Posted on 04/21/2005 11:23:05 AM PDT by yoely
As you make yourself ready to celebrate the great holiday of Passover, And reminding yourself to thank G-D for the great miracles and deeds he did to us back then, let me join in by wishing you a real happy holiday, and may you have only happiness therefore after. And while celebrating the past, lets pray for the future, that Hashem should do us only good and relive us from the “Paroes” of today, who are here to remind us that anti-Semites was always here and they all had the same ending!
Enjoy your Matzos and Kneidlech, (and don’t make a fuss of the Morer, it’s a part of life…) and enjoy the great holiday G-D has given us!
A Happy Passover to all Jewish FReepers from this Catholic.
Out of curiosity, why do you spell it 'G-D'? Since you're not taking His name in vain (in fact just the opposite -- you're reminding people to praise Him), what leads you to do this.
Don't get me wrong...I'm not criticising you...I've just noticed that some Freepers do this and was wondering why.
Happy Passover to all my Jewish friends and a year full of joy and happiness ahead.
Thank you.
It is nice to be reminded that I'm not the only one out here.
Jewish law prohibits Jews from writing ANY of G-d names in full in any language
Hag Sameach to you, too - and may your matzah-induced constipation be kept to a minimum. Oy... :-P
Are you ready? :-)
Happy Passover to my Jewish brothers & sisters!
Thanks we are still doing our pesach cleaning and hope to finish tonight. The 6:15 shacharis this shabbos is not going to be fun.
I have an Orthodox friend here in the office. What is the proper greeting that I can give him in parting tomorrow?
Dumb question: We don't have a synagogue in town; we have a Jewish center. It's actually a former church. Why isn't it a synagogue? Is it missing something so it can't be called a synagogue?
Duh. You give greeting when you first meet. In parting, I guess it wouldn't be a "greeting" eh? :-/
I didn't know that. So the name of G-d is not spelled out anywhere in their Old Testaments?.
It might serve as more than a house of worship. It also depends on what strain of Judaism the congregation consists of. Reform Judaism tends to call its houses of worship "temples," while "synagogues" tend to refer to conservative and orthodox. It's also possible that if there's only one game in town, maybe they used "Jewish center" as a more all-encompassing term.
It serves both communities. I was wondering if it was a "center" because it didn't have a Torah or a rabbi or something.
It relates to the destruction of God's name, not writing it, though in some cases destruction can be resonably anticipated, thus the use of G-d. You'll find it spelled out in Jewish texts, as well as many publications. You'd wouldn't spell it out in casual communication where there's a likliehood of destruction, obviously a point of disagreement. As is the internet, which some don't consider writing.
All I have left to do is clean out my car.
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