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Aharon Varady
Jul 14, 2014, 9:09:19 PM7/14/14
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Forwarding this message from Open Siddur Project contributor, David Seidenberg (neohasid.org) concerning the fast tomorrow on Sheva Asar b'Tammuz.
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From: David Seidenberg <rebdu...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:49 PM
Subject: [Chasidus w/o Borders] fasting against violence tomorrow, sunrise to sunset
To: ha...@googlegroups.com
Dear Chevre,
In the aftermath of horrible violence and lynching, and in the midst
of war and frightening attacks, Eliaz Cohen (a poet/settler living in
Gush Etzion) proposed that Jews and Muslims, Israeli's and
Palestinians, join their hearts in fasting on the Jewish fast day of
17 Tammuz, which comes tomorrow, which is also a fast day in Ramadan
for Muslims. (Both fasts are from sunrise to sunset.) Eliaz Cohen
proposed this shared fast be a Hunger Strike Against Violence. I am
going to be fasting and I encourage you all to do the same.
It would be an even more meaningful fast if you can find a way to
bring Jews and Muslims together to break the fast tomorrow night. If
you have a related event that you'd like me to publicize through this
list please let me know by tomorrow morning.
Below are some of the calls that have come out of American Jewish
organizations in support of this fast. I wish you a meaningful time
for reflection and, if you are able, for fasting.
Rabbi David Seidenberg
From T'ruah (formerly Rabbis for Human Rights - North America):
Tomorrow, thousands of Jewish and Muslim activists are fasting in
solidarity with Israelis and Palestinians whose homes and lives are
threatened by the current ongoing conflict. Will you commit to joining
this fast?
In the Jewish calendar, tomorrow is the 17th of Tammuz, a day
commemorating the breaching of Jerusalem's walls by the Babylonians.
In the Muslim calendar, it is part of the month of Ramadan. Together,
we join to dedicate our fast to hopes for peace in the Middle East.
As Jews, we know that fasting is one of our tradition's main
expressions of a public crisis. While most of us don't believe that
God will literally heed our fast and come to intervene, we
nevertheless yearn for a way to express our sorrow and to stand in
solidarity with our brothers and sisters. Publicly embracing an
interfaith spiritual action is a small step, but it is better than
privately wringing our hands and beating our breasts.
From the Shalom Center:
During the past week, there has been a warm nation-wide response to
our encouragement of Jews and Muslims especially, along with those of
other religious and spiritual communities who wish, to join this
coming Tuesday, July 15, in a one-day Fast for Peace, called by some a
Hunger Strike Against Violence.
This day is in both Muslim and Jewish traditions a time of Fasting
from sunrise to sunset, arousing inner spiritual reflection and shared
effort to turn from violence to compassion, from idolatry to
celebration of the One. This year it is specially intended as a
response to the worsening spiral of violence between Israelis and
Palestinians.
We welcome those who intend to join in the Fast to affirm their
intention by clicking to both these places:
https://theshalomcenter.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=15&reset=1
https://www.facebook.com/events/1509760402593014/
Nationally, this call has caught on in a number of places. The
American Muslim, as its name suggests the leading national (on-line)
magazine of American Muslims http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/ has
joined with The Shalom Center in widely publicizing the call, and has
urged Muslims to join with Jews in their localities for serious and
sorrowful conversations, and for Iftar (Break-fast) after sunset.
-- From: David Seidenberg <rebdu...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:49 PM
Subject: [Chasidus w/o Borders] fasting against violence tomorrow, sunrise to sunset
To: ha...@googlegroups.com
Dear Chevre,
In the aftermath of horrible violence and lynching, and in the midst
of war and frightening attacks, Eliaz Cohen (a poet/settler living in
Gush Etzion) proposed that Jews and Muslims, Israeli's and
Palestinians, join their hearts in fasting on the Jewish fast day of
17 Tammuz, which comes tomorrow, which is also a fast day in Ramadan
for Muslims. (Both fasts are from sunrise to sunset.) Eliaz Cohen
proposed this shared fast be a Hunger Strike Against Violence. I am
going to be fasting and I encourage you all to do the same.
It would be an even more meaningful fast if you can find a way to
bring Jews and Muslims together to break the fast tomorrow night. If
you have a related event that you'd like me to publicize through this
list please let me know by tomorrow morning.
Below are some of the calls that have come out of American Jewish
organizations in support of this fast. I wish you a meaningful time
for reflection and, if you are able, for fasting.
Rabbi David Seidenberg
From T'ruah (formerly Rabbis for Human Rights - North America):
Tomorrow, thousands of Jewish and Muslim activists are fasting in
solidarity with Israelis and Palestinians whose homes and lives are
threatened by the current ongoing conflict. Will you commit to joining
this fast?
In the Jewish calendar, tomorrow is the 17th of Tammuz, a day
commemorating the breaching of Jerusalem's walls by the Babylonians.
In the Muslim calendar, it is part of the month of Ramadan. Together,
we join to dedicate our fast to hopes for peace in the Middle East.
As Jews, we know that fasting is one of our tradition's main
expressions of a public crisis. While most of us don't believe that
God will literally heed our fast and come to intervene, we
nevertheless yearn for a way to express our sorrow and to stand in
solidarity with our brothers and sisters. Publicly embracing an
interfaith spiritual action is a small step, but it is better than
privately wringing our hands and beating our breasts.
From the Shalom Center:
During the past week, there has been a warm nation-wide response to
our encouragement of Jews and Muslims especially, along with those of
other religious and spiritual communities who wish, to join this
coming Tuesday, July 15, in a one-day Fast for Peace, called by some a
Hunger Strike Against Violence.
This day is in both Muslim and Jewish traditions a time of Fasting
from sunrise to sunset, arousing inner spiritual reflection and shared
effort to turn from violence to compassion, from idolatry to
celebration of the One. This year it is specially intended as a
response to the worsening spiral of violence between Israelis and
Palestinians.
We welcome those who intend to join in the Fast to affirm their
intention by clicking to both these places:
https://theshalomcenter.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=15&reset=1
https://www.facebook.com/events/1509760402593014/
Nationally, this call has caught on in a number of places. The
American Muslim, as its name suggests the leading national (on-line)
magazine of American Muslims http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/ has
joined with The Shalom Center in widely publicizing the call, and has
urged Muslims to join with Jews in their localities for serious and
sorrowful conversations, and for Iftar (Break-fast) after sunset.
Rabbi Karpov
Jul 14, 2014, 9:50:18 PM7/14/14
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Really now, Rav Cordovero's quote below. I have forwarded the message to my mentor in the Careers Industry, who
is Muslim and vegan and spoke with someone several months ago about
starting Muslims for Progressive Values in the Chicagoland area.
I have started -- AGAIN having to -- greeting Arabs when I see them in the grocery, in Arabic, and telling them I am so so sad about what's going on -- that any of those kids could've been my kid. Which was Reb Z's (zt"l) statement in 1987 with what was going on then -- that ANY of those kids could've (G-d forbid) been his Barya, he was SO upset about it.
I have started -- AGAIN having to -- greeting Arabs when I see them in the grocery, in Arabic, and telling them I am so so sad about what's going on -- that any of those kids could've been my kid. Which was Reb Z's (zt"l) statement in 1987 with what was going on then -- that ANY of those kids could've (G-d forbid) been his Barya, he was SO upset about it.
This is so wrong. Thanks for trying to do SOMETHING to nudge things in a better direction.
I think I will go back to the people I'd asked about re-joining Ohalah ~6 weeks ago and see about sending-in the application, as I'd appreciate someplace to have support around objecting the heinousness of THIS stuff that is going on.
Tzom Kal,
Rabbi R. Karpov, Ph.D.
"This is the essence: To have compassion upon all beings" (Rav Moshe Cordovero of Tz'fat)
Appearances include:
- ABQJew for Tisha B'Av (9 Av) article, "A Collective Scream" http://www.abqjew.net/2013/07/a-collective-scream.html
- Tikkun Leil Shavuoth text (original & translation) Shavuoth night rollout, ABQ, NM 2013: http://www.abqjew.net/2013/05/preparing-for-shavuot.html; press coverage: http://www.jewishnewmexico.org/docs/the_link/jun_jul_2013.pdf, entire p. 2; and www.examiner.com/article/our-prayers-are-heard, May 19, 2013
- OpenSiddur.org:
- "Second Night of Rosh HaShanah Seder": http://opensiddur.org/2012/09/seder-achilat-hasimonim-the-symbolic-foods-of-life-seder-for-rosh-hashanah/ September 3, 2012
- "Seder Rosh HaShanah La'Ilan: A Four Worlds Seder for Tu Bishvat": http://opensiddur.org/2013/01/seder-rosh-hashanah-lailan-a-four-worlds-seder-for-tu-bishvat/ January 14, 2013
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