tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post3177795747532405036..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: Yom HaShoah 5769Jeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-66462318384545119282009-04-23T16:16:00.000+03:002009-04-23T16:16:00.000+03:00This year I recited megillat eichah, as much of it...This year I recited megillat eichah, as much of it as I could remember, during the siren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-3247391594155377522009-04-22T18:14:00.000+03:002009-04-22T18:14:00.000+03:00Incredibly moving. Thanks for that.
Something jus...Incredibly moving. Thanks for that.<br /><br />Something just occurred to me: If it's Chukkat HaGoy...can you name one non-Jewish nation that does this? I honestly can't think of anyone else who stands still during a siren. Moments of silence, sure, but that's different, and in any case isn't so non-Jewish anyway.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-64172078155950984362009-04-22T01:25:00.000+03:002009-04-22T01:25:00.000+03:00I think that the sounding of the siren is one of t...I think that the sounding of the siren is one of the most Jewish customs that the Israeli state has initiated. It is a modern Shofar. There is no need to Judaize it. The haredi halakhic "reasoning", is as usual ridiculous. .Aviadnoreply@blogger.com