but you know I was thinking it is relevant as one of the things about this
is that one must try and live ones life to the fullest while managing the
health issues, so to me, it is very interesting and informative, I aplaude
your striving to be healthy without giving up other aspects of your life
that make you a whole person, Lee
"Ellen K." > wrote in message
...
> It is not required to eat bread at all, so there is no rule that needs to
> be waived.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Please forgive me if this is presumptuous, but I always had the
>> impression that the dietary and other rules of Jewish observance were
>> waived in cases where health or humanitarian concerns were present.
>> Pregnant women, et al?
>>
>>
>