Sunday, November 04, 2007

Natural Learning

"ומעשה באדם אחד שבא לפני רבי מנדל וביקש שיברכהו בבנים העוסקים בתורה.
אמר לו רבי מנדל: 'עסוק אתה בתורה וממך ילמדו בניך. אם אתה לא תעסוק בתורה אלא תבקש על בניך שיעסקו הם בתורה – אף הם לא יעסקו אלא יבקשו על בניהם שיעסקו בה
מתוך "אור הגנוז" אוסף סיפורים חסידיים שליקט מרטין בובר

In "Tales of the Hassidim" a collection by Martin Buber he tells a story of a man that goes to his rabbi and asks him to bless him with sons that study the Torah. Rabbi Mendel then tells him "You should study the Torah yourself, and from your example your sons will learn. If you do not study, rather wish for them to study - they will not study the Torah either, rather wish for their sons to study it."

Our Family

We are four.

Yuval is working as a CTO in a small hitech company. He tries to spend a lot of his time at home, but he also travles a lot. He is an avid cyclist, a loving father and a wonderful husband. He also does the dishes, cleans the kitchen and generally quite handy. :)








Nitsan is a permanently retired Software Engineer and PMO, mindfully looking at the world and western society, constantly conscious and conscientious, loves babies, children and free people in all shape and form, loves knitting, loves eating, loves resting, loves nesting. She loves being a mother, and feels very natural and relaxed about it. She's happy that she could finally tap into a great wisdom that was dormant inside her, that is being expressed through her.




She is dreaming of a natural indoor pool, an organic vegetable garden, and a naturally stimulating back yard that her friends and family will share. That's what she dreams about when she's not dreaming about her village. Or about humanity finally pulling the brakes on this craziness, or about a world where people are free...




but most of all she loves her little Nohar.
Nohar loves Geroge, the dog. They both love running in the back yard. She is an amazing swimmer (this is mom talking, I don't think she realises that) and spends a few hours in the pool every week since she was three months old. The next one will go since day one.
She is in some kind of a hurry. Talking at 17 months, sitting on the potty since forever, running, and plenty plenty more. But we do not make an issue of it, nor do we encourage or discourage it. It's her pace. That's her. And whatever her pace is, she's wonderful.
(The fact that I even think about it is just a proof that I still need to be deschooled)

George is probably the laziest, calmest most beautiful dog ever. He's a white Golden Retriever. Admittedly, he's pure bred, but we really saved him from a terrible life! We're his third family, which is not something you'd believe if you met him. He's not a dog you just give away.