re: #313 Obdicut

I’d like to note that as an atheist, I describe myself as having a worshipful approach to life, a religious attitude towards existence. And it’s based on exactly the same idea of picking an apple to say a blessing.

I have rituals for myself, rising early, making coffee for my wife first thing in the morning, smiling at everyone I meet, greeting children. This are my blessings. They’re not connected with a god, but they are rules that I’m going to try to pass on to my children, for they bring me great joy.

It’s at that point that a rabbi would say, no matter how far you take a Jew from synagogue, he is still a Jew inside.