HEY JEWS

i guess the caveat would be confirmation bias

well that's disappointing. can't it be, like, more than that, but less than… something else?

lol- I think those are the only two options

i had no idea that we fasted today

good luck with fasting, those of you that are. I don't do it anymore

well, it's all over now

MORDY, YOU ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED ON THE Waaaait, whut? Slowly reading and liveblogging the Bible! THREAD

Also, Hey Jews! What's shaking for the High Holy Days?

what's poppin'

shana tovah yo

Damn, those look excellent! I could eat about a dozen after fasting for Yom Kippur :(

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/rosh-hashanah-foods-beyond-apples-and-honey/2011/09/15/gIQANyajiK_story.html

u know what's delicious? my wife makes this challah full of apple bits around rosh hashana time that is incredibly good.

I would eat all these rosh hashana foods, except maybe the gefilte fish.

oh man i love gefilte fish esp w/ this slathered all on top

http://www.alescifoods.com/images/prod/co206L.jpg

gross. why people would let stinky fish in their bath tubs to make the worst food in the world is beyond me.

Cause it's freaking delicious.

First high holiday away from home...

I'm not religious enough to want to seek out an ersatz rosh hashana dinner, and my meals are taken care of for me, so there's no incentive to squeeze a free meal out of strangers. I'd join the family table over skype, but I'd have to do it at, like, 1 AM. What do I do!?!?

What can a secular "cultural" Jew do to have fun on Rosh Hashanah? In los angeles

maybe go to Canter's

where are u, EDB? maybe hit up a chabad house -- sometimes cool ppl hang out at them

I have tickets for services, though I'm not planning on doing the Day 2s. No one has invited me dinner/break fast though, MAYBE BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN JEWISH OMG.

Along the lines of "uh I'm not even Jewish," I'd really like to go to the mikveh before my upcoming marriage, but I wouldn't want to defile the thing with my goyness. Do they ask for some sort of proof of Jewishness, I wonder?

afaik you can't defile a mikvah. have fun!

I will Ask A Rabbi but I'm afraid she will tell me to gtfo. Also the mikveh at the Ask A Rabbi's 'gogue has, like, zero atmosphere; it feels like you should be doing some sort of physical therapy in it.

Maybe I should start reviewing area mikvehs on Yelp.

why don't u try http://www.askmoses.com/ which has the benefit of being anonymous when u ask

Why don't you just convert? I sort of assumed you already had!

Nah, I'm not there yet. May never get there, I dunno. I mean I *tried* to marry a Jew, at least! Not my fault that the goyim have taken over J Date!

i don't know how serious u are about converting, but if you want to discuss it w/ me i'm happy to give u some insight into your options

I would like that, Mordy! You are an A+ jew and I value your opinion and your jew learnin'!

Hey Jews, Are we warming up for the big one?

I meant Hey Janitors, sorry

Yeah this may be a good time to start goin to the gym again

I scored a break fast invite, but still no Rosh Hashana invite :(

Gonna eat apples and honey with just my (non-Jew) honey, I guess.

yeah most of my Jew family is in Ohio so I'm pretty much gonna be alone
Yom Kippur also comin up isnt it?

come to me for meals in philly! xp

rosh hashana fap

I had an apple

I would love to celebrate the high holy days in Philly, I never been there

So it starts...tomorrow?

any yehudilxors that ever need a place to stay / place for meals for jewish holidays in philly can always come to me. open door policy

tmmrw nite xp

oh shit I thought today was Wednesday

now I have to buy another apple

it starts at night anyway

Mordy that is a very awesome offer for which many mitzvot points shall be scored! I hope to take you up on it some time.

Yom Kippur on Shabbat this year means extra extra extra long service, huh.

Probably not exceptionally longer than the normal service. When I was in Yeshiva Yom Kippur service lasted from 9 in the morning until the fast ended that night so it didn't matter whether it was a Yom Kippur Shabbos or weekend Yom Kippur, cause there was no more space to fill. (It was horrific.) Very cool tho, cause generally fasts on Shabbos get pushed off until later since it's not right to fast on Shabbos -- but Yom Kippur is the one that takes precedence. One of the rare opportunities where it's okay not to eat on Shabbos.

This is the start of what is doubtless the most significant year of my life, so here's hoping for a good 5772 all around, for everyone.

EDB I am intrigued! Shana tova, everyone.

All of my jew study books are still packed or else I'd give myself a little RH refresher. Instead I'll use this thread to solicit interesting RH tidbits! (ahem MORDY TO THREAD again)

RH tidbit: My parents bought these two giant fish heads (bc fish traditionally symbolize Torah and prolificacy in Judaism & heads symbolize the head of the New Year) and then emptied them out and stuffed them with gefilte fish.

I have decided that I am neutral on gefilte fish. I'm OK with eating some, but I don't actively seek it out or anything.

Do your parents have cats? Fish heads sound like kitty crack.

There are three cats currently living in the house.

Hey, Mordy, speaking of house pets, can you explain to me the tendency toward a dislike of dogs? A few years back, a friend & I were trying to get an apartment in a heavily u-O neighborhood and since I was referred by a religious person all the families were very supportive, until they heard that my roommate-to-be had a small dog, at which point all of them hastily backed out of the phone calls and practically hung up on me.

I asked my reference and she kind of glossed over it, so I know she doesn't hold with that idea, but obv enough people do that it's a thing?