What Judaistic holliday?

[Nowhere]

Question: which one is it that involves...not moving too much from one location?

I wonder if I'll find the answer first or will MURC give it sooner...(which probably depends on schmosef, Gurm, or TransformX popping in)

I'm guessing Shabbat, but...

edit: you know,the one in which you shouldn't take more than X steps during the day. And no public/"mechanical" trasnportation either

[Gurm]

Question: which one is it that involves...not moving too much from one location?

I wonder if I'll find the answer first or will MURC give it sooner...(which probably depends on schmosef, Gurm, or TransformX popping in)

I'm guessing Shabbat, but...

edit: you know,the one in which you shouldn't take more than X steps during the day. And no public/"mechanical" trasnportation either

*ahem*

It's not a holiday. It's the sabbath, also known as "shabbat", and called by most of the world "Saturday".

And it's really only the orthodox black-hats that do the whole "no walking more than a certain number of steps" thing. The original idea is that you're supposed to RELAX on Saturday. Take it easy. Back when the law was codified, nobody went on a trip for FUN. You went on a trip because you HAD TO, and usually only to do business, or buy/barter/trade. Or... for a family emergency, for which there were (and still are) exemptions.

So the original idea was to FORCE people to NOT WORK... and take a day to reflect on God's creation. Nowadays, certainly driving an hour to go to the spa for the day... qualifies as relaxing.

[Umfriend]

Nowadays, certainly driving an hour to go to the spa for the day... qualifies as relaxing.

LOL For sensible people it does indeed. Now this was about 20 yrs ago, but even many of the liberal jews I sorta knew back then (liberal here = approx. Reform in US I think), although travveliing by car to the synagogue had troubles using it.

[schmosef]

Lately, I've been attendeding the parsha lesson at an orthodox synagogue.

They close the parking lot so that no one tries to drive in. I park in the library across the street.

[Nowhere]

Uhm...yeah Gurm, whatever, "catholic Sunday" is commonly called a holiday, so..

But thanks...anyway I thought what I know about one Rabbi (of my friend) would apply more to one-in-a-year holiday...wouldn't be so mean.
Basically: he calculated the number of steps he needs to do to go X times in a day to the toilet, used the rest of the limit on short walk in the morning, came back, sat in his armchair and said to wife: "you have to bring me newspaper, dinner, etc.", I've used my limit already...

btw holidays, does any of you plan to live in a tent for a week in some time? (you know...fun tradition; although I do have quite warm sleeping bag, hugging (crap, I'm not sure what are the subtle differences in between alternatives for this in En :/ ) for extensive periods of time would be necesary )

PS. Perhaps you wonder why I wonder. Although technically/according to orthodox I could be called a Jew...I just live now in a dorm room with someone who really, completelly is Or rather...I will be living tehre again when I'll come back from there, have something to do, only reason why I'm often online...
But you know, we're quite a team. For example when confronting with some antisemitic nationalist that also lives in the building Basically, she made him talk for some period of time about judomasons rulling the world and then...said who she is. Few days later I did the same. You should see his face... "But, but...you're...nice". We have to find someone third, even someone who will pretend only (since that largery applies to me...what the heck), then the subject will think that Jews infiltrated his holy facility.