In my series on Pashkevilim, I gave highlights of a lecture about the community of anti-Zionist kannaim, or zealots, in Jerusalem. @Jewnet invited me to interview her husband Moshe Yossef, a former kannai, for an insider’s view.
Read more on Exclusive: Interview with a Former Kannai, Part I…
Never one to shy away from the issues, Lion of Zion posts about criteria for choosing a school. . . . the yeshivah year in Israel . . . is one of the biggest scams of the Orthodox community. Here is a post about how most programs for girls expect them to make their own Shabbat arrangements.
This Shabbat meme comes from the Homeshuling blog. A meme is a set of questions answered by a variety of bloggers.
1. Challah – home baked or bought?
Usually home-baked.
2. Favorite shabbat meal:
Read more on Shabbat Meme: Challah, Yevamot, and Naomi’s Stomach…
The holiday of Shavuot begins Thursday evening. Known in English as Pentecost because it takes place fifty days after Passover, Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. The two main customs associated with the holiday are serving dairy foods and staying up all night to study Torah. Staying up all night only became popular once coffee became readily available in Europe.
Read more on Shavuot, Eruv Tavshilin, Recipes and Carnivals…
In honor of Jerusalem Day our synagogue hosted Tzuriel Rashi, professor of political science and communications and expert on pashkevilim, political and religious wall posters found on the streets of large haredi neighborhoods.
Read more on Pashkevilim: Anti-Establishment Jerusalem Wall Posters Part II…
Leiv Esther reviewed MikvahCalendar, a new website for married Jewish women who use or want to use the mikveh. You can specify whether you prefer the customs of Chabad, YU/Rabbi Willig, or “choose from available options.” The site looks easy to use, but I could do without the flowery copy: “May divine blessings of spiritual and material well-being continue to rain down and permeate your marriage and your home.”
Read more on Mikveh Calendar Site, Bringing Children to Shul…
Pashkevilim hold up the buidings of Jerusalem.
Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, Former Satmar Rebbe
Today marks Jerusalem Day, commemorating the unification of Jerusalem and the restoration of its Old City to Israel’s control. As part of the celebration our synagogue hosted a talk called “Al Homotayich Yerushalayim” (“On Your Walls, Jerusalem,” Isaiah 62).
Read more on Pashkvilim: Anti-Establishment Posters in Jerusalem, Part I…
This prayer of the SheLa”h is supposed to be said by parents before Rosh Chodesh Sivan (new month of Sivan) this Sunday. Yesterday and today were the days to say it, as prayers making specific requests are usually not said on Shabbat. If you know of another translation, please send it along.
Glossary below.
Two holidays are so special that the preceding Shabbat has special significance: The Shabbat before Pesach is known as Shabbat Hagadol, and the Shabbat before Yom Kippur is called Shabbat Shuvah. The rabbi always gives a special shiur on the other two special sabbaths. Tomorrow he will be speaking on the approach to Torah study of Rabbi Schneuer Zalman of Liady, author of the Tanya.
Cross-posted on DovBear.
Jonathan Bloom at Wasted Food writes about throwing out food in advance of Passover:
I can’t criticize religious or cultural practices that cause food waste, but I will say that not all Jews throw out or burn their leavened foods each spring. There are different levels of observance, both personally and officially (Reform, Conservative and Orthodox).
When I was growing up, my dad “sold” our chametz to a colleague for a symbolic buck.
While it’s true that a strict observance of Passover may involve some waste of food, I want to make two points.
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