Upon observing Yom Kippur for the first time

[rachelmanija]

Yesterday I observed Yom Kippur for the first time, with a (slightly fudged via a little black coffee) fast and six hours in the temple

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[spectralbovine]

I decided that whenever the liturgy said any name of God, I would take “God” to mean “all that exists and is good, including all that is good in humanity and all that is good in myself.” When I thought of it that way, I found that I actually did believe in virtually the entire service.Huh, I like that

[rachelmanija]

I hope you noticed this post's tag. ;)

[spectralbovine]

I did! Hey, wait, that's a new tag! And it's totally a me reference. Aw.

Also, for the record, I didn't think your post was tl;dr, and I'm glad it wasn't cut when I saw it, as it made me more likely to read the whole thing since I could see it wasn't all that long.

[rachelmanija]

Hmmm. In that case, I have uncut!

[spectralbovine]

Yay! I really think it deserves to be read, and it's not very long. I have a higher threshold than some people, though.