Talked very briefly w/Debbie... and she was back in the hospital... and I understand she is back home now .. and on Hospice -- who is providing 24 hour nurses... 2 12 hour shifts ... and so Stephen doens't have to get up for water, ice, this-that... etc... A great relief for him and better service for Debbie. The food difference not significant... AND so ...
I have been wondering all day about how things were going... not having heard from Debbie or Stephen..
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today saw my cardiologist... Who talked about my having an electrical problem ... vs a plumbing problem -- my plumbing is being dealt with by Eliquis. The electrical problem is not very severe and not likely to be sudden in some negative effect. Sounded good to me... AND I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT!!!! I must work at it... I CAN do it!!!! I need to reach a new plateau at about 260 and then move on to 250 ... etc. etc.. Until I get to about 220. I CAN DO IT!!!!
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This evening w/Chabad Rabbi Brownstein - and in discussing a "new" Torah .. or a question of contradictory interprestations... How we eat, slaughter animanls and my "favority" - the cheeseburger... TO FOLLOW as we do with the Fence Around the Torah -- let us Honor the entire Species and all that is made from it... OR - what about the new meats and cheeses that are not animal based -- ?? Can they be mixed - EVEN though - for appearance sake - no .. but for LEGAL sake -- why not???
AND - once upon a time --- one could follow Hillel OR Shammai... even if very different... AS long as "rules of Torah exegesis" are followed. So - what is the Halakah ... on!!!???
THE QUESTION ... why discuss issues with people who will not change their views...leaving it so that only I might change?!!! AHH... Change is not the issue... Understanding is the issue!!! (I tried to understand when I discussed Capital Punishment ... though I carried with me a big hope, even an expectation - that change was possible... That hope/expectation showed... and that is not a good way to proceed in discussions. That could be said, I suppose, for Trumpers, too.
Debates amongst the Sages... the ancient ones... Who today is a sage? What are the Schools equivalent/similar to House of Hillel and House of Shammai...?
A question: What is proper Torah exigesis? Who does it today? Who judges?
At some point -- Jews declare they are Jews -- while following different halakich rules... On another hand -- Christians declared/chose to NOT be Jews... Therein lies the significant difference.
Patrilineal vs Matrilineal descent; women as Rabbis; women counted as part of Minyan; cheeseburgers with or without real beef and/or real cheese; OTHER??
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one: discussions with the intent to change an other --- NOT a good idea.... Discuss to learn and understand and see perspectives...
two: in discussing "convert" vs "sojourner" it occurred to me that I entered the idiscussion with the prejudice that the liberal translation was more correct than the orthodox translation of the word GER...
(and while my assumption might be correct ... I think it was said .. the translation in question (Numbers18:10) may have been chosen for halachic reasons ... who is the basis, a source, for future orthodox considerations about converts...!?)
IN ANY CASE: seek understandings and avoid assumptions
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