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A dear friend of mine who now lives in East Central Florida recommended a book to me last year. She told me she hoped I would review this book written by a friend of hers, a book that had a long, unusual title: "Yom Kippur, as Manifest in an Approaching Dorsal Fin". She said it wasn't a very long book, but she obviously didn't know my sloppy reading habits or unkind schedule. I bought the book, determined to finish it and deliver the review she had requested.

Being smart, I just ordered the book on Amazon, knowing once that book was in my hot hands, I was going to cart it around until I had finished it. Being smart, the author had written a book that was not long or intimidating. It was just under 150 pages.

I thought I would finish it in no time. I was wrong.

Adam Byrn Tritt is not one to waste words, but this book is not a light read. It demanded my focus, and I believe I would have gained much more from it by reading it in a single night than in the several it took for me to get through it. The book is poetry, short stories and personal revelations, but it tells a single tale, and all the pieces are needed to give the context that makes the title make sense. The book starts gently and then throws you into the pain and dysfunction of the author’s family as it copes with death and Jewish tradition. I appreciated the way I got to see into the author’s contemplative heart early on before getting thrown into the awful bits. Once we were in the difficult parts of the story, I saw this man’s personality was too complex for mere description. Mr. Tritt is a philosopher-poet with an incisive sense for hypocrisy, irony and the need to inject humor when it seems least appropriate. He’s a smart arse and a secret guardian of truth and honesty. In short, he’s an interesting man worth getting to know.

Tritt’s writing style is almost an easy stream of consciousness, and I was thankful for that. However, the content is astoundingly dense. I found myself rereading several of the poems once I realized how much they fleshed out the portions yet to come. I savored the deliberate rhythms Tritt uses in the prose that hammer home the sense of disorientation and alienation. Don’t mistake me; the content is painful and the subject matter got me crying at one point, but I love it when an author respects his audience to give them the courtesy of intelligent and honest writing. Tritt isn’t wasting anyone’s time.

As an American Jew, I appreciated this book in ways a Gentile might not fully grasp. Jewish family dysfunction has a universality that I cannot explain in a book review. There is tenderness, a natural dynamic and obligation toward togetherness in times of hardship that is often tinged with an undertone of someone’s judgment and damage. Tritt captures this atmosphere during "Funeral Expurgated", the most significant portion of the book, and he does so in staccato sentences that make his pain and conflicted feelings resonate and rise. I found a great deal of this section disorienting in much the same way I would find the experience of being rushed into a situation as unnatural as a funeral. As tempting as it is to expand on precisely what made this portion so powerful, I believe "Funeral Expurgated" must be read because it tells so much in that funeral: disappointment, bewilderment, dissonance, obligation, logistical headaches and Jewish family dysfunction.

Near the end, Tritt gives us "Yahrzeit", the most powerful and heartbreaking piece I had read since "Tuesdays With Morrie". The hardest thing to convey about death is how personal the pain feels. Tritt could easily have fouled the tone of this part and written something uneven that would have demanded the wrong kind of comparison to "Funeral Expurgated". Happily, Tritt gives a brilliant bookend that made the tears spring to my eyes for its honesty and spirituality. It did not feel contrived or manipulative. Instead, Tritt gives us the experience of losing someone so important that one cannot imagine it, and yet this loss is almost inevitable. We are given once more the author’s outrage at avoidable (but inevitable) family mistakes, the despicable haste created by a loved one’s impending death, and the way human nature creates unexpected moments of humor, connection, and clarity. By this point, Tritt had revealed so much of his heart to me that I grieved for him. He had let me see a truth through his eyes and the cleverness of his words.

If you are Jewish, this book will speak to you all too clearly. If you are not, I expect you will see a viewpoint you can both learn from and relate to. "Yom Kippur, …" is worth the read. The sections, "Passover and the Industrial Revolution" and "The Harmony of Broken Glass", were wonderful resting points that took the oppressive tone to the back seat for a time, and yet are totally salient. Read this book in a single sitting, but be prepared for an intense ride into the dread all Jews face: the time when the Day of Atonement becomes the most important, unavoidable day of mourning of one’s life. Indeed, for a Jew, observant or casual, death and its subsequent rituals feel like an approaching dorsal fin.


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Yom Kippur as Manifest in an Approaching Dorsal Fin Adam Byrn Tritt 9781629270012 Books Reviews

"Yom Kippur as Manifest in an Approaching Dorsal Fin" by Adam Byrn Tritt, a self proclaimed Jewitarian Buddhaversalist, is a beautiful collection of short stories, essays, and poems.

Tritt's writing deals with conflict, contrast, and resolution. No matter if it is with one's self, religion and society, individuality, assimilation, identity these are things we find ourselves confronted with. And we need to find resolution.

While it is a fast read, it is a book that will stay with you and resonate inside of you. It's a book to keep nearby, to pickup, anytime you feel the need to reflect and remember why.
This is a personal memoir in prose and poetry about various events in a Jewish man's life. The author discusses Yom Kippur (thus the title), funerals, and a few other things. It is well written and the poetry parts are well done, but overall I did not find the book to be incredibly interesting. I received the book free to review from Netgalley.
It's a moving and inspired piece. I really enjoy how the book was organized. Poetry for your enjoyment. If you enjoy poems this little gem is for you it has a wonderful collection. I like the great diversity of poems in this edition and that is part of why I gave it such high marks. I enjoyed a great number of these poems. A wonderful collection most highly recommended.
Whenever I read an Adam Byrn Tritt book, I always find myself thinking it's too short. That I need more of his stories, more of his experiences and more of his writing. Like Songs from the Well, I thoroughly enjoyed Yom Kippur as Manifest in an Approaching Dorsal Fin, and didn't want it to end. When I received my copy in the mail, I couldn't have be happier with it. It's perfect to hold, perfect to read and perfect to enjoy.

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Disclaimer I received this book free from Smithcraft Press in exchange for an honest review. I did not receive any form of compensation.

Growing up in a religiously open home, I learned about the basics of various holidays and religious practices. I remember having a friend in Elementary school named Michael H. He would try to explain the various holidays and what they meant. Yom Kippur was one that was explained, but since we were both children, the explanation was extremely rudimentary.

For some reason, this had been one Jewish holy day that I never really learned too much about, even as an adult. So when I found this book on NetGalley, I definitely wanted to read it.

Interestingly enough, this author lives in Florida as well. Not that it really makes much difference, but it was just an interesting fact that I noticed. Especially when he was talking about the shark just off shore while he was at the beach.

I loved the variety of ways in which Adam showcased various Jewish traditions and culture. Most of which were anecdotal stories that showed how families react to certain things such as handling grief while sitting shiva. Some of these things I have experienced myself while with friends who are Jewish. Others I had no knowledge of prior to reading this book.

There were quite a few things that really stood out to me. I didn't know that certain people were exempt from fasting for things other then age. I had already known babies and the elderly were exempt. I didn't know that the Talmud actually allows those with certain medical conditions to be exempt as well. I also didn't know that the dead were not embalmed.

I really loved being able to learn various facts. I also loved learning that Yom Kippur is a holy day in which we forgive others for wronging us, we ask to be forgiven for wronging others, we also ask for forgiveness for wronging ourselves.

When you think about it the way the author describes, it really does make sense to do this every year since our time here on Earth is extremely limited and is over in the blink of an eye as compared to the actual existence of the Earth itself.

I also liked that we did not have to confront the people in order to forgive or ask forgiveness. We just needed to include it in a prayer in order for the forgiveness to be given or received.

I think that even though I am not Jewish, I will be making this an annual practice since it seems like a truly remarkable thing to do to help cleanse the soul.

Who do you need to forgive? Who do you want forgiveness from?
A dear friend of mine who now lives in East Central Florida recommended a book to me last year. She told me she hoped I would review this book written by a friend of hers, a book that had a long, unusual title "Yom Kippur, as Manifest in an Approaching Dorsal Fin". She said it wasn't a very long book, but she obviously didn't know my sloppy reading habits or unkind schedule. I bought the book, determined to finish it and deliver the review she had requested.

Being smart, I just ordered the book on , knowing once that book was in my hot hands, I was going to cart it around until I had finished it. Being smart, the author had written a book that was not long or intimidating. It was just under 150 pages.

I thought I would finish it in no time. I was wrong.

Adam Byrn Tritt is not one to waste words, but this book is not a light read. It demanded my focus, and I believe I would have gained much more from it by reading it in a single night than in the several it took for me to get through it. The book is poetry, short stories and personal revelations, but it tells a single tale, and all the pieces are needed to give the context that makes the title make sense. The book starts gently and then throws you into the pain and dysfunction of the author’s family as it copes with death and Jewish tradition. I appreciated the way I got to see into the author’s contemplative heart early on before getting thrown into the awful bits. Once we were in the difficult parts of the story, I saw this man’s personality was too complex for mere description. Mr. Tritt is a philosopher-poet with an incisive sense for hypocrisy, irony and the need to inject humor when it seems least appropriate. He’s a smart arse and a secret guardian of truth and honesty. In short, he’s an interesting man worth getting to know.

Tritt’s writing style is almost an easy stream of consciousness, and I was thankful for that. However, the content is astoundingly dense. I found myself rereading several of the poems once I realized how much they fleshed out the portions yet to come. I savored the deliberate rhythms Tritt uses in the prose that hammer home the sense of disorientation and alienation. Don’t mistake me; the content is painful and the subject matter got me crying at one point, but I love it when an author respects his audience to give them the courtesy of intelligent and honest writing. Tritt isn’t wasting anyone’s time.

As an American Jew, I appreciated this book in ways a Gentile might not fully grasp. Jewish family dysfunction has a universality that I cannot explain in a book review. There is tenderness, a natural dynamic and obligation toward togetherness in times of hardship that is often tinged with an undertone of someone’s judgment and damage. Tritt captures this atmosphere during "Funeral Expurgated", the most significant portion of the book, and he does so in staccato sentences that make his pain and conflicted feelings resonate and rise. I found a great deal of this section disorienting in much the same way I would find the experience of being rushed into a situation as unnatural as a funeral. As tempting as it is to expand on precisely what made this portion so powerful, I believe "Funeral Expurgated" must be read because it tells so much in that funeral disappointment, bewilderment, dissonance, obligation, logistical headaches and Jewish family dysfunction.

Near the end, Tritt gives us "Yahrzeit", the most powerful and heartbreaking piece I had read since "Tuesdays With Morrie". The hardest thing to convey about death is how personal the pain feels. Tritt could easily have fouled the tone of this part and written something uneven that would have demanded the wrong kind of comparison to "Funeral Expurgated". Happily, Tritt gives a brilliant bookend that made the tears spring to my eyes for its honesty and spirituality. It did not feel contrived or manipulative. Instead, Tritt gives us the experience of losing someone so important that one cannot imagine it, and yet this loss is almost inevitable. We are given once more the author’s outrage at avoidable (but inevitable) family mistakes, the despicable haste created by a loved one’s impending death, and the way human nature creates unexpected moments of humor, connection, and clarity. By this point, Tritt had revealed so much of his heart to me that I grieved for him. He had let me see a truth through his eyes and the cleverness of his words.

If you are Jewish, this book will speak to you all too clearly. If you are not, I expect you will see a viewpoint you can both learn from and relate to. "Yom Kippur, …" is worth the read. The sections, "Passover and the Industrial Revolution" and "The Harmony of Broken Glass", were wonderful resting points that took the oppressive tone to the back seat for a time, and yet are totally salient. Read this book in a single sitting, but be prepared for an intense ride into the dread all Jews face the time when the Day of Atonement becomes the most important, unavoidable day of mourning of one’s life. Indeed, for a Jew, observant or casual, death and its subsequent rituals feel like an approaching dorsal fin.