, but I'm getting a lot out of it.

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[morarachel.livejournal.com]

That is very inspiering, I know somone who does that here as well. It takes a lot, I never could do it, Kalah Kavod again. what was your major in YU for this? Certinly not a sy sims stdent lol.