tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post3693518526078785301..comments2023-11-05T05:51:57.196-05:00Comments on Baal Tshuva Slowly: What did you get for your bar mitzvah?Dude with hat (aka BTS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09732331063242686700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-32246923401894075592009-01-06T22:45:00.000-05:002009-01-06T22:45:00.000-05:00I think what hurt me back than were those injectio...I think what hurt me back than were those injections. I actually got some more than it's supposed to be since it took mohel sometime to finish things up...<BR/><BR/>Do you know anyone who had full anesthesia??Dude with hat (aka BTS)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09732331063242686700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-47772147355178980082009-01-06T01:27:00.000-05:002009-01-06T01:27:00.000-05:00I got a tefillin, word to R' Vashovsky, and a bris...I got a tefillin, word to R' Vashovsky, and a bris. It was local and daaaaamn did those first few injection hurt.Ookamikunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145237927656807738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-57736085103796178002009-01-05T23:44:00.000-05:002009-01-05T23:44:00.000-05:00@Shorty Well this may differ between different peo...@Shorty <BR/>Well this may differ between different people, mohels and other factors...<BR/><BR/>@Rabbi Lars Shalom<BR/>Sorry, did you refer to yourself?<BR/><BR/>@Scholar<BR/>Thank you very much for your wishes! Tizku lemitzvos!<BR/>Did you read Torah on your Bar Mitzvah?Dude with hat (aka BTS)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09732331063242686700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-73462002242395362592009-01-05T10:49:00.000-05:002009-01-05T10:49:00.000-05:00Where I grew up in a small Jewish community Bar Mi...Where I grew up in a small Jewish community Bar Mitzva is the only celebration but alas nothing to write home about. Just a few seforim that were sent by post.<BR/>Congrats on your bold steps and may you grow from strength to strength!Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011523186768685666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-40003789260429740742009-01-03T09:23:00.000-05:002009-01-03T09:23:00.000-05:00this rabbi never had one,this rabbi never had one,Lars Shalomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889280301374934767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-62636071265033478432008-12-31T13:37:00.000-05:002008-12-31T13:37:00.000-05:00My uncle was 40 when he got his brit milah. he sa...My uncle was 40 when he got his brit milah. he said his whole body hurt.Shortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195198876287540850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-18234335674915012662008-12-30T23:24:00.000-05:002008-12-30T23:24:00.000-05:00I dunno about mainstream, but there was a man in o...I dunno about mainstream, but there was a man in our shul in russia, who was 65 when he got a chance to do it. And he did.<BR/><BR/>I understand that here in US motivation is much lower than in Russia, since here everything is too accessible, but there if you want to be religious you live against everyone and by that you are able to keep your motivation on higher level - you just don't get used to situation.<BR/>I know many people who've got their Bris on seminars in Moscow and many of them were way older than I - 20+, 30+...Dude with hat (aka BTS)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09732331063242686700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070310095349456351.post-23783020707335379262008-12-30T23:04:00.000-05:002008-12-30T23:04:00.000-05:00I got a bunch of gifts from a bunch of people, and...I got a bunch of gifts from a bunch of people, and my father gave me tefillin that I still wear ;)<BR/>sounds brave to go through with it at 13, I don't know how many people would be that brave if they had it as the mainstream thing to do that way.Originally From Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927411127491577903noreply@blogger.com