Pre-Rosh-HaShannah Amusement, Local Style

[gnomi]

So I was out and about on Harvard St. (the center of Jewish shopping in the Boston area) this morning, running various errands (including buying this year's Shabbat times magnet). When I was done, I was near the Butcherie, so I decided to stop in and see if they carried evaporated milk (with Butcherie on the corner by our place, it's not uncommon for me to use Butcherie as my not-as-convenient-hours Store 24 equivalent). I knew that, with it being the last full day before Rosh HaShannah, the Butcherie was going to be a zoo, but I had the time, and I was only looking for one, non-essential item, so I figured I'd drop in and take my chances.

I walked in the door and immediately ran into Craig, the guy in charge of stock at Butcherie. "gnomi!" he said, "You know better!"

"I do," I said. "But I've got some time to kill, so I figured I'd find out if you had any evaporated milk."

"I'm all out," he said.

"OK, then," I said, surveying the crowded aisle and the people coming and going around me. "Be well; I'll probably see you some time after Sukkot."

"Eh, it won't be that long," Craig responded. "Most of these people have never heard of Sukkot."

Comments

[bluepapercup]

hee hee hee.

[farwing.livejournal.com]

*gigglesnort*

[cellio]

Sad but probably true.

[zsero.livejournal.com]

Sad. Many uneducated Jews make a big fuss over Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, and don't realise that any ordinary Shabbat is more important than Yom Kippur, as evidenced by the fact that an ordinary Shabbat has 7 aliyot, while Yom Kippur only has 6 (and other festivals, including Rosh Hashana, only have 5).

And among the festivals, Shavuot is by far the most important - the only one on which fasting for any reason is forbidden - but the least considered.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I stopped there on Friday and was surprised by how long the lines were... I hadn't really thought about it.