Embarrassing moment...

I arrived at Suri and Yisroels to babysit for them on Motzai SHabbos, opened up my laptop and went to check out onlysimchas. To my suprise and super excitement I saw a name of an "older" girl whom I know quite well. I was ecstatic. is it true that *shprintzel from brooklyn* is engaged? Baruch Hashem! I was so excited! I didn't want to text *shprintzel* just yet to wish her mazal tov just in case it was for sure true. So I texted two other people who know *shprintzel* to make sure the amazing news was true. They didnt respond back so I decided, what are the chances of another *shprintzel* gettin engaged. so I texted her.
"I just saw your name on onlysimchas! Incredible News! Mazal Tov!"
I recieved a response from the girl way too quickly for someone who should be at their lchaim. It said "You are so sweet, but its not me. Different girl. IYH Simchas by you".

SO Embarrasing!

**name changed**

Nice take on Rachel Imeinu

Message from the Mash
Dear Alumni and Friends,
Today, Thursday, the 11th day of MarCheshvan is the yartzheit of Rachel
Imeinu. During the churban of the Bais Hamikdash our people passed
Kever Rochel on their journey to exile, death and servitude. As she
does only too often, Rochel weeped for her children. As the prophet
Yirmeyahu told us, Hashem told Rochel to refrain from crying. Hashem
assured Rochel that there would be reward for her action and hope for
the future and that the children will return to their borders.

For certain we are today in Eretz Yisroel because of her tears. But
perhaps return to borders means more than just the Land. We live in a
world without g'vulim, without borders. Nothing is sacred and we are
exposed to everything. On this, her yartzheit let's try to return ourselves
to the borders that the Torah and the chachamim have given us for our
own benefit and welfare. Let's try to do something for integrity and for
modesty. Let's try to come home to our borders.

BREAKING FAMILY NEWS!!!

I just got a haircut.

This has been a breaking family news update.

Everyone have a good Shabbos.

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I cropped the picture & posted it up there but can someone figure out how to center that picture up there? I can't seem to.

Wedding Picture

Here is a picture from our wedding. I remember it like it was yesterday. Except for the logo floating in mid-air. Sorry about that.

BOOtique? Abba- so curious on what ur going to talk about in regard to Halloween vs. Halacha? Please do share.
P.S- Proud to say I got a 95 on my first Midterm! (bli ayin hora)

Know the Difference between Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms

Know the Difference between Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms

Symptom	Cold	H1N1 Flu
Fever	Fever is rare with a cold.	Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.
Coughing	A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold.	A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).
Aches	Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold.	Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.
Stuffy Nose	Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week.	Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.
Chills	Chills are uncommon with a cold.	60% of people who have the flu experience chills.
Tiredness	Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold.	Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.
Sneezing	Sneezing is commonly present with a cold.	Sneezing is not common with the flu.
Sudden Symptoms	Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days.	The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.
Headache	A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold.	A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.
Sore Throat	Sore throat is commonly present with a cold.	Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.
Chest Discomfort	Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold.	Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.

If you cant see properly. The bumper sticker says D.A.D.D

"Dads Against Daughters Dating." Now this has no shaychis to my Dadd but still thought you will think its cute.

Joke D'joure

President Achmadinajhad calls up former predident Bush. "George, last night I had a dream"
"Really" says Bush "What was your dream?"
"Well, in it I saw all of America looking more glorious than ever, and each beautiful house had a banner hanging from it."
"So what did all those banners say?" asked the former President
"Each one said 'United States of Iran'" answered Mahmoud.
"Well, it's funny you should call because last night I had a dream too"
"Really?" asks Achmadinajhad "What was in your dream?"
"I saw the entire country of Iran, beautiful as ever, and each house had a banner hanging from it."
"You too! What did the banners in your dream say?"
"I don't know" answers Bush "I don't read Hebrew"

New picture on top

Mindy/Yaakov,
You are an Admin here. When you get a chance. Could you please put a good family picture from your wedding up on top?

Yeravam Ben Nevat?

Blackberry finally came out with a software update for my stupid Blackberry Storm. But of course now i can't find the wire I need to connect it to the computer to do all that.

So if I borrow the wire from someone else does that make him a Chootei Umachti es Harabim?

(Choot=wire for those of you who haven't yet made Aliyah)

Lol..Nebacg

A man goes up to an Orthodox Rabbi and asks if it’s permissible for him to drive his Lamborghini to shul on shabbat. The Ortho Rabbi goes, “absolutely not! By the way, what’s a Lamborghini?”

He then goes up to a Conserv. Rabbi and asks him the same question. The Conserv. Rabbi goes, “of course it is, but only on ONE condition: you must give me a ride to shul every week AND let me test drive it around the block at least once!”

He then goes up to a Reform Rabbi and asks him the same question. The Reform Rabbi goes, “of course it is! By the way, what’s shabbat?”

Instructions to post a picture

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=41641

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That looks like Suri & Meir at the First Ever ASBEE BBQ Contest.
Suri... What were you upset about? Maybe Esti would know.

take 2- lets see if the pic comes up now

Just posting, because i'm curious about if out picture will come up next to it. I'm hoping to send pictures soon to e/o!

Refuah Shelaima

Miriam- Refuah Shelaima. Please take care of yourself.

Meir's Update!!!

hey guys, I read miriams update and it was so cool so i decided since I'm barely in touch with anyone I also should do WEEKLY update that way we can always know what's going on and it will be so much fun.

Ok, So i'm living in Gush in this apartment called בנין ט. oh yea that's write i have hebrew on my computer with hebrew stick on letters. Anyways binyan tet is this place where people move in after they get married if they still wwant to be part of the yeshiva. it's mostly like Shiur ה guys who are still part of the Yeshiva. and then when they have kids they move into binyan יב and when they have another kid the Yeshiva will give them a real apartment. Sorry i got off track. So i'm living in this binyan with 2 darkaynu guys Saadya and Dovid it's much harder than i thought it would be, but we have 2 apartment. So it's not so bad. Meaning We have 2 bathrooms 2 bedrooms and 2 kitchens but it's pretty small but cool. My only job is to live there and we havnt' discussed it yet but i hope to be making a little money on the side doing it. I'm learning a lot a lot i mean like so much, and i'm even seeing improvements. For example at night seder which goes from 8:30- 11:00 I used to take 2 breaks, one every 45 minutes and just last night I learned all the way from 8;30 until 10 without even taking a break, I think my focus is getting much better. I have a good night seder chavruta he's a genius and sometimes it's hard for him to go at my pace b/c he gets the gemara like that, so sometimes i havta have him explain it to me like 7 or 8 times but he's patient with me and getting much better. I recently just switched morning seder chavrutas and he's also awesome, he's from sydney. but my coolest chavruta is אבנר. אבנר לא מדבר אנגלית. . he's really cool and funny especially when he tries to speak english. and we talk about the army a lot b/c he already finished it and he walks around with a gun on his back. Also I'm now a madrich for this thign called NESTO. NESTO is kinda like NCSY. it's for americans or english speakers who made aliyah with their family but they wish they hadn't. They hate israel, hate hebrew, and hate school, and just wish they were back in america with their old friends and are kids are upset at their families for making aliyah. The kids range from 7th through 12th grade. The kickoff bbq is next week so i havn't met any of the kids yet but i'm exciting. it's volunteer madrich work, and the lady in charge was big in NCSY and now started this. also I'm goign to start going to Shalva once a week to work with special needs kids. Also I plan on going to army in March, I think i'm able to turn my 2.5 yrs into 2 yrs. And there's no contract on this yet, but I think I'm gonna be living in Avi Ganz's house. When i brought up the idea it was just like to mention it, but him and his wife seriously discussed it and are really serious about it. They're moving apartment so they will have an extra bedroom. I have other options but I like this one just b/c as a חייל בודד I think it would be nice to kinda come home to a family type environment, and i really feel i have a good קשר with his entire family even the new baby. I think that's it, if anyone has any questions please feel free to e-mail me, and sorry if i accidentally sent this to some ppl who i may not even know, but you probably enjoyed reading it. Oh yea, also friendwise at Gush is getting a lot better!!! yay!!!! not perfect but better.

with tons of love,

your best friend,

Meir Samberg

P.S. that's what the alphatbet would look like if we took out the letters Q and R

and also Happy birthday אמא

שבת שלום לכלם

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Miriam's Update

Hey All,

I decided to write an update on whats going on in my life to all those whom I love so much but maybe don't get to talk to as much as I'd like.

I came back to Baltimore from a wonderful Yom Tov vacation in Memphis. I had a rocky start mainly because I missed being busy with my family and felt like I was coming back to an empty apartment and only school work. But I took a short weekend trip up to NY this past Shabbos and had a great time.

I took the MegaBus on Thursday evening to Manhattan where I met my friend in Stern and stayed over in her dorm. On Friday we walked around a bit and than took the train to Brooklyn.

I parted with my friend, Barbara and was on my own with luggage and bags to take another train than walk from the train stop to my friend's which was about 15 blocks. Thank G-d, it wasn;t too cold outside, but as I was shlepping along I was thinking "if i were in Memphis, Dallas, or even Baltimore- any frum person who saw me would offer me a ride, but yA RIght that would happen in Brooklyn. Than Low and Behold a car pulled up next to me and a girl about my age asked me where I was going? I right away recognized her from Malka Moskowitz's pictures and said "O Hi Yehudis" and she was like Woah, how do u know my name? I jumped in her car and she knew exactly where my friend Rivka lived. She didn't know who I was, she just felt bad for how shleppy I looked and offered me a ride. Even in Brooklyn people can be friendly!.

I had my very first Shabbos ever in Flatbush at my friend, Rivka's house. We mainly stayed in her house but it was fun to be with her. She's getting married in a few weeks so it was especially nice to spend quality time with her.

On Motzai Shabbos, Malka's Friend, Yehudis(from before) picked me up and we went to STaten Island. I went to sort of help try to set up for Malka's vort in the shul with her friends, but Malka wanted me to get to meet Yitzy(her chassan) so I left the shul and ran some errands with them. it was really nice to spend time with them. They very cute together!

On Sunday Morning I took a bus back to Manhattan and spent some more time wit Barbara than came back on time to get dressed for the Vort. Grandpa was already at the Moskowitz's when I came back so I went with him to the Vort. Grandpa was introducing me to all of Yitzy's relatives etc.. as usual he was very funny to be with. After enjoying seeing some of my friends and cleaning up from the vort, Grandpa kindly drove me to Stern college and sponsored me a cab to catch the Mega Bus that was later that night. Everything worked out with MegaBus and I tried to sleep as much as I could. Im not gonna write all about my adventures when I arrived back to Baltimore, but if you want to know feel free to ask me all about it.

But Baruch Hashem my attitude has really picked up since I got back. Today I started a new job which is to be an assistant at a 4 year old school in someone's house. The teacher, Miriam Lando- converted her basement into a classroom. There are 22 students, and they all very sweet. Its definetly a busy and hectic job. I come in the afternoons after morning classes and than run aftercare so usually will get to be home b y 4 PM. The school is about a 10 minute walk from my apt. so Thank G-d its really working out.

I have lots of Midterms coming up within the next 2 weeks so its busy, and as always GREAT to have Suri nearby!

For Shabbos- Rabbi Heber (a shul Rav and one of my teachers) invited me for Friday night, and probably a friend will stay by my apt. and than we'll go to Suri's for lunch.

K- I hope to hear updates for ya'll as well! Miss you!

Love, Miriam