Jewish Haikus

Five thousand years a
wandering people—–then we
found the cabanas.

Lacking fins or tail
The gefilte fish swims with
Great difficulty.

Beyond Valium,
Peace is knowing one’s child
Is an internist.

On Passover we
Opened the door for Elijah
Now our cat is gone.

After the warm rain
The sweet smell of camellias
Did you wipe your feet?

Today I am a man.
Tomorrow I will return
To the seventh grade.

Testing the warm milk
On her wrist, she sighs softly.
But her son is forty.

The sparkling blue sea
Reminds me to wait an hour
After my sandwich.

Like a bonsai tree,
Is your terrible posture
At my dinner table.

The same kimono
the top geishas are wearing–
got it at Loehman’s.

Her lips near my ear,
Aunt Sadie whispers the name
of her friend’s disease.

Source: http://www.aish.com/j/j/52301132.html

Hello, and welcome back to Poetry Wednesday 9/16/09. You can sign in today and take the tour thru Thursday, so take your time.

I’ll be your hostess again this week. My sister, Sans Souci, has completed her poetry book, and is taking a break, but she will check in.

Before we get started, please make sure that your post has a link to get back to this page to make it easier to take the tour:

1) Copy and paste the following link that I have provided for you from this page to somewhere on your poetry post.

Link back to the Poetry Wednesday tour on Laurita’s page

2) Leave the link of your poetry post in the comments section below. This is the link guests will click on to read your poem.

The Jewish holiday known as Rosh Hashanah, The Jewish New Year, will begin this  Friday at sundown. Here’s a short overview:

The origin of Rosh Hashanahis Biblical (Lev. 23:23-25): “a sacred occasion commemorated with loud blasts (of the Shofar, the ram’s horn).” In Talmudic times, Rosh Hashanah became a celebration of the anniversary of the world’s creation and a day of self-examination, repentance and judgment.

Rosh Hashanah, a two day holiday, is both a solemn and happy occassion. Jews are solemn in their repentance, but happy in their confidence that God is merciful and good. On Rosh Hashanah, Jews listen to the Shofar (ram’s horn) blown during lengthy prayer services, eat holiday meals, and refrain from work. After repenting for bad deeds through prayers, they symbolically cast off sins through the Tashlich ceremony.

<What are Rosh Hashanah food customs?

Shehechiyanu) can be recited. Various symbolic foods – such as dates, pomegranates, pumpkin, leeks, beets – are traditionally eaten on the holiday.

Source: http://kosherfood.about.com/od/menusforroshhashana/a/rosh_trad.htm

The tour starts here…

But have a little something to eat first.

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Sep 14, ’09 Here’s my post for this week: http://lauritasita.multiply.com/journal/item/1461/Poetry_Wednesday_091609_The_Tree_of_Life

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delete reply starfishred wrote on Sep 14, ’09, edited on Sep 14, ’09 oh I love this http://starfishred.multiply.com/journal/item/1780/POETRY_WEDNESDAY-OCEAN-

delete reply bostonsdandd wrote on Sep 14, ’09, edited on Sep 14, ’09 Sorry! I didn’t know my page was closed LOL. It’s open now ;-). http://bostonsdandd.multiply.com/journal/item/356

delete reply kwika wrote on Sep 14, ’09 I’m in http://kwika.multiply.com/journal/item/190/Poetry_Wednesday_-_By_Wallace_Stevens

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Sep 15, ’09 bostonsdandd said Sorry! I didn’t know my page was closed LOL. It’s open now ;-). I’m glad you caughit it, LOL!

delete reply sassyangelac wrote on Sep 15, ’09 http://sassyangelac.multiply.com/journal/item/587/Poetry_Wednesday–Terrorist_No_More

delete reply caffeinatedjo wrote on Sep 15, ’09, edited on Sep 15, ’09 Love the haiku, Laura.  It made me smile. Here I am: http://caffeinatedjo.multiply.com/journal/item/130/Poetry_Wednesday_Heartsong

delete reply sylvie1 wrote on Sep 15, ’09, edited on Sep 15, ’09 AMAZING HAIKUS  INTERESTING BELIEFS, AND TRADITIONS. I A GLAD YOU HAVE ENDURED. http://sylvie1.multiply.com/journal/item/889/POETRY_WEDNESDAY_…_MIRRORS_OFAUTUMN

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delete reply sweetpotatoqueen wrote on Sep 15, ’09 Laurita: What a welcoming page and wonderful background of this holiday! The haikus are quite entertaining. Thank you! I can be found here this week:http://sweetpotatoqueen.multiply.com/journal/item/322/Poetry_Wednesday_On_The_Beach_At_Night

delete reply fransformation wrote on Sep 16, ’09 Yiddish humor is the funniest….Loved the “haiku”.. :~D Happy Rosh Hashanah to all my friends who are welcoming a new year. http://fransformation.multiply.com/journal/item/359/Poetry_Wednesday

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Sep 16, ’09 fransformation said Yiddish humor is the funniest….Loved the “haiku”.. :~D Happy Rosh Hashanah to all my friends who are welcoming a new year. Thank you so much !

delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Sep 16, ’09 Hi Laurita……………oh this food makes me hungry it looks so good. Here’s mine, will return at my leisure when i have time to savour the tour………thanks for hosting http://forgetmenot525.multiply.com/journal/item/404/Poetry_Wednesday_The_Colour_of_his_Hair

edit delete reply lauritasita wrote on Sep 16, ’09 forgetmenot525 said Hi Laurita……………oh this food makes me hungry it looks so good. Here’s mine, will return at my leisure when i have time to savour the tour………thanks for hosting Take your time Loretta, and don’t forget to grab something to eat on your way out !

delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Sep 19, ’09 Thanks Laurita……………..your chocolate cake was delicious, so was the home baked bread, that went down very well with the cheese and salad……………..makes reading so much more pleasurable when there is all this food around…..