Conference taveng::bagels

    I think that "The Chosen People" could be a bit controversial. 
    How about Felafel instead of bagels; or to get off the gastronomic
    accent, how about DerekhEretz?
    

    
    
    	You must mean the title of the notesfile, not the
    	name of the file itself.  I am resistant to change
    	the filename.  Besides, I kinda like it.  The title,
    	hmmm... sure I'll take votes and will be GLAD to
    	forward all flames to the winner.  Especially the ones
    	from a certain person with a 'color'ful name, know
    	what I mean, say no more, wink wink nudge nudge.
    
    

    
    
    	1) HATIKVA
    	2) MOSES
    	3) MATZAH (YECH!)
    	4) KVETCH
    
    ACTUALLY I LIKE #1 MOST.
    
    BRUCE
    

    
    
    
    	Actually I am working on a routine that
    	will set the title to the Ten Commandments
    	one by one for a ten day cycle.
    
    	Michael
    

$!
$!	Execute this command file every day.  It sets the
$!	title of the BAGELS conference to a different commandment.
$!
$!	NOTE:  I don't really know the commandments, so I tried
$!	to recreate them.  Feel free to accuratize.
$!
$!	Author:  Eric Osman 4/1/86
$!
$ day = f$cvtime (,,"day")
$ n = 1 + day - day/10*10
$ goto c'n
$ c1:
$ title = "Thou shalt not kill"
$ goto chosen
$ c2:
$ title = "Thou shalt not commit adultery"
$ goto chosen
$ c3:
$ title = "Thou shalt not bear false witness"
$ goto chosen
$ c4:
$ title = "Thou shalt honor the sabbath and keep it holy"
$ goto chosen
$ c5:
$ title = "Thou shalt honor thy mother and thy father"
$ goto chosen
$ c6:
$ title = "Thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain"
$ goto chosen
$ c7:
$ title = "Thou shalt not steal"
$ goto chosen
$ c8:
$ title = "Thou shalt not create idols"
$ goto chosen
$ c9:
$ title = "Thou shalt not covet"
$ goto chosen
$ c10:
$ title = "Thou shalt keep these commandments"
$ goto chosen
$ chosen:
$ close/error=closed a
$ closed:
$ open/write a foo.com
$ write a "$ notes"
$ write a "open bagels"
$ write a "set conference/title=""''title'"""
$ close a
$ @foo
$ delete foo.com.

    
    
    	Thank you.  Lemme guess, you work on VMS ?
    
    

    Can you set the conference title to rotate through the 365 negative
    mitzvot on a yearly cycle?
    

    Uh, sure.  Just send me those mitzvot.
    
    /Eric

    Sorry -- I don't keep a list in the office.
    
    Any number of books would have it.  One good source is an English
    translation of Maimonides' _Book_of_the_Commandments_.  I believe
    the translator is Chavel.

    
    
    Amazing how resourceful us jews are in giving guilt trips.  Imagine
    a different Loh Ta'aseh (thou shalt not...)each day.  Then we can
    keep track of how many we do or don't do (many of them pertain to
    either temple worship or things to be done in Israel alone).             
    
    How about quotes from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers).  There
    are some very elegant and pertinent quotables about simple clean
    good living.  A little electronic musar if you will.
    (musar: when the head of a yeshiva (or usually the ancient rebbes
    would give classes on morality and proper living etc. its called musar. )
     
    Bruce Cohen
    
    

    I see someone (yasher koach) has set up a conference title changer.
    Nice to be greeted by the "mitzvah of the day."
    
    The next step might be "halachah yomit," something practical for
    the day, e.g., "Eat fruit" on Tu B'shevat.

    I like the idea of of a different commandment appearing as the heading
    each day. The only problem is that with VAX notes the heading is
    only displayed when you ask for a directory or there are no new
    notes.
    
    				Fred