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I was not saying that our version of Ju Koon or my version of Yom Kippur was the SAME as Yom Kippur has been celebrated for thousands of years. On that score, I'm sure we haven't had any ritual animal sacrifice in quite some time.
But yeah, I spent too much of my childhood fasting for 12 hours and spending the whole damn day in synagogue. It was boring and horrible (though we kids made the best of it). As it turns out, discovered decades later, fasting every once in a while is really good for you .... but being told God commanded me to or gave fig about whether I did or not is just hogwash that I washed my hands of long ago.
I retained what I liked from the holiday (or lets just say, from the Jewish Holiday Season) and I'm glad some friends have added a bit to that. But that's NOT to say it happens whenever we please, and it's also not to insist we can't celebrate it when convenient (in the same way Halloween parties are often not on Halloween).
In this case, however, Ju Koon falls on a Friday night and Saturday. I don't know what could possibly be more convenient for a celebration among friends. What would be the point in picking some completely other weekend that's not Ju Koon weekend?
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