Blessings For A New Year!

A little early to wish one another a happy new year?

We in Israel are always ahead of the pack.

Yesterday, we completed the set of the Tishrei holidays, which started with the month of Compassion and Forgiveness, called Elul. This segued into Rosh Hashana, the New Year holiday, celebrated for two days, comemmorating the creation of the world, followed by ten days of repentence and culminating in Yom Kippur. Four days of "rest" followed (spent running around preparing for the next holiday), and then the Feast of Tabernacles, known as Sukkot. The last day of Sukkot is actually a holiday all on its own, called the Eighth Day of Holiday in the Torah and Simchat Torah recently (that means, for the past eight hundred or so years), and the happiness of the celebration of our love affair with the Word of God is something that must be seen to be understood.

After so much partying, saying goodbye can be a bit of a downer. Thank God there is Shabbat!