It sure is tough being a jew.

its tuffer being a goy

ask tiger woods or britney spears

u mean tiger woods isn't jewish? why is he the world champion then, a?

Perhaps I should have said "hard."
(Rewards come with hard work.)

It's hard work being a jew.  It's hard work being a person.  No one has it easy, it just may appear that way on the outside.

So you're going to work hard.  Actually, you're going to be a slave.  The only question is, who are you working hard for?
The Ribbono Shel Olam (G-d) and your Yetzer Tov (your conscience) or the Sutton and your Yetzer Hora (evil impulse).

It's the same work.  Only one has true rewards, in this world and the next.  Only one provides true happiness and not just a transient good feeling (thanks O'Mottel).

It's hard to be a lust-driven goy, when all you have to look forward to is the next drink, the next mouthful of food, the next stupid TV show, the next party, and at the end, nothing but the grave.

Happy are we, how good is our lot.  We have a life infused with the wisdom of the Torah, and look forward to an eternity of the ecstasy of clinging to the Shechina (G-d).

The Torah's laws are not here to restrict us, they are here to free us -- to enable us to avoid counterfeit pleasure and experience true pleasure.

UAPV -- welcome to the forum!

Alex

You can't spell Tiger without Ger.

And there is no Brit in Britney.

ok

what i meant to say is

of course being a jew is hard

shlepping food on the plane

davening in airports

finding a kosher esrog

fish without worms

getting mincha before sundown

keeping shabbos and its myriad details

not talking during laining

eating 2 kizaysim matzah befire chatzos

being the only guy in the room that can't shake hands with the job interviewer

getting up for selichos

staying up during mishnah torah

being restricted in our mode of dress ,fashion of speech,and choice of relationships

the list is endlessssssssssssssss

so.......

why why why??

the torah is a guide that lets us live darkei noam

the way of sweetness


a jew can be a normal person

alexeliezer wrote on 05 Oct 2011 18:59:

Beutifully put! 

ontheedgeman wrote on 05 Oct 2011 19:05:


"T I double Gu ER"

Hard shmard!!  IT ROCKS TO BE A YID!!!

What's a shmard?

yiddishkeit is an add-on to being emotionally healthy.Our Rabbis have taught that a person must first be an adam and then he can do the mitzvos and learn the right way.An adam means his mind controls his actions he does not act on his emotions his sechel is leading him.

Mechazek is right!.. But since barely ANY of us will EVER be totally emotionally healthy in this ADD/dysfunctional age, in no way should we wait until we 'get healthy'!.. We should do whatever mitzvas we can with peace of mind, comfortable breathing and love of a fellow... And many times, sitting and relaxing to get a good perpestive, is a HUGE mitzva...If our 'yiddishkeit' is causing depression, and sina towards someone else, it's time for a 'pit-stop' self evaluation... The doing of the mitzvas itself (again, in a loving way, each on his/her own level) will bring health in it's wake ("take the actions and the feelings will follow".. Sound familiar? :-) )  (Shmard was me mocking, sort of, the notion that 'it's hard to be a yid'... Shmeychel has a great signature: "the best way to handle setbacks it to expect them".. Judaism has always been that way and we all will victoriously handle all our setbacks... One day, one hour, one miracle at a time...  If u'd ever like I'll show u a speech saying that in our days we "can and must rely on miracles".. Spoken, printed, and edited by one of our gedoley yisroel... As Anyone successful here on GYE can tell you, we wouldn't budge an inch without these miracles). A g'mar chasima tova! B'simcha

amen to that!

Anyway uapv.. Wishing u good things in all things,, and much real nachas from yourself.. We are guaranteed success from 'On High'.. With time and effort