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de·pend·ence <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/audio.html/lunaWAV/D01/D0188400" target="_blank"><img src="http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/g/d/speaker.gif" border="0" alt="dependance pronunciation" /></a>   / dɪˈpɛn dəns / Show Spelled [ dih- pen -d uh ns ]     noun 1. the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.     2. reliance; confidence; trust: Her complete reliability earned her our dependence. 3. an object   of reliance or trust. 4. the state of being conditional or contingent on something, as through a natural or logical sequence: the dependence of an effect upon a cause.   5. the state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent   on a drug after a prolonged period of use. We all have people i...

Elul is such a scary time. Every year it creeps up on me. I have no idea how its Elul already. I have no idea where the time went. During Elul, I start being hyper critical of myself. How could I not be learning? How could  I miss davening? its ELUL! but it happens. We are still human during this month. We do not magically transform into super-people on Rosh Chodesh as much as we would like to. I'm in college again. I'm sitting in a room full of people I would not necessarily pick to be my friends hour after hour, day after day. The influences are not the greatest. But I cannot help it. I cannot force them to use cleaner language. I cannot force them not to make dirty jokes. I cannot change any of those things. When I was in college at home, it didn't seem to be such a problem. Maybe I didn't spend as much time with the people in my classes. Maybe people in the south are just more polite. I don't know. All I know is that I have all these 4 letter words r...