Thanks for taking time during your busiest season of the year to meet with me this afternoon. Most of all, thank you for helping me change my attitude about chanting Torah on the second day of Rosh HaShanah from mild panic to I-have-some-prep-to-do-but-I-can-handle-this.
With your calm, no-nonsense advice, I know that it's a matter of changing the way I look at and think about the text. Rather than viewing it as one long paragraph, I now see that it's more important to focus on small pieces, to pay careful attention to the Hebrew, and to note the places where the melody repeats itself.
This change in perspective is a change for the better, and I expect to make some solid progress before we meet again on Friday.
Thank you again,
~ JanetheWriter.
Inspired by Ima on (and off) the Bima,this post is one in a series marking the days of the Hebrew month of Elul, which precedes the Jewish High Holidays and traditionally serves as a time of reflection and spiritual preparation for the new year.
