Happy Hanukkah!

Ilovepoker
Wed, 08 Dec 2004 23:26:16 +0000

I love being lectured about judaism from a bunch of kids who have no idea what they’re talking about! You guys have some real nerve just assuming that I’m an idiot. I’m an orthodox Jew (and now i’m sure you’re all going to yell at me for being a fanatic), and Chanukah is not a minor holiday. Yes there is a certain hierarchy of holidays with the rosh hashonah and yom kippur being the “most” important. Then there’s the shalosh regalim of Shavuot, Pesach (Passover), and Succoth. That doesn’t mean that people should arbitralily “postpone” holidays and you’re wrong about people not postponing Passover because I’ve witnessed it happen. I’ve had experience with people getting offended at someone insulting the way they choose to practice their faith but just as you have your right to freedom of religion I have mine as well and I’m perfectly entitled to criticize what I think is a sorry state of affairs in the Jewish world. To answer the questions being asked…it’s extremely easy to convert to judaism unless you’re converting through an Orthodox Rabbi in which case they try to deduce if your motives are completely pure (not for marriage). Orthodox Jews hold you are Jewish if and only if your mother is jewish while the rest of the sects will accept either/or. I know I’m really ignorant so I’m hoping you can teach me more about Judaism guys…especially since you’re applying to Yale and clearly superior in every way!