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xiphias ([personal profile] xiphias) wrote2005-05-24 08:24 pm

Just now posted to our shul's mailing list:


Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:39:35 -0400
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
From: Richard Silberman <xxxxxx@xx.edu> (by way of Rona and Dennis Fischman <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com>)
Subject: [TBB] Making a minyan

Dear Friends,

This coming weekend is, of course, Memorial Day weekend, which calls to mind the famous question in the Mishnah:
from when do we go to the Cape? Shammai says, from Memorial Day weekend. Hillel says, Oy, the traffic! Better you should stay in town and help make a minyan -- and if not now, when? The Mishnah leaves the disagreement unresolved. But bear in mind that on the thousands of college campuses in America, you will not find a single Shammai Organization.

Hope to see you in shul, and a good holiday weekend to all.

Rick


Note for non-locals: "the Cape" is Cape Cod, the sticky-out part of Massachusetts, and a popular weekend getaway spot.
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[personal profile] redbird 2005-05-25 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
I've walked down Mass Ave. with a cone in the snow--but would your grandmother?

[identity profile] xiphias.livejournal.com 2005-05-25 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
They both do.