But where do they put the Ben and Jerry's ice cream? I was informed (by Jews, no less) that it was all right to eat B&J's on Yom Kippur, since it's Jewish food.
As far as I know (having been raised Conservative, not currently practicing) and am concerned, the only exceptions for fasting on Yom Kippur are for health concerns. There may be a syndrome in which Ben & Jerry's is therapeutic, but I've never heard of it :-)
Proving once again (as if it needed it) that Judaism is as far from monolithic a culture as there is.
I wish. Though I think they didn't actually believe it was all right. A friend and I were coming back from Kol Nidrei at college and dropped in on two friends who hadn't been at service, to find them watching TV and eating ice cream. My friend said, "Uh... it's Yom Kippur." One of our other friends said, "Yeah, I know. It's Ben and Jerry's!"
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Date: 2005-12-22 05:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-22 05:39 pm (UTC)Well, yeah. But isn't matzah the only Jewish food? That and Reubens.
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Date: 2005-12-22 06:57 pm (UTC)Which are put out for post-Yom Kippur, eh?
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Date: 2005-12-22 10:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-23 03:21 pm (UTC)Oy.
As far as I know (having been raised Conservative, not currently practicing) and am concerned, the only exceptions for fasting on Yom Kippur are for health concerns. There may be a syndrome in which Ben & Jerry's is therapeutic, but I've never heard of it :-)
Proving once again (as if it needed it) that Judaism is as far from monolithic a culture as there is.
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Date: 2005-12-24 09:21 pm (UTC)I wish. Though I think they didn't actually believe it was all right. A friend and I were coming back from Kol Nidrei at college and dropped in on two friends who hadn't been at service, to find them watching TV and eating ice cream. My friend said, "Uh... it's Yom Kippur." One of our other friends said, "Yeah, I know. It's Ben and Jerry's!"