Definitely whiskey. I'll just have to ask the rabbi - we're both on a committee that meets occasionally. Then I'll have the great pleasure of informing you. (I remember the satisfaction I had in telling my Catholic first husband that nuns wear wedding rings on account of they're married to Jesus - he'd never heard of such a thing. And last week, visiting my sister out west, where there are many Mormons, I told my sister that Mormons wear sacred underwear and are into geneology so they can baptize people posthumously... Yeah, I wouldn't believe any of it either...)
BTW, as a Wiccan I was astonished to stumble over a whole bunch of stuff about Wicca and Paganism on the WP religion page... --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yeah the whole "better to keep my mouth shut and be thought a fool" > thing. In other words, I have no idea. Are you sure it was > whiskey? Might have been ceremonial wine. Pretty sure it isn't a > synagogue-wide thing, just a thing at that particular congregation. > Sorry I can't be more helpful. > > --- In [email protected], "gina_ellis_ca" > <gina_ellis@> wrote: > > > > 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" <ellengoodman6@> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
