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Do you celebrate it, what do you do?
I eat firecrackers.
Rabbi Avigdor Miller, tzl, who said it is very innapropriate to celebrate “thanksgiving” in any way, and every effort should be made, if possible, to have nothing to do with it,
also said that every frum Jew should publicly celebrate July 4. on his shul they would display a us flag.
Mod, why do you type tzl rather than ztl?
just to test all the spellcheckers out there 😉
i dont know
do you think ztl is better?
OU-D.
Rav Forst in Far Rockaway forbid even having a BBQ on July 4th
I am “celebrating” july 4th by moving into my new house right around then.
😀 Zuberman! 😀
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I would think ztl is more accurate Mod, as it adheres to the Hebrew acronym. I’m not sure how you came to use your version.
im not sure how i came to use it either
ill switch to ztl (b’li neder) (or should i say neder b’li)
thanks
Yossi congrats where did you find your apartment?
If I remember, I put out my flag. We always have a barbecue. Nothing like good food, good beer and good friends to celebrate our freedom.
The same way I celebrate other legal holidays (that Mrs BP does not have off)
With GRATITUDE!
Aries: far rockaway. I was getting kinda desperate and a vacancy opened up in my friend’s apartment as one of the other guys is getting married
😀 Zuberman! 😀
I will follow all American customs. I will eat burnt meat and drink inferior beer. Then I will debate with my friends whether or not we should go to Manhattan for the fireworks (we always decide not to), eat more burnt meat, drink some less inferior beer, and go to maariv.
i celebrate every holiday that i am paid at work for and get the day off.
doesnt mean i celebrate it the way others do. but i sure do celebrate a free ”paid” day!
I don’t celebrate July 4 because I am Canadian. However, I DO celebrate July 1, which is Canada Day. I will put a flag on apartment balcony. There will be fireworks at night, but I won’t be going to any because they all start after Shabbat begins. However, I can often see great fireworks displays from downtown from the balcony of my place, so I may sit on my balcony about 10 PM and see what I can see.
Happy Fourth of July!
G*d Bless America!!
SiDi™
we celebrate my grandmothers bday today! and on the side, we watch the fireworks that many ppl do down the block from us. we live on a corner, so its a pretty good view.
Happy birthday to your grandmother, ad meah v’esrim.
I celebrate it big time. America is my country bH I was born here!!! We have a big BBQ, a lot of my family and in laws get together, it’s a great day that we all have off of work, and can finally get together.
amen, thanks!
I watch the Mets lose
MoraRach,
Would you mind sharing what a BBQ and America being a great country have in common?
I also think that America is the greatest country, even greater is the fact that my grandparents were accepted and given a chance here in the USA.
However doing something that Goyim do is not something that I would prefer. We spend the day together playing and having fun (like each Sunday) we daven and learn as well. Use this day of rest to cut myself off from work and enjoy life.
They don’t have anything to do with each other. But the weather is beautiful, we all have off, my husband works on Sundays so we can almost never BBQ all together, so my family and parents and in-laws get together, BBQ, catch up, talk politics etc. so it’s not really the BBQ, we are just getting together as an extended family, loving our country and being together.
2scents: Once again, I think the point isn’t that the barbecue is L’kavod July 4th. July 4th is just a happy day to begin with to give Shevach V’hoda’ah LeHakadosh Baruch Hu for giving us a great place to live and follow the Torah relatively unhindered. Couple that with a hot summer day and no work and a barbecue is the natural conclusion.
I think this is a perfect example of the Goyim doing something logical. Are we supposed to be illogical because they do the logical thing. We don’t drive on the sidewalk and walk in the street, even though the Goyim do the exact opposite. We are not obligated to avoid doing everything they do (we walk and breathe and sleep just like they do). July 4th is just a logical day for a big barbecue. There’s nothing wrong with doing something logical.
“I watch the Mets lose”
Ugggh, I know 🙁
As an aside, Jew or not, we live in America and should celebrate our country’s freedom and tolerance.
God bless.
Happy Fourth of July!
G*d Bless America!!
SiDi™
Hurricane Arthur has been a tremendous Chessed to Kedushas Shabbos, as Arthur has caused the Fireworks celebrations in Boston MA to be moved up from tonite Friday nite July 4th, to last nite Thursday nite July 3rd.
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