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Pay as You Pray

JL;DR SUMMARY Cindy Scarr critiques the use of marketing language in religious contexts, specifically focusing on a poster advertising 'free prayer' at a tzaddik's grave in Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TefillahDaveningCommunityPrayerSpiritualityMarketingCommercializationJuxtapositionTabooSacredness

Places mentioned

Israel
"ISanyone offended or even embarrassed by the recent large posters throughout Israel that offer free prayer at the grave of a certain tzaddik (whose name and that of the sponsoring fine organization I omit out of respect for them)?"
United States
"On a personal note: This writer served as a pulpit rabbi in the US for 40 years, with congregants on the fringes of Judaism who by and large were open to genuine Yiddishkeit."

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