| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
For those who have visited Israel, the following may be familiar.
Only in Israel
- have an entire generation taught their parents the "Mother" tongue.
- can a 48 year old Russian immigrant receive advice from his
22 year old daughter about his upcoming army training.
- will you meet an F-15 pilot (barely 19 years old) who has
still not received a driver's license...
Can anyone relate more?
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| 272.1 | Only in... | NONODE::CHERSON | Post-Modem | Fri Feb 13 1987 08:35 | 8 |
Hmm Levi, wasn't this note here before, and vanished?
Only in Israel can you queue up in line sideways.
Only in Israel can you go to a dentist, and have him/her ask you
if you have no pain then what are you doing here?
David
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| 272.2 | eh? I didn't do it! | ZEPPO::MAHLER | Motti the Moderator | Fri Feb 13 1987 12:01 | 5 |
I'll try again...
- Can you be stoned by a rabbi.
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| 272.3 | Strange occurrence | NONODE::CHERSON | Post-Modem | Fri Feb 13 1987 12:42 | 5 |
re:-1
Oh yeh, than who did it? In your reply was the same.
David
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| 272.4 | Who am I? | CARLIN::MAHLER | I drank WHAT? - Socrates | Fri Feb 13 1987 13:40 | 11 |
myabe, it was, maybe,, it , maybe...... Him?
Her?
Hashem?
Me?
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| 272.5 | And maybe, it means... | OBIWAN::SACHS | Sun Mar 01 1987 19:23 | 11 | |
Only in Israel...
Levi's DOESN'T mean-
Rye Bread like mamma didn't mak, or
button fl jeans
It can also mean a Rosenhand....Hi Levi!
Mark (Moise Pippick) Sachs
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| 272.6 | trees birthdays? | CSSAUS::JOHAN | Wed Mar 04 1987 01:28 | 4 | |
TU BSHVAT? do trees really have birthdays???
R.J.
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| 272.7 | It may seem strange, but there's a good reason: | ULTRA::OFSEVIT | Sold stock at 105...sigh | Wed Mar 04 1987 12:52 | 26 |
re .6
Yes, indeed, trees have birthdays. There is a religious law,
derived from a commandment, that prohibits harvesting fruits from
trees until the trees are a certain number of years old. (I don't
have the exact reference here, but the number is not relevant to
this explanation.) It's probably related to the laws of kashrut
and is likely motivated by a similar "respect for nature" to prevent the
abuse of immature plants. In order to determine whether a tree
is old enough to collect fruit, Tu B'Shvat came into being to serve
as a common "birthday"� for all trees. Since it comes at the beginning
of Spring in Israel, it is a reasonable choice of dates. (I think
one explanation is that the olive trees start to bloom on this date,
and olive trees serve as a benchmark because of their value and
longevity.)
I got this explanation, which I hope I haven't garbled too much,
from Rabbi Kieval of Temple Reyim in Newton, a few weeks ago--on
Tu B'Shvat, in fact!
David
� A strangely similar custom exists in the field of horse racing,
where horses all are given January 1 as a birthday regardless of
when they were were born during the year. I think this is motivated
to make record-keeping in this field more honest.
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