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Figuring Out the ‘Nusach’ for a Women’s Zimun, Eh…

February 3, 2019 – כ״ח בשבט תשע״ט by Hyehudi Editor

Wikipedia in its article on “Orthodox Jewish Feminism” provides an update on the female zimun for the Blessing After the Meal:

One formula for the women’s zimmun is exactly the same formula as the zimun of men, but substituting ‘chaverot’ (Hebrew: friends (f.)) for the word ‘rabotai’ (Hebrew: gentlemen) at the beginning of the invitation, thus feminizing the call.

Wait, shouldn’t it be ‘achayot’ (Hebrew: sisters), seeing as feminists are a big, warm “sisterhood”?!

Quail, Locusts, Blue Eggs, and Shibuta – How to Gather a Menu for a Mesorah Dinner

February 1, 2019 – כ״ו בשבט תשע״ט by Hyehudi Editor

Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Ari Greenspan

Locusts? Quail? Pheasant? Water buffalo? Of the hundreds of species of kosher animals Noach herded into the Ark, how many of them find their way onto our plates today? Mass food production, together with the disappearance of shochtim who remember the varied traditions, have eroded the mesorah that validates the kashrus of many animals. Behind the scenes of the most recent “Mesorah Dinner.”