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Right now, the Jewish community is observing and celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Happy New Year! Something I've not mentioned yet, as most of this blog has been consumed by running related bullshit other topics, is that I'm converting to Judaism in less than a month. The emotions tied to this are so complicated, that I'm not going to try and explain them here. My husband and therapist have both heard it all, so I'll just say that I'm emotional about it. It's good. It's great. It's amazing even. So a large purpose of this time of year for Jewish people is to be observant and introspective and thoughtful and contemplative. I feel like I do this too much already (to a fault, because somehow I can make anything my fault) but I'm happy to participate as a(n almost official) Jewish person. The sermon at Synagogue this morning was really poignant (it almost always is though) and I haven't stopped thinking about it. The message was about ...