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Tag Archives: pesach
Refusing To Eat In Other People’s Homes
Rabbi Gil Student writes: "There is a practice among some to refrain from eating at the home of others on Passover (what I believe some call "mishing"). While it is difficult to pin down a label of permissible or forbidden … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim, Kashrut
Tagged gil student, kashrus, kosher standards, pesach, shomer shabbos
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I’m Live On My Cam
Join the conversation and prepare for Passover right. I’ll kasher your dishes live on my cam (I’m doing a virtual seder for shut-ins on April 17): guest112: You may all sit down. Today’s question, as presented on another board is … Continue reading
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Tagged askin, birth canal, bread crumbs, break dance, breakdancer, courtney cumz, dance in heaven, dead today, dishes, Emma, frosty freeze, gonna break, good luck, hiding place, lol, nbsp, news yahoo, obit, Passover, pesach
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Sephardim are rational — Ashkenazim, not so much
Dennis Wilen writes: From an essay in Zeek — A Sephardic Answer to Modern Jewish Identity By David Rabeeya: " . . . Ashkenazic authorities traditionally have placed a “fence around the Torah,” enlarging restrictions in order to be sure … Continue reading
Posted in Ashkenazim, Sephardim
Tagged ashkenazic, Ashkenazim, authorities, dennis wilen, fanaticism, fence, integrity, inventions, irrationality, jew, jewish identity, jewish law, latitude, pesach, quot, radicalism, religious leaders, sephardi jews, Sephardim, Torah
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