In this post I have collected some of the things I witnessed during the High Holy days that I thought were funny, examples of missing the boat or just strange.
1. People that drove to and fro from tashlich on Rosh Hashana.
2. An individual who belongs to a group of Klal Yisroel that doesn't eat before the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashana so I heard him telling someone else that he woke up, blew shofar and then happily had a hearty breakfast of cheesecake and coffee. I think he went l'shitaso after Yom Kippur when he couldn't even wait for havdalah to break his fast.
3. The person telling his son on Yom Kippur that unesane tokef is the most important part of the prayer service, so he should make sure to say it.
4. Those that wished to pray netz so they prayed at a synagogue that has a different liturgy than they are accustomed to, so they had to leave in a jiffy after the silent Shemonei Esrai, not even waiting around for kedusha.
5. Someone who was learning during the al chate recitation of chazaras hashatz.
6. A rabbi who always (almost every holiday, especially by the second half of Sukkot and Pesach,) who has to explain why the new fruit is only placed out on the second day of Rosh Hashana.
7. The fastest maariv of the year; motzei Yom Kippur.
8. Myself, who was just paying attention to all the above things.
Hopefully, there will be more after Sukkot.
good list. I can't relate to the fastest maariv because where I davened the maariv was longer than a normal weekday. Although not as long as maarvi leil yom kippur
ReplyDeleteThat seems odd. The matter Efrain explicitly said that maariv should not be long on moetzi Yom Kippur. The Elf lemagen adds that it should not be too far either. Seems a bit much to make a longer maariv just to prove a point.
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