L'shana tova tikvetenu. A happy New Year.

The Jewish New Year means a lot more than the New Year we celebrate every January 1st. That New Year is a riot, and not a controlled one.

We as Jews are happy today that we've survived, and we look forward to the Days of Awe that began last night and will end on Yom Kippur. It's a time for getting together with loved ones but also a time for thinking, reflecting, and pondering our lives for the past year. We think about how we've treated others in general and our fellow Jews in particular. These "Days of Awe" are leading up to the "house cleaning" and solemnity of Yom Kippur. So, and this comes with being Jewish (I believe), we can be happy but not quite sad exactly; we are a serious people and I think that's partly what makes us a great race. There are others that might not agree with the word "race" in connection with being Jewish; however, I've thought about this a lot and I believe that we are a separate race of people.

Also, I was just reading about Rosh Hashanah; I've learned that the whole ten Days of Awe are considered a quite holy time in the Jewish calendar, and there are certain days out of those ten that are fasting days.