Selichot

[aoife]

Title: Selichot
Author: whuffle
Rating: PG
Characters: Davis, Rachel, & Lily with passing mention of Fee
Author’s Note: This is both something I wanted to write and a bit by way of explanation for a couple people who asked what Yom Kippur is about. The title is taken from the traditional Hebrew penitential prayer of the same name.
Mod's Note: Posted on whuffle

Comments

[hiddencait]

*huggles* This is an awesome way to present this topic hon! Thanks so much for sharing!!

[whuffle]

*smiles*

I can't honestly remember whether the idea came up before or after you and darkhorse asked. But it seemed like a very appropriate way to tell you both about the holiday from the perspective of an outsider watching someone who is observing. I wrote it while fasting yesterday and by the time I tried to post, I was headachy and not thinking clearly and LJ was being an arse. I ended up asking Morrigans_eve to post it for me while I got the family put together and went off to break fast.

Guh. I HATE fasting. Yes, I could not do it, but hating it isn't a good enough reason not to observe. So I do it, every single year. And I get the physical reminder of what the emotional discomfort can be like if I don't treat others as I would want to be treated myself.

[hiddencait]

*hugs* Yeah it definitely worked!

And yick... It's probably a good thing I'm not of a faith that requires fasting, as I know me and I'd likely get resentful instead of spiritual about it, and that would not be anything that would make me feel more focused on faith I think.

But then who knows. I've never had to do it after all.

[whuffle]

Heh. I don't think any of the traditional Jews I know would willingly claim me as one of their own any more. But there are some parts of the beliefs, remnants of childhood buried bone-deep, that I will never be able to shake off. This is one of them. (As is (a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP7O1ypiKgY&feature=related">this.) Despite no longer being completely Jewish, this holiday still holds a purpose for me, fulfills a place within my spirituality. That's one way in which it's easy for me to write this from Lily's view point.