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Sep. 27th, 2009 11:49 amI'm going to be in a computer free zone till tomorrow night. I'm not going to inflict Yom Kippur on you (though to anyone who observes, have an easy fast and may you be inscribed in all the right place - to anyone who does not observe, 'all the right places' may not mean what you think it means, unless the Book of Life is a body part).
I'm in a strange mood this Erev. It's the lead up to the holiest day in the year, but I don't feel as if I'm ready for it. Maybe I want it to be the leadup to Simchat Torah, instead, when I can dance and sing and pretend life is all about dancing and singing and remembering that my favourite Hebrew lessons as a child were when we studied the first 6 days. We started with Bereishit bara and spend 3 months studying 6 paragaphs. Or was it 6 months? Anyhow, it was a lot of fun. We got to study a bunch of the notations as well, and I totally loved the moment when I discovered that trees were the first living beings to be contrary and do their own thing.
Because of this strange mood I shall give my non-Jewish friends a song (because my Jewish friends aren't allowed to sing or be happy or *anything*). The artist claims that it's the Wikipedia view of Exodus, but it's more like the Wikipedia view of Judaism, especially the chorus. Note: the last two words of the chorus do not apply until sundown tomorrow. Please do not tempt me with thoughts of honeycake and chocolate. Or even whiskers of kittens.
PS I'll find a Kol Nidre for another post. It's too beautiful and sombre to go alongside anything else.
I'm in a strange mood this Erev. It's the lead up to the holiest day in the year, but I don't feel as if I'm ready for it. Maybe I want it to be the leadup to Simchat Torah, instead, when I can dance and sing and pretend life is all about dancing and singing and remembering that my favourite Hebrew lessons as a child were when we studied the first 6 days. We started with Bereishit bara and spend 3 months studying 6 paragaphs. Or was it 6 months? Anyhow, it was a lot of fun. We got to study a bunch of the notations as well, and I totally loved the moment when I discovered that trees were the first living beings to be contrary and do their own thing.
Because of this strange mood I shall give my non-Jewish friends a song (because my Jewish friends aren't allowed to sing or be happy or *anything*). The artist claims that it's the Wikipedia view of Exodus, but it's more like the Wikipedia view of Judaism, especially the chorus. Note: the last two words of the chorus do not apply until sundown tomorrow. Please do not tempt me with thoughts of honeycake and chocolate. Or even whiskers of kittens.
PS I'll find a Kol Nidre for another post. It's too beautiful and sombre to go alongside anything else.