Comments on: The prayer for bread on Passover http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/04/15/the-prayer-for-bread-on-passover/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:25:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mois Navon http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/04/15/the-prayer-for-bread-on-passover/#comment-365525 Mois Navon Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:50:16 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1485#comment-365525 Thanks for the inspiring article - and all the pretinent links - I used them to prepare a source sheet on the subject for a pre-Pesah shiur: http://www.divreinavon.com/shiurim/HametzUMatzaDatUMedina.pdf. Tizki L'Mitzvot! Thanks for the inspiring article - and all the pretinent links - I used them to prepare a source sheet on the subject for a pre-Pesah shiur: http://www.divreinavon.com/shiurim/HametzUMatzaDatUMedina.pdf.

Tizki L’Mitzvot!

]]> By: HILLEL http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/04/15/the-prayer-for-bread-on-passover/#comment-365485 HILLEL Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:45:25 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1485#comment-365485 Wow, this is a really fantastic article. The main point, I think, is that even secular Jews, in the final analysis, understand deep-down that we are all One People, who are here in this world for one purpose only--to serve HaShem. Wow, this is a really fantastic article.

The main point, I think, is that even secular Jews, in the final analysis, understand deep-down that we are all One People, who are here in this world for one purpose only–to serve HaShem.

]]> By: Ori http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/04/15/the-prayer-for-bread-on-passover/#comment-365465 Ori Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:34:19 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1485#comment-365465 <i>In Switzerland it is against the law to wash your car or hang laundry on Sunday. You get fined! But how come no one calls that ‘religious coercion” ? </i> 1. Maybe it's a stereotype, but I think the Swiss are less argumentative than Israelis. If there were enough Israelis in Switzerland, they would call it religious coercion. 2. Switzerland is an extremely traditionalist country. They didn't let women vote until 1971. Israel is a relatively new country, with its customs and traditions still being negotiated. In Switzerland it is against the law to wash your car or hang laundry on Sunday. You get fined! But how come no one calls that ‘religious coercion” ?

1. Maybe it’s a stereotype, but I think the Swiss are less argumentative than Israelis. If there were enough Israelis in Switzerland, they would call it religious coercion.

2. Switzerland is an extremely traditionalist country. They didn’t let women vote until 1971. Israel is a relatively new country, with its customs and traditions still being negotiated.

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