Beautiful visit with the wife today,

Big shoot out to all my Jewish brothers out there especially Jewgottie ..... much love

 

The Mensch

War Stories....

So I have this friend in this prison whom is an old war hero in his own right band, between his real combat war stories and my chain gang battle stories, we have some real crazy shit we talk about...
he's funny in his own way and I have a lot of respect for this man he's been in prison since the late 70's and before that served several tours in Vietnam; he's now old and a mere shadow of who he used to be but, oddly enough every conversation I have with him brings me hope... hope for a future that still might breed men like this man.... he for his part; laughs at my jokes and listens to my hardships...
I find myself confiding in him things no one knows about me... horrible things that I'm neither proud or glorify... but in his eye's as I speak to him, I find understanding, an understanding that can only come thru seeing and doing thing that I have done... I ask him " Do the nightmares ever stop? "No". he replays with a slight smerk on his face, "but you will get old enough in your mind to where there only whispers and shadows". he's shown me an amount of compassion that I thought no longer existed; and I, in turn use that compassion towards others I care about.... it's funny how things work; two men talking about a bad past; birth a huge light of hope... in to the future I hope.
To every Vet. out there I say let this story be your light towards a new brighter day!

The Mensch

The Jewish Faith

The Jewish Faith does not believe in Hell, and therefore no Jew.. with the exception of a Jew going through Hell. It seems anti semitisom it is everywhere, in Yiddish they call me The Mensch which means a real person; however some people how chosen to call me The Rabbi, which means teacher. Consider yourself taught a lesson today. A child's words are just that; words. Truth will  always come to light. Regardless what anyone thinks or feels.
Baruch Hashem

The Mensch

Isreal And The Art of Dealing with the Enemy

You ever wonder why Isreal deals so harshly with terrorist? More importantly; ever wonder why the U.S doesn't use the same approach when dealing with terrorist? Who cares about profiling if it saves life's and prevents an act like Paris from happening... So why don't we act accordingly? After all, is it really profiling if, in fact these are the exact kind of individuals who commits these acts of horror? Where is the honesty in politics that we are supposed to have? Isreal has been dealing with these issues for years, yet there " soft area" are not under attack; why?! The answer is simple; there approach is:
Hit / We Smash!!!!
It's not pretty but it's not supposed to be when a Nations Security is at risk and that; is the bigger picture here that the average person in the U.S. or Canada doesn't seem to grasp.....


We are coming up on an Election for a new President and while at times Donald Trump comes off half cocked he's telling it like it is.... in the early 90's he was asked if he would ever run for President and said "NO", " The only way I'd run for President is if this country was so fucked up it needed to be fix". Low and be hold, here we are 2015 and, he's running and making it known exactly what he wants to do for this country... Americans need to truly wake up and listen to this man...
Because ain't no Politition   going to fix this...

We need some one with NUTS!!! and he's our best chance at being what we once where.

Trump when asked what he'd do about Terrorist didn't pull any punches he said:
" I'd bomb the shit out of them".
What stiff ass Politition is going to shoot straight talk like that? It dam sure ain't going to be a Democrat! Hilary would sell her own mothers grave several time over if she could make a quick buck off of it.

We all need to wake up and realize what it takes for us to do to become great again is put a real person in office... A true Commander and Chief!!!
My people VOTE for TRUMP because they are real Patriots that love and care about this Country, the same can be said of each and every Israili in the I.D.F..

The  Mensch

Bunk Available To Clean Convict With Personality And Common Sence

Well Shit!!! Ever had a real shitty day? And you know it's just going to somehow get worse? Yea! Well of course being locked up sucks but, at the end of the day you adapt, survive..... Manage; one thing in prison that's hard to find is: a good Bunkie: having someone you get along with is Key to doing time, someone you can "vibe" with o, that's just a respectful individual..... Manners go a long way.....

Especially with me; So after having a good Bunkie for almost 2 yrs, he moves out to a program dorm... hey! Self betterment! I'm all for that but; where's that leave me???
Let me tell you where it leaves me! Right smack in the middle of zombie land!! Let me explain; We have a place in prison for people who break the rules it's called confinement A.K.A " The Box". And so what happen to them knuckle heads when there times up in "The Box"  Well... they are let back out to the population into the first available buck that's open ( mine at the moment), a little some dirty, disrespectful punk in the bunk above me... can you say Joy!!!
Let me tell you something; there are good people in this world and some bad but, there's also a group of people who are always trying to strive to do to be a better person: now tell me this-----

How in the hell can you do that when, you have a 20 something year old punk sleeping in the bunk above you whom hasn't showered in 4 days, could give 2 shits what you say and is just starting out a 20 or 30 yr bid?
These kids now a days scare me... as bad a I was as a kid; I had a conscious and, I grew up! Not so with these kids....they have totally and utterly been desensitized to everything; again, I ask what do you do? Lay down? Let them walk all over you? What I think is: they need the ass whipping they should have gotten at home but didn't; I'm in my 40's now, who's got time for that crap? So..... you all pray for me! Pray that I get a good Bunkie and not  a zombie so that I can keep my sanity and leave these chain linked fence's in 2018 a some what normal human being.


The Mensch

I am my Beloveds and my beloved is mine

 

Marriage is a binding contract between a man and a woman in which both parties pledge to: Love; Honor; and Cherish, as well as tend to the needs of one another to the best of there ability's for the rest of there lives... Sadly most marriage don't last now a days and, that's a fact.

That said, I've known my wife for well over 20 year's and, have been married to her since Feb. of this year and, while we don't have a perfect marriage; we have a good marriage, one that works.
My wife and I communicate with each other and have a tremendous amount of respect for one another; that "more" must be put into a marriage in order for it to work; Love, Honor, Cherishment, these things are indeed a good starting point but; Not in anyway a last solid structure; Trust, Communication, Commitment, and an Unrestrained amount of understanding Must be a part of the structure; as well as a centered belief in God; one in which my family has.

 My Situation is unique in as, I am Incarcerated at present and therefore lack the " physical" ability to be there for my wife and kids in person, However I don't allow that to hinder me from putting a smile on my wife and kids face as, they do the same for me week in and week out. Through visits, cards, and letters; I put fourth my best foot and they in turn put there's as well... We always work as a team, a unit, they love me unconditionally and; I love them back unconditionally. A stable relationship, that's what my wife and I have..... and something we both lacked in, before each other.
Life dictates change; this is a fact I know to be true however; it doesn't have to mean bad change, it can mean good change, Positive change.
I am happy, I have an awesome wife beautiful kids and a life in front of me that's yet to come; I chosen long ago not to allow my incarceration to define who and what I am.... in a lot of ways, since marrying my wife I've already become more of a free man than I've ever been.... She encourages me and, I her, we push each other to strive to do better, become a better person and so I have a lot to be thankful for... to be loved and to give it is a feeling that's truly beyond me to describe in mere words. I would encourage anyone that loves someone truly and utterly as I do my own wife; to Voice that as much and as often as possible to that person; Companionship is a special thing and the value of that is priceless; take a few moments out of your and tell them what they MEAN to You.

The Mensch

Rabbi's Art

Rabbi's Art