Story - Tzedaka

A counsler's gotta be a story teller at times...so I'm gonna start posting themed stories here. Enjoy!

There is a lovely story about the great Victorian Anglo-Jew, Sir Moses Montefiore. Montefiore was one of the outstanding figures of the nineteenth century. A close friend of Queen Victoria and knighted by her, he became the first Jew to attain high office in the City of London. His philanthropy extended to both Jews and non-Jews, and on his one-hundredth birthday, The London Times devoted editorials to his praise. "He had shown," said the Times, "that fervent Judaism and patriotic citizenship are absolutely consistent with one another."

One reflection was particularly moving: Someone once asked him, "Sir Moses, what are you worth?" Moses thought for a while and named a figure. "But surely," said his questioner, "your wealth must be much more than that." With a smile, Sir Moses replied, "You didn't ask me how much I own. You asked me how much I am worth. So I calculated how much I have given to charity this year."

"You see," he said, "we are worth what we are willing to share with others."

TRAGIC!!!!

Tragedy!! Due to some technical difficulties and miscommunications between cheapticket.com and spirit airlines...elana and rahcel werent in the computers!! AHHHHH!! so they stayed in the airporrt all day to try to convince the workers to put them onto a flight!!! SPIRIT AIR SUCKS!!! since they have really bad PR and service, elana and rachel will not be attending the wedding!!
if you would like your money back please call elana, and she will work something out with you!! if not the money will be used at bed, bath, and beyond, were Chavi is registered!! call for info
hey p.s. thanks to a man named Jonny elana and rachel had satisfyed stomachs!! thanks to his got kosher company!!
gnight

almost there!!

guys, elana and rachel are still collectiong money!! call elana with any available pledges!!

its gonna work

Hey Guys,
Hope everyone recooperated from the trip!! It was a total blast!!
So were gonna keep this thing going but the only way is that everyone involve themselves on it!!!
1st thing: IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE BLOG THEN PLEASE EMAIL ME AT BMCPY@YAHOO.COM!!! ITS VERY IMPORTANT!!

2nd thing: if you are having trouble getting in please let me know!!

hope we can keep this thing going!!

already missing you,
Simcha Tova Peer

OH!!!! PS>>>>>> EVERYONE POST PICTURES OF GRAD TRIP!!

SHALOM SHALOM GIRLIES!!!!! K we canot let this blog die down its really dyeing and i felt kinda bad for you all that everytime you clicked the blog you see a big red bearded man!! Ya i know how yall feel.. So i deided to post. Hope everyones vacation is going good and hoep everyone has cloths to were for yom tov because I HAVE ABSOLUTLY NOTHING!!! I think i am going to start a company when i get older of a new clothes line called Simkalie's Styles Anyway if anyone has any ideas of where to shop PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!! Oh by the way did anybody get an email from a man named: Meir Wagner it was soooo wierd and i have absolutly no idea where this person got my email address from or who he is and what its about! Jsut read it and youll understand how cookoo it is:


Date:
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:29:41 -0400
From:
"Meir Wagner" bcmschool@gmail.com
To: bnoschayamushka@hotmail.com
Subject: Kosher Pessach


My dear fellow chassidim and chassidistes,

Many of you know me, some of you don't. I've decided to spend a few minutes of valuable pre-Yudalef Nissan time to touch base with you. You see, after spending merely a few minutes 'phishing' on the internet, I know so much about you all. I recognize a niece (hi, Zeldy!), many former students (wazzup, Mattie, Mushky, Sarena, Chaya, Esti, Nechamie, Ruchel Baila) and some current students (hello, Goldie, Rachelli, Nechama, Myriam)... Your email addresses alone tell me who may be into her looks, has a sense of humor, is risqué, etc. I can easily find almost any of your postal addresses and phone numbers just with the info that I have now.
Do you really want the details of your life to be so wide-open to any stranger who just happens along??
The reason that we boys (yup, there's a few of you receiving this as well! (??!!??!! Considering that I 'phished' from girls' emails??!!??)) and you girls have the respective halochos of tznius, is that we believe in hiding a good thing, not in waving it in the public eye and full view.
On a more timely note, the reason the wicked son is mentioned next to the wise son, is so that the wise son doesn't get all proud of himself and think that he is safe from evil. He must know that the evil son is right there next to him, waiting for the opportunity to 'get his foot in the door'. BEWARE! Warns the Hagada: THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT SEPARATES A WISE PERSON FROM AN EVIL ONE!!

The point is:
Please, PLEASE, use caution. Be aware that by being on the world-wide-web you are very mush exposed to EVERY meshugganer (myself included or not – that's your choice!) in the world. I could have been sending anything to you! Protect yourself and use your yidishe, chassidishe kop to protect your kedusha as a yid in a befitting manner.

Sorry for intruding, and thank you for listening.

Rabbi Meir Wagner

HOW WIERD IS THAT?? If anybody else got this email please post it because I dont want to feel like I am the only bumm out there giving my email. Hay! I dont even give it out to anyone!!! Its soooo crooked!!
OKay..enough of my speaking, i just wanted the ed bearded man's picture to be all the way down the page!! LOL
Hope everyone ahs a Kosher and Freilichin Peasach!!
Simcha

HELLO!!!

thats rabbi alevsky
shheba and me

the jump house
this is motzia shaabas at adventure landing

HI everyone!! Whats going on, no one is posrting!!!????

Here are some pictures!!