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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: throwing candy
Message-ID: <758@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 13:05:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: lsuc.758
Posted: Tue Aug 20 13:05:25 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 16:17:23 EDT
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Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Summary: summary of responses

Here's a summary of responses I got. Nothing as interesting
as David Green's Gemara quote and speculation (which I think
has to be a little far out)...

From: utzoo!watmath!clyde!vax135!richard (Richard Seide)

I think it's suposed to mean that the person has a sweet life. At least thats
what I was told.

					Richard

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From: utzoo!watmath!clyde!ulysses!smb (Steven Bellovin)

I saw candy being thrown (from the women's balcony) at a bar mitzvah in
Israel in May.

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>From clyde!burl!mhuxi!dsg  Mon Aug 12 14:59:33 1985 remote from watmath
From: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mhuxi!dsg (David Green)
I seem to remember that the original custom was to throw nuts;
specifically walnuts.  I'll look it up tonight but I'm not sure
how much more info I have.  It was a side note to the El-Am English
translation of Bava Metzia.


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From: ihnp4!drutx!mas

I don't know where the candy tradition was started, but at my Aufruf, my wife
really pelted me good.  She said she didn't mean it, but it seems everyone was
out for blood.

Mike Schwarz

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Dave Sherman
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