<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 12, 2008 6:56 PM, Zev Sero <<a href="mailto:zev@sero.name">zev@sero.name</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Richard Wolpoe wrote:<br><br><br>This is moreshes avosenu, and if it doesn't fit in with your idea<br>of monotheism then so much the worse for monotheism. I believe in<br>Yiddishkeit - if you choose describe it as monotheistic, then so be
<br>it, I'm a monotheist; but if you then change the definition of<br>monotheism so that Yiddishkeit no longer fits it, then fine, I'm<br>not a monotheist. My father never taught me about "monotheism",<br>
and it's probably not even in his working vocabulary. My zeide<br>probably did know the word, and could spell it and make a stab at<br>pronouncing it, but I never heard him use it. My elter-zeide never<br>even *heard* of it. They all believed in Hashem Echod, and also in
<br>all these "superstitions" that are apparently not consistent with<br>your monotheism. And that doesn't bother me in the least.<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>--<br>Zev Sero </font></blockquote>
</div><br>When Msiohe Rabbeinu came down from the mountain the Egel was minhag Yisroel<br>And so was the Egel Minhag for 10 Sevatim after Yerav'am<br>And was AZA prevalent in the during the late of Bayyis Rishon. The last malchey Yehuda were all ov'day AZ
<br>Except oshiyahu The fact that it is YIDDISHKKEIT does not make it kosher<br><br>Many superstitions have bee npracticed by Jews . the Rambam and many G'dolim attacked them virulently.<br><br>We have had MANY false Messiah's. jes have been led astray from Torah Trued Judaim my MANY ism's/ Many Jewish Zaidies worshipped Marx or Eugene v. Debbs. Were THEY kosher, too?
<br> <br>So are youe REALLY saying is that any superstition that violates Tamim tihyeh im Hashem Elokecha is OK so long as it is popular? <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">
RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>