A tallit-and-tefillin-wearing woman in a traditional Conservative synagogue?! An unorthodox—and non-orthodox—perspective on Jews and Judaism from a perpetual misfit. This blog, welcoming the entire Jewish community, is dedicated to those who take Judaism seriously, but not necessarily literally.
posted by Shira Salamone at 1:18 PM
Once upon a time, I belonged to a left-wing egalitarian Conservative synagogue, where I was one of a number of women who wore a tallit—and one of the few members who used an Orthodox prayer book (adding the Mothers, of course). Having moved since then, I now belong to a right-wing traditional Conservative synagogue, where I’m almost always the only woman wearing a tallit—and one of the few members who adds the Mothers. I seem destined to be forever . . . on the fringe.
3 Comments:
I think that tachanun on Monday/Thursday has something to do with those days being either days of judgement or auspicious days of divine favor or something.
I can't recall the source, but I believe it is mentioned in the notes to tachanun in the ArtScroll siddur.
Torah reading is on those days because those were market days.
"I think that tachanun on Monday/Thursday has something to do with those days being either days of judgement or auspicious days of divine favor . . . ." That sounds like "magical thinking" to me. I'm not a great fan of magical thinking.
In my experience, everyone speeds through the M/Thurs Tachanun so quickly that no one could possibly get through it all - so as a practical matter no real difference.
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