Big Business

So — here comes another Elul.

Where have I gotten to this year in this mill called life?

I look around the house.

What’s changed? What’s gotten better? Where is there more to go?

One thing I notice is that this year I started setting up the next week’s Shabbos candles right after this week’s Shabbos ends. The Shabbos candles are always ready. No matter what.

My husband had a business meeting in our dining room with a not-yet-religious man and when the man walked into the dining room the first thing he said was “It’s only Sunday and the candles are already set up for Shabbos?” Something about it really hit him. He must have said it three more times.