Its all in a Name

     I have a friend who is no longer frum and does not like being called by his Hebrew name any more. Its kind of funny how upset he gets because his Hebrew name is not so different than his English one. Finally the truth came out. It was not so much that he did not like his Hebrew name anymore its just that it reminded him of his former life. His Hebrew name represents his old life that he does not want to be reminded of by using  his Hebrew name. Interesting. 

Counting from 0 to 100 years in Hebrew. It all goes so quickly!

     Watching this is  quite an event . One hundred people count from zero to one hundred . The number each person  says corresponds to his or her age. At first it is  fun to watch,  but as the numbers increase I felt a little tense. Would the people seem more depressing as they aged? I think that I felt more tense watching the people who were counting become older people counting. They however were not depressed. I find this video quite beautiful as it is beautiful to hear people counting in Hebrew. It would be nice if they would have been able to have had enough people to count to one hundred and twenty. Perhaps someday soon.  In any event the man who uttered one hundred makes 100 an age to look forward to .