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  • #721447
    illogicgal
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    btw – HOW DO I FIND AN OLDER COFFEE ROOM DISCUSSION NOT LISTED ON THE BOARD

    #721448
    blueprints
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    Chayavinishlivesumay:

    If I was to read into your name I hope you don’t have a hangover tommorow

    Although there are some truly wierd screen names as you pointed out

    #721449
    frumladygit
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    chayavinishlivesumay, I know we all have our cranky times and so if this is one of yours, that would explain your ornerary attitude.

    The comment I made is just a factual statement devoid of derogation. Thus it was not a contradiction to my screen name which can be broken down as follows:

    I am frum

    I am a lady

    and Ich bin git

    I hope this helps,

    Not sure how that affects my comment, as I was just stating the facts. Like it or not.

    Feel better.

    #721450
    Homeowner
    Member

    I have a related question for the Coffee Room:

    In your shul, when someone is called for an aliya, how does the gabbai call him up? Is there a difference in what title the gabbai uses if he is married or single?

    Specifically, does your shul use Ha’bachur for single people and Reb for married people? Or Reb for all adult men or no title for everyone?

    #721451
    so right
    Member

    Homeowner: How is that related to this thread? That is a matter of minhug, and either way is proper. If someone is a 45 year old bochor, then that’s what he is.

    #721452
    Homeowner
    Member

    so right, it’s all about respect.

    #721454
    lesschumras
    Participant

    Actually, Homeowner has a good point. Calling someone Mr.x or MrsY

    is a Goyish concept.Until Napoleonic times, Jews had no last names, just Moshe nen Yaacov. So, what lat name did children use for thousands of years? Did it mean they had no respect?

    #721455
    oomis
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    If someone asks them to do so, it would be disresepctful to do otherwise. Remember, in the olden days, no one had last names. Tehy were known by their first names, i.e. Mottel the Tailor. Hillel. One might preface that name with Rav, or Reb, but the first name was the only name in msot cases. So it was not disrespectful l’chatchilah. I have always preferred to be called by my given name. the only exception is when I first meet the younger person, and I want to see if his or her middos are sufficiently respectful in other areas. If not,then I remain Mrs. ______ to them. I have yet to be disappointed.

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