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[darksoulsong]

...after all that careful planning, the money spent, and the hours of boredom/nervousness... we never even made it to Synagogue. I'm not going into details, but I wasn't impressed. But anyway. I wouldn't mind trying again, but meh. Maybe on a Saturday, though maybe that'd be worse. No idea!

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[israel_isaiah]

Alas! I was thinking of you on Friday night. But it seems for nothing, grrrr! And, yes, Saturday morning is certainly better. I think that the Friday night service is a Conservative one, anyway. Not that it is all Hebrew, but yeah. That's what one of the rabbis said.

[darksoulsong]

*eyeshift* Can I go with you on Saturday? XD

Ugh, I had a horrible time on Friday. I hadn't eaten, so I felt lightheaded. I got sunburnt too, so that didn't help with my sun allergy.

My friend didn't want to take the bus, so we had to walk.

She got us lost, Peter yelled at me for not following his directions, I ended up in tears, and went home to sulk for the next two days.

I'm still not sure I'm over it!

[israel_isaiah]

The only thing is that I go to the Conservative service, which starts an hour before the Liberal does. But sure, you can plod along. I'm not going this week, however, as I've got a friend's birthday to go to, but the week thereafter I'll be going.

[darksoulsong]

Do you know what the actual differences are between the services? Obviously I spoke to some people, and did some reading, but not all are going to be the same.

And waiting two weeks is fine. It gives me that long to panic over what to wear again!

[israel_isaiah]

The differences between the services:

Con is considerably more traditional / Ref isn't
Con uses Hebrew / Ref uses English (and Hebrew on the sides, I can't remember)
Con is 3 hours / Ref is 2 hours
Con has A LOT of singing / Ref has a choir to do the singing for you lol
Con has considerably less people / Ref has considerably more

They're about the main differences. They're both very egalitarian. I'm not sure what differences they have liturgically, as I haven't quite studied it to that degree. They're both as enjoyable, just be prepared to strain to hear in the Reform shul, that's one of the main reasons why I don't go there. There are too many people talking too loudly. It is still very enjoyable, though.

[israel_isaiah]

actually, the Conservative shul there has more singing than even the Great Synagogue. When I went to the Great I was expecting to do lots of singing, but there wasn't any to be found. It must just be the Conservative minyan that I go to that loves to sing. It'd drive me crazy not having to sing. I mightn't be a good singer, but I really love singing along to all the tunes and songs. I actually became "home sick" for my minyan haha