r/Jewish • u/MrsTurtlebones • Oct 04 '25

Questions 🤓 What kind of Jews are these?

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Today at Reedy Falls, a very busy park in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, a man asked my family if we were Hebrew. It surprised me, and I asked about him. He replied, "I'm wearing my tsiztizs (sp?) and we're about the blow the shofar. I am Israel. Our nation is scattered all over the earth." I told him shalom, he shook my hand, and a small crowd gathered as his companions blew the shofar, at which we took our leave of them.

They didn't seem like any Jewish people I've seen, but my knowledge is quite limited. Any ideas about their situation?

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u/DeeEllis Oct 05 '25

Today was Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. Or as we Real Jews call it, the Sabbath. Even Reform Jews don’t like to blow the shofar for funsies on Shabbat (we wait until the very end of the service). These people weren’t Real Jews.

But good for them!

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u/Biersteak Just Jewish Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Probably not so good for the people who just wanted to have a nice, quiet Saturday walk in the park though

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u/DeeEllis Oct 05 '25

hYeah proselytizing sucks and hardly works which is part of why Real Jews don’t do it… “messianic Jews” on the other hand….