To all my friends of the Hebraic persuasion: Happy 5769!

[thatcrazycajun]

Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah, popularly known as the Jewish New Year's celebration. L'shana tova to all those who observe, and may your name be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year. And to all the others, happy end of another Monday! Either way, you have something to celebrate.

And next week comes the other holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur. Which brings to mind a quote from one of my favorite famous Jews, Jon Stewart: "We [the Jews] have amazing holidays. Yom Kippur [is] the Jewish day of atonement; you don't eat for one day, and all your sins for the year are wiped clean. Beat that with your little Lent! What is that, forty days of absolution? Forty days to one—even in sin you are paying retail! Wake up! Argue with the man."

Comments

[tovahs.livejournal.com]

Lent is like Passover only at Passover we take the 40 days and smush them down into 1 week. We also only have to give up 1 thing. The problem is that it is in EVERYTHING!!!

Yom Kippor is like Confession. Only we have to confess to the whole years worth of stuff we did, not just for the week. That's why it takes so long.

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my friend.

[sffilk.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind wishes. Spent 5 hours in temple today - will repeat this tomorrow?