Comments on: Prayers over trees http://www.xyre.org/2008/04/28/prayers-over-trees/ Ancient writings, current events, and my other whims Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Xyre » Dogs are reincarnated slanderers, apparently http://www.xyre.org/2008/04/28/prayers-over-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Xyre » Dogs are reincarnated slanderers, apparently Sat, 31 May 2008 23:44:20 +0000 http://www.xyre.org/?p=144#comment-405 [...] believe it today, as we can see in the crazy ravings of a certain Internet nutjob who believes that trees contain souls in need of “correction”. Even an otherwise reasonable rabbi I know in California believes in [...] [...] believe it today, as we can see in the crazy ravings of a certain Internet nutjob who believes that trees contain souls in need of “correction”. Even an otherwise reasonable rabbi I know in California believes in [...]

]]> By: Jon http://www.xyre.org/2008/04/28/prayers-over-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Jon Sat, 03 May 2008 05:14:47 +0000 http://www.xyre.org/?p=144#comment-288 And come next Pesach, the man forgot about his wheat/whiskey friend and unknowingly nullified him. And come next Pesach, the man forgot about his wheat/whiskey friend and unknowingly nullified him.

]]> By: Friar Yid http://www.xyre.org/2008/04/28/prayers-over-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Friar Yid Sat, 03 May 2008 04:50:24 +0000 http://www.xyre.org/?p=144#comment-287 <i>a great way to “correct” reincarnated tree-souls.</i> That totally reminds me of this Hasidic story I heard about how a man was reincarnated as a grain of wheat so that a man could say a brocha over whiskey and free his soul, and then when the man forgot to have whiskey with Shabbos dinner he totally screwed up the wheat grain guy's chances to get into Heaven on schedule. Supposedly this was meant to illustrate the importance of: A- Remembering to celebrate Shabbos with booze and not be a puritan teetotaler like the goyim, and B- Saying brochot. Unfortunately for the pure intentions of the author, it just made me think of <a href="http://lyrics.ivory.org/johnbarl.html"this. a great way to “correct” reincarnated tree-souls.

That totally reminds me of this Hasidic story I heard about how a man was reincarnated as a grain of wheat so that a man could say a brocha over whiskey and free his soul, and then when the man forgot to have whiskey with Shabbos dinner he totally screwed up the wheat grain guy’s chances to get into Heaven on schedule.

Supposedly this was meant to illustrate the importance of: A- Remembering to celebrate Shabbos with booze and not be a puritan teetotaler like the goyim, and B- Saying brochot.

Unfortunately for the pure intentions of the author, it just made me think of <a href=”http://lyrics.ivory.org/johnbarl.html”this.

]]> By: LBS http://www.xyre.org/2008/04/28/prayers-over-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-280 LBS Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:05:17 +0000 http://www.xyre.org/?p=144#comment-280 Unbelieveably awesome!! Woo sacred trees! Hopelessly geeky in the Big Apple, lowellboyslash Unbelieveably awesome!! Woo sacred trees!

Hopelessly geeky in the Big Apple,

lowellboyslash

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