Rosh Hashana

[cellio]

Rosh Hashana went well. Some other time maybe I'll write about services and sermons and stuff. Short takes: There was, predictably, some discussion of 9/11. While I generally don't care for the formal, grandiose music of the high holy days, Shira (our cantorial intern) has a beautiful voice and I really liked her "Avinu Malkeinu". I think I dislike our synagogue president, who just oozes "slick salesman" whenever he speaks publicly. (The president always gives a short address sometime during HHD services.)

We had Fran, Alan, and Gail over for lunch on Saturday. I made honey-roasted chicken, yams, raw veggies with hummus, and a tossed salad -- and of course we had apples and honey, challah, and my traditional starfruit. They brought some really tasty (parve) chocolates. (For the chicken, on Thursday night I drizzled it with honey and then broiled it for about 15 minutes, then on Saturday cooked it in a crock pot with the yams. I was hoping the broiling would seal in the juices and keep it from drying out, and this was almost successful.)

As I was setting the table and getting stuff ready, I opened my machzor (prayer book for the high holy days) to find the afternoon kiddush. (Kiddush is a sanctification that, on Shabbat and holidays, we read before meals. The holiday kiddush is different from the Shabbat one, which I can do from memory.)

I could find no afternoon kiddush. I consulted other books on my bookshelf -- no afternoon kiddush. Huh? (What did I do last year?)

If Rosh Hashana had not also been Shabbat, I would probably have taken the hint and just punted. (Ah, maybe that's what I did last year?) But we are required to observe Shabbat as well when it lands on a holiday, and it seemed wrong to just use the Shabbat kiddush on Rosh Hashana. So I improvised. Noting that the Shabbat kiddush includes the biblical support for Shabbat, I pulled the biblical support for Rosh Hashana (conveniently located in the machzor). So I read that and then followed it with my usual Shabbat kiddush. If anyone who was there thought this was strange, I didn't hear about it.

I wonder what I was supposed to do. Maybe I'll remember to ask my rabbi when I study with him Wednesday.

Comments

L Shanah Tovah!

[celebrin.livejournal.com]

Actually this is just in response to the crock pot. What you should do next time is broil the chicken and then freeze it. For whatever reason, my crockpot will only allow me to cook chicken frozen--everything else it dries out.

Happy and Healthy new year to you.

Re: L Shanah Tovah!

[cellio]

Thanks for the tip! I hadn't thought to freexe the meat, but that should help. (I put the crock pot on a timer for Shabbat/holidays, so it's not on for 16+ hours, but still, even at 4 or 5 hours on low, it can dry chicken out.)