Thursday 27 December 2012

Denial of Ill - health / Tehillim


Denial of Ill - health / Tehillim

Someone please tell me why the Rabbis have not issued an eddict that it is innately irrational for family to try to keep secret someone's illness - and then perhaps day/s later glibly ask that Thillim be said?
Why waste those days? 


  1. In the first instance it is perhaps about denial - a derivative of sorrow I guess. One perhaps should not analyze this too much.
  2. Or about  the hope that the person will get better soon - obviating the need for promulgating the 'problem.'
  3. This rapidly becomes with some people - an effective derivation / inversion of AYIN - HARA ; EVIL EYE.
  4. Or vicariousness or schadenfreude? This too is complex. Too prolix for simple discussion here.
  5. The macho / infallability syndrome may also play a part?
It is with heavy heart one makes this call - without wishing to explicate others' potential / incipient / inevitable grief.
 My / our  multi - level personal grief of years ago and the multi - level tragedies that further arose - do not give me authority to explicate anyone else's reaction at their time of great stress.

However perhaps Rabbis could possibly advise congregants ...whatever they like.

With possibly some consideration to my attempt at being respectfull  herein.
Geoff Seidner
East St Kilda


Schadenfreude German [ˈʃaːdənfrɔydə]
n
delight in another's misfortune
[German: from Schaden harm + Freude joy]

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vi·car·i·ous

  [vahy-kair-ee-uh s, vi-]  Show IPA
adjective
1.
performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
2.
taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.
3.
felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill.
4.
Physiology noting or pertaining to a situation in which one organ performs part of the functionsnormally performed by another.

Wednesday 19 December 2012

Parodies and candles...in order


From: g87
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:00 PM
Subject: Candles lasting longer

Shalom Yirmy and Mark.
I hear you advise people to freeze candles for same to last longer.
May I suggest this is in error?
Indeed – even if it has not even made it into Snopes Urban Myths list – it is a falacious idea. Jews and their use of candles do not rate, sadly!
It is a minor blog of mine.
The FIRST blog / link at top is far more interesting!
It really stands to reason.
Take the candle – say the top few millimetres.
It takes a mere second to melt the wax.
And the ‘engine’ near the top is a continuum – requiring / eliciting no inefficiencies which even remotely encourages longevity.
I do not want to go into a prolix scientific discussion – I am not qualified – having merely a semblance of grey matter.
I write you offering the following great business proposition!
  1. I will sell you a simple drinking glass.
  2. Use it to cover the candle.\
  3. Periodically lift it to allow a bit more air / oxygen.
LO! RETAIL VALUE $100 .... you can order in multiples of a hundred @ $50 each – your profit is 100%
Granted – you have to give customers a bit more value with a Shalom Aleichem book of Chelm – but what the heck – it will be Chanukah / silly season time when our multiple Nobel – Prize - winning people use it – they will have fun and wjll gladly allow you a huge profit!
PS
I have a deluxe version with a .0000000001 mm hole in the glass which has been tested for the steady – state of allowing just enough air in and to still elhance candle longevity.
$999 to you.
Please do not tell me that I have too much time on my hands: there are FAR , FAR greater issues here.
Regards
Geoff Seidner
13 Alston Grove
East St Kilda 3183
03 9 525 9299

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From: g87
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:47 PM
Subject: Have I got a deal for YOU!!
Shalom Yirmy and Mark,
You do know you will have to sell more expensive candles to justify the below stuss, don’t you?
I mean if anyone is silly enough to buy our cup – based candles [notwithstanding the Nobel – Prize winners] to not simply add one candle piggy – back on top of the other – will appreciate HANEROT HALALU singing candles.
I got the idea from a childrens’ bithday party!
At any rate VALUE ADDING to the product is the way to go!
Each candle will sell for $18; elegant, non?
Eventually we propose Shabbat – Bracot singing candles – saving the ladies a lot of trouble.
In the interim warehouse for production of ‘THE STUSS’ glass – and candle. Manufacturing of candles simpler than casting of Jewellery using the lost – wax process.
I AM A JEWELLER BY TRADE – I HAVE EXPERTISE WITH WAX MODELS.
AREN’T WE LUCKY!!!!
Why have you not responded yet to my proposal? Kindly do so within 24 hours because I will float the idea publically on my blog Generally Jewish.
Here is a link to it: I have not used it in this way before.
Regards
Geoff Seidner
From: g87
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:00 PM
Subject: Candles lasating longer
This blog may be interesting
Shalom Yirmy and Mark.
I hear you advise people to freeze candles for same to last longer.
May I suggest this is in error?
Indeed – even if it has not even made it into Snopes Urban Myths list – it is a falacious idea. Jews and their use of candles do not rate, sadly!
It is a minor blog of mine.
If you read the contents of above link, really stands to reason.
Take the candle – say the top few millimetres.
It takes a mere second to melt the wax.
And the ‘engine’ near the top is a continuum – requiring / eliciting none of the needed inefficiencies which even remotely encourages longevity.
I do not want to go into a prolix scientific discussion – I am not qualified – having merely a semblance of grey matter.
I write you offering the following great business proposition!
  1. I will sell you a simple drinking glass.
  2. Use it to cover the candle.
  3. Periodically lift it to allow a bit more air / oxygen.
LO! RETAIL VALUE $100 .... you can order in multiples of a hundred @ $50 each – your profit is 100%
Granted – you have to give customers a bit more value with a Shalom Aleichem book of Chelm – but what the heck – it will be Chanukah / silly season time when our multiple Nobel – Prize - winning people use it – they will have fun and will gladly allow you a huge profit!
PS
I have a deluxe version with a .0000000001 mm hole in the glass which has been tested for the steady – state of allowing just enough air to allow combustion and to still elhance candle longevity.
$999 to you.
Please do not tell me that I have too much time on my hands: there are FAR , FAR greater issues here.
Regards
Geoff Seidner
13 Alston Grove
East St Kilda 3183
03 9 525 9299
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From: g87
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:59 AM
Subject: FINALE.. OF PARODY
Dear Yirmy and Mark,
I want you to know that this parody worked – very few do.
Perhaps one day you may tell me why you did not respond.
My reason for writing this is far too abstruce.
Regards
Geoff