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#61 krumlikeapretzel

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 01:59 PM

Melech, on Nov 20 2009, 08:43 AM, said:

Which is well and good, but then the same argument could be used for someone who gives his wife red foiled Hershey Kisses on St. Valentine's Day, that he's necessarily an idol worshipper.

Maybe. To put this into perspective I don't think we pasken Xtianity to be mideoraisoh form of Avoda Zara.

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However, the question is if such a person can self justify taking cultural aspects of non-Jewish holidays, or messages, or whatever, and not be a self-hating denier of Jewish history who wallows in the blood of Holocaust victims, from his point of view.

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However, the question is if such a person can self justify taking cultural aspects of non-Jewish holidays, or messages, or whatever, and not be a spitter on tradition, from his point of view.

No.

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 03:00 PM

Snag, on Nov 20 2009, 11:22 AM, said:

they also used to put trees in shul for shovuos, until it was abolished as chukos hagoy.

Yes, but the real question is are we allowed to shoot at flying reindeer? Those old WWII 20mm flack guns are cheap..........

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 08:41 PM

Monte Cristo, on Nov 20 2009, 03:00 PM, said:

Yes, but the real question is are we allowed to shoot at flying reindeer? Those old WWII 20mm flack guns are cheap..........

Probably,but since hunting isn't kosher slaughter,you would have to give the carcass to a homeless shelter.BTW, Rudolf had a red nose because he was a shicker.Way to much nog all the time.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:14 PM

i don't know about anyone else but the only thing i got from this thread is that melech does not buy his wife chocolate or flowers on valentines day.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:15 PM

LOL!

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:16 PM

jewess, on Nov 21 2009, 10:14 PM, said:

i don't know about anyone else but the only thing i got from this thread is that melech does not buy his wife chocolate or flowers on valentines day.

It's entirely possible that I'm a total hypocrite. Let's not discount that distinct possibility.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:18 PM

Melech, on Nov 21 2009, 10:16 PM, said:

It's entirely possible that I'm a total hypocrite. Let's not discount that distinct possibility.

It's entirely possible that he DOES buy the chocolate, but then eats it on the way home.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:19 PM

Shuli, on Nov 21 2009, 10:18 PM, said:

It's entirely possible that he DOES buy the chocolate, but then eats it on the way home.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:29 PM

Shuli, on Nov 21 2009, 10:18 PM, said:

It's entirely possible that he DOES buy the chocolate, but then eats it on the way home.

So what does he do with the roses?

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 10:48 PM

Shuli, on Nov 21 2009, 09:18 PM, said:

It's entirely possible that he DOES buy the chocolate, but then eats it on the way home.

It's also not entirely imossible that Melech buys DW chocolates on March 14th (White Day) as they do in Asia. (This would normally involve Sra. Melech giving Melech home-made chocolates on February 14th, as it tends to be on a quid pro quo basis... )

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 12:12 AM

Santa Claus has to travel at AT LEAST Mach 32 to visit everyone between Midnight and 1am in each timezone.

This would cause reindeer to burn up in the atmosphere.

Rambam (Hilchot Teshuva, Chapter 5, Halacha #1) said:

Choice, to all humans, is given. If one wishes to turn to the path of goodness, and be entirely righteous, the power is in their hands. And if, one should want to turn to the path of evilness, and be entirely bad, the power in their hands.

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Pitiful are those who leave the basic word unspoken, but wretched are those who, instead of that, address ideas with a concept or a slogan as if that were their name!

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 12:45 AM

Rentsy, on Nov 22 2009, 12:12 AM, said:

Santa Claus has to travel at AT LEAST Mach 32 to visit everyone between Midnight and 1am in each timezone.

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This would cause reindeer to burn up in the atmosphere.

No raindeer. Chiyo's dad flies on his own.

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 01:19 AM

Are you some sort of anime baki?

Rambam (Hilchot Teshuva, Chapter 5, Halacha #1) said:

Martin Buber, in I and Thou said:

Pitiful are those who leave the basic word unspoken, but wretched are those who, instead of that, address ideas with a concept or a slogan as if that were their name!

Amos (8:11) said:

"Behold! Days are coming", says my Lord, God, "When I will send a famine on the land, not a hunger for food nor a thirst for water, but to hear the words of God."

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 01:35 AM

Rentsy, on Nov 22 2009, 01:19 AM, said:

Are you some sort of anime baki?

Actually, it's not anime baki, it's anime baka.

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 02:16 AM

Rentsy, on Nov 22 2009, 12:12 AM, said:

This would cause reindeer to burn up in the atmosphere.

They're magic flying reindeer who have had lots of practice.

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:42 AM

Melech, on Nov 21 2009, 10:16 PM, said:

It's entirely possible that I'm a total hypocrite. Let's not discount that distinct possibility.

or that melech is not a hypocrite, merely a spitter on tradition.

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