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You say this as if it were not one of the major selling points.
I have to quote Cindy: "Will convert for food".
This year, Rosh Hashana (which is a 2-days holiday) is on Thursday and Friday, so it's right next to shabbat. This means that there will be three full days of large meals. People try to prepare themselves already.
People try to prepare themselves already.
Stomach-stretching exercises? Buying pants with elastic waistbands?
This means that there will be three full days of large meals.
Best. Holiday. Ever.
Send me some over.
Happy Birthdays, Nilly and Flea!
Yay, Matilda!
Stomach-stretching exercises? Buying pants with elastic waistbands?
Some people do that, too. Some are just moaning the "how much weight am I going to gain?", "which present will I have to bring to the annoying aunt?", "will we have to eat that disgusting thing that this annoying aunt is preparing?", "why on earth did I volunteer to host anything?" and "what are the current prices for flights abroad in the upcoming week?".
Send me some over.
The food is even nicer on Rosh Hashana, in some families (like, thankfully, mine), because parts of it are puns on the names of the foods, who are written or pronounced similarly to verbs or other words, so we can use the food as a way of asking something good for the upcoming year, using that verb. It's like eating a celery and saying "may we get a raise in salary", stuff like that. So the evening meals (during which this is conducted) are lots of fun.
Happy birthday, flea!!
It's like eating a celery and saying "may we get a raise in salary", stuff like that. So the evening meals (during which this is conducted) are lots of fun.
That's fantastic. I think eating greens in the new year here in the US is supposed to bring money, so that's more of a visual pun.
That's fantastic.
Yeah. Except for the "eating celery" part.
I love eating celery! It is an excellent carrier of dip.
Well, of course, we eat things that are punned in Hebrew (and ancient Hebrew, because these are ancient customs). The celery was just an "in English" example.
Oh, and apples with honey. Yum.
The celery was just an "in English" example.
Oh, I got that. I just took the opportunity to dis celery....