[HANASHIR:9154] Re: halacha against instrumentation

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I think there is a qualitative a difference between things some DO to mourn 
the destruction of the Temple (break a glass at a wedding, go to the Kotel, 
observe Tisha B'av) and things some DON'T do (such as use instruments in 
Shabbat worship).  For instance, if we didn't eat matzah INSTEAD of bread at 
Passover, I think it would be a much less effective ritual.

But, the one thing we are unlikely to achieve is CONSISTENCY.  Across 
movements, and within movements, even within Congregations, there are 
differing opinions as to what should and shouldn't be done.

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> Date: Tuesday, 22-May-01 09:52 AM
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> From: Eric Simon               \ Internet:    (erics (at) radix(dot)net)
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> Subject:  [HANASHIR:9149] Re: halacha against instrumentation
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> >Exactly right.   We mourn for a year.  Then life goes on and although we 
> >continue to remember, we no longer mourn.  If a year is long enough to 
mourn 
> >a parent or, God forbid, a child, isn't over 2000 years long enough to 
mourn 
> >a building?
> 
> As we wrote before, it is not just "a building" or else people wouldn't be
> swarming to the Kotel all the time.  And, as I wrote earlier, if you insist
> that we should no longer mourn, doesn't consistency demand tht you insist
> that we no longer smach a glass at a wedding?  
> 
> As far as my feelings go, so long as there is sinas chinam (senseless
> hatred) between Jews, I will mourn.
> 
> >Exactly right.   We mourn for a year.  Then life goes on and although we 
> >continue to remember, we no longer mourn.
> 
> Could the same argument be used against, e.g., the things we do to
> memorialize the Holcaust?  (The sirens in Israel, etc.)
> 
> -- Eric
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