L’shana Tova again. Today was the first full day of the 10 days of Awe.. the period which begins with the New Year celebration of Rosh Hashanah and ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Folks are supposed to use these 10 days to reflect on their lives.. learn from past mistakes, apologize to anyone they have wronged in the past year and set intentions for the coming year. My friend Jake sent an interesting podcast on this period if you’d like to learn more.
Today Jews across the world are supposed to hear the blast of the Shofar… a ram’s horn which is blown like a trumpet.
Hearing it is supposed to be a mitzvah …. Like a cross between a good deed and good luck. Take a listen and get some free good luck
Most Jews spent today in shul (a synagogue) somewhere.. I spent today in an IBM meeting in DC. I did go to shul last night and I was among good friends today . so it felt OK. I was able to catch an earlier flight home which was nice. I got home around
I felt very calm this evening.. even Diane commented on it. I think the last days of being out in the world again.. among friends.. was very healing. It’s a good thing to notice.. Over the last few weeks my inclination has been to withdraw from the world, In doing that, I’ve probably been separating myself from one of the most important healing powers in my life. Another good thing to think about in these days of Awe…
le’hitra’ot .. (‘see you later’ in Hebrew)
love you all.. love you Sam
-me
ps. Here’s an interesting factoid.. by
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