tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post114841224081761735..comments2023-07-08T09:08:14.478-04:00Comments on Divinity is in the Details: TLS Post-Merger IntegrationZThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1149774719213456952006-06-08T09:51:00.000-04:002006-06-08T09:51:00.000-04:00Your are Excellent. And so is your site! Keep up t...Your are Excellent. And so is your site! Keep up the good work. Bookmarked.<BR/><A HREF="http://4883.imobe.info/" REL="nofollow">»</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148779248102054592006-05-27T21:20:00.000-04:002006-05-27T21:20:00.000-04:00I want to chime in favor of an discalimerless anti...I want to chime in favor of an discalimerless anti-occupation harachaman. As ZT points out, many communities have been saying "reshit smichat geulateinu" (that israel is the first flowering of redemption) without a disclaimer for years. In fact at TLS last week I was a bit shocked to hear "reshit smichat geulateinu". It is, after all, a progressive minyan, and I know that most of the organizers support equality, something which is impossible in Israel, and which is not even imaginable for those under occupation. My shock and surprise at hearing this bit of nationalism in a TLS setting was mollified by the harachaman that followed, "hu yiten sof l'kibush". If folks at TLS are going to identify TLS as a social justice minyan, there is no way to say the first one without the second one.<BR/><BR/>kol ha'kavod ZT!Chorus of Apeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408481444277244082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148566004202339822006-05-25T10:06:00.000-04:002006-05-25T10:06:00.000-04:00that's a nice solution BZ.that's a nice solution BZ.ZThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148508084942626382006-05-24T18:01:00.000-04:002006-05-24T18:01:00.000-04:00I like to splice together two of the harachamans f...I like to splice together two of the harachamans from B'kol Echad to yield "<I>Harachaman hu yevareich et ha-aretz hazot, ve-yotziah mei-afeilah le-orah</I>."BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148485224954494262006-05-24T11:40:00.000-04:002006-05-24T11:40:00.000-04:00rdl said "I was actually a little concerned that y...rdl said "I was actually a little concerned that you added the kibush harachaman at first, knowing that as much as I love to do it at home, its different in a pluralistic public setting like TLS and some might be put off or feel uncomfortable because of it."<BR/><BR/>this is an important question, how to handle the overt politics implicit in saying an out-loud grace after meals. <BR/>there was a multiplication of the nationalist harachamanim in the last century. Most likely in the last 60 years as Israel has come into being as a nation. Bkol Echad, the USY bencher, for instance, includes a harachaman for the soldiers in the Israeli military. An older harachaman discusses israel as resheit smichat geulateinu, the begining of our redemption. The grace after meals has long been ripe with messianic hope and dreams for the future. I dream that in the years to come occupation will be history and believe that if there is to be a messianic time, it will be our role to bring it. I am deeply hopeful that we will be able to move towards a world free from all sorts of occupations. the one foremost on my mind is the one ongoing in israel. it is deeply unjust and a blight on the moral record of our people. if i am going to talk about an age to come defined by peace, justice, and tranquility, i can hardly imagine occupation being a part of that. thus the inclusion. i hope that no one is offended by my call for an end to occupation. i have a hard time imagining who would argue for occupation in the abstract or what the argument would look like. <BR/>so, i guess that's my $0.02.ZThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148484152457002392006-05-24T11:22:00.000-04:002006-05-24T11:22:00.000-04:004 weeks= awesome, I'll be back in the greater DC a...4 weeks= awesome, I'll be back in the greater DC area (after a year in J-m, which to my surprise got my into this stuff)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148446074329755792006-05-24T00:47:00.000-04:002006-05-24T00:47:00.000-04:00Yay for pluralism!Happy birthday, and mazal tov to...Yay for pluralism!<BR/><BR/>Happy birthday, and mazal tov to the newlyweds. May they be zoiche to build a bayis ne'eman b'yisroel.BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148442341908513842006-05-23T23:45:00.000-04:002006-05-23T23:45:00.000-04:00all leaders should wear a tallis with that disclai...all leaders should wear a tallis with that disclaimer embroidered into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148421419289032232006-05-23T17:56:00.000-04:002006-05-23T17:56:00.000-04:00zt - I was actually a little concerned that you ad...zt - I was actually a little concerned that you added the kibush harachaman at first, knowing that as much as I love to do it at home, its different in a pluralistic public setting like TLS and some might be put off or feel uncomfortable because of it. <BR/><BR/>However, the beautiful thing about TLS is that each person leading a part of the service is only speaking for him or herself, not the entire community. For example, I may not agree with someone who chooses not to insert the emahot into the amidah repition, and I may even add it in myself, under my breath, but I do not think that that person is speaking for the community, just as neither were you.<BR/><BR/>Im glad it sparked dialogue too, I hadnt heard that. My only concern is that we may want to make it clearer to the community outside the steering committee that each leader makes the choice for themself and does not speak for TLS necessarily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148413282323607922006-05-23T15:41:00.000-04:002006-05-23T15:41:00.000-04:00its an open question whether it is preferable to u...its an open question whether it is preferable to use a or b:<BR/>1) harachaman hu yiten sof lekibush bimherah v'yameinu<BR/>2)harachaman hu yiten sof lawkibush bimherah v'yameinu<BR/><BR/>the difference is whether we are discussing ending occupation or <I>the</I> occupation. <BR/><BR/>i'll write a bit more about that soon. <BR/><BR/>the next tls will be listed on tikkunleilshabbat.org soon (i assume). <BR/>i think it is four weeks from friday.ZThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1148412615104715702006-05-23T15:30:00.000-04:002006-05-23T15:30:00.000-04:00happy birthday!how do you say "end the occupation"...happy birthday!<BR/><BR/>how do you say "end the occupation" in hebrew?<BR/><BR/>whens the next tls?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com