Comments on: How to Stay Safe in the World Today

By: wolf t.

wolf t. — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:42:21 +0000

Schul is the proper spelling for the word as it is originally a German word and originated in Germany, thank you very much.

By: Yehoshua Friedman

Yehoshua Friedman — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 07:22:00 +0000

Consider the zchus of dying while you are davening or learning Torah. Even if you are the statistic, it’s still the thing to do. Learning Torah doesn’t appear on the statistics because not enough people are doing it, not because of lack of danger. Ask Rabbi Akiva.

By: Jewish Observer

Jewish Observer — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:38:05 +0000

wht’s with the schul spelling of shul?

By: mycroft

mycroft — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:01:46 +0000

“You will be pleased to learn that only 0.001 percent of all deaths occur in worship services in a synagogue”

Sadly-a person died suddenly in my schul.

By: wolf t.

wolf t. — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 17:50:11 +0000

Ssometimes listening to someone give a long and boring speech in Schul can leave one wishing for death, like in ” kill me now!”

By: Jewish Observer

Jewish Observer — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:08:33 +0000

“For safety’s sake, go to Shabbat services, and attend Torah Study. It could save your life”

I bet you never saw people killing each other for the last piece of kishke

By: Ori Pomerantz

Ori Pomerantz — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:31:14 +0000

I bet more people die in the US in synagogue than while sacrificing to the Ba’al, Ashera, Zeus and Thor put together. Let’s not go there .

By: Gershon

Gershon — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:42:10 +0000

Of course, the logical continuation of the data presented should be that one should REMAIN in shul learning 24/7 (as it’s too dangerous to walk to/from shul).

This vaguely reminds me about a radio ad for a home security company that warned the listeners that “summer is coming – did you know that over 25% of all home burglaries occur between Memorial Day and Labor Day?”