Ever since I’ve gotten married, I expanded my vocabulary. This is of course encouraged by all educators, as it broadens the mind and enables a person to communicate more accurately and effectively. It’s also a great way to look smart and intimidate people when need be. However, I’m not sure my newly acquired lexis, will [...]
Posts Tagged ‘English’
Husband Hashpa’ah #1
Posted in Jewish, marriage, tagged English, husband, language, marriage, rabbi, vocabulary, yeshivish on October 7, 2009 | 17 Comments »
You’re Never Too Old
Posted in Teaching, tagged approval, child, English, student, Teaching, writing on November 11, 2008 | 19 Comments »
I met my eighth grade teacher yesterday. She had an appointment in the school that I teach in. I was sitting in the office marking papers, and I heard her voice.
All of a sudden I was back in her classroom. I could smell her musty clothes; see her sincere smile, wide with enamel stripped [...]
Yom Kippur Elucidated
Posted in Yom Tov, tagged davening, English, Jewish, prayer, tefilos, translation, writing, yom kippur on October 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I love Artscroll. Not because of the obvious fact that when you’re davening and counting pages you get to divide the page number in half, and WaLah davening is half over.
I took a good look this Yom Kippur at the English translation, and you know what, the tefilos are beautiful.
People ask, why do we [...]