Yom Kippur

[Anonymous]

How do I wish someone well on Yom Kippur? "Happy Yom Kippur" seems wrong.

I grew up in the south without many Jewish friends, but now want to wish my neighbors well.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

L'shana Tovah! May the fast be easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:L'shana Tovah! May the fast be easy.

Great, thank you!

[Anonymous]

Have an easy fast.

[Anonymous]

"Yom Kippur - I'm sorry!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:L'shana Tovah! May the fast be easy.

Great, thank you!

Isn't that for Rosh Hashanah?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have an easy fast.

I was told this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:L'shana Tovah! May the fast be easy.

Great, thank you!

Isn't that for Rosh Hashanah?

Right, L'shana Tova refers to a good/new year. Not "May your fast be easy."

OP, I really don't say stuff to my Jewish friends. I think it's odd. They don't tell me Merry Christmas or Happy Easter. I'm fine with that. If I were to say something, I'd use English, not Hebrew. "May your fast be easy" would have been more appropriate for yesterday (prior to Yom Kippur). You could always say something tomorrow like,"I hope you had a nice Break Fast."

[Anonymous]

Op, I think it's really kind of you to want to wish your Jewish friends well on their holidays. I have Jewish acquaintances that wish me 'happy holidays' and I'd like to do the same. So glad you posted this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do I wish someone well on Yom Kippur? "Happy Yom Kippur" seems wrong.

I grew up in the south without many Jewish friends, but now want to wish my neighbors well.

Thanks.

Yom Kippur is a day of atonement.

It's not a happy day where people eat and socialize.

[Anonymous]

"Happy High Holidays"

"Blessed Yom Kippur"

"Wish you well and your family well on Yom Kippur"

"Yom Kippur Greetings"

"Best of Holidays"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do I wish someone well on Yom Kippur? "Happy Yom Kippur" seems wrong.

I grew up in the south without many Jewish friends, but now want to wish my neighbors well.

Thanks.

Yom Kippur is a day of atonement.

It's not a happy day where people eat and socialize.

Sure it is, at the break-fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:L'shana Tovah! May the fast be easy.

Great, thank you!

Isn't that for Rosh Hashanah?

Right, L'shana Tova refers to a good/new year. Not "May your fast be easy."

OP, I really don't say stuff to my Jewish friends. I think it's odd. They don't tell me Merry Christmas or Happy Easter. I'm fine with that. If I were to say something, I'd use English, not Hebrew. "May your fast be easy" would have been more appropriate for yesterday (prior to Yom Kippur). You could always say something tomorrow like,"I hope you had a nice Break Fast."

My Jewish friends tell me Merry Christmas, but some spend the holiday with us! lol

I've never said anything on Yom Kippur. Hanukkah and Rosh Hashanah, yes

But Yom Kippur is not a joyful holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Yom Kippur - I'm sorry!"

Lol. Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:L'shana Tovah! May the fast be easy.

Great, thank you!

Isn't that for Rosh Hashanah?

Right, L'shana Tova refers to a good/new year. Not "May your fast be easy."

OP, I really don't say stuff to my Jewish friends. I think it's odd. They don't tell me Merry Christmas or Happy Easter. I'm fine with that. If I were to say something, I'd use English, not Hebrew. "May your fast be easy" would have been more appropriate for yesterday (prior to Yom Kippur). You could always say something tomorrow like,"I hope you had a nice Break Fast."

I am jewish (and PP)...The proximity of the Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur makes it appropriate. Yom Kippur is always 10 days after Rosh Hashanah. "May the fast be easy" is awkwardly worded, but the right sentiment.