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tobeginagain

Jewish Ritual Objects Gone Wild

Sep 09, 2005 00:57

I'm very proud of this project that I completed last week and have been meaning to show it to all of y'all but I'm only now getting around to putting this entry together. Because it may be filled with Jewy terms, I suggest choosing the LJ-cut that matches your knowledge first and keep reading down through the rest.

( I don't know anything about Jews, their clothing, or the purpose of some of the objects they use/wear. )

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comearoundruby September 8 2005, 22:20:46 UTC

a) your lj-cuts gave me the giggles
b) when i saw tzitzit i squealed a bit and proclaimed (in my head) "oh oh i know what that is!"
c) beautiful.

tobeginagain September 8 2005, 23:14:27 UTC

a) i aim to please
b) yay! i remember those long discussions we had on them
c) thanks!

balmofgilead September 8 2005, 23:08:20 UTC

You, and your Ritual Objects Gone Wild, are awesome.

tobeginagain September 8 2005, 23:19:35 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you appreciate. I didn't mention, but I ended up not leaving the beged (garment for those following a long at home) completely white. The final ruling a few friends and I came to said that even though the color of the tzitzit didn't need to match those of the beged, it might be better to do so to be more machmir (strict). The fact that my friend isn't Ashkenazi made it even less problematic, but in the end I colored a small portion of the white the other colors anyway. The rest remained white because, afterall, there were multiple white strands. Anyway, yay. And, thanks.

thesynergizer September 8 2005, 23:30:44 UTC

what an awesome project! that was a very nice thing you did for your friend. i keep meaning to post in my own journal about jewish things, but don't know where to start ...

hopefully, telling you will be enough motivation to get me to just jump in.
i'd really value your thoughts/opinion/feedback when i get everything out there. :-)

trempnvt September 13 2005, 16:40:10 UTC

One of those was left white so that he could theoretically use his tzitzit to determine prayer times by being able to differentiate between white and tekhelet.

Brachot daf bet amud aleph represent.

tobeginagain September 13 2005, 21:02:52 UTC

Indeed. I was just learning that last night.

brynathyn December 18 2005, 00:15:52 UTC

no... i got out of island view the day before my 18th birthday, therefor ensuring i could never go back... who's this???

tobeginagain December 18 2005, 05:44:47 UTC

a quasi-nostalgic someone who spent chunk of her high school career in utah.

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