Pen-Elayne on the Web

Shul-Less

Via Elaine Frankonis (link at sidebar), someone else has the same sort of reason I do for not being in synagogue today. Key sentences: "Services too often substitute for rather than encourage the soul-rending that needs to occur on these days. Religion, meant to be the soul's guide through the difficulties of life and living, becomes a substitute rather than aid and encouragement to spirituality." Besides, I can't stay awake, particularly during the usually-interminable Rosh Hashanah service that occurs on a Shabbos...