[HANASHIR:6294] RE: Counting the weeks [an experiment]

[Adrian Durlester <durleste...>]

Chaverim:

I have already made my apologies to Ros. I was having a bad email day, and
made several mistakes, including this one. This message had been intended to
be sent privately.

S'licha,

Adrian


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org]On
> Behalf Of janeen kobrinsky
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 6:50 AM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:6293] RE: Counting the weeks [an experiment]
>
>
> 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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