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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Jews in Alabama, Episode #6
We express our sympathies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and talk a little about how it sideswiped our area. We also talk about a dear friend who passed away this week, tell a funny "Moses" story, play a promo, and complain about looters. We also give lots of shout-outs. (31 minutes, 21 seconds)
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The link to download is dead for me.
To J- You can get it from podcast alley. Go to There are Jews in Alabama. Click on details and then under the stats there is -podcast player- click on that and you can listen.
Thanks so much for playing the promo. We like to let Charley think he is right!
Another good show. Heartfelt. Carol
Link button is fixed now. Sorry about that.
You can always just click on the title ("Jews in Alabama, Episode #whatever) to access the MP3 as well.
And, as Carol said, Podcast Alley is always an option too. Thanks, Carol! :)
Well, I still think Raya should do the first ten minutes, but it's only because I am so bad at blabbing interrupting. My daughter has only two complaints about me (at least that she's willing to voice--) 1) I embarrass her in public (singing and dancing, usually) 2) I interrupt her. Eric is definitely not as bad as I would be, and Eric is definitely better than Charley at recognizing when he is wrong. :-)
Wrong? Me? I'm sorry, you're mistaken. I'm never wrong. :)
I hate to be a nitpicker, but I think Raya said that Rosh Hashana is only one day in Israel. While this is true of most holidays (there's only one day in Israel) there's two days of Rosh Hashana everywhere.
The reasoning escapes me now...
Biblically it's a one day holiday. Orthodox and Conservative Jews celebrate it for two days because they couldn't ascertain the precise hour of the appearance of the new moon for the month of Tishri. What if it was cloudy? To cover all the bases they extended it by a day. Reform Jews believe that because this uncertainty does not exist today they celebrate it for one day. I'm just grateful we don't do it for Yom Kippur!
Oops, I have to admit J is right about Rosh Hashanah. And Carol, thanks for the explanation!
Raya :)
My dad, when he lived in israel, did it one day, though he is closer to orthodox than reform. Because some things are just common sense. We know now when the new moon is, so it's just stupid, end of story. :-) Like the similarly old-timey prohibition on kitniyot on pesach. Tradition is important, but it shouldn't trump common sense.
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