Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxt!martillo 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 Article-I.D.: ihuxt.351 Posted: Thu Mar 22 22:39:57 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 21:38:57 EST References: <1049@pegasus.UUCP>, <289@hou2a.UUCP>, <429@aecom.UUCP>, <349@ihuxt.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 32 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 > >