WWJD?

[magid]

Deliberate mishearing of "cheese and crackers" as "Jesus crackers" got me thinking of how one should eat them (a la animal crackers). Hands and feet, then head, to get all the stigmata out of the way first? Feet to head? Head to feet? (What would this say about one's faith? Would there be theological arguments of the proper way to do this?)
Depending on the shape, might be hard to eat left to right (I'd think having him outstretched would mean a lot of broken-off cookie arms in the box (Ooh, what sort of packaging? So many possibilities...); eat the arms first? Save them for last, as relics?).


Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you have. I'm sure I have friends who would have issues with cutting a cake that had "Happy Birthday" written on it, if cutting the writing, on Shabbat. (I wonder if those people prefer those hard sugar letters to stick on instead, so each letter could be a bite, or if they avoid any letters at all.)
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[cellio]

I know I've met people who felt they needed to get a ruling on this, yes. I'm curious how this is an issue if the gemara is that erasing in order to enable writing is what is forbidden. (But I've never asked.) Personally, when I carve into the writing on a birthday cake, it's not because I plan to replace it with different writing. In fact, I'll even refrain from playing with my food, just in case. :-)

Work on Shabbat

[magid.livejournal.com]

I don't know enough about this to say much more. I assume that at some point the erasing itself became an issue (fence the hedge?). I know people avoid tearing letters on food packaging, also, though it's obvious that they're not going to be writing on it later.
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