Succos - Or 7 short days to insanity
I am not going to comment on the relative merits of Succos vs Pasech - We could write a book going back and forth on this. There are very few holidays that are as "touchy feely" as Succos. There is actually stuff to do and stuff to see. For the women, mostly see.
With that in mind, I took my girls to shul early so they could see Hallel and Hoshanas from the balcony (really good view). To do this we had to get lunch in order and in the oven (mostly) and get to shul by I figured 9:40. I got there at 9:50 and they were just about to start Kriyas Shma. But I digress....
Before Hallel, the Rabbi tried to explain how everyone should preferably do the naanuim together and not "like the wave" (He actually said that). Here is how much his motivational speech helped - not at all. Forget the wave, it was closer to Hurricane Katrina.
After that, they tried to rearrange some furniture so that they would be able to "circle" for Hoshanas. As the women in the balcony said to each other: "These guys are holding 2 things in one hand, a machzor in the other hand, keeping the place, with no breakfast---and now you want them to move furniture?"
Shtenders were moved, and moved back, chairs were moved, and moved back. We finished Hoshanas like 10:40. Then I went home to finish up the rest of lunch. I also put together some bagels for the girls, who were in the playroom, and then went back to shul for Musaf.
Then we came home at 12:30 and had 13 people at lunch, which was salmon and it was delicious. Also the oatmeal bread with fresh honey butter went like the wind. I highly recommend it.
to be continued in the last days.
With that in mind, I took my girls to shul early so they could see Hallel and Hoshanas from the balcony (really good view). To do this we had to get lunch in order and in the oven (mostly) and get to shul by I figured 9:40. I got there at 9:50 and they were just about to start Kriyas Shma. But I digress....
Before Hallel, the Rabbi tried to explain how everyone should preferably do the naanuim together and not "like the wave" (He actually said that). Here is how much his motivational speech helped - not at all. Forget the wave, it was closer to Hurricane Katrina.
After that, they tried to rearrange some furniture so that they would be able to "circle" for Hoshanas. As the women in the balcony said to each other: "These guys are holding 2 things in one hand, a machzor in the other hand, keeping the place, with no breakfast---and now you want them to move furniture?"
Shtenders were moved, and moved back, chairs were moved, and moved back. We finished Hoshanas like 10:40. Then I went home to finish up the rest of lunch. I also put together some bagels for the girls, who were in the playroom, and then went back to shul for Musaf.
Then we came home at 12:30 and had 13 people at lunch, which was salmon and it was delicious. Also the oatmeal bread with fresh honey butter went like the wind. I highly recommend it.
to be continued in the last days.
posted by Mrs. Balabusta @ 1:36 PM
7 Comments:
At 5:53 PM,
Alice said…
The wave. Ohhh you make me laugh. Too funny.
At 9:47 PM,
tuesdaywishes said…
Tell them to give it up. Open the doors and circle out into the hallway, then back behind the women. They'll be able to spread out and actually walk through it, rather than just shuffling in place.
At 10:12 PM,
PsychoToddler said…
Being somewhat closer to the source, I think what the rabbi actually said was that he thought if you could get all these people in the sports stadium to coordinate their efforts to do "the wave", surely we could get a couple hundred guys with pointy sticks in the shul to wave their wands around in unison.
Which was the height of folly.
Also, when I discussed this last year, many people (ok it was just one person) got mightily offended that the Rabbi would suggest we abandon our holy lulav-waiving traditions in favor of the shul minhag.
At 10:13 PM,
PsychoToddler said…
Actually, the link was here.
At 9:43 AM,
Happyduck1979 said…
Lucky you managing ot make it to shul. Around here it was just not going ot happen. Second day yom tov I actually made it to the shul, never made it inside as my daughter started screaming. There is always the next set!
At 9:20 PM,
Kiwi the Geek said…
Y'all need a crying room like at some churches. In the back of the sanctuary, there's a soundproof room with a two-way mirror, so the moms can nurse and whatever and not miss as much.
At 8:43 PM,
Mrs. Balabusta said…
We have one way glass in the balcony, but the women-without-children have claimed it for the not-to-be-disturbed gang, and I can see their point. The kids can't see who's up there, so unless you're hiding, there's not much point.
Also - You try telling men how to do Hoshanas, you might as well tell them how to zip their pants.
We'll not go there, at least, not until we check our health policy.
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