Comments on: Thanks for the Beets http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/ A potpourri of: Highland Park; Jewish topics; Central New Jersey; art, Twitter, WordPress, health, web design, gardening ... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:35:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rutimizrachi http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2897 rutimizrachi Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:09:59 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2897 It is always easy to throw a little money at a problem. It is somewhat harder to make that meal for a family in need. It takes special reminders, like your appreciation of your Mitzvah Lady ("she's got the beet, she's got the beet, yeah"), to remind us not to use that single gesture to wash our hands of the crisis. After all, we are one family. Her problem is my problem. Her health crisis is mine. Excuse me... I have a couple of calls to make... It is always easy to throw a little money at a problem. It is somewhat harder to make that meal for a family in need. It takes special reminders, like your appreciation of your Mitzvah Lady (“she’s got the beet, she’s got the beet, yeah”), to remind us not to use that single gesture to wash our hands of the crisis. After all, we are one family. Her problem is my problem. Her health crisis is mine.

Excuse me… I have a couple of calls to make…

]]> By: hihorosie http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2694 hihorosie Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:20:10 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2694 What a beautiful blessed woman. Incredible story - thanks for sharing. What a beautiful blessed woman. Incredible story – thanks for sharing.

]]> By: talmudita http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2656 talmudita Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:44:30 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2656 Wow, this is such a great story of a relatively small ongoing chesed that made a difference. One dish, once a week seems like something I could do. Wow, this is such a great story of a relatively small ongoing chesed that made a difference. One dish, once a week seems like something I could do.

]]> By: Janet http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2641 Janet Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:20:25 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2641 What a nice woman :-) What a nice woman :-)

]]> By: baila http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2594 baila Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:49:39 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2594 Yes! These are the kind of people I was talking about in my recent post! They are amazing, aren't they? And I love the song, and beauty of beets. Wish I liked how they tasted. Yes! These are the kind of people I was talking about in my recent post! They are amazing, aren’t they?

And I love the song, and beauty of beets. Wish I liked how they tasted.

]]> By: Leora http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2589 Leora Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:30:40 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2589 Mother in Israel, it's the Go-Gos: See the people walking down the street Fall in line just watching all their feet They don't know where they wanna go But they're walking in time They got the beat They got the beat They got the beat Yeah They got the beat ========================== Ilana-Davita, yes, and when I saw her daughter again, I remembered what a kind, thoughtful person she was. ========================== Juggling Frogs, I like that, relating this to RH--beets symbolize removal, as in "may our adversaries be removed." At that point in my life my "adversary" was feeling like I had way too much on my plate. Mother in Israel, it’s the Go-Gos:
See the people walking down the street
Fall in line just watching all their feet
They don’t know where they wanna go
But they’re walking in time
They got the beat

They got the beat
They got the beat
Yeah
They got the beat
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Ilana-Davita, yes, and when I saw her daughter again, I remembered what a kind, thoughtful person she was.
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Juggling Frogs, I like that, relating this to RH–beets symbolize removal, as in “may our adversaries be removed.” At that point in my life my “adversary” was feeling like I had way too much on my plate.

]]> By: Juggling Frogs http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2586 Juggling Frogs Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:25:17 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2586 The details make all the difference. As does perseverance. When we have beets as one of the simanim at Rosh Hashanah, we ask that our adversaries be removed. But she raised the beets to an even higher level, because with them, she added thoughtfulness and friendship. Thank you for sharing this with the Gratitude Carnival, Leora! The details make all the difference. As does perseverance.

When we have beets as one of the simanim at Rosh Hashanah, we ask that our adversaries be removed. But she raised the beets to an even higher level, because with them, she added thoughtfulness and friendship.

Thank you for sharing this with the Gratitude Carnival, Leora!

]]> By: Ilana-Davita http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2584 Ilana-Davita Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:13:14 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2584 This is a beautiful story, with an unusual ingredient. Funny how these details can help us go through hard times because of the kindness we can feel behind them. This is a beautiful story, with an unusual ingredient. Funny how these details can help us go through hard times because of the kindness we can feel behind them.

]]> By: mother in israel http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/08/thanks-for-the-beets/#comment-2583 mother in israel Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:12:58 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=1467#comment-2583 Is that a literary reference? I like how the crisis went on for six months, but she stopped after 4 (and long after everyone else). You can get used to that kind of help. Is that a literary reference?
I like how the crisis went on for six months, but she stopped after 4 (and long after everyone else). You can get used to that kind of help.

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