Comments on: Going Away http://noyam.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/going-away/ I Am So Bored Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rob http://noyam.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/going-away/#comment-2957 Rob Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:53:40 +0000 http://noyam.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-2957 Being Oleh Regel was a religious/spiritual high not to be compared with Miami Beach etc. in a hotel. With that being said, going away is nice for the family but does nothing to enhance the yom-tov part of the trip. If anything the yom-tov becomes secondary to the vacation (from my experience). I go away regularly for Pesach and enjoy it immensly but it's a nice vacation not a spiritual yom-tov. Being Oleh Regel was a religious/spiritual high not to be compared with Miami Beach etc. in a hotel.

With that being said, going away is nice for the family but does nothing to enhance the yom-tov part of the trip. If anything the yom-tov becomes secondary to the vacation (from my experience). I go away regularly for Pesach and enjoy it immensly but it’s a nice vacation not a spiritual yom-tov.

]]> By: Elster http://noyam.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/going-away/#comment-2955 Elster Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:49:52 +0000 http://noyam.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-2955 I was talking pre-entering the land. You are correct that during the time of the B'H, that may have been the case. However, we have been without a B'H for much longer than with. Sadly. I was talking pre-entering the land. You are correct that during the time of the B’H, that may have been the case. However, we have been without a B’H for much longer than with. Sadly.

]]> By: Noyam http://noyam.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/going-away/#comment-2954 Noyam Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:05:10 +0000 http://noyam.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-2954 <i>while Pesach was a communal holiday, it was a communal neighborhood holiday - meant for your family and people who live in the tent next door </i> I don't know. Being Oleh Regel meant going to Yerushalayim with everyone else in the country. If that meant your lodging was with a sephardi couple from Tiveria and a young family from Ashquelon, then that's what it was. Everyone went to one place. while Pesach was a communal holiday, it was a communal neighborhood holiday – meant for your family and people who live in the tent next door

I don’t know. Being Oleh Regel meant going to Yerushalayim with everyone else in the country. If that meant your lodging was with a sephardi couple from Tiveria and a young family from Ashquelon, then that’s what it was. Everyone went to one place.

]]> By: Elster http://noyam.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/going-away/#comment-2953 Elster Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:11:33 +0000 http://noyam.wordpress.com/?p=594#comment-2953 Hmmmm - while Pesach was a communal holiday, it was a communal neighborhood holiday - meant for your family and people who live in the tent next door - certainly not you getting up and spending it in Cabo with some people from Teaneck and a sephardi couple from Great Neck. Not ripping on you - at this point it certainly feels as though more people go away than stay home- much like Yeshiva break week. Hmmmm – while Pesach was a communal holiday, it was a communal neighborhood holiday – meant for your family and people who live in the tent next door – certainly not you getting up and spending it in Cabo with some people from Teaneck and a sephardi couple from Great Neck.

Not ripping on you – at this point it certainly feels as though more people go away than stay home- much like Yeshiva break week.

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