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[ColinUK]

Hope you don't mind me asking but i'm interested...what does that mean?

Of course I don’t mind!
It means “Happy and sweet New Year”

It’s Rosh Hashona this weekend - that’s Jewish New Year. We’re just moving into year 5781.
Rosh Hashona isn’t like “normal” New Years insofar as it’s meant to be quite solemn. It marks the start of ten days of repentance which culminates in Yom Kippur. It’s also meant to be the day the Book of Life is opened so that what’s in store for the next year can be written down. The book is closed on Yom Kippur.

Goes without saying that this year it’ll be a lot different to usual. No big family gathering. There will be six of us at my parents but there’s usually something like 36 for dinner on Rosh Hashona. Probably double that for lunch.

 

[freesia]

Of course I don’t mind!
It means “Happy and sweet New Year”

It’s Rosh Hashona this weekend - that’s Jewish New Year. We’re just moving into year 5781.
Rosh Hashona isn’t like “normal” New Years insofar as it’s meant to be quite solemn. It marks the start of ten days of repentance which culminates in Yom Kippur. It’s also meant to be the day the Book of Life is opened so that what’s in store for the next year can be written down. The book is closed on Yom Kippur.

Goes without saying that this year it’ll be a lot different to usual. No big family gathering. There will be six of us at my parents but there’s usually something like 36 for dinner on Rosh Hashona. Probably double that for lunch.

I've heard the words Rosh Hashona and Yom Kippur before but never knew what they meant. Thank you. I find it really interesting. However many there are for dinner, i hope you enjoy it and fingers crossed it will be a better year.

 

[ColinUK]

I've heard the words Rosh Hashona and Yom Kippur before but never knew what they meant. Thank you. I find it really interesting. However many there are for dinner, i hope you enjoy it and fingers crossed it will be a better year.

It’s at times like this that I’m painfully aware of what’s missing thanks to COVID but thank you. And any other questions you’ve got don’t be afraid to ask. I might not be religious at all but I’ll certainly have a stab at answering them!

 

[freesia]

It’s at times like this that I’m painfully aware of what’s missing thanks to COVID but thank you. And any other questions you’ve got don’t be afraid to ask. I might not be religious at all but I’ll certainly have a stab at answering them!

I think Covid has a lot to answer for this year. I will do thank you. I'm not particularly religious myself but i do find it interesting.

 

[Edwin Wine]

Well done on your GREAT results @Edwin Wine 😎😛 & a cheeky little😉 from me!🙂

It will be interesting to see what the effect of not being able to take Metformin for 48 hours is. I have had to take something contra indicted.

 

[Bexlee]

6.2 at 6.58 am - must try an post in the mornings!

Thankgod it’s the weekend. I love been back and teaching again but it’s been hard this week ..... teach AND set work fo the multiple kids off for various reasons really takes time to make sure they can understand and do some questions while at home. I’m shattered!!

Been a right old battle with hypos last 2 days too.
Glad you survived @freesia hope other things improve soon too. Hope any other educators out there are settling back in well. I can’t quite remember who else that might be. And not only the teachers but forum members children too hope they’re settling back in.

 

[Northerner]

Good morning 🙂 5.3 for me today - so close! 🙂

 

[miguel81]

Good morning - 7.1

 

[Lanny]

05:36 BS 5.7 🙂 Even better than yesterday & effortless too!

Wow! Yesterday was one of those days where everything went to plan; don’t you just LOVE those days!😛😎😉 BS was in range all day on my previous doses so, whatever blip that caused them to rise is now over?🙄 I just read a recent post of @everydayupsanddowns where he said he’d been going through a similar thing & it’s just gone back to what it was before: the title of his thread “Toys back in the pram” really made me laugh! But, it really sums it up: my body had a childish tantrum; things are all sunny again!🙄

A Very Good Morning to you all & have a Wonderful Day!😉 I’m feeling quite Sunny on the Inside today & wish you all some of that LOVELY Inner Sunshine too that just warms you up on the Inside; WHATEVER the weather on the Outside!😛😎😉

 

[ColinUK]

5.3 this morning 🙂

 

[HenryBennett]

It will be interesting to see what the effect of not being able to take Metformin for 48 hours is. I have had to take something contra indicted.

It’s my understanding that it takes a couple of weeks for Metformin to make any difference, taking or stopping and you shouldn’t notice any difference with just 48 hours.

 

[HenryBennett]

I’ve crept up to 5.8 this morning. Probably the result of having half a fish supper last night - chips!! We only do this once every two months or so, and it tasted so good.
Have a great weekend. I’m not optimistic that Sarecens can beat Leinster this afternoon

 

[ColinUK]

I’ve crept up to 5.8 this morning. Probably the result of having half a fish supper last night - chips!! We only do this once every two months or so, and it tasted so good.
Have a great weekend. I’m not optimistic that Sarecens can beat Leinster this afternoon

Eat the other half of the fish supper maybe?

 

[MeeTooTeeTo]

4.4 for me this morning. 🙂

Dez

 

[Kaylz]

Morning

4.1 on waking, 2 glucose chews produced a pre breakfast 4.6 an hour later, quite fed up with this malarky 🙄

Have a nice day my lovelies
xx

 

[HenryBennett]

Eat the other half of the fish supper maybe?

And have my wife starve? 😱 😱

 

[Baz.]

Morning all, another week and another reading from me this time a 5.2 hope everyone is as well as can be

 

[Bloden]

Morning all. 🙂 7.7 here...only the pesky DF knows why!

What do you eat at New Year @ColinUK? Is there a traditional feast? I’m drooling thinking about it, especially if your mum’s doing the cooking.😛

 

[ColinUK]

Morning all. 🙂 7.7 here...only the pesky DF knows why!

What do you eat at New Year @ColinUK? Is there a traditional feast? I’m drooling thinking about it, especially if your mum’s doing the cooking.😛

Traditional foods include things like honey cake, round challah bread (with raisins and chocolate inside), pomegranate, apple dipped in honey.
Those are all ceremonial really as it’s meant to add sweetness to your coming year about the shape (round) signifies a new start.
The pomegranate is meant to contain 613 seeds and that’s meant to represent each one of the laws in the Torah.

As for the meal itself, well as you’re not supposed to do work on the festival itself it’s traditional to have a cold buffet. Probably something like fried fish, poached salmon, salads etc. That’s easier than having cold meats because of the rules about mixing milk and meat. It means you can have cream with dessert this way rather than being after meat in which case you couldn’t.

And cold fried fish isn’t in batter but is dipped in egg and matzo meal (finely ground matzo) then fried. It’s nearly always served cold and is delicious!

 

[ColinUK]

Woken this morning by our neighbour's cat wailing out front. Doesn't it know it's the weekend? Realised I wasn't going to be able to doze off again as I was wide awake so I'm up and about at 7am, just like weekdays. Unlike weekdays I don't expect to see my wife or our two boys for a good while yet.

Relieved to get a 5.3 this morning after an unexpected 7.0 post-prandial yesterday evening.

Whatever your plans enjoy your Saturday.

Martin

Woken up at about 5am by my own cat meowing like crazy and packing in circles on my bed. He kept it up just long enough so that I moved slightly and he then promptly curled up in the warm patch and fell asleep.