Did you have fun setting and clearing the table half a dozen times? Washing enough dishes to last until next year (and don't tell me you used paper!)? I certainly hope you enjoyed the three-day marathon of cooking, praying and eating that was Rosh Hashanah followed by Shabbat, because we get to do it again next year. And again in 2013, and 2014. A small consolation: When Rosh Hashanah starts on Thursday, the rest of the holidays are singletons. While religious Jews in Israel turned off their computers for three days I imagine the secular community was continuing to plot revenge for being forced by the charedi political parties to change the clocks so early. "Clock of the winter," … [Read more...]