First Day of Rosh Hashanah

In Jerusalem everything is closed. Barely any cars on the street and nothing to do. I woke up and went to the Kotel alone. At the Western Wall it was not very crowded, people must have been doing Rosh Hashanah services at their synagogues. It was cool listening to the shofar constantly. I did a silent reflection and meditation and prayed for my friends and family. One sefardic Torah scroll stuck out to me which had the Choshen, the priestly breastplate with twelve gems. It was stunning. I loved seeing all the various groups pray and blow the shofar differently. In the afternoon Zach and I threw the frisbee in the park. We are pretty good and love throwing it together. It's a good workout and it's reminiscent of our youth at camp. **It's super nice not having any noise pollution these past few days.** There's no honking or yelling or other sounds. In big urban city centers you don't realize how bad the noise can be for mental clarity. That's why it's so important to be in nature to reflect. In the US when driving a majority of the day or living in a crowded neighborhood you never get silence. Noise and frequency is the basis of creation so it's extremely important what noise and music and sounds you expose yourself to. The past couple days with no sounds has been so great for mental clarity.