--- Dan Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > It's not a custom it's Jewish law (a law that is > offensive and > un-necessary),
youre right about the law part but what makes you think you have the right to pass judgement for orthodoxy on relative offensiveness and unnecesariness that may be the case for you but plenty of people dont find it to be the case. as contentious an issue as it may be, many people still view it as an integral part of halacha, whether or not you approve of it. for most people this doesnt interfere with their everyday life and they dont shove it into peoples faces, they simply dont go to events where this might pose a problem for them. now you have to admit that when someone is organizing an event they have to take into consideration that they have to accomodate any people that they are inviting to the event. im not talking about people they might sell tickets to, i refer here to people whom theyve specifically said that they would like to see there as a guest of honour or something else along those lines. why cant you see it as a case of some people eat kosher and therefore when those people go to events people provide appropriate food solutions for them. in this case some people cannot allow themselves halachically to hear a woman singing and therefore a concession must be made to ensure that no one will feel uncomfortable. im not saying that i think its a wonderful or terrible halacha im just saying that some people (regardless of their personal viewpoint about the halacha as well), abide by it and its not right to state that they are in the wrong just for being orthodox the way they believe orthodoxy is meant to be. avi so you need to give it a little more > respect than that. > The best way to handle a situation like this is to > educate yourself and others. > > The fact is that there are strong halachik (Jewish > Legal) arguments > against Kol Isha, i.e. that listening to a woman's > voice is not a problem, > understanding what these are and being able to > present them when necessary > would be a more constructive approach then being > dismissive. > > Cheers, > > Dan > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote: > > > > Love, > > > > > > Rosa Parks > > > > > > > Maybe that's what's gotta happen. Maybe some > community needs to have it in > > their face and take it upon themselves to realize > that in our times living > > in our world this is ridiculous and to set a > precedent for changing the > > custom. And why do I feel so much like that old > Steve Martin character on > > Saturday Night Live saying it? > > > > EK > > > > www.zelwel.com > > > > > > > > - Dan Jacobs > - 07956 246 659 > > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------+ > Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network > http://shamash.org > A service of Hebrew College, which offers online > courses and an > online MA in Jewish Studies, > http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ > > * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * > Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a > comprehensive, > objective, authoritative and interactive learning > resource in all areas > of Judaism. Free membership via > http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash > ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------= > ===== the whole world is a narrow bridge and the main thing is to have no fear -rabbi nachman the numerical equation of ahavah in hebrew is 13(a prime number) be'ahava is 2(bet) x 13 when two complete and unbreakable (prime) loves come together in love(be'ahava), you have 26 this shows that god (equivalent to 26) enters into a relationship only if there is a complete unbreakable selflessness to the other -avi finegold and one one hand he tattooed the word love/and on the other the word fear -bruce springsteen __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
