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2:08 PM

I hearby call preventative xkcd.com/386 on myself. chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/16?m=20522974#20522974 ... chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/16?m=20523044#20523044 . Whew. My life productive is now an hour longer than it would have been.

But anyway, for future reference:

Q: All the many, many details

I understand a number of reasons why the Jewish community keeps so many rules to the level of minutiae. But why SUCH a level of intricacy in some of these laws? I looked through a large book on the laws of brachos, because this is one aspect of Jewish practice that resonates very loudly to me (I...

Mefaresh

@IsaacMoses you've made the right choice.

Isaac Moses

@Mefaresh Thanks!

Mefaresh

@IsaacMoses its ok the great bill maher said Judaism is stupid hay! Our work to think critically is done for today.. nothing else to see here!

Isaac Moses

@Mefaresh Dude, don't get me started...

@Mefaresh Isn't it getting pretty close to Shabbat for you?

Mefaresh

@IsaacMoses I'm sure these great athiest thinkers also have degrees in MIT

YYES!! GTG TZT

Isaac Moses

2:16 PM

@Mefaresh Shabbat Shalom!

Mefaresh

*from MIT

Monica Cellio

Academic conference on the music of Jewish prayer this summer at the University of Leeds. Tempting, but I live on the wrong continent so not cheap: ptja.leeds.ac.uk/…

Isaac Moses

@MonicaCellio Wow. That must be quite a rewarding time for participants.

Monica Cellio

@IsaacMoses sounds like. I also had no idea there was much academic interest in Jewish music.

Monica Cellio

2:50 PM

@fredsbend I agree with Isaac's comment. We don't mean to sound like we're brushing you off, but for the reasons he gave, I'm putting this on hold. We'd welcome (non-duplicate) questions about specific claims. Since this question already has answers, I suggest asking those as new questions. Thanks for understanding! — Monica Cellio ♦ 13 secs ago

@IsaacMoses thanks for the cogent comment there. ^^^

Isaac Moses

@MonicaCellio Thanks for the endorsement and action

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