tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912576428113148491.post8930372121035396581..comments2023-09-05T05:17:47.798-05:00Comments on Boxer Rebellion: Pesachjoshhill1021http://www.blogger.com/profile/00262725763812594725noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912576428113148491.post-10854437771658176272008-04-23T08:34:00.000-05:002008-04-23T08:34:00.000-05:00For most people, ritual - especially religious rit...For most people, ritual - especially religious ritual - is a very comforting thing. Especially those rituals of our youth, if our youth was a positive time.<BR/><BR/>I have never been comfortable with religious ritual, probably because my religious experiences growing up were not very positive. And I have found that, in constrast to many people, I grew more and more uncomfortable with religious ritual the more I studied theology, largely because ritual becomes rote for so many people. I will be attending some ritual and something will occur and there will be all sorts of negative implications for me that I know from studying theology. But no one else will catch it. And I will practically have to bite my tongue in order to silence the chittering that wants to burst out.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if there is food involved during or after the ritual, I am totally there. When I was an undergrad we even used to go to the Hare Krishnas on Sunday night, because they always fed us afterwards :)GourmetGoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673545397406871152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912576428113148491.post-68380857933759006742008-04-22T14:15:00.000-05:002008-04-22T14:15:00.000-05:00Doing the whole koshering ritual in 2008 is more t...Doing the whole koshering ritual in 2008 is more than ridiculous it's absurd.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy reading Boxer's musings about growing up Jewish. What can I say, I am Boxer's proud mom! I do enjoy preparing and having a sedar probably because it evokes memories of my parents. I enjoy eating the traditional foods I grew up with. During Pesach I do not eat bread or pork products. Having said that I want to emphasize that I do this because it is my choice not because someone tells me I must do it. I think that we should do want we think is right for each of us. <BR/><BR/>Attending organized prayer meetings, e.g. services, is not the essence of religion for me. It's what I feel in my soul and how I interpret what religion is. That being - being a good person and doing good things. <BR/><BR/>Boxer's momAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912576428113148491.post-34268669755714117122008-04-20T20:07:00.000-05:002008-04-20T20:07:00.000-05:00Fran- Ahh yes but the flavored matzot are not kosh...Fran- Ahh yes but the flavored matzot are not kosher for passover not that I always totally follow that, but sill the flavored ones seem to be not quite right for passover. I just eat the egg matzah. As to to koshering the whole kitchen, my mom grew up in an Orthodox household and they had to do that, it is a great pain.<BR/><BR/>Dcup- Thank you and to you.joshhill1021https://www.blogger.com/profile/00262725763812594725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912576428113148491.post-74063168848723470592008-04-20T16:52:00.000-05:002008-04-20T16:52:00.000-05:00Gut Yontif, Boxer.All the best.Gut Yontif, Boxer.<BR/><BR/>All the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912576428113148491.post-74843973259714995442008-04-20T16:51:00.000-05:002008-04-20T16:51:00.000-05:00I can only say that the matzah with the poppy seed...I can only say that the matzah with the poppy seeds and onion flavor is not too bad. <BR/><BR/>Imagine if you were <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frum" REL="nofollow">frum</A>, matzah schmatzah... Your whole kitchen would have to be koshered. Oy gevalt.<BR/><BR/>Chag sameach my friend.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.com