Yom Kippur

[QreepyBORIS]

It's that time of year again. Ten days in. Time for some hardcore, sincere repentance. Fasting. Praying. Not going to schooling.

Happy (well, not quite happy) Yom Kippur, everyone.


I myself am not fasting. Instead, I am going to have like 100 grams of protein in shake form, and it will be delicious. And then I will do weights, watch Advent Children, then do homework. I'm set.



Since tonight was Kol Nidrei, I played Kol Nidrei (composed by Max Bruch) on the cello. It ruled.

[Snapps]

RE: Yom Kippur

I have to go to school tomorrow.

I'm not fasting.

I'm not celebrating D:

[lightdarkness]

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I have to go to school tomorrow.

I'm not fasting.

I'm not celebrating D:

Snapps stole my post :'( I want it back.

[whorlichan]

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What my mom/grandma/Jew family thinks I'm doing: Fasting. Not going to school, driving, showering, having sex, or anything else that is EVIL MELACHA (in other words, keeping Yom Kippur as it should be kept).

What Tass's mom thinks I'm doing: Sleeping, fasting, not driving, etc. until Yom Kippur is ALMOST over, then picking up Tass from the train station and going to break the fast at his grandmom's.

What I'm ACTUALLY doing: Sleeping, not going to class. Possibly fasting, possibly not, depending on my mood when I wake up. Driving to get Tass when he finishes classes, approximately 5 hours before Yom Kippur ends. Probably indulging in other EVIL ANTI-YOM KIPPUR MELACHA such as kissing.

[lightdarkness]

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Crap, I mean I have no school tomorrow.

That's what I meant to say! Nevermind snapps

[Tasselfoot]

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I'll be eating, fornicating, riding trains and automobiles.... we'll see about the sleep.

[Omeganitros]

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I <3 Yom Kippur. Once you get past all the atonement, it's fun giving youself a challenge and not trying to eat that delicious leftover pizza.

I have Citzen Kane to help me make it through.

[scorpio1690]

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I haven't had school since last thursday... Teacher strike throughout the whole province, supposed to go on for weeks.


HAPPY YOM KIPPUR!

[Anticrombie0909]

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Yom Kippur is the worst holiday ever. Let's hear it for breaking the fast as soon as I can, yet still getting to miss school.

[JurseyRider734]

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I'm on my good friend Elliot's computer in C++ Class. He's Jewish. He's out for today.

[Snapps]

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Crap, I mean I have no school tomorrow.

That's what I meant to say! Nevermind snapps

;(

[Moogy]

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Cool, I'm on fall break. There is one Jewish person at my school, and he doesn't even know what Yom Kippur is. Everyone needs to stop celebrating crappy religious holidays that mean nothing.

[blahblah18]

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citizen kane is awesome, a good way to spend it. I don't believe kissing is anything bad in yom kippur for being kissing, we were discussing this yesterday. I believe its only bad in the greater realm of "doing something enjoyable" but it doesn't count as the "having sex" part.

[whorlichan]

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Blah--Orthodox Judaism (which is where I get my knowledge, even though I'm technically reformed and in reality not really all that religious) doesn't allow any kind of kissing, sex, etc. Showers are right out too...yet another reason I am not keeping it. I can't be stinky all day, it's just WRONG. It might be okay for you guys (*cough*TASS*cough) but not for us lovely flowers.

Edit: Found this on a little kid's website.

Yom Kippur Rules of Engagement
The holiday starts at sunset and ends at nightfall the following day. This year, Yom Kippur lands on October 6th. Only kids under nine and women in childbirth (from the time labor begins 'til three days after) are allowed to eat. Of course, if not eating could seriously damage someone's health or create a life-threatening situation, then any of the restrictions can be broken. (In my experience, most pregnant women don't fast from the second trimester or so--depriving a baby of food is bad, apparently.)

Things you're not allowed to do on Yom Kippur:
- Eat or drink (including water.) (Not broken as of this moment, but will be soon)
- Wash. (Broken!)
- Wear makeup or deodorant. (Broken! The deodorant anyway. I don't wear makeup ever.)
- Wear leather shoes. (I don't do that anyway.)
- Have sex. (Mmm...soon.)

Most of the day is spent in the synagogue praying, so it doesn't really matter if you smell funny. (Ha! People who go to synagogue smell funny anyway.)

[Anticrombie0909]

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HEY WAIT

WHORLI AND TASS ARE YOU TWO GONNA DO IT???

I WASN'T SURE AT FIRST CAUSE YOU ONLY MENTIONED IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES BUT NOW I THINK YOU'RE GONNA

OH MAN YOU'RE SO HARDCORE HAVING SEX AND ALL

YOU KIDS THESE DAYS