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puritirising

Yom Kippur

Sep 22, 2007 14:12

Two years ago I was sitting here in the UMass library basement, writing a similar entry, and it was the first time I used the phrase "hungry and apologetic." So far, this fast has been relatively easy but the sun hasn't set yet, so we'll see ( Read more... )

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aerothorn September 22 2007, 19:01:46 UTC

I love how God forgot to capitalize.

Also, why do the fasting then? Don't be a sheep. Be your own Jew.

yes puritirising September 22 2007, 19:03:06 UTC

except no one will get it. its so much cooler if you are fasting but are also against fasting. its like you have to write the paper before you can call the assignment shit.

Re: yes aerothorn September 22 2007, 19:05:57 UTC

Who cares if anyone gets it? You're (theoretically) fasting for God, and God knows all.

Re: yes puritirising September 22 2007, 19:46:59 UTC

well, we live in the real world, where your mod mates are all fasting so you have to leave and go somewhere else to eat to be polite/radical/ridiculous.

I am going to eat when the sun goes down (6:48 PM), which is still an hour earlier than my mates.

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aerothorn September 22 2007, 20:38:29 UTC

As usual, Slate has some interesting insight on the whole affair. Though I KNOW you already read Slate, so it's a waste of time for me to post this.

http://www.slate.com/id/2174334/nav/tap3/

jeannette September 23 2007, 21:59:06 UTC

Conversation is <3.

I didn't fast this year, largely because I'm flu-ish and I got home the eve before at midnight and I was starving and I ate before I realized what I was doing. But your reasons sounded better.

tubascuba421 September 24 2007, 03:54:12 UTC

the conversation feels like something out of Waiting for Godot.

skydancer18 September 25 2007, 13:54:58 UTC

a religious day of counseling? really.

My problem: going over the sociology of religion in class before Yom Kippur, and then sitting in services while all I could think about was the sociological "explanation" for religion and everything ended up feeling really ridiculous to me.

... puritirising September 25 2007, 16:39:53 UTC

well, it seems that the theme of yom kippur is:

be sorry, repent, change, accept that not everything is in your control so that you can more efficiently manage that which you are in control of.

It doesn't NEED to be a day of prayer, it does NEED to be a day that encourages introspection and change and I think it ought to be more practical. That's all.

(Okay, I admit it, I wasn't REALLY talking to God...)

Re: ... skydancer18 September 26 2007, 03:03:04 UTC

lol ( ... )