Probably

Flame » in reply to Isn't that what the Arabs were banking on in 1973?

Probably

Fox — 9/26/2004 3:35:14 AM (archived)

More to the point, they attacked while the observant Israelis were preoccupied with holiday services.

What they didn't account for is centuries of rabbinical wisdom, which emphasises that saving lives is more important than observing the holy day. For instance, if a person must eat for medical reasons, they are excused from the fast; neither are oral medications withheld. Essential services (such as hospitals) are not closed.

The also forgot to include the large numbers of non-observant so-called "secular Jews" in modern Israeli society.

The whole thread (54 posts)

Could hear a pin drop in here - Tony - 9/24/2004 7:20:04 PM
- DSL shot, grinding along on modem, got real work to do. Probably for the best. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/25/2004 7:09:24 PM
- Very good. - ebnelson - 9/25/2004 6:08:36 PM
- Very good! LOL! - Mary Anne - 9/25/2004 12:18:28 PM
  - If you have films or fiche... - alcaray - 9/27/2004 10:51:06 PM
  - another flood? - SDG - 9/27/2004 7:46:17 PM
  - Insurance - Tom Brosz - 9/25/2004 9:06:29 PM
    - Depends on the book - Mary Anne - 9/25/2004 9:25:56 PM
      - re: Depends on the book - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2004 4:04:46 AM
      - Ha! Found it! - Mary Anne - 9/26/2004 2:27:54 AM
        
        re: Ha! Found it! - Marcia - 9/28/2004 3:46:01 AM
  - Sorry to hear about the loss - ebnelson - 9/25/2004 6:06:44 PM
    - SF is just closed, not lost. - Mary Anne - 9/25/2004 9:35:00 PM
- Bozos? We're bozos?? - Lindy - 9/25/2004 7:10:53 AM
  - I think we're all Bozos on this bus. - Fox - 9/26/2004 4:05:24 AM
    - Ack! Flashback! - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2004 4:08:31 AM
      - "With the body of a li-on, paws that refreshes, a tail told by an idiot, and the head of a - Fox!" - 9/26/2004 1:43:04 PM
        
        I spell my name Danger..... - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 10:47:08 PM
        
        "regnaD kciN" (n/t) - Fox - 9/28/2004 3:48:14 AM
- Wah uh fah'n ell - et - 9/25/2004 3:36:14 AM
- Yom Kippur - Fox - 9/25/2004 2:18:30 AM
  - Isn't that what the Arabs were banking on in 1973? - Lee - 9/25/2004 7:13:33 AM
    - Probably - Fox - 9/26/2004 3:35:14 AM
- I hardly know him, but I am thinking 'bout Justin, too. (n/t) - jms - 9/25/2004 12:48:05 AM
  - Justin has obviously divested his equity in this place - FrankC - 9/25/2004 3:40:00 AM
    - Dan Spires - SDG - 9/27/2004 8:02:54 PM
      - He was run off by the less than civil tone... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2004 5:17:55 PM
        
        I believe he has been here since that dust-up - alcaray - 9/29/2004 6:14:35 PM
- Funny Tony. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2004 11:23:38 PM
- LOL...you have a great weekend too, Tony (n/t) - McFly - 9/24/2004 8:26:07 PM
- Semi-absent? - LJ - 9/24/2004 8:03:43 PM
- I promise to shut up if somebody tells me where the sex is - alcaray - 9/24/2004 7:52:03 PM
  - Ask SDAI..........he's found it on these boards.......... - Lindy - 9/25/2004 7:15:05 AM
  - D. Magical R. Wizard is playin' ya. He reassigned the buttons! (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2004 11:27:20 PM
  - Paranoid work environment response - Tony - 9/24/2004 7:58:34 PM
- And Tony is the voice of reason. - REB - 9/24/2004 7:27:24 PM
  - You grashopper. Me high muckity-muck voice of reason and dont you forget it.. - Tony - 9/24/2004 7:40:43 PM
    - been busy with sick kids - SDGood - 9/27/2004 7:57:35 PM
      - Best to the kids and families. - SteveS - 9/28/2004 12:29:47 PM
        
        dittoes - Tony - 9/29/2004 8:47:07 PM
      - Sorry about your kids - alcaray - 9/27/2004 11:14:23 PM
    - There's only one Evil - SteveS - 9/25/2004 9:23:13 PM
    - No! Not a grubby rock-jock. - et - 9/25/2004 3:48:12 AM
      - Set your hammer free, et. - jms - 9/25/2004 10:27:11 PM
        
        Come explore the Llano upleft with your hammers. - REB - 9/28/2004 1:40:24 PM
    - Shouldn't that just have been just: "Nuts." - jms - 9/25/2004 12:40:37 AM
      - Reading past the jargon - Fox - 9/25/2004 2:28:49 AM
        
        parsing jargon - jms - 9/25/2004 9:34:22 PM
        
        Thank you! - Fox - 9/26/2004 3:51:08 AM
        
        I understood it all, - tony - 9/25/2004 3:19:58 AM
    - Yes sir! - REB - 9/24/2004 8:20:23 PM
    - I know who you forgot - Davin Aloof - 9/24/2004 7:43:43 PM
      - Oh poopy - Tony - 9/24/2004 7:55:10 PM
        
        re: Oh poopy - Davin L. - 9/24/2004 9:19:45 PM

Recent posts

On this day in Flame

The whole thread (54 posts)