Comments on: The December dilemma http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2003/11/29/the-december-dilemma/ dawn friedman's blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:17:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: brave http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2003/11/29/the-december-dilemma/#comment-9694 brave Tue, 02 Dec 2003 03:02:05 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=885#comment-9694 sigh. I was sad after reading your post. No, not because of the Christmas tree. Because being a "good" Jew means plodding through a bunch of rules for the sake of following rules. That sounds really grim and boring and not spiritual at all. I wouldn't do that either. Halacha doesn't exist separately from prayer, study, and honoring nature and synchronicity. Quite the reverse. I use halacha (as I learned from some great rabbis) to make the ordinary holy and the holy ordinary. Check out www.shechinah.com (a rabbi friend of mine) Let's be lights to one another in these months of darkness...... sigh. I was sad after reading your post. No, not because of the Christmas tree. Because being a “good” Jew means plodding through a bunch of rules for the sake of following rules. That sounds really grim and boring and not spiritual at all. I wouldn’t do that either. Halacha doesn’t exist separately from prayer, study, and honoring nature and synchronicity. Quite the reverse. I use halacha (as I learned from some great rabbis) to make the ordinary holy and the holy ordinary. Check out http://www.shechinah.com (a rabbi friend of mine)

Let’s be lights to one another in these months of darkness……

]]> By: Onyx http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2003/11/29/the-december-dilemma/#comment-9693 Onyx Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:36:43 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=885#comment-9693 I just wanted to tell you that this is really an awesome post, and hits a lot of the points that I really feel the same on when it comes to raising my daughter in. Thanks for wording it so well :) I just wanted to tell you that this is really an awesome post, and hits a lot of the points that I really feel the same on when it comes to raising my daughter in. Thanks for wording it so well :)

]]> By: LawMom http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2003/11/29/the-december-dilemma/#comment-9692 LawMom Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:25:05 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=885#comment-9692 This is a wonderful and thought-provoking post. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, which resonated with me as I'm sure they will with many. This is a wonderful and thought-provoking post. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, which resonated with me as I’m sure they will with many.

]]> By: drublood http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2003/11/29/the-december-dilemma/#comment-9691 drublood Sun, 30 Nov 2003 05:55:57 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=885#comment-9691 This is a wonderful post. Thank you, Dawn. You have given me a lot to think about here. This is a wonderful post. Thank you, Dawn. You have given me a lot to think about here.

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