| Author | Message | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1612 Registered: 9-2010 |
Because we were Jewish, everyone knew she was a girl. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15585 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does "we" include you? Is "she" a baby? Was she not circumcised (thus she had to be a girl)? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2215 Registered: 12-2010 |
Does "we" include "her"? Does "we" include [LTPF list of integers] people? Is she a baby? toddler? child? teenager? adult? Is she Jewish? | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 421 Registered: 7-2011 |
Ummm, because she wouldn't sell something? (SORRY - I just heard a good Christian / Moslem /Jew joke recently, and it actually didn't insult any of them. If asked, I'll repeat it here.) "Everyone" - the immediate family? the neighborhood? the local newspaper? Was it wonderful that everyone knew she was a girl? Or, not so wonderful? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2011 |
I'm not Jewish but I work at a Jewish Y so I learnt some things. Ex: in Jerusalem where the West wall is, females are fenced off from the men; I assume this is because females can't pray along side men. Are you in Jerusalem? chek | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1617 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does "we" include you? Yes Is "she" a baby? Yes, yope, or no, DOYD of "baby" Was she not circumcised (thus she had to be a girl)? Yope - circumcision is relevant Does "we" include "her"? Yes, but could be yesish if properly phrased Does "we" include [LTPF list of integers] people? Three or four, depending on if "her" is involved. But many more are tangentially included in "we". They are otherwise irrelevant. Is she a baby? assuming you mean "Was she a [x] at the time of the puzzle statement" then this is closest. toddler? child? teenager? adult? Is she Jewish? Yes or yesish, depending on interpretation of the question Ummm, because she wouldn't sell something? huh? (SORRY - I just heard a good Christian / Moslem /Jew joke recently, and it actually didn't insult any of them. If asked, I'll repeat it here.) Ok, go ahead... I may have heard it before though... I've heard several of them that don't insult any, but I suppose some could be considered anti-Semitic if told by a non-Jew. "Everyone" - the immediate family? This the neighborhood? Some of them, explore the local newspaper? Explore Was it wonderful that everyone knew she was a girl? Or, not so wonderful? Well, in Judaism, it's considered bad luck to mention that sort of thing before the baby's born, so I suppose this. Which is why we didn't actually mention it, even though they figured it out anyway... 'm not Jewish but I work at a Jewish Y so I learnt some things. Ex: in Jerusalem where the West wall is, females are fenced off from the men; I assume this is because females can't pray along side men. Are you in Jerusalem? No, good thought though. And that's considered an Orthodox Judaism principle, and I'm Conservative. Conservative and Reform let them pray together. My sister put a bumper sticker on the car we share that says "Ha'kotel l'kulam v'kulan" . "Ha'kotel" refers to the Wall, and "l'kulam v'kulan" means "For everybody [masculine/mixed sex group] and everybody [female]." The point being, let them pray together. That's completely irrelevant though. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15740 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the parents not know the child's gender at birth? Is birth, in fact, relevant? Ultrasound relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2298 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is she an unborn child at the time of the puzzle statement? Is she your sister? Does "we" include your parents? you? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1623 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the parents not know the child's gender at birth? they knew Is birth, in fact, relevant? Ultrasound relevant? rest is irr Is she an unborn child at the time of the puzzle statement? Yes. Is she your sister? Yes Does "we" include your parents? you? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15751 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were your parents asked what gender the child was? Did they tell people who asked? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2327 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it because your parents hadn't arranged/invited people to the bris? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1625 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were your parents asked what gender the child was? Yes Did they tell people who asked? No is it because your parents hadn't arranged/invited people to the bris? No, that wouldn't tip anybody off, as to invite people to a bris before the baby is born would be considered bad luck... | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2915 Registered: 7-2009 |
Would your parents have told people the gender when asked if she had been a boy? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1628 Registered: 9-2010 |
Would your parents have told people the gender when asked if she had been a boy? No, be careful here... | ||
| Sunnygrace57 (Sunnygrace57)
New member Username: Sunnygrace57 Post Number: 55 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is your sister older than you? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2440 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it given away by something someone said? something someone did? the way someone acted? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1629 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is your sister older than you? No, irr was it given away by something someone said? this is closest something someone did? some of this too, with a slight -ish. But they wouldn't have known if not for what was said. the way someone acted? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 440 Registered: 2-2008 |
Was it given away by something her mother said? Her father? You? The family as a whole? Is the actual something that gave it away related to Judaism? Or just to having a girl baby? Is it practical? Or more of a tradition? Could a Gentile wholly unfamiliar with Judaism possibly guess that she was a girl? Were people tipped off in some way that a circumcision would not be occurring? Perhaps because the family was planning to do something else at that time? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2468 Registered: 2-2011 |
so not quite something someone said? something someone sang? shouted? prayed? wrote? the person who "said" something - the mother? the father? another family member? a doctor? midwife? other medical professional? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1630 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was it given away by something her mother said? Her father? You? The family as a whole? this is closest Is the actual something that gave it away related to Judaism? Yes Or just to having a girl baby? Yope Is it practical? Or more of a tradition? Neither if these. "tradition" would be no-ish-ish if that makes any sense. Could a Gentile wholly unfamiliar with Judaism possibly guess that she was a girl? Probably not. Were people tipped off in some way that a circumcision would not be occurring? Yes!!!!! Perhaps because the family was planning to do something else at that time? Yes, but there's more to it than that. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1644 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ok, nobody seems to care about this anyy more so I'll just ****SPOILER**** My sister Leanne was a scheduled caesarian section eight days before Yom Kippur. When we told people the date of the c-section, they knew she would be a girl. After all, if she were a boy, the bris (circumsision) wouuld be on Yom Kippur. And if we could avoid it, we wouldn't do that. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2544 Registered: 2-2011 |
rats! I was on the right track and talked myself out of it! | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2452 Registered: 12-2010 |
Nice puzzle, but I sometimes wish you wouldn't give up that easily and spoil your puzzles so early. I mean, other people's puzzles don't see new questions for weeks, and they just give a hint. No offense though, I just think it'd be more fun if you kept the puzzles running (: |
