One last round of sunflowers before the chill hits the air. Then we go to mums.
Will it ever stop raining? Will the mugginess ever go away?
A Sweet New Year to All, It’s Rosh Hashanah
Today the shofar is most commonly used on the Jewish New Year, called Rosh HaShanah (meaning “head of the year” in Hebrew). In fact, the shofar is such an important part of this holiday that another name for Rosh HaShanah is Yom Teruah, which means “day of the shofar blast” in Hebrew. The shofar is blown one hundred times on each of the two days of Rosh HaShanah. If one of the days of Rosh HaShanah falls on Shabbat, however, the shofar is not blown.
According to the famous Jewish philosopher Maimonides, the sound of the shofar on Rosh HaShanah is meant to wake up soul and turn its attention to the important task of repentance (teshuvah).
It is the eve of Rosh Hashanah, at sundown tonight, Jews all over the world have 10 days to make amends, reflect on the past year, and promise to be a better person. This is the time to ask for forgiveness and give forgiveness. This is the time to be thankful for all that you have and make an effort to help those who are in need.
Tonight we will celebrate with apples dipped in honey in hopes for a sweet year. Our Challah loaf will be round, symbolic of the cycle of life, a cycle that repeats itself generation after generation.
I wish for all my friends, no matter what their faith , that they have a sweet year, full of love and peace.
Fire!!!! The new Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon released a fleet of new Kindles today. The reader is now $79, and the new Cadillac of the line is the Kindle Fire for $199. It isn’t quite an ipad but it appears to be a pretty impressive device. It is a reader, a web surfer, has its own email client, it has Flash, brings in thousands of Netflix and TV shows, performs other miracles. It is 7 inches and weighs in around 14 oz.
Techies don’t expect it to give the ipad much competition. However, Nook and the rest of the readers out there need to hold on to their wares because the Kindle Fire will be out Novemeber 15. It does not have 3G but what do you want for $199? Jeff Bezos announced the new productsWednesday and made it sound like something everyone wanted. Kindle’s prices are looking good, I might have to trade in my old ancient dinosaur Kindle on one of these new babies. I always said I would resist, but then again, I haven’t met a new gaget I didn’t like. On the other hand, the new iphone 5 is being announced next week. That is where the real dilemma will be. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will have swype or something similar.
Features, Advantages Benefits of Kindle Fire
Are you being tempted by a Kindle? Can a person justify a new Kindle Fire if they already have an ipad, a Kindle 2 and a Droid x phone?
