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Howard Schranz's avatar

Let's call it for what is is. Kabala is Jewish magic, plain and simple. If u believe in magic, kabala has lots to offer. If not, it is merely cute (at best) folklore.

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David Ilan's avatar

Isn’t Lag Baomer really to commemorate R Akiva’s students who died in the Bar Kochba revolt and they euphemistically described it as a ״plague”…?

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

What is shocking is that Lag Baomer is treated like it is almost a mitzvah doraita!

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Howard Schranz's avatar

When I was a kid, I thought "d'oraisa" somehow referred to rice. Now, "doraita" makes me think of Doritos.

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

When does inspiration begin and end and spirituality begin and vice versa?

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Joe Berry's avatar

Practically speaking, on our yeshuv in the North the grade school kids had their bonfires from 8-10 pm (around 10 or so bonfires). The middle school had their bonfires from 10 pm to midnight, and the high schoolers had fun from midnight until dawn (no school today). Lots of fun with very good parental supervision and fire hoses ready, just in case.

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

To those not so enthused with the whole ceremony it appears more like crowd sparked enthusiasm than true spirituality. But to some it may be spiritual.

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Howard Schranz's avatar

IMHO, "spirituality" is ALWAYS some sparked-up craziness that does not exist except in the mind of the spiritual. Spirituality is a self-induced state of mind, often induced by charlatans.

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

If it provides inspiration then it surely a positive experience. All great movements need inspiration. That is a spirituality that is far from a cheap charlatan.

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Just Curious's avatar

I hear the cheil ha’avir is getting ready to unveil its new fighter jet… the lag bomber.

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David Ilan's avatar

Lag Baomer is a very silly Holiday…

https://youtu.be/Qc7HmhrgTuQ

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

What is shocking is that Lag Baomer is treated like it is almost a mitzvah doraita!

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Eli B's avatar

You wrote this twice

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Howard Schranz's avatar

Khas v'shalom Yekutiel would ever delete a precious word of his. His jokes never get old!

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Yekutiel Weiss's avatar

Technical difficulties.

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Just Curious's avatar

I find it shocking that Lag Baomer is treated like it is almost a mitzvah doraita!

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