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Just wanted to tell you that I love your story about the monster under the fridge, especially the ending!!!!!! Hope you're having a wonderful day and that it becomes even better as it continues!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! I’m sorry I take so long to get to asks, life has been a trash fire lately (I keep saying that, I suppose in hopes that the trash fire will die down, but alas, there’s always more trash)

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Sooooooo are you truscum? If not you might want to delete that post about non-dysphoric trans people "stealing" hormones from dysphoric trans people?

that post was sarcastic ^^ fagcel, the perosn who made it, is anti-truscum. sorry, some people did get confused but i can confirm 100% it was sarcastic.

we on the blog are anti-truscum!

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persephonbee reblogged your post:SIEGE OF THE SEA DEVILS

Ok but where can I eat them?

A lot of places on the gulf coast and going a bit up the east coast in the US have Lionfish on the menu, and many of them promote it, so if you google “Restaurants that serve Lionfish near (your location)” you should come up with a few results!

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Do you think it would be okay to celebrate Shabbat on a Thursday night instead of a Friday night? My job requires that I work all day and night on Fridays and weekends and by the time I get home it's often 1 am or 2 am but I really miss celebrating shabbat. I'm a lapsed Reform Jew trying to get back into Judaism in an area without many Jews. Being able to say the prayers, light the candles, sip the wine, eat some egg bread (nowhere to buy challah around me), and contemplate would be very nice.

I’m glad you’re looking for ways to connect with your Judaism, but like all questions of observance I can’t make the decision for you. However, I can give you a little background on why you might decide it is or isn’t okay. I can also throw in some alternative ideas. If you’ve got access to a Reform rabbi irl, it might help to reach out.@progressivejudaism is studying to be that Reform rabbi and I’m sure would be happy to help you think this through. ReformJudaism.org also takes questions and has rabbis that would (probably, I can’t read minds) love to talk about this with you. I’ll do my best to answer, but I’d really like you to talk with a Reform rabbi since my answer might read more liberal Conservative than Reform.

Traditionally speaking, Shabbat is Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown. Period. The end. It also traditionally requires specific day-long observance in addition to the Friday night candles/challah/liquid-grape ritual.

However, since when have all Jews done everything the same way? Never.

You’re not the first person to consider moving Shabbat around. At times, German and American Jews have moved (or considered moving) Shabbat to Sundays. If you want to read more, here’s a scholarly article and here’s a shorter read covering similar information. Today, it’s considered pretty controversial to move Shabbat around, and it’s quite likely any rabbi will advise against it.

(Warning: in the following paragraphs I use “practice” as in ‘do something over and over again to learn’ and “practice” as in ‘observance.’ I tried subbing things out and this didn’t work. I’m sorry non-native English speakers and basically everyone)

Even without moving Shabbat around, you could certainly “practice” for Shabbat whenever you’ve got the time. Your evening off might be a great time to start figuring out what works for you and building your own Shabbat practices.

Many Sunday school kids “practice” saying the Shabbat blessings over candles, wine, and challah. If you feel comfortable, you might choose to “practice” these blessings for learning. This could be little iffy from a traditional Jewish law perspective (especially if you already know the blessings), but I think it’s worth bringing up with a rabbi. A rabbi might also have ideas for when/how you could work these rituals around your busy Friday/Saturday work schedule.

But keeping Shabbat isn’t just the Friday night candles/challah/wine. There are many ways to keep Shabbat, some traditional and some not. There are lots of books on keeping a traditional Shabbat, both rules and why (but I don’t know of any written from a Reform perspective). Shabbat practices like eating good food, relaxing, studying Jewish texts, spending time with family/friends, and not doing “work” (as halachically defined) are 100% okay to try outside Shabbat. Your night off might be a time to play around and develop an observance for that someday when you can get Saturdays off.

Even if you can’t make Shabbat work out, I’d ask a rabbi about havdala. Havdala is a really beautiful ritual that marks the end of Shabbat. It’s traditionally performed after sundown on Saturday night, but I’ve heard at least once (but can’t seem to source this so maybe I’m wrong) that it can be celebrated late, even as late as Tuesday! I have personally found that havdala is less meaningful if I haven’t already marked that Shabbat as special in some way, but I still think it’s worth your consideration. If you (or anyone) ends up looking to learn how to say havdala blessings, Moishe House has a video.

If you’re in the U.S., there are some legal protections (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act) that might help you change your schedule to be more compatible with Shabbat. Depending on your job and how shifts are divvied up, it may or many not help. I’m not sure. A rabbi or an organization like the ACLU might know more.