Posted on 10/03/2005 6:34:09 AM PDT by manny613
The Jewish New Year begins tonight [Oct. 3], inevitably recalling melancholy memories of the past with hope for happy days to come and the exquisite possibility that we will be written down in the Book of Life for another year. Like the dissonant sound of the ram's horn, calling Jews to pray, the observance forces introspection. It's a bittersweet season for mourning those loved and lost and for reflecting on whether we have lived up to the ideals they bequeathed to us.
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