Comments on: The Pope and I

By: Rhonda Richards

Rhonda Richards — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:29:18 +0000

This particular story reminded me of when my mother was alive and she fell at work and was in a nursing home for many months. Rosh Hashannah arrived and she was not able to join us as she had been doing since my military husband had arrived back in the states. I had told my two children to get into thier best clothers. When my young daugheter questioned why, I explained it way Rosh Hashannah. She told me it couldn’t be because Grandma wasn’t here! Both of my children knew how important it was for me to have guest and by the end of services I had just that! Both of them had found people who needed homes for a meal for Rosh Hashannah! That was the year, close to my heart, even though my mother did not make it that year! It was the year I realized my children learned not only by words by by actions as well.

By: Dr Savta

Dr Savta — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:00:55 +0000

I received this feedback from Dr. Lorelle Michelson, a plastic surgeon who practices in northern New Jersey, USA

Many surgeons will tell you the the “ritual” of changing, scrubbing and going in to the O. R. is indeed emotionally satisfying in and of itself.
Even before I begin to operate, just the act of PREPARING TO GO IN TO THE O.R. AND LEAVING “LIFE BEHIND” IS very calming (to me, at least!). There
is an “escape” quality to this act~~much as the “escape” from the routine
that Shabbat or the holidays offer

By: frank grady

frank grady — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:54:32 +0000

First, let me say I am enyoying your site.
Second, this “ritual” really spoke to me. We had some friends from South America visit with us sometime back. These were not Jewish people (at the time) but the wife told us of a “ritual” they had in her family. Every Friday night, they went down into the basement and turned out all the lights and lit candles and said a little prayer to G-d.

We reasoned together that this was a remnant of a time when the family openly was Jewish and after becoming Christian out of necessity due to repression kept this small ritual of their Judaism…a special family ritual that told them who they were.

Frank