I have kind of been on a shopping spree these last three days. On Tuesday I decided I need to buy new Tzitzit katan, so, I went to a store here in the San Fernando valley called Mitzvah land. My original intent was just to get one. I bought three and along with the Tzitzit I also bought a Kitel. This is the first time I bought one so I am looking forward to the High Holy days so that I can wear it.

I also bought earlier that day a kiddish fountain (?) I am actually not sure what to call it but it has one big kiddish cup and and small ones you say the blessing for the wine over the large cup and then pour the wine into the fountain top which sends the wine to the eight smaller cups. I bought along with the kiddish thing a jar and plate for the honey and apples for Rosh Hashanah. I am all prepared for the High holidays now I have a my own Shofar, machzor, Tzitzit gadol and now the Kitel.

That was Tuesdays shoping, on wednesday I tickets for my brother and I to attend a prepaid legal convention in Los Vegas. I reserved the hotel room and paid for our meals. This will be my first time in Vegs which is funny because for several years I only lived two hours away and never went. Now I live about 5 hours away I am finally going. I also ordered bussiness cards and a protfoliol. Then I came home and order a dvd called the secret. It was recommended to me by a friend.

Today I went grocery shopping. I bought food for me and for two of my other roommates to help them while she waits for the school to starts. She is a private totur and most of her work is during the school year so she and her by friend have been living on just his income during the summer and well to me they are like family and you dont let family starve beside the help me when I needed aplace to live if wasnt for them I would have been homeless a few years back.

In spite of all the money being spent I feel good, I have helped others, I helped my brother and I fullfilled so mitzvot and prepared myself for the High Holidays. I am at peace to night with Hashem and my soul. I hope that I can continue moving in this direction since it is not always that I have the extra money to do what I did these last three days. I want so much to see my family and friends have the things they need but I can barely meet my own needs sometimes so it was nice to be blessed this week with the ability to provide for others.

I guess I should define some of the words used here for my non jewish friends.

Tzitzit is part of Tahlit a prayer shawl

katan means small so aTzitzit katan ( should have said Tahlit katan) is a small prayer shawl that is worn all day under a Jewish males shirt. it has four corners from which hanging for cords these cords are the Tzitzit.

Gadol means large so a Tzitzit gadol (again I should have said tahlit gadol) is a large prayer shawl the one that the Jew male were in the morning services.

Shofar is a rams horn

Machzor is a high holiday prayer book.

A kitel is a white robe that is usually worn during High holidays.

Kiddush is the prayer said over the wine during shabbos and othe Jewish holidays.

Rosh Hashanah litterally means head of the year so effectively the Jewish new year by the way this is going to be the year 5767 for the Jewish people

Hashem means the name we say this instead of saying the name of the lord in defference to the commandment to not take his name in vain.

mitzvot are both laws and good deeds