wonderful you are working it all out, Lee
"Ellen K." > wrote in message
...
> Thanks.
>
> Meanwhile I'm happy to report that my average FBG over the past 30 days is
> thankfully down to 105.2, and I've got the Friday night and Saturday lunch
> bread issue under control. (Eat the 1/2 rye matzo slathered with
> margarine and eat a hardboiled egg between the first bite and the
> remainder.) Just like anything else a diabetic wants to find a way to
> eat, a little experimenting was needed.
>
> "Storrmmee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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