tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post2859714805292723262..comments2024-03-29T11:40:46.477+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Quote Of The DayRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-41872349252545778702011-04-08T10:59:06.224+03:002011-04-08T10:59:06.224+03:00The Curmugeonly Israeli Giyoret says:
My husband ...The Curmugeonly Israeli Giyoret says:<br /><br />My husband has long claimed that had the Baal Shem Tov been born in America, rather than Europe, the Chabadnikim would be making kiddush on whisky instead of vodka, and chassidus would be much more popular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-58102439341827797992011-04-08T07:07:33.524+03:002011-04-08T07:07:33.524+03:00my zayde! (a few times over!)
wouldn't be too...my zayde! (a few times over!)<br /><br />wouldn't be too happy to see me today lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-15199600128117232492011-04-07T17:59:07.019+03:002011-04-07T17:59:07.019+03:00>but between the haskala and the war(s), I am n...>but between the haskala and the war(s), I am not sure how much ashkenazic yiddishkeit there would be today.<br /><br />How about all of non-Chasidic Ashkenazic Yiddishkeit?S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-71137946302491264252011-04-07T17:52:01.539+03:002011-04-07T17:52:01.539+03:00To be fair, I would think he meant of Ashkenazic J...To be fair, I would think he meant of Ashkenazic Jewry. True, western Europe wasnt Chassidic, and Lita wasnt completely chasidic, but between the haskala and the war(s), I am not sure how much ashkenazic yiddishkeit there would be today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com