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I thought so, but good to hear you say it.
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Jillian, I was at a bar mitzvah last Saturday. I was handed a Torah with the bottom half of the page as commentary/explanation, top right in Hebrew and top left in English. That thing weighed a ton. Then I get the service hymnal, again in Hebrew, along with a cheat sheet phonetic English book. My arms are buff.
I was impressed by the ties made to the past and also to future generations of the faithful. I'm Christian, but it was very interesting and thought provoking.
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I have a feeling Jillian probably went through more that day, than most of us.
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Jillian, I was at a bar mitzvah last Saturday. I was handed a Torah with the bottom half of the page as commentary/explanation, top right in Hebrew and top left in English. That thing weighed a ton. Then I get the service hymnal, again in Hebrew, along with a cheat sheet phonetic English book. My arms are buff.
I was impressed by the ties made to the past and also to future generations of the faithful. I'm Christian, but it was very interesting and thought provoking.
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that is, indeed, a jump off topic. lol..
the one thing jews try to do is acknowledge every day is that the past is relevant to the present.
I think there are things to learn from every belief and I'm glad you appreciated the experience. We're getting ready for my son's bar mitzvah now and it's an endeavor, for sure.
one of the reasons i find literal reading of any religious book so strange is that we constantly argue over the meaning of the law. there's an old story about how a group of rabbis were arguing over the meaning of a word in the talmud. And G-d came down to join them and said 'what that means is..."... upon which the rabbis cut him off and said, no... you gave the law to us so we have to decide what it means. lol..
ornery bunch we are. lol..
I know it's just after 8:45, but I misunderstood your point so indulge me here, CW.
The answer is NO. We don't need to wallow in the images of these things to remember. For some people maybe it helps them in some way, and that's fine. But I personally still can't watch them. There's no need, some things you just never forget.
I may not have been clear. Sorry. I didn't want to vent in the thread where people are talking about what they remember. And Willow's thread seemed a good place.
But really, I think respect is appropriate. Re-living it isn't. It's unhealthy.
I know it's just after 8:45, but I misunderstood your point so indulge me here, CW.
The answer is NO. We don't need to wallow in the images of these things to remember. For some people maybe it helps them in some way, and that's fine. But I personally still can't watch them. There's no need, some things you just never forget.
I may not have been clear. Sorry. I didn't want to vent in the thread where people are talking about what they remember. And Willow's thread seemed a good place.
But really, I think respect is appropriate. Re-living it isn't. It's unhealthy.
Kind of like the constant retelling of the stories about slavery and Jim Crow and how awful black people have it in this terrible country......... right jilli?
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Jillian, I was at a bar mitzvah last Saturday. I was handed a Torah with the bottom half of the page as commentary/explanation, top right in Hebrew and top left in English. That thing weighed a ton. Then I get the service hymnal, again in Hebrew, along with a cheat sheet phonetic English book. My arms are buff.
I was impressed by the ties made to the past and also to future generations of the faithful. I'm Christian, but it was very interesting and thought provoking.
*leaves you off topic*
that is, indeed, a jump off topic. lol..
the one thing jews try to do is acknowledge every day is that the past is relevant to the present.
I think there are things to learn from every belief and I'm glad you appreciated the experience. We're getting ready for my son's bar mitzvah now and it's an endeavor, for sure.
one of the reasons i find literal reading of any religious book so strange is that we constantly argue over the meaning of the law. there's an old story about how a group of rabbis were arguing over the meaning of a word in the talmud. And G-d came down to join them and said 'what that means is..."... upon which the rabbis cut him off and said, no... you gave the law to us so we have to decide what it means. lol..
ornery bunch we are. lol..
I heard several references to opportunities for the new adults to visit Israel. The faith is tied to the land as well it seems. Little wonder the Jews fight so hard to maintain a foothold in the region. Also, that is where the ancestors were.
It was the son of my college roommate who had the bar mitzvah. It obviously takes time to learn a different language and to use the proper metre and musical pitch. Three years I think was mentioned? My friend knows I'm religous and would appreciate the experience and support his family in their beliefs.
I understand why you did G-d by the way. One of my other very good friends informed me of that years ago.
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Maybe it would be easier on everyone if you just shut the board down for 20 minutes.
This of course will not be enforced, but you can expect PI levels of neg rep from if you post during those times. Fair warning. Crimson White
Maybe it would be easier on everyone if you just shut the board down for 20 minutes.
It is stupid to threat people with negative repping over such a thing.
This of course will not be enforced, but you can expect PI levels of neg rep from if you post during those times. Fair warning. Crimson White
Maybe it would be easier on everyone if you just shut the board down for 20 minutes.
It is stupid to threat people with negative repping over such a thing.
To the best of my knowledge no one was neg repped. At least not for the stated reason. Want me to threaten you with smilies?
It is stupid to threat people with negative repping over such a thing.
To the best of my knowledge no one was neg repped. At least not for the stated reason. Want me to threaten you with smilies?
Whether people were actually neg repped for such is not the point. Making such a threat in the first place is the point.
Not everyone grieves or reflects in the same manner. And in my opinion, it is childish and arrogant of a moderator to try and make people feel guilty or go silent, if they don't act in the same manner he thinks they should. It is authoritarian talk.
It is stupid to threat people with negative repping over such a thing.
To the best of my knowledge no one was neg repped. At least not for the stated reason. Want me to threaten you with smilies?
Whether people were actually neg repped for such is not the point. Making such a threat in the first place is the point.
Not everyone grieves or reflects in the same manner. And in my opinion, it is childish and arrogant of a moderator to try and make people feel guilty or go silent, if they don't act in the same manner he thinks they should. It is authoritarian talk.
Actually, I think wallowing lets them win. In Israel, when something gets blown up, its cleaned up and re-built. you'd never even know they noticed. and they've had losses proportionate to their population that 9/11 was to ours.
This of course will not be enforced, but you can expect PI levels of neg rep from if you post during those times. Fair warning. Crimson White
Maybe it would be easier on everyone if you just shut the board down for 20 minutes.
I agree. The threads should be locked for that time...but the board should stay open for viewing and PMs etc.
This of course will not be enforced, but you can expect PI levels of neg rep from if you post during those times. Fair warning. Crimson White
Maybe it would be easier on everyone if you just shut the board down for 20 minutes.
I agree. The threads should be locked for that time...but the board should stay open for viewing and PMs etc.
If you had locked the threads it would have been meaningless. Instead of us all choosing to commemorate the event by exercising a 20 Min Silence. You would have turned it into nothing but a server shut down, with everyone supposedly being silent in in reality they could not say anything if they wanted to.
IMO anyways.
I really don't understand why we wallow in victimhood on 9.11. there's remembering and there's being professional victims.
I have to say, i feel like the best way to give the finger to the people who orchestrated that type of destruction is to rebuild and go on. But it's been nine years and it's still a hole in the ground....
Terrorists and terrorist sympathizers must get a rush every time we do this.
.I really don't understand why we wallow in victimhood on 9.11. there's remembering and there's being professional victims.
I have to say, i feel like the best way to give the finger to the people who orchestrated that type of destruction is to rebuild and go on. But it's been nine years and it's still a hole in the ground....
Terrorists and terrorist sympathizers must get a rush every time we do this.
I agree. I think all of these continued tributes every year make us look weak. It's been nine year. People need to get over it already and move on.
It is stupid to threat people with negative repping over such a thing.
To the best of my knowledge no one was neg repped. At least not for the stated reason. Want me to threaten you with smilies?
Whether people were actually neg repped for such is not the point. Making such a threat in the first place is the point.
Not everyone grieves or reflects in the same manner. And in my opinion, it is childish and arrogant of a moderator to try and make people feel guilty or go silent, if they don't act in the same manner he thinks they should. It is authoritarian talk.