Comments on: 100 Gates http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/ Danya Ruttenberg's website Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Danya Ruttenberg » Blog Archive » We Likey Books http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/#comment-17746 Danya Ruttenberg » Blog Archive » We Likey Books Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:16:24 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/#comment-17746 [...] Yesterday I had an errand to run towards the city center, so I decided to nip over to Mea Shaarim as long as I was in the area. Dressed in a long skirt and such, I wound my way over to that one street where I always buy books (I forget what it's called–the one just off Mea Sharim St.) and went to work. Actually, I was pretty restrained, all told. I got a teeny tiny Shulchan Aruch–12 paperbacks of just theMichaber and the Rema, none of the other commentaries. I'll keep poking around the used bookstores to see if there's a set that wants to come home with me, but I'll be back to Israel often enough (as is what happens when you get hitched to one of the locals) that I can pick up a proper, large set sometime in the future–and in the meantime the commentaries on my CD-ROM or books in the beit midrash are just fine. I don't have that frenzied feeling of needing to complete my library today. [...] […] Yesterday I had an errand to run towards the city center, so I decided to nip over to Mea Shaarim as long as I was in the area. Dressed in a long skirt and such, I wound my way over to that one street where I always buy books (I forget what it’s called–the one just off Mea Sharim St.) and went to work. Actually, I was pretty restrained, all told. I got a teeny tiny Shulchan Aruch–12 paperbacks of just theMichaber and the Rema, none of the other commentaries. I’ll keep poking around the used bookstores to see if there’s a set that wants to come home with me, but I’ll be back to Israel often enough (as is what happens when you get hitched to one of the locals) that I can pick up a proper, large set sometime in the future–and in the meantime the commentaries on my CD-ROM or books in the beit midrash are just fine. I don’t have that frenzied feeling of needing to complete my library today. […]

]]> By: Rachel http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/#comment-55 Rachel Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:24:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/#comment-55 Oh, man -- great blog post, and fabulous photos. The shot of the sign terrifies me; the shot of the bookstore entices me. That's pretty much my reaction to Mea Shearim (and to Orthodoxy, and to Israel) in a nutshell, actually, so nice job, there. I covet your library now. Of course, I'd have to have some serious Hebrew chops before I attempted any of those (I'm still daunted by my Hebrew Harry Potter; the only Hebrew storybook I own that I can actually read is "The Giving Tree," sigh) so I suppose I wouldn't know what to do with them if I owned them. Pet them, I guess. *g* As soon as the Holidays are over, I'm looking into finding a Hebrew tutor... Oh, man — great blog post, and fabulous photos. The shot of the sign terrifies me; the shot of the bookstore entices me. That’s pretty much my reaction to Mea Shearim (and to Orthodoxy, and to Israel) in a nutshell, actually, so nice job, there.

I covet your library now. Of course, I’d have to have some serious Hebrew chops before I attempted any of those (I’m still daunted by my Hebrew Harry Potter; the only Hebrew storybook I own that I can actually read is “The Giving Tree,” sigh) so I suppose I wouldn’t know what to do with them if I owned them. Pet them, I guess. *g* As soon as the Holidays are over, I’m looking into finding a Hebrew tutor…

]]> By: Christy Lee-Engel http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/#comment-54 Christy Lee-Engel Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:28:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/08/18/100-gates/#comment-54 Dear Danya, Just a note to say hello, as another one (of what sounds like a growing group!)of the people who didn't know you but have found and very much appreciate your wonderful writing. During my first trip to Israel, more than 20 years ago, before I became a Jew, my friend and I stayed at a little guesthouse in Mea Shearim. It was listed in one of those Lonely Planet-type guidebooks, so there were lots of other scruffy Americans & Europeans there too. We were too ignorant to be either intimidated, or properly appreciative! Even knowing nothing about what we were immersed in, it was a wonderful neighborhood to get to stay in. Thank you for your heartful, thoughtful, personal posts and photos. Dear Danya,

Just a note to say hello, as another one (of what sounds like a growing group!)of the people who didn’t know you but have found and very much appreciate your wonderful writing.

During my first trip to Israel, more than 20 years ago, before I became a Jew, my friend and I stayed at a little guesthouse in Mea Shearim. It was listed in one of those Lonely Planet-type guidebooks, so there were lots of other scruffy Americans & Europeans there too. We were too ignorant to be either intimidated, or properly appreciative! Even knowing nothing about what we were immersed in, it was a wonderful neighborhood to get to stay in.

Thank you for your heartful, thoughtful, personal posts and photos.

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