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22, bi, female, patrilineal jew, ex-Catholic. B’ezrat HaShem I’ll be making it *official* by taking the plunge in 5782.

[beshert-bh]

Big news. I came out to my goyische aunt as bisexual/queer and I told her I want to convert to Judaism!!! It went so well BH (she was a safe one to come out to because I knew she’d be accepting whereas most of my family won’t be). Feels good to have someone in my corner 🥺

[jewish-kulindadromeus]

Since This Is Confusing To Some

Months of the Jewish Calendar, in Order, with simplified Breakdown  

NISAN/ניסן - New Year for Kings, Pesach, Mimouna/Buho, Yom HaShoah 

IYYAR/אייר - Modern Israel Holidays, Pesach Sheni, Lag B’Omer 

SIVAN/סיון - Shavuot 

TAMMUZ/תמוז - Tzom Tammuz 

AV/אב - Tisha b’Av, Tu b’Av 

ELUL/אלול - New Year for Animals, Anakel Astar’i & Asartu Wasamantu 

TISHREI/תשרי - Rosh Hashanah, Tzom Gedalia, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Sh’mini Atzeret, Simchat Torah 

MARCHESHVAN/מרחשון - Sigd & associated Beta Israel holidays

KISLEV/כסלו - Chanukah 

TEVET/טבת - Chanukah, Asarah b’Tevet 

SHEVAT/שבט - Wamashi Brobu, Tu B’Shevat 

ADAR/אדר - Ta’anit Ester, Purim, Sushan Purim 

(if a second Adar is added, the above is Adar 2; with Adar 1 having Purim Katan) 

Seasons (Northern Hemisphere): 

Spring: Nisan, Iyyar, Sivan  Summer: Tammuz, Av, Elul  Autumn: Tishrei, Marcheshvan, Kislev  Winter: Tevet, Shevat, Adar 

aka, Elul is the sixth month of the Jewish calendar. We celebrate the New Year in the seventh month because History, and also Shabbat. Elul is not the twelfth month. 

This has been a PSA 

[beshert-bh]

The more you know!!! The 7th day is the transition to a new week, and the 7th month is the transition to a new year

[youdieinstantly]

Ruth Bader Ginsberg,

March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020

17th of Adar, 5693 - 1st of Tishrei, 5781

May her memory be a blessing.

[beshert-bh]

Just now seeing this and thought I’d share ❤️

May her memory be a revolution!

[beshert-bh]

Shavua tov 💕

How’s everyone feeling about Yom Kippur this year? I feel like it’s going to be a little different than usual because of quarantine but I’m trying to make the most of it nonetheless.

[uwumars]

The shofar is just a big kazoo

[challahbeloved]

Hey! I want to start saying brachot more often, so I created a lock screen guide with the different food blessings. I made it so it isn’t blocked by the time, date, Hebrew date, or “press home to open” labels. I made several color options for anyone interested in using it!

Ritual handwashing, hamotzi, and wine/grape juice are in smaller print because those are ones that I have memorized.

“Grain Sustenance” refers to anything made from grain (wheat, barley, rye, spelt or oat) that isn’t bread: cake, pastries, pasta, couscous, farfel, most crackers and cereals. I specifically included sustenance (from mezonot) in the title because it’s a helpful reminder for me and others that haven’t had a good relationship with food in the past that yes, these items are absolutely sustanence that you can and should be eating (unless you have an allergy of course).

Fruit of the Trees: something grown from a perennial tree that does not renew its stem and does not grow too close to the ground. Examples: apples, grapes, and nuts (not peanut).

Veggies and Other Fruits: These are the “fruits of the earth” which includes vegetables, legumes, peanuts, and any fruit that doesn’t fit the tree fruit description. Examples of that include bananas, melon, pineapple, and some berries.

Miscellaneous: all other food. Meat, fish, eggs, cheese, mushrooms, candy, water, non-grape drinks, etc.

For more details and rules, check out Jewish Virtual Library. They have tables with more examples, and specifics about when and how to say the blessings.

[beshert-bh]

I. Love. This.

[starlightomatic]

simple things you can do for your first rosh hashanah:

- eat apples and honey

- eat challah and honey

- bake round challah

- reflect on the previous year, what happened for you, how you’ve changed, how you want to act differently in the coming year

- light candles on rosh hashanah eve

- do kiddush (wine blessing) and hamotzi (bread blessing) on Rosh Hashanah eve

- socially distanced outdoor apples + honey with a friend

- zoom prayer service if you feel up to it

- tashlich - go to a body of water, think of the ways you acted last year that you want to leave in the past or any harm you may have caused others, pick up some small stones or sticks, attach the bad actions to the objects in your head, then toss them away into the water

- listen to a recording of someone blowing a shofar (ram’s horn)

[beshert-bh]

and that’s on eating apples & honey all week long

[istodayajewishholiday]

September 21, 2020 - 3 Tishrei, 5781

Today is the Fast of Gedaliah, observed the day after Rosh Hashanah.

The Fast of Gedaliah is a dawn to sunset fast to commemorate the death of the governor of Judah, whose assassination ended Jewish prospects in the region of Judea after the destruction of the first temple.

Today is the third of the Ten Days of Return (also translated as the Ten Days of Repentance). It is a period for reflection, prayer, and heightened tzedakah.

[istodayajewishholiday]

September 20, 2020 - 2 Tishrei, 5781

Yes, celebration of Rosh Hashanah continues today, and ends today at sundown.

Today is the Second Day of the Ten Days of Return.

L’Shanah tovah!

[istodayajewishholiday]

September 19, 2020 - 1 Tishrei, 5781

It’s 5781!

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish year, and the anniversary of creation.

Observances of the holiday include the sounding of the shofar, a ram’s horn, baking the challah into a circular loaf to signify the cyclical nature of the year.

Greetings for the holiday include  “L’shanah tovah”—“To a good year,” and “G’mar chatimah tovah”—”May you be inscribed in the Book of Life”

Rosh Hashanah begins the High Holidays, which culminates in Yom Kippur, the day of atonement. Today also begins the Ten Days of Return during which Jewish people will begin repentance leading up to Yom Kippur.

L’shanah tovah!

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Ready for Rosh Hashanah?

[beshert-bh]

Conversion & relationships

Any future/potential converts, Jews-in-progress, or Jews by choice, I have a question. How did your conversion affect your friendships and your romantic relationships? Feel free to reply to this post or PM me.

[becomingjuwuish]

my signif, although not wanting to convert themself, is looking foreward to having a jewish home together when we move out together. They participate with me in holidays and shabbat, and they came to shabbat services with me when they could (back when it was open) :) my friends are open and let me infodump!

[beshert-bh]

that’s amazing!! they sound super supportive and respectful. <3

[beshert-bh]

Shana tova 5781! 🍎🍯

[tariqah]

Broke: Judeo-Christian

Woke: Judeo-Islamic

[madilik]

every time i see this post i think abt the time when i listened to a bunch of muslim and jewish students spent their entire 10 minute break arguing abt whether god actually cares you eat gummy bears (made with gelatin derived from pork) or not, standing by the vending machine and eating gummy bears the whole time

[sasgayjewchiha]

what a power move

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Shavua tov! 💕

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Chodesh tov & gut shabbos!!!

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Rosh Chodesh Iyar

Some interesting information (from Chabad.org) about the month of Iyar:

Each day of Iyar represents another step in this spiritual journey toward Sinai.

There are not many “special days” in Iyar, but every single day of the month is part of the Sefirat HaOmer. It is a mitzvah to count every day between Pesach and Shavuot.

G-d promised that if Israel followed his ways, he would provide protection, “for I am G‑d your Healer (אני י‑י רפאך).” The acronym for this last phrase spells out the name of the month of Iyar (אייר), thus indicating that Iyar is a propitious time for healing.

In the spirit of Iyar let us all say tehillim and ask G-d to bring us healing from the coronavirus pandemic we are all experiencing. Let us utilize this month of Iyar as a way to grow spiritually, in the spirit of how our ancestors journeyed toward Sinai.