Not ready for the blast, the awakening. Not ready for the wrenching sobs from tens of dozens of people who must be better prepared.
Mussaf starts, the table is full, yet I feel so alone. The room has been cleansed of a whole decade of women, the twenty-pluses.
“It should be as your teshuvah, in case you were mistaken. Although, sheifelah, I’m not convinced that you were”
A pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call. I hadn’t realized people my age did them. Those calls are for mothers and grandmothers, aunts and mature people ,Windows: Rosh Hashanah Phone Calls,A pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call. I hadn’t realized people my age did them. Those calls are for mothers and grandmothers, aunts and mature people
The house was perfectly clean, the table picture-perfect, the food cooked to perfection. And I was a perfect wreck
I was dumbstruck, because the funny thing was: She looked just like me. Same build, similar face, same hair, same voice, for goodness’ sake!
