I just wanted to wish everyone at Dcat a happy Rosh Hashanah!!
For those of you unfamiliar with this Jewish holiday, it is considered to be a solemn time during which Jews reflect on the past year, and seek reconciliation with anyone we may have wronged during the course of the year. After 10 days of self-reflection (called Teshuvah), the holiday of Yom Kippur is celebrated, the holiest day of the year, when people atone for sins committed against God.
In other words, in seeking forgiveness and repentance, Rosh Hashanah is a reminder that our fellow man here on earth comes first before we can atone to God.
For more about this holiday, this article by Rabbi Moshe Lazerus offers a pretty good overview.
Monday, October 03, 2005
L'Shana Tova!
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Marc --
Happy (is that really the word to use?) Rosh Hashanah. My experiences with the Jewish holidays have been through girlfriends. I tend to really admire how many of them are about reflection (though a good number also involve eating, which is always a sign of a good holiday) and something other than the self.
dcat
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