There are unforgettable quotes that from the moment they were first uttered it was clear that they touched eternity.
Take for example the victory cheer of that "unknown and jubilant Sneek who said something like "We will celebrate on Shabbat at Kiddush with lots of sweet drinks and disposable utensils." I personally had no choice but to mutter "Sahtein". There is no doubt that this is a classic at its best.
It's easy to chuckle in front of this sentence.
It's hard not to be condescending.
After all, the dry data says that one of the main causes of death in the ultra-orthodox public is excessive consumption of sweets.
Mainly those colored drinks.
And it's true, the matter of preserving life and health is not some nonsense that is exclusively related to core studies, but a rather central section in the books of Halacha.
Even those who are taught in the ultra-orthodox sector.
And yet, it is important to say that this quote, precisely that one, "We will celebrate on Shabbat, with sweet drinks and HDP", managed to stand out so much not only because of the absurd and irritating element. That there is something in it that almost all of us can identify with.
For me, personally, this quote solved an old mystery.
I remember the first time I heard about the custom of some of the "Hashomer Hatzair" kibbutzim to celebrate Yom Kippur by sacrificing a pig roasted on a large fire.
I was very young when I first heard about it, and quite simply - my stomach hurt just hearing about it.
Over the years I've become a little tougher, but it's hard to say that I've ever been filled with appreciation for this particular celebration on this particular date.
It is clear to me that one should not be condescending, but with forgiveness - this reference to Yom Kippur always sounded to me like the height of misery.
However, the festive invitation to indulge in a feast of disposables and sugary, phosphorous drinks reminded me of how similar humans are in the end.
We all long for freedom, no matter what.
Haredim, like kibbutzniks, hate that others meddle in their plate or pry into their personal preferences and the little sins without which it is impossible.
And, as soon as he succeeds in throwing to the winds an oppressive intervention that rested on his shoulders, he, as a man, has a tendency to celebrate it.
The founders of the kibbutz were former Hassidim who in their youth had loosened the yoke of mitzvot.
It is possible to understand where they got the crooked idea to mark the evening when their father dragged them to "Khal Nedri" in this way.
How much good taste is there in this celebration?
How much sense?
Well, sort of like the logic and good taste in the one-time celebration and the bottles that say "orange-flavored soft drink" on them, to which, thank God, I wasn't invited.
After all, someone decided that the one-time laws were not enacted for the benefit of the environment but against the ultra-Orthodox, and we will see you convincing the thousands of voters who adopted this theory.
Actually, something similar happened in the struggle of the Maccabees against the Greeks.
The Greeks tried to impose their worldview on us.
They and their nonsense, like the ideal of athleticism and the perfect body, tried to educate us.
Fortunately for history and the calendar of holidays, Judah the Maccabee defeated Antiochus.
And how do we celebrate it?
Sticking donuts, of course.
There is no doubt that lumps of fried dough are a slap in the face to the Greek agenda just as a disposable pile on the grass is a protest against the Lapid government.
They once said that no one judges a person in his time of sorrow.
It may be time to update that proverb.
Even during his celebration the man was not so fit.
Say: Hypocrisy!
And rightly say.
As long as it is only about personal considerations of waist circumference, it is the right of every person to choose to be fit like David son of Jesse, or round like Alon the king of Moab.
But when it comes to the quality of the environment and the future of the earth - it is really hard to understand how it is possible on the one hand to study Torah and on the other hand to show such equanimity for the future of the world.
And not only because of the verse "For truth and preservation", which over the years has become the motto of all kinds of world facilities and quinoa eaters with an annoying American accent.
No.
In general, sage literature has a lot of respect for public domain, and the world, you know, is by all accounts a piece of public domain.
And that's also a great reason to embrace this great quote that invited us all to a meeting and drinks. Because once you start dealing with hypocrisies, then you have no choice but to deal with them throughout. And that's exactly what I'd like to talk about. Because all of us, those who consume media and those who produce it, Stop talking about how the only way to stop air and sea pollution is to calm down consumerism. Stop the mad race. Slowly get used to buying differently. Although if we listen to the experts, then we may not really have time to "slowly", and maybe we need to push a little In the section of the transition to a different consumer culture - more measured and much wiser.
Indeed, we all try to recycle, to reduce.
Here and there they even throw some peels into the compost.
But then, to the sound of drums and trumpets, comes Chinese Singles Day.
A day that should have interested us about as much as the Polynesian Celiac Day, or the Croatian Itari holiday.
And yet, here he is, and he's filling advertising supplements to the brim.
And it's just opening the most-even-more-unnecessary shopping season ever, with crazy deals, crazy discounts, and especially mind-numbing and giddy shoppers who this year are also about to dig through piles of packaging, crackers and cartons in their laps, you know, the coveted product purchased at a crazy discount, And which in fact they don't really need.
And speaking of hypocrisy - please try to remember the last time you tried to send something in for repair.
something.
A garment, a piece of furniture or an electrical appliance.
I grew up among craftsmen, and a large part of my childhood was spent following the wisdom of cobblers, mechanics, bakers and glassblowers.
To this day I expect someone to tell me again "Leave it here. There is nothing that cannot be fixed. Do you have a few days?".
But no, the offer to throw it away and buy a new one will almost always come.
The calculation will almost always be simple and will also pay off.
Because no legislator makes sure that the amendment is worthwhile.
that the spare parts will be offered at a reasonable price.
And so we find ourselves again and again throwing a few bottles into the recycling, mainly to mark V on the environment section, but throwing out another two-year-old washing machine or a one-year-old printer like nothing.
And then they still dare to laugh at the one who is not ashamed to invite to a party of scumbags.
Another thing.
On the day of the elections, the spirits were stirred up in front of photos of an Israeli man in a "Meretz" shirt, desecrating a tefillin.
The reactions on the networks were of course very emotional.
All my left-wing friends were united in their opinion that this was a provocateur at best.
Maybe even the picture is edited and pasted.
There are no such disgusting people on the left.
There are no such nasty people.
point.
That's how it is when the shame is too much to bear.
This week Natan Zahavi proved that there are such people.
And again, the upset reactions were not long in coming.
Many celebrities, such as Aviv Elosh, Yuval Hambalel and others took pictures of themselves wearing tefillin and uploaded them online.
Which created a nice procession of celebs in tefillin, and in any case leads me to turn from here to Natan Zahavi and ask, almost beg: Please, please, in a small way, never say something disgusting about circumcision.
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