If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

call me perverse but i love living in a world where everyone is preparing for a specific day- sometimes stressing no end out those preparations - while i kindly watch the mishegoss and think "how nice that this is just an ordinary suday for me." it means that stores are emptier and airports less crowded and at 2 pm the cars are off the streets.

 

what's really interesting is how much we jews are forced to learn about the christian world while there is little that compels them to learn about our year. like lunar months, rosh chodesh, the meaning of the sabbath, why I don't go to the theatre on friday nights. that chanukah isn't really a big deal at all, and so many of their symbols were taken from jewish useage, and while of course we accept the historical jesus we stop at that line. that seders are not somber somber events where we eat dry crackers and horseradish and talk about death. and we are more likely to buy new clothing for rosh hashanah than pesach. and spring cleaning has it's root in kashrut. baptism in the mikveh, or mardi gras in purim. but enough.  i like chocolate bunnies as much as the nice guy. just don't start eating them by chomping off their heads. talk about venial sins. oh man.