tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843426103950643279.post8144879133648090062..comments2023-07-12T12:34:46.767+10:00Comments on AJN Watch: From the US edition of the Yated: When "Orthodox" is really “Kosher-Style” ReformAJN WATCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706063020449126800noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1843426103950643279.post-42448732187235430812011-09-28T07:23:06.253+10:002011-09-28T07:23:06.253+10:00B'H
When there is someone like Kanefsky who is...B'H<br />When there is someone like Kanefsky who is a rabbi by education, but is lacking the emotional intelligence to comprehend that it takes more than a male reproductive organ to make a man or mensch, one really begins to wonder about his rabbinical education. Surely most men would understand that a bracha made thanking G-D for not making him a woman and giving him additional mitzvot to perform to ensure that he does not go off the dereck is a very relevant bracha for daily prayer. It is a definitive blessing thanking G-D for the ultimate in mercy.<br />As a woman, the way I see it is simply that G-D made women superior to men in emotional strength because we need it to deal with men and a family and children. We carry children within our bodies, nurture them for nine months and then carry them emotionally, spiritually and in other ways for the rest of our lives. We multi task and carry out various roles that are far more demanding than the role of a man. Sometimes the man is the biggest child in the family and don't they love it. Why wouldn't a man thank G-D that he is not born or made a woman. We carry far more responsibility than men in most cases. In fact, men have to be reminded of their responsibilities on a daily basis and so they should thank G-D for not making them a woman. It should be considered quite ungrateful, if they do not make such a bracha.<br />Just as a marriage should not be based on the act of reproduction, the definition of a man or a mensch is more than just the possession a set of male reproductive organs.<br />I have never bought the argument about that bracha being sexist or the one about the mechitsa being 'demeaning' to me as a woman. I am quite grateful to daven in peace behind it without enduring lustful glances or inspections of men who should be concentrating on their prayers instead of looking longingly at the women.<br />The same goes for education. When you teach in a mixed co-education setting, you have to feel sorry for the boys who have to try and get an education and focus on their studies despite their raging hormones, meanwhile the girls are either blissfully unaware of the impact of their presence on the boys or too aware of it and use it to its fullest advantage.<br />Reform Judaism and its other versions are for those who want a Clayton's Jewish experience. It's called looking sort of Jewish, but not too Jewish and thinking sort of culturally Jewish but not too Jewish again and living the Jewish experience but only for appearances sake. A real Jewish life requires some effort and hard introspection and prayer on a daily basis and keeping certain things like Kashrut, tahara mishpacha and more daily 24/7 and 365 days a year. It is not about compartmentalization of one's daily life or the physical and the spiritual. <br />Anyway Shana Tova may we all be blessed with the eyes to see what is kedusha and what is hol and work at elevating our lives and that around us and live in a way that brings kedusha into this existence. <br />We should all be inscribed for peace, prosperity, success and blessings in all our endeavours throughout the coming year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971930574979600235noreply@blogger.com