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  1. OlamHaba
    Member

    In the summer Shabbos afternoon is very long I am interested to know what people do during this time. I once heard the Rebbe from Tolna disscus this topic - so lets hear what people do

    Posted 1 year ago #
  2. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a man; somewhere between mean and average; sometimes only a bit over the top; arbitrarily cynical.

    Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  3. yummy cupcake
    with sprinkles on top

    men or women? from a woman's point of view, i can tell you i usually get together with friends and/or go to a shiur, or stay home and spend quality time with my family

    Posted 1 year ago #
  4. OlamHaba
    Member

    How long do you sleep ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  5. mikehall12382
    Member

    after shul and lunch, we go for a family walk...dropping in on friends along the way...

    Later in the afternoon the Rabbi has a shuir he calls "Torah on the Green"...basically getting together outside in his backyard...there is something very peacful about learning outside on a nice summer day

    Posted 1 year ago #
  6. OlamHaba
    Member

    mikehall12382 - no sleeping ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  7. mustangrider
    Member

    i read.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  8. cantoresq
    Inactive

    I sleep, I visit with friends, I learn, I read. Most valuable, I spend some time with my wife just talking.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  9. OlamHaba
    Member

    How many hours to you read ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  10. mamashtakah
    Member

    I usually take a nap after I get home from shule in the morning, so in the afternoon I play a game or two with the kids, then read or learn until 5:45 mincha. (By the way, anyone ever play "Perpetual Commotion?" It's a great game to play with kids about 10 and up.)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  11. OlamHaba
    Member

    My little son < 13 plays Monopoly with his friend his brother > 13 berates him - I didnot get involved but i think it is ok for a < 13 to play monopoly on shabbos ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  12. kako
    Member

    Sleep, then learning with the kids, then chabrusa, then shiur, then mincha ...

    Posted 1 year ago #
  13. mikehall12382
    Member

    OlamHaba..."mikehall12382 - no sleeping'

    Not a chance with my kids :)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  14. MichaelC
    Blocked

    learn torah

    Posted 1 year ago #
  15. mewho
    Member

    eat of course.....it is after lunch but before dinner (shalosh seudos) so there is time to eat some more.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  16. The Goq™
    Founder, President, Vice President and CEO of the CR Welcome Wagon!

    read sleep eat repeat

    Posted 1 year ago #
  17. dunno
    Better Late than Never!

    SLEEP!! Too embarrased to say how much lol

    Posted 1 year ago #
  18. zahavasdad
    Member

    Go to the park with kiddos and klotch

    Posted 1 year ago #
  19. WIY
    Member

    Learn, schmooze with family/friends some, sometimes eat a little something.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  20. quark2
    Member

    When i am bored on Shabbos, i usually do one of three things:

    Learn
    Read
    Sing (kumzitz)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  21. OlamHaba
    Member

    Tell me , now be truthfull , who finds shabbos boring ?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  22. photogenic
    Member

    Appreciate the Shabbos :) No modern technology interruptions.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  23. seeallsides
    Member

    love shabbos- boring cause i can't chk my computer every minute to see what's happening - as if it matters? I wish we had two days shabbos-it totally reaffirms my values

    Posted 1 year ago #
  24. mikehall12382
    Member

    I DO NOT send text messages

    Posted 1 year ago #
  25. gavra_at_work
    ^caution

    Usually one of four things, or a combination of all:

    1: let Ittisa sleep
    2: Sleep myself
    3: Read/learn
    4: Visit elderly relatives.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  26. cantoresq
    Inactive

    I usually read/learn for 2-3 hours on a long Shabbos afternoon. But I should qualify my statement. The learning/reading usually occurs outside with me laying in a lounge chair, with a pitcher of something cold and sour and a book/sefer. The content of the Sefer may vary, but the books are virtually all Jewish history.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  27. WIY
    Member

    Gavra
    Do you speak to your Ittisa in Aramaic?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  28. gavra_at_work
    ^caution

    Do you speak to your Ittisa in Aramaic?

    No. Have you ever tried to speak practical (not talmudic) Aramaic? Very difficult. Might I recommend My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar. I found it a very interesting read.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  29. popa_bar_abba
    Incorrigible; semi-retarded; eccentric; perhaps a man; somewhere between mean and average; sometimes only a bit over the top; arbitrarily cynical.

    Might I recommend My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar. I found it a very interesting read.

    That was a fascinating book.

    Nevertheless, I found myself snorting when he was comparing hebrew words to aramaic words for his professor.
    For blazes sake, any yeshiva guy could tell you far more words, and could even tell you rules for the sorts of sounds that get switched. (like the hebrew ש turning into the aramaic ת, for example- שלש- תלת, and all the rest.)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  30. adorable
    Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable...Jackie Gleason

    i just spend shabbos with a couple of sem (BJJ) graduates and they told me that their principal told them not to read magazines. its a waste of time to spend shabbos that way. they should read the parsha with rashi if they have time and if they still have time they should read the ramban. i dont get it! aren't girls allowed to just relax?

    Posted 1 year ago #
  31. Another name
    Member

    adorable, are you sure that they meant all magazines or were they referring to specific controversial ones?

    I don't believe the girls are supposed to be the "learners," and the guys don't like that. Everyone has to relax sometimes and the hamodia or binah seem pretty harmless...

    Posted 1 year ago #
  32. L613
    Member

    Gavra - loved that book. A random old Jewish lady sitting next to me at Jury Duty recommended it to me.

    As for me on Shabbos - I run groups for the girls in the neighborhood who are super bored on Shabbos afternoon (50+ girls attend). So most of my time I spend preparing. I also visit with friends.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  33. adorable
    Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable...Jackie Gleason

    i heard that they specifically tell the girls not to read any magazines. its not the issue with reading the controversial issues but its more like why are you wasting the precious shabbos hours. she lets you read them during the week though, but not on shabbos.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  34. MiddlePath
    Member

    Shabbos is a day to do things that help you relax and be happy. If you enjoy reading magazines, go ahead. I personally like to sleep on Shabbos afternoon.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  35. whatrutalkingabt
    I need 2 know what u r talking abt

    Adorable-
    They probably learned the halachos of what is muttar to read on Shabbos and it could be that those magazines dont fit in that picture. (I know there are halachos about this that are widely ignored)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  36. adorable
    Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable...Jackie Gleason

    no!!! you dont have to believe me but they learnt that you can read the magazines (its not the issue now about if they are app to read- the issue is if you should read them on shabbos!!!!!!)

    Posted 1 year ago #
  37. twisted
    pretzel

    Shabbos day schedule: Netz, home for kiddush/coffee, put finnishing touch on parsha, a 20 minute sheinas shacharis if I am feeling beaten up from the week, 930 learn with chavrusa hilchos shabbos until called for laining at a late starting chabad minyan, lunch. Early mincha at 1:30 in the summer. Cross town to learn with a homebound. (Last shabbos it was 102F). Drop in on a sfardi rov lecturing on hilchos shabbos. 4:00 home to nosh and hit the books, do homework for weekday learning routine. Seudah shlishis not rushed, Maariv. In the winter, same just condensed. I don't like to go away for Shabbos. I love my busy day.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  38. R.T.
    Member

    Depending on the time/season of the year, I usually try to cover Pirkei Avot, Sefer Daniel, Sefer Mishlei, Sefer Iyov as well as daily Tehillim, Sefer Yetzira, Otzrot Chaim. A nap is nice if time permits.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  39. yentingyenta
    Member

    sleep a bit, then study some niflaos haborei (medical stuff). i'm odd in the way that studying is more relaxing sometimes than sleeping, esp if its w/in 2 weeks of a test.....
    if i have vaca, i try to visit my friend and her family

    Posted 1 year ago #
  40. hello5
    Member

    Sleep??????!!!!!!!!

    Posted 1 year ago #
  41. 2scents
    Mint and Raspberry

    Studying medicine on Shabbos is questionable.

    I once heard that if you are a practicing medical professional you are permitted to study, since you might be saving a life by learning something new.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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