Commentary about the High Holiday Services
Dear Malka,
I wanted to tell how much I enjoyed services this year. I am particularly pleased to have attended the Yizkor service, I felt something different. I felt as if I were mourning with the people who had lost loved ones--not just mourning for them. So many different thoughts have come up I noticed how often the word the word listen was used--the importance of listening. I've been thinking about the metaphor of books, how theprayers call upon us to be in many different great books and it made me think of why it is so important to list ourselves in these books of life. Because of all the mention of books throughout the holiday services, I've been thinking about Judaism as a vast library.
Norton's singing of the prayers was the connection of past, present and future linked together through sound; a note sounded long ago that traveled through time for me to hear. Beautiful.
Most of all I appreciated seeing the teamwork, the community, coming to life at the bema. It made the services very, very big. Thank you. -a congregant
Rabbi Drucker's reply,
Dear-
So many thanks for so many things: kind words, drop dead sukkah, amazing cookies, joyful presence. Listening to the voices no longer audible except inside us...that's what your words about Yizkor awaken in me. There is a midrash to explain the expulsion and dispersion of the Jews. What good is a library if you can't get to it? So we're sent all over the world to listen, to tell, and to record for future generations.
God bless you both. I'm grateful for your friendship.
Love,
Malka
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