There’s an old joke about a priest and a rabbi who are good friends and they meet for coffee every week. One day, the priest says, My friend, we’ve known each other for over 40 years. I have a burning question to ask you although I know it’s not exactly polite. The rabbi replies, Feh, what else are friends for; what do you want to know. The priest leans in and asks, Have you ever, when you were younger, tried pork? The rabbi is silent for a moment and then says, Yes, yes when I was younger I did once try pork. Now tell me, my friend, have you ever been with a woman. The priest is taken aback but since he did start this conversation eventually replies, yes, yes when I was younger and weaker in faith, I was with a woman. The rabbi leans back and with a twinkle in his eye, says, – well you’ve probably figured it out by now.
Depends on the mother. YMMV
Oy! So on the second post she wins the thread! :smack:
Pretty much. In the OP, I didn’t mention that I wasn’t a Doctor, Lawyer, or College Professor, I wasn’t married to a nice Jewish girl, and I didn’t have 2 children.
The fat and sodium in that bacon cheeseburger will shorten your life, so the sin of suicide.
The shortened lifespan means you probably won’t get things like Alzheimer’s so you won’t commit the sin of being a burden to your children.
I’m with Green Bean here. Not every failure to observe the law is a sin. That’s all I see these things as, transgressions.
Oddly enough I do observe the Passover. I’ve eaten a ham and cheese sandwich on Matzoh. I also fasted on Yom Kippur. Why? I cannot tell you. Somehow it pleases my to do so, even though I am thoroughgoing atheist. Go figure.
But house of Shammai dissents.