tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post3353897005903402681..comments2023-08-21T05:06:01.458-04:00Comments on LIVE FROM THE HILLTOP: A kiss on the 3 trainMimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18106085670679459091noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-25795432087235749062007-08-23T05:05:00.000-04:002007-08-23T05:05:00.000-04:00Such a small thing can make such a huge impact on ...Such a small thing can make such a huge impact on people. Not only "strange" but something unique, and special. I love it. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-34504571284674132782007-08-16T21:29:00.000-04:002007-08-16T21:29:00.000-04:00Ahh, I can relate! I used to always say tehillim ...Ahh, I can relate! I used to always say tehillim on the subway to the internship I had this spring. Sometimes, I got interesting looks, but mostly, I think the New Yorkers know how to understand/ignore it. It's so much fun to say tehillim on the subway in NY!<BR/><BR/>In Seattle, I might be more self-conscious of it. But in NY, I was always proud to just add further to the local color and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-16041496895585333212007-08-10T02:12:00.000-04:002007-08-10T02:12:00.000-04:00Awesome. I read a story about a guy once.He said t...Awesome. I read a story about a guy once.He said that he had recently started putting on tefillin every day,but one morning he was in an airport and really embarrassed.So he crawled into some empty corner and started davening.When he finished,he realized he had been so involved that he hadn't realized when his little corner filled up with people!That's when he realized "nu,theirs weirder things Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-81233604405956162872007-08-08T23:57:00.000-04:002007-08-08T23:57:00.000-04:00very nice poem/story mimi! i enjoyed it.very nice poem/story mimi! i enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-35493341317533580202007-08-07T23:47:00.000-04:002007-08-07T23:47:00.000-04:00LOL - yes - I did a Google Search and it was liste...LOL - yes - I did a Google Search and it was listed as a "dead mall!" I have not been to Montreal since 1992, but I remember the place when it was live, when Steinberg carried cholov yisroel at hmmm..3x NY price, and when there was a kosher Chinese restaurant on the first floor!Der Shygetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156901845306359680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-27910228414163663342007-08-07T21:38:00.000-04:002007-08-07T21:38:00.000-04:00Der shygetz:it still exists though ur prob the onl...Der shygetz:<BR/>it still exists though ur prob the only one who still calls it a mall:) btw, its called decarie squareRachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03207760844033959849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-24169044974630819472007-08-07T18:37:00.000-04:002007-08-07T18:37:00.000-04:00Montrealer:It was Decor Decarie - this goes back t...Montrealer:<BR/><BR/>It was Decor Decarie - this goes back to 1990, when Steinberg still existed! Is that mall still there? The Chabad House was the Montreal Torah Center, now relocated to Hampstead.Der Shygetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156901845306359680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-16039327135462732132007-08-07T17:58:00.000-04:002007-08-07T17:58:00.000-04:00der sheygetz: and which mall may that be?der sheygetz: and which mall may that be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-84374497748385082142007-08-07T02:24:00.000-04:002007-08-07T02:24:00.000-04:00Shygetz- A BaShemke MaaysehShygetz- A BaShemke MaaysehNemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402531988433648505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-2022347264389179302007-08-06T23:07:00.000-04:002007-08-06T23:07:00.000-04:00This reminds me of a time when I had to daven Minc...This reminds me of a time when I had to daven Mincha in a mall which is frequented by many Jews. I decided that rather than finding a phone booth, I would daven right at the foot of the escalator (off to the side, of course, so as not to block anyone), thinking that if another Yid saw me davening, he might be curious enough to ask me what I was doing - or he might be reminded of his youth in Der Shygetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156901845306359680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-12168910267426937492007-08-06T22:31:00.000-04:002007-08-06T22:31:00.000-04:00The Chabad PDA.Some have no shame in other public ...The Chabad PDA.<BR/><BR/>Some have no shame in other public displays of affection...<BR/><BR/>It's priceless that our most Private Selves is that of reverence for G!dliness. <BR/><BR/>I guess the awareness of the public's intrusion into our sacred whispers is a shame to be proud of. (*blush*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-90437365786953110212007-08-06T16:12:00.000-04:002007-08-06T16:12:00.000-04:00That is true, Shloime - and the black women and gi...That is true, Shloime - and the black women and girls who do read such material on the train tend to be respectfully dressed, quiet and polite. Actually, I have seen immigrant Muslims read their sefer hasinah openly on the train as well. <BR/><BR/>In any case, no one has to be ashamed or feel strange reading tehillim, davening or learning on NY mass transit. We are as much a part (well, I won't Der Shygetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156901845306359680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-1928290200431271992007-08-06T16:06:00.000-04:002007-08-06T16:06:00.000-04:00lol, lol, Mimi, you should have seen the bochur wh...lol, lol, Mimi, you should have seen the bochur who decided, to lay his tefillin in an over filled 4 train, running very late in the early afternoon, now that's a look you could watch on the young sista's face...Kosher Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250927266174835710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-45585389280591067172007-08-06T10:05:00.000-04:002007-08-06T10:05:00.000-04:00the black sisters do chitus too from the new testm...the black sisters do chitus too from the new testmant (the one they dont teach in beis rivkha )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20788163.post-26696251824761842582007-08-06T08:51:00.000-04:002007-08-06T08:51:00.000-04:00:) Was the girl you by any chance? If so, as an ou...:) Was the girl you by any chance? If so, as an out of towner, does it seem unusual for you to be reading tehillim on the subway? The fact is that a frum Yid davening or learning from a sefer on public transportation is as much a part of the landscape of Brooklyn, and even Manhattan, as lehavdil, a swarthy substance abuser being caught during a harebrained attempt at shoplifting from a Der Shygetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156901845306359680noreply@blogger.com