A little flat and dreary for a moment after all they had been through, but also, unexpectedly, nice in its own way...
(Prince Caspian)
The Jewish Holiday season stretches from Rosh HaShana (which this year started the evening of September 15th), through Yom Kippur and Sukkot, and finally Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah (which ended earlier this evening October 8th). Through it all, we pleaded with God to forgive our sins, dipped apples in honey, fasted, built booths, waved palm branches, enjoyed holiday meals with family and friends, and spent lots of time in the synagogue. And that's not counting the myriad of other rituals, prayers, and customs that color each of these days.
Now it's over.
And that always reminds me of the above line at the end of Prince Caspian.
Yes, tomorrow I'll be back at work catching up on a million emails and trying to connect with all the people I've been pushing off. True, it will back to the same job, the same office, the same people... just regular. Still, thank God, that's great too.
The holiday season is only a holiday season because of the non-holidays in between. And God watches over us in regular times as well, even if we don't feel His presence as strongly.
And, of course, in Judaism, you're never too far from the next holiday. Chanukah is just two months away. The time of light and miracles cannot come soon enough.
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