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Did you know that if you arrive at shul while the congregation is facing the entrance and bowing towards the metaphorical presence of the Sabbath Queen at the end of Lekha Dodi...
...it makes you the Sabbath Queen for that Shabbat?
...it makes you the Sabbath Queen for that Shabbat?
carved on the walls of the caverns by Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) at 5/29/2008 10:23:00 PM
16 Comments:
Why do you arrive before they finish the DAPS? Did your after-minche cigarette burn so quickly?
But yes, this is very awkward, and I've waited once or twice for them to turn back before I entered.
In Manhattan, does one bend towards Queens for that?
hey, why are you assuming that it's me that caused this situation? :-P
General you, general you.kcxhtl
(Sorry that wasn't a crypitc message, but the word verification, which somehow crept into the comment.)
Do I get a crown? (I assume a gown is out since it is a female garment.)
Larry:
if you're the Sabbath Queen, you can have whatever you want!
I never thought I'd find a bunch of queens here. And oddly, I feel right at home.
I've never walked in at that point of Lekha Dodi, but I have walked into a room at the exact moment that an audience of people on the radio started clapping. Don't try to tell me they weren't applauding my arrival.
I kind of like that.
Next time I should aim at that time! ;)
wow, not only fashionably late, but in drag, no less!
Psst: Italy Netherlands match three nil. The squadra azzura had their hats handed to them.
At shuls with separate seating, why doesn't everyone face the women's entrance?
BZ:
good question.
it seems to be my family's custom to face the entrance, since the metaphorical presence of the sabbath is entering like a person would; but for some reason, many people just face "back", no matter where the entrance is.
also, remember that many mehhitza shuls don't have separate entrances to the heikhal. on the other hand, there are those shuls that have completely separate entrances from outside the building. in Boropark a few years ago it became very fashionable. we call it the "Froyen Araingeng" fad, since that's more-or-less how the 'Women's Entrance' is labeled in Yiddish.
I laugh because of the Shabbat under the stars a few years back in which the congregation, davening in the park, turns to bow in what happens to be the direction of the Catholic priest on his way to a boy scout gathering across the way.
"but for some reason, many people just face "back", no matter where the entrance is."
I think they're facing "west", not "back". Because if you look west at sunset you can actually see the Sabbath Queen arriving (in the form of the sun going down).
that's dependent on the shul being oriented E~W
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