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Category: Holy Days and Life Cycle

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September 27, 2020

052 | Beit Done: Days of Awesome, Jewish Journey Limbo, and Holy Daze (One Year In)

Well, I did it! I had my Beit Din a couple weeks ago. I’ve been slammed since with these High Holy Days and all the work that entails with Nefesh, my buoyant, vibrant, supportive eastside Los Angeles community. After being slightly anxious way back in March to do this thing only to have it delayed 6 months, guess what? It […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 3 min read
August 30, 2020

050 | Rewind: Pesach, Patience, and Seinfeld-Era Memories of Matzah and Maror

Passover is one of the highlights of the Jewish calendar and nearing the home stretch of my Jewish journey to conversion, I was truly looking forward to experiencing it for the first time as an adult. The banter, the torah, the weird foods—the gathering is the biggest thing American Jews do during the year. So naturally Trump ruined it by […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 3 min read
April 2, 2020

034: Join me for Passover: Nefesh LA Zeder (that’s a Zoom Seder)

Looking for somewhere to “go” for Pesach? Maybe you’ve heard of Nefesh in LA but it was too far? It’s my amazing community and I’m glad and honored to be helping them out with social media and support. We come together a week from tonight on Zoom. Kids Jam 5pm, Seder 6pm. Limited seder kits available if you order before […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 24 sec read
December 27, 2019

026: Oi to the World: First Hanukkah, Awkward Family Christmas, and I *Heart* Maccabees

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! So they say, and it was a Jew who wrote that

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 5 min read
October 29, 2019

018: The Lego Sukkot Movie, Etrog on My Face, and Study

Sukkot obsession, fun while learning, and things I got wrong

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 1 min read

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Bobby Apperson

Bobby Apperson

Bobby Apperson is a musician, writer, songwriter, piano & voice coach, and bon vivant living in Los Angeles, Calif. He is currently blogging about his conversion to Judaism and all that entails (and what he doesn't yet know that it entails).

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