Dana--what synagogue do you belong to? IIRC you are a DC person, right? Sometimes I forget who lives where.
--- In [email protected], "dvm8375" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gina, > > I am a very active member of my synagogue, and was brought up fairly > observant, and I have no idea what you could be referring to. Was > this recent? Jews definitely are into their booze, and have it at > most occasions (seriously, my grandfather started passing out the > schnapps at my nephew's bris at 8:30 am on a Tuesday), but not > usually sitting in a shrine at temple. Was it in March? If so, it > could have been in preparation for the holiday of Purim, when you > are supposed to get so drunk that you can't distinguish between good > and evil (sometimes being Jewish is really freakin great). > > Please report back what the rabbi says -- I'm intrigued. > > > > --- In [email protected], "gina_ellis_ca" > <gina_ellis@> wrote: > > > > 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" <ellengoodman6@> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
