tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post2308933226030579331..comments2023-08-03T04:54:54.068-04:00Comments on Abacaxi Mamão: My Life in Talmud Torah (With Emphasis on Talmud): Loss (Part 2)Abacaxi Mamaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604184268628243496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-71229013104841429572010-11-30T03:12:24.106-05:002010-11-30T03:12:24.106-05:00Great post! As someone who has come to Orthodox Ju...Great post! As someone who has come to Orthodox Judaism later in life (and struggle with many things about it), this is a refreshing read.Miss S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10887805742474651903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-68589252931586447762009-10-19T17:00:39.914-04:002009-10-19T17:00:39.914-04:00That's really quite sad about all that discour...That's really quite sad about all that discouragement.<br />btw, I love the term "the not-always-textually-accurate-although-it-claims-airtight-logic Brisker method"Drew Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08969020134924433950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-88833234680023242502009-10-18T19:51:12.138-04:002009-10-18T19:51:12.138-04:00Taylweaver--I totally hear that. I am mostly happy...Taylweaver--I totally hear that. I am mostly happy that I was raised Orthodox, at least through age 17 (after which the massive educational inequity struck with full force). I don't actually think that I would have had more educational opportunities, as a woman, outside of the Orthodox world. The "serious learners" in the non-Orthodox world almost universally take advantage of educational institutions either officially part of the Orthodox yeshiva world, or run by male products of it. It would have been nice to have learned to layn and be comfortable with leading prayer publically at a medium age, though. (I did when I was very young, at an Orthodox day school--we had hazzanim and hazzaniyot at Lubavitch!) That's my main regret regarding the denomination of my early upbringing. I don't think that I missed out on much else.<br /><br />MJG--There will be a Part 3 (eventually). Have no fear!Abacaxi Mamaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604184268628243496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-40654610564987324572009-10-18T19:39:07.805-04:002009-10-18T19:39:07.805-04:00Is there going to be a Part 3, explaining how you ...Is there going to be a Part 3, explaining how you got from your alienated after-college state, to where you are now? Because, after all, you are learning full time now, even after a less than perfect learning experience last year, so something must have changed.mjgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11850330.post-76198269584400290732009-10-15T17:35:36.384-04:002009-10-15T17:35:36.384-04:00There are times when I am very grateful that I am ...There are times when I am very grateful that I am not Orthodox. I don't realize how much I take for granted until I go into the Orthodox world and see women excited to be able to do things that I very much take for granted. (Though I should note that I studied Talmud five days a week in middle school and high school - and both of those were Orthodox.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com