tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post5542303034278750080..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Shavuot, Cheesecake and Blintze HolidayBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-55461353466419373632010-05-20T19:14:08.842+03:002010-05-20T19:14:08.842+03:00thanks, yoni
My sil had to teach in a Jewish Day S...thanks, yoni<br />My sil had to teach in a Jewish Day School on the eve of the holiday, and also in the Reform Hebrew school she works in. <br />And the university where my neice is graduating had graduation on yomtov. This is a school which has made a great effort to attract frum kids. America!Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-8496415271746302952010-05-20T12:43:02.784+03:002010-05-20T12:43:02.784+03:00shavuot isn't really on the radar of american ...shavuot isn't really on the radar of american jews, even some traditional ones. it occured to me yesterday that i had forgotten to mention to my own dad, in our weekly telephone conversation, that shavuot was coming up. thus, even though he has been jewishly "aware", in an american sense, celebrating pesach, yom kippur, rosh hashanna, succot and even hannuka, i'm pretty sure he didn't know it was shavuot. i'ts an american thing- if you don't belong to a synygogue that sends out reminders, shavuot is just off the map. i hypothesize maybe it's because of the agricultural origins, having to do specifically with the land of israel, that makes it less important for diaspora jews. but it is sad- your dad is lucky to be introduced in any way to a traditional israeli shavuot. kol ha kavod to both of you.yoninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-77413631496401943552010-05-19T21:01:06.646+03:002010-05-19T21:01:06.646+03:00I'm trying to draw on memories for connections...I'm trying to draw on memories for connections, but Shavuot doesn't seem to be in his memory bank, even with the cheesecake.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-16010645603248195992010-05-19T01:35:23.883+03:002010-05-19T01:35:23.883+03:00G-d bless your dad:)
Perhaps you could just expla...G-d bless your dad:)<br /><br />Perhaps you could just explain that we eat sweet stuff on Shavuot because Hashem is sweet, Torah is sweet, and he is now in the land of milk and honey.<br /><br /><br />Baked apples---delicious with and without sugar IMO. Even better with added cranberries.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.com