mikvah party for friend

Posts : 42 Join date : 2012-05-01

so my friend went to the mikvah yesterday and i am so excited.. I will be hosting her a shabbat dinner/ party at my house today with some of her friends members of my schul both my rabbis will be there this makes me excited about my own date because i think i am next which wont be till march but still !

Posts : 277 Join date : 2011-09-23 Location : Tennessee

Awesome!!! Tell her congrats!

I'm hoping to take the plunge maybe by February or March. Our classes finish up in December, and I'm not really sure of our timeline after that.

Posts : 152 Join date : 2011-12-01 Location : New York

Congratulations to your friend!

I hope both of you have yours soon!

But of course, it's worth the wait!

Subject: Re: mikvah party for friend Sun Dec 02, 2012 1:55 pm

Congratulations! What a big day!

How do you feel now? I can only imagine! Anyway, I hope I'll find out how it is; I've made some progress towards my future conversion (well, it looks like it's going to be a little bit complicated because I can't do it here in my country, but I'm slowly finding a way - I'll write about it on the separate topic soon), so I am myself more and more excited and happy when I read all the great news here.

How was the party?

Posts : 42 Join date : 2012-05-01

i didnt go to the mikvah i threw the party :-) the party was great both of my rabbis were there. everyone loved the food and some folks suggested i go into catering. my friend had an amazing time my date will be in march some time. how are your studies going?

Subject: Re: mikvah party for friend Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:12 pm

Yes, I understood it was for your friend who went to the mikvah! But I can imagine how it feels to be "the next". Seems like a very exciting position.

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Well, well, I try to coordinate my Judaism/conversion studies and my PhD studies (I'm in the midst of writing my PhD thesis so it requires complete concentration on that work), so the dynamics in my life get so beautifully tensed. I'm reading all the time and I'm reading a lot. Sometimes I get the feeling I'm in the "fast forward" mode.

Anyway, I'll write about everything more on some separate topic (I'll try to find my introductory topic and to update it with a new post), but it looks like I'm going to work with a Reform rabbi from USA. Long distance, ha? It really is, but I hope it'll work. There were some very wonderful and lucky circumstances in my life lately, so I have the feeling like (almost) everything is just getting in the right place for me now. Well, I'm really happy. :)

Posts : 42 Join date : 2012-05-01

thats wonderful i get the school part thankfully i am just working on my masters but my school has been lacking cause i am more worried about mym studies granted i am still at my same school which makes it harder it feels great i talked ith my other rabbi about some fears i had which felt good

Subject: Re: mikvah party for friend Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:36 pm

Just be patient and try to sort out your priorities (which can be so hard - I want this and I want that, I must finish this and I want to finish that instead, and I just want everything done at the same time and that is not quite possible - you understand it well, I suppose!). You'll manage everything and you'll eventually finish both your studies and your conversion if you want it (and if you work on it). That's what I tell myself all the time. :)

Posts : 42 Join date : 2012-05-01

thanks yea i am not too worried i have already sorted out my priorities i am content with just passing school. i work a full time job supervising a shelter for homeless youth so i spent a lot of time prioitizing my life before accepting the job and school is not the top for me its just how it is i am not behing curently with anything i am just letting this journey be and things will work out

Subject: Re: mikvah party for friend Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:43 pm

Of course it will! Enjoy your journey! sunny

Posts : 678 Join date : 2011-09-05 Age : 41

Sarit wrote:: Anyway, I'll write about everything more on some separate topic (I'll try to find my introductory topic and to update it with a new post), but it looks like I'm going to work with a Reform rabbi from USA. Long distance, ha?

Wow, that is quite long distance! Very Happy

Posts : 678 Join date : 2011-09-05 Age : 41

mrenziboi wrote:: thanks yea i am not too worried i have already sorted out my priorities i am content with just passing school. i work a full time job supervising a shelter for homeless youth so i spent a lot of time prioitizing my life before accepting the job and school is not the top for me its just how it is i am not behing curently with anything i am just letting this journey be and things will work out

What are you studying?

Posts : 42 Join date : 2012-05-01

well i started seminary few years back and just have a few years left so instead of getting an mdiv i am workign on a masters of arts in theology. this semester i took world religions with a jewish professor and in fact did my final class presentation and project on simchat torah and then i am doing an independentn study on heschel

Posts : 678 Join date : 2011-09-05 Age : 41

mrenziboi wrote:: well i started seminary few years back and just have a few years left so instead of getting an mdiv i am workign on a masters of arts in theology. this semester i took world religions with a jewish professor and in fact did my final class presentation and project on simchat torah and then i am doing an independentn study on heschel

Ah, so you can keep going even though you are converting. That's interesting. Works out really good for you! It would be a bummer to have to quit and leave a degree unfinished.

Posts : 42 Join date : 2012-05-01

yes well there is another jewish person there and there are other uu students and some budhist students but the main focus is christian but it works thankfully

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