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The Yiddishkeit Code - Looking for a L++++

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               **********************
               *The Yiddishkeit Code*        Version 10/7/97
               **********************

by Robert D. Kaiser     kaiser@pofvax.pnb.sunysb.edu
(Formerly known as "The Hebrew Geek Code")

    Communicate volumes of information about yourself with just a few
letters!  Give information to those in the know!  Don't limit yourself to
useless one word descriptions like 'Reform' or 'Orthodox'. Instead, create
your own Yiddishkeit code which will really tell people who and what you
are all about!  Place your own code in your .sig file, and it will appear
on all your e-mail messages.

    Permission is granted to forward this as long as credit is given.
E-mail me any additions that you think would be good.  They might end up in
the next version.

    Here is an example Yiddishkeit Code, which would be typically located
in one's email signature file:    S+ Fa1 TM ng+ M K+ T tL AT++ SY+=/SY+++
Te+ SC P+ FO++= D+ Tz++ L- Am

The above code translates to:
     S+   Shabbat:  Conservative, will drive to shul
     Fa1  Family:  Not married - Single
     TM   Taharat Mishpacha:  Lenient observance.  Abstain while the women
	  is niddah, but don't follow Talmudic chumrot of waiting an extra
	  week.
     Ng+  Conservative N'giah -- only touch a consenting partner I love
	  and plan to marry.
     M    Messiah: Could be real!
     K+   Kashrut:  Conservative.  Kashrut fully observed.  Two sets of
	  dishes, etc.  Add appropriate strictures as necessary.+
     T    Talmud:  Studied in Hebrew school / Hebrew High School
     tL   Tribe:  Levi
     AT++ Attendance:  I go regularly on most Shabbats.
     SY+  Synagogue:  Conservative (egalitarian) to SY+++  Orthodox
     Te+  Tefillin:  Sure, sometimes.  Irregularly.
     SC   Shabbat Candles:  Been there, done that.
     P+   Pesach:  Even the pet eats tuna and matzah-brei for a week
     FO++ Festival Observance: Full Observance - Conservative
     D+   I also know the Sh'ma and Kaddish by heart, and can somehow make
	  it through most of the rest.
     Tz++ Tzedakah:  Repeat donor to UJA, JNF, or SPCA
     L-   Lashon Hara:  I never speak Lashon Hora, but I'll tell you someone
	  who does!

As you can see, in just a line or two of the Yiddishkeit Code, you can say
quite a lot about yourself without wasting precious Internet bandwidth!!


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Qualifiers:    A&B     Means A and B
               A/B     Means ranging from A to B
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Shabbat Observance

     S--- I stone people walking to shul on Shabbat
     S--  Of course.  Every Sunday!
     S-   Not at all, or, "Shabbat - Whaddat?"
     S    Reform
     S+   Conservative, will drive to shul
     S++  Traditional, Orthodox
     S+++ I stone cars on Shabbat

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Shabbat Candles

     SC-	I don't use matches.  Only you can prevent forest fires.
     SC		Been there, done that.
     SC+	Every Shabbat.
     SC:(	I blow them out afterwards so that they last longer.
     SC++	I have been arrested for arson.
     SC+++ 	I have been convicted for arson.

     Add a 'W' for "My wife does that".   Example:   SCW+

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Mishpacha (Family status)

     Fa--      Intermarried - the children won't be raised Jewish.
     Fa/       Intermarried - but the children will be raised Jewish
     Fa.n/a    Not applicable.  Gay people don't get married!
     Fa.gm     Of course it's applicable.  Gay people do get married!
     Fa1       Not married - Single
     Fa+       I married a Jew.
     Fa++      I have more than one wife.  Only applicable for Yemenite Jews.
     Fa++rc    I have more than one husband.  Only applicable for Yemenite
	       Reconstructionists.

               ,c=#      Where # represents the number of
                         children you have.  Default = 0.

     Default: Presumed heterosexual.  So sue me.

Examples: Fa1   Fa+   Fa+,c=1   Fa++,c=5

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Tohorot Mishpacha   (Laws and customs pertaining to Family Purity, i.e.
sexual relations, the mikva, etc.)

     TM---	I married a sheep, so this doesn't apply.
     TMU	I married a non-Jew, so this doesn't apply.
     TM-	I married a Jew, but I'm secular, so I don't think these
		laws apply.    (Standard American practice)
     TM...	Well...I would but my spouse isn't into it.
     TM         Conservative observance.  Abstain while the women is niddah,
		but don't follow Talmudic chumrot of waiting an extra week.
     TM+	Orthodox observence.
     TM++	My wife and I have separate houses

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N'giah (Laws regarding touching a member of the opposite sex )

     Ng---	I touch a member of the opposite sex as much as possible.
		(Yeee-haaa!).
     Ng:(       I try to observe it as much as possible, but I'm in the same
		cell as the arsonist.  (see the Shabbat candles category).
     Ng-	I am Shomer N'giah, but not by choice.
     Ng		Liberal N'giah -- only touch a consenting partner
     Ng+        Conservative N'giah -- only touch a consenting partner I
		love and plan to marry.
     Ng++	Orthodox N'giah -- Only touch my spouse.
     Ng+++	I plan to have children by artificial inseminantion.

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Moshiach  [Jews traditionally believe that there will be a messiah
(moshiach), who will be a normal human, unlike the Chrisitian concept, and
bring in a messianic era for humanity.]

     M---	*ding dong*. Want a copy of Watchtower  magazine?
     M--	He's already come.  Haven't you heard the Good Word?
     M-		Don't believe in it.
     M		Could be
     M+		Ani ma'ammim (I believe with perfect faith)
     M++	We want Moshiach now!
     M+++	Shabbatai Tzvi is Moshiach.
     M++++	I am Moshiach.

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Kashrut (Laws pertaining to what food Jews can eat.)

     K--	I only eat at McDonald's.  Also: What's kashrut?
     K-         Jewish in identity, not in practice.  Likely to eat ham and
		cheese, but will say a bracha afterwards
     K          Very liberal kosher.  Won't eat any Torah forbidden species,
		won't mix milk and meat.  Will eat meat of a permitted
		animal, even if not properly slaughtered.
     K+         Conservative.  Kashrut fully observed.  Two sets of dishes,
		etc.  Add appropriate strictures as necessary.
		If no codes are appended, lenient options are default for K+
     K++	Orthodox kashrut.  Same as Conservative, but unless codes are
		added, the stricter options are assumed for K++
     K+++	Meshugge kosher.  Even my vegetables are glatt!

               ch+  Will only eat Kosher cheese.
               ch   Will eat cheese without a hechsher.
               me+  Will only eat Glatt meat.
               me   Glatt not necessary.
               mi+  Will only drink Chalav Yisrael milk.
               mi   Will drink regular FDA approved milk.
               ge+  Won't eat gelatin, diglycerides, etc. unless
                    with an Orthodox hechsher.
               ge   Will eat gelatin, diglycerides, etc.
                    Considered pareve.
               wi+  Will only drink kosher wine.
               wi   Will drink without a hechsher.

Examples: K+   K++  K++,mi    k+,ch+

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Ivrit (Hebrew)

     H--	Is 'Jewish' a language?
     H-		Can't speak a word of it.
     H		I went to Hebrew school. Shalom!
     H+		I even took it in college.
     H++	I'm not made fun of too badly by Israelis.
     H+++	Ani midaber Ivrit tov me'od, nu?

Substitute Yid for H to denote Yiddish familiarity.
Substitue Lad for H to denote Ladino familiarity.
Substitute Ara for H to denote Aramaic familiarity.

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Talmud study   [The Talmud is the most important sourcebook of Jewish law,
legend, history and ethics.]

     T---	I burn them whenever I get the chance.  (Note:  This
		category is especially useful for apostates.)
     T--	I'm a Karaite / Samaritan
     T		Studied in Hebrew school / Hebrew High School
     T+		Studied in college or yeshiva; Competent to argue.
     T++	Talmud Chochem
     T+++	Adin Steinsaltz's chevruta (study partner).

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Tribe     [All Jews are descended from one of the original twelve tribes.]

     tI		Israel
     tL		Levi
     tC		Cohen
     tCG	Next in line to be the Cohen Gadol
     t?		Not sure (be real - this is a lot of us!)

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Attendance at Shul (Synagogue)

     AT--      Religion is for dweebs!
     AT-       Only for other people's weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs.
     AT        Regularly - Well, every Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and I
	       also had a Bar/Bat Mitzvah!
     AT+       High holidays, Shalosh Regalim (Three festivals), and
	       occasional Shabbats.
     AT++      I go regularly on most Shabbats.
     AT+++     I even daven at shul on weekdays.
     AT++++    The Rabbi wants to institute a restraining order to keep me
	       away!

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What type of shul do I go to?

     SY---	First Church of Cthulhu, Friends of the Elder Gods, etc.
     SY--	Jesus loves me, yes he does...
     SY-	Allah'hu Akbar!
     -SY	I don't go to shul
     SYrc	Reconstructionist
     SY		Reform
     SY+	Conservative (egalitarian)
     SY++	Non-egal Conservative or Union for Traditional Judaism
     SY+++	Orthodox
     SY+++M	Modern/Centrist Orthodox
     SY+++Y	Yeshivish, Litvak, right wing, Agudath Yisroel
     SY+++C	Chassidic

You can add the appropriate Nusach code shown in the next section.  If
you go to a shul that is different from your background, then code.
If you don't put a code after the shul type, the default is Ashkenazi.

You can add ",ch" to any of the above codes to indicate that you go to
a chavura instead of a shul or synagogue. Example:   SY+,ch

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Nusach    (liturgical and legal tradition)

     A		Ashkenazi (East European)
     S		Sephardic (North African, Middle Eastern)
     Az		Nusach HaAri  (This is a Ashkenazi Chassidic nusach, which
		is a Sephardi nusach as modifed by Rav Shneur Zalman.)
     SE		Sephardic (European)
     SY		Sephardic (Yementite)
     SI		B'nai Yisrael (India)
     ET		Beta Yisrael (Ethiopian)

Examples:  SY+      SY+/A          SY+/A,SE       SY+,SE

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Tefillin (Phylacteries)  [Leather boxes with long leather straps that
contain biblical excerpts;  Worn during morning prayers.]

     Te-	What's that?  Is it good to eat?
     Te		I don't wear animal products, dude.
     Te+	Sure, sometimes.  Irregularly.
     Te++	Every day, or almost every day.  I'm a mensch!
     Te+++      The doctors say if I don't take them off soon they'll have
		to amputate.
     Te.n/a	Not applicable, I'm a woman.
     Te!a       Of COURSE Teffilin is applicable for women!  Rashi's
		daughters wore them! (Add appropriate + or - )

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Pesach (Passover)

     P---	Happy Easter!
     P--	Mohammed says to celebrate Moses's birthday!
     P-         I refrain from bacon double cheeseburgers on Pesach.  No
		bread at all!  My parents are sooo proud!
     P		Yeah, I think I follow most of the rules.  Mostly.
     PC		Everything except for the part about "Pour out thy wrath"
     P+		Even the pet eats tuna and matzah-brei for a week
     P++	I start cleaning right after Hanukkah!
     P+++	Blowtorch the kitchen, buy new dishes every Spring
     P++++      Blowtorch the house, move every Spring (This ties in with
		that arson category of Shabbos candles).

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Festival Observance:

     FO----	Sacrifices to Cthulhu, Nylarthotep, any Elder Gods, etc.
     FO---	Christmas Tree and Easter Eggs
     FO--	Chanukka Bush and Passover Candy Basket
     FO-	Secular home
     FO         Somewhat Traditional - add the following qualifiers as you
		find appropriate:

	s    Go to a seder
	m    Light the menorah.
	p    Make noise and drink on Purim.
	t    Dance on Simchat Torah
	su   Eat in a Sukka on Sukkot.
	sL   Can LEAD a Seder
	co   Count the Omer
	hh   Go to High Holiday services.

     FO+       Full Observance - Reform
     FO++=     Full Observance - Conservative, egalitarian
     FO++      Same as above, but non-egalitarian.
     FO+++     Orthodox observance
     FO+++:(   Celebrate all festivals but not new ones like Israel
		Independence Day, and Yom Yerushalayim since Moshiach is
		not yet here.

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Davening (praying) ability

     D---	Ia, Shub Nigurath!  Cthulhu Fthagan Rylea!
     D--	I daven Gospel.
     D-		What's davening?
     D		I know when to stand, sit, and bow.
     D+         I also know the Sh'ma and Kaddish by heart, and can somehow
		make it through most of the rest.
     D++	I can lead services
     D+++	I can also read some/all Torah, Haftarah and Megillot
     D++++	and they'll invite me back a second time

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Tzedakah (Charity)

     Tz-	I'm a professional shnorrer.  Got a dollar?
     Tz		I give a few bucks - but not if it hurts!
     Tz+	I actually notice when I give.
     Tz++	Repeat donor to UJA, JNF, or SPCA, anything but the PLO.
     Tz+++	Give till it hurts.  A mensch.
     Tz++++	I'm a Rothschild.  Or Ted Turner.  Whatever.

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Egalitarianism Factor

     E-		If a man heard a woman's voice, he'd be so overcome with
		lustful thoughts he wouldn't be able to concentrate on his
		prayers...
     E		Women can wear tefillin and have women's prayer groups.  But
		they don't count in a minyan.  Mechitza necessary.
     E+         Women (who have taken on the obligations of tefila Tallit
		and Tefillin) can read Torah and count in minyans.
     E++        Any women (even without taking on the obligations) can count
		in a minyan.
     E+++       I only like women rabbis/ I AM a woman Rabbi / I married a
		woman Rabbi.
     E++++	I'm an ultraliberal lesbian Reconstructionist Rabbi.

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Lashon Hora (Evil or hateful speech, gossip, slander)

     L-----	I am Ricki Lake;  Lashon Hora is my job.
     L----	I am a talk show host.
     L---       I have appeared on a talk show and acted like a true weenie
		in front of millions of people.
     L--	I write for check-out counter tabloids.
     L-		I never speak Lashon Hora, but I'll tell you someone who does!
     L		If you don't have something nice to say, than don't say it.
     L+         I can recite parts of Rabbi Pliskin's "Guard Your tounge".
		A true mensch.
     L++        The Chofetz Chaim is my inspiration.  I have his books, his
		commentaries, and the new interactive CD-ROM.
     L+++       I even refrained from criticising Intel's Pentium debacle.
		A tzaddik. (Note:  People who choose this last option are
		high on morals, but possibly low on modesty)
     L++++	Refrained from criticising Microsoft  - Lamed Vavnik

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Tzin'out  (Often pronounced Tzinous or Snious)
     Laws and customs pertaining to wearing modest clothing.

for women
     Aw---	I love my bikini, I wear it everywhere.
     Aw--	...except in Syngaogue.
     Aw-	I don't wear mini skirts if they are "Shatnez"
     Aw		Conventional American dress.
     Aw+        Modest Orthodox apparel.  I wear long sleeves, only dresses
		(no pants) and my hair is covered in public.
     Am++	Real Haredi or Chassidic style dress.
     Aw+++	Even my husband doesn't know what I look like.

for men
     Am---	I love my thong.  I wear it everywhere.
     Am--	...except in Synagogue.
     Am-	Sure I wear leather and studs sometimes - after all, its
		not Shatnez!
     Am		Conventional American dress.
     Am+	Hat (usually black) and dark suit.
     Am++	Real Haredi or Chassidic style dress.
     Am+++      I dress like a Cohen Gadol.  You know, just like that Vulcan
		High Priestess in the beginning of Star Trek: The Motion
		Picture.  (Really!  Leonard Nimoy had that based on the
		dress of a Cohen Gadol.  B'emet!)

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Eretz Yisroel (The Land of Israel)

     I---	Proud to be Hezbollah!
     I--	I belong to the Neturai Karta
		(Satmar anti-Zionist splinter group)
     I--	(Alternative) Member of the Noam Chomsky fan club
     I-		What's the big deal about such a little country?
     I		I've planted a tree and donated to the JNF
     I+		I visited and davened at the Kotel
     I++	It's my second home
     I+++	I made aliyah
     I++++      I'll be at the Golden Gate (in Jerusalem) when Mashiach
		comes through it.

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Halakha (Jewish law)

     Ha---	One of the last Frankists!  Care to break a few mitzvot?
     Ha--	The law?  Didn't Jesus abolish all that? (Christian)
     Ha-        Karaite: Sure, the _Torah_ is authoritative, but we'll have
   		none of the Talmud nonsense around here.
     Ha0	Secular: Isn't halakha for fanatics?
     Ha		Reform or Reconstructionist: The law?  That's not really
     		binding any more, but we'll consult it for its opinion.
     Ha+        Conservative.  Yup, Jewish law is normative, yet I also
		think the rabbis of today still have flexibility.
     Ha++       Modern Orthodox.  Jewish law is normative, but change in
		the law really is nearly impossible.
     Ha+++      Ultra-Orthodox.  Change?  The law never changed, ever!
		Moses wrote the tractate regarding driving on Shabbat!
     Ha++++     Meshuggedox.  Everyone else is a heretic, especially the
		Modern Orthodox (they're the worst!).  But I'll take their
		donations for my Yeshiva...

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Head Covering

Male
     hc---	Say it loud, I'm a skinhead and I'm proud!
     hc--	Bareheaded even when in shul
     hc-	Reform Jewish/Protestant Christian clergy head gear
     hc         I wear a kipa (yarmulka) in shul, and at religous events,
		and when studying Torah, etc.
     hc+        I normally wear a kipa sruga all day.  (Those crotched, knit
		kipas.  Worn by Modern Orthdodox, Conservative and now some
		Reform Jews.)
     hc++       Black power!  (Black hatters unite)  Also, big Litvak style
		kipot.
     hc+++	You're not a *real* chasid unil you have a big FUR hat!
     hc++++     Big fruity Carmen Miranda hat.  Wear God's bounty on
		your head.  Birkat haMazon all day long!

Female
     hc---	Say it loud, I'm a skinhead and I'm proud!
     hc--	Bareheaded even in shul
     hc-	Reform Jewish/Protestant Christian clergy head gear
     hc		I wear a hat or doily in shul only.
     hc+        I normally wear a kipa sruga (those crotched, knit kipas.
		Worn by some Conservative and Reform Jews.)
     hc++	I wear a scarf or hat when going outside the home.
     hc+++	Wigging out!
     hc++++     Big fruity Carmen Miranda hat.  Wear God's bounty on your
		head.  Birkat haMazon all day long!

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Shaving one's facial hair

     FH--	I use a straight razor with boar's hair brush and foam to
		shave every day.  (The Neo-Canaanite look is in...)
     FH-        I use a disposable razor, but no shaving cream, so as to
		make sure not to cut too close to the skin.  No cutting
		above bone on peyot (upper sideburn area).
     FH         I use an electric lift and cut razor. (These work by a
		scissor principle, so they technically don't fall into the
		prohibition against shaving with a razor).  But I never
		asked a rabbi or friend in yeshiva if my particular model
		is o.k.  Will occassionally cut peyot above reccomended
		area, but will magic marker them in for date with a rich
		Orthodox Jewish girl from Boro Park who prefers FH+ or FH++
     FH+        I use an electric razor model that has an o.k. by a local
		posek.  Keep peyot at bottom of ear lobes; no shaving during
		Chol Hamoed.
     FH++       I will shave, but I have Litvak style peyot behind the ear.
		No shaving during Sefirah and the Three Weeks (before Tisha
		B'Av), so I can work in chinuch, for 47th St. Photo or for
		Leshkowitz and Co. if an accountant
     FH+++      I have a full beard. Don't trim.  Long peyot in an ultra-
		orthodox style.  Will occasionally tuck under beard ends or
		trim them when interviewing for well paying prestigious
		rabbinical position or if elected chief rabbi of Israel.
		Have been offered position with Z-Z-Top.
     FH++++	I have taken a full Nazirite vow

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Israeli Politics

     R for right-wing , L for left-wing

     IPR+++++	Nuke the Arabs until their sand dunes become glass!
     IPR++++	I live with my wife and kids in Hebron.  Kahane Chai!
     IPR+++     I live (or would like to live) in a small settlement in the
		Shomron (Samaria).  Supporter of Zo Artzenu.
     IPR++	I live (or would like to live) in a Gush Emunim town.
     IPR+	Likud die-hard.
     IPR        Just right of center.  Might have voted for Rabin, but never
		for Peres.
     IP		My wife and I split our vote between Labor & Likud.
     IPL        I'm usually left wing, but Bibi's much cuter than Shimon,
		so he got my wife's vote.
     IPL+	Go to all the Peace Now rallies.
     IPL++	The Oslo Accords are as sacred as the Torah.
     IPL+++     Member of Aviv Geffen fan club.  All Israeli youth should
		emigrate!
     IPL++++	Meretz is right wing!  Shulamit Aloni is a goddess!
     IPL+++++   See I-- or UN resolution stating that "Zionism is racism."
		I only live in Israel since I can't afford to get out!
     IP-        I am apolitical.  This negates all other Yiddishkeit codes
		since it is impossible to be Jewish and apolitical!

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By Robert D. Kaiser			kaiser@pofvax.pnb.sunysb.edu

with contributions from

Michael Turniansky			mt0013@epfl2.epflbalto.org
Jonathan and Woody Anna Dresner		dresner@ccy.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Wendy Morrison				HMTRAD@aol.com
John Riehl
Yatzliakh Yisrael Abrahami		Yatz@intxtdoc.demon.co.uk
Aaron Gross				adg@pobox.com
Rachel Marans				msmarans@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
Joeseph W. Grayson			jwg6@columbia.edu
Leif Knutsen				leif.knutsen@ac.com
David Joseph Grabiner			grabiner@math.huji.ac.il
Eric Brown				ebrown@hpanix.an.hp.com
Shoshana Boublil			toramada@mail.netvision.net.il
Avraham Husarsky			hoozy@pobox.com

© 1998 Peter Langston