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btw – HOW DO I FIND AN OLDER COFFEE ROOM DISCUSSION NOT LISTED ON THE BOARD
Chayavinishlivesumay:
If I was to read into your name I hope you don’t have a hangover tommorow
Although there are some truly wierd screen names as you pointed out
chayavinishlivesumay, I know we all have our cranky times and so if this is one of yours, that would explain your ornerary attitude.
The comment I made is just a factual statement devoid of derogation. Thus it was not a contradiction to my screen name which can be broken down as follows:
I am frum
I am a lady
and Ich bin git
I hope this helps,
Not sure how that affects my comment, as I was just stating the facts. Like it or not.
Feel better.
I have a related question for the Coffee Room:
In your shul, when someone is called for an aliya, how does the gabbai call him up? Is there a difference in what title the gabbai uses if he is married or single?
Specifically, does your shul use Ha’bachur for single people and Reb for married people? Or Reb for all adult men or no title for everyone?
Homeowner: How is that related to this thread? That is a matter of minhug, and either way is proper. If someone is a 45 year old bochor, then that’s what he is.
so right, it’s all about respect.
Actually, Homeowner has a good point. Calling someone Mr.x or MrsY
is a Goyish concept.Until Napoleonic times, Jews had no last names, just Moshe nen Yaacov. So, what lat name did children use for thousands of years? Did it mean they had no respect?
If someone asks them to do so, it would be disresepctful to do otherwise. Remember, in the olden days, no one had last names. Tehy were known by their first names, i.e. Mottel the Tailor. Hillel. One might preface that name with Rav, or Reb, but the first name was the only name in msot cases. So it was not disrespectful l’chatchilah. I have always preferred to be called by my given name. the only exception is when I first meet the younger person, and I want to see if his or her middos are sufficiently respectful in other areas. If not,then I remain Mrs. ______ to them. I have yet to be disappointed.
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