on 8/28/03 1:08 PM, Sam Weiss at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While interpreting and deconstructing this tradition bear in mind that the > definition of the Yiddish word "mizinke" is "youngest daughter". No big > deal, but if I were trying to squeeze orange juice out of an apple because > I was all out of oranges, I would at least stop calling it an apple. > > > At 10:41 AM 8/28/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> As I said, I'm inclusive. In the old days the parents were 'being freed of >> the >> burden' of marrying off their children and so the last was special. I feel >> that >> being the parents of a child that is being married is an honor and should >> be >> treated as such, be it the first, middle, last, 2 children in one wedding, >> >> etc., etc. >> >> I think that's the best way, to respect, honor and understand the >> tradition and >> the reason for it, while interpreting it in light of today's mores where >> most >> parents would not think that the oldest daughter has to be married first, >> etc. >> >> Dick Rosenberg >>> >>>> I don't necessarily restrict it to mother and father - we played a Bar >>>> Mitzvah recently where the parents of the Bar Mitzvah boy were Alice >> and >>>> Margaret). >>> >>> Ah, but more important, was their last child being married (otherwise >> 100% >>> in agreement)? :-). >>> >>> ari > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ > >
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