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Sep. 18th, 2015 10:02 amShana tova to everyone!
My brand new brother-in-law spent Rosh Hashanah with us, so we were all kind of on edge about not wanting to screw that up, but I think it went well. Our family minhag is a little idiosyncratic, a mixture of passed down customs and things we made up because our family customs were lost and things we do because we want to do, minhag be damned, and my brother-in-law comes from a somewhat more conventional Modern Orthodox family (if there is such a thing) so we expected a little pushback on some of our mealtime customs. But there was very little- the only question was whether he should observe his family custom of standing during Kiddush while we were observing our family custom of sitting. He's a pretty easy-going guy and mostly he just went along with what we asked of him.
The actual Rosh Hashanah davening went fine on the first day. It afforded me a lot of time for reflection, which I valued. There are life changes I've been postponing because my present situation is comfortable, but I really need to get myself together and deal with some of them before I lose my present comfort, and I valued the Rosh Hashanah service for giving me a framing for thinking about the new year that wasn't so self-centered, to think about how my choices have been putting strain on others.
However, I seem to have picked up a cold. I was sniffling through the first day of services and I had a restless, sleepless night the second night, so I elected not to go to shul the second day. I'm hoping the cold will clear up by next Wednesday, or I'll have to make a choice about whether to fast. It's one of those annoying colds where none of the symptoms are particularly bad, but it drags on a bit... if I felt worse, I'd take a day off work to rest and try to recover, but I can't quite justify that, so I'm just a little not-myself at work.
And will try to relax this weekend, unless... I don't. Friend is coming up from DC for the weekend, other friend is about to defend his Ph.D thesis after much struggle, and a trip into the City to deal with both social obligations might be required. We shall see. I don't always make the best choices.
My brand new brother-in-law spent Rosh Hashanah with us, so we were all kind of on edge about not wanting to screw that up, but I think it went well. Our family minhag is a little idiosyncratic, a mixture of passed down customs and things we made up because our family customs were lost and things we do because we want to do, minhag be damned, and my brother-in-law comes from a somewhat more conventional Modern Orthodox family (if there is such a thing) so we expected a little pushback on some of our mealtime customs. But there was very little- the only question was whether he should observe his family custom of standing during Kiddush while we were observing our family custom of sitting. He's a pretty easy-going guy and mostly he just went along with what we asked of him.
The actual Rosh Hashanah davening went fine on the first day. It afforded me a lot of time for reflection, which I valued. There are life changes I've been postponing because my present situation is comfortable, but I really need to get myself together and deal with some of them before I lose my present comfort, and I valued the Rosh Hashanah service for giving me a framing for thinking about the new year that wasn't so self-centered, to think about how my choices have been putting strain on others.
However, I seem to have picked up a cold. I was sniffling through the first day of services and I had a restless, sleepless night the second night, so I elected not to go to shul the second day. I'm hoping the cold will clear up by next Wednesday, or I'll have to make a choice about whether to fast. It's one of those annoying colds where none of the symptoms are particularly bad, but it drags on a bit... if I felt worse, I'd take a day off work to rest and try to recover, but I can't quite justify that, so I'm just a little not-myself at work.
And will try to relax this weekend, unless... I don't. Friend is coming up from DC for the weekend, other friend is about to defend his Ph.D thesis after much struggle, and a trip into the City to deal with both social obligations might be required. We shall see. I don't always make the best choices.