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From: martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Problems finding privacy for "Mincha"
Message-ID: <351@ihuxt.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 22:39:57 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 22 22:39:57 1984
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Zev Farkas sent me this letter and suggested that I could post it.


>From **RJE** Thu Mar 22 17:31 CST 1984
>>From **RJE** Thu Mar 22 17:31 CST 1984 forwarded by **RJE**
>>From zev Thu Mar 22 18:22 EST 1984 remote from hou2a
>To: ihuxt!martillo
>Subject: Re: Problems finding privacy for "Mincha"
>References: <1049@pegasus.UUCP>, <289@hou2a.UUCP>, <429@aecom.UUCP>, <349@ihuxt.UUCP>
>Status: R
>
>culture gap strikes again!  to  people who grew up in
>an environment where everyone prays on a regular basis, especially
>the arab world where it happens five times a day, it is really not
>a big deal to stand in the street or an office and pray.
>but to those of us who grew up in the stuffy and relatively atheistic
>environment of the western world, it is much harder to put up with
>the stares, let alone maintain a decent amount of kavanah.
>
>another element is safety.  i don't know what it's like in the
>midwest, but the new york area can get pretty rough, and
>antisemitism is not exactly dead.  you generally want to keep moving
>around here (poorer target for attack).  your job is not too safe, either,
>if your boss is not too understanding about these things, or if
>he catches flak from clients, etc., who don't like weird folks
>standing around talking to G-d.
>
>You may post this, and use my name, if you wish.
>
>zev farkas  hou2a!zev  201 949 3821
>
>