To all the JEWS on Apolyton!!!!!!!

[Vesayen]

Have an easy fast tommorow!

For the Israeli's, have an easy fast er........ now? Should start in an hour or so in Israel right?










For those who dont know, tommorow is Tisha B'av(I suck at transliteration), which translates to the ninth of av, a month on the Hebrew calender.

Coincodentaly(or not) many great catastrophes happened to the Jews on that day throughout history, so it is a day of fasting/mourning.

[Sirotnikov]

I don't feast. But thanks

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
I don't feast. But thanks

Well you'll be in good company - i wont feast either

[lord of the mark]

some israelis and other jews dont fast cause they are A. secular B. Not observant or C. Believe that the founding of the state of israel redeems the destruction of the temple commemorated by tisha b'av.

I see us as still living in very much an unredeemed world and will follow my usual practive of a partial fast. Tisha b'av, unlike yom kippur, is a work day, and i find it difficult to concentrate without at least some calories. Probably just bread and water for me though.

[Al B. Sure!]

but them two said they won't feast... there's a huge difference between feasting and fasting... they're opposites

[FrustratedPoet]

It was a typo Albert. At least I think it was....

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
It was a typo Albert. At least I think it was....

siro said he wont feast - an obvious typo - my response to him was a quibble on his typo.

[Panag]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
some israelis and other jews dont fast cause they are A. secular B. Not observant or C. Believe that the founding of the state of israel redeems the destruction of the temple commemorated by tisha b'av.

I see us as still living in very much an unredeemed world and will follow my usual practive of a partial fast. Tisha b'av, unlike yom kippur, is a work day, and i find it difficult to concentrate without at least some calories. Probably just bread and water for me though.

hi ,

the C part is very small , ....

D , cause they have to work
E , cause they are sick and need medical attention

and there are a zillion other reasons , ......

have a nice day

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by panag


hi ,

the C part is very small , ....

D , cause they have to work
E , cause they are sick and need medical attention

and there are a zillion other reasons , ......

have a nice day

Panag you can fast AND work unless you're a wine taster or something like that. Tisha b'av has no restrictions on working IIUC, its not like Yom kippur in that respect.

Sick people are of course exempt from this and all other fasts, per Halacha (jewish law) HOW sick, and HOW exempt will depend on your local flavour of Judaism. My Conservative/masorti rabbi is perhaps on the lenient end.

[Panag]

Originally posted by lord of the mark



Panag you can fast AND work unless you're a wine taster or something like that. Tisha b'av has no restrictions on working IIUC, its not like Yom kippur in that respect.

Sick people are of course exempt from this and all other fasts, per Halacha (jewish law) HOW sick, and HOW exempt will depend on your local flavour of Judaism. My Conservative/masorti rabbi is perhaps on the lenient end.

hi ,

it depends how you look at it , .....

btw , shall you do the same as Yom Kip when it comes to shoes , .......


have a nice day

[Dom Pedro II]

Seems to me that D goes pretty much hand in hand with A and B.

[chequita guevara]

I'm not a Jew, but I'm a little Jew-ish.

[Imran Siddiqui]

club thread .

[Vesayen]

I stupidly posted this a day early........ doah

[Whaleboy]

All of my family is in France, I'm home alone until Sunday, so how was I supposed to remember??

Thank god for liberal judaism... its so much less work!!! :bouce: