To my fellow tribe members
Posted 10-08-2008 at 05:55 PM by No spoken words
have an easy fast tonight and tomorrow.
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isn't it funny (haha) how you can speak the same language as someone, yet not understand a word they say?Posted 10-08-2008 at 06:44 PM by Angela Harlem 
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YOM KIPPURPosted 10-08-2008 at 07:08 PM by phillyfan26 -
That started yesterday here. I cannot believe I forget you're a day behind. Actually, I can believe it.
Posted 10-08-2008 at 07:41 PM by Angela Harlem -
The Historian knows all. Happy tomorrow, Angela!!!Posted 10-08-2008 at 08:33 PM by No spoken words -
I'm fasting this year....
I think. I purposely took tomorrow off of work so I wouldn't eat. I'm a chef so fasting would be almost impossible to do if I worked.Posted 10-08-2008 at 08:44 PM by arw -
i don't get itPosted 10-08-2008 at 09:50 PM by GirlsAloudFan 
- You rarely do.
Posted 10-08-2008 at 10:03 PM by No spoken words - I'd like to thank all of the Jewish across America for my off day tomorrow. Keep up the good work.
Say hi to your mother for me.Posted 10-08-2008 at 11:33 PM by phillyfan26 - Three thousand years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax...
Posted 10-09-2008 at 12:13 AM by GirlsAloudFan -
fixedQuote:Three thousand years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Kevin Youkilis...Posted 10-09-2008 at 12:27 AM by zonelistener -
belated G'mar Chatimah Tova
Posted 10-09-2008 at 08:46 PM by yolland - I made it 21 hours without food. Water is another story.
This afternoon was tough but for the most part it wasn't too hard. I'm stuffed now 
Posted 10-09-2008 at 09:10 PM by arw - I made it 23.5 hours, no food, no water. As usual, glad that I did it...
Posted 10-09-2008 at 09:52 PM by No spoken words - Is water really supposed to be avoided, too? Even Muslims I know who are (I thought) stricter with their fasts allow themselves even some fruit juice.
Posted 10-09-2008 at 10:00 PM by Angela Harlem - ^ Hmm, they don't all allow that, in fact my impression is most of the Muslims I know don't. They fast for longer periods--a whole month for Ramadan, though that's "only" during daylight hours whereas Yom Kippur runs from sundown to sundown--so maybe in certain sects or areas some Muslims have the custom of permitting a little liquid relief. There's one other Jewish holiday with a sundown to sundown fast and four with a sunrise to sunset fast.
Children (under bar/bat mitzvah age), the elderly, pregnant and nursing women, and people under doctor's orders not to fast aren't expected to, though. Sometimes children who are 9-ish on up will do a minor fast, where they delay their meals a few hours and consume nothing between meals--our oldest son did this for the first time this year.
Yes a drink is definitely the first thing you'll be pining for by the time Yom Kippur services end!Posted 10-09-2008 at 10:32 PM by yolland
Updated 10-09-2008 at 10:49 PM by yolland -
May G-d inscribe you in the book of good life!Posted 10-09-2008 at 11:23 PM by thousandfold -
Happy New Year!Posted 10-11-2008 at 11:59 PM by Lila64
