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From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Pesach/Secretaries Week
Date: 14 Apr 92 09:09:45 GMT
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Distribution: usa
Organization: Mail to News Gateway

In <13APR199215552218@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> bschlesinger@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry Schlesinger) writes:

    I'm not sure, but I keep hearing reports that the week of April 20-24
    is going to be National Secretaries Week -- this year, the same week
    as Pesach.  Now the usual method of observance is to take the
    secretary out to lunch sometime during the week, but eating out during
    Pesach is basically impossible. Anyone have any suggestions?

Have your secretary transferred to another department for the week of
Pesach :-) 

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From: jem@datum.nyo.dec.com (Jem Steinberg)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Metzora: Musings on Mashiach (R. Riskin)
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:03:55 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <1992Apr8.121858.13241@mel.dit.csiro.au# haber@shark.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Yaacov Haber) writes:
#In article <4306@datum.nyo.dec.com# jem@datum.nyo.dec.com (Jem Steinberg) writes:
##
##Shabbat Shalom: Metzora (Shabbat Hagodol) by Shlomo  Riskin
##
##his Thirteen Principles of Faith, Maimonides, the  most   ration-
##al   of   all Torah   giants, declares: "I believe with a perfect
##belief in the coming of the Messiah, and although he may tarry, I
##daily   wait for   his  coming."  [Principle  #12].
##
#I do not believe that this is a quote from Maimonidies but rather
#from a more recent poet who wrote about Maimonidies 13 principles.
#Maimonidies is very exact in his language and we must be careful
#about misquoting him even if the idea seems similair.

I understand your concern, but the way the principal is
paraphrased in the siddur does not strike me as changing
the intention of Rambam at all. Here's a translation of
the phrasiology used in his commentary on Chelek (sorry,
I have to translate from the Hebrew as my Arabic is not
up to snuff):

	The Twelfth Principle. The era of the Messiah.
	This involves believing and affirming that he
	will come, and that he will not delay: "if he
	tarries, wait for him" (Chab. 2:3).

Speedily in our days!

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From: jdr8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jay D Rosenbaum)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Dental Floss and Pesach
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:10:56 GMT
Reply-To: jdr8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Jay D Rosenbaum)
Organization: Columbia University

Is there anything I should know before Pesach about un-waxed dental floss?

It's a relatively new habit and I'd like to keep it, even during the holiday.

Thanks for your help...

-Jay

jdr8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
From: milst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Martin I Lewison)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: WANTED: PITTSBURGH ROOMATE
Date: 15 Apr 92 06:32:02 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services

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I posted this a couple of months ago, but I think everybody was away
for Spring Break or something.  Anyway, if you're interested, please reply.
If you know someone who might be interested, please reply for them.  Thank
you, and have a wonderful Pesach.
-Martin


This worked once before, last year:
 
Male Housemate Wanted in Pittsburgh
who keeps kosher and preferably is shomer Shabbat (although not
necessarily so).
Located in the heart of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh's Jewish community, this
house is *big* and *cheap*.  Currently, three grad students are living here,
but one is graduating in May, another in December.  The place is 
conveniently located within a few blocks of two kosher groceries, three
kosher restaurants, the JCC, and about a zillion different shuls (just a 
slight exaggeration).  The
University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie-Mellon University are only 2 and 1
mile(s) away, respectively, easily reachable by bike, car, bus, or even
walking.  We'd prefer to have another grad student move in, but all responses
will be considered.  Again, *big* and *cheap*!!!!!!!!!!
 
Email:
Martin Lewison at
milst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu


THANKS AND CHAG SAMEACH!!!!!!!
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Subject: Help!!!!!  [Desperately Seeking Schramm]
From: yesowitc@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Doogie)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 16:02:56 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Cincinnati

Help!  I'm trying to find someone who mentioned to me that they either
read this newsgroup or post to it when I was in Louisville over a
Shabbos.  Since it was Shabbos, I could not write down his email
address.  His name is Dr. Mark Schramm and he has a BITNET account at
the University of Louisvillle.  If you have his address, or you are him,
I can be reached at this address [yesowitc@ucunix.san.uc.edu] or my
friend Judy can be reached at jmlevy@amber.ucs.indiana.edu.  Please let
one of us know!!!!!!  Thanks,
Shalom Aleichem,
-m
			-marci yesowitch

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From: nabil@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Nabil Idriss)
Subject: Abraham
Originator: nabil@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia SC.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 17:18:09 GMT

>Perhaps your friend could contact the Committee to free Syrian and
>Yemenite Jews. They are being held hostage in their own countries.
>I believe there are 300 Jews still in Damascus. I have written their
>LA office to find out how to help gain their release. 

>Not looking for an argument; just practical help.
>--Michelle

Sorry to post your article here. My E-mail just does not work.
There is probably a lot of Jews in Morroco and other Arab countries
who are willing to immigrate too. However, with the status quo in the
Middle East, I think the Arab countries will not allow them to do so
for two reasons:          

1> The Palestinians who are living in refugee camps are not allowed
   to go back to their land.

2> The returning Jews from the arab countries will be settled in the
   West Bank and Gazza strip.

Nabil


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From: faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin)
Subject: Liberal Judaism via FTP
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Distribution: soc
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 21:11:12 GMT


Thanks to the generosity of the kind folks at israel.nysernet.org, ftp access
is now available to back issues of the mail.liberal-judaism digests, as well
as to some information files I have accumulated over the years with respect to
the positions of Reform Judaism.

To access the back issues of the digest, ftp to israel.nysernet.org, and cd to
the mail.liberal-judaism/digests directory. In there, you will find, for each
backissue (v1nm), a ".archive" and a ".index" file. The ".archive" is the
digest as it was sent out; the ".index" is the subjects in the corresponding
".archive".

To access the information files, ftp as before and cd to the
mail.liberal-judaism/info-files directory. The files available are:

atheism				Position on Atheism
bar_mitzvah			Position on Bar Mitzvah
civil-divorce			Acceptance of Civil Divorce and Marriage
conversion			Requirements for Conversion
conversion_and_circumcision	Conversion Process/Circumcision
discarded_pratices		Attitude towards Practices Once Discarded
ethics_and_kashrut		Attitude towards observance of Kashrut
euthenasia			Position on Euthenasia
halacha				View of Halchka/Halachic Process
homosexual_marriages		May a Rabbi officiate at a Homosexual Marriage?
intermarriage			Reform Rabbis and Mixed Marriages
jewish_cemetaries		Status of a Cemetary in Reform
messianic_jews			Reform's View of Messianic Jews
mitzvot				Reform's Position on Mitzvot
musaf_on_YK			Why Reform Doesn't have a Musaf on YK	
patrilineal_descent		CCAR Statement on Patrilineal Descent
rabbis_and_mixed_marriages	Rabbis participating in Mixed Marriages
reform_reading_list		The Reform Reading List
shabbat				Reform Position on Shabbat

If you are unable to ftp, and wish a back issue or an information file, you
can, as always, drop me a note. If you want to subscribe to the liberal
judaism mailing list, again, drop me a note. If you want to submit an article,
you can either send it, again, to me, or to our NEW address,
liberal-judaism@israel.nysernet.org.

Daniel Faigin
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From: nachum@dershowitz.cs.uiuc.edu (Nachum Dershowitz)
Subject: calendar drift
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distribution: soc
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:34:49 GMT

In article <ALLEN.92Apr3081122@golem.ssc.gov> allen@golem.ssc.gov (Mike Allen)
writes: 

   In article <9204030637.AB08274@relay1.UU.NET>
VSLARRY@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il (Larry Israel) writes: 

   Larry> There was a refutation of the claim that the Jewish Calendar is
drifting 
   Larry> in the solar year at the rate of one day per 220 years. This was
countered 
   Larry> by a statement that it is not so; that the drift is only about 6 2/3
minutes 
   Larry> per year. Could some mathematician explain the difference to me?

   Hmm, I just worked it out (I should have before), and 1 day in 220
   years is roughly the same ratio as 6 2/3 minutes per year.  The
   difference is that the 6 2/3 minutes per year can be positive or
   negative, rather than always in the same direction.  So the *absolute
   value* of the difference each year would add up to 1 day after 220
   years, but the signed sum is much smaller.

The errors are all in one direction: the Hebrew calendar gives as the mean
length of the tropical year 365.2468 days, instead of 365.2422.  So, the
difference accumulates and will eventually be enough to make a one-month
correction.


--
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(nachum@cs.uiuc.edu)
From: mer@zurich.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Following Sedar tradition
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 92 10:34:04 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research

In  <unixwiz.702245652@mcl>  unixwiz@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Silk) writes:
>
> I happen to react allergically to the slightest bit of alcohol, and as a
> result, I can't drink anything above about 1 proof (.5% alcohol).  So, what
> can i do about passover??  In the past, I've taken sips of wine, and spent
> the evening after the seder being sick.  Last year I drank grape juice,
> wasn't sick, but got chewed out by my local rabbi (well, not chewed out,
> but given a lecture) after I brought grape juice to the community seder.
> (and yes, it was kosher grape juice...welch's I believe)
>
> y'rachmeal laeb simcha ben schlomo akiva

I once heard a suggestion that one should take grapes and press them
into Juice. This would be considered Yain Megito - non Alcoholic wine
which would not intoxicate but still be considered wine.
This can only be done by those who cannot take alcohol. Other must use wine
which can intoxicate.

Moshe Rappoport
From: 0004839378@mcimail.com (Joshua Proschan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: vegetarianism and halacha (was: following seder tradition)
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:13:53 GMT
Reply-To: <0004839378@mcimail.com>
Organization: Nysernet

Recently, Warren Burstein writes:
 
>Even if "simcha" does require eating meat, on Shabbat the requirement
>is "oneg", I don't know of any statement that "oneg" requires meat as
>some think "simcha" does.  Furthermore, even on Yom Tov, where
>"simcha" is required, and some do require meat, I've never heard
>(which doesn't mean it doesn't exist...) anyone who makes sure to have
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    >meat, and not just chicken.
>
Good anticipation, Warren :-); it exists.  Around here the common 
practice seems to be to have at least one meal on Yom Tov with "real" 
meat (beef, lamb, etc.).  This can be a problem for people who visit a 
variety of friends for Yom Tov; it is possible to go through two days 
missing all the "meat" meals. 
 
Fowl requires a different form of schechita, and in other ways is 
differentiated from "real" meat by the Torah.  Indeed, some people do 
not consider organ meats such as liver to satisfy the requirement of 
simcha on Yom Tov. 
 
All this is affected, of course, by availability, quality, and price.
 
Joshua H. Proschan   Internet: 0004839378@mcimail.com
                                JProschan@MCIMail.com
From: nabil@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Nabil Idriss)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Abraham
Date: 17 Apr 92 17:47:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: ncrcae.1992Apr17.174741.11905
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia SC.

>>Leon
>>
>>I agree that the Syrian Jews and the Palestinian problem are two seperate
>>issues. I also agree that it is wrong to hold anybody against his/her will.
>>But there is also a conflict between Syria and Israel and I think that although
>>the Syrian government position is immoral, the Israeli government has its 
>>share of immoral acts.
>
>Yes, but the Syrian Jews are citizens of Syria, not of Israel.  And they
>are not agents of the Israeli government.  So the actions of Israel are
>irrelevent when concerning the policy of the Syrian government to its
>own citizens.  If Syria was holding Israeli prisoners of war, then
>then the relation between Israel and Syria would be different.   
>
The only thing I can add to this is that you can not use reasoning with
both countries.
From: zale@isgtec.UUCP (Zale Tabakman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Ba'al Teshuva (who is Orthodox?)
Date: 14 Apr 92 17:57:11 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ISG Technologies Inc., Mississauga Ont.


In article <1992Apr10.195256.12227@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, friedenb@egr.msu.edu (Gedaliah Friedenberg) writes:
> 
> 
> I saw recently in a post (sorry that I don't have it to quote) criteria to be Orthodox.
> The creator of this list cited such characteristics as keeping Kosher, Shabbos, wearing
> a kippah and tzistzis, davening Shacaris, Mincha and Maariv daily, etc..
> 
> What about ba`alei teshuva?  Can one who is taking the "one step at a time" method of
> teshuva (endorsed by many Rabbis) call him/herself Orthodox.  I was told that it is

A comment, does it really matter when s/he can call themselves Orthodox?

Isn't the correct term Shomer Mitzvot?

What about regular learning? Should that be included? What about a person
who forgets to daven Maariv? Do they lose their "Stripes"? etc.

Zale
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From: ehrlich@bimacs.BITNET (Gideon Ehrlich)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: explanation of the eg
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:06:39 GMT
Organization: Math department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL

In article <kondor.703305788@ee.ualberta.ca> kondor@ee.ualberta.ca
(Ran Kondor) writes:

>This is hardly the case.  The egg represents the destruction of the holy
>temple.  As the eggs is round, representing a cycle, so will the holy temple
>be rebuilt.  It is also a symbol of mourning, although I don't think that
>it applies to this case.  The salt water represents the tears of the jews
>as they were slaved in Egypt.
>
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>/********************************************\
>*  Ran Kondor                                *
>*  University of Alberta                     *
>*  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada                 *

TRherre is no mourning on a holiday and Shabat, so the nice idea
about the distruction of the temple can't be the real explanation.

The egg symbolyzes the korban hagiga ( sacrify eaten befor the pasover
lamb).

The salt water are used in order to weak the bitterness of the maror.

Hag Sameach       Gideon      EREZ YISRAEL

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From: nabil@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Nabil Idriss)
Subject: Kosher
Originator: nabil@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM
Organization: NCR E&M Columbia SC.
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 17:49:57 GMT

A friend of mine is looking for Kosher meat in Columbia, South Carolina.
Can anybody help?

Nabil Idriss

Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: david.lloyd-jones@rose.uucp (david lloyd-jones)
Subject: Help with Pesach Song
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 11:01:01 GMT
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Date Entered: 04-10-92 11:09
I would appreciate it if anyone could help me with the following
transcription from the Spanish/Ladino; could you post a corrected
version, by E-mail or in public?  Thanks in advance.

Quen suspiensey entendiense
  Al avar el Dio criense
Qualo sonos uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinque, sesh, siete.

Siete dies con el shabbat
 Sesh dies de la semane
Cinquo livros de la ley
 Quatro matros d'Israel
Tres e nuestros patroson
 Dos e Moshe y Aaron
Uno es el Creador.
 Uno es el Creador, baruch Hu, baruch Shemo.

I'd appreciate the English meaning of the second line (al avar...) which
I have probably trashed above.  And I need it by Friday!

                             :-)

                                         -dlj.
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From: horen@rs.com (Jonathan B. Horen)
Subject: Re: explanation of the eg
Organization: Renaissance Software, Inc.
Distribution: soc
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 20:15:08 PDT

>In article <1992Apr9.1659.8671@execnet>, ken.halfon@execnet.com (ken halfon) writes:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>     I was wondering if anyone had an explanation of the symbolism of the
>> egg on the Seder plate?

Well, there have been so many interesting explanations that all I really have
to add is an amusing anecdote that came to mind:

A society matron was attending a fund-raiser, and afterwards a buffet was
served. Pointing to some reddish-brown cold-cuts, she asked what kind of meat
it was.

"Oh," replied the waiter, "it's tongue."

"From a cow?!" said the matron. "Why, I could *never* eat anything that came
from a cow's mouth; I'll just have an egg."

(after all, it isn't really *that* long since the end of Adar II :-)

Khag kasher v'sameyach, ub'emet -- ha-shana haba b'Yirushalayim!
 
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From: chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Chaim R. Dworkin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Hebrew Wordprocessor
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:55:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <73338@netnews.upenn.edu> sjain@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Sanghursh Jain) writes:
>
>I am looking for a Hebrew wordprocessor for an MS-DOS or UNIX machine.
>

Look in the israel.nysernet.org archives.  All archives are in the
israel/ directory.



Chaim R. Dworkin
chaim@linc.cis.upenn.edu
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From: david.lloyd-jones@rose.uucp (david lloyd-jones)
Subject: Help with Pesach Song
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:26:58 GMT
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Date Entered: 04-12-92 07:39
Replying to: stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger)
ST>Subject: Re: Help with Pesach Song

ST>This sure looks like a Sephardic equivalent of Echad Mi Yodea (who knows
ST>one?)

You got it.

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From: ASAHC@CUNYVM.BITNET (Asher Samuels)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Question to Miracle Analysts
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:15:25 GMT
 <1992Apr10.094027.24071@rs.com>
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

From what I've heard, the wind that caused the sandstorm is the same wind
that (with some additional help from Hashem) split the Yam Suf.
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From: SCHILD%GAIA@leia.polaroid.com
Subject: Re: Stamford CN.
Reply-To: <SCHILD%GAIA@leia.polaroid.com>
Organization: Nysernet
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:33:44 GMT


There is a Chabad Rabbi there, Rabbi Deren (203-324-3779) who
works closely with the orthodox shul. He'd be a good contact on whats
what there.......

Cahim
From: rwerman@vms.huji.ac.il (ROBERT WERMAN)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Yiddish Had Gadya
Date: 15 Apr 92 14:05:07 GMT
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


Jason Elbaum <jhelbaum@stroke.Princeton.EDU> writes:

>My family (through my father's side) has a custom to sing a Yiddish
>version of the Chad Gadya at the seder.  It's very similar to the
>original Aramaic, but with a few twists in the plot.

>Is anyone else familiar with a similar minhag?

*****************

After an exchange off net with Jason, we seem to have the
same tradition.  My mother, out of Zychlin and then Plotsk
in Central Poland, always sings the same Yiddish version
that Jason had in mind.

It begins:

"Shikt der liebe Herr a ketzel in vald arein..."


__Bob Werman    rwerman@hujivms.bitnet    rwerman@vms.huji.ac.il
Jerusalem
From: chrism@cirrus.com (Chris Metcalfe)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: More on the Early Sanhedrin
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:26:27 GMT
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.


>
>So let me  propose a compromise.  I will admit  the 'possibility' that
>there was  a Sanhedrin like body  before the destruction of  the first
>Temple (I say  possibility, but personally I do not  believe in it for
>various reasons),  and Shlomo will agree  as he has done,  that during
>the time described in Esther that body was definitely an
>
>Michael Shimshoni

In Midrash Rabba Shemot it is stated that Amiram, the father of Moshe, 
was Av Bet-Din of the Sanhedrin in his day -- meaning that the tradition
of 70 elders was already functioning at that time.

-- Chris Metcalfe
From: ken.halfon@execnet.com (ken halfon)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: explanation of the eg
Date: 9 Apr 92 06:02:16 GMT
Reply-To: "ken halfon" <ken.halfon@execnet.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Executive Networks Information

Hi,

    I was wondering if anyone had an explanation of the symbolism of the
egg on the Seder plate?

                                                         ->>> KEN <<<-
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