Almost every Friday night at Maariv I clop for selach lanu and immediately realize my faults as I look around to make sure no one saw, its almost as bad as when I drool in public and then look around feeling like an idiot, but acting nonchalant as if nothing actually transpired.
Well on Friday I did something that could trump all dumbassness when it comes to davening. I am that token guy in shul on chol hamoid with the tefilin on. I guess it makes up for my families minhag to say only half of benching. As a kid I always felt like an idiot carrying my tefilin with my lulav and esrog to shul. I mean the coolest part of going to shul on chol hamoid is going empty handed without your tefilin.
So I was rocking my solo davening on Friday morning in sunny Colorado- and I went to take off my tefilin for musaf I looked down and low and behold my yarmulke was sitting on the table, untouched from when I had put on my shel rosh tefilin straps. Luckily I was alone, because I felt like moron, kind of like when you miss yale veyavo, but a little harsher. Just hope that God accepts prayers without my little leather disk.
19 responses so far ↓
Rafi // Apr 27, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Clopping slach lanu on friday nights doesnt happen to me now as often as it used to. But when it does, i usually clop about 10 more times over the next minute, as if hitting a mosquito bit on my chest to ease the itch…i think i get away with it
jelen // Apr 27, 2008 at 11:51 pm
aw, man, i was so excited to be first, but rafi beat me to it! i actually laughed out loud. this is hilarious!
Rafi // Apr 27, 2008 at 11:52 pm
lol!! i was like YAY..i caught him right when he posted it..LOL
Hesh // Apr 28, 2008 at 12:35 am
Glad I can make people laugh t my stupidity- luckily the whole yarmulke thing is more minhag then halacha.
Rafi // Apr 28, 2008 at 12:42 am
actually during davening it’s halacha..i think
Headbanger // Apr 28, 2008 at 1:30 am
Woops, this doesn’t happen to me because being in a shul is such a rarity in my week that I can only be caught saying the right Shemoneh Esray, Friday night’s.
Sarah // Apr 28, 2008 at 2:30 am
I’m still saying “mashiv haruach umorid hageshem” even though it’s been like a week… I think “Okay I’m not going to say it, I’m not going to say it, I’m going to go straight to ‘mechalkel chaim…’” but no, it just rolls out of my mouth. Thank God I’m not a guy davening the repetition in front of the whole shul.
Headbanger // Apr 28, 2008 at 3:03 am
No one actually does a repetition just because he accidently asked for rain instead of nothing. We’ll talk ourselves into any made up halacha we can think of as to why we don’t need to repeat.
a23 // Apr 28, 2008 at 7:50 am
And you wonder why your Rabbeim wanted you to wear a hat.
Hee hee // Apr 28, 2008 at 8:38 am
Well for all you numbskulls you davened for rain, thanks a lot-its pouring outside lol!!!
Xvi // Apr 28, 2008 at 10:02 am
Speak of the devil. I actually went all-out today asking for rain AND saying yaaleh v’yavoh. Do you do a repeat for adding? I let sleeping dogs lie.
dave // Apr 28, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Slach lanu on a friday knight is a real killer!
I’m actually doing quite well with regard to mashiv haruach and v’ten bracha this time around — normally it takes mne weeeks and weeks to adapt!
Yochanan // Apr 28, 2008 at 1:55 pm
It took me a few tries to stop say Mashiv HaRuach. I kept on going MashHaSh!t under my breath.
Yochanan // Apr 28, 2008 at 1:57 pm
to stop saying
Left Brooklyn and never looked back // Apr 28, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Hesh, that is a hoot.Serves you right for davening in tiffillin during chol hamoed (just joking).
But if God was pissed she would have struck you down already … you know, a bolt of lightening or something dramatic like that
Upstairs from Jacob Da Jew (Sadly he moved last week) // Apr 28, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Oops!
DF // Apr 28, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Done that a million times!
How about veering off into benching after yaleh veyavo??? (usually, it’s the other way for me. i start with benching, say yaleh veyavo, and before you know it i’m ready to take three steps back!!)
Hesh // Apr 28, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Oh I am a royal veerer, I tend to mix up the blessing before shema with Teka Beshofar- yes its nuts I know.
Xvi // Apr 29, 2008 at 1:47 am
Speaking of veering.
a constant thing that I do; during bentching in yiru, you say “poseach es yadecha…” and if im not paying attention ive got a 50% chance og going into ashrei.
I dont even usually catch on until I think, some ten minutes later, “does bentching end with a halleluya?”
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