tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post5060783490258878717..comments2024-03-29T11:40:46.477+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Matisyahu Shaves Beard... And In other News....Rafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-1263470654043669792011-12-16T01:34:39.864+02:002011-12-16T01:34:39.864+02:00http://middleofthepackrabbi.blogspot.com/2011/12/m...http://middleofthepackrabbi.blogspot.com/2011/12/matisyahu-kierkergaard-and-me.htmlPesach Sommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429802587338023317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-45536871648258919492011-12-15T09:26:02.877+02:002011-12-15T09:26:02.877+02:00Snag, LOL. Someone gotta tell him only chassidim t...Snag, LOL. Someone gotta tell him only chassidim tovel every day...Y. https://www.blogger.com/profile/00852218508652846269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-63117281064999966662011-12-15T03:15:23.894+02:002011-12-15T03:15:23.894+02:00Tovlei Shacharit were Minim.Tovlei Shacharit were Minim.Snagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-27188903401122197742011-12-14T23:06:34.453+02:002011-12-14T23:06:34.453+02:00yoni - he talks about being hassidic in the past, ...yoni - he talks about being hassidic in the past, not being religious.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-70289696918838306092011-12-14T23:04:13.574+02:002011-12-14T23:04:13.574+02:00he later tweeted that "to all confused: I sti...he later tweeted that "to all confused: I still went to mikvah and davened today." so no, it seems like he's not OTD.Y. https://www.blogger.com/profile/00852218508652846269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-59595377096172749462011-12-14T16:16:29.717+02:002011-12-14T16:16:29.717+02:00First of all, I think what they say is, "ther...First of all, I think what they say is, "there's no such thing as bad publicity."<br /><br />I'm not sure that the speculation of his becoming non-frum is from the picture. If you read what he wrote, all of the reasons he gives of why he is (was?) religious are in psat tense. After he gives the reasons for being religious, he says that he is "reclaiming" himself.yoni r.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7487877192805491632011-12-14T15:28:44.154+02:002011-12-14T15:28:44.154+02:00it might not have been the original intention, but...it might not have been the original intention, but at the end of the day it has generated massive publicity for himRafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-16163034023189875002011-12-14T15:26:34.072+02:002011-12-14T15:26:34.072+02:00you really think this was for publicity?!
you got...you really think this was for publicity?!<br /> you gotta be kidding!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-7668601255450478692011-12-14T13:27:20.745+02:002011-12-14T13:27:20.745+02:00I sort of do care, though. For my non-frum relativ...I sort of do care, though. For my non-frum relatives and friends who saw him as inspiring and made them proud to be Jewish, for one.<br /><br />I not assuming he in not religious anymore, that he shaved that all off with the beard. I am not assuming or reading into anything. I am just hoping that for the sake of his fan-base, he remains strong in his faith.JerusalemStonedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010124308463378122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-16191674677966847492011-12-14T13:14:37.166+02:002011-12-14T13:14:37.166+02:00And that is what I am saying you have wrong. Idoli...And that is what I am saying you have wrong. Idolization of a cool / beautiful / whatever public figure is different from an artist. His art is potentially affected by whether he is "frum" or not or any other parameter that reflects his inner world. Therefore shaving his beard is of material consequence to his art, whereas whether Leonardo DiCaprio (or for that matter Bar Rafaeli) grows or shaves a beard makes no material difference to the world at all apart from its gossip value.Rafi (S)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18103892755392538611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-28392452224709821142011-12-14T12:35:18.360+02:002011-12-14T12:35:18.360+02:00I would expect his biggest fans to pay attention t...I would expect his biggest fans to pay attention to, and to point out, every little thing he does and changes. Thats what people do when they idolize somebody, whether it is Billy Joel, Princess Di, Derek Jeter, Bar Rafaeli, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Sandler, Lebron James, Michael Jordan or Fernando Valenzuela.<br />His statement generated far more than that. Many were analyzing whether that simple statement of him shaving his beard is indicative of whether he is going to continue being frum or not, what he is less spiritual without a beard, etc. <br /><br />I just say relegate it to the gossip column. Let his biggest fans talk about his little changes. I dont care if he shaves his beard or not. I say don't make it into a bigger deal than it is.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-45461110553136807522011-12-14T12:29:12.570+02:002011-12-14T12:29:12.570+02:00Let me be devil's advocate.
This item is mor...Let me be devil's advocate. <br /><br />This item is more interesting than who Bat Refaeli drinks coffee with because the inner world of an artist affects his work, which may be meaningful to people who hold his work in esteem.Rafi (S)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18103892755392538611noreply@blogger.com