I started learning the High Holy Day services on Wednesday, and am extremely excited to have done so. I am starting with Erev Rosh Hashanah and have been given the entire service to work on for Monday. Singing some of the oh-so-familiar melodies for the holiest days of the Jewish year, with the expectation of being able to lead a congregation in prayer, gave me a feeling that I actually do not have words for. It was a spiritual moment, and I have not really completely processed it.

On the more mundane side of things, Thursday was spent practicing, talking to friends and going for a nice walk. Friday I went to the shuk (fresh food market with meat, bird, fish, veggies, fruits, cakes and anything else you can think of) with my flat-mate. We came back with some nice fresh salmon, which he cooked up for our Shabbat dinner that night.

It was a lazy day today. I slept in (until NOON!!!) for a change, and spent most of the rest of the day reading. Apparently my body had ideas other than my own for the morning, but I guess I needed the sleep.

Tomorrow will be all business for me --- practice, practice and more practice. I hope to start on the daytime service for Rosh Hashanah on Monday, but that depends on how things go. I still have a lot of Shabbat material to catch up on that I was given over the last 2 weeks, but the main focus now is the holidays.