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.

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Re: Rosh Hashanah Kiddush

[cellio]

The prayer was obviously a kiddush, and I caught the Rosh Hashanah language, and figured you did what was supposed to be done.

Nah, I just made it up. (It was the part about "In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sacred assembly...", which I figured was similar in form to the v'shamru I use for Shabbat.) Now, thanks to Ari, I know what I'll use next time. :-)

I enjoyed our lunch, other than the part about my having forgotten that your mother is allergic to cats. Oops.