Guest guest Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 > > Interesting. " universal Christian phenomenon " ? Did it arise spontaneously > or was there already a tradition in the communities they came from? As > pointed out, there is fasting in Islam, and in Asia there are all kinds > of dietary/religion interfaces. I'm not sure about Judaism though. > > -- Heidi Yes, Judaism has something like 5 fast days per year (maybe more?). The most famous is Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) 10 days after the (autumn) start of the Jewish new year (collectively referred to as the High Holy Days). The problem is, in modern Judaism, you're not supposed to even drink water on Yom Kippur and sitting through a day of services with no water is more torture than healing. I'll bet the original, ancient practice allowed water with the purpose of resting the digestive system without stressing the body too much. I have absolutely NO evidence to support this assertion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 << The problem is, in modern Judaism, you're not supposed to even drink water on Yom Kippur and sitting through a day of services with no water is more torture than healing. I'll bet the original, ancient practice allowed water with the purpose of resting the digestive system without stressing the body too much. I have absolutely NO evidence to support this assertion.>> ..............sorry Daphne... you ARE supposed to torture your soul on Yom Kippur [if you subscribe to Judaism in any observant form... check the old testament]... no water! Dedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 In a message dated 9/14/03 3:34:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Dpdg@... writes: > <<The problem is, in modern Judaism, you're not supposed to even drink > water on Yom Kippur and sitting through a day of services with no water is more > torture than healing. > I'll bet the original, ancient practice allowed water with the purpose of > resting the digestive system without stressing the body too much. I have > absolutely NO evidence to support this assertion.>> > > .............sorry Daphne... you ARE supposed to torture your soul on Yom > Kippur [if you subscribe to Judaism in any observant form... check the old > testament]... no water! I had a Jewish biology teacher back in '99 who was fasting from food and water for some holiday, perhaps this one. She was absolutely delirious, and kept bursting into laughter for basically no reason. I never really understood why she didn't take the day off. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Yes but the old testament was oral tradition for thousands of years before being written down. But like I said I have no evidence to support my assertion, just a romantic notion. > << The problem is, in modern Judaism, you're not supposed to even drink water on Yom Kippur and sitting through a day of services with no water is more torture than healing. > I'll bet the original, ancient practice allowed water with the purpose of resting the digestive system without stressing the body too much. I have absolutely NO evidence to support this assertion.>> > > .............sorry Daphne... you ARE supposed to torture your soul on Yom Kippur [if you subscribe to Judaism in any observant form... check the old testament]... no water! > > Dedy > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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