#Jewish we aren't just traumas and issues&"oh hell whats up with them now..." we are our joys and things that are happy or peaceful or satisfying& substantial.
50 Joys of Jewish, a thread.
1. Its the smell of challah baking or warming on Friday.
Continued....
50 Joys of Jewish, a thread.
1. Its the smell of challah baking or warming on Friday.
Continued....
2. It's the nod and smile when I wear a kippa from another brother in a kuffi.
3. It's getting a random ride when I'm standing in the rain.
4. --singing Debbie Friedman songs
5.--never mourning alone
6.--the sound of Ladino
7.--Morroccan Rosh Hashanah dinner
3. It's getting a random ride when I'm standing in the rain.
4. --singing Debbie Friedman songs
5.--never mourning alone
6.--the sound of Ladino
7.--Morroccan Rosh Hashanah dinner
8.--how bright the table looks on the 8th night of Hannukah
9.--the release of complaining
10. --crossword puzzles and word games that get grandfathered into your (religion)
11.--the satisfaction of doing things for over 3500 years
12.--Tiffany Haddish is your fam
9.--the release of complaining
10. --crossword puzzles and word games that get grandfathered into your (religion)
11.--the satisfaction of doing things for over 3500 years
12.--Tiffany Haddish is your fam
13.--the feeling you get when you dance with the Torah scrolls on Simchas Torah
14. --the way everybody cares to set you up (you're always seen as worthy of love and companionship)
15. Wine drops in benchers and Haggadot
14. --the way everybody cares to set you up (you're always seen as worthy of love and companionship)
15. Wine drops in benchers and Haggadot
16. Sexy words like zaftig
17. Your people invented the weekend
18. You don't have to be religious to belong
19. You argue and overlap when you talk, but its love
20. You are supposed to ask questions
17. Your people invented the weekend
18. You don't have to be religious to belong
19. You argue and overlap when you talk, but its love
20. You are supposed to ask questions
21. You always have something to do..commandments and good deeds, rituals and traditions.
22. Throwing candy at the bnai mitzvah kid
22. Throwing candy at the bnai mitzvah kid
23. You don't run out of grandmothers
24. Hebrew script isn't that hard to read. Less letters than English.
25. The Torah is a song.
26. Dancing is prayer
24. Hebrew script isn't that hard to read. Less letters than English.
25. The Torah is a song.
26. Dancing is prayer
27. The custom of laughing at the end of Shabbat to bring joy to the next week
28. Purim drag
29. The first sip of hot matzah ball soup at the Seder
28. Purim drag
29. The first sip of hot matzah ball soup at the Seder
30. The obligation to learn, ask questions, debate and reconsider one's positions
31. The beautiful way Hebrew script looks in the Torah and regional Jewish calligraphy
32. Knowing that Jewish doesn't look one way or another
33. The wisdom and passion for justice brought to Jewish life by Jewish women
34. There is room for queerness..not everywhere but more
32. Knowing that Jewish doesn't look one way or another
33. The wisdom and passion for justice brought to Jewish life by Jewish women
34. There is room for queerness..not everywhere but more
35. Comedy and humor aren't accidental, they are essential.
36.. Lamed-Vavniks
37. Ramps so that people who rely on wheelchairs can participate in services
38. Singing a niggun (wordless melody) with a large group
39. Agam posters
40. Anything Gilda Radner did
36.. Lamed-Vavniks
37. Ramps so that people who rely on wheelchairs can participate in services
38. Singing a niggun (wordless melody) with a large group
39. Agam posters
40. Anything Gilda Radner did
41. You are aware of the seasons in a vibrant way
42. Giving tzedakah, food drives, collecting socks, because...justice.
43. Not being afraid to walk away when you have to do whats right.
44. Chicken.
42. Giving tzedakah, food drives, collecting socks, because...justice.
43. Not being afraid to walk away when you have to do whats right.
44. Chicken.
45. Afikoman goodies
46. The feeling you get from being warm from the tallit in winter
47. Lecha Dodi
48. Kosher grape juice tastes better.
46. The feeling you get from being warm from the tallit in winter
47. Lecha Dodi
48. Kosher grape juice tastes better.
49. Building the Sukkah and eating and singing in it.
50. Feeding the fish during tashlich.
There are tons more...
Henna before the wedding
Rebbe stories
Praying for each others healing
Kol Nidrei
Summer camp
A good Hebrew school teacher
Brisket cook offs
Midrash....
50. Feeding the fish during tashlich.
There are tons more...
Henna before the wedding
Rebbe stories
Praying for each others healing
Kol Nidrei
Summer camp
A good Hebrew school teacher
Brisket cook offs
Midrash....
And by midrash...your imagination is welcome.
Oh yeah and the commandment to strive for a mutually satisfying and respectful sex life
100 blessings a day means you look for every single thing to appreciate about being alive everyday
Also the aroma of Havdalah spices or rosewater or orange water
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