tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post6957757836196318227..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: Meaningful or Easy?ProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-58500794523096221182010-07-19T14:18:37.332-04:002010-07-19T14:18:37.332-04:00I wish people an easy AND meaningful fast. Ergo, I...I wish people an easy AND meaningful fast. Ergo, I am frummer than all of you. Hehehe. <br /><br />As for the other phrases, I was recently at a friend's house, and there was a very long discussion about pregnancy and parenting choice where one of my friends persisted in qualifying *every* sentence to another friend with "b'sha'ah tova." E.g., "If and when you're expecting, b'sha'ah tovah, then..." Even she realized it was becoming a parody of itself. <br /><br />Then again, people who litter their speech with "im yetzer hashem" and "bli ayin harah" or "baruch hashem" type of remarks are actually kind of funny, if you take them literally. <br /><br />"I'm planning to see my brother on Pesach...im yetzer hashem."<br />So...if you don't see your brother on Pesach, it's because God didn't want it? Guess what! I'll be keeping kashrut this Tuesday...im yetzer hashem. Oh well. I ate a cheeseburger. Guess it was God's will!<br /><br />Bli ayin harah, we're flying to Chicago on Tuesday! Well, yeah, I hope the evil eye and satan isn't plotting against United Airlines too. <br /><br />I understand "b'sha'ah tovah" to the extent it's recognizing that not all pregnancies wind up with a healthy delivery for Mom and baby. That said...it's really semantics. I mean, no one with a late term miscarriage is going to feel better that people wished them b'sha'ah tova and not mazel tov. Nor is wishing "Mazel Tov" a JINX of any sort. or an ayin harah. See above.Offwingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-33032622243898749322010-07-19T13:26:24.408-04:002010-07-19T13:26:24.408-04:00Tesyaa,
Lovely revisionism. Wish someone a Mazel...Tesyaa,<br /><br />Lovely revisionism. Wish someone a Mazel Tov upon finding out they are pregnant, and you get a rebuke for not saying B'shah Tovah. However, people that were Orthodox 20-50 years ago, and are not now, ALL say Mazel Tov.<br /><br />Somewhere in the past 20 years, we've switched to B'shah Tovah and "having a meaningful fast" and retroactively decided that that was what we always said.<br /><br />First person I heard talking about "meaningful fasts" was 20 years ago and a Reform Rabbi talking about Yom Kippur. At the time, every Orthodox Jew that I knew wished people an easy fast. Now people say meaningful fast, and anyone saying anything else is "wrong."Miami Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977503720972852329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-52361150928224163322010-07-19T12:26:32.302-04:002010-07-19T12:26:32.302-04:00I wished someone an easy fast yesterday and he pra...I wished someone an easy fast yesterday and he practically chastised me for not using "meaningful" instead.tesyaanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-9589076604486200172010-07-19T09:47:06.230-04:002010-07-19T09:47:06.230-04:00Dehydration can be dangerous, particularly for the...Dehydration can be dangerous, particularly for the very young, elderly and sick. I will never forget the rabbi at one shul I went to who, on an unusually hot Yom Kippur ( over 90 degrees) ordered everyone over 60 or with any heart or other health problems to have some water. <br />Wishing you an easy and meaningful fast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com