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So, I happened to discover today is european day of jewish culture, so my bestie and I went to visit the synangogue of our city Modena (italy).

It was built between 1869 and 1873 and I think it deservers to be seen by other people cause it’s so beautiful.

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The common wish during the months of Elul and Tishrei is "יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ שֶׁתְּחַדֵשׁ עָלֵינוּ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה" (Yehi Ratzon Milfanecha Sh'Techadesh Aleinu Shana Tova U'Metukah)- "May it be Your Will that You renew upon us a good and sweet year", or just abbreviated to "שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה" (Shana Tova U'Metukah)- "Good and sweet year".

The usual English translation of this is "Have a happy and sweet new year", but "טוֹבָה" (Tova) means "good", not happy. "שמחה" (Smecha) means happy.

I think this English translation is missing something crucial. We don't wish eachother a happy new year, we wish eachother a good new year.

Sometimes there are good things that happen in our lives that we might not be immediately happy about. We may break up with a toxic relationship, we may move to a new place, we may have new and uncertain changes that don't make us feel happy immediately, but ultimately turn out good for us.

On the flip side, there might be bad things that happen in our lives that make us feel happy initially. We may start a bad relationship that feels happy in the beginning, we may do things that make us feel happy in the beginning, but ultimately aren't good for us. Sometimes, initial happiness is deceptive.

While it's important to be happy, we shouldn't forget that sometimes bad things can make us feel happy in the beginning. But we don't want bad things to happen, we want good things. Even if the good things don't make us feel happy at first.

Hashem decides what our year has in store for us, and we want a good year. It might not be happy at first, but it's good. And we add on the "וּמְתוּקָה" (U'Metukah)- "and sweet", because we know that not all good things feel happy, but we don't want them to be totally upsetting. So we want even the complicated, difficult good things to be sweet, too. To take off the edge.

That's why we say "שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה" and not "שנה שמחה".

May we all have a good and sweet new year.

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Top 5 things Goyim ask when they discover I'm a Jew

1. Do you drive?

2. Have you seen Unorthodox?

3. Do you support Israel or Palestine?

4. So you can't eat bacon?

5. Do you know (insert random jewish person)

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Idk who needs to hear this but Judaism is a closed practice and having a percentage of Jewish ancestry in your DNA results on 23andMe does not mean you are automatically invited to partake in the practice or culture.

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yes ❤❤❤

A Short Jewish Prayer for Anxiety

written by me, 2022

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G-d of Israel, turn my mind to You

Shepherd of Israel, guide me with the crook of Your staff

Rock of Israel, be my strength

Holy One of Israel, banish anxiety from my thoughts

L-rd of Hosts, send your Angels to guard me

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Any help translating this into Hebrew and providing a transliteration would be appreciated! I don’t trust myself to accurately translate it lol

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