Christians get to define Christianity, Jews get to define Judaism.

I'm sure you wouldn't like it if I criticized your religion from the point
of view of mine.

"Orlando Enrique Fiol" > wrote in message
. ..
> Ellen K. > wrote:
>>It is not required to eat bread at all, so there is no rule that needs to
>>be
>>waived.
>
> So what's troubling you?
>
>>The issue is that certain prayers are only said if one eats within a
>>certain
>>timeframe a defined minimum quantity of something qualifying as bread, and
>>since I find those prayers very meaningful, I am trying to find a way to
>>be
>>able to eat something that qualifies as bread, in a sufficient quantity to
>>be able to say those prayers, at least at the sabbath meals, because I
>>find
>>that enhances my sabbath experience.
>
> Regardless of what any rabbi tells you, God understands your intent behind
> your
> prayers and will not consider them meaningless if they are said without
> bread.
> I am not blaspheming your religion by saying this. On the contrary, I'm
> encouraging you to become more mystical and less legalistic.
>
>>I did not raise this issue to the group, I feel it is not really in place
>>here. I bring my DIABETES questions here, not any religious questions I
>>might have.
>
> I only responded to this issue because you are clearly agitated about the
> nexus
> between religious observance and your diabetic needs. No one is going to
> punish
> you if you say sabbath prayers without eating something that qualifies as
> bread.
>
>>What happened was that since I had briefly discussed this previously with
>>Wendy, in a post to her I mentioned as an *aside* to the breakfast
>>discussion that it would be great if the 1/4 matzo worked for breakfast
>>because then I would have a use for all the half matzos left over from the
>>sabbath meals. Another poster jumped into the conversation and made a
>>number of inaccurate statements which I felt obliged to correct, resulting
>>in several more posts.
>
> Is there any way for you to celebrate the sabbath with more people so that
> there's less leftover bread?
>
>>At this point I would be much happier to have omitted the aside. As noted
>>above, this is a DIABETES group. Everyone here has his or her own set of
>>beliefs and practices, and IMO that is as it should be.
>
> If someone's beliefs and practices included raping, killing or maming, I'd
> speak out against them. In your case, I believe that this particularly
> legalistic issue is inhibiting your enjoyment of what should be meaningful
> Jewish prayer and sabbath celebration.
>
> Orlando