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cellioTomorrow night is Rosh Hashana and the beginning of the year 5763. Tonight's preparations include cooking, a little shopping, and laundry. Whee. I've stayed late at work a couple nights this week, so I think I can bail early tomorrow and not rush the rest of the cooking.
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lefkowitzga and her parents over for lunch on Saturday. That'll be nice; it's been a while since we've had a leisurely meal with Gail or any meal with her parents.
I finally found starfruit last night. (This should not be hard. This year it was.) There is a tradition of eating a "new" fruit on Rosh Hashana -- "new" meaning one you haven't eaten this season yet. The first year I did Rosh Hashana I found myself wondering what to use; it's not like I had been paying attention for that entire year. Then I saw a starfruit in the store and I'd never eaten one of those in my life, so I decided that was the right thing to get. And I've done the same thing every year since.
Last night I had to go to a short "rehearsal" for the HHD (high holy day) services. (I'm in the service on Yom Kippur morning.) This was mainly for blocking, but everyone was asked to read a bit to get used to the room (And everyone with a Hebrew part did the whole thing.) Afterwards a fellow congregant who is fluent in Hebrew praised my pronunciation. Warm fuzzies are nice. :-) (Sadly, some of the people with Hebrew parts have not-so-good pronunciation. I wonder how we can fix that for next year, given that taking notes during services on individual skills isn't going to happen.)
Tonight's service was small and intimate. Tomorrow night will be large, formal, and not at all intimate. I think my rabbi was savoring tonight just a bit. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are when a bunch of people come out of the woodwork, and it really changes the character of the service.
We're having
lefkowitzga and her parents over for lunch on Saturday. That'll be nice; it's been a while since we've had a leisurely meal with Gail or any meal with her parents.I finally found starfruit last night. (This should not be hard. This year it was.) There is a tradition of eating a "new" fruit on Rosh Hashana -- "new" meaning one you haven't eaten this season yet. The first year I did Rosh Hashana I found myself wondering what to use; it's not like I had been paying attention for that entire year. Then I saw a starfruit in the store and I'd never eaten one of those in my life, so I decided that was the right thing to get. And I've done the same thing every year since.
Last night I had to go to a short "rehearsal" for the HHD (high holy day) services. (I'm in the service on Yom Kippur morning.) This was mainly for blocking, but everyone was asked to read a bit to get used to the room (And everyone with a Hebrew part did the whole thing.) Afterwards a fellow congregant who is fluent in Hebrew praised my pronunciation. Warm fuzzies are nice. :-) (Sadly, some of the people with Hebrew parts have not-so-good pronunciation. I wonder how we can fix that for next year, given that taking notes during services on individual skills isn't going to happen.)
Tonight's service was small and intimate. Tomorrow night will be large, formal, and not at all intimate. I think my rabbi was savoring tonight just a bit. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are when a bunch of people come out of the woodwork, and it really changes the character of the service.
Re: Starfruit
Date: 2002-09-06 06:37 am (UTC)