# Chag Samech - Happy New Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185 "2021-09-06T21:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/1 "2021-09-06T21:24:13Z")
To my fellow Members of the Tribe, to a sweet and healthy year! > **[Happy Rosh Hashanah from one guilt-ridden, non-practicing Jew to another.](https://www.someecards.com/rosh-hashanah-cards/rosh-hashanah-guilty-non-practicing-jew-funny-ecard/)** > > Free and Funny Rosh Hashanah Ecard: Happy Rosh Hashanah from one guilt-ridden, non-practicing Jew to another. Create and send your own custom Rosh Hashanah ecard. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/2 "2021-09-06T21:26:10Z")
L’shana Tova! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/3 "2021-09-06T21:26:59Z")
And here’s another Rosh Hashanah well-wisher: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rosh-hashanah-dopers/950179/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-rosh-hashanah-dopers/950179/) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/4 "2021-09-06T22:18:53Z")
Another nonpracticer weighing in. May 5782 be kind to all! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/5 "2021-09-06T23:27:14Z")
Sweetness! We need a year of sweetness for all! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/6 "2021-09-06T23:28:34Z")
Yet another non-practicing and non-believing. And this one’s guilt-free. Damn, is it 5782 already? ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/7 "2021-09-06T23:30:59Z")
Thankfully, this thread reminded me to send an email off to abba wishing him well (practicing, but reform) and the swarm of my extended Israeli kin (many many cousins and their kids). I am now in good standing to return to my normal, guilt ridden, non practicing existence as I make green chile cheeseburgers for the holiday (no bacon though). A happy new year to the tribe, may it be better than the last, a phrase that has been repeated for the last 4, and the first that looks like it has a chance of success! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/8 "2021-09-07T00:18:39Z")
L’Shana Tova! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/9 "2021-09-07T00:24:58Z")
Happy new year! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/10 "2021-09-07T01:00:33Z")
Happy 5782!! _::: throws confetti :::_ - Resident SDMB Schrödinger Jew ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/11 "2021-09-06T18:14:34Z")
Shana Tova, Y’all ! Have a meaningful & safe High Holy Day! [https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/241466469\_284730673086001\_8915446178383385621\_n.png?\_nc\_cat=107&ccb=1-5&\_nc\_sid=ae9488&\_nc\_ohc=yCb5gGvccNsAX\_9QxAF&tn=Ch1bPmTVAWd4zN3Y&\_nc\_ht=scontent.ftpa1-1.fna&oh=0659cd46b614934d639d274cacb36854&oe=615D3270](https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/241466469_284730673086001_8915446178383385621_n.png?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=yCb5gGvccNsAX_9QxAF&tn=Ch1bPmTVAWd4zN3Y&_nc_ht=scontent.ftpa1-1.fna&oh=0659cd46b614934d639d274cacb36854&oe=615D3270) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/12 "2021-09-06T23:38:14Z")
Happy new year! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/13 "2021-09-07T01:21:26Z")
Merging to very similar threads. Wishing everyone a sweet and healthy new year. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/14 "2021-09-07T01:23:20Z")
I just got off my congregation’s zoom feed from the hybrid service. The times they are a changing. They did a decent job running a hybrid service, all things considered. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/15 "2021-09-07T01:47:24Z")
Thanks, and same to you all! I am decidedly non-practicing, but my wife does. I’m away visiting family (my non-practicing father, who is non-religious for very different reasons than me), while she’s stuck at home with an injured back (basically semi-bedridden since Passover . . . long story). She was able to make herself a meal for tonight (and we ordered challah and rugelach from a local shop) and zoomed with temple. Before we were together I had never done anything for the new year holidays. Now I at least value our practice at home as a moment of reflection for us together, and I kind of miss it being away. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/16 "2021-09-07T02:22:49Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I just got off my congregation’s zoom feed from the hybrid service. The times they are a changing. They did a decent job running a hybrid service, all things considered. I watched mine on YouTube. Last year it was zoom. I sure hope next year it’s in person. L’shana tovah to all. I hope it’s a sweet(er) year. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/17 "2021-09-07T03:41:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > L’shana tovah And to you. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/18 "2021-09-07T04:50:29Z")
We had a little bit of participation from the folks on zoom. Which makes it a little nicer than YouTube, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/19 "2021-09-07T08:50:42Z")
My frustration with Zoom is that the only thing I have that’s Zoom-capable in my Kindle Fire, and it being several years old doesn’t handle the video well. My phone is too small, and my desktop computer doesn’t have a camera or microphone (didn’t include them when I assembled it). I have a headset I can plug in, and watch other people, but no one can see me. Also, my work schedule can make it hard to be available for Zooming. I “go” to services vicariously, usually on YouTube or Facebook live. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185/20 "2021-09-07T10:09:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Damn, is it 5782 already? Tell me about it. And I’m gonna be writing “5781” on my checks for weeks still. JK - I don’t write checks anymore [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chag-samech-happy-new-year/950185.md?page=2)