cellio | (no subject)

My torah portion is next week. (And last night, for the first time, I successfully chanted the entire thing from the Torah notation. I can't do it cold yet, though, and I'll need to.) This morning David asked me if I want to chant Saturday (afternoon -- mincha) and Monday morning -- it's all the same portion -- but I'm just going to wait until Thursday, which is the day closest to my "birthday". This is kind of a surprise for the rest of the congregation; why spoil it by showing up, uncharacteristically, on Monday? Next year I can do it multiple times. (I can't do Saturday anyway; I'll be at an SCA event.)

I'll also get to do it next Saturday morning, but that's a different congregation. :-)