G’mar Chatima Tova
Today is a full day, and tonight and most of tomorrow I will be in synagogue. I’m going to break my fast with Sarah and family, which means I won’t be getting home until late.
Posting will probably be about as light as my meals tomorrow. Until tomorrow night, of course.
You know, I blame my teachers in Hebrew school, but this time of year, I have never been able to shake the image of a giant, open book in the sky, waiting for Gd to write down what’s going to happen to me next year. Oh, well. It is kind of a neat image, after all.
G’mar chatima tova to my Jewish readers. To everyone else: No, it’s not acceptable to say “Happy Yom Kippur!”
I once sent in a donation to the public radio station in NYC simply because their DJ said, “This is WBAI, the station that will never wish you a happy Yom Kippur” during a pledge drive. (No, I didn’t do it on Yom Kippur.) Kathy something. Irish last name. Same name as a bar on Bloomfield Avenue in Clifton. It’ll come to me.
Rambling? Yes. Time to wrap things up.
Oh, yes. An easy fast to you, too.

October 1st, 2006 at 1:12 pm
A constructive Yom Kippur, of growth and self-understanding, of a greater connection to G-d.
October 1st, 2006 at 2:53 pm
and have an easy fast
October 2nd, 2006 at 12:47 pm
G’mar chatima tova
October 2nd, 2006 at 4:53 pm
If Happy Yom Kippur is not proper, what is?
October 2nd, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Don, well, “Have an easy fast” is a good one, but the main reason you don’t want to say “Happy Yom Kippur” is because you’re saying “Happy Day of Atonement.”
I really don’t think you’re trying to tell someone to be happy on the day they’re atoning for their sins. It makes you look silly.
You can just wish us a happy new year on Rosh Hashana and you’re pretty much done with the holiday greetings.
October 3rd, 2006 at 7:54 pm
Where on Bloomfield? I’ll drive by later and get you the name.
(I’m in Passaic Park.)