Dear [email protected],
I write this letter with utmost frustration and disappointment regarding a matter that has deeply troubled me. It pertains to the abhorrent lack of food on Shavuos night at certain shuls.
Devoted individuals stay up all night to engage in Torah study, yet they are left starving, with barely any food served in their shuls. Come on. Would it kill to give some refreshments?
Recent failures in adequately providing food on this important night have left me with a bitter taste in my mouth.
One would assume that a place dedicated to spiritual nourishment would also prioritize the physical nourishment of its participants. It is disheartening to witness the lack of attention given to something as basic as ensuring that individuals staying up all night to learn Torah have a nice spread of food and drink.
Lomdim, fueled by their dedication to the Torah, often push themselves to the brink of exhaustion. With an empty stomach and no energy to sustain them, their focus wanes, and the intended purpose of the night is jeopardized. It is a travesty to witness such passion and devotion being overshadowed by hunger and frustration.
I implore our local shuls to rectify this situation immediately. It is the responsibility of the gabbaim and whomever to ensure that there is an ample supply of food and refreshments available throughout the night. Good, delicious food. Additionally, the implementation of a system to oversee the purchase and replenishment of food would help avoid such catastrophes in the future. Our shuls must recognize the importance of attending to the physical needs of their congregants, as it directly impacts their ability to engage fully in the spiritual experience.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Member of the Community
My shul has refreshments. The people learning don’t touch them. The people talking do
Dear Yid,
I highly value your dedication to Torah study, and I will help you by giving you some priceless advice. Listen up!
Being negative about the sutuation can actually wear you out physiologically, and can impact your ability to keep yourself awake. Instead, you might one to consider an eitzah from someone who cares about you deeply.
I remember seeing some nourishing food in one of the local supermarkets that can be purchased for a fairly decent price. They even provide bags which can be used to bring the food along with you upon exiting your home to learn Torah b’mesirus nefesh all night long. And, since it’s yomtov, you can carry even if you don’t have an eruv in your neighborhood.
Try it out and let me know how it went.
If it bothers you that much you can sponsor your local shul. It may only cost a few grand, but you feel that’s the important part. So please sponsor. We would lite several meat boards, lots of coffee with non-dairy creamer. Don’t forget the nosh and soda as well. I’m sure you can fill in the rest.
The gabbaim should also oversee things to make sure that garbage, half-empty coffee cups, crumbs, spills, etc are evenly spread about the entire shul/beis medrash for the people who come in the morning for the regular minyan.
We get good food. I do not know where or how it all gets to us but it is always very gratifying.
Go buy some food for your shul!! Why does someone else always have to do it
Stupid dumb not funny immature letter.
Dear Concerned Member of the Community,
I am not a gabbai of a shul but it is NOT the responsibility of the Gabbai to make sure there is ample food. The gabbai has enough to deal with!! If you are concerned, then step up and not only donate the food, but purchase the food you desire, and then (and only then, possibly) You could go to the gabbai and offer your wonderful contribution and ask that he help YOU to have it offered to other shul members. Your letter sounds like you are a constant taker and expect others to do your bidding.
As a side point – at what point do you get hungry?? Typical seudos the first night of Yom Tov end at 11:30pm. If you’re hungry an hour later maybe your complaint should be directed at whoever makes your food at home! A good idea would be to bring some food along from your house if you are concerned of being hungry and your shul does not offer anything to eat
A satisfied Baal Habus
I don’t believe these words !
Didn’t you just eat a full multi course seuda a few short hours ago ????
Please remove this foolishness.
Written by someone whose wife is a terrible cook
Empty stomach? Hunger? Within 3 hours of eating a lavish Yom tov meals? C’mon man, it’s you who got some issues
It is everyones responsibility to donate refreshments not just the gabaim.stop this welfare attitude .initiate a byob kiddish club for shvoose night.
This is hysterical
I was literally laughing after reading this letter. Thank you! And have a good Yom Tov.
These stupid clickbait “inbox” letters are getting out of hand.
its amazing how some people cant see satire if it hits them in the face
Again, the trolls have taken over the coffee room: not the comments, but the posts themselves.
Who edits this site?
Trade secrets. Can’t reveal that.
This article is a little over the top.
What does frustrate me though is many shuls I’ve been at over the years didn’t even supply any coffee and should preferably have both milk and non-dairy milk if fleishig.
I remember many years going to a shul that only had decaf!
Send something with with your husband and sons, or start baking and send enough for everyone. Who’s responsibility is it?
Hey- he was being sarchastic. Some shules have an eating fest….. tables laden with massibve amounts of food, fleish, milchiks……whatever your flavor. Talmidim used to tell me that they would go from one to another to stuff thier faces all night……………. and very little learning qwas going on. He is undoubdetly rferring to those situations…………
Nearly all of you have fallen for a joke by the writer. He wanted to see what type of responses he will get for pretending to make the food the highlight of Shavuos night learning. I’m amazed at the responses that agree with him in principle that food in shul is of the utmost importance.
Is it Shavuos tonight or Purim. my shui does give some fruit and seltzer, but when I was younger my mother would pack up some cookies and we spend the night in shul learning not feasting
Maybe make yourself a pekkaleh with some noshkies, sour sticks and a juice box
This was obviously a parody or joke.
Why did Matzav bother to publish this letter? Must have spent the night drinking instead of learning.
Dear A Concerned Member of the Community, (author of the above letter)
Do you go to shul to learn or to eat?
How does Purim fall out on Shevuas…….