This is the second day of  Rosh Chodesh Elul,  a  minor holiday.   The first (yesterday) was the anniversary of my eldest daughter’s bat mitzva. (I won’t say how many years!)   Mazel tov, Shosh! The second day of the holiday (today) is  the 26th anniversary (called a Yahrzeit) of the death of my mom.

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