tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post6483380504279417715..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: On HonestyChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-65645202601505677682007-07-08T04:45:00.000-04:002007-07-08T04:45:00.000-04:00@anonymous, unfortunately women have many good rea...@anonymous, <BR/>unfortunately women have many good reasons to hide their identity.<BR/><BR/>look how considerate Chana was though, she let you hide your identity (and still comment on her blog) as well :)<BR/><BR/>@Chana<BR/>The second lubavitcher rebbe said that two people working together can more easily overcome their yetzer hara, because the yetzer hara has no interest in corrupting others whereas the yetzer tov has an interest in encouraging good in others, so it becomes two yetzer tovs against one yetzer hara.<BR/><BR/>and Rebbe Nachman of Breslov said that telling a close confidant what it is the yetzer hara wants you to do actually weakens it, because the yetzer tries to get you to feel ashamed of what you are thinking and hide it from others, which only gives it more strength. <BR/><BR/>So hazak u'baruch. Honesty and openness will b'ezrat HaShem bring about many changes for the good :) <BR/><BR/>On the converse side of course there are good reasons to hide certain things, it creates intimacy, something special and sacred. Otherwise, HaShem wouldn't have taken Bnei Yisrael as a separate nation for himself, wouldn't have given us the Torah exclusively, if there wasn't anything to be added/gained by it.yitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866660855678077639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-45812460075133189302007-07-06T17:17:00.000-04:002007-07-06T17:17:00.000-04:00Rebecca,That's the highest compliment you could gi...Rebecca,<BR/><BR/>That's the highest compliment you could give me. <BR/><BR/>But since I know someone so much more accepting than me, I'm going to pass it on to him.<BR/><BR/>Thank you. And I'll try to be worthy of the way you see me.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-90023283518106812332007-07-06T16:47:00.000-04:002007-07-06T16:47:00.000-04:00This is a great post, Chana. Kol HaKavod to you!Bu...This is a great post, Chana. Kol HaKavod to you!<BR/><BR/>But there's a problem with living in that ideal world. That problem is that people are not necessarily as accepting as you are. My dear Chana, you are one of the most accepting people I know. But not everyone is blessed with this gift. Not everyone is secure enough with how they feel themselves--no matter how many other people feel that way. Yes, camaradie (is that the right word?) is wonderful and honestly does make the world a better place. But we must be at peace with ourselves first in order to accept others. I hope we can all eventually reach this level. And like I said, I really do like this post :-).Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466262450322664150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-63014088670678465532007-07-06T11:00:00.000-04:002007-07-06T11:00:00.000-04:00For people like you, who know they've done the rig...For people like you, who know they've done the right thing and have nothing to hide, it's easier to be honest. But for the other rebels that came out of Templars scarred and cowed, being honest is almost impossible.Sarabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07044326781073539442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-86038174396713641432007-07-06T10:34:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:34:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, honesty is often hard to come by in...Unfortunately, honesty is often hard to come by in today's day and age. Perhaps that is why people perceive you as courageous.<BR/><BR/>It's true...when we all take off our masks, we're so much more alike underneath than we think. But because we're each convinced that "I'm the only one in the world with this particular problem/difficulty/etc," we think we'd better keep quiet and pretend to be "normal" or else people will abandon us, revile us, turn away in fear or disgust. But when we move the masks a little, showing more of our true selves, we build deeper connections, because we find that we're not so frighteningly abnormal after all.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-31767969625068990602007-07-06T07:26:00.000-04:002007-07-06T07:26:00.000-04:00For the very simple reason that some of you are ra...For the very simple reason that some of you are rather interesting people who I would rather didn't show up at my house in the middle of the night.<BR/><BR/>I have posted enough information on this blog to be easily identifiable by anyone who lives in Chicago or who attends Stern/ YU. I am not trying to hide from people.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I don't quite think you are entitled to my address.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-35794621537843036862007-07-06T07:16:00.000-04:002007-07-06T07:16:00.000-04:00If that is the case, then why won't you do what mo...If that is the case, then why won't you do what most authors in print and many online do:<BR/>1. Post a picture of yourself.<BR/>2. Identify yourself.<BR/><BR/>Since, as you say, there is no shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-57144582821440671712007-07-06T06:16:00.000-04:002007-07-06T06:16:00.000-04:00It's hard to realize that we are all in the same b...It's hard to realize that we are all in the same boat. We all think that no one has the same failings and falterings that we do. But I've found in the past, when you finally open up and share those parts of you that you don't think someone will understand, they usually do.Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365142117481675663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-59619210836301940182007-07-06T00:59:00.000-04:002007-07-06T00:59:00.000-04:00Wow. Well put. The world would be a better place...Wow. Well put. The world would be a better place if we were all more honest. I appreciate very much what you write.rabbi neil fleischmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733555336540451779noreply@blogger.com