Chol HaMoed

[debka_notion]

Apparently, I was the Only person at shul this morning who wears tfillin on chol hamoed. It felt awkward- I kept thinking that I was doing something wrong, even though I knew I wasn't. A peer (a year ahead of me) shared his interesting minhag- he wears tfillin on chol hamoed, but only if he's davening alone, as additional something- I don't quite remember why.

Also, I was a bit stuck on my Talmud prep for tomorrow, and so H and I spent some time on it during tonight's skype conversation, and he did it from hearing me read, because his internet browser (wrong word- you know, explorer, or mozilla or what-not) wouldn't open. And not only did we manage to learn it, but it was fun. (And I just compared to the first time we learned gemara together, and I was so nervous that I could barely read, because I was worried he'd think I was incompetent. Versus now- I read, and from that, we worked out the sugya, and I read just fine, and understandably, and my only parsing error was one he caught out and clarified, no problem.)

And now- it's well past my bedtime. Sleep already, self- there's lots of life going on tomorrow.

Comments

[masteraleph.livejournal.com]

"internet browser (wrong word- you know, explorer, or mozilla or what-not)"

Actually, you got exactly the right word there.

[cynara-linnaea.livejournal.com]

In Israel, savant1984tefilin on chol hamoed. We got some very strange looks. One shul regular, a somewhat stuffy older man, came up to me and started telling me at length that it would be confusing for other people to come in and see me wearing tefilin. I asked him if he was telling me to take them off, and he started repeating how it would be confusing for people without actually answering my question. I finally told the guy that the rabbi of the shul had told me I could follow my own minhag, and if he had a problem with me wearing my tefilin on hol hamoed, he could dashed well take it up with the rabbi. People are weird.