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<blockquote data-quote="vic" data-source="post: 60675">&gt; At Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which is this month, many Jews do &nbsp; &gt; TASHLIKH, which is the custom of casting bread crumbs, symbolizing one&#039;s &nbsp; &gt; sins, into a running brook.&nbsp; (The act symbolizes the intention to do &nbsp; &gt; repentance.) &nbsp; &gt; &nbsp; &gt; For ordinary sins, use white bread &nbsp; &gt; For exotic sins, French bread &nbsp; &gt; For particularly dark sins, pumpernickle or multi-grain &nbsp; &gt; For twisted sins, pretzels &nbsp; &gt; For tasteless sins, rice cakes &nbsp; &gt; For sins of indecision, waffles &nbsp; &gt; For sins committed in haste, matzo &nbsp; &gt; For sins of chutzpah, fresh bread &nbsp; &gt; For arson, toast &nbsp; &gt; For inhaling, stoned wheat thins &nbsp; &gt; For auto theft, caraway &nbsp; &gt; For being ill-tempered, sourdough, &nbsp; &gt; For illness, nut bread &nbsp; &gt; For flag waving, Yankee Doodles &nbsp; &gt; For not giving full value, shortbread &nbsp; &gt; For excessive use of irony, rye bread &nbsp; &gt; For telling bad jokes, cornbread &nbsp; &gt; For hardening our hearts, stale bread &nbsp; &gt; For being money hungry, raw dough &nbsp; &gt; For warmongering, kaiser rolls &nbsp; &gt; For immodest dress, tarts &nbsp; &gt; For causing injury or damage to others, tortes &nbsp; &gt; For promiscuity, hot buns &nbsp; &gt; For racism, crackers &nbsp; &gt; For cold-heartedness, frozen bread &nbsp; &gt; For sins of neglect, moldy bread &nbsp; &gt; For singing off tune, flatbread &nbsp; &gt; For upbraiding another, challah &nbsp; &gt; For indecent pornography, cheese cake &nbsp; &gt; For trashing the environment, dumplings &nbsp; &gt; For sins of laziness, any long loaf &nbsp; &gt; For sins of pride, puff pastry &nbsp; &gt; For lying, baked goods with Nutrasweet &amp;amp; Olestra &nbsp; &gt; For sins of the righteous, angel food cake &nbsp; &gt; For selling your soul, devil&#039;s food cake &nbsp; &gt; For being holier than thou, bagels</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vic, post: 60675"] > At Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which is this month, many Jews do > TASHLIKH, which is the custom of casting bread crumbs, symbolizing one's > sins, into a running brook. (The act symbolizes the intention to do > repentance.) > > For ordinary sins, use white bread > For exotic sins, French bread > For particularly dark sins, pumpernickle or multi-grain > For twisted sins, pretzels > For tasteless sins, rice cakes > For sins of indecision, waffles > For sins committed in haste, matzo > For sins of chutzpah, fresh bread > For arson, toast > For inhaling, stoned wheat thins > For auto theft, caraway > For being ill-tempered, sourdough, > For illness, nut bread > For flag waving, Yankee Doodles > For not giving full value, shortbread > For excessive use of irony, rye bread > For telling bad jokes, cornbread > For hardening our hearts, stale bread > For being money hungry, raw dough > For warmongering, kaiser rolls > For immodest dress, tarts > For causing injury or damage to others, tortes > For promiscuity, hot buns > For racism, crackers > For cold-heartedness, frozen bread > For sins of neglect, moldy bread > For singing off tune, flatbread > For upbraiding another, challah > For indecent pornography, cheese cake > For trashing the environment, dumplings > For sins of laziness, any long loaf > For sins of pride, puff pastry > For lying, baked goods with Nutrasweet & Olestra > For sins of the righteous, angel food cake > For selling your soul, devil's food cake > For being holier than thou, bagels [/QUOTE]

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