Re: Found while searching the Web for Mi Sheberach - this is real!

[Dick Rosenberg <mashke...>]

A (non-Jewish) friend of mine who I forwarded the joke to replied:

Dick -- My first car, a 1971 Opel, did that quite a 
bit.  I didn't even know it was Jewish.  Always thought 
it was bad plugs or something.
- Dave 

I replied back to him:

Dave,

A 1971 Opel probably wasn't Jewish :-)

Dick Rosenberg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leonard Koenick" <lkoenick (at) erols(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: Found while searching the Web for Mi Sheberach - this is real!


> To borrow from a vintage joke: "I used to have a car like that."
> 
> Leonard Koenick
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Klezcorner (at) 
> aol(dot)com
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:47 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Found while searching the Web for Mi Sheberach - this is real!
> 
> Sorry, not music releated, but I just can't resist.
> 
> 
> Q: If I am driving on a road in the middle of nowhere and remember that I
> didn't daven mincha but there is nowhere I can stop to daven that is safe
> can I daven in my car?
> 
> 
> A: Yes. If possible, you should try to accomplish the following: 1) Stop
> the car (but you don't have to get out) for the first brocho (Avos) in
> order to help your Kavanah (concentration) for that brocho, which is
> mandatory; 2) Stop briefly each time that you must bow (4 times); 3) Put
> the car in reverse and go back slightly at the end, before going forward.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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