tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post2262776172812783757..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: The Meaning of "Nitel Nacht"DixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-9325121740979677172010-10-10T04:05:55.250-04:002010-10-10T04:05:55.250-04:00I had this discussion with my Chabad
friends years...<i>I had this discussion with my Chabad<br />friends years ago. To alter anything we do on Dec 25th, to even designate a name for it, provides our acknowledgement of it, regardless of the insults we apply to it. To alter our religious practices only serves to allow that religion domination over Judaism. I assume it's even possible to consider this an avoda zara! </i><br /><br />You assume it’s possible to consider a practice followed and encouraged by the 6th and 7th Lubavitcher Rebbeim an avoida zara? That’s an interesting assumption.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-29591911625649397342007-12-26T11:10:00.000-05:002007-12-26T11:10:00.000-05:00Did you see this one:http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/...Did you see this one:<BR/><BR/>http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2007/12/nittel-nacht-christmas-eve.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-56230489225487650892007-12-25T16:47:00.000-05:002007-12-25T16:47:00.000-05:00Chabakuk Elisha,Oh yes, I remember reading this co...Chabakuk Elisha,<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, I remember reading this comment of yours last year. Thanks for your great research!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-48106512287278121382007-12-25T16:37:00.000-05:002007-12-25T16:37:00.000-05:00Oh Yeah!Thanks for reminding me of that conversati...Oh Yeah!<BR/>Thanks for reminding me of that conversation:<BR/> http://asimplejew.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-do-i-have-to-start-now.html#c116714354030087303Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-78100492766118407322007-12-25T08:57:00.000-05:002007-12-25T08:57:00.000-05:00Shvach & Yirmiyahu,I hear what you're both saying....Shvach & Yirmiyahu,<BR/><BR/>I hear what you're both saying. I'm not one to judge either way.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't being ma'aleh rok when one passes a beis avoda zara also be changing our actions because of the avoda zara?<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-27771810472675956352007-12-25T01:17:00.000-05:002007-12-25T01:17:00.000-05:00"Blogger Schvach said... I had this discussion..."Blogger Schvach said...<BR/><BR/> I had this discussion with my Chabad<BR/> friends years ago. To alter anything we do on Dec 25th, to even designate a name for it, provides our acknowledgement of it, regardless of the insults we apply to it. To alter our religious practices only serves to allow that religion domination over Judaism. I assume it's even possible to consider this an avoda zara!"<BR/><BR/>I believe your words could be equally applied to the injunction found in the first mishnah of Avodah Zarah.<BR/><BR/>There is a difference between reaction to a celebration, which is impossible to avoid, and observing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-69290651012567347182007-12-24T17:51:00.000-05:002007-12-24T17:51:00.000-05:00I had this discussion with my Chabad friends years...I had this discussion with my Chabad <BR/>friends years ago. To alter anything we do on Dec 25th, to even designate a name for it, provides our acknowledgement of it, regardless of the insults we apply to it. To alter our religious practices only serves to allow that religion domination over Judaism. I assume it's even possible to consider this an avoda zara!Schvachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052885350566210171noreply@blogger.com