Adam&#39;s Blog

yep!
when i was a kid, every sabbath morning i'd get up and wake my parents by jumping on their bed, after I strolled through the kitchen and watched television in the cozy, silent house.

mm.

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vitafil.livejournal.com

nice flat..

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thanks!

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is the white tablecloth part of the shabbat thing? or is it always there?

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part of the shabbat thing

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we always have white too. do you knwo why?

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traditional.

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haha i love that answer.

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no, seriously, this dates back to probably before the spain banishment, since jews from north africa and yemen do it as well as jews from europe (east, centre and west).

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i didnt realize that it was such an old tradition! maybe it dates back to before the destruction of teh 2nd Temple then...b/c the jews from yemen werent affected by the spanish inquisition.

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not talking about the inquisition

most of the jews were banished from spain a few hundred years before the inquistion, and fled to the rest of europe, yemen, and north africa.

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oh weird i didnt know that.

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sarahgoose.livejournal.com

isn't he so smart?

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w-inter.livejournal.com

no exactly...
they were banished with the inquisition...
i mean the time of Abarbanel...

but, maybe, i'm wrong

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Hm.

Well it all certainly looks peaceful and restful and VERY NEAT AND ORGANIZED AND CLEAN, crist almighty.

I guess I've no jewish ancestry after all; I'm too much of a slob for it.
*sigh*

But seriously:
yay sunflowers!
and wooden chairs!

And cool candlesticks :)

Thank you very much for sharing this.

And I notice what looks like sunny daylight..[*anguished cry* reaches-out-toward-picture]

You lucky.
We haven't really seen the sun in a month.

[coughs up mildew]

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nah, i'm a slob.
a laptop isn't ok if you're a shomer shabbat, (which means you keep the tradition and don't use electricity or fire or anything), but we're not, we're secular, so it's ok :)

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Yeah, if you were I guess there wouldn't still be labels on the apples either? (same principle as the toilet paper thing?).

Still, it looks neat and simple. Uncluttered and easy to deal with.

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If we were, i wouldn't be taking photographs of stuff on shabbat morning :)

what toilet paper thing?

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moonstart.livejournal.com

ripping toilet paper pre-shabbat, so you're not tearing... although at camp we had shabbos toilet paper, but then we'd get candy and ice cream and could rip that open, as long as we weren't tearing letters on the labels...
i love how jews get around rules and make up so many funny ones that really don't make sense even when they do in an odd way...

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anyway, the laptop was the whole point of the photo--
there's the ancient tradition (candlesticks, white tablecloth), and new technology, on the same table.

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yeah, that is cool :)

and I had noticed.

but somehow it doesn't really look out of place.

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I know, that's what i like about this photo.

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But....candles have fire..?

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moonstart.livejournal.com

you can light candles pre-shabbat, and you can also light a candle from another candle that was already lit... just not strike a match, because you're creating fire from nothing...

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Interesting.

Thank you

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actually, you can't light a candle from another candle on shabbat, only in holydays, and only to make food (cook). or at least that was the primary intention, nowdays it's a comfort for the religious smokers.

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you light the candles on shabbat eve, to mark the entrance of the sabbath.

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Oh.

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also, what do you think of our japanese table?

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moonstart.livejournal.com

love the photo. somehow it looks like a painting you'd see in a museum, with the bestest title... it's kewl, and it's kewl that it does really look like a typical "traditional american" household saturday morning... (traditional being mostly reform, i think that's how they describe most american jews, as mostly reform, or whatever)
nice shot. from an artistic view, it rocks. can we trade?

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trade what? :)

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He's not.

:)

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wait, you need israeli peripherals for a think pad?
maybe i can help you there.

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I'll need a bit more specs, and also we'll have to come up with a way for you to pay for it through me, but it should work out.

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how'd you come by an israeli thinkpad in texas, anyway? :)

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sarahgoose.livejournal.com

that's my house at 3am, maybe. My parents are dati. to use the compy on shabbos i have to wait till they're totally passed out, and even then it's quiet time.

oh, being secular in an orthodox house. the joys.
but i still laughed at your picture. cuz in israel, yea...i mean come on. "Bicycle Day"????

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w-inter.livejournal.com

nice picture...
tells something about you

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You are strangely ressemblant to michael jackson.

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yeah, i fuck young children, too!
how did you know?

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ed-dirt.livejournal.com

It fucking pissee me off that Michael Jackson usurped and ruined some cool looks. Things like pale white skin with black hair, and the fedora thing.

Funny thing though...I don't see the bastard at all in your icon.

It looks more to me like Terrence Trent D'arby if it looks like anyone but you.

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