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On the Fringe: An interesting week
First, I got bypassed, cane and all, by a woman young enough to be my daughter, who took the subway seat that I was hoping to get.Then we found out that the family two floors above us now has a baby in addition to a toddler, meaning that the noise from up...
Dateline: 2013-05-24 12:30pm -07:00T (118 words)
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On the Fringe: I went to a wonderful Cantor's Assembly concert . . .
. . . and all I got were these, er, awful, photos (because I stupidly left my camera in my backpack in the cloakroom and couldn't figure out even how to take close-ups from the balcony, much less videos, with my Android). The concert was wonderful--hope ...
Dateline: 2013-05-24 12:30pm -07:00T (117 words)
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On the Fringe: Halachically unjustifiable?
Our synagogue is a halachic anomaly. A literally-dying congregation, we began counting women in a minyan probably over a decade ago as we started running out of men. But the counting stopped there. Except when necessary. And, more recently, not always...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 9:45am -07:00T (471 words)
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On the Fringe: Modern Marketing, or Caveat Emptor/Buyer Beware
Read the IngredientsIn the interest of maintaining our health, we're been trying to cut down on chemical additives in our food. But sometimes, we run out of luck without even knowing it. My husband bought a box of cookies labeled "all natural," and they...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 3:30pm -07:00T (117 words)
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On the Fringe: Parshat Naso, 5773/2013 thoughts
Nothing new on Naso for now, but here's a link to all my previous Naso posts, and one of Elie's, as well. Shabbat Shalom.On second thought, I just took another look at Haftarat Naso and noticed that Manoach's unnmamed wife had the good sense not to ask t...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 10:00am -07:00T (67 words)
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On the Fringe: Gathering thoughts for our shul's Tikkun Leil Shavuot
It occurred to me, when I was writing my recent Parshat B'midbar post, that the role of some of the women of the Tanach, as with some of the men, is also "in keeping with the biblical pattern of (almost) always avoiding giving leadership positions to pers...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 10:30am -07:00T (283 words)
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On the Fringe: Orthodox Rabbi Eliyah Fink re N'shei HaKotel/Women of the Wall
You can read his post and comments here."Go back a few months. Imagine the Kotel authority just looked the other way when a small group of women prayed in a different way than the other women. The Women of the Wall were not proselytizing, they were not tr...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 2:15pm -07:00T (473 words)
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On the Fringe: "Showering on Yom Tov" rules, reposted (again)
As a public service, I'm posting a link before Shavuot, which begins tomorrow night, and suggesting that you follow the links....
Dateline: 2013-05-13 1:00pm -07:00T (19 words)
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On the Fringe: Mazal Tov to the 1st graduates of Yeshivat Maharat
See here....
Dateline: 2013-05-13 9:15am -07:00T (2 words)
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On the Fringe: Right idea, wrong way
If all went according to plan, there was a Shacharit/Morning Service held in Madison Square Park this morning, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, in support of N'shei HaKotel/the Women of the Wall. I debated whether to attend, and finally decided against going. The pr...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 8:30am -07:00T (104 words)
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On the Fringe: Parshat B'midbar, 5773/2013 thoughts
Basics here.Okay, first of all, if they list the leaders of the tribes one more time, I'll shoot someone (with phaser on "stun" setting, of course).Second . . . well, yes, let's talk about "seconds," etc. Avraham's/Abraham's firstborn son, Yishmael, was ...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 5:00pm -07:00T (281 words)
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On the Fringe: Yom Yerushalayim begins at sundown tonight
Oldies:I decide to say HallelMiami Al kindly provides a link to an Al HaNissim or two (one for Yom HaAtzmaut)...
Dateline: 2013-05-07 3:15pm -07:00T (20 words)
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On the Fringe: Creating my own cookie sandwich
No, I didn't say sandwich cookie, I said cookie sandwich. If one's too spicy but moist, while the other is just right, taste-wise, but gritty, why not put one on top of the other and eat them together? :)...
Dateline: 2013-05-06 7:30am -07:00T (39 words)
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On the Fringe: Unanticipated expenses :(
To buy, or not to buy--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and search for replacement for "dead" hard driveOr to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by buying new computer end them...
Dateline: 2013-05-01 10:45am -07:00T (263 words)
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On the Fringe: Back to basics, late-April update
I suggest that you start here and follow the links to earlier posts in this series.But I'll give you the Hillel (standing-on-one-foot version), in case you'd prefer to skip all that clicking around:"I cured my chest pains by reducing my consumption of nut...
Dateline: 2013-04-30 11:30am -07:00T (193 words)
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