Sunday, May 16, 2010

Good News, Israeli, Men and Women, Shavuot International, English

Hello Gainesville Ocala Israeli and Folk Dancers,
 
Congratulations to Karen Cohen leading what I believe to be was her first Israeli dance session. No Israeli Dancing at B'nai Israel this Thursday due to Shavuot.
 
Good news for Israeli Dancers and congratulations to Kol Simcha on their new building. Kol Simcha is holding regular Israeli Dancing on Wednesday nights led by the incomparable Joseph Simpkins.
 
Can women really teach men to lead and can men really teach women to follow? Tuesday night starts Shavuot the traditional holiday of study. See the article for the pitfalls of men and women studying together.
 
Happy Dancing and Hag Sameach,
Andy
 
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Schedule: confirm all programs before going
 
1. Wednesday 5/19 - Israeli Dancing at Kol Simcha
2. Thursday 5/20 - English Country Dance
3. Friday 5/21 - International Folk Dancing
4. Thursday 5/27 - Israeli Dancing - confirm with Ariela
5. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Florida Folk Festival
Article: Can Men and Women Study Together
 
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Quotes:
 
- There is no crying in baseball. ~ Tom Hanks, in A League of Our Own
 
Some oldtime Jewish humor from the Catskills
 
- I've been in love with the same woman for 49 years! If my wife ever finds out, she'll kill me!
 
- What are three words a woman never wants to hear when she's making love? "Honey, I'm home!"
 
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1. Wednesday 5/19 - Israeli Dancing at Kol Simcha
 
Kol Simcha, 14007 NW 44 Ave Gainesville, FL
 
6:30-8:30 : Teaching and Israeli dancing
 
With Joseph Simpkins
 
352-331-3191
 
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2. Thursday 5/20 - English Country Dance - confirm
 
601 S Main Street
 
6:30 - 9:30
 
Annette Merritt, flamerritt@hotmail.com
 
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3. Friday 5/21 - International Folk Dancing
 
4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, Florida
 
8:00 - 9:00 : Beginners instruction
9:00 - 9:30 : Advanced instruction
9:30 - 11:00 : Dancing
 
$3 per person (to pay the rent of the dance room), $1 students
 
Dance to a different beat. No partners needed and all ages welcome. Member of the Florida Folk Dance Council.
 
Jack Seltzer, gainesvilleifd@gmail.com, 352-359-2903
 
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4. Thursday 5/27 - Israeli Dancing with Ariela
 
B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd
 
7:00 - 9:30 : Israeli Dancing
 
Ariela, 352 213 3863, anotzer@yahoo.com
 
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5. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Florida Folk Festival
 
White Springs, FL
 
May 28 - May 30
 
Saturday May 29
 
3:00 - 4:00 : Chutzpah Klezmer band performs
5:00 - 7:00 : Klezmer Dance with the band Chutzpah and Andrew Weitzen
 
 
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Article: Can Men and Women Study Together
 
A question that has been on my mind is can women really teach men and can men really teach women how to dance? Which brings us to ...
 
The holiday of Shavuot is 50 days after Passover, when the Jewish people received the Torah at Mount Sinai.
 
The tradition is that every Jewish soul was there and so there is a popular Jewish singles website called www.SawYouAtSinai.com.
 
While every other Jewish holiday is legislated with mitzvoth (laws from Hashem), Shavuot has none except to keep it as a day of rest. Consequently, Shavuot has possibly more minhag (customs) than any other holiday.
 
Among the minhag are studying all night (makes sense, we did get the Torah) and eating New York cheesecake (well we are Jewish). Traditionally men and women study separately, but today we frequently study together.
 
I heard a Rabbi speak about relationships and this is the story he told.
 
"The traditional male method for studying Jewish law is through argumentation. You get a study partner and argue over minutiae to get to the truth. A typical study session goes like this."
 
"First guy, 'Nu, so what do you think of such and such?'
 
"The second guy starts to respond when the first guy rudely interrupts, "What are you crazy? Did you even read the commentary? You missed the entire point!'
 
"And the argument begins. It gets your blood boiling. The discussions are heated and kibitzers jump in. We love it.
 
"So I was excited when my wife said to me one day that she wanted to study Torah with me.
 
"We got out the Torah portion and I said to her, 'Nu, so what do you think of such and such?'
 
"She was delighted that I asked her opinion. When she started to answer, I interrupted and said, "What are you crazy? Did you even read the commentary? You missed the entire point!'
 
"I was ready for the fun to begin, but to my shock, that did not go over so well.
 
"She started to cry.
 
"And that is one difference between men and women.
 
 
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