Even though summer is still going strong and school hasn’t even started for most of us, it’s time to start thinking about Rosh Hashanah in more concrete terms. I’ve already seen the sale of seats and even lulav and etrog/esrog, so it’s not too early – we’re already in Elul!
For 2018, Rosh Hashana begins on the evening of September 9, which is a Sunday.
Here is what I’ve done or am planning to do in the next couple of weeks:
- order seats for shul
- pay shul dues (ours have always been due about now for the different shuls we’ve belonged to in our travels)
- consider and probably order lulav and etrog for dh (still looking for less expensive “learning” one(s) for kids)
- new tzitzit for boys (they always seem to need more)
- order pjs for all 5 kids (our tradition–they are always needed around this turn of the seasons!)
- order/find needed clothing for kids: new dressy outfits for all, more Shabbat pants for all boys – two outgrew, one ripped through 🙂
- purchase new special something for kids–legos? clics? puzzles? Something to add to their simcha (joy).
- order/find new something for me (outfit? tichel?)
- check with dh about his clothing needs
- find and check the kittel, if your dh wears one for Yom Kippur (mine doesn’t, but it’s common)
- plan our Rosh Hashanah homeschooling lessons and projects
- plan menu (but with all the simanim (special, ritual foods) we use, that’s a whole post by itself!)
This week, I’m also finishing up our yearly homeschooling plans, doing some writing, still teaching college classes, and doing all the usual things – laundry, dishes, feeding people, etc. And trying to squeeze more fun out of the last bits of summer while we can.
Happy mid-August!
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So helpful to see this list and get the wheels turning… thank you!
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It helps me get things going, too!