Allow myself to introduce… myself

Rabbi Sinclair at Ohr Somayach tells of how he became orthodox… he was dragged to a shacharis minyan to be a “tzenter” so someone could say kaddish. As he said, “we finished praying, and then they opened the bar.” So I’d enjoy a schnapps during working hours. Thank you :-).

Atlanta is warm and sunny. We have the perfect Sukkos weather. Not too hot anymore, and never cold. Kosher food could get scarce. B’H one Costco carries glatt kosher meat now. And grape juice is a steal! I still drive up to Brooklyn with my father a few times a year to go grocery shopping. I”YH, I’ll be in Brooklyn for Chol Hamoed.

Our little community in the suburbs is fighting over where and whether to have a communal Rosh Hashanah dinner on Sunday night. What was supposed to be 5 families sharing the cooking turned into 60 people wanting to freeload. They come for the food, not the davening (like, we start Mincha at 7, they’ll show up around 9).

I’m getting my shofar warmed up. My 7th year in a row as baal tokeah! And I’m trying to write my drasha for Rosh Hashanah. We don’t have a rabbi (we did, he got bought out by another shul). Any thoughts on topics would be appreciated. I covered all the basics the last few years.

Do other people’s kids come home from school each day with new Rosh Hashanah songs?

And the Subject is from an old Austin Powers movie.

147 – I did not realize that. Thanks for pointing it out.

Everyone else, thank you for the warm welcome.

Gatesheader – I agree. First I left New YOrk, and then the orthodox center of Atlanta. We’re only 10-12 miles from the large and small orthodox areas (Toco Hills and Dunwoody). But the suburbs are ripe for growth, as were Lakewood, Monsey, West Hempstead and Waterbury. It’s a struggle at first. But we have a nice shul, plenty of very cheap housing with nice, big houses. G-d willing, we’ll have an eruv encompassing 1,000 homes in the next few weeks (negotiating with TWO power companies that cover the area). Depending on the time of year, we have daily minyanim and night seder. And we have a fun mix of Ashkenazim and Sephardim from different parts of the world. What we really need is a good rav to stick with us. We’ve had a few rabbis come and go, but no one really invested in the community. So if you know anyone… :-).

I’m going to post separately about Rosh Hashanah drasha topics. I’m curious to see responses.

Again, thank you for the warm welcome!