I love Kol Nidre, I love the emotion and the tune is an especially good one that I tend to hum when hiking alone in the high Sierra to ward off the bears. It also happens to be one of…
Tag: high holidays
Does hearing the shofar have any effect on you?
I’m fairly certain that I heard the shofar for the first time in my life this morning. Sure, I’ve been trying to listen to the shofar every Rosh Hashanah and elul for 25 years or so, but I’m not sure…
Have you ever done a Ta’anis Dibbur?
The other night, my facebook status read as follows: May actually do a Ta’anis Dibbur this year because shul for me is one long running commentary on how much this sucks. Of course, someone had to get offended and claim…
For Vegans the high holidays pose some problems
Being a vegan Jew most of the year doesn’t pose to many problems, many Vegans may refrain from putting on tefillin or using animal skins to make their Torahs and Mezuzot, but these are minor issues that never really conflict…
Kittels are great for hiding those random shul boners
I know, it’s right after Yom Kippur and already I’m talking about sex, but someone asked me to write about what fun stuff you could do with a kittel and there’s nothing more fun then getting an unexplained boner in…
High Holiday and Succot Pickup Lines
The high holidays are full of innuendo, so much that I feel I must repost my high holiday pickup lines with new twists every year. Who can resist with all that shofar blowing, chest clopping and aleinu bowing – besides…
Non-traditional foods for some funny yehi-ratzon’s
I have no idea if Dov Bear is a funny guy or not, heck I don’t actually know if he’s a guy or not, he could be transgendered, a girl or even a robot for all we know, for unlike…
Do you get the High Holiday blues?
I never really liked the high holidays, I love succos, but when it came to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I would always fall flat on face and wonder how I the ultimate sinner could approach the lord and ask…
Synagogue Bans High Holiday Auctions in Wake of Violence
Lawrence – One orthodox congregation is not taking any chances with its traditional High Holiday auction this year, they have decided to take the auction out of the sanctuary and make it social. Temple Beis Hagaiva board members unanimously agreed…
Letters to the editor: When did kittels become so gay?
Sent Anonymously so his daughters can still get a good shidduch I was in Yeshiva early on Yom Kippur morning, getting a jump on my davening, and started noticing guys putting on their Kittels, when it struck me, “when did…
13 reasons why I love the high holidays
I love the high holidays, not because I get to repent for sins and feel even worse after repenting because God knows I lied, and not because of all the girls I pick up at Yizkor and not even because…
Picking up chicks at Yizkor
I never thought about it much before, but it seems that the best time to hit on girls at shul is at Yizkor, their parents are usually inside and you can have pick up lines like – “both my parents…
The countdown to the Jewish ball drop
Benji Lovitt of What War Zone a great blog that brings a little humor to middle east, brings us another funny Rosh Hashanah video – dude I love how you got all those hot girls to talk to the camera.
Do you peek at the Kohanim when they are blessing you?
I guess peeking at the kohanim was kind of like eating from the tree of knowledge, I used to think if you looked your eyes would be burned out, you would go blind or something terrible would happen to you…