The Yom Kippur dance??

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chanahlady

Tue, Aug 11 2009, 12:29 pm

I was talking with my great-aunt, and she said she met her husband at the Yom Kippur dance. I was thinking, "Yom Kippur dance??? What???" But then I mentioned it to my FIL, who said yes, shuls used to have such a thing as a fundraiser. Presumably not held on YK, but more of a break-the-fast thing. Has anyone else heard of this?

PinkFridge

Tue, Aug 11 2009, 1:25 pm

Sure. You have to understand, in those days the primary glue keeping people frum was shemiras Shabbos. So much energy had to be expended on that. And kids were a lot more innocent, so the dances then weren't like what they would be now. I know a lot of chashuve shidduchim from shul picnics and outings. (Don't think they did dances.)

And of course there were the socialists anti religious type who had dances davka on Yom Kippur.

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 11 2009, 1:49 pm

Many shuls did dances/balls for charities, fundraising, simchas torah, pourim... all orthodox. Now of course it's a no no. But some communities (Orthodox) still do it, it's just not something from the shuls.

chanahlady

Tue, Aug 11 2009, 2:49 pm

I wasn't thinking how strange it would be to have a dance, or problems with mixed dancing or anything like that -- it's more like the words "Yom Kippur" and "dance" don't exactly go together in my mind... KWIM? LOL

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 11 2009, 2:52 pm

chanahlady wrote:

True. Maybe indeed it was for fast breaking, but I can't imagine most ppl would be able to dance lol

louche

Wed, Aug 12 2009, 12:00 pm

Once you've broken the fast, a healthy young person recovers quite quickly. Why NOT dance after YK? After Tisha B'Av would be a different story, but then the Shabbos nachamu singles Shabbaton is a long-honored tradition and isn't THAT different. Each generation has its way of getting young people together for the purpose of marriage, and in a time when you counted yourself lucky if you managed to keep a kosher home, mixed dancing wasn't considered unacceptable.

Ruchel

Wed, Aug 12 2009, 12:15 pm

louche wrote:

Once you've broken the fast, a healthy young person recovers quite quickly.

Not what I noticed around me.

AriellaB

Thu, Sep 24 2009, 6:52 pm

for a Torah spin on the original yom kippur dance, seeNYJewishBridalExaminer

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