tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post4755158742522068936..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: The story of the Swedish convert family Graanboom - from a hidden corner of the internet.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-65194376013157069082012-01-30T17:17:45.318-05:002012-01-30T17:17:45.318-05:00That's amazing. Would you do that?
Can you em...That's amazing. Would you do that?<br /><br />Can you email me? - my address is dbmin9 at aol dot com. I would email you, but of course I do not have your address. Thank you.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-32554612827998173372012-01-30T17:00:28.238-05:002012-01-30T17:00:28.238-05:00I could help you with a much better picture of the...I could help you with a much better picture of the statue, since it is <br />still in the house of my uncle G.A. Graanboom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-48591522841374353652011-02-17T01:11:53.791-05:002011-02-17T01:11:53.791-05:00"R' Shimshon of Ostropoli (Poland, first ..."R' Shimshon of Ostropoli (Poland, first half of 17th century) said..."<br /><br />Best user name ever, bar none.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-62764264698759172442011-02-14T22:49:50.358-05:002011-02-14T22:49:50.358-05:00Excuse me? Ashkenazim don't know mysticism?!!Excuse me? Ashkenazim don't know mysticism?!!R' Shimshon of Ostropoli (Poland, first half of 17th century)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-10537929824839951622011-02-14T19:39:14.143-05:002011-02-14T19:39:14.143-05:00Albania saved their entire (small) Jewish communit...Albania saved their entire (small) Jewish community in WWII. Maybe we should go there as a hakarat hatov?<br /><br />Voldemort would have been more worried about the Italkim and Sefardim. Their knowledge of mysticism would have been a threat to him. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-55813286810796599952011-02-13T12:02:58.607-05:002011-02-13T12:02:58.607-05:00Indeed. That's where the ubiquitous East Europ...Indeed. That's where the ubiquitous East European "Getzel" (Götzel) comes from.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-71198846259192037262011-02-13T03:04:47.451-05:002011-02-13T03:04:47.451-05:00tootooPhillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-71682049128738215382011-02-13T03:04:29.772-05:002011-02-13T03:04:29.772-05:00In Western Europe, Getz was a perfectly normal nam...In Western Europe, Getz was a perfectly normal name (cf. German Götz), nearly a default kinnuy of Elyokim. Then again, maybe the mean allusions would work only where the name is in use or it would be to plain.Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-4280626073278439842011-02-11T15:06:53.178-05:002011-02-11T15:06:53.178-05:00Then there's שעטנ"ז ג"ץ, of course.
...Then there's שעטנ"ז ג"ץ, of course.<br /><br />BTW, do you think Voldemort was worried about the Ashkenazic community of Amsterdam, or the Sephardic?Inspector Clouseaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-8925628341166771052011-02-11T14:38:51.648-05:002011-02-11T14:38:51.648-05:00It is used in a pejorative sense and is a pun. I t...It is used in a pejorative sense and is a pun. I think it's just shortened from getchke (idol).S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-10217847071762443972011-02-11T14:30:36.838-05:002011-02-11T14:30:36.838-05:00you write that getz was the pejorative nickname us...you write that getz was the pejorative nickname used by this rabbi's detractors meaning 'idol', yet the seforim blog article linked within renders it 'fool'. I am unaware of this word being used elswhere in either context, and my conjecture is that it is a non-pejorative abrreviation for ger-tzedekMaimonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-59765266829765566572011-02-11T07:15:25.208-05:002011-02-11T07:15:25.208-05:00"It is customary for gerim to take a new name..."It is customary for gerim to take a new name, often Abraham, upon conversion."<br /><br />Do you know whether this minhag is considered to be obligatory? And whether its expected that the name is formally changed to this new name or just informally?<br /><br />Tnx.Danielhttp://christian4moses.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-7412404216984427552011-02-11T04:03:28.669-05:002011-02-11T04:03:28.669-05:00Of course.Of course.Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-9747616488839008102011-02-10T23:17:26.434-05:002011-02-10T23:17:26.434-05:00shaveling = גלח?<i>shaveling</i> = גלח?Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-45729234976880373002011-02-10T04:25:43.333-05:002011-02-10T04:25:43.333-05:00פפאף - that's pfaf, a pejorative word for a pr...פפאף - that's <i>pfaf</i>, a pejorative word for a priest or minister. (As this is the 1800s, you could use the English word <i>shaveling</i>.)Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-51254379108962747052011-02-10T04:17:05.338-05:002011-02-10T04:17:05.338-05:00some minor changes, like that the congregation sho...<i>some minor changes, like that the congregation should sing Lecha Dodi out loud together, piyutim should not be recited, and flowers and branches should not decorate the synagogue on Shavuos.</i><br /><br />Minor?! :-)<br /><br /><i>I guess the one change which could be considered major in retrospect was the permission to eat kitniyos on Pesach.</i><br /><br />Strangely, I'd find this much less of a problem than Lecho Dôdi.Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-68094823049951571932011-02-09T23:07:44.980-05:002011-02-09T23:07:44.980-05:00Doesn't Voldemort hide out in Albania at some ...Doesn't Voldemort hide out in Albania at some point during the <i>Harry Potter</i> series?Fredericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-68727646574114275532011-02-09T22:56:53.500-05:002011-02-09T22:56:53.500-05:00>But even if it is, no one went to Albania to c...>But even if it is, no one went to Albania to convert.<br /><br />Pretty much nobody goes to Albania for *anything*.DFhttp://www.yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-81573857203589982272011-02-09T20:25:20.514-05:002011-02-09T20:25:20.514-05:00>Why change his name from Jakob to Abraham?
It...>Why change his name from Jakob to Abraham?<br /><br />It is customary for gerim to take a new name, often Abraham, upon conversion. <br /><br />>You mean that the Nether Lands were the only place in western Europe where a Christian could convert to Judaism. Surely, such conversion would have been legal in the lands of the Ottoman Empire. <br /><br />Actually, I have no idea if that's true, and I don't take that for granted at all. But even if it is, no one went to Albania to convert.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-53985287366845436612011-02-09T20:20:20.738-05:002011-02-09T20:20:20.738-05:00The patriarch, known as Avraham Graanboom, was bor...<b>The patriarch, known as Avraham Graanboom, was born in Sweden in 1680 (with the name Jakob). He moved to Amsterdam when he was 69 years old for the purpose of converting to Judaism, along with much of his family (the Netherlands being the only place in Europe where it was legal for a Christian to convert to Judaism).</b><br /><br />1. Why change his name from Jakob to Abraham?<br /><br />2. You mean that the Nether Lands were the only place in <i>western</i> Europe where a Christian could convert to Judaism. Surely, such conversion would have been legal in the lands of the Ottoman Empire.Mar Gavrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-54617024679176740832011-02-09T18:47:09.162-05:002011-02-09T18:47:09.162-05:00Interesting post.
Eerie picture. He looks hyperth...Interesting post.<br /><br />Eerie picture. He looks hyperthyroid...<br /><br />http://medipptx.blogspot.com/2010/10/graves-ophthalmopathy-thyroid-eye_3715.htmlArinoreply@blogger.com