gdp's Comments

Tzipiyah.com : Pride!

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:17:08 +0000

can u bring 5 to my mom?

And then let me know what u plan to do on distribition

We shoild get one to monty's parents directly also.

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Tzipiyah.com : Demonstrations: Will This Work?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:50:36 +0000

very inspiring - thanks a lot for sharing!

Tzipiyah.com : Intellectual Property Law in Halacha

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:21:16 +0000

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Tzipiyah.com : The Dream of a Nation

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:11:19 +0000

Thanks for the wise words of advice. I agree with you that there is, today especially, a natural tendency towards too much focus on self growth and individualism at the expense of communal, national and even universal growth. I hope that I, and everyone else, will learn to find the balance between all of those important aspects.

Tzipiyah.com : The right to be ambitious

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:45:20 +0000

Thank you for the kind words. Hope you enjoy all the readings on the blog :)

Tzipiyah.com : The Dream of a Nation

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:43:34 +0000

I wrote it in the past tense in order to emphasize the fact that dreaming is not enough anymore but that we need to join a practical implementation to our dream. Thus, I don't consider myself a mere dreamer anymore - now that I am going to fulfill my dream. Rather, I consider myself a realizer. (Of course, I still value the dream, and I realize that it is not completely realized, but I wanted to emphasize my change in focus from a passive dreamy state to an active realization state.

Tzipiyah.com : 5 things Israel should never apologize for

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:13:47 +0000

Agreed. To me, it was obvious that it was the root cause, but you are right - it needs to be mentioned. Thank you!

Tzipiyah.com : We Will Not Put Our Heads Down In Shame!

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:57:28 +0000

Thanks for the comment For #1, I agree with you. I invite you to re-read the post and see I did try and specify that for those who deserve to die, my only "tragic" feeling is that they didn't choose a better life. Once they chose the life of terrorism, I have no problem with their death. For #2, Interesting and thanks for the correction but I would need to ask you how mordechai's answer works when the idea of not rejoicing for when our enemies fall was in the red sea where it was not israelites who were dying but egyptians. So how is it that "Hanei Milei BeYisrael"? Thanks again for adding your input.

Tzipiyah.com : My Election Platform for the Israeli Elections

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:50:36 +0000

Thanks for the great comments I agree with you on all of these things. I think you just briefly mentioned most of the specific issues I will deal with after having described the broader principles of the platform I "propose" :-)

Tzipiyah.com : Crossing the Bridge

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:19:10 +0000

I think Zemer's post points out exactly how we should approach this "bridge" of ours. Yes, we are on a bridge. Yes, we are realists and we realize that we cannot just fly on the other side. But if we forget that the bridge is here to bring us on the other side, we have a few dangers: 1) we can end up camping out on the bridge and never make it to the other side, or wait very long while it might be time to be on the other side. 2) we can take a wrong turn and take a detour rather than going striaght to the bridge. That being said, I think Malter's point is important as well. It is dangerous to think you can fly. While we pray that God makes us fly on the other side, I don't suggest anyone jumps and just hopes God makes him fly. Chances are you won't fly, even if you have a great emunah, because God is a scientist, and he wants us to live through the natural means. So, there is a danger in becoming very excited with the gueoula in that saying Mashiach Now makes us skip essential steps in our growth and not concentrate on making the process move forward and instead just . However, every good thing has dangers, and being excited about our gueoula is a GREAT thing, and so while we must recognize the dangers, we should not let those dangers take away even an ounce of our excitement.

Tzipiyah.com : A Year in Israel: It's All About Perspective

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:33:04 +0000

Rav Tzvi Yehudah used to say that for many many generation, whenever people asked jews "where are you from?", or "what's your origin?" they would all say Israel. Today, people say "I'm from America, Canada, UK, etc..."

Tzipiyah.com : My Political Approach

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:47:47 +0000

Hey man Thanks for the comments. As you can imagine, I disagree with you on the issue of Israel's borders, and I do have good reasons (you speak of keeping settlements as being irrealistic, but when looking at the result of past concessions, I say thinking Israel can live without those borders is even less realistic). However, regardless, this was really not the topic of this article as the border issue was just mentioned in order to illustrate my point on the way I approach things even if my conclusions are what people characterize as "right wing". Thanks again for the comment

Tzipiyah.com : My Political Approach

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:28:23 +0000

I don't think we need to be so paranoid. I also don't think we need to think a JEw would, in any ways, be pre-disposed to be "good for israel". Whether a Jew or not, he will be judged by his actions.

Tzipiyah.com : My Political Approach

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:26:01 +0000

Hey Of course there is justice to it from the perspective of God, through our sinning in the time of the temple and all that and our need of galut in order to be reborn more strongly and more apt to bring about the messianic era. However, from the perspective of men, it was a great injustice. There was no reason why the Germans, spanish, polish, arabs etc.. "deserved" to have us as second class citizens in their states, and on a purely man to man level, it was an injustice, and Zionism fixed it. And of course, any success of Zionism is first and foremost thanks to God`s help. I'm just not talking about this right now, even if I obviously believe in it.

Tzipiyah.com : My Political Approach

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:26:09 +0000

I am more worried of the fact he still thinks Oslo was a great success than anything else.

Tzipiyah.com : Their Home and Our Homeland: Can We Reconcile Our Differences?

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:41:42 +0000

What an incredible post! You raise one of the most relevant questions I think we have in our generation where the great majority Jewish world has been, in the end of the day, divided between two main geographical locations and, in the same time, two very different cultures. I think one of the recognitions of the difference in culture by the Israeli government has been the NBN takeover of Aliyah activities in america. I personally believe that part of the process of our ingathering of exile is specifically this culture clash in which people from all around the world clash in order to create a truly universal culture, which is the true Jewish culture. Therefore, I don't believe the solution should be that we "try" to be Israeli. Quite the opposite. We should bring american principles and values to Israel. Jewish Culture won't be truly universal until it includes American Culture. At the same time, if Americans act in the way you describe your post- and criticize israeli culture rather trying to contribute to it- then this negative approach will stop their contribution to the culture since no one wants to hear that type of criticism and Israeli culture won't be receptive. However, if Americans are as receptive to Israeli culture as they wish Israelis were to American culture, I do believe we can get to a true culture reflecting universal values. As a general rule, if you want someone to be receptive to your message, you must honestly be receptive to his. Is this just some ideological rambles? Maybe. However, I think we can see the Israeli culture progress slowly towards universalism - a blend between Chumus and Cholent, a middle eastern backgound to rap music, etc... As americans continue to make aliyah, they to should bring their cultural contribution to our society so that, as we slowly become a Godly nation, we also slowly become a universal nation.

Tzipiyah.com : Sukkot - IMAX Your life with the Sukkah and Eretz Israel

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:55:37 +0000

I think the reason the Mikveh is not included (and I think it was not included by the GRA in Kol Hator although I can't really remember) is specifically because you don't "live" or "dwell" in the Mikveh. So, the mikveh's goal is really to get out of the mikveh purified, while the goal of the sukkah and eretz israel, is to dwell in them in a world where we are surrounded and living "in" the holiness and not externally analyzing it. That is the answer I usually give people when they ask me this question (which is quite common actually). Your comments are amazing regardless.

Tzipiyah.com : Srugim : No is also an answer.

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:50:44 +0000

Well, just to start off with, I was not claiming to express the answer given in the show. Also, Your answer is not good enough for a religious person. Because, for a religious person who has faith, faith is supposed to survive ANYTHING, even th e worse tragedies. So if the answer is simply: "we could have had it worse" - what happens if you do get it worse one day? is it then justified not to believe?

Tzipiyah.com : Hoshana Raba - it\'s not all over just yet

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:33:20 +0000

Amen! A great concept expressed really well. Thanks for the contribution.

Tzipiyah.com : A Teshuva Question

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:01:15 +0000

Then, your answer is the same as Josh M. I think it is a great answer but need further research into all the examples of Lav Hanitek Leasseh to make sure they all fall into that pattern.