Showing posts with label Fasting for One Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fasting for One Day. Show all posts

Friday, September 17, 2010

To All my Jewish Friends, the World Over...

...keep the fast, as I do the same. I have been derisively called 'a Jew' for observing Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

Being a "Jew" is in my blood, from back in the late 1700s. I cannot claim I am a Jew, as my mother was Greek, and half-Polish. On my father's side, however, that is where the sparks flow.

But today, proclaiming you are a Jew has its consequences, doesn't it?

I still, every year, observe Yom Kippur, as I wish everyone would. A whole day of fasting? Ouch, you may say, but if you try it, you might find it very beneficial to deny yourself food for ONE day!

Fasting for a day just might show you something about yourself!