Yes, it’s another holiday. Tonight starts Sukot- the full moon holiday of Tishrei. (By the way- did you catch the lunar eclipse this morning?) After finishing our 40 days of introspection, which culminated in the most solemn full day of fasting for Yom Kipur, we now have the holiday of joy. (Sukot has another name- the Time of Celebration.) Sukot is one of the three “festivals” delineated in the Tora, the Bible.
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Music to my ears?
I’ve written about distracted driving a lot. Because too many folks try to escalate the practice of talking on the phone (hands-free) to a national calamity. When it is clear that talking on the phone is no different than talking to a compatriot in the same car or listening to talk radio, and certainly less of an issue than turning around to deal with one’s children in the car.
We need to learn NEW lessons from these 3 failures
We need to change our paradigm. Not because of the dramatic changes occurring in the Middle East (but that would be a good reason, anyway. May the changes bring democracy to that part of the world). No, because we Americans have learned the wrong things from our own recent history- and those errant ways will make it difficult for us to grow and prosper as a nation.
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