Don't Worry. Be Happy.

[onionsoupmix]

 There are so many elements of Judaism that are designed to make us happier people. All of davening is supposed to teach us gratitude and bitachon.  Every bracha is supposed to teach appreciation for what we have. So many holidays are dedicated to remembering the good things that God has done for us and continues to do for us. There is even a

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[anonymous]

I used to be religious and the stress was tremendous. I am much happier now. Not to be worried about every little thing like did I use my fleshik knife in the hummus and now won't be able to eat hummus with my breakfast. All of these rules kept irritating me all the time.

The frum jews I associated with were always so uptight. They didn't joke around, they didn't relax, they didn't know how to have a good time. THey couldn't joke around with women and make them laugh, they couldn't go to the beach and go swimming like everyone else, they couldn't go take tennis lessons with women. I met chasidim who wouldn't go ice skating because there were women in the rink with them.

They couldn't be spotaneous either. If they traveled they had to go to a place with kosher food and a mikvah. Or they had to prepare a cooler with tons of food. They had to take two subways and a crowded bus with a huge cooler with pounds of ice and meat. THey had to take their books and teffilin everywhere they went.

All of this is just tremendous stress. Life does not have to be so hard people. Life is not so hard!!

Daniel

[hamaskil]

100% agree. Just imagine you don't have to worry about working late on Friday and finding an excuse to ask your boss to leave early every week. Imagine not been afraid to get stuck on a busy highway 18 minutes before Shabbes. Imagine what happens when you forgot to turn off light in the refrigerator. Imagine, has veshalom, fire on Shabbes !

Imagine not having to pay $$$ to greedy jewish school which has more ways to squeeze money from you than the IRS. Imagine not having to search for "kosher" falafel when hundreds of cheaper and higher quality restaurants are available in a few steps. Imagine been able to forget bdikos and ksomim and the joy of getting a questionable kesem at the night of tviloh...

[onionsoupmix]

I had lots of crazy mivkah stories, but never a kesem on tevilah night. That's bad.

[hamaskil]

There is enough of them on imamoron :) Especially when it happens several times in a row.