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Never had an issue with fasting in my experience. I usually drink prior to eating though.

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Great thread! I'm the Hazzan at my synagogue, and I'm terrified for how it's going to work. I just had bypass this Monday (2-16-15) and I'm already thinking about the Pesach Seder. I'll be up front and eyes will be on me and the Rabbi. I think I'll be at the start of soft foods, so I can make some moist fish work, but it'll be interesting to see if I'll have to dash out to use the bathroom!!! ???????????? Ritual foods like charoset, parsley and even wine will be off the table, so I'll have to cleverly disguise not eating them in quantity.

I'm trying not to think about the High Holidays right now. Hoping it'll be okay by then, but if fasting will truly be damaging to my health at that point, I won't be ashamed to privately exempt myself for this first year post-RNY.

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I'm drinking so much Water now I don't understand how I'm going to fast 25 hours without getting dehydrated?

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I'm drinking so much Water now I don't understand how I'm going to fast 25 hours without getting dehydrated?

Ask your local Rabbi. You might be able to get a "heter" :D Most of my Jewish friends who've had WLS have no problem fasting whatsoever. As a matter of fact, most find it a lot easier after WLS.

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Wow I'm impressed to hear you drink so much water! I struggle to drink any throughout the day! But perhaps that's just me...I've always barely drunk through the day.

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Ask your local Rabbi. You might be able to get a "heter" :D Most of my Jewish friends who've had WLS have no problem fasting whatsoever. As a matter of fact, most find it a lot easier after WLS.

Good to know that many of your Jewish WLS friends have an easier time! Thanks for jumping in on this one!

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Can I still eat all my Vitamins over Pesach? Or do I stop them for the 8 days??

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@@Dyros It's probably best to ask your rabbi that question. It could vary depending on your circumstances.

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@@gb401 I'm with you. I barely get in 6 cups a day and I'm 9 weeks out. Maybe later it will be better but I can't imagine drinking more like I used to before a fast day.

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Sleeve surgery is currently the most popular surgery Israel and if you qualify, paid for by the socialized medicine system which also includes lifelong monthly follow-up with a dietitian and support group. So there are thousands of sleeved Jews in Israel alone :).

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Are there anyone here who is Jewish?

Let me check:

1. I have a circumcision scar.

2. I am wearing a Star of David pendant.

3. I Celebrate the major Jewish Holidays.

4. I feel "guilty" about saying the first one. :)

I guess I am too.

(found on the web)

You Know You’re Jewish When...

submitted by: Simon

You know you were raised Jewish if...

...The only good advice that your Jewish mother gave you was: "Go! You might meet somebody!"

...You grew up thinking it was normal for someone to shout "Are you okay?" through the bathroom door when you were in there longer than three minutes.

...Your family dog responded to commands in Yiddish.

...Every Friday morning your father went to the neighborhood deli (called an "appetitizing store") for whitefish salad, whitefish "chubs", lox (nova if you were rich!), herring, corned beef, roast beef, cole slaw, potato salad, a 1/2-dozen huge barrel pickles which you reached into the brine for, a dozen assorted Bagels, cream cheese and rye bread (sliced while he waited). All of which would be strictly off-limits until Sunday morning.

...Every Sunday afternoon was spent visiting your grandparents and/or other relatives.

...You experienced the phenomenon of 50 people fitting into a 10-foot-wide dining room hitting each other with plastic plates trying to get to a deli tray.

...You had at least one female relative who penciled on eyebrows which were always asymmetrical.

...You thought Pasta was stuff used exclusively for Kugel and kasha with bowties.

...You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.

...You were as tall as your grandfather by age seven and a half.

...You never knew anyone whose last name didn't end in one of 5 standard suffixes (berg, baum , man, stein and witz).

...You were surprised to discover that wine doesn't always taste like cranberry sauce.

...You can look at gefilte fish and not turn green.

...When your mother smacked you really hard, she continued to make you feel bad for hurting her hand.

...You can understand Yiddish but you can't speak it.

...You know how to pronounce numerous Yiddish words and use them correctly in context, yet you don't know exactly what they mean. Kaynahurra.

...You're still angry at your parents for not speaking both Yiddish and English to you when you were a baby.

...You have at least one ancestor who is somehow related to your spouse's ancestor.

...Your grandparents' newly washed linoleum floor was covered with the NY Times, which your grandparents couldn't read.

...You thought speaking loud was normal.

...You think eating half a jar of dill pickles is a wholesome snack.< /em>

...You're compelled to mention your grandmother's "steel cannonballs" upon seeing fluffy matzo balls served at restaurants.

...You buy 3 shopping bags worth of hot bagels on every trip to NYC and ship them home via FedEx.

...Your mother or grandmother took personal pride when a Jew was noted for some accomplishment (showbiz, medicine, politics, etc.) and was ashamed and embarrassed when a Jew was accused of a crime... as if they were relatives.

And finally, you know you were raised Jewish if you knew that Sunday night and the night after any Jewish holiday was designated for Chinese food.

Edited by 4MRB4PHOTO

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@@4MRB4PHOTO I take issue with "Simon." This Brooklyn girl finds several of his "You Know You're..." items to be incorrect. One of the more egregious errors is the last. Above all Christmas is The Big Day for hitting the Chinese restaurant.

Shipping or shlepping Bagels back to Peoria? Be sure of the source. Even in NYC some makers steam rather than boil the shaped dough, yielding a mockery that is inauthentic in texture and spirit.

I'll leave it there.

Laurie

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I have great news for our Jewish members who keep Kosher. We just got many of our products in the new BariatricPal Store certified Kosher. I'm attaching our newly issued Kosher certification for specific BariatricPal products. We have other Kosher Bariatric products that aren't covered by this certification as well.

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