tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206685128986486929.post8672154163441972970..comments2024-03-01T08:06:27.951-08:00Comments on Layers of Thought: Review by JD: By Fire, By Water by Mitchell James KaplanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360453947198770223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206685128986486929.post-69539718620306279562010-06-17T12:07:07.883-07:002010-06-17T12:07:07.883-07:00Hi Simcha. That's fascinating. Isn't it in...Hi Simcha. That's fascinating. Isn't it incredible how some customs can be passed down over many generations, and yet people don't know what they really mean or why they do those things. <br /><br />You might really enjoy this book.John Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544917163930698029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206685128986486929.post-20132569137490845262010-06-17T10:50:37.059-07:002010-06-17T10:50:37.059-07:00This sounds like a really interesting book. I had ...This sounds like a really interesting book. I had actually learned quite a lot about the Spanish expulsion in school (though most of Jewish history involves us getting expelled from one place or another) and this is a subject that I've been thinking a lot about lately because I've been meeting quite a few people who are descendants of those converses from Spain and who are only now discovering that they are actually Jewish. Most of the Conversos were actually only pretending to convert while secretly practicing Judaism at home and although over time the families forgot about their Jewish roots they did cling to certain practices stemming from Judaism, though they didn't realize why they do them. Today many decedents of Conversos are identified by these traditions that they keep, back from the days of the Spanish expulsion (lighting candles on Fridays, not mixing milk with meat and I've met a few of them who are now making their way back to Judaism. Anyhow, it's a really interesting subject.Simchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730042073954228379noreply@blogger.com