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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: Week 2 Update (Sunday to Shabbos)
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Week 2 Update (Sunday to Shabbos). I realize that I'm going to have to speed up my posting in order to catch up to the present, so I thought I'd give a large update all at once recapping Week 2, the first full week of Nativ, in one post. Sunday morning rolled around, and we quickly jumped out of bed for T'filot to begin our first official day of classes. I was headed off to the Conservative Yeshiva for my first day of official Gemara, Torah, and Ulpan learning. My class schedule is as follows:. That I br...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: October 2009
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T-Pain Takes On The High Holidays: YK Edition. After 3 days of hiking on my desert survival trip, I am safe at home in Jerusalem, and am writing to finish my High Holidays post with the Yom Kippur Edition. My Yom Kippur experience started on Thursday, September 24 as the Nativers traveled down to Machane Yehuda. Market) to participate in the wild pagan ritual known as Kaparot. The scene was set before the ritual even started. After walking the 15 minutes to the shuk. Kosherly kill) the chickens. Not ...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: Welcome to Israel
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September 14th, 1:00 AM - T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land. Is born. Throughout the course of the year, I will be updating my blog on a regular basis to recount and depict my experiences for my family and friends to give them an up close and personal view of my life abroad, Israel's culture, and above all Israeli food. Day 1 - September 1/2. One thing they don't tell you is how much nicer Beit Nativ is than the silly "Chavat Ha'Noar Ha'Tzioni" that they make you stay at on Ramah Seminar. Don't get me wr...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: T-Pain Takes On The High Holidays: RH Edition
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T-Pain Takes On The High Holidays: RH Edition. It's been a while since I've posted, and I know that you guys are getting restless. I am truly sorry, but with all of the Chagim. It's been hard to keep up and to post on a regular basis. Not much has happened in terms of during the week, so I am going to update you on the High Holidays, then on the past Shabbat, and then I will finally be up to date. And got ritually cleansed; I swear we got dirtier from that water. The special thing about the chagim. With ...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: Rabbi Roth Says Rabbi Akiva Would Be Conservative
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Rabbi Roth Says Rabbi Akiva Would Be Conservative. After a very, very, very long hiatus, T-Pain is back to blogging. I never know whether or not to look forward to Erev Nativ. I have other, more important things to do! Fortunately, I was misinformed about what the night had in store. The lecture started off with a fiery rabbi standing at the front of the room basically telling us that Conservative Judaism. The Four Underpinnings of the Conservative Movement:. Sin) It's not just nice to lay t'filin. Can b...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: September 2009
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T-Pain Takes On The High Holidays: RH Edition. It's been a while since I've posted, and I know that you guys are getting restless. I am truly sorry, but with all of the Chagim. It's been hard to keep up and to post on a regular basis. Not much has happened in terms of during the week, so I am going to update you on the High Holidays, then on the past Shabbat, and then I will finally be up to date. And got ritually cleansed; I swear we got dirtier from that water. The special thing about the chagim. With ...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: T-Pain Takes On The High Holidays: YK Edition
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T-Pain Takes On The High Holidays: YK Edition. After 3 days of hiking on my desert survival trip, I am safe at home in Jerusalem, and am writing to finish my High Holidays post with the Yom Kippur Edition. My Yom Kippur experience started on Thursday, September 24 as the Nativers traveled down to Machane Yehuda. Market) to participate in the wild pagan ritual known as Kaparot. The scene was set before the ritual even started. After walking the 15 minutes to the shuk. Kosherly kill) the chickens. Not ...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: November 2009
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Rabbi Roth Says Rabbi Akiva Would Be Conservative. After a very, very, very long hiatus, T-Pain is back to blogging. I never know whether or not to look forward to Erev Nativ. I have other, more important things to do! Fortunately, I was misinformed about what the night had in store. The lecture started off with a fiery rabbi standing at the front of the room basically telling us that Conservative Judaism. The Four Underpinnings of the Conservative Movement:. Sin) It's not just nice to lay t'filin. Can b...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: Shabbos Koidesh
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September 4 - Shabbos Koidesh. Our first order of business was to walk to Yemin Moshe to daven Mincha, Kabbalat Shabbat, and Ma'ariv, overlooking the old city, with a cool breeze, a setting sun, and an enormous rising moon. I wanted to make sure that my first Shabbat experience in Jerusalem was special, so I stepped up to lead Mincha for our "Kehilla", and davened like a true macher. Was We walked past the street two or three times, but had no clue what a bomb shelter looked like, so there was no way tha...
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T-Pain Takes On The Holy Land: Shabbat #2: Ein Gedi
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Shabbat #2: Ein Gedi. It was a new Shabbos. The one thing about buses in Israel is that you basically always fall asleep on them. So of course, I fell asleep on the bus ride down to Ein Gedi, while chillin' with Nativ kids, and our British yeshivabucher. Friends too (they're so funny). We got off the bus to hot air and a beautiful view of the Dead Sea, which was very close by. It is definitely easy to tell that the Dead Sea is receding, but lucky for us, there was still plenty to go around. The Torah is ...
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