I hereby declare this a thread for people to state a thing they love about being Jewish. Can be a big thing or a small thing; a thing about the religion or the culture or personality/physical traits; a thing usually celebrated or a thing usually scorned.
I love the fact that we dance with a huge scroll (or multiple scrolls) around our prayer space at least once a week, if not more. Like, what a mood.
I love the time we take to appreciate the moment
I love that even if I’m thousands of miles from home, all I have to do is walk into a synagogue’s kitchen on a Friday a couple of hours before sunset and say “Hey, do you need help? Can I cut up some fruit?” and suddenly I’m with family, even though we’ve never met before.
I love that I can physically manifest the holy in to my everyday life- from what I eat to what I wear, to what times in the week I do what things. I love turning the seemingly mundane activities of daily living in to the transcendental.
I love knowing that wherever I am in the world, if i can find other Jews, I’m at home.
I love how we sanctify time, and the cycles of day and night, the moon, and our trip around the sun.
I love how arguing a point and being open to new views is absolutely encouraged and deeply ingrained in our culture
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