Shanah Tovah
For those who are unfamiliar with Jewish customs, at sundown Rosh Hashanah begins. It is one of our High Holidays and lasts two days (until sundown on Friday). It is our religious New Year, but really has several other meanings as well.
I of course will not be here during that time, nor on the following day because it is Shabbos (our weekly Sabbath). Thank you for the warm welcome and all your help and I look forward to returning on Saturday night for more fun.
Now if Dougster was anything other than a paper Jew then he wouldn't be here either, but I wouldn't count on it. In fact he's probably chomping down on a ham and cheese sandwich while I am typing this and planning his next disruption. If he ever visits shul at all I doubt it is anything past a drive by visit (hence the expression "drive by Jew") on Yom Kippur (our most serious holiday).
Anyway thanks again everyone for helping me with my anti-troll campaign and I'll be trolling the trolls again starting on Saturday night. ;)
TDHQ
I of course will not be here during that time, nor on the following day because it is Shabbos (our weekly Sabbath). Thank you for the warm welcome and all your help and I look forward to returning on Saturday night for more fun.
Now if Dougster was anything other than a paper Jew then he wouldn't be here either, but I wouldn't count on it. In fact he's probably chomping down on a ham and cheese sandwich while I am typing this and planning his next disruption. If he ever visits shul at all I doubt it is anything past a drive by visit (hence the expression "drive by Jew") on Yom Kippur (our most serious holiday).
Anyway thanks again everyone for helping me with my anti-troll campaign and I'll be trolling the trolls again starting on Saturday night. ;)
TDHQ
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The funny thing is that according to orthodox Jewish law I am a Jew. My direct matrilineal ancestor, 5 generations back, was a Jew. I'm not a very good Jew (see pork products, christian worship, etc above), but a Jew nonetheless."
First, Shabbos ended at sundown, so anyone on the East Coast who posted after 7:55 ET would be in the clear (which was the case with me).
Second, Many American Jews do not take Shabbos very seriously anyway. Judaism breaks down into three major denominations in the U.S., Reform, Conservative and Orthodox (which further breaks down into a number of sub-groups). The Reform might as well not be Jews at all as they don't really follow any of the rules and their offspring almost always intermarry with Gentiles. The Conservative branch is only slightly more observant. I am what is commonly called Modern Orthodox, which means that I am affiliated with a branch of Judaism that observes the holidays and weekly Sabbath much more strictly.
Always found it interesting that the Amish and Hasidic Jews are similar in appearance.
Myself, I endured 8 years of Catholic school. It wasn't until my 40's, that either out of boredom, or the priest scandals, I finally stopped going to church. Seemed silly to go to a strip club on Saturday night and then Mass on Sunday.
Confession use to be a blessing.
About Confession-
I was always taught that masturbation was a serious sin. So fromthe time I was a teen-ager I would respect that and not receive Holy Communion unless I had made a good Confession. At one point, later in life, our church got a new priest and I confessed my sins to him. He told me he didn't consider masturbation to be a grave sin and don't let thst stop me from receiving Communion.
You would think that would make me happy, right? But it started me on the path of leaving tbe church. An individual priest can't decide what's a sin and what's not.
Unless they are strippers.
Or Smurfettes. >|:-)