[HANASHIR:6293] RE: Counting the weeks [an experiment]

[janeen kobrinsky <janeen...>]

Adrian ... in Ros' posting she specifically asked:

"Please e-mail me privately & tell me what you think ... if you think this
is ridiculous, will clog up the airways, clutter your inbox, upset people
who can't attend, etc. etc. etc., be kind in how you tell me! ... and I will
or will not go ahead, depending on what people say."

You neither emailed her privately, nor were kind in your response.

be sweet
janeen


----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Durlester <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:15 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:6289] RE: Counting the weeks [an experiment]


> Ros:
>
> I would have to weigh in as opposed to your proposal. First, I think it
> trivializes the meaning of serious ritual counting, like the Omer, and
gives
> undo importance to the HN workshop. Secondly, it is exclusionary and
> offensive and/or irrelevant to those who do not/cannot attend HN. Thirdly,
I
> find it a somewhat sensationalistic practice, and one that smacks of
> Madison-Avenue style hype. As well meaning as it is, I just don't see it
as
> appropriate. And as list-owner, I feel compelled to discourage the idea.
>
> Sorry to be a wet blanket.
>
> Adrian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> > shamash(dot)org]On
> > Behalf Of Roslyn Schwartz
> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:41 PM
> > To: Hanashir
> > Subject: [HANASHIR:6288] Counting the weeks [an experiment]
> >
> >
> > Hi to all of you,
> >
> > At HN this year we learned of the importance of counting, as we counted
> > the Omer every day.
> >
> > Several of my recent e-mail correspondents have ended their letters with
> > the phrase:  see you in fifty weeks!
> >
> > So the idea appeals to me of Counting our figurative Omer toward HN next
> > year ... posting a weekly e-mail titled Counting, with the text body
> > something like "forty-nine weeks to go" ... or some variation on that
> > theme.  I had never counted the Omer before, & it felt like a
> > significant thing to do.
> >
> > Please e-mail me privately & tell me what you think ... if you think
> > this is ridiculous, will clog up the airways, clutter your inbox, upset
> > people who can't attend, etc. etc. etc., be kind in how you tell me! ...
> > and I will or will not go ahead, depending on what people say.
> >
> > Nervously,
> >
> > - Ros
> >
> >
>

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