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Who Am I?Hey, my name is Rina Siegelman. I’m originally from Atlanta, Georgia; I moved to Israel about 3 months ago without my family. (Yes I am a bit lonely and it is very hard without my family and friends. But I’ve made lots of new friends already.) I’m in 10th grade at Neveh Channah and I’m loving it.
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My Family, Friends and HobbiesFirst of all, my family will be making Aliyah next summer. My father and mother are married. My mom has 3 kids; my dad has 6. My dad was married before my mom and had 3 kids. So I have 2 siblings and 3 half-siblings. However, I am close with all of my siblings. I’m the oldest of my mom’s children. My 2 older half –brothers are in Israel with me. The oldest (25) is in the army, and the second (21) will be entering the army soon. My older half-sister (19) is in college in Atlanta. My younger sister (12) and my younger brother (8) are both learning in elementary school in Atlanta. My dad is one of the wrestling coaches (there are 2) for the high-school to which I went last year. His work is tree cutting and massage therapy. (He’s got many other marketable skills as well, but I won’t get into them.) My mom is a retired attorney and now she sells Tupperware. (I REALLY MISS MY FAMLIY!) I miss all of my friends back in Atlanta, and I hope to visit them soon! I’ve made many new friends here in Neveh Channa though. [and I miss my dog :’( ] I love soccer. Its my favorite sport. I love swimming, reading (I prefer outside of school), sports, hanging with friends and listening (and singing) to music.
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Neveh Channah - My SchoolI can’t really tell ya’ll much about Neveh Channah because this is my first year here and I don’t really know a lot about it yet. But for now, I can say that it’s a lot of fun here, and the girls are awesome! I have no regrets about deciding to come here to learn.
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“Life is not the most important thing in life; but those values for which a man is willing to risk or even give up his life.” |
My Plans for the FutureI haven’t decided exactly what I want to do when I finish school. I’ll probably do national service; but, after that, I don’t know what I’ll do. I know I want to do something that I will enjoy though. I don’t want to have a “normal job” (sitting inside all day in an office) because I know I’ll hate that.
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My Email: soccerball88@hotmail.com |
What Do I Want Our Partners to Know?I’ve had a bit of experience with building web pages. We learned a little about it last year in school, but I don’t remember anything. I’ll have to have my memory refreshed.
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“Quotes”
Any quotes to follow that contain the words ‘wealth’,‘strength’,or ‘wisdom’ should be understood in light of the following definition of terms from the ‘Ethics of Our Fathers’
The Wealthy man is he who rejoices in his lot. The Strong man is he who controls his passions. The Wise man is he who learns from all men. Pirke Avot (Ethics of Our Fathers)
Attain Wealth, Strength, and Wisdom. All else is but commentary. Jan Siegelman
Enjoy your time above ground and Blur the line between work and play. Jan Siegelman
The truly great person is he who encourages others to be great. Jan Siegelman
If you wait for fear to dwindle before you act, you will not act. Courage is not a feeling. It is action in the face of fear. Jan Siegelman
Where there is true belief in G-d there is no fear, worry or anger. Jan Siegelman
Sure, an active lifestyle filled with adventure has its risks...but the long-term consequences of comfortable inaction are far greater. Jan Siegelman
We become too easily conditioned to a life of security, wrongly surmising it to bring us peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. Chris McCandless
Focus on the question ‘why are things working’ and keep doing it. Jan Siegelman
Ignorance is voluntary foolishness. Jan Siegelman
If I am not free to make foolish decisions for myself, then I am not free. Don’t do what you like...Like what you do. Jan Siegelman
I get great pleasure from accomplishing what people say cannot be done. Jan Siegelman
Look to the future. Therein lies the opportunity to ‘do better next time.’
Strive for your goal as though you could not fail...and you won’t. Jan Siegelman
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
If you love your work, you will never have to work a day in your life.
You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
Your candle does not burn brighter when you blow out my candle.
If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 33rd U.S. President
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if he or she were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
We take on the strength of that which we overcome.
Life is not the most important thing in life; but those values for which a man is willing to risk or even give up his life.
Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power. Charles A. Beard
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it. Plan more than you can do, then do it. Point your arrow at a star, take your aim, and there you are. Arrange more time than you can spare, then spare it. Take on more than you can bear, then bear it. Plan your castle in the air, then build a ship to take you there.
Learn from the mistakes of others; you can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
What you get by reaching your destination isn't nearly as important as what you become by reaching your destination.
Everything now being done is going to be done differently; it's going to be done better, and if you don't do it, your competitor will.
It is not by doing the things we like, but by liking the things we do that we can discover life’s blessings. Goethe
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
It’s not how high you fly but how quickly you bounce back.
There was never yet a truly great person who was not at the same time truly virtuous." Benjamin Franklin
You haven’t failed until you quit trying. Boy Scouts of America
There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem. Harold Stephens
You know you are maturing when your concern for others begins to out-weigh your concern for yourself. John MacNaughton
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. Arthur Wing Pinero
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength. Corrie Ten Boom
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
He who gives should never remember; He who receives should never forget. Talmud
"A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist." David Ben-Gurion
To create yourself, think of how you want to be remembered. Then work backwards
We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth (1895 - 1948)
Only the person who risks is free.
The full potential of the human race lies in the birth of every child.
A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up.
Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. If fear wins, you lose. Michael Altshuler
If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Victory awaits those who have everything in order. People call this luck. Roald Amundson (polar explorer)
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993) Clergyman
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go. Martha Washington (1732 - 1802) U.S. First Lady
A window of opportunity won't open itself. Dave Weinbaum
I have no particular talent; I am merely extremely inquisitive. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
What isn't tried won't work.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Stephen Leacock
Yesterday is history.. Tomorrow a mystery.. Today is a gift.. That's why it's called the present! Live and savor every moment...this is not a dress rehearsal!
When is there nothing to do? Ayal Levi
Life isn't about staying alive. It's about believing in something that matters while you're alive. -Daniel Gordis
Greatness is determined by service. Martin Luther King, Jr.
An excellent way to develop courage is to place yourself in unfamiliar and frightening situations which require you to learn and grow despite your fears of failure. When you try new things you may be frightened. But afterwards you will feel a surge of self-respect and you will have gained competence and confidence. Tom Rusk
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back again into bondage." The above was penned by Professor Alexander Tytler
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. - G. Gordon Liddy
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P. J. O'Rourke
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. - Douglas Casey (1992)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. - Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. - P. J. O'Rourke
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. - Mark Twain (1866)
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire (1764)
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. - Mark Twain
It is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. - Herbert Spencer (1891)
There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. - Mark Twain
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. - P. J. O'Rourke
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. - Winston Churchill
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. - Edward Langley Perry
There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it. - Margaret Thatcher
"The peak of tolerance is most readily achieved by those who are not burned by convictions" (Perspectives, 1966)
“I believe that forgiving (our enemies) is G-d’s function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting.” Norman Schwartzkof
“How can a relativist exercise tolerance if he doesn't believe in anything to begin with? It's not hard to exhibit toleration towards a point of view if you have no point of view of your own with which that point of view conflicts. William Buckley Jr "
Sometimes with secret pride I sigh To think how tolerant am I; Then wonder which is really mine Tolerance, or a rubber spine?
The acts we engage in for appeasement today we will have to remedy at far greater cost and remorse tomorrow. Winston Churchill
When we think about "religious" behavior, we tend to think about observance of various rituals -- keeping Kosher, Shabbos, praying in the synagogue, etc. But avoiding gossip and hatred, giving charity, visiting the ill and returning lost objects are just as much a part of Judaism.
Must one vote for something that is merely preferable to something else, to prevent a certain party from coming to power, even if the party for whom one votes does not represent one’s own ideas? Yoni Netanyahu
Do not be afraid of death; be afraid of the unlived life.
So, stop waiting... Until your car or home is paid off Until you get a new car or homeUntil your kids leave the house Until you go back to school Until you finish school Until you lose 10 lbs. Until you gain 10 lbs. Until you get married Until you get a divorce Until you have kidsUntil you retire Until summerUntil spring Until winter Until fall Until you die
There is no better time than right now to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And, dance like no one's watching.
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