|
4. IF YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE SLIPPED UP IN THE COURSE OF YOUR TWO HOURS, YOU SHOULD CORRECT IT BY GIVING "A K'NAS" (.25c Etc..) AN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TZEDAKA- AND BY TAKING AN ADDITIONAL TWO HOURS THAT DAY OR THE NEXT, TO COMPENSATE FOR YOUR SLIP. 5. YOU MAY FIND, AT TIMES, THAT THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF YOUR MISHMERES COMES AND GOES WITHOUT YOUR HAVING NOTICED IT. HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO HELP YOU DELINEATE YOUR TWO HOURS: A. HAVING A CHAIN TELEPHONE CALL SYSTEM: THE PERSON WITH THE MISHMERES BEFORE YOU GIVES A CALL TO YOU WHEN HIS/HER SHIFT IS OVER - AND YOU DO THE SAME FAVOR FOR THE ONE WHO FOLLOWS YOU. B. MANY FIND IT HELPFUL TO SET AN ALARM CLOCK TO GO OFF EACH DAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR MISHMERES. C. IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OLD ENOUGH TO TELL TIME- GET THEM INVOLVED! THEY 'LL BE HAPPY TO REMIND YOU! D. A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO FRAME YOUR 2 HOURS IS TO START THEM OFF BY SAYING THE CHOFETZ CHAIM'S TEFILLA AL HADIBUR V' HASHMIAH, AND TO CLOSE THEM WITH A PEREK TEHILLIM FOR THE ONE IN WHOSE Z'CHUS YOU ARE BEING SHOMERIM.
Home Page/Click Here
|
|