| capitol hill. 14 days ago by timd i've lived on cap hill for a couple of years now, first on eleventh and penn, in a hovel for art students with inordinately high ceilings and a stove that never worked, and now, in a giant bare apartment on fourteenth and penn with plumbing problems and a big black dog that came packaged with a beau ... news - 2509news.blogspot.com | | New Digs 39 days ago by jerusalemgaloot I just moved into my new apartment on Rechov Tarfon. Rabbi Tarfon is credited with two of my favorite mottos in Avot: “The day is short, the task is great and the workers are lazy, but the wages are high and the master of the house is insistent,” and “The task is not yours to complete, but neither a ... Galoot Yerushalmi - jerusalemgaloot.wordpress.com | | Gratitude 47 days ago by jerusalemgaloot I feel like almost every day since I’ve gotten here I have a moment when I am overcome with joy that I am actually here, spending a year studying Torah and Talmud in Jerusalem. Two years ago, it would have been hard for me to imagine coming and doing this at all. A year ago, I’d barely heard of Pard ... Galoot Yerushalmi - jerusalemgaloot.wordpress.com | | Arrival 51 days ago by jerusalemgaloot I’m hoping that in the coming months, this blog will be filled with fascinating tales and photos from my adventures here in Israel. So far, though, in the 17 days since I arrived, cranky and exhausted, at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and climbed into a crowded sherut to Jerusalem, I’ve managed to ... Galoot Yerushalmi - jerusalemgaloot.wordpress.com | |