But, but...you didn't say what the little whiskey shrine in the synagogue was for. Perhaps after sitting quietly listening to chanting in a foreign language, etc., one nips out into the hallway for a quick nip? (At Pagan festivals my friend and I rate the 'workshops' and thingees by the # of martinis they require to sit thru.)
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Believe me, Judaism isn't always a barrel of laughs. I mean it is > occasionally, but not that often. Mostly it is about sitting quietly > listening to some guys chanting similar to the gregorians in a > foreign language and following a lot of rules that don't make sense, > although as I mentioned we don't get excommunicated for getting > divorced. Intermarriage is much worse than divorce, for whatever > reason. OK am I the only one who isn't familiar with > Santaria/Voudon? It's a Gina-Ray inside thing, I guess. > > --- In [email protected], "Gina Ellis" > <gina_ellis@> wrote: > > > > To Ray re Jobu - hah! Didn't even think of the parallel. I mean, > how could > > one think of Santaria/Voudon in the same breath as synagogues! > (P.S. - I've > > been to some S/V ceremonies and I suspect synagogue ceremonies > aren't nearly > > as much fun. Except once I came across a bunch of those > celebratory guys > > dancing in the street outside the synagogue for some occasion and > welcoming > > in the passers-by. (Just as I thought - ALL religions are more > fun than the > > soul-deadening mainline Protestant thing I had the misfortune to > be born > > into.) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Upgrade to Windows Live Hotmail for free today! > > www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA151 > > >
