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willowcrowned · 2 years

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what they don’t tell you about judaism is that sometimes you’ll be doing netilat yadaim out of a massive novelty mug with #hophip and a rabbit on it in between episodes of d20 and you’ll be forced to reckon with the fact that your shabbat plans are to drive to get coffee and play video games on your electronic devices while you put up paintings and cook on your stove

#there is definitely a strand of the multiverse where I turned out properly religious #actually there’s still a good chance of it if I live somewhere with religious jews #but like. doing shalom aleichem alone in an apartment REALLY drives home how much of the practical part of Judaism #which is the only part I’ve really ever been interested in #is community-oriented #like Friday evening you go for mincha maariv and Kabbalat shabbat #and then you talk to all your friends after and bring a bunch of them home for dinner #the meal lasts hours and then you do birkat hamazon together #and then you go to sleep #Saturday you wake up and you go to schul and you go over to someone’s house for lunch after the service ends #and THAT takes at least two hours #and then you come home and have a nap or read #and by the time you’re finished it’s time for havdalah *with your family*#idk getting VERY rambly in these notes but it’s like #interesting to me the way that it’s becoming clear that what I like about the knowledge and the rituals isn’t only the knowledge and rituals #which I do! i love it! i wish I’d studied Talmud more when I was younger and the resources were there #but that like. the clarity only comes in the absence of something I didn’t even realize was important #will I still do Shabbat every Friday night even when I’m alone? yes! of course!#it’s a part of me and a part of my life #and most importantly it’s proof that I DID beat my sister in terms of observance despite what everyone always said #(everyone knows that petty grudges are the most integral parts of Judaism)#but like. hm.#it would be nice to do Shabbat with people #it would be nice to know that some people are like me #willow’s life

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