A Blog with a title!

I didn't say a long blog, just that it had a title.

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Jen

In the last week I have gotten a more in depth view into some of the customs behind some of the high holy days.
As most of you know I love Judaism for many reasons, the faith the culture, the way of life, and for the sense of peace it gives me. As I explore furthur into it, I really know that I made the right choice for myself, and my life. As many people know I grew up Catholic, and was never very comfortable with it, in fact I was always very uncomfortable.
However in the years since I have made the choice to start conversion, and to make Judaism a part of my life, I keep seeing more and more why it drew me.
The sevices that I attended most recently were a Selichot service, where my excited nine year old learned that G-d does not expect perfection from him( because he is human after all) but for him to try and do better then the year before , by trying not to repeat sins that he has already done.

But the Tashlich service made me want to cry. It was simple, not minced with words, but it talked about the symbolism of throwing the bread into the sea, to demonstrate that chet can be separated from our lives. I stood by the ocean casting my sins from me, with the wind and the mist all around me blowing me hair all over. Even though I was surrounded by others doing the same thing as me, As I looked over the ocean I was alone, and no one was there but me and G-d. I read the suggested verses from Micah and Isaiah, but found that I had my own words of thanks for all that I had and for Hashem helping me to be a better, stronger person.

More then ever I see (and more importantly feel how this is beshert)

To all of my family celebrating Rosh Hashanah amd Yom Kippur I hope you have an easy fast, and don't forget to let the ones you love know how much they mean to you.

I was down graded!!!
Hey Jeremy I was visiting your blog(as I always do) and couldn't find a link to my blog . What's up with that?
I must admit it was nice to see that Jason had joined the blogging community.
I hope everyone has had a great New year. L'shanah tovah!!!


Jennifer

This is what Jacinda's new violin looks like(except her case lining is bright blue). Kind of a pink peach color. Jacinda really wanted a colored one, however her teacher has had some students with problems with this type of violin. But it has a 6 month warrenty and only cost 40 dollars more then the rentals. So we decided that we would buy her this one to do for the next few years, then if she stays dedicated to it we will buy her a more expensive one(maybe in High school) and now she can have one to play all summer long.

Well I'm sure that you have noticed that it has been a while since I posted, our computer is been across the country more times in a month then I have been in years. Our anniversary was awsome, we got lots of sun, and walkded all over downtown Halifax. We went whale watching twice, only to have the whales elude us with their silly whale tricks. Each time as we headed off on a boat we were informed how another boat just saw a whale, so we were going there, but still no whales.

Fishing was entirely different, we saw birds, seals, and caught lots of fish, tried out our sea legs(or discovered sea legs could abandoned you when the water got too rough)

Sorry that I have not posted a picture of the car , but our camera is messed up, so it might takes a while to get one up here.

Notes to go out ......
Jeremy I can't post on your blog anymore!

Myrna your newsletter rocks, keep up the good work

Avi I am sooo glad your safe(do you have to go back to Dawson College, you could transfer)And we were worried about you getting hurt in Isreal!

Elizabeth feel free to comment on my blog sometime!

Naomi, way to go on the new job.

Amanda, you keep working hard at work no matter how much they mess with you, I'm proud of how you are handling it, cause I would be kicking some callus a**.. uh butt.

Ysa how is the unpacking going?

Michelle(my sister) You are the best cook I know thanks for dinner!
As for everyone else,
I love you all.
Jennifer