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DavidDvorkin

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35. Because those things I described are absurd

Reply to cbayer (Reply #34)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 09:19 PM

Feb 2013

Is there nothing that seems absurd to you?

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Eruv: The (Nearly) Invisible Borders That Define Religious Jewish Life [View all] rug Feb 2013 OP

I find this stuff fascinating Skittles Feb 2013 #1

So do I. rug Feb 2013 #2

I became interested in Jewish history when I Googled messusah Skittles Feb 2013 #10

Oh, that's a mezuzah. rug Feb 2013 #13

But 'eruv' seems to be designed to get away from that muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #14

The core attribute of property anywhere is the power to exclude. rug Feb 2013 #15

But it's a way to get around the restrictions designed to make them rest muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #16

Or, it's a way of accommodating daily life within the time of Shabbat. rug Feb 2013 #17

I agree with you Meshuga Feb 2013 #18

I have a friend who owns a shop on Venice Beach that sells bathing suits, flip flops, etc. cbayer Feb 2013 #3

I wonder what he does there that day. rug Feb 2013 #4

He does go to synagogues in the morning and has lunch there. cbayer Feb 2013 #5

Wow, I wish I has the discipline to do that. rug Feb 2013 #6

He feels it is his obligation to do it, but I can see how he benefits from it. cbayer Feb 2013 #7

We've had an eruv in my neighborhood for years. virgogal Feb 2013 #8

Is it well known or, as the article puts it, "almost invisible"? rug Feb 2013 #9

Yes,it is "almost invisible". Telephone poles and wires and the like are used. I lived in virgogal Feb 2013 #11

Thanks. rug Feb 2013 #12

I can't remember why, but "The Yiddish Policeman's Union" has big part about an eruv. Jim__ Feb 2013 #19

That looks like a fun read, Zion in Alaska. rug Feb 2013 #21

My Great-Grandfather was an Orthodox Rabbi. pink-o Feb 2013 #52

It's truly absurd, the lengths to which people will go mr blur Feb 2013 #20

It's also really absurd the lengths people will go to attack religious traditions cbayer Feb 2013 #22

mr blur didn't have to any lengths DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #23

It's not absurd to everyone. But it is to him and he wants to make sure everyone knows it. cbayer Feb 2013 #24

I agree with him DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #25

"I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what rug Feb 2013 #28

Meaning what, in this context? DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #29

Your disinterest, if not antipathy, does not establish absurdity. rug Feb 2013 #30

I didn't claim that my antipathy makes the practice absurd DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #31

Which, again, is an opinion only based on your disinterest or antipathy. rug Feb 2013 #36

You have no idea what my opinions are based on. DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #39

How does it go? Without evidence, blah, blah, blah. rug Feb 2013 #40

You've just described your own posts. DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #41

Actually, if you scan this thread you'll see plenty of citation. rug Feb 2013 #42

We all have our personal customs, rituals, beliefs, ways of doing things. cbayer Feb 2013 #32

My ways of doing things DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #33

So what? Why would that make yours any less absurd to someone else? cbayer Feb 2013 #34

Because those things I described are absurd DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #35

They are absurd to you. Doesn't matter whether they are absurd to me. cbayer Feb 2013 #37

I repeat, is there nothing you find absurd? DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #38

I admire and respect others as individuals even if I find their practices to be really cbayer Feb 2013 #45

I have no trouble fantasizing various sex practices DavidDvorkin Feb 2013 #50

Suit yourself. You can be judgmental or you can be tolerant and affirming. cbayer Feb 2013 #51

They impinge on others in the area by erecting extra poles muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #44

Oh, please, Muriel. Poles?? cbayer Feb 2013 #46

You can't just go erecting poles on public property for any old reason muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #47

Does not sound like a big deal. This country was founded on freedom of religion (and from cbayer Feb 2013 #49

To each his/her own Meshuga Feb 2013 #43

Agree - to each his/her own and thank goodness for diversity. cbayer Feb 2013 #48

I find this fascinating. Lived in Kenmore Sq. (Boston) for a while. It neighbors Brookline, pinto Feb 2013 #26

Thanks for that observation. rug Feb 2013 #27