tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post111859337272425363..comments2023-09-22T12:40:26.587-04:00Comments on Da'as Hedyot: Baruch Hashem!The Hedyothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193083251783618457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1119004861361360382005-06-17T06:41:00.000-04:002005-06-17T06:41:00.000-04:00I mean to say, he didn't say "Say boruch hashem." ...I mean to say, he didn't say "Say boruch hashem." He said that people really used to talk about God, in conversation, and are reluctant to or embarrassed to today...or don't think about God in the way their grandparents did. <BR/>He was NOT talking about mindless boruch hashems at all. Or exterior markers of frumkeit, as many of the "old timers" who spoke this way were quite "modern" otherwise. <BR/><BR/>I think it is a fair observation. I know my grandmother (late 90s) and grandmotherinlaw (late 80s) speak about gratitude to god in a way that younger folk just don't (though the younger ones "boruch hashem" their way thru conversations all the time). He is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1119004681108507572005-06-17T06:38:00.000-04:002005-06-17T06:38:00.000-04:00I listened to the speech a while back and am too l...I listened to the speech a while back and am too lazy to go find it again and locate this remark. But the way I remember it, he said that people lack *sincerity* in the way they relate to religion, that it's superficial, and that they don't show their children a genuine *relationship* to God. He pointed to the way people *in previous generations* spoke of god, and said iy"h, spoke of the eybishter, etc and said that people are embarassed to speak directly about God, as they used to in teh past. <BR/>So I think he was not encouraging mindless "boruch hashem"s and "iy'h"s; he was speaking of saying "thank god for X" in a genuine way, that speaks of turning to God on a daily basis. <BR/>Of incorporating trust and faith in God into one's conversation in a real way. To tell your kids that you are not worried, and relying on God. Things like that. <BR/>Basically the opposite of what you are accusing him of!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1118890239339410632005-06-15T22:50:00.000-04:002005-06-15T22:50:00.000-04:00There's something spiritual about writing "I'm get...There's something spiritual about writing "I'm getting help from above" when starting a document. The trouble is, IMHO, when it feels obligatory and forced. I find "baruch Hashem" hollow, as there's no "acceptable" diametric opposite for expressing dissatisfaction with God, save "baruch dayyan emet."Ben Sorer Morehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126544104945727035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1118882803857349432005-06-15T20:46:00.000-04:002005-06-15T20:46:00.000-04:00Check out this article.Sometimes who we really are...Check out <A HREF="http://www.moshiach.com/discover/articles/essay_cold_soup.php" REL="nofollow">this article</A>.<BR/>Sometimes who we really are is expressed precisely in the "superficial".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1118869166676002882005-06-15T16:59:00.000-04:002005-06-15T16:59:00.000-04:00As a parent, I think it's important to walk your t...As a parent, I think it's important to walk your talk. Kids are so hungry for a meaningful spirtuality, one that will help them understand the world better, and help them to realize their full potential. <BR/><BR/>The emphasis on the superficial at the expense of the essential is robbing our youth of their birthright.Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360876494810611160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1118852399856706432005-06-15T12:19:00.000-04:002005-06-15T12:19:00.000-04:00well said. As I was getting more and more into Jud...well said. As I was getting more and more into Judaism, I was wondering what does the Mirtz Hashem stand for. Myself being anal for correct spelling and grammar in any language, I see that people use expressions without really seeing the meaning of them - thus, when someone says to me "mirtz hashem" - I answer, "o im lo yirtze..."Critically Observant Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281220943536673356noreply@blogger.com