Watching the stained glass windows getting darker and darker, the constant solemn drone of prayer, the congregants reading in their prayer books, their bodies bent over and rocking with the melody, our bellies growling from fasting 26 hours and counting...it's time to ask God for his forgiveness, to accept our hummanness...to spare us and let us live another year. You can feel the pulse of everyone in the synagogue asking for the same thing. Not only are we asking forgiveness for ourselves but for all the people in the world! Gee....that's a whole lot of pressure! The legs are tired from standing when the holy ark is opened...over 30 minutes now....then the shofar was blown! Songs of celebration! Exhaustion. Breaking fast..gobbling down everything in sight! whew! Made it through another Yom Kippur night! May everyone's year be filled with joy and happy occasions!
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