Trip to Isreal - Day 9
Day 9, Monday, October 31, 2011
The morning started as usually with yummy breakfast after which we walked to the old city to the Aish World Center. As we arrived at the center, we were given paper, pen and an envelope and we were given some time to write a letter to ourselves that we will get in 3 months. I thought it was a great idea and I will be very excited to receive this letter from Jerusalem in January.
Lori Palatnik gave us lecture about marriage and role of women in a Jewish family. She discussed the meaning of love and meaning of marriage. Marriage in Jewish philosophy means Oneness. Alone, we are only one half and when we get married, we become whole, like two pieces of puzzle fit together. The more husband and wife give each other, the more they fall in love. In relationship it is super important to show each other “what important to you is important to me” even if one is not interested in the subject. Giving leads to loving.
Lori gave us (women) an advice that she got once from a very wise woman telling us every morning think about at least one thing that I can do for my husband this day.
For married women she asked us 3 questions that can help figure out what needs work in our marriage on and for single women, these are the three questions that can help figure out if the guy is right for you or not. Here are the three questions:
if woman says NO and man says YES=NO;
She also discussed intimate relationship abstinence for 2 weeks between spouses and introduced us to the mikvah. Mikvah is another law that women must do. There are only three things that women are required to do is to light Shabbat candles, bake chalah bread, and go to mikvah. During each of these activities, woman is very holy and her prayers are very powerful. Later in the day, we visited a mikvah and had more private girl-talk about the meaning and process of what is happening in mikvah.
We were brought onto Anti-Terrorism military base, sniper unit. We gave our presents to the soldiers, spoke with them and then were told that we need to hide our cameras because they would do a training demonstration. We learned that girls are better snipers than boys and girls usually don’t go into the action. Women in Israeli military work behind the scenes making sure that guys are ready and prepared. They were so excited about what they learn, it was a little bit disturbing. The guys that I spoke with said that they will be sent to Gaza next month. They are being taught to shoot with 100% precision, it means if they shoot, they kill...
Read about Day 10, last day.
The morning started as usually with yummy breakfast after which we walked to the old city to the Aish World Center. As we arrived at the center, we were given paper, pen and an envelope and we were given some time to write a letter to ourselves that we will get in 3 months. I thought it was a great idea and I will be very excited to receive this letter from Jerusalem in January.
Lori Palatnik gave us lecture about marriage and role of women in a Jewish family. She discussed the meaning of love and meaning of marriage. Marriage in Jewish philosophy means Oneness. Alone, we are only one half and when we get married, we become whole, like two pieces of puzzle fit together. The more husband and wife give each other, the more they fall in love. In relationship it is super important to show each other “what important to you is important to me” even if one is not interested in the subject. Giving leads to loving.
Lori gave us (women) an advice that she got once from a very wise woman telling us every morning think about at least one thing that I can do for my husband this day.
For married women she asked us 3 questions that can help figure out what needs work in our marriage on and for single women, these are the three questions that can help figure out if the guy is right for you or not. Here are the three questions:
- Do you have the same goals, meaningful goals (do not count children)?
- Are you physically attracted to each other? It is Jewish law that man must satisfy his wife. It goes like this:
if woman says NO and man says YES=NO;
She also discussed intimate relationship abstinence for 2 weeks between spouses and introduced us to the mikvah. Mikvah is another law that women must do. There are only three things that women are required to do is to light Shabbat candles, bake chalah bread, and go to mikvah. During each of these activities, woman is very holy and her prayers are very powerful. Later in the day, we visited a mikvah and had more private girl-talk about the meaning and process of what is happening in mikvah.
- Question for women: Do you respect him? Woman wants to be loved and man wants to be respected.
- Question for men: Would you be happy making her happy for the rest of your life? The point is that man are pretty simple creatures, and we as women must help our men figure out what makes us happy. They don’t read minds and hints.
We were brought onto Anti-Terrorism military base, sniper unit. We gave our presents to the soldiers, spoke with them and then were told that we need to hide our cameras because they would do a training demonstration. We learned that girls are better snipers than boys and girls usually don’t go into the action. Women in Israeli military work behind the scenes making sure that guys are ready and prepared. They were so excited about what they learn, it was a little bit disturbing. The guys that I spoke with said that they will be sent to Gaza next month. They are being taught to shoot with 100% precision, it means if they shoot, they kill...
Read about Day 10, last day.