It's Candlelighting Already?

It's time to light the candles? But I'm still worn out from Yom Kippur. Heck, I think even God's still worn out from Yom Kippur. All those prayers--over and over again. (Why say something once when you can say it twenty times?)

Don't mistake me; Yom Kippur was powerful. Sort of the way a punch in the gut is powerful...it can shock you out of your own skin and force you to open up your eyes. It really is worthwhile to be in shul the whole day. Still, by the time we reached that last silent Amidah I was done. I just closed my eyes and said, "HaShem, you know the words..."

And now we're back to Shabbat...so there are even more prayers to come!

Of course, it'll be a partially observant Shabbat for me, as usual. I'll light the candles and have a Shabbat dinner and make it to shul tomorrow--but I doubt I'll lay off the computer or the phone tonight. But right now I'm ok with that. Sometimes observance is a matter of baby steps.

Shabbat Shalom!