my friend sent his kid to chabad day camp

the boy now wears a kippah and asked for tzitzit. :) Go figure. ((little observant boys))

I'm not a city girl, not by a long shot.

I was on the subway, the other week. I was sitting, and I realized my eyes were at crotch level. I guess I've become a bit of a prude. Boy, I wished I had a newspaper! I closed my eyes, after a while. He was wearing a nice suit; he was in real estate; it was all sort of amusing, but definitely not very tzniusdik. Not for me.

I have more respect

for someone who has one mitzvah that means something to them that they keep
than I do for someone who rocks it orthoprax but feels nothing inside
but what do I know?

I do know that what I respect (or not) doesn't matter to anyone but me. And I know I'm not in this world to run around passing judgment on others for how or what they believe (or don't).

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I am distancing myself from one at my education's expense
that totally sucks
but I can understand folks being put off by that much time spent together