Shana Tova

We don't say, "Happy New Year" at Rosh Hashana. We bless people with a "Good" year: L'SHANA TOVA ! And that makes me wonder, what do we mean by "Good"? A good year will contain far more than happy times. It will overflow with happy, sad, meaningful, sweet, challenging, exciting, wierd, amazing times. Maybe, when we bless people for a good year, we are wishing for a year in which they, and we, will BE good: caring, careful, carefree, shareful, kind, thoughtful, open-minded, flexible. TOV is a interesting word. On each day of creation, as told in the Torah, God looked at his world and said "Ki Tov", that it was GOOD. Not "finished", not "perfect", in fact, only just beginning! But right from day one, TOV, GOOD. And so, let us, this fresh new beginning year, be good to one another, and enjoy this unfinished work in progress, this good good earth. L'Shana Tova!