Re: Yom Kippur

[Guest guest]

Ruthie wrote:

> Closing down for the 25 hr fast ( no food, water, wearing of

leather

> shoes, or bathing) of Yom Kippur, the most serious and

contemplative

> day in our calendar. We spend most of the day in synagogue.

> >>>>>>>>

No water or food that sounds rather harsh. I assume that this does

not apply to nursing mothers but what about OAP's.

When we have a day of fasting it does not mean quite that - more a

cutting down on what you would normal have.

See you in 25 hours!

Trisha

SAHM to 3 boys

[Guest guest]

Ruthie,

Our conductor arrived half-way through the rehearsal last night, apologising

because he has close friends who are Jewish and he had agreed to provide the

keyboard accompaniment for the services... he found Rossini and Britten

light relief after that as he said " They're lovely people but they don't

really have the concept of singing in tune.... "

I would be interested to hear about music in worship in the Jewish faith; my

only contact has been at the wedding and reception and oh heck what are all

those extra feasts called in the following week? where graces were sung at

each meal, and the thing that made me smile was that most of the graces

seemed to be sung to sea shanties! The music in the wedding service was

more " what one would expect " tho' I have no idea where my expectations came

from as I've never seen " The Jazz Singer " ! But nah's brother has a

fine voice, it's a shame our choral tradition is largely sacred as he'd be

so useful in any of the major choral societies!

Anneliese and Tim

btw my friend always uses the day for reflection and making plans and

resolutions but doesn't fully fast herself.

Yom Kippur..one last thing

Besides the fasting, the main purpose of this day is to pray for our

misdemeanours of the past year to be forgiven, and to start the year

with a clean slate. If we pray with devotion we go home with a lovely

feeling of cleansing and a fresh start.

The synagogues are packed. Even Jews who don't observe much the whole

year, go to " shul " on Yom Kippur. We had a paid security guard outside

our shul this year, an innovation! Our little shul was very stuffy,

and we had a constant fight regarding opening the windows.

It seems to be sods law that old ladies always have their designated

seats next to the windows, and then refuse to let anyone else open

them, cos they don't want the draught! But as a friend of mine said

today, when I pointed this " sods law " out to her, " yes but when they

first were designated those seats they weren't old ladies! "

Ruthie