tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post7315446688878988722..comments2024-03-28T18:05:05.267+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Shavuos the Holiday of Water BalloonsRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-21204184620670211092009-06-02T00:33:31.484+03:002009-06-02T00:33:31.484+03:00interesting thought. thanksinteresting thought. thanksRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-84712859018000945242009-06-02T00:26:33.675+03:002009-06-02T00:26:33.675+03:00I heard the following explanation:
When the Yidd...I heard the following explanation: <br /><br />When the Yidden heard the first two Dibros from Hashem, their neshomos left them, right? So, Hashem revived them with the "Tal Techiye"-the dew that will be used for Techias Hameisim. Dew=water=throwing water.the sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134516234799909775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-22230801537751359012009-05-31T21:33:11.005+03:002009-05-31T21:33:11.005+03:00In the Old City of Jerusalem you are liable to dou...In the Old City of Jerusalem you are liable to doused in water by young boys armed with buckets, water bottles and cups.<br /><br />I cannot imagine this is a "good" minhag, but it has stood the test of time.<br /><br />Perhaps it is just a result of the adult men sleeping in the morning after learning all night and the mommy's tending to the younger children. We all know how unsupervised young boys are apt to behave...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-76830158762561376392009-05-28T11:10:39.151+03:002009-05-28T11:10:39.151+03:00That's hysterical!That's hysterical!the sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134516234799909775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-83886251445249033542009-05-27T23:11:09.040+03:002009-05-27T23:11:09.040+03:00hamasig - I am just quoting what was written there...hamasig - I am just quoting what was written there. I have no idea of it is correct or not. I also thought it was strange. But also, in general the whole shpritzing water is strange. And also in general because of schita problems. maybe laundering also?Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1043204694745710112009-05-27T23:09:02.381+03:002009-05-27T23:09:02.381+03:00In Algeria they would ride on their mules and pour...<I>In Algeria they would ride on their mules and pour water on each other while singing. This was thought to be a segula for a successful crop of fruit.In Tripoli they would go out in the fields on the second day of the holiday and pour water on each other.</I>This sounds very strange considering that riding animals is ossur in YT, and pouring water in a field is also ossur on YT.Hamasighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13878878989698459250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-11433205666137951232009-05-27T16:28:40.666+03:002009-05-27T16:28:40.666+03:00I had never heard of this minhag growing up or eve...I had never heard of this minhag growing up or even after I made aliya until one year I was a Madrich of an English Speaking group staying in a large Bnei Akiva Yeshiva.<br /><br />In spite of the Rosh Yeshiva ruling that it was a Chilul Chag and a Chilul HaShem, many of the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva boys (and some of the Haredi boys rom a different Yeshiva), spent much of the day engaging in water fights with water pistols, balloons, buckets - you name it.Michael Sedleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684514303911193073noreply@blogger.com