Alanzo
Bardo Tulpa
I've always been a Jew Wannabe, and this weekend, Yom Kippur, is a big reason why.
Yes, I lived in Israel for a while, and yes, I attended the propaganda sessions on the Kibbutz which brainwashed me against the PLO. I hitchhiked across beautiful valleys with gleaming midevil monasteries shining through clouds. I haggled with Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem over the price of filafil and commemorative crosses, and watched the army drag Palestinians from their shops and homes, and did nothing more than remark at the resemblance to Nazi tactics, later to speculate on the PTSness of it all.
But none of that is what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about tonight, this Shabbat, is the redemption from it all. The time when we can all atone for our sins, if we just accept and allow the most valuable of all religious ideas and holidays - Yom Kippur.
It is the Day of Atonement on which we right ourselves and ask for absolution for our sins against God.
This is a fantastic thing.
Thank you, Jews.
Yes, I lived in Israel for a while, and yes, I attended the propaganda sessions on the Kibbutz which brainwashed me against the PLO. I hitchhiked across beautiful valleys with gleaming midevil monasteries shining through clouds. I haggled with Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem over the price of filafil and commemorative crosses, and watched the army drag Palestinians from their shops and homes, and did nothing more than remark at the resemblance to Nazi tactics, later to speculate on the PTSness of it all.
But none of that is what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about tonight, this Shabbat, is the redemption from it all. The time when we can all atone for our sins, if we just accept and allow the most valuable of all religious ideas and holidays - Yom Kippur.
It is the Day of Atonement on which we right ourselves and ask for absolution for our sins against God.
This is a fantastic thing.
Thank you, Jews.
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