Awesome Days

The Awesome Days

10 days in between.

RH was very successful. But what does that mean? Did people change their lives.
In my case it meant that I lost my voice and that our services were full.
This last part is always the anxiety of a pulpit rabbi, Will anyone show up?
Two services on RH: 8-11 and 11:30 to 2:30 .
First is shakharit with an "unetaneh tokef" thrown in.
The second, musaf- with a little of the AM preliminaries thrown in.

Waiting to do two Kol Nidres (always a thrill) and then the two services on Yom Kippur and then the rest of the day.

Neila is always stirring. Passionate and enthusiastic. They say they love it, but will they love us on Sukkot.

The High Holiday fix. A strange phenomenon.
I've been kidding for years that I don't mind if folks come two-or-three days a year.
Just let me pick the days they come.
"For you a Shevous, for you a Shabbas Rosh Hodesh, for you a Tisha be'Av. I'll sign off with the Aybishter and you'll get credit for the days you were in shul during the year." It would save a lot of the tararam we go through every fall.
But it is not to be.
Instead we invest all of our koykhes into these Awesome Days. The voice will return.