One of the most important parts of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

One of the most important parts of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

One of the most important parts of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you attempt to (A) accept and forgive anything that has been done to you, and (B) apologize and ask forgiveness for anything you have done to others ( Read more... )

Rosh Hashanah services yesterday were weird, as the older gentleman sitting two rows behind me had to be taken out by medical personnel RIGHT AFTER THE "WHO SHALL LIVE AND WHO SHALL DIE" THING. It was creepy ( Read more... )

Tonight is Kol Nidre (our service is inexplicably at 8 PM, which is why I'm still home now), and because I'm not allowed to fast, I'm going on media/communications blackout after that. I'll probably be back sometime tomorrow night.

May you all be inscribed for a good year. And for everyone fastng, have a good and painless fast.

1) JEFF PROBST, YOU ARE A LYING LIARFACED LIAR WHO LIES. This was not the first time you had to forcibly remove someone from a game. Or have you perhaps forgotten Survivor: Thailand? I think I speak for all of us when I say "Robb, you were not in the attack zone when you... grabbed Clay around the throat." Some people just don't know their Survivor ( Read more... )

I'm at my parents' right now, getting ready to go to the synagogue for Rosh Hashanah evening I services, but I post this every year, and since I anticipate falling asleep as soon as I get home, I figured I'd do this now.

One of the big pieces of the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is that you reflect over the past year, and you ( Read more... )

Much like last year, I'm going on "communication fast" for Yom Kippur- no internet or phones, basically, and not really interacting with people outside of services. (If you think this makes it alarmingly like any other day with me, well... I can't actually contest that.) It's a nice way to respect the way the holiday works, and it's really ( Read more... )

...Wait, is that the right transliteration? IS there such thing as a correct transliteration? I think what I'm going for here is- happy new year ( Read more... )