Tishrei in Adar

[cellio]

The rabbis say that in the time of the moshiach (messiah) Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, will be like Purim. (There's word-play there.) No moshiach yet, but something along those lines (in reverse) is coming up.

I'm part of a group that's doing a pilot evaluation of a new machzor (high-holy-day prayerbook). Tomorrow night we're sort-of having a Kol Nidrei service for the evening of Yom Kippur. Should be interesting! Years ago our morning minyan piloted the new siddur Mishkan T'filah (over several weeks) and I found that process very engaging for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what the new machzor has in store for us.

(Well ok; I have an advance copy of just this part of it and I paged through it tonight. But going through it with a congregation is different.)

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Going through any discourse with a group, no matter how large, is always different than going through it in your head. Something will come up or be a trigger for someone that was not anticipated.

Well, either that or I totally suck. ;-)

[cellio]

No, you don't suck, and this is why it's important to actually conduct services from it and not just distribute reading copies for critique.

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I would disagree that in many arenas I am stone cold stupid, but it might be unwise to post such a thing.

But I agree it is important to do it as a communal act. That's the only way to tell whether your chosen road is right, wrong, popular, out of vogue, or whatever.