Rosh Hashanah

[Shadowdancer21b]

Tonight, September 8th, is the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, which I am told is the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Any Jewish folks want to share what you and your families do during this season? I know the basics, but I am curious to get the personal aspect.

[Kitsa]

I'm vaguely partly Jewish and am pretty much the only one in my immediate family to acknowledge that, so it's been low-key hereabouts. The local chabad sent me a facebook invite for a Rosh Hashana dinner but I never got around to clicking that I wasn't going.

The holiday features a lot of honey and I'm allergic to honey anyway.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn199/kitsa_for_imockery/dinner.jpg

L'shana tovah.

[Fathom Zero]

I got to skip one of my classes this afternoon because of my Israeli teacher, so yeah. I'm celebrating by eating a ham sandwich.

[captain516]

I'm ethnically Jewish, but my family has never been very observant. Meh.

[Esuohlim]

Jewish chicks are hot

[Tadao]

http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hummus.jpg

[kahljorn]

I thought Rosh Hashanah was rush limbaugh and hanana montanas kid :O :O

[Dr. Boogie]

http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hummus.jpg

Oh, the disappointment on that kid's face when mom busts out the happy birthday dinnerware, only to fill it with hummus.

[Supafly345]

The first time I had ever heard this word before was on colbert on monday.

[Zhukov]

Shit, me too. Miley Cyrus is an very unnatractive young lady.

[Kitsa]

Miley Cyrus appears to be a very stupid and/or unpolished young lady and that makes it even worse.

For most people I think Rosh Hashanah is just one of those exotic sounding holidays you see in passing on a calendar every once in a while.

[executioneer]

i thought it was the day everyone was supposed to listen to sha-na-na

[Shadowdancer21b]

Oh, well. So much for getting stories. I guess in hindsight I should have looked elsewhere. Thanks for the chuckles anyway gang.

[Esuohlim]

i-mock is the second-largest jewish community on the internet, I'm as surprised as you are

[Colonel Flagg]

I'm Jewish?

Who knew? :shocked

[kahljorn]

WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BITCH OF ISRAEL IN US

I MEANT BIT I DONT KNOW HOW IT CAME OUT LIKE THAT :(

[Kitsa]

One of my great-aunts converted to a fairly orthodox group for her husband and is notorious for serving her famous ham salad at the reception following her conversion ceremony.

That's about all I've got.

[Mockery]

One of my Jewish friends is celebrating Rosh Hashanah this Friday night and having us over for dinner. I'm sure I'll have some matzoh ball soup or something, but she's also making me chicken fingers since I'm a picky eater. :picklehat

[Tadao]

Will they be using electricity? :O

[Mockery]

Not if they want me to attend. >:

[kahljorn]

:lol @at you getting special chicken fingers

[Zhukov]

I've never even seen a Jew.

[Kitsa]

it's more like apples and bread and honey than matzoh.

[Esuohlim]

I've never even seen a Jew.

http://images.buddytv.com/articles/seinfeld/image/jerry-1.jpg

[Zhukov]

In person.

[Esuohlim]

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4513/eyeso.png

[The Doctor]

My best friend's a Jew, we always had a party and called it Jewtopia. We would wear Yamakas, but it usually ended in drunken debauchery. Her brother has a pretty cool camo Yamaka.

[Kitsa]

I vote that this thread be renamed.

[Kitsa]

Bump! Today concludes Yom Kippur, a remembrance of being officially cool about the Golden Calf thing because Moses interceded.

Eat an apple dipped in honey (or just about anything dipped in honey, unless you have stupid allergies as I do, and then eat it dipped in caramel) for a sweet year. Next year in Jerusalem!

[Shadowdancer21b]

That was one crazy Yom Kippur. Also +5 points for the Futurama reference. +10 if you got mine.

[executioneer]

yeah, that was a futurama reference

not a reference to something else at all, nope

[executioneer]

At the conclusion of the Yom Kippur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur) service and the Passover Seder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_Seder) the words "Next Year in Jerusalem" are recited. When consoling a mourner, Jews recite "May God comfort you among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."
you fucking idiot

[The Leader]

Willie, I love it when you're mean. :orgasm

[Shadowdancer21b]

Sure, I'm an idiot. Because you know what we have lots of in Utah? Jews. Jews coming out of our asses. Oh, wait, no that's not right. In fact, I started this thread in the first place to...survey says: learn more about Jewish traditions.

[Fathom Zero]

You're in the wrong place if you wanna teach togetherness, tolerance, and understanding.

[Kitsa]

My paternal grandmother's mom was briefly LDS. Does that help bridge the gap?

[Fathom Zero]

Coincidentally, I'm going camping during Sukkot.

[Esuohlim]

I made fun of a kid's yarmulke all the time in elementary school and was sent to the principal's office quite often because of it without fully understanding the reason

[kahljorn]

DOES YOUR HATRED KNOW NO BOUNDS?

[Shadowdancer21b]

Sure. Consider that gap bridged. It's all good around these parts.

[Esuohlim]

DOES YOUR HATRED KNOW NO BOUNDS?

I was OUT OF CONTROL. The fat kids and redheads got the heat too

[Kitsa]

I'm invited to some Sukkot thing but not going to that either probably :( It's like $15/person.