tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post938969379132548388..comments2024-02-06T11:57:25.334-05:00Comments on The Frumanista: The Actual Requirement Princess Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217157534383672867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-63877801725468475552017-03-12T12:41:48.078-04:002017-03-12T12:41:48.078-04:00SPDR: Of course we should strive to do more, but i...SPDR: Of course we should strive to do more, but if circumstances are difficult, why beat oneself up? <br /><br />I've always been of the opinion that children must be taught, with perfect clarity, the difference between halacha, minhag, and chumra. Then they can make educated decisions. Princess Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217157534383672867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-10165673586652836312017-03-07T19:56:02.232-05:002017-03-07T19:56:02.232-05:00Did you ever notice that words like: Bais Yaakov, ...Did you ever notice that words like: Bais Yaakov, Birchas HaShachar, Sh'ma, Shmoneh Esrei, P'sukei D'Zimra, Nishmas, tzibbur, Kedusha are all Hebrew, but the word leining is Yiddish? <br /><br />For the sake of consistency you should use the Hebrew equivalent of leining, which is Kriyas HaToiruh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017927177231080668.post-18151950730304183772017-03-06T11:37:51.123-05:002017-03-06T11:37:51.123-05:00Brachos, shema, shmoneh esrei are *required* for a...Brachos, shema, shmoneh esrei are *required* for a female in the same way that a male can fulfill his obligation for limud torah by reciting krias shema. I think my seminary teacher called this a starvation diet. You can sustain yourself on it, but why should you deprive yourself.<br /><br />You're right, we feel bad for things we aren't even obligated to do because we've been indoctrinated in the hopes that we follow in certain path. It's scary, because we do come out with this all or nothing attitude. The kid who was taught that reading a newspaper is assur can end up eating on Yom Kippur if he succumbs to checking the paper for sports scores. He was taught that they were equivalent.Some Poems Don't Rhymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09294404829014932086noreply@blogger.com