Last night was Simchat Torah.  I was honestly going to blow off services because it being Monday we had Karate.  I felt badly because I had already missed two weeks of Karate and am going to be missing heaps more and didn't want to miss last night too.  Hannah remembered that it was Simchat Torah and asked if we were going to services.  Cue the ( Read more... )

Tonight at sundown the holiday of Yom Kippur begins.  It is a somber day of reflection and atonement.  For me it is a day of spiritual cleansing.  A day to think about what happened the previous year and how you can improve upon it.  How I can be a better person, a better parent, a better friend and a better Jew.  I will relax and open my heart to ( Read more... )