Leshana Tova
Or Happy New Year to all the fellow Jews out there. Yes it's Rosh Hashanah!
So far my new year has started of being a bit rocky. If I can use a word to describe it, it would be "meh." That's not really a word but it's how I feel right now.
A quick rundown of the picture above. The apples and honey you see are a treat commonly served on this holiday to symbolize our wish for a sweet new year. The rams horn you see is called the shofar which is blown many times and very loudly at the services. A series of notes are played with one big final blast at the end. No one is sure how this tradition started but some see it as a call to repent for all your naughty sins that you did throughout the year. Sounds good to me.
Finally, many people will cast off all the bad stuff they did symbolically. This is done by throwing pieces of bread into flowing water. I performed this ritual after work. Our office is right by the ocean. I had bread from the Italian dinner I had earlier that day. Eggplant Parmesan if you were wondering. Anyway, I walked out to a very small cliff to be alone and was shocked to find a bunch of Mexican day labourers fishing and having a good time. It was 8:30 at night, but to each their own. I know they are day labourers because I see them standing on the corner early in the morning waiting for trucks to pick them up and take them to work. They'll work just about anywhere to earn some cash. Not an easy life, for sure, and there are a lot of them doing this.
So, once I found a private spot, I began my casting off. I felt some relief and the ocean breeze and moonlight were pleasant enough. I thought that I should do this more often as well. There was a very therapeutic value to it.
I found something that is both sinful and sweeter than apples and honey; Jewish model Moran Eizenstein. There's a 99.9% chance we'll never meet or date but it did make me feel a bit better and certainly less "meh."
Coming up ext on U N L O A D E D.........
Fear of falling.
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ahh... so much to read, I look forward to catching up!
happy new year!
I hope you have a 87% chance of meeting her (you still need something to work towards :))
Shana tova!!!! We tossed Italian bread crumbs after services yesterday. Right afterwards Cassie, my 12 year old, goes "Now smell your hands! They smell like sin!" (She meant garlic!!!!) :-0 :-0 :-0 I hope your new year does a speedy quick turn around! I'd wish you a date with the model, but chances are your'e better off without...
Happy New Year to you! ... I didn't know you were Jewish?
(my family celebrated all damn day yesterday I am sooo tired today.)
I threw a LOAF of bread hoping that might help kick things off a little better for me!
...so there is a slight chance you might meet. :)
Repeating Meleah... "I didn't know you were Jewish."
Not that it matters. I like you just the same.
I like the idea of throwing bread into the ocean. I was going to walk a labyrinth tonight but didn't want to deal with traffic. Feeling meh too. Happy New Year -- I'm sure even without the model, you'll find a way to celebrate. :D
And, oh yeah, I knew you were Jewish. Do I win a prize??? LOL
Happy New Year!
My year has been Shofar so good.
Sorry.
Happy New Year!!!
Maya - Welcome back. There is much indeed for you to catch up on. Enjoy.
Jill - Who knows how'd she be. Likely a heartbreaker. But I still like...YES! YES! I am not looking forward to fasting.
Meleah! Thank You! Happy new year to you as well. These events can take a bit out of you. I hope you year goes well and I will dump the entire wonder bread factory into the river to ensure it does.
Marsha - Yes there is a ever so slight chance if I hop on a plane and fly out to Israel. It is a small country after all. And yes I'm a filthy hedonistic Jew.
Monique - No prize for you! We'll be meh together.
Random - Thank you! Let's hope things turn around.
People - That's just awful and you know it. Apology accepted :-)
Happy Rosh Hashanah.
Do you get watch the ball drop in Times Square on this new year too? Of course the alcohol and snacks flowing would be kosher :)
NO fair using big words Marsha does not understand. I had to go and look up "Hedonistic". Apparently, it means "a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification"...Let me think on it...yes, yes I'm a filthy hedonistic Southern Baptist. :) Since I'm pretty sure this make me a plague on society we should probably still be friends.
SJ - Nope no ball dropping. Just a big rams horn blowing. They do make kosher beer from what I hear.
Marsh - I stumped you on that word eh? I say you make a fine and upstanding Southern Baptist and one others should strive to live up to ;-)
When I was younger I didn't believe in the value of ceremonies and rituals and symbols. Now I find that they allow us to connect mind, body and spirit. The body acts (performs the ritual/throw the bread) and the mind recognizes the symbol (bad stuff) and the spirit feels (free of bad stuff and onto new beginnings).
The ritual sounds wonderful.
Happy New Year.
We have so many things in common....our taste in food and women, beyond many other stuff!
My father usually picks those hard working men up for labor. It's a shame that a lot of our own people don't want to work. Makes you wonder sometimes.
Hope you're doing well!
Well, what an interesting way to celebrate the holiday, and I hope you had a great weekend!
Being Rosh Hashanah, the last thing I expected was a picture of a hot girl, but you couldn't resist could you? I learned of the tradition in school, but never knew any Jews. Till now. Happy Rosh Hashanah!
MsQ - Thank you so much. Yes the symbolic nature of the ritual really does help even though the pieces of bread actually are not carrying our problems but in a way if makes them tangible and allows up to let them go so to speak. I absolutely love this ritual.
Deb - Thanks. I'm doing well and those guys really do work hard. Very hard. I have it easy compared to them. We do have the same taste in women and it is excellent taste which is why you and I must go girl watching one day.
Enemy - I did and I hope the move is going well. Thanks.
Leon - Thank you sir. No I couldn't resist it but she is Jewish so I am keeping it kosher so to speak.
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