Tonight (Monday oct. 3) is Rosh HaShana – the Jewish New Year.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish a year of peace, success and prosperity to all the Jewish Dopers, as well as to all those Dopers not fortunate enough to have been born Jewish ;j
Shana Tova! לשנה טובה תכתבו ותחתמו
(And also – Blessed Ramadan to all Muslim Dopers)
Dani
Oy to the world!
Shalom. ;j
May you all be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year. ;j
Shanah Tovah! ;j
La Chayam!
A Jewish girl tells her Catholic college roommate that she’s going home for Rosh Hashanah.
The Catholic girl asks the Jewish girl, “Is that the holiday when you light the eight candles?”
“No,” the Jewish girl replies. “That’s Hanukah.”
The Catholic girl then asks the Jewish girl, “Is that the holiday when you eat the unleavened bread?”
“No,” the Jewish girl replies. “That’s Passover. Rosh Hashanah is the holiday when we blow the shofar.”
“See,” the Catholic Girl replies. “That’s what I like about you Jews…you’re so good to your help.”
L’chaim and Sholom.
Shanah Tovah everyone!
Happy New Year! (A chance to use the Happy Jewish Man smiley? How could I pass it up?) ;j
I assign Anaamika to be the official shabbis goy. 
Revenge for the pirate ship thread… 
Def: **Shabbos Goy ** - A non-Jew who does work on Sabbath that a Jew cannot do.
Shabbes Shikse, please!
Last I heard, mika was very definitely female
And Anaamika – when’s your (Hindi) new year?
Thanks!
Unfortunately, I can’t do much to observe it this year. I’ve got a major paper due and since Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur fall on Tuesday and Thursday, I can’t skip the same classes twice. 
Robin
Dang it, I just wrote a check and still put 5765 as the year…
I am most definitely female, and **Quickie ** most definitely knows it. After all, he was a concubine on my all-female pirate ship.
Quickie, thanks for translating, I would not have known what it meant. And, I gladly accept, provided it’s not a joke. bows deeply
Noone Special, **Diwali ** (festival of lights) is coming up next month, which is the biggest holiday of our year, and our New Year, as well.
Hey, how did I miss out on that job application!? :smack: :mad:
I can assure you, it wasn’t a joke – A Shabbes Goy is hired help with observant Jewish households whose job it is to do various things (like turn lights on and off) that are forbidden to observant Jews on the Sabbath.
My own interjection, however, was a joke – a Shikseh is what a Jewish Mother calls a Goya (a gentile (non-Jewish) woman) when her son is going out with her… :eek:
Cool… kind of early, however, no? Aren’t most of the Light Festivals all clustered around the Winter Solstice?
Happy Jewish New Year to you guys. Or, as Biff put it, Happy Newish Jew Year.
Ok, so what do you guys need me to do? Turn lights on and off? Just remember, I’m not all that reliable, and I’d rather play instead. Let’s see…maybe I could turn on the wrong light every time?
In regards to Diwali:
:rolleyes: Just because all the *other * light festivals…
Seriously, it doesn’t have much to do with the Winter Solstice, at least I don’t think so. Diwali is the epic day when Rama returns, having defeated Ravana in the jungle and restored order to Ayodha & Sri Lanka. We light every light in the house to
a) guide him home
b) Guide the Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth, into our home.
Diwali is the 1st of November, so anyone who is waiting for a winning Lotto ticket, that is the day to leave a light burning all night.
As for the pirate ship, your own bloody fault…it was on the boards and went to 5 pages, as I recall!
There’s also such a thing as a shegetz, which is a non-J boy going with a J girl.
At least there used to be. I was one myself once.
You never did catch that stinker who kept trying to sink your ship, did you?
You can dress in some flowy robes and peel me a grape. We’ll see what gets turned on as things go… 