• 12:16:02: I wondered something, and Mati came to answer me! O_o
• 13:31:44: Lamai's last baby found by the guinea pigs!
• 14:17:10: Mati has gastro, she threw up several times, oy!
• 14:44:37: Rahel Shadchanite International: making quality shidduchim all around the world. (thanks my friend!)
• 14:52:29: Sometimes I wanna scream, it's zaide not zaidy, Faige ( Read more... )

• 16:40:50: Non working escalator + stilettos = love (not)
• 16:41:54: My cleaning lady's other employer has decided to fire her because she doesn't clean well. Weird, I think she's doing more than needed!
• 16:52:54: Wanted to send something to a far out tiny Russian Jewish school, they never recontacted me!
• 17:08:06: roger & corradino may have found a ( Read more... )

But it's not.

It's the story of a Sefardi man whose mother is called Ledicia. She passes, and he wants to name a child after her. So he names his next daughter... Eidel (the Yiddish equivalent). When asked why exactly, he answered "because I wanted her to have a Hebrew name".

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• 16:43:46: Mati tells me she learned "nothing" today in cheder. Wow.
• 16:44:09: Mati asks her friends to buy her candies since he stopped buying so much (she had cramps). lol! and she knows right and left, wow!
• 19:34:57: Too fun! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamzer#Connection_with_French_Medieval_nicknames

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• 10:54:42: yesterday finally we put lamai who looked ready with tiramisu and... yay!
• 14:19:12: firm may hire me to teach sick kids at their home
• 16:01:19: siam and hyma from rescue got a home
• 17:35:56: The mora gave a sticky to Mati because she davened well!
• 18:35:48: *hurls* http://www.behindthename.com/bb/view.php?id=3933186&board=gen

Anne de Montmorency, was named with a female first name for his godmother Anne. BUT BUT BUT. His mother and sister (!) were also Anne de Montmorency. So was his daughter. And his granddaughter. And various ancestresses and descendants, female AND MALE! Including a certain Anne-Léon de Montmorency, who called all his children Anne, girls and boys!

• 14:34:16: Rat vs guinea pig... finally chose rat! welcome Rafi and Zissel!
  
• 15:30:46: bought 2 blackish clown fish!
  
• 19:18:22: Fish tank filter got crazy, there is water everywhere!! gosh... now it will be VERY easy to have my parents accept the rats... not
  
• 19:37:17: fish tank with external filter = HATE HATE HATE
  
• 20:09:28: Why does everyone call ( Read more... )

Fascinating, well documented articles on minhagim. It really shatters a lot of myths ("everyones/no one does that!").

"you have to cover your eyes during shema"
"you have to wear a kippa all the time"
the broom dance
"you're not supposed to see your chatan/kalla before the chuppa"
"white and blue tallit is sefardi, white and black tallit is ashkenazi"
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( Tuesday 10 July 2007: Mati being popular, Tsfat, we found R’ Barnutza!, Tiberias Lake, rants and bats! )