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debka_notion) wrote2006-12-19 08:01 pm
debka_notion) wrote2006-12-19 08:01 pm
Halakhic Thought
So the egal minyan at JTS does not give the first and second aliyot to a kohen and levi, respectively. However today the person to whom they gave the first aliyah was a kohen. And they went on about their usual progression, so the next person was not a levi, nor did they give the second aliyah to the same person. And I understand not giving out aliyot based on that status issue, and since it was established for the sake of peace, I wouldn't complain about a minyan that does not hold by it for the sake of peace. But once you do call a kohen for the aliyah- I do wonder what the best choice of action would have been. On the other hand, they had handed out the aliyot in advance, and I know that once you call someone, you don't replace them, even if you should have called someone else- so maybe handing out the aliyot has some of the same status. It's just an interesting thing to think about.
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That's not always true. Some Lubovitchers give their rebbe the third. :)
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Ba-dum-cha, thank you David Berger!
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(I feel like that should be the punchline to some sick joke, possibly involving necrophilia . . . hmmmm . . .)
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If you come up with a joke for that one, you'll have to let me know.
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Guy goes to a brothel, says what can I get for $5. They show him to a room, he starts to do the deed, and suddenly something goes wrong. He pulls up his trousers and runs out. The brothel manager seems him go, sighs to herself, and says: "Damn, Sally's full again."
I cleaned it up as much as possible, but no, it's not so much funny as grotesque. Please feel free to delete this, it's really bringing down the property values of the rest of the threads.