Jewish Holiday Thread

[julieisafemme]

Just wanted a place to say Hag Purim Sameach!

Purim is a festival holiday celebrated by reading the Megillah, The Book of Esther, entirely in Hebrew (this is one of the only books where there is no mention of G-d) and everyone has to dress up and we practice the mitvot of mishloach manot (giving of gifts) which are little baskets with hamentaschen (a yummy cookie), fruit and other yummy snacks. Also it is the one holiday where Jews are commanded to get drunk and be merry. It starts on Sunday. Kids love it because there is always a carnival at synagogue.

Anyway to all the Jews have a lovely Purim and enjoy the sweets and cocktails.

[WolfyOne]

If I was still practicing my faith, I'd be doing all of the above

Hope the rest of you enjoy the holiday and all that goes along with it

Cheers!!!

[julieisafemme]

If I was still practicing my faith, I'd be doing all of the above

Hope the rest of you enjoy the holiday and all that goes along with it

Cheers!!!

You can still have a cocktail and just call it Friday night!!!

[Miss Scarlett]

Just wanted a place to say Hag Purim Sameach!

Purim is a festival holiday celebrated by reading the Megillah, The Book of Esther, entirely in Hebrew (this is one of the only books where there is no mention of G-d) and everyone has to dress up and we practice the mitvot of mishloach manot (giving of gifts) which are little baskets with hamentaschen (a yummy cookie), fruit and other yummy snacks. Also it is the one holiday where Jews are commanded to get drunk and be merry. It starts on Sunday. Kids love it because there is always a carnival at synagogue.

Anyway to all the Jews have a lovely Purim and enjoy the sweets and cocktails.

Toda raba Julie! Awesome idea for a thread and Hag Purim Sameach to you as well!

[Tommi]

You can still have a cocktail and just call it Friday night!!!

Ya know, it seems like all I have is Christmas, and some hardboiled eggs rolling around on Easter. LeftWriteFemme converted and enjoys all the Jewish Holidays.

So :wine: here's to all*

[The_Lady_Snow]

Hag Purim Sameach to you and yours!

[nycfem]

Ya know, it seems like all I have is Christmas, and some hardboiled eggs rolling around on Easter. LeftWriteFemme converted and enjoys all the Jewish Holidays.

So :wine: here's to all*

She is wonderful to celebrate with, very creative and her cooking rocks!!! :hangloose:

[Julie]

Hag Purim Sameach...

I wish my Grandma was still alive.
She and I would make Hamentaschen and then...
Run around screaming and laughing as we ate Haman's Ears!

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It's a nice memory - thank you for starting this Julie.

[Isadora]

Hag Purim Sameach! Ty, Julieisa!

[julieisafemme]

It was a lovely Purim! I had dinner with my family, none of whom are Jews. We ate yummy food and I brought some hamentaschen to share.

Julie I love your story. One thing I am sad about as a convert is that I do not have a Bubbe and Zayde to share holidays with. I don't have memories or traditions to fall back on. I love hearing stories about how other Jews grew up celebrating holidays.

Thank you all for the happy Purim wishes. Next stop is Pesach or Passover. Not my favorite. I would love to hear memories from those who celebrated this as children.

Until then!

[Andrew, Jr.]

Purim is one of my most favorite holidays. I just love it I am not Jewish, but I do follow the Jewish holidays due to Rosie being Jewish, and having a number of Jewish friends. I embrace quite a few religions and find nothing wrong with that.

[lipstixgal]

It was a lovely Purim! I had dinner with my family, none of whom are Jews. We ate yummy food and I brought some hamentaschen to share.

Julie I love your story. One thing I am sad about as a convert is that I do not have a Bubbe and Zayde to share holidays with. I don't have memories or traditions to fall back on. I love hearing stories about how other Jews grew up celebrating holidays.

Thank you all for the happy Purim wishes. Next stop is Pesach or Passover. Not my favorite. I would love to hear memories from those who celebrated this as children.

Until then!

It was a great Purim none of my family is Jewish either I am a convert but love it. NOw it is time for Passover which is right around the corner and have been invited to a friend's house but might do my own Passover with my girlfriend and her family here in NJ...

[DamselFly]

a belated Gut Yontif to all who celbrated Purim. it was one of my favorite holidays when i was a Rabbi....
namaste!
and shalom!
DamselFly:tea:

[julieisafemme]

All right tribe it is time to gear up and clean for Passover. I am not Orthodox and so my cleaning regime is kind of partial. I clean the whole house, clean out the toaster oven of all crumbs and pack up the chametz and bring it to my sister's house. We try to keep kosher for Passover by not eating chametz at home. Chametz is all the good stuff: cookies, cupcakes, cereal, bread, pasta etc. We do still eat rice though. My daughter can usually do three days and then she wants a bagel.

I like matzah brei. We make the sweet version with maple syrup. I am curious what you all make.

We are going to a first night seder at my best friend's who is also a rabbi and an amazing cook. Her seder is very groovy and queer and I am looking forward to it.

So share your stories please. I especially interested in those who grew up celebrating with seders. I did not have a Zayde and Bubbe to celebrate Passover with.

Also post your silly Passover pics and stuff. Does anyone have the total tin foil kitchen picture? Here is a silly You Tube someone posted on FB.

http://youtu.be/4t7a66vbrN0

[Heart]

With sadness I decided not to make my annual family Seder this year because my college son could not get home from school.

Lo and Behold I have been invited to THREE Seders, so will not be Seder-less this year! :clap:

My own Seder is always an alternative affair - with our hommade Haggadah, (featuring family photos through the years), readings about liberation from many cultures, and a totally non-Kosher meal, (though I do refrain from using any yeast or flour).

Heart

[Miss Scarlett]

i decided to forego Seder this year at my synagogue...i am barred from actual membership because of who i am...until i came out to them several years ago there was absolutely nothing wrong with me working with the middle school kids and hosting 4 exchange students from Israel...

i do have a couple of options...the LGBT group at one of the other synagogues will be having their own Seder or i can have my own...

i was thrilled to discover last weekend that the Fresh Market here in Charlotte carries whole wheat matzo which means i don't have to go to the Kosher Mart on Sunday...i really dislike that store...

[Andrew, Jr.]

I wish everyone a happy Passover and a wonderful Seder.

Peace to all here,
Andrew

[julieisafemme]

i decided to forego Seder this year at my synagogue...i am barred from actual membership because of who i am...until i came out to them several years ago there was absolutely nothing wrong with me working with the middle school kids and hosting 4 exchange students from Israel...

i do have a couple of options...the LGBT group at one of the other synagogues will be having their own Seder or i can have my own...

i was thrilled to discover last weekend that the Fresh Market here in Charlotte carries whole wheat matzo which means i don't have to go to the Kosher Mart on Sunday...i really dislike that store...

Miss Scarlett I am so sorry you are not welcome at your shul! I am assuming you are Orthodox? I am at a Conservative synagogue and my Rabbi is very involved in Keshet and is so welcoming to me and my partner. It has been wonderful.

I have yet to do a true seder at my house. It is daunting and I feel intimidated. I am grateful that we have an invitation.

SO sunday is the big clean for me. We have our matzah already and except for the super chametz mix I feed our two ratties we will be chametz free.

I hope you have a good seder wherever you decide to go.

[julieisafemme]

With sadness I decided not to make my annual family Seder this year because my college son could not get home from school.

Lo and Behold I have been invited to THREE Seders, so will not be Seder-less this year! :clap:

My own Seder is always an alternative affair - with our hommade Haggadah, (featuring family photos through the years), readings about liberation from many cultures, and a totally non-Kosher meal, (though I do refrain from using any yeast or flour).

Heart

I am intrigued by your seder Heart! Thanks so much fo sharing this. Sometimes because I am a New Jew I feel like I can't bend the rules too much. I think I want to try your alternative seder next year and invite a bunch of friends.

[Miss Scarlett]

Miss Scarlett I am so sorry you are not welcome at your shul! I am assuming you are Orthodox? I am at a Conservative synagogue and my Rabbi is very involved in Keshet and is so welcoming to me and my partner. It has been wonderful.

I have yet to do a true seder at my house. It is daunting and I feel intimidated. I am grateful that we have an invitation.

SO sunday is the big clean for me. We have our matzah already and except for the super chametz mix I feed our two ratties we will be chametz free.

I hope you have a good seder wherever you decide to go.

Thanks Hon, my shul is best described as Hypocrital...i always identified more as Lubavitcher because of my paternal great-grandmother's family...that's who they were.

Since my "shunning" as i like to call it i've managed to find my own balance and am doing nicely there but i do miss that connection...

There's a Keshet group here but i was always so busy elsewhere in the LGBT community i never managed to connect with them...loks like that may or may not change. One of the Rabbis here at the Reform Congregation performs weddings for LGBT couples - she just did one up in DC. Before i venture near Temple Beth El i want to meet with her...i'm sure you can understand why...

i've received an invitation from my doctor to attend his family's humongous Seder...that will be an experience - been there before...he and his wife are from South Africa and they manage to cram an average of 60 people in their house...they will hold that next Sunday...

i can pull off huge, huge, huge dinners but a Seder is way more than that...so i understand your hesitation to do your own...

[DamselFly]

Miss Scarlet, i find reprehensible that you are not welcome now by that synagogue! when i was rabbi, my shul knew i was lesbian and very much out/proud BEFORE they invited me to be rabbi! and this was at a small mixed shul in a small southern town, yet! i married, buried, taught religious school (with children of all ages), did bar/bas mitvahs, and made no bones about the fact i was both orthodox and queer. my big adoptive mishpochah there had no problems with it-lol, they even tried to find me "a nice jewish girl", as i was single at the time. (of course, they still wanted grandchildren from me-go figure!) i kept in touch w/every one of them until the last one died. i was very lucky and had many bubbes and zaydes. this was very nice, as my own biological family threw me out after my father died.
the community seders i presided over at the shul were ecumenical-anyone was welcome (who might not be elijah, nu?)-and included traditions from jewish communities from all over the world and all spans of time. i liked to do research and find new and interesting ways to do the seder every year. afer the initial shock of the first seder, the entire shul got into it. we always had great and varied foods! always kosher, of course!
as a single Taoist/Buddhist roshi, no seders for me right now, but i would love to attend one again, given the chance.
i'd bring my famous beloved sweet lokshen kugel, only now made w/soy milk or almond milk.
again, Gut Yontif, and isn't it time to start counting the omer?
namaste and shalom,
DamselFly

[julieisafemme]

It's Erev Rosh Ha'shanah! Wishing everyone here a sweet New Year. I will go to services in the morning and then to a creek for Tashlich. That is my favorite New Year ritual.

[Delish]

Happy New Year to all my jewish friends :)

[Julie]

L'Shana Tova!

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[Liam]

L'Shana Tova!

[Corkey]

L' Shana Tovah!

[Gráinne]

L'Shanah Tovah, everyone! I hope it's a sweet year.

[Miss Scarlett]

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L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem!

[julieisafemme]

Chag Sameach to all! I am celebrating liberation of all kinds tonight. I will miss cupcakes. I am going to a Seder of my best friend who is a rabbi and a fantastic cook. I always learn something new at her table. Here's to rebirth!

[The_Lady_Snow]

Pesach Same'ach

[WolfyOne]

As the new year begins...Shana Tova u'Mitukah, a Happy and Sweet New Year.

[Corkey]

Shana Tova to all who celebrate!

[BBinNYC]

Shana Tova for a sweet year.

It is nice to get on to the Planet and see this thread on the front page. I know there aren't that many of us here, but I'm glad to see a few.

Thanks Wolfie!

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[Chancie]

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[*Anya*]

L'Shanah Tovah to all!

[The_Lady_Snow]

L'Shana Tova!!!! Many blessings through out the year!

[tazz]

L'Shana Tova... Erev Rosh Hashanah... Good Yom Tov...

May Everyone have a happy, healthy, and Prosperous New Year...

as Yom Kippur is the HIGHEST of All the Jewish Holidays... it is a day of introspection.. and of fasting...
i usually take this day off... alas, i cannot afford to this year... hopefully next year i am able.

i do know i will not be spending any money on tuesday eve. 9/25, OR wed. 9/26 until sundown.

~namaste'

[~ocean]

happy rosh hashanah everyone :)

[nycfem]

Happy New Year everyone!

Tonight I served BB and me matzoh ball soup, tzimmes, challah, latkes, ruggelach and, of course, apples and honey :)

Damn, there is nothing better than Jewish food!

[aishah]

l'shana tova!

[julieisafemme]

Tzimmes! Yum! I am a wandering Jew this year. We are visiting a dear old friend on the coast. This is the first time in many years I have not been in synagogue. We will be at the Russian River tomorrow afternoon and do our own version of Tashlich.

May all of you have a sweet new year!

[The_Lady_Snow]

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[Miss Scarlett]

Happy Hanukkah!!

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[SleepyButch]

Happy Hanukkah to all!

[julieisafemme]

Chag Sameach to all! May the light of the menorah bring peace to the world.

[WolfyOne]

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[LeftWriteFemme]

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[Chancie]

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[*Anya*]

Happy Hanukkah dear friends!

Next Saturday, my youngest daughter is having a Hanukkah party with all of the the 7-year-old's friends, their parents and other assorted friends.

I do love the holidays!

I hope that all of you have the best!

[Chancie]

My sister is having a party on the 15th night of Chanukah. :|

[Miss Scarlett]

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[MegBluEyz]

Chag Chanuka Sameach. (Happy Hanukkah).

[Bleu]

:driedel: :driedel: :driedel: I made you out of clay....

[aishah]

happy hanukkah!

[Miss Scarlett]

:driedel: :driedel: :driedel: I made you out of clay....

When it's dry and ready, then dreidel I shall play...:2driedel:

[lusciouskiwi]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[LeftWriteFemme]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[Miss Scarlett]

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[The_Lady_Snow]

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[julieisafemme]

Shanah Tovah to all! I am looking forward to a sweet new year and lots of new beginnings!

[PoeticSilence]

L'Shana Tova to those who celebrate!

[Miss Scarlett]

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[julieisafemme]

Happy Hanukkah everyone! We lit the first candles tonight. Tomorrow, as I am sure you have heard, is Thanksgivukkah! Won't happen again for maybe 80,000 years. It is a popular Jewish lament "oh the holidays are so early/late this year". I have enjoyed the Tevye the Thanksgivukkah turkey posts on FB! May your holiday be filled with light and love!

[LeftWriteFemme]

I thought this was a very fun article with a great gay friendly historic message!!!

From Our Archives: Hanukkah, Forever New

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[Cin]

4th night

Eating latkes and listening to the Maccabeats

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[The_Lady_Snow]

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[WolfyOne]

Just popping in to say, L'Shana Tova and welcome to the new year

[Clyde]

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[Talon]

May you have a *bright* and ~happy~ Chanukah....

with latkes wishes and dreidel dreams....:candle:

[Deborah*]

I hope everyone here got through the High Holiday season okay.
I was born jewish, but don't practice so much. However I do have my favorite holidays! Purim and Pesach are my two favorites.

Deborah

[homoe]

I hope everyone here got through the High Holiday season okay.
I was born jewish, but don't practice so much. However I do have my favorite holidays! Purim and Pesach are my two favorites.

Deborah

Are you saying you enjoy wine?.......:wine:

[cathexis]

I hope everyone here got through the High Holiday season okay.
I was born jewish, but don't practice so much. However I do have my favorite holidays! Purim and Pesach are my two favorites.

Deborah

Tell me how Pesach is one of your favorite if you don't practice? The month before is hard work. Kashering the kitchen is tedious. Preparation for the sedars is difficult. Keeping kosher for Pesach is difficult.

What I think you're saying is that you enjoy participating in the Sedars. Now, they ARE enjoyable.

My favorites are the High Holy Days.

[cathexis]

Happy Hanukah to all!

[VintageFemme]

Happy Hanukkah Friends! :2driedel:

[*Anya*]

Thanks for finding this thread. I looked for it last night but could not find it.

Happy Hanukkah to all that celebrate.

I honor Hanukkah by blood and family and Christmas by tradition.

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[Deborah*]

Chanukah Sameach!

"Rolling in the Deep" lyrics & guitar solo by Ash Soular
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IDF Field Unit Special Chanukah Video
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Deborah

[Clyde]

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[C0LLETTE]

Didn't love the first bit (chipmunky) but after that I laughed my guts out. Thanks Clyde. Miss you too.