Gamers keeping Shabbat

[Quickbeam]

I'd lost touch with this thread, but after reading that last post, I'm glad I found it again !!

 

[mythago]

"But it's a ninja figure that I'm using for my rogue--you can't see the face, so I guess you can't tell it's human."

I'm hardly frum, but I admit I like the idea of getting out flat counters instead of the usual miniatures, because it's Shabbat.

 

[CrusaderX]

As a devout Catholic who is fascinated by my own religion and all religions in general, I just wanted to say that I've thoroughly enjoyed this thread. Very nice contributions by all.

 

[HalWhitewyrm]

Just got this back from Rabbi Moshe Krasnanski, via Chabad's ask-a-rabbi service:"Images of
humans if fully 3 dimensional are prohibited..."

Ah, but remember that was the answer from a Chabad Rabbi, an Ashkenazim Chasidim. I am a Sephardic Jew (Jews who originate in Spain, mostly found in the Mediterranean these days), and we have more than a few diferences from our Ashkenazim kin, especially in matters of law (a small example, chasidim do not allow men and women intermingle say at a party, while we Sephardim of the Spanish-Portuguese tradition have no problem in doing so). I haven't asked my rabbi about the issue of miniatures (nor am I really going to as I think that is taking his time for something negligible), but I wouldn't be surprised if he simply told me to stop worrying about miniatures and concentrate in larger things.

I like being a Sephardim.

Edit: Added quote

 

[mythago]

"So is there a way to convert to being Sepharic?"

"Maybe if you give a million dollars to the building fund..."



It is, of course, only one rabbinic opinion, but I thought it was interesting.

 

[Paladin]

d20 Logo on Kippahs Update

I still haven't heard back from Anthony Valterra, I e-mailed him January 3rd. I got another contact name in WotC Licensing, and sent her an e-mail today. It was deleted without being read according my Outlook read receipt tracker.
I've now tried two people and no luck. SO - I'm open to suggestions here. If anyone would like to e-mail Zulkir and tell him you'd like the d20 Logo on your Kippahs/dice bags and tell him why, etc. - please feel free. My words are apparently falling on deaf ears (or, granted, in this case - blind-eyes). I don't mind if I'm told no on using the logo, etc., but being ignored really irks me.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ah, but remember that was the answer from a Chabad Rabbi, an Ashkenazim Chasidim. I am a Sephardic Jew (Jews who originate in Spain, mostly found in the Mediterranean these days), and we have more than a few diferences from our Ashkenazim kin, especially in matters of law (a small example, chasidim do not allow men and women intermingle say at a party, while we Sephardim of the Spanish-Portuguese tradition have no problem in doing so). I haven't asked my rabbi about the issue of miniatures (nor am I really going to as I think that is taking his time for something negligible), but I wouldn't be surprised if he simply told me to stop worrying about miniatures and concentrate in larger things.

I like being a Sephardim.

Edit: Added quote

Very religious Sephardi have very few differences with very religious Ashkenazim. Religious Sephardim separate the sexes, too. You are mixing up regional differences with denominational differnces. You are in a tradition that does not mind mixing at a party beucase you are from either a conservative or Reform tradition.

 

[Alzrius]

Re: d20 Logo on Kippahs Update

I still haven't heard back from Anthony Valterra, I e-mailed him January 3rd. I got another contact name in WotC Licensing, and sent her an e-mail today. It was deleted without being read according my Outlook read receipt tracker.
I've now tried two people and no luck. SO - I'm open to suggestions here. If anyone would like to e-mail Zulkir and tell him you'd like the d20 Logo on your Kippahs/dice bags and tell him why, etc. - please feel free. My words are apparently falling on deaf ears (or, granted, in this case - blind-eyes). I don't mind if I'm told no on using the logo, etc., but being ignored really irks me.

I know how you feel Paladin. Being ignored is an ugly feeling.

That said though, do you need explicit permission from Anthony Valterra anyway? I mean, if everyone who wanted to use the d20 trademark had to ask him, he'd never get any sleep. I thought you just had to make sure you conformed to the licensing agreement, and send in the confirmation card. See the FAQ here for more on that: http://wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=dt20010417c

 

[Paladin]

Re: Re: d20 Logo on Kippahs Update

I know how you feel Paladin. Being ignored is an ugly feeling.

That said though, do you need explicit permission from Anthony Valterra anyway? I mean, if everyone who wanted to use the d20 trademark had to ask him, he'd never get any sleep. I thought you just had to make sure you conformed to the licensing agreement, and send in the confirmation card. See the FAQ here for more on that: http://wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=dt20010417c

Well, it's kind of a different animal with the dice bags & kippahs. The license says that the license must be in every d20 product. That'll be really hard to do unless they let us put in a printed out on paper version. That's all I need him (or ANYONE who'll answer e-mail at WotC) to tell me. I can print out d20 licenses like crazy and send them out with every dice bag/kippah, but making them a permanent part of a dice bag is hard and would be nearly impossible on a kippah.

 

[HalWhitewyrm]

Very religious Sephardi have very few differences with very religious Ashkenazim. Religious Sephardim separate the sexes, too. You are mixing up regional differences with denominational differnces. You are in a tradition that does not mind mixing at a party beucase you are from either a conservative or Reform tradition.

Nope, I am Orthodox. The difference is that I am from the Spanish-Portuguese tradition, just one of the various Sephardic traditions. Some of the Sephardim are just as strict as chasidim, others aren't (like us). And I doubt that both an Orthodox Ashkenazim and an Orthodox Sepahrdim would agree with you that there is little difference between them (just ask my two rabbis, both Orthodox, one Sephardim and one Ashkenaz).

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