Re: Rosh Hashanah Rabbi Sachs message

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Shame I missed Sacks's message. He and DH were in Cambridge

Uni together, in fact he was what was known as a Ba'al Teshuvah which

means a returner to the faith, ie a " born again " Jew, seeking

knowledge. He and DH studied Jewish subjects together whilst in Uni,

with DH as the teacher :-)))

Glad you liked his message.

Ruthie (back after Rosh Hashanah)

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> Glad you liked his message.

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> Ruthie (back after Rosh Hashanah)

Welcome back ) Have you had a good few days?

Hannah, 27

Mum to Bethany 7, Lawrence 5 1/2, Verity 3, Alfie 7 months

Visit me on the web at :-

http://hannahshome.20m.com

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> > Glad you liked his message.

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> > Ruthie (back after Rosh Hashanah)

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> Welcome back ) Have you had a good few days?

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> Hannah, 27

Thank you, exhausting but spiritually uplifting. The synagogue

services are *very* long and arduous. I came home today quite dizzy

and feeling weird, but am OK now. Phoned Yeshaya on his Israeli

mobile tonight, and it was picked up by a South African boy who told

me that my son is busy playing footie :-)) He is certainly having a

blast.

On the subject of my proposed NYC shopping trip, my SIL in NY put a

bit of a damper on the idea by sounding really enthusiastic when I

said I might be coming over later in the year...she said " OH good! Can

you bring Mummy one way? " (My MIL was meant to go to her daughter in

NYC for Rosh Hashanah but obviously couldn't...so my SIL is thinking

of inviting her " just for a holiday " ...nicely timed with my " escape "

shopping trip it seems!

The idea of having to bring my lovely, but *very* doddery, elderly and

deaf MIL with on such a long trip would make me reconsider the whole

thing even if it *was* just one way, and I could dump her on my SIL

once we got there. Am I *very* selfish to feel like that? At least

part of my pleasure in a trip like that is a lovely solo flight, doing

what I want to do, not worrying about a very difficult and needy old

lady who keeps losing all her millions of packages and needs watching

all the time.

Guiltily,

Ruthie

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Ruthie - embedded somewhere in this dilemma seems to be somebody's Law

which links into puritanical reasoning to prevent one enjoying planned

treats, something akin to maternal guilt iyswim!!

as clear as mud but I'm sure you get my drift...

love

Caro

> The idea of having to bring my lovely, but *very* doddery, elderly

and

> deaf MIL with on such a long trip would make me reconsider the whole

> thing even if it *was* just one way,