Friday, January 29, 2010

Today Is My THIRD (!!!) Blogiversary

Can you believe it? Three whole years of having this virtual online community for Dinner.
I hope you've been entertained and I hope I've left you smiling, or thinking, or both.
So much has happened in those three years.
I've made so many new friends through this blog and I've learned many new things. I've enjoyed having many of you to "actual" dinners as well. I hope to continue all of this.
Even if you've never commented before, please consider leaving a comment on this special day. I know you're enjoying the blog because you keep coming back, but actually writing something helps give me the encouragement to continue.



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20 comments:

  1. LeoraJanuary 29, 2010 at 7:52 AM

    Mazel tov! Three is a good number. Ad mayeh v'esrim, at least. And then some.

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  2. ProfKJanuary 29, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    Mazal Tov on turning three! Some homes (like your blog) are so warm and welcoming that guests love returning there time after time. Keep "cooking" up those posts and I'll be waiting on the blog doorstep to enjoy them.

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  3. GaviJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:37 AM

    mazal tov! Keep the posts coming! Like I wrote you a while back, your blog is "reverently irreverent" and a very fun read!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:39 AM

    congrats. i really love your blog. not to sound crazy/stalkerish. but you really give me a great fresh view of the individuals in the breurs community. it is so refreshing to see a jewish mother so excited for the chagim/shabbat/guests. you inspired me to make a tubshvat themed meal this week! please continue writing and sharing your love of cooking/hosting. you have really kept this (now older single and bit bitter) UWS girl inspired!

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  5. Yekkishe BekisheJanuary 29, 2010 at 9:49 AM

    So when is the Upsheren? BTW, the Yalkut Shimoni - a Rav in FFam during the 13th century - is the earliest mentions of the custom of Upsheren at the age of 3. You can find it in Parshas kedoshim by the Parsha of Orloh!

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  6. G6January 29, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    Leora,
    ProfK,
    Gavi,
    Anonymous -

    It is comments like these that make me feel that the blog is truly a truly worthwhile endeavor.

    ProfK - Your poetic use of the English language onces again warms my heart.

    Gavi - I don't recall you saying that before. Thanks for reiterating :)

    Anonymous - You've touched me deeply. You don't sound stalkerish at ALL. In fact, I'd love to have you to dinner ;)

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  7. ShoshJanuary 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    happy blogoversary!

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  8. harry-er than them allJanuary 29, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    bekkishe- you should see what freud wrote about the upsherin (something to do with oedipus coplex and that the mother had to hide the child so that the father wouldn't kill his competition)

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  9. YDLJanuary 29, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    MT - Upsherin has naught to do with yeks!

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!! 3 YEARS OLD...you're a BIG girl now!!

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  11. UnknownJanuary 30, 2010 at 11:12 AM

    Happy blogiversary :-)

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  12. Something DifferentJanuary 31, 2010 at 1:18 AM

    Three? Whoa, that's a lot.

    Very creative of you to use a cake like that. ;-)

    Mazel tov!

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  13. itsagiftJanuary 31, 2010 at 9:33 AM

    Happy Blogiversary!

    May you have many more!

    I like the way you make the shabbos table so warm and welcoming with all your guests and I love the pictures on your sidebar...and your blog! It's great!

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  14. SuperRaizyJanuary 31, 2010 at 10:26 PM

    Congratulations! You are one of those people who help make the blogosphere a friendly place to hang out. Looking forward to 3 more years!

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2010 at 2:42 PM

    mazel tov. love your blog. keep it up

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  16. Yekkishe BekisheFebruary 1, 2010 at 2:43 PM

    The source for the Minhag is a Rav of FFam. That can't be denied or refuted. Whether it is a Yekkisher Minhog or not, I can't be sure. Just because Rabbi Hamburger doesn't discuss it in his Seforim, doesn't automatically make it pasul.

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  17. YDLFebruary 1, 2010 at 6:28 PM

    And what makes you think he doesn't discuss it??

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  18. Upsherin not an Ashkenazic minhogFebruary 2, 2010 at 1:59 AM

    'Yekkishe bekishe' (is that an oxymoron by the way? :) -

    The Yalkut Shimoni does not mention the Sepharadic/Hassidic custom of upsherin. What he does mention is something else, namely the idea of starting a young boy in limud haTorah at the age of three. There is no mention there in the YS of haircutting. The haircutting thing is a later addition, seemingly from non-Jewish sources originally (various non-Jewish cultures have customs connected to haircutting. One prominent example is Hindus, who are known for their upsherins, which brought about the Indian sheitel crisis a while ago), which some Hassidim have attempted to graft on to the earlier Jewish minhag.

    So the upsherin custom is not Yekkish and not Ashkenazic, and not originally Jewish bichlal.

    P.S. It is discussed at length in Shorshei Minhag Ashkenaz III, credit to which is due for some of the above.

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  19. Jacob Da JewFebruary 2, 2010 at 7:53 PM

    Mazal Tov and Kudos for keeping it up for so long.

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  20. YWJanuary 29, 2012 at 10:26 AM

    Happy blogiversary

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