tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967553424227909925.post1488354350199526361..comments2023-10-15T03:02:35.508-07:00Comments on On Her Own: The Things that We Can't Leave BehindOn Her Ownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894266892388028703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967553424227909925.post-25744167312017923082010-08-03T06:22:57.199-07:002010-08-03T06:22:57.199-07:00I'm not like that at all, but I was for a shor...I'm not like that at all, but I was for a short time after leaving.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967553424227909925.post-76041858090919204332010-07-30T14:20:01.564-07:002010-07-30T14:20:01.564-07:00I also still keep a kosher kitchen. It's weir...I also still keep a kosher kitchen. It's weird, but I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I slid through orthopraxy, so things fell away one by one rather than a conscious decision to stop. Keeping a kosher kitchen was never really a hardship, so it stayed. Besides, there's a feeling of permanence you don't get with other things. I don't wear tefillin - but I could at any time. I don't keep shabbos - but I could next week. But put a rack of ribs on my smoker...Puzzledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866127197554237039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967553424227909925.post-20141113387611501562010-07-30T08:29:56.281-07:002010-07-30T08:29:56.281-07:00Kisarita -- Thanks :-)
RBBC-- I guess the reason ...Kisarita -- Thanks :-)<br /><br />RBBC-- I guess the reason that I'm seeing it through the lens of OJ is that the only reason I'm keeping it (if I'm honest with myself) is because I'm still kind of hung up on the whole OJ thing.<br />Sometimes I tell myself that it's for other reasons -- ethnic identity, etc. But when I do that, I'm not being honest with myself.<br />There are things that I do for those reasons (i.e., holidays, etc.) but keeping a kosher kitchen isn't like that with me. Maybe one day it will become that for me, but right now it is my last "Orthodox-y" thing.On Her Ownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894266892388028703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967553424227909925.post-80013270659414730102010-07-29T17:08:56.227-07:002010-07-29T17:08:56.227-07:00"There's a level of grief involved in not..."There's a level of grief involved in not growing up to be who you thought you would be. Even if who you thought you would be is someone you would never, ever want to be anymore."<br /><br />What a beautiful, beautiful statement.kisaritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181012456635737873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1967553424227909925.post-65485597386178488502010-07-29T11:37:34.536-07:002010-07-29T11:37:34.536-07:00It seems to me that you're still seeing things...It seems to me that you're still seeing things like kashrut and mezuzah through the lens of Orthodox Judaism. You seem to be saying that the reason to keep these mitzvot is belief that God commanded them, so since you don't have that belief anymore, they're pointless, and you therefore question why you keep them.<br /><br />But there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Jews, who don't believe in the truth of traditional Judaism, yet keep various traditions because they find them meaningful. The reasons vary - ethnic identity, history, honoring one's ancestors, etc.<br /><br />But the point is, they are happy to keep them and don't feel like they're doing anything odd, despite their lack of belief in Jewish origins or even lack of belief in God.<br /><br />You can certainly stop keeping a kosher home, should you choose. That's your prerogative. You may even be happier that way. But if you do feel like you must continue keeping it, for whatever reason, then you might try jettisoning the Orthodox rationale for such practice and build your own personal rationale, like many other secular Jews.<br /><br />In any case, it's nice to see a post from you. Your blog was fascinating back in the day, but I understand you were a lot more conflicted then.Rabba bar bar Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450815030297601918noreply@blogger.com