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Comment on 1, 0, ∞ by Beyond The Near » Blog Archive » The Meaning of 1 (1, 0, ∞, cont.)

Beyond The Near » Blog Archive » The Meaning of 1 (1, 0, ∞, cont.) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:59:22 +0000

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Comment on Whose Internet Is It, Anyway? by Cousin Sarah

Cousin Sarah — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:37:07 +0000

And then the boss and coworkers friend you… now that’s awkward.

Comment on Responsibility by Jeremiah Hill

Jeremiah Hill — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:50:10 +0000

Gella, a question: what has kept you in the CJ movement?

Comment on A Thought On My Fringes by Azadi

Azadi — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:38:55 +0000

Hey Chelsea!

I currently have three. One a good friend made for me out of a women’s tank top. One is a small Neatzit, and one is just a standard one that you can find in any Judaica store.

Comment on A Thought On My Fringes by Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:27:17 +0000

I enjoyed this very much thank you. Where did you get your katan??

Comment on The Davenning Experience by Azadi

Azadi — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:48:50 +0000

Excellent questions Jeremiah, and I think that they probably merit their own post(s). Bli neder, I’ll try to get to it tomorrow.

Comment on The Davenning Experience by Jeremiah Hill

Jeremiah Hill — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:37:16 +0000

Really interesting (and related, tangentially, to some of the things that pushed me away from shul attendance many years ago). A few questions (not, I hope, obnoxious or impertinent):

1. When you say that getting the content takes work, what work, exactly, are you thinking of?

2. What, in your view, does it mean to daven? Is that different from what it means to pray? (A rabbi of mine once drew that distinction.)

3. How would you teach people about (2)?

4. What *is* davening about?

Comment on A Joyful Yom Kippur by Beyond The Near » Blog Archive » The Davenning Experience

Beyond The Near » Blog Archive » The Davenning Experience — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:22:50 +0000

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Comment on Thoughts on Chanukkah by jay

jay — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:57:15 +0000

I had forgotten that you were posting from time to time and just read this. Very enlightening (pun intended?)and not surprisingly analytical. While on the subject of holidays not named Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Pesach, what’s your take on Purim? reading the megillah this year, something “new” struck me. That is, how peculiarly un-Jewish the story is. Notably, in the aftermath of Haman’s none-too-soon exit and the killing of his ten sons, we then went on a killing spree across the region and the megillah logs over 20,000 deaths. Curious indeed, as the story would have us think that after Haman and his progeny bit the dust we, as a people, were relatively safe from the oppression and punishment sought to be inflicted upon us.
What do you think it all means?

BTW, Yasher Koach on the JTS thing. Hope to see you this summer.

Comment on Thoughts on Chanukkah by Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:47:53 +0000

Very nicely put. It’s so nice when a kid actually GETS what the parents are trying to instill.