tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post4575282607174522035..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Rain, rain, can't you delay?!ProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-74125437585988427872010-09-13T09:38:24.076-04:002010-09-13T09:38:24.076-04:00Mark,
You're quite right--the weather in NY y...Mark,<br /><br />You're quite right--the weather in NY yesterday was fairly cool, although the rain caused the humidity to be a bit higher than we would have liked. Not so sure we would have put up a sukkah had we been in LV already with its "balmy" 100+ degree weather.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-19490943100172912102010-09-13T09:03:38.119-04:002010-09-13T09:03:38.119-04:00ProfK,
Maybe it's just the difference in clima...ProfK,<br />Maybe it's just the difference in climate. Here in the southern part of the country, as soon as you go outside to begin any maintenance or household chore endeavor, you sweat. And you continue sweating until after you are done and have re-entered your air-conditioned home and cooled off. And 99.9% of the time, the first thing you do upon re-entering your home is to take a nice cool drink to help replenish the lost fluids while working outdoors.<br /><br />Regional differences, can't underestimate them :-)Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-47612974084182615962010-09-13T08:16:39.608-04:002010-09-13T08:16:39.608-04:00Mark,
We may be the anomalies, but I don't thi...Mark,<br />We may be the anomalies, but I don't think we are. The day after a major taanis like Yom Kippur is when I first feel the full affects of having fasted for 25 hours. I'm sluggish and need a push to get back into the swing of things. After a taanis like Tzom Gedaliah, when a lot of regular activities are possible, I have no after affects. On Yom Kippur I lose my energy rather quickly because there is no moving around and the concentration is on the davening and yes, on the fast itself. On Tzom Gedaliah there is still enough energy present to do something like put up the sukkah--the day after Yom Kippur doesn't have the same energy level for us.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-27721492289667723232010-09-12T23:24:37.226-04:002010-09-12T23:24:37.226-04:00ProfK - A lot of people had plans to put up their ...ProfK - <i>A lot of people had plans to put up their sukkahs today rather than wait to do it next Sunday, figuring it was easier to do it now than right after a taanis.</i><br /><br />I am very confused by this statement. Are you saying it's easier to put the sukkah up <b>ON</b> a taanis than after a taanis? Or are you saying that all the men woke up very early and had a hearty breakfast so they have energy to put the sukkah up?Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-59876606799521713032010-09-12T13:15:28.731-04:002010-09-12T13:15:28.731-04:00Not me. I smelled my kids' lunch half an hour ...Not me. I smelled my kids' lunch half an hour ago, and I still can't get back on track.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-56703464774271286222010-09-12T13:07:43.559-04:002010-09-12T13:07:43.559-04:00About the same time here Rabbi T until the taanis ...About the same time here Rabbi T until the taanis ends--amazing though how the thought of all that warm drink and food can keep you going. Some people cannot be anywhere around the smell of food when they are fasting. Mostly in my family a whiff of something simmering on a back burner for later is enough to get them energized and off to what they have to be doing.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-80563212907809778912010-09-12T12:39:43.968-04:002010-09-12T12:39:43.968-04:00Hot drinks and dinner sound really good right now,...Hot drinks and dinner sound really good right now, but here in Toronto the fast won't end for another 7.5 hours...The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.com