Showing posts with label 9 days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9 days. Show all posts

Sunday, August 10, 2008

The 9 Days

This past Wednesday I had a first.




It was the first time I attended a siyum during the nine days and got to eat meat!

It wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be.

The siyum though was for my downstairs neighbors son. He had just completed Shas mishnayos - for the second time. Oh yeah, and he hasn't even started yeshivah ketana (or high school) yet.

When his father spoke, he mentioned how all he did was just set a goal for himself, and then hit it. Even though we are just off of the 9 days, and we're supposed to be working on our sinas chinam, and how jealousy is one of the root causes of that. I can say that I am jealous of him, and how he was able to stick with his goal, and finally acheive it.

I believe this kind of jealousy is ok.