Also called sambusas - both from the same historic Persian word

It's not just about not liking the president.

I would not feel safe with the current American immigration regime. People are being detained even before they are formally admitted into the country.

It doesn't feel safe to travel to the US.

Definitely is in Canada - and a very thin one at that!

Kobos are great - I like the e-ink models myself because the point of an e-reader is to get offline and to immerse myself in text. I don't need a pretend tablet, I need a device with two weeks or more of battery (depending on how much you read each day)

I know some non-Christians living in Christian majority countries who like celebrating a secular style Christmas. But they tend to be from places that do not traditionally have a Christian majority - and I think that's why they find it less threatening/uncomfortable.

Christmas is completely a Christian holiday.

There are people who are culturally Christian but not religiously Christian - they may not know anything about Jesus but they still have Christmas and Easter celebrations. It's still Christian, albeit secular.

I didn't download it, but I did watch the frontline documentary that is widely available

Meantime, other Talmudic rabbis were running around tying tzitzit onto their maid's aprons

So, women should wear tzitzit! (if they want to)

I do love how they recorded all the disagreements (even with God!). I attended a text study once about whether women should wear tzitzit - just little snippets of Talmud and other teachings in translation - but what I remember is that the lone dissenter actually won out 1000 years later (by 1500)

I always assumed that since I can't read it in Aramaic, then I don't REALLY know what it says, not well enough to contradict any rabbis.

Well, except for that Shammai guy - he was always wrong anyways.

Now I'm going to go like my SEVEN (not 2!) candles.