A look at Chanukah's historic origins from Mis-nagid (by way of DovBear)
In a December 12, 2004 post, DovBear at http://dovbear.blogspot.com/ provided a hyperlink to a fascinating explanation of Chanukah, "Frum Fantasy or How a Legend Spawned an Industry," posted by Mis-nagid at http://mis-nagid.blogspot.com/ . Sorry I didn't think to post this earlier.
While you're visiting DovBear, check out another of his December 12 posts, "HATS FOR WHO?" with a hyperlink to Rav Aharon Abadi on hats and jackets: "This whole uniform thing is a huge sin" . That DovBear just loves posting hyperlinks to stuff that many folks don't want to talk about.
Enjoy your last latkes and/or scarf up those sufganiyot.
While you're visiting DovBear, check out another of his December 12 posts, "HATS FOR WHO?" with a hyperlink to Rav Aharon Abadi on hats and jackets: "This whole uniform thing is a huge sin" . That DovBear just loves posting hyperlinks to stuff that many folks don't want to talk about.
Enjoy your last latkes and/or scarf up those sufganiyot.
posted by Shira Salamone at 11:43 PM
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Hey! That sounds just like me. Can I put that quote on my sidebar?
:)
Nice to see you here.
Which quote did you have in mind?
If you're referring to the quote from my profile, I'm not sure the tallit-wearing-woman part quite suits you, but as to the problem of not really fitting in either a left-wing egalitarian or a right-wing traditional Conservative synagogue, the shul-doesn't-fit problem seems to be a regular epidemic. Check out Adam Ragil at http://baynonim.blogspot.com, still trying to choose between his friendly local Modern Orthodox synagogue and his friendly local shteeble; Golda Leah at http://westernjew.blogspot.com/, a somewhat more traditional type stuck in a nearly-one-shul town in which the one shul is getting to be too non-traditional for her comfort level; Naomi Chana of http://www.baraita.net/blog/, debating whether she's really comfortable anymore at Reform Temple Boondoggle or whether she should really spend more time at Conservative Congregation Beth Boondoggle, even though she considers herself Reform . . . well, you get the picture. I think there are a more than a few of us "perpetual misfits" in the Jewish blogosphere. Welcome to the club.
"That DovBear just loves posting hyperlinks to stuff that many folks don't walk to talk about."
May I?
Be my guest.
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