How great are Your people

Hope y'all had a great yom tov.

I decided this year I am not going to write a post-Rosh Hashana post, as I did in previous years. I am not going to exclaim how I don't want to look at food anymore in my life, I am not going to say whether the davening was moving or not, whether I now feel cleansed and refreshed and ready for a new year.

No- all of that I didn't feel like writing about this year. So why then am I writing a blog post? Because I have one thing to say-

G-d, how great are your children, the people of Israel.

In shul on yom tov, a man was standing at the bima for his aliyah to the Torah. He was standing there quietly when his cell phone rang. He took it out sheepishly and turned it off. I was struck by the irony of the two extremes.

That's how great Your people are. They know how important Rosh Hashana is, and so they come to shul, cell phones, cars and all. But they come. That is the main part.

And if they could be there, then who am I to complain how long and tiring the davening is?

Happy new year.