Ken, I don't know the exact process for every item, but somewhere in there it is blessed by a rabbi. Bobby who knows very little about Judaic rites. >i know a little hebrew. he runs a kosher deli down from the office. > >groaner, yes. i wish i did know more languages than i do. > >kyle, maybe you can help me. i understand kosher meat (my brother worked a >kosher shop when he was a butcher), but, i don't understand a kosher pickel. >what makes one kosher and one not? i am serious, i've wondered for years. > >-----Original Message----- >From: - Joy - [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 12:08 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The Abortion/Euthanasia Thread (Long!) > > >I read them in Hebrew or Aramaic, depending on what the text was written >in, so no worries about translation <grins> And I'm working on the >reference, I have to dig out my notes from last year's classes. The >curriculum for the year was moral issues, and we ended up discussing >abortion, euthanasia, hostages, war, organ donation, bioengineering... >very interesting stuff. It really helped to firm up some of my >convictions. > >"Barber, Kenneth L." wrote: >> maybe they lost something >> in translation from hebrew to english. > >Kyle wrote: >> Can you >> give a Talmudic reference? >-- > >~Joy~ >[log in to unmask] >http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/5778 >http://www.geocities.com/Soho/Exhibit/8689 >"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."