'Shock' would not come close to describing how I felt the first person I saw reading my BBM msg on Shabbos. I didn't believe it until the 3rd shabbos it happened.
While the power of prayer is strong, actual steps need to be taken to establish strong emunah in our youth. I don't remember seeing much focus on that im my days in school, and i have a feeling not much has changed
I wonder if that's what it Is. Emunah. That keeps most kids from not texting. I'm not sure thats it exactly. Though obviously if you have emunah you won't hopefully be texting on shabbos.
Do such communities still exist??
That guy must either be dumb or simply does not care for you to know his little secret
That guy must either be dumb or simply does not care for trustedyou to know his little secret
95% of the people I know who text on shabbos told me themselves. One actually was trying to stop.
Maybe we should make a poll of how many adults you know who text on shabbos, me personally, i don't know anyone.
Since this thread started, I've davened shacharis and mincha, let me tell you i davened much harder than normal, that my children's emunah should be strong. What started as a petty argument, is actualy turning into something constructive.
You might know someone, but you don't know that he does.
You have to be a dugma chaya aka a living example of what yidishkeit is. That is every parents biggest responsibility when it comes to all this IMO. When a child sees a parent that loves their religion and openly discusses/shares it with them amazing things will happen, if not... Im glad this is being discusses your correct a lot of good could come from this thread.
